PRODUCE

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8, 27 February 1908, Page 17

PRODUCE

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 local buyers, and the bidding was well up to valuations. The catalogue, with a few exceptions, was cleared at satisfactory prices. Values ruled as under': — Oats. — There has been good demand for all newly threshed oats offering for immediate delivery, and all such lines coming forward have found ready sale at prices fully o.jual to' Ute quotations. For forward and Particularly for extended 1 delivery buyers; are not disposed to offer the same prices, as they anticipate buying on batter terms when threshing is more gienpral. "We qjuote :-HF|rime mil"in« 2s 3-|d, good to best feed 2s 2 id to 2s 3d ; inferior to medium 2s to 2s 2d per bushel (sacks extra 1 ). , Wheat.— Reports from London and other markets, combined with the probability of Australian wheat or flour being landed in the Dominion has had a marked effect on local values. Lines which were readily saleable a-t 4s 4d on trucks at country stations are difficult to get offers for, and- millers a re confining their "attention to choice lots which' they are buying sparingly Fowl wh-at is selling at prices rather in advance of nulling lines and is offering in moderate quantities We quote : Prime milling 4s 4d, to 4s 5d ; medium to good 4s Id to -4s 3d, broken and damasrei 3s 9d to 4s v seconds and inferior 3s 3d to 3s 6d per bushel (sack's exPotatoes -The market is moderately sunplie'di, and at \£ SS + S n al i fT hl Z* dV 3 lots met cood competition. We qii-ote: Best lots £5 10s to £5 15s, choice to £6 medium to good £5 to £5 5s per ton (foa^s include 1) Pressed Straw.-We quote : Oaten 45s to 47s fid wheaten 42s 6d per ton. ' Messrs Rtronach. Morris, and Co. report :— *^ OatS V7 There is a S° od deal offered from both north ana south, a nd a large number of sacks have changed tlffnn JO p •S ld -°- 2S 1H on trucks at Nations. Q_f 0 - 2* d tS^fS 1 " 6 - 1 ? 111118 ' 2s3 * d; goodto hest *eed, 2s el (sa?ks extrk) ° r tO mediUm ' 2S t0 2S 2d per bush " h,,v^ c ?; t '"~ The^ f i 1 in the London market has aff ected buyers here, and they are inclined to stand off. Values to-day are as follow : Prime milling, 4s 4d to 4® 5d • medium to good, 4s ld to 4s 3d ; broken and damaged! 3s fld to 4s ; seconds and inferior, 3"s to 3s 6d per bushel (sacks extra). " Chaff.— The market is bare of both old and mew chaff ana a slitrht rise in values has taken place. Quotations^ Prime oaten sheaf, £4 to £4 ss-; medium, £3 ? * *?l 15 ! ; inferi °r, £2 15s to £3 5s ; prime new chaff, £3 7s 6d to £3 10s ; medium to pood, £3 to £3 5s ; light and inferior, £2 10s to £2 15s per -ton (bags extra). • v ° Potatoes-.— These Is good enquiry for table sorts, and the market Is only moderately supplied, freshly-due lots bringing from £5 10s to £5 l"s ; extra choice, to £6medium to pood, £5 to £5 ss. por ton (bags in) ' Pressed Straw.— Oaten, 45s to 47s 6d r wbsaten 42s 6d .per ton. - '