GRAIN REPORTS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2677, 5 July 1905, Page 24

GRAIN REPORTS.

| Messrs Dalgety and Co. (Limited) report as follows: — We held our weekly sale of gram and produce at our stores on Monday, when we offered a medium-sized catalogue to a large attendance of buyers. Bidding throughout was brisk, and, with few exceptions, we cleared all on offer at full market rates. Values ruled as under : — Oats. — There has been a good inquiry for all classes of oats lately, and a fair amount of 'business is passing locally in seed and milling cats, as also in feed lines. For coastal shipment, however, there is only a limited demand, as sellers' ideas of value are considerably higher than merchants are in the meantime prepared to give,- «nd. shipping orders are with difficulty fulfilled, at a very small faction over cost. We quote^geed lines, Is lOd to 2s 3d; prinie milling, Ls*"!^ to ls.sd; good to best feed, Is 7d to Is. • fid ;. inferior- and medium. Is 5d to Is 6|d per .bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. — The market as quiet. There is not I a very large quantity of .prime milling wheat • offering, but it is, however, quite sufficient for present requirements. Millers are buying very sparingly, and their .purchases are confined to choice lines, for which late rates are still obtainable. Medium quality is not wanted, but fowl wheat is in good demand at late rates. We quote : P.rime milling, 3s to 3s Id ; medium, 2s lOd to 2s lid;, best whole fowl wheat, 2s 8d to 2s 9id ; . broken and damaged, 2s 3d to 2s 7d per bushel (sacks extra). i Potatoes. — Heavier consignments have lately been coming to hand. Prinie Derwents are most in request, although prices realised at auction to-day show a decline m values to tha extent of 5s per ton. We quote: Seed hues, £7 to £7 10s ; prime Derwents and good white scrts, £6 10s to £6 15s; others, £5 to £6 per ton (bags in). Chaff. — Consignments during the past week have been light, and at present there is a scarcity of prime oaten sheaf, and prices now asked are slightly in advance of last week's rates, while medium quality has also more attention from buyers. We quote: Prime oaten sheaf, £3 to £3 2s 6d ; medium, £2 10s to £1 15s; light and discoloured, £2 to £2 7s 6d per ton (bags extra). Straw". — Owing to heavy supplies prices have again eased. We qtiote : Oaten, 30s to 32s 6d ; wheat-en, 27s 6d to 30s per ton, pressed. Turnios. — The market is fairly well supplied. Best swedes realise 11s per ton (loose, •x truck). Messrs Donald Keid and Co. (Limited) report: — We hsld our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday. For nearly all lines catalogued there was fair competition tip to late values, and in consequence a good sale resulted. Prices ruled as under- — Oats. — 'J>here has seldom been a. smaller quantity of oats offering at this season of the year. Buyers are keen to purchase at late quotations, but are not at present in a position to advance on same. Values are, however, firm, with s, tendency towards improvement. Quotations: Suecial seed iinea, 2a M 2a SU;

ordinary do, Is lOd to 2s; prime milling, Is Bj,d to Is 9d; good to best feed. Is 7d to 3s 8d; inferior and medium, Is 5d to Is 6£d per bushel (sacks, extra). Wheat. — Local business during the week has been confined to a few sales of prime Tuscan and red wheat, but no improvement in values is to be recorded Fowl wheat is scarce, and meets with good locai demand. Quotations : Prune milling, 3s to. 3s Id ; medium to good, 2s lOd to 2s lid; whole fowl wheat. 2s 8d to 2s 9Jd ; broken and damaged, 2s 5d to 7d per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes. —Consignments have come forforward freely during the past week, and with heavier supplies offering, it has been difficult to maintain late values. Prices to-day suffered to the extent ot about 5s per ton. Quotations : Best seed sorts, £7 to £7 10s ; best Derwents, £6 10s to £6 15s ; white sorts, £6 to £6 15s ; ill-conditioned lines, £5 to £6 per ton (sacks in). j Chaff. — There is good local demand for really v-Time lines of bright, well-cut oaten sheaf, and this class is saleable at £3 to £3 2s Gd per ton. j Nearly all consignments coming forward are deficient in colour, and are selling at £2 10s j to £2 17s 6d; inferior and light, at £2 to £2 '7s 6d per ton (bags extra). Hay. — This iB in full supply. Best clover and ryegrass sells at £2 15s to £3; medium, £2 5b to £2 10s per ton (pressed). Pressed straw is in over-supply, and selling at reduced values. Quotations: Best oaten, 32s 6d to 355 ; wheaten, 27s 6d to 30s per ton. Turnips. — The market is again very fully supplied, and in consequence prices to-day receded to lls'per ton (loose, ex truck).