PRODUCE

New Zealand Tablet, 1 October 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 moderate attendance of buyers, but, except for chaff, of which we had only medium quality on offer, our catalogue was cleared at satisfactory prices. Values ruled as under : Oats. — Business last week was confined chiefly to sales of seed lines, for which there is still fair inquiry. The export demand was quiet, but sellers are not disposed to accept any reduction on their reserves, believing as they do that the shipments now being made to England will have the effect of improving selling prospects here before long. We quote : Prime milling, 2s o.id to 2s id; good to best feed, is nd to 2s; inferior to medium, is gd to is 10.M per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. — Prime milling quality has decidedly better inquiry, and nearly all sales effected this week have beon at- an advance on late values. Medium quality is not greatly favored by millers, but in the absence of stocks of fowl wheat has ready sale 1o fill fowl feed requirements. We quote : Prime milling, 4 s 4M to 3d ; medium milling, 4s 4d ; best whole fowl wheat, 4s 3d to 4s 4d ; medium, 4s to 4s 2d ; broken and damaged, 3s 3d to 3s gd per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes.— Consignments have not been coming forward freely, and with improved demand from northern markets a better tone exists, and values to-day show an advance of about 2s 6d per ton. Prime, freshly picked Up-to-Dates are in most favor, and are worth £3 12s 6d to £3 issi 5 s ; medium to good, & to £3 10s; inferior, £2 5s to £2 15s; prime Derwents are not strongly inquired for, and sell at 15s to £4 ; medium, £3 5s to £2 ios;. inferior and stale, £2 10s to £3 per ton (sacks included). Chaff.— The market is moderately supplied with prime oaten sheaf, which meets ready sale on arrival at £3 17s 6d to £4; medium to good quality has only occasional* inquiry, and' sells at £2 7s 6d to £3 15s; inferior and discolored is difficult to place at £2 10s to £3 5s per ton (bags extra). Straw.— The market is poorly supplied. Both oaten and wheaten are wanted at 45s to 47s 6d per ton (pressed). Turnips have still fair sale at about 2 is per ton (loose, - ex truck).

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report as follows:— We held our usual weekly sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday, when we offered a small catalogue, buyer.s^ being in poor attendance^. . Competition lacked spirit foi\.all offerings, and in consequence only a small portion was cleared"' at auction. -Values ruled as -under : , Oats.— There is no alteration in this market to report. Shipping: A fair amount of business is passing, but these clearances arc mostly from merchants' stocks, not the result of recent purchases. Locally the market is quiet, but values are steady at quotations.' We quote : Prime milling, 2s id ; good to best feed, is iid to. 2s ;- inferior to medium, 'is 9 d to is io^d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat.— The market is -very firm, and all lines- offering are readily disposed of at advances on late ' quotations for milling ~ quality. Offerings are exceptionally light in. all descriptions, prime milling quality and fowl have strong inquiry. We quote • Prime milling, 4s 4 "§d to 4s s^d ; medium milling, to 4s ad • best whole fowl wheat, 4s 3d to 4 s 4 d ; broken and damaged ] 3s 6d to 3s nd-per bushel (sacks extra).

Potatoes. — The- market is, poorly .supplied with prime tables, and as a result- values for this description are .more than maintained. Inferior and sprouted lines, however, are not sought after, and ,meet with slower sale --at prices which show no improvement. We quote: Prime quality Derwents, £3 17s 6d to£74; prime Up-to-Dates, £3 I2S 6d to "15s; medium, £3 5s to £3 1 os ; inferior, £2 7s -6d to £2 .15s per ton (sacks in). ' " . • . . ~ Chaff. — The market is firm for prime quality, -and -values for this description may be quoted at on a par with ~ last week's. Stocks of medium and inferior quality in stores are now considerably reduced, and values for these ' sorts' are /firm at late rates. We quote : Prime oaten sheaf,. -^ 17s 6d:to £4 ; medium, &2 5S to .£3 15s ; light, inferior, and heated,' £i'ios upwards per ton (bags extra). ■ . Messrs. Stronach, Morris, and Co., Ltd., report -as follows :— Oats.— There has been very little business passing during the week. Seed lines are in fair demand." Quotations : Prime milling, 2s to 2s id; good to best feed, is nd to 2s; inferior to medium, is gd to is i6jd per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat.— The market is firm for prime milling quality, but medium is not in demand except for fowl wheat. Ouotations : Prime milling, 4 s 4 £d to 4 s- 5 d ; medium, to 4 s 4 d;~best whole fowl wheat, 4 s 3d to 4 s 4d4 d ; medium, 4 s to 4 s 2 d"; borken and damaged, 3s 3d to 3s gd per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes.— During the past week consignments have been considerably less, and owing to a better demand from the north prices show a slight advance. Prime Up-to-Dates are most in demand, and are worth £3 12s 6d to £3 15s; medium to good, £?> to £3 10s; inferior, £2 5s to £2. 15s; best Derwents, £3 15s to £ 4 ; medium, £ 3 5s5 s to 10s ; inferior, £2 ios to £3 per ton (sacks in). Chaff.— There is good demand for prime bright oaten sheaf, and prices are about equal to last week's. Quotations: Prime oaten sheaf, £3 i 7 s 6d to £+ ; medium, s ' s to £3 15s; light and inferior, £2 ios to £3 per ton (bags extra). Pressed Straw.— There is very little corning forward, and both oaten and wheaten are in demand at 45s to 47s 6d per ton.