GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORTS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2674, 14 June 1905, Page 24

GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORTS.

Messrs Dalgety and Co. (Limited) report as follows: — We held our weekly sale of grain, etc., at our stores on Monday, the 12th inst. As usual, there was a good attendance of buyer 3. Competition was fairly good, although a few lots not reaching valuations or owners' reserves were passed in. Prices ruled as under' —

Oats. — £or the past week or more the quantity of oats sent forward from the country has not been large, and a. fair proportion of same ha« found its way into store on farmers' account, who are not disposed to sell at present values. There is a good inquiry for bright, clean seed lines, and milling Gartens and Sutherlands are also asked for. Prices for feed lines are firm. B grade quality is scarce, and any offering are readily taken up. We quote- Seed lines, Is 9d to 2s 3d; prime milling, Is B\d to Is 9d; good to best feed, Is 7d to Is 8d ; inferior and medium, Is 5d to Is 6Jd per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat : There is no appreciable change in the market. For prime milling quality there is a moderate demand at late rates, but there is not a great quantity offering. Millers, however, are carrying fairly heavy stocks, and are not in the meantime disposed to increase their limits •even for the very choicest lines. Medium quality meets with practically no inquiry. Sales of fowl wheat are limited, the small demand existing being purely local, and coastal orders are being fulfilled at northern ports at lower rates. We quote: Prime milling, 3s to 3s 2d; medium, 2s lOd to 2s lid; good whole fowl wheat, 2s 8d to 2s 9d ; broken and damaged, 2s 3d to 2s 7d per bushel (sacks eitra).

Potatoes. — Supplies are hardly equal to the demand, and prices have again advanced, j Prinio Derwenta are scarce, and consignments I free from blight arid of good quality sell readily i at quotations. White sorts are also in fair demand. We quote: White sorts suitable for seed, £Q 10s to £7; bast Derwents, £6 5s to £6 15s: others, £5 to £6 per ton (bags in). Chaff.-- Consignments sent forward last week weie not heavy, and all pnme oaten sheaf was readily cleared, while rnediunj quality was also more in demand. A large quantity, however, came in and was offered to-day, and prices are, if anything, easier. We quote : Prime oaten i sheaf, £2 17s 6d to £3; medium, £2 12s 6cl to £2 15s; light and discoloured, £2 5s to £.2 10s per ton (bags extra). Turnips. — The market is in over-supply. Best swedes are selling to-day at 12s to 13s per ton (loose, ex truck). Straw. — The market io now better supplied, but the demand is gor«-l. We quofcp; Wheaten, 30s to 3fts; oaten, 350 to 37s Gd per ton piessed (ex trucks). Messrs Donald Eeid and Co. (Liniilec l ) re-poi-i; -fTe iislti gsx wesklj auction gab o-f j

grain and produce at our stores on Monday. Our catalogue was a large one, and with farr competition from a good attendance of buyers, nearly all lines on offer, with the exception of chaff, which, was in full supply, were quitted at quotations. Prices ruled as under: —

Oats. — There has been steady demand for shipment for all consignments of good feed quality. Gartons are m most favour, but sparrowbills and other short oats also have good inquiry. Prime milling and seed lines have fair demand from buyers for these classes. Quotations: Seed lines, Is 9d to 2s; prime milling, Is Bid to Is 9d; good to best feed, Is 7d to Is 8d ; inferior to medium, Is 5d to Is 6Sd per bushel (sacks extra;.

Wheat. — Prime milling lines have rather more attention, but at present holders show little disposition to sell at curr-ent vaJues. Medium qualities are not inquired for, but fowl wheat has belter sale at quotations. Quc'■atior.s: Prime milling, 3s to 3s 2d , medium, 2s lOd to 2s lid; whole fowl wheat, 2s Sjd to 2s 9|d; broken and damaged, 2a 6d to 2s 8d ~>ex bushel (sacks extra).

Potatoes.— Although a fair quantity came for--ard for Monday's sale, consignments during be past week have been exceptionally light, ad prices have again slightly advanced. Quo-

ations: Good to choice white potatoes, £6 10s to £7 ; prime Derwents, £6 5s to £6 15s , medium qualities, £5 15s to £6 5s per ton (sacks in).

Chaff. — Monday's market was heavily supplied with medium to best quality. There was a slackening m the demand from local buyers, and consignments were correspondingly difficult to quit, late quotations being only maintained in a few cases. Quotations : Best oaten sheaf, £2 15s to £3; medium to good. £2 7s 6d to £2 12s 6d; light and discoloured, £2 to £2 ss> per ton (bags extra).

Hay.— Full supplies are coming forward. Prime clover and ryegrass is sales ble at £2 15s to £3, and lower qualities difficult to quit at £2 5s to £2 12s Gd per ton (pressed).

Straw. — Tho market is barely supplied, and good wheaten straw is in fair demand at 355; oaten, 35s to 373 6d per ton (pressed). Turnips. — These are in over-suppiv, and although most consignments a.re being quitted at 13s per ton, this price is difficult to maintain in view of tffe quantity arriving.