Commercial

New Zealand Tablet, 15 October 1908, Page 17

Commercial

PRODUCE

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report as follows: — We held our weekly auction sale of grain' and produce at our stores on Monday, when we offered a fair-sized catalogue. Buyers were in moderate attendance, and competition was weak. As a result, only a small portion of the catalogue- was quitted al auction. Values ruled as under : Oats. — The market is quiet, the majority of buyers showing little or no disposition to operate. Late quotations are barely maintained. We quote : Prime milling, to 2s ; good to best feed, is lod to is nd; inferior to medium, is 8d to is yld per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. — Offerings for the week in this market have again been light. Millers, iipwever, report having sufficient stock on " hand for present requirements, and consequently are not over-eager buyers at the moment. Fowl wheat is scarce, and has strong inquiry. Quotations arc unchanged. We quote : Prime milling, 4s 5d to 4s 5* d ; medium milling and fowl wheat, 4s 3d to 4s 4d ; broken and damaged, 3s 6d to 4s per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes. — The market i» inactive, little inquiry existing. Prime table quality Up-to-Dates is the only description meeting with ready sale at prices about on a par with late values. For inferior, roughly-grown, and small sorts there is very little sale, at prices which show considerable reduction. We quote : Extra choice Up-to-Dates, £3 15s ; prime Up-to-Dates, £2 10s to £3 12s 6d ; medium, £2 2s 6d to ,£3 7s 6d ; inferior, £2 5s upwards per ton (sacks in). Chaff. — This market shares, to some extent, in the general quietness prevailing in the other markets. Prime bright heavy and well-cut oaten sheaf is saleable at last week's rates. Inferior, discolored, and heated lines aiT not wanted, and are difficult to quit at low values. We quote : Prime oaten sheaf, £■$ 17s 6d to ; medium, £$ 10s to £$ 15s; light, inferior, and heated, £2 10s and upwards per ton (bags extra). Straw. — We quote wheaten, 38s to 40s ; oaten (scarce), 47s 6d per ton (pressed). Messrs. Stronach, Morris, and Co. report :—: — Oats. — The market is very quiet, as merchants are not disposed to buy. Quotations : Prime milling, 2s ; good to best feed, is iod to is njd; inferior to medium, is Sd to is 9Jd per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. — Owing to London advices millers are not disposed to operate here. Fowl wheat is ..scarce, and medium "milling is readily sold as its substitute. Quotations :_ Prime milling, 4s 5d to 4s 5Jd ; medium milling and fowl wheat, 4s 3d to 4s 4d ; broken and damaged, 3s 6d to.4s. per bushel (sacks extra). Chaff. — All prime oaten sheaf coming to hand is readily sold at quotations. Medium and inferior are not in demand, and are hard of sale. Quotations : Prime oaten sheaf, £3 -17s 66. to £4 ; medium, 10s to £3 15s ; discolored and inferior, to £3 5S per ton (sacks extra). Potatoes. — Consignments during the week have been heavy, and prices in consequence have eased slightly. Prime Up-to-Dates have most inquiry. Quotations : Best Up-to-Dates, £2 10s to £3 I2s 6d ; extra, to £2 15s; medium to good, £3 .'.s6d to 7s 6d ; inferior, £2 5s to £2 15s per ton (sacks in). Pressed Straw. — Quotations ; Wheaten, 38s to 40s ; oaten, to 50s per ton.

Messrs. Donald Reid and' Co. report: — ." * , • We held our weekly auction saje of grain 'and 'produce at our stores on Monday morning r when we submitted a representative catalogue to a full attendance of. buyers., ' With the except tion of oats, bidding for all lines on offer was brisk, and we cleared the bulk of our" catalogue at quotations,. Prices ruled as 'under '. _ " ■ , . .. Oats. — There is practically no new business to report in the oat market. Offerings from the,, country 'are light, but as merchants are still out of the market owing ;to the absence of shipping orders from the north, -transactions', except for the local trade, are small. We quote: Prime' milling, 2s';. good to best' feed, is io£d to is n^d; inferior to medium, is 8d to is gd per bushel (sacks extra). ." , fc Wheat. — Owing to the depressing reports from the Home markets, millers are not so anxious_to buy as was the case a week ago. Holders are firm, and consequently little business is passing. Fowl wheats which has goocl demand locally, is in short supply, and a number of lines ' of second milling quality are being disposed of as fowl wheat, which sells almost on a par with prime milling. Broken and damaged .lines, are. more difficult to quit at quotations. We quote : Prime milling,- 4s 5d to 4s s^d ; medium do and best whole fowl wheat, 4s 3d to 4s 4d ; broken and damaged, 3s 3d to 3s iod per bushel, (sacks extra). Potatoes. — Consignments from the country have been heavier during the week, and prices, except for very choice lines, have cased somewhat. At our sales this morning we submitted several linos of freshly-picked Up-to-Dales, which met with good competition at slightly reduced prices. Medium and stale samples are very difficult to quit, however—- We quote : Best Up-to-Dates, 10s to £3 12s 6d ; choice, to £3 15s; medium do, to £3 7s 6d ; inferior, £2 5s to £2 15s ; best Derwents, to £3 15s; medium to good, to 10s; inferior, £2 to £2 15s pci r ton included). •