GRAIN AND PRODUCE SALES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2857, 16 December 1908, Page 23

GRAIN AND PRODUCE SALES.

I Messrs Donald Reid and Co. report: — ' We held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday. There was a good attendance of buyers, who competed well for all lines of produce in demand at present, with the result that except for a few lots of oata and inferior chaff our catalogue was cleared at satisfactory prices. Values ruled as under : — } Oats. — Few consignments are coming j forward, and the small stocks in stores do I not include- meny lines suitable for ship- ; pers' requirements. Consequently exporters have some difficulty _in filling orders now coming in, more particularly as holders are "not readily disposed to accept present quotations. The demand is almost entirely for A and B grade Gartons and sparrowbills. Other kinds move off slowly in small quantities in the local market. We quote :7-Prime milling, Is 8d; good to ■best feed. Is S^d to Is 7id ; inferior to medium, Is 4d to Is 6d per bushel, sacks extra. i Wheat. — Very little prime" milling wheat 'is now offering locally. Choice lots are taken by millers at quotation*, but fowl j wheat is so scarce and the demand so i strong that most of the medium milling ' wheat on offer i= being 1 taken up to fill , order*. We quote: — Prime milling, 4s 7id i to 4<* 8d ; medium milling and whole fowl j wheat, 4s 6d to 4* 7d , medium fowl wheat, j4s to 4s 4d ; broken and damaged, 3s to I 3s 9<l per bushel (sack* extra) j Potatoes.— Fair supplies of oH Derwents and Up-to-Dates are Ftill coming forward. Considering the lateness of the season these are in wonderfully good condition, and as a fair demand exist*, prime freshlypicked lots still command £5 to £5 &= ; medium to ffood, £3 10s to £4 15s : inferior and stale, £1 10s to £2 10s per ton (bag? included). Chaff. — The market i« almost bare oi prime heavy oaten sheaf, for which there is good inquiry. Other qualities are not ir favour and difficult to place at re ducod prices. We quote : — Prime oatei Bheaf, £3 2s 6d to £3 7s 6d; medium t< good, £2 15s to £3; light, inferior, and dis coloured, £2 to £2 10s per -ten (bag extra). Straw.— We quote: Wheaten 376 6d in 40a; oaten, 35s to 37s 6d per ton (pressed) HIDE SALES. ' Messrs Stronach, Morris, and Co. r«por 1 i as follows:— We held our fortnightly sal of hides at our stores on Thursday, whei 1 we submitted -a catalogue totalling 68fc There was a large attendance of buyers and competition all round was remarkabl good, medium and light weights being pai

