PRODUCE

New Zealand Tablet, 3 September 1908, Page 17

PRODUCE

Messrs. Donald Reid, and Co. report: — We held our weekly* auction sale of grain and produce on Monday. There was' a good attendance of buyers,' but competition was not keen, and, in consequence a proportion of the offering had to be passed,in. - Values"ruled "as under ; , Oats. —The market is still in an almost stagnant condition. Seed orders are now coining to hand, and in this respect fair business is being done. The demand for . export is, however, practically at a standstill, as holders are not prepared to accept the reduced prices "offered-, from other markets. Present shipments are chiefly to supply- forward contracts, and until these are completed little new business can be looked for. We quote : Prime milling, 2s' id; good to best feed, is ud to 2s o£d; inferior to medium, is o.d to is io^d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. —Local offerings are small, and^in the case of prime samples are being taken -up by millers at quotations. Medium quality is not wanted, and is being quitted as fowl wheat, for which there is fair local demand. We quote : Prime milling, 4s 2d to 4s 3£d; medium, 4s id to 4s ijd; whole fowl wheat, 4s to 4s id; broken and damaged, 3s 3d to 3s iod per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes. —Consignments are coming forward in sufficient quantity to supply local and export orders. The demand from northern markets is not quite as keen, and in, consequence sales are not so readily effected. We quote: Prime Derwents, £4 2s 6d to .£4 ss; medium to good, .£3 15s to £4; prime Up-to-Dates, £4; medium to good, £3 10s to 15s; inferior, £2 *5s to £3 5s per ton (bags included). Straw. —We quote : Oaten, 45s to 47s 6d ; wheaten, 37s 6d to 40s per ton (pressed). Turnips. —We quote: Best swedes, 21s to 22sper'ton (loose, ex truck).

Messrs. Dalgety tu and Co., Ltd., report as follows: — - We held our usual weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday, when we submitted a very large catalogue put up in lots to suit intending purchasers. Despite the fact that there was an extra large attendance of buyers, biding was not over brisli,*" and a number of our offerings, consisting chiefly of lines of inferior potatoes and chaff, had to be passed in for lack of competition. ruled as / under : Oats. — This market is still in an unsatisfactroy condition. Sales are being* daily reported, each time lower than the last. Buyers are apathetic. Quotations age more xor less nominal. Quotations: Prime,- milling, 2s id; good to best feed, is ud to 2s ; inferior to medium, is 9d to is iod per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. — The improvement reported in our last continues, the inquiry being good for all lines offering, either in milling quality or fowl wheat, which is scaj'ce, and in request. Quotations- : Prime milling, 4s 2d to~4s 3^d ; medium milling, 4s, id to l^d ; best fowl wheat, 4s to 4s id ; t>rokcn and damaged, 3s 3d to 3s iod per bushel (sacks extra)., Potatoes. — The market is quiet for all descriptions. Choice lines of tables, principally Up-to-Dales, are saleable at £4 petton. Derwents have, not as good inquiry. Inferior and medhnrc descriptions are almost unsaleable even at reductions on quotation. Seed sorts — British Queens, etc. — if carefully picked, are readily placed. Quotations : Prime Derwents, £4 2s 6d to £4 ss; medium. Derwents, £3 15s to prime Up-to-Dates, £4; medium, £3 10s to 15s ; inferior, £2 15s upwards per ton (bags in). { Straw. — Oaten straw, 45s to 47s 6d;'wheaten, 37s 6d to 40s per ton (pressed ex truck). ■ , • ■ •

Messrs. Stronach, Morris, 'and Co; ' report .: — ' Oats. — There is no business being done except in seed orders, as there is no business passing in the- export line. Prime milling, 2s id ; good to best feed, is Lid^J.^s to medium, is 9d to -is io£d per bushel (sacks extra}! "r .' '~["~ •■'', ', .; " Wheat. — There is very little -offering,* and"" millers are not keen buyers. Quotations : Prime • m'illiftg,'- 4s id to- 4s 33d'; medium, 4s id to 4s i^d; fowl wheat, 4s to 4s id; broken and damaged, 3s 3d to 3s iod per bushel .. (sacks extra). - - Potatoes. — There are large consignments coming forward, _ and as the northern demand has -slackened off,;jsales are not so easily made. Prime Derwents, £4 2s 6d .to- £4 ss ; medium . to good, £3 15s to £4 ; prime ,up-to-dates, £4-; medium to good, £3 ios'io-^73 15s; inferior, £2-159 to '£3 per ton (bags *n). ■ ' . ~ ' " ,-'''■-' ... Chaff. — There is a good deal coming -for-ward, and the demand for export _, has slackened off- considerably r Straw chaff is in fair demartd.- -Quotations : Prime oaten sheaf, £4 to £$ 2s 6d;- medium to: good, 7s 6d*tb'j£3 155 j; light and inferior, £3 to £>3 s s ! straw chaff, £2. 5s to£ 2 15s- per, ton (bags extra). - Pressed Straw. — Oaten, 45s to 47s ;'6d; wliear.cn, 37s 6d to 40s per ton.