PRODUCE

New Zealand Tablet, Volume 13, Issue 7, 13 February 1908, Page 17

PRODUCE

Messrs. Donald Reid and Uo., report as follows :— We held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on lHonday. There was a fair attendance of buyers, who bid well up to valuations for any lots of produce in demand. Lines which were out oi favor had no competition, ,and had to be passed in. Values ruled as under :—: — Oats. — 'Hie first of the new season's crop is now coming forward, and in point of condition and color most of the lines to hand are the best we have seen for some years? A few samples are not quite so well filled as buyers would la ,c, but among the deliveries to date these are exceptions. There is fair inquiry for ' immediate and forward delivery, and considerable sales have been efiected at quotations. Quotations : Prime milling, 2s 3d ; good to best feed, 2s l£d to 2s 2-|d ; in- - ferior to medium, 2s to 2s Jd per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. — Stocks of old wheat are now practically exhausted, and millers' attention is being directed to ' the new crop. Nearly all samples of this season's wheat are in the best of condition, and sales of Taieri wheat have been effected at prices which compare well with northern quotations. Fowl wheat is scarce, and still commands prices somewhat in advance of milling quotations. Quotations : Prime old wheat, 4s Cd to 4s 7d; new Tuscan and velvet, 4s 5d to 4s 6d ; medium, 4s 3d to 4s 4-id per bushel (.sacks extra). Chaff. — Prtme old oaten sheaf is scarce, and has good inquiry at £.3 1 5s to £4 2s (id per ton ; medium, at £3 5s to £3 10s. New chaff is more plentrilul? and moves oft slowly. A few choice lots have realised £3 10s, but most corasignrr ents are difficult to quit- beyond £3 to £.3 5s ; medium,' £2 10s to £2' 15s per ton (sacks extra). Straw. — Quotations : Oaten, 45s to 47s 6d; wheaten, 42s 6d to 45s per ton (pressed). ' i v V-'-Messrs. Stronach, Morris, and Co. report :— Oats.— The new oats are coming forward in fair quantities, being in good condition as regards color. There is fair inquiry, and considerable sales have been ' effected at quotations. Prime milling, 2s 3d ; good to best feed, 2s l^d to 2s 2|d ; inferior to. medium, 2s to N 2s Id per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat.— There is very little old wheat about, and new crop is engaging the attention of millers. Large quantities are offering from the north, and values maj[ be quoted at from 4s 5d to 4s 6d delivered Dutiediri for best quality. Fowl wheat is still in good demand, and sells slightly higher than milling wheat,' Quotations : Prime old wheat, 4s 6d to 4s 7d ; new Tuscan and velvet, 4s 5d to 4s 6d ; fowl wheat, 4s 6d to 4s 7d per bushel (sacks extra). Chaff.— There is very little old chaff about, and has good inquiry at from £3 10s to £4 per ton. There is a large quantity of new chaff about, which is slow of sale. Prime old oaten chaff, £3 10s to £4 2s 6d ; medium to good, £3 5s to_£3 12s 6d ; best new, £3 to £3 ss; medium to good, £2'los to £2 15s ;' inferior and heated, £2 to £2 7s 6d per ton (bags extra). Potatoes.— There is a fair inquiry and the market is fairly well supplied, freshly dug lots meeting with ready sale. Best, £5 15s to £6 ; medium to good, £5 to £5 10s per ton (bags in). Pressed Straw.— Quotations, : Oaten, £2 5s to £2 7s 6d ; wheaten, £2 2s 6d to £2 5s per ton. WOOL Messrs. Stronach, Morris, and Co. report :— Rab'bitskins.— We held our' last. sale 'on the sth inst., "when, smajl catalogues were, submitted -.all^rouind.

Best winter does brought up to 16& d ;' good, 12£ dto 14£ d ; medium, 9d to ■ ll^d.; best -summers,. 6£d to 7£d; autumns, 9d> to lOd ; spring bucks," to 9£d and spring does to 7d| ; small, 4^d to - 6d. Horse hair, 15d to 18d. Hides. — We held our j;usual -,sale on Thursday, 6th inst., when we submit teel ~a* medium catalogue of 389 to ah average attendance of buyers. Heavy ox sold at late rates, medium weight higher by id to ~£d- per lb ; cow hides, all weights, showed' ahi advance of Id per Ifc. Quotations : Prime stout jheavy ox hides, 6£d to 7-|d ; good heavy, 5-1 d to 6fd ; medium, -4fd to". 6d ; light weight, 4d to 4^d ; inferior and staggy, Id to 3d ; .best' heavy cow-hides, 3id to 4fd ; -medium, 4d .to 4-Jd ; light weight, 4d to 4-^d ; inferior, .£d. to 3d ; yearlings, lg-d to 4|d ; calfskins, Id to sid*-per : ft. Tallow and Fat.— Pi'ime tallow brings from 22s to 24s ; medium to good, 18s to 21s ; inferior, -14s to 15s 6d -; best rough fat, 15s tid to 19s 6d ; medium to good, 12s to-- 13s 6d per" cwt. . ' .