ticularly in request and showing a rise of £d to id per lb. We had nothing of exceptional merit forward, and our top price was 7£d, paid for two lots averaging 701b and 621b. We also sold two lots of 75's and 72'e at 7d, and a "large number from 6d to 6|d. In cow hides our top price was sld, paid for one good one weighing 601b. In money value, we sold ox hides to £2 Is sd, and cow hides to £1 5s ldr I The following are actual prices paid at our sale: — Ox hides: Prime stout, heavy, 6|d to7id;good heavy, 53d to 6|d; medium weight, 5d to s£d ; light weight, 4£d to 5 8 d ; staggy and inferior, 3id to Ad. Cow hides : Best heavy, 4fd to s|d ; medium weight, 42d to s£d; light weight, 4£d to sd ; inferior, 2£d to 3£d. Horse hides, 5s 6d to 7s lid each; yearling, Id to 4£d; calfskins, Id to 7Jd. Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report as follows: — We held our fortnightly sale of hides on Thursday, when we submitted a catalogue comprising 565 hides to a very large gathering of buyers. Bidding was again very spirited throughout, and we cleared our total offering at prices which were on a par with those ruling at our previous sale. Calfskins, especially, were in good demand, and in this class we sold one line of 10 at 7£d and another of 55 at 7£d. A few of our individual sales may be of interest to vendors:— One ox, 711b, 7Jd ; one 701b. 7id ; one '641b, 7id ; two 741b, 7d ; one 681b, 6gd ; one 731b, 6Jd ; six 621b, 6|d; seven 611b, 6gd ; one 671b, 6gd; four 611b, 6 8 d; five 62ib, 6Ad; 11 591b, ~6£d ; two 581b, 6d ; one 591b, 6d, etc. We quote:— Ox: Extra stout, heavy, ftv^prime condition, 7£d to 9*d; stout hetfvv. 6£d to 7id; medium, 5Jd to &id ; light, 4*d to sid. , Cow : Stout, heavy, s*d to 6d ; . medium, _ 4jd to s*d; light, 4id to 3d; yearling, 33d to 4|d; calfskins, 3£d to 7£d {according to condition) ; ouU, 2Jd t<Mfd. This market is in" c very Jjuojrant state at present. Messrs Donald Reid and Co. report as follows:— We submitted on Thursday a. moderate catalogue at our 6toree, but toe j selection of hides on offer was not too good, and competition for poor quality was not very bright. However, for good clean hides the demand ruling is brisk, and prioeß • were -well ud to late rates. Calfskins are meeting with an exceptionally brisk sale, and all forward were easily quitted at quotations. We quote: Ox: Good heavy. «d v to 7id; medium, 5d to 5Jd; lightweights, 4id to sd; inferior, 2£d to 3id. Cow: Best heavy, 4!d to s*d; medium' 4id to 4±d ; light, 3±d to 4±d ; inferior, 2±d to 3£d; yearling, 2±d to 4£d; calfskins, 6±d to^d per lb; horse hides, to 7s od each. Messrs Waters, Ritchie, and Co. report having held their usual fortnightly sale of hides at their stores, Crawford street, yesterday afternoon. There was a larg« attendance of buyers, and competition was very keep for all descriptions, but for medium and light-weights particularly so Prices, taken all round, showed an advance of id to id per lb. They easily topped the market securing Bfd and B£d for two lots. Outside' of *heir sale 7fd was the top price obtained. The following were some of their best prMtes: — One 741b ox, 8fd"; one -761b, Bid ; one 781b, 7id ; one 751b, 7§d ; one 571b, 7id one 701b, 7d ; one 731b, 7d ; one 611b, 7d ;. one 681b, 7d; two 691b, '6gd; one 621b,. bid; one 601b, 6|d; three 621b, 6£d; one 661b,' &id, two 621b, 6£d; two 591b, 6£d;two 621b, 6id; two 681b, 6^d; one 681b, &idi "seven 631b 6|d; two 621b, 6|d; one 631b, 6id; one 621t0, 6*d ; one 721b, 6Ad: one 731b, 6id: two 621b, 6id; one 621b, 6»d; one 661b, 6d; one 601b, 6d; one o2lb, 6d; four 571b 6d ; 15 631b, 6d per lb. In money value one brought £2 lls, one £2 JOs 4d, one £2 6s 3d, one £2 3s Bd, one £2 0s 3d, one" £1 18s 6d, three £1 17* 3d, one £1 15s lid, one £1 15s sd, two £1 14s Bd, one £1 14s, one £1 13s 7d, two £1 13s 3d, two' £1 11b 6d, seven £1 lls sd, seven £1 lls W, one £1 lls, two £2 10s 9d. one £1 10s 3d. Their catalogue was made up of 47 hides and 666 yearlings and calfskins, and they oleared .the lot at the following range of values:— Ox: Extra stout heavy, 7±d to B|d; stout heavy, 6id to 7jd ; heavy, bid to 6id; medium, 5d to sld ; light, 4id to s^d. Cow : B&a-vv. 5d to 6d ; medium, 4jd to 51d: light, 4£d to sid; inferior and damaged ox and cow from 2d to 4id ; calfskins. 64<i to 7id for beet, and from s£d to 61d for medium, while damaged amd inferior description brought from Id to 43d 1 per lb. Messrs A. Moritzson and Co. report having held their usual fortnightly sale of hides yesterday. The market for medium and light hides showed a slight rise of from id to id' per lb. Calfskins were also 'in good demand. Top once was 7|d for a lode weighing 76db. They also realised from 6d to 7d for hides averaging from 601b to 701b. They quote: Extra stout heavy ox, 7d to 8d • heavy Jo. 6d to 7d ; medium, 4±d to s&d; light, ,«f to 43d: heavy stout cow, 5d to 6d; ■medium, 43d ro sid ; light, 4d to 4|d; st*K9, 3d to 3Jd-; yearling, 3d to i4gd; calfskin^ from 5d to 7*d per lb; horse hides. 7s to 8s «jaoh. SAI-E OP A CLYDESI>AX.E COET. Wright Stephenson, and Co. (Ltd.), Go r e, report having sold, on account of Messrs R. and A. Ofl&cer (Thornbury). a purebred Clydesdale cot, three years. W GSrthland— j Mag 11, by ITacerthur-fMag I, by Extinpuisher, to Messrs Mitchell and O Brien, of- Oamarn. at a fir«t-cl*ss figure. This is a big, massive colt showing gi'eat substance and quality, and just the stamp of colt lor Australia.