GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORTS.

Otago Witness, Volume 06, Issue 2899, 6 October 1909, Page 24

GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORTS.

Messrs Dalgety and Company (Ltd.) report as follows : — We held o«ir usual weekly auction .sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday, when we offered a medium catalogue to a fair attendance of buyers. The market was not animated, but our catalogue was cleaied at prices as under : — Oats. — There is v»ry little business passiflg' i° oats. Offerings are not large, but axe enough to satisfy the buyers that are in the market. Prime milling Gartons, j Is 7^d to Is 8d ; sparrowbills, Is 7d to Is 7^d; good to best feed, Is 5d to Is 7d; inferior to medium, Is 2d to Is 4d per bushel, sacks extra. Wheat. — The wheat market is quiet, and very little business is passing. Millers are taking limited quantities offered at a price ex store well within quotations. We quote : Prime milling, 4s <d to 4s sd ; medium to good, 4s to 4s 2d; best whole fowl wheat, 3s 9d to 3s lid ; inferior and smutted, 2s 6d to 3s 4d. Potatoes. — Lines suitable for shipment j have met with fair inquiry during this last week at quotations. Outside of this "the | local demand is not very strong. Onry j the best freshly-picked samples meet with ready sale. We quote : Prime freshly nicked, £2 !!0s to £2 15s; extra choice, to

£2 17s 6d; medium to good, £2 to £2 5* per ton, sacks in. Chaff. — Bright we!l-cut oaten sheaf is in fair demand, and meets with ready sale at. quotations. Medium and discoloured does. not meet with such strong inquiry, but can be easily placed at quotations. Best oaten sheaf, £2 12s 6d to £2 15s; medium to. i good, £2 5s to £2 10a; inferior and dis- ' coloured, 30s to 40s per ton, sacks extra. Straw. — We quote: Oaten 27s 6d to 30a, ' per ton; wheaten, 27s 6d, pressed; ex truck, I . ' j Messrs Donald Reid and Co. report: — - We held our weekly auction sale of grain, and produce at our stores on Monday.. Our catalogue was made up of medium to, good feed oats and fowl wheat, table anjj. seed potatoes, and oaten sheaf chaff, forall of which competition was limited, and', prices about on a par with late quotations. Values ruled ac under: — 1 Oats. — Shippers are almost without orders at present, and as they are not disposed to operate for prospective business-, few sales are passing. Local stocks arenow much reduced, and any improved demand would readily absorb all on offer. We quote; Prime milling Gartona, Is 7£d" to Is B£d; Sparrowbills. Is 7d to Is 7£d; " good to best" feed, Is 6d to Is 7d; inferiorto medium, Is 3d to Is 5d per bushel, sacks extra. Wheat. — The market is unchanged. Prime milling wheat is not held in largequantities, and medium sorts have been gradually worked off as fowl wheat. Millers are not operating freely, but are buyeraof choice lots at present prices. Best whole fowl wheat has ready sale, but inferior and seconds have little attention. We quote : Prime milling, 4a 4(1 to 4s sd ; medium to good, 4s to 4s 3d; best wholefowl wheat, 3s_ 9d to 3s lid ; medium. 3s 4d to 3s 8d; broken and damaged, 2s 3d to 3s 3d per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes. — Shippers are buying only foractual orders, and limiting their purchasesto picked lots. Extra good lines are saleable at about £3 per ton. but good sound' lines are difficult to place beyond last; week's prices — £2 10s to £2 15s, meditfm£2 to £2 ss. Inferior, stale, and small sorts are out of favour, and not readily cold at £1 5s to £l 15s per ton (bags in«cluded). Chaff. — Medium to good quality is inheavier supply, and moves off slowly afc£2 to £2 10s. Prime oaten sheaf is the class inquired for. This sells readily at £2 12s 6d to £2 15s. For lij?ht and' discoloured lots there are few buyers, even. at £1 10s to £1 15s per ton (bags extra}.