SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 3, 15 January 1903, Page 13

SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Invercargill prices current.— Wholesale : Butter, farm 5d to 6d. Butter (factory, bulk, lid ; pats, Is cash. Is Oid booked. Eggs, lOd per dozen. Cheese (factory), 6id. Hams, 9d. Barley, 2s to 2s 6d. Chaff, £5. Flour, £18 to £14. Oatmeal, £13 10s to £14. Bran, £6. Pollard, £6 10s. Retail : Fresh butter, 7d to Bd. Butter (factory), pats, Is 2d ; bulk. Is Id. Efrers, Is per dozen. Cheese, Bd. Bacon, lid. Hams, lOd. Flour : 2001t>, 28s ; 501 b, Bs. Oatmeal : 501 b , 8s ; 251 b, 4s. Pollard, 10s 9d per bag. Bran, 7s. Chaff, 3s. Mr. F. Meenan, King street, reports -.—Wholesale prices only— Oats : Milling, 2s 8d to 2s lOd ; feeding, 2s to 2s Bd. Wheat (good demand): Milliner, 4s 6d to 5s 6d ; fowls', 3s 6d to 4s 6d. Potatoes : Prime Derwents £3 ; new, £10. Chaff : Inferior to medium. £3 to £4 15s; prime, £5 12s 6d. Straw : Pressed wheat, £2 ; oaten, £2 ; loose, £2. Flour : 2001 b sacks, £12 ; 501 b, £12 15s ; 251 b, £13. Oatmeal : 251 b, £13 15s. Bran, £6. Pollard, £6 10s. Butter, : Dairy, 8d to lOd ; factory, lid. Cheese : Old, 6£d ; new, 6id. Eggs, lOd. Onions : Melbourne, £7 per ton. Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. report .—We held our weekly auction sale of gram and produce at our stores on Monday. The catalogue submitted, was a small one consisting chiefly of oddments of oats, wheat, and chaff. There was a small attendance of buyers, but most of the lines on offer were cleared at valuations. Prices ruled as under :—: — Oats.— During the past week there has been good inquiry for any good lines of oats sufficiently bright to pass for B grade. Medium sorts have not the same attention, while unsound and discolored lots are for the most part neglected. We quote: Prime milling, for which there is moderate demand, 2s BJd to 2s 9Jd ; good to best feed, 2s 7d to 2s 8d ; medium, 2s 4d to 2s 6d; unsound and discolored, Is 9d to 2s 3d per bushel (sacks extra) . Wheat.— There is practically no prime milling offering locally, and sales of this quality are being made chiefly on trucks at northern stations. The best wheat offering locally can only be classed as medium milling, for which the demand is extremely limited. Fowl wheat is not very plentiful, and commands fair inquiry. We quotePrime milling, 5s 3d to 5s 9d ; medium to good, 4s 7d to 5s ; whole fowl wheat, 4s 2d to 3s 6d ; broken and damaged, 3s to 4s per bushel (sacks extra) Potatoes.— With the exception of a few ill-conditioned lines very few old Derwents are coming forward. Good quality could be placed at £4 to £4 10s per ton, but inferior sorts are difficult to quit at £1 to £2 per ton (bags 1 in). During the past week new potatoes have been in rather short supply, and saleable at about £14 per ton (bags in). Chaff. — Prime oaten sheaf continues to be scarce, and meets with good inquiry. Stocks of medium quality are now reduced,, but this class shows little improvement in value. We quote: Prime oaten sheaf, £5 to £5 10s • extra heavy, to £5 12s 6d ; medium to good, £4 to £4 15s ; inferior and straw chaff, £2 10s to £3 15s per ton (bags extra).