PRODUCE

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 20, 20 May 1909, Page 17

PRODUCE

Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. report: — We held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce, at our stores on Monday. Our catalogue was a very full one, and met with fair demand from a large gathering of local buyers. Values ruled as under : Oats. — Consignments have been coming forward more freely, and nearly all lots of good to prime quality on offer have been taken at late quotations. Medium and inferior samples are not so easily dealt with. Many consignments give evidence of having suffered through bad. weather, and rejections on account' of unsoundness are often the result. Gartons maintain their position of first favorites with buyers. We quote : Prime milling (Gartons), Is 7d to Is 7£d; Sparrowbills, etc., Is 6d to Is 6£d; good to best feed Gartons, Is 5d to Is 6£d; Sparrowbills, Is 4d to Is 5Jd; inferior to medium, Is 2d to Is 3£d per bushel (sacks extra). . " ■ Wheat. — There is no change to report. Millers are not disposed to operate freely except in the case of prime velvet, for which there is fair demand. Fowl wheat is offering freely, and has only moderate inquiry. Business is quiet, as there is no opportunity for export at present, and quotations are nominal. We quote : Prime milling, 4s Id to 4s 2d; medium to good, 3s lid to 4s; best whole fowl wheat, 3s 8d to 3s lOd; medium, 3s 3d to 3s 7d; broken and damaged, 2s 6d to 3s per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes. — The market is well supplied,, but with fair demand nearly all consignments have been cleared at prices on a par with those of last week. We quote : Best sound freshly-dug lots, £3 12s 6d to £3 15s; medium t.o good, £3 to £3 10s; inferior, £2 5s to £2 15s per ton (bags included). Chaff. — Fair supplies of medium chaff are coming forward, but are not greatly in favor with buyers, "who have a strong preference at present for prime heavy chaff. Inferior and discolored lots are difficult to deal with at reduced values. We quote: Best oaten sheaf, £2 7s 6d to £2 10s; medium to good, £2 to £2 ss; inferior, £1 10s to £1 15s per ton (bags extra).

Messrs. Dalgety and Co. report as follows: —

We held our usual weekly auction sale of grain and produce on Monday, and submitted a good catalogue to a fair attendance of buyers. Prices ruled as under: Oats. — The market is quiet, and, if anything, a shade easier. A grade Gartons are readily taken at' quotations, but other sorts are difficult to place. There is no deman 3. for Australian shipments at present. We quote: Prime milling A Gartons, Is 7d to Is 7sd; Sparrowbills, Is 6d to Is 7d ; good to best feed, Is 4^d to Is s£d ; inferior,, to medium, Is 2d to Is 4d. Wheat. — There is little business doing in wheat.. The -millers are well stocked, and are not disposed to offer prices asked. As no freights are offering, shippers are not operating, and quotations are nominal. We quote : Prime milling, 4s Id to 4s 2d ; medium, 3s lid to 4s ; whole fowl wheat, 3s 9d to 3s lOd; medium and smutted, 3s 4d to 3s 7d; inferior, 2s 6d to 3s per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes. — Sound and prime potatoes meet with ready 'sale, and though there are considerably more offering, last week's prices are rather more than maintained. Anything •at /all blighted is hard to sell. We quote: Best~freshly'chig' samples, £3 10s to £3 15s ; medium to good, £2 10s . to £3 ss. •Chaff. — The market. is over-supplied t with* chaff, which can hardly be classed as prime, and this 1 quality" is hard to jßell at quotations. Any really bright, heavy, 'and well-cut ■meet" with ready sale. We quote : Printo, £2 7s 6d* to .£2 10s; medium, £2 to £2 ss; inferior and discolored, 35s to 40s". Straw. — We quote: Wheaten, 27s 6d to 30s ; oaten, 32s 6d to 355.

• Messrs. Stronach, Morris, and Co., Ltd., report for week ending May 18, as follows i — Oats. — There has been a good, number coining forward, but prices are a shade easier. _ A grade .Gaftons are most in demand, whilst Sparrowbills, especially of off color, are harder of sale". Quotations : Prime milling Gartons, Is 7d to Is 7£d; Sparrowbills, Is 6d to Is 6£d; good to b;esjt feed Gartons, Is -5d to Is 6£d; Sparrowbiljs, Is 4d W ls~" s£d; inferior to medium, Is 2d to Is 3£d per bushpl "{sacks--, extra). • • / ' | \ Wheat. — There is" no change to report in the wheat market, as millers- are not inclined to do business. Fowl wheat is "plentiful and has only moderate enquiry. Quotations: Prime milling, nominally, 4s Id to 4s 2d; medium to good, 3s lid to 4s; best whole fowl wheat, 3s 8d to 3s lOd ; medium, 3s 3d to 3s 7d ; broken and damaged, 2s 6d to 3s per bushel (sacks extra). ___ _ Chaff. — There is a large quantity of medium quality and discolored chaff coming forward, but buyers are en-,' quiring more for prime heavy. Inferior and discolored'"' lots are hard to place at lower rates. Quotations: Best oaten sheaf, £2 7s 6d to £2 10s ; medium to good, £2 to £2 ss; inferior, £1 10s to £1 15s per ton (bags extra). Potatoes. — The market is well supplied, and prices still hold good for all sound lines. All blighted and me- " diura. quality lots are harder to sell. Quotations: Best •sound freshly dug, £3 12s 6d to £3 15s; medium to good, £3 to £3 10s; infer ipr, £2 5s to £2 15s per ton (bags in). Straw. — Quotations : Wheaten, 27s 6d to 30s ; oaten," ' 35s per ton (pressed). Turnips. — Quotations: Best swede, 12s to 13s per ton . loose (ex truck). ,