SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 38, 17 September 1903, Page 13

SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Invercargill prices current.— Wholesale — Butter farm, Bd. butter (factory), bulk, 10|d to Hid pats, HJd to llfd cash. Eggs, 9d per dozen. Cheese (factory), 6£d. Hams, 9d. Potatoes, £4 per ton (bags weighed in). Barley, 2s to 2s 6d. Chaff, £3 per ton. Flour, £10 10s to £11. Oatmeal, £8 10s to £9. Bran, £3 10s. Pollard, £4. Retail.— Fresh Butter, lOd ; butter (factory), pats, Is l^d. Eggs, lOd per dozen. Cheese, Bd. Bacon, lid. Hams, lOd. Potatoes, 5s 6d per cwt Flour : 200 ft, 23s ; 50ft, 6s 6d. Oatmeal ; 501 b, 5s 6d ;' 25ft, 2s 9d. Pollard, 7s per bag. Bran, 4s 6d Chaff Is 9d.

Mr. F. Meenan, King street, Dunedin, reports •— Wholesale prices only-Oats: Seed, Is lOd to 2s 3d; milling, Is 8d to Is 9£d ; feed, Is 3d to Is 7d. Wheat : Milling, 3s lOd to 4s 2d ; fowls' wheat, 3s to 3s 4d. Potatoes : Derwents, £4 5s ; seed kidneys, £3 10s to £4 10s Chaff, £2 10s to £3 7s 6d. Straw : Pressed wheat, 27s 6d ; oaten, 30s ; loose, 355. Flour : Sacks, £10 ; 50ft, £10 15s ; 251 b, £11. Oatmeal, £9. Pollard, £4. Bran, £3. Butter : Da'ry, 8d to lOd ; factory, lid. Cheese : Factory, 6£d ; dairy, s|d. Eggs, lOd. Onions : Melbourne, £5.

Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. (Limited) report : We held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday, when we offered a full catalogue to a good attendance of buyers, and, under moderate competition, quitted most of the lines on offer at prices on a par with late quotations. Values ruled as under :—: —

Oats.— The market is without animation, and there is little change in values to report. Prime milling and seed lines continue to move off slowly, and for prime B grade there has been rather more inquiry, but at no improvement in value. Medium and inferior sorts are offering more plentifully at slightly reduced prices. Quotions : Best seed lines, Is lOd to 2s 3d ; prime milling, Is 7£d to Is 9£d ; good to best feed, Is 6d to Is 7d ; inferior and medium, Is to Is 5d per bushel (sacks extra).

Wheat.— Local stocks of prime quality are small, and are being readily taken up by millers. The same buyers also give more attention to medium milling lines, which for some time have been neglected, and these show most improvement in value. Fowl wheat is scarce, and commands ready sale. Quotations . Prime milling, 4s to 4s 3d ; medium to good, 3s 6d to 3s lOd ; whole fowl wheat, 3s 3d to 3s 5d ; broken and damaged, 2s 9d to 3s 2d per bushel (sacks extra).

Potatoes. — The market continues to be moderately supplied with prime Derwents, for which there is steadydemand. Medium sorts are in fair supply, but not strongly competed for. Good, early seed lines are scarce and have strong inquiry. Quotations : Best seed, £4 10s to £5 10s ; prime table Derwents, £4 to £4 7s 6d ; medium to good, £3 10s to £3 17s 6d ; other sorts, £3 to £3 10s per ton (sacks in). Chaff.— The market is still well supplied with chaff of medium quality, for which there is only a weak demand. Prime oaten sheaf is arriving in moderate quantities, and finds ready sale ex truck. Inferior sorts and straw chaff have littl e attention. Quotations : Prime oaten sheaf, £3 to £3 5s ; choice, to £3 7s 6d ; medium to good, £2 10s to £2 15s ; straw chaff, inferior and light, £1 10s to £2 5s per ton (bags extra).

Straw.— Quotations : Oaten straw (pressed), 27s 6d to 30s ; wheat, 25s to 27s 6d per ton.

Turnips.— Quotations : Best swedes, 16s per ton loose (ex truck). v

Messrs. Stronach, Morris, and Co. report :— Wheat.— There has been a move in this cereal. Millers and others are now inclined to do business at the following prices . Prime milling, 4s to 4s 3d ; medium do, 3s 6d to 3s lid ; whole fowl wheat, 3s 2d to 3s sd. Oats. — The market continues lifeless and there is little business doing. Quotations remains the same as last report. Chaft.— Best, £3- to £3 5s ; medium to good, £2 10s to £2 15s. Potatoes.— Prime Derwents, £4 to £4 7s 6d ; medium, £3 10s. Straw.— Best oaten, 30s ; best wheat, 27s 6d.