PRODUCE

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 23, 11 June 1908, Page 17

PRODUCE

Messrs. Douald Reid rt "d 10. (Ltd. ) report:— We held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday. There was a good attendance of local buyers, but .-for nearly all lines of produce competition was not so keen as it has been of late, and to effect sales lower values had to be accepted. Values ruled as under :— Oats. — The past ween nas been a quiet one. Fair quantities of A and B grade have been offering, but as buyers are not readily disposed to operate at late values, and holders are in most cases unwilling to reduce reserves, little business is passing. Seed lines are in fair demand at quotations. We quote : Choice seed lots, 2s 9d to 3s ; good do, 2s 7d to 2s 9d ; prime milling, 2s 5d to 2s s id ; good to best feed, 2s 4d to 2s 5d, ; inferior to medium, 2s 2d to 2s 3£d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat.— For choice lots suitable for seed there is fair*' demand, otherwise there is little inquiry. Milling lines are difficult to deal with, as millers are only buying small quantities of prune lots for mixing purposes. Fowl wheat lias moderate sale at prices about equal to those of last week. We quote : Seed lines, 4s 8d to 4s 3 0(1 ; prime milling, ,4s 7d' to 4s 8d ; medium do and whole fowl wheat, 4s 5d to 4s 6-id ; broken and damaged, 3s Gd to 4s per bushel (s"aeks extra) . Potatoes.— The market has been more fully supplied, and -with an easier demand for shipment it is impossible to effect sales on the basis of late 'values. At our sale to-day one prime lot of Derwenls realised £4 15s, but for all other classes there was poor competition, and best Up-to-ciates could not be quitted ,over £3 17s (id to £4 ; medium Vo good, £3 10s to £3 15s per ton (bags included). Chaff.— Consignments are coming forward more freely, and late quotations are barely maintained for choice lines, while for other sorts the reduction in values is more pronounced. There is still fair demand for export, but shippers' attentions are confined chiefly to prime oaten sheaf, so that the outlet for indifferent quality is restricted. We quote : Prime oaten sheaf, £4 to £4 2s 6<i ; choice, to £4 5s ; medium to good, £3 10s to £3 17s 6d ; light and inferior, £3 to £3 7s 6d per ton (bags extra). Straw.— We q'juote : Oaten, 35s to 3-7s 6d ; wheaten, 32s 6d to 35s per ton (pressed). Turnips.— We quo,te : Best swedes, 20s per ton loose, ex. truck.

Messrs. Stronach, Morris, and Co. report :— Oats.— The' market is very quiet, and to push sales means a reduction in prices. There is very little " shipping being done- owing to lack of orders'. Quotations : Prime milling, 2s 5d to 2s s^d ; good to best feed, 254-|d^to 2s 'sd ; inferior to medium, 2s 2d to 2s 4d- per bushel (sacks extra}. Wheat.— There is no business passing in wheat, as owners will not reduce tlieir prices and millers still hold firm. Quotations,: Prime milling, 4s 7d to 4s 8d Owminal) ; medium to good, 4s 5d to 4s 6d ; best whole .fowl wheat, 4s 5d to 4s6d ; broken- and 4am.aged, 3s 6d to 4s Id per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes. — Large consignments are coming forward, and the market shows a decline of about 5s per ton on last week's rates for prime potatoes ; medium and inferior-are hard of sale. Quotations : Prime Derwents, £4 10s to £4 12s Bd : Up-to-dates, £3 17s 6d to £4.; medium to good, £3 lQs to £3-15s ; small and inferior, £2 15s to £3 (bags in).

Chaff.— The market is a good deal easier, prices showing a drop of fnom 2sTid to 5s per ton for prime oaten sheaf, whilst the " decline in 'medium chaff is much greater. Prime oaten sheaf, £4 to £4 2s 6d ; medium to good, £3 12s 6d to £3 17s 6d ; ■ inferior -.and light, £3 to £3 10s per ton (sacks extra). • \ Pressed Straw.— Oaten, 35s to_ 37s 6d per ton ; wheaten, 30s to 35s per ton. *•-■_>