PRODUCE

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 22, 3 June 1909, Page 857

PRODUCE

Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. report: — We held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday. We had a full catalogue of all classes of produce, most of which met with fair comp<3tition from a large atttendance of buyers. Prices fo' oats, wheat, and prime potatoes were fairly maintained, but chaff, hay, and turnips had only moderate demand. Values ruled as under : — Oats. — Consignments are coming forward more freely, and all good to prime Gartons and sparrowbills are in fair demand at last week's prices. Medium and inferior lines have not quite the same attention. Quotations : Prime milling A grade Gartons, Is 7d to Is 8d; sparrowbills, is 6d to Is 7d; good to best feed, Is 4sd to Is 6d; inferior to medium, Is Id to Is 4d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. — There is practically no change to report in values. Prime velvet and Tuscan are in demand at late quotations. Medium lots are not as strongly competed for. Good whole fowl wheat has ready sale, but inferior and smutty lines are offering freely, and are not in request. Quotations: Prime milling, 4s Id to 4s 2d; medium to good, 3s lid to 4s Id; best whole fowl wheat, 3s 8d to 3s lOd; medium, 3s 4d to 3s 7d; broken and damaged, 2s 9d to 3s 3d per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes. — The market is well supplied, but only prime lots are readily dealt with for shipment. Prime lots are worth £3 ids to £3 15s, but medium and inferior lots have slow sale at £2 10s to £3 5s per ton (sacks included). Chaff. — Supplies of medium chaff are coming in freely, and, being difficult to deal with ex truck, stocks are accumulating to some extent. Prime oaten sheaf is not so plentiful, and is in fair demand at £2 7s 6d to £2 10s; medium to good is worth £2 to £2 ss; light and inferior, £1 10s to £1 17s 6d per ton (bags extra). Straw. — Quotations :" Oaten, £1 15s; wheaten, £1 5s per ton (pressed). Turnips. — Best swedes, 12s to 13s per ton (loose, ex truck). Messrs. Dalgety and Co. report as follows: — We held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce on Monday, and submitted a large catalogue to a good attendance of buyers. Our catalogue was cleared at* prices as under : — ' Oats. — The market is firm at last week's quotations for good sound oats suitable- for shipping, but medium and inferior, of which there is a lot offering, are hard to sell at prices quoted. Quotations: Prime milling A Gartons, Is 7d to Is 8d; A sparrowbills, Is 6d to Is 7d; good to best feed, Is 4£d to Is 6d; inferior to medium, Is 2d to Is 4d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. — Several lines of prime milling have changed hands at quotations, principally to shippers, as millers are not keen buyers, through their still holding large stocks. Whole fowl wheat meets with ready sale, but smutted *s very hard to place. Quotations : Prime milling, 4s Id to 4s 2d ; medium, 3s lid to 4s Id j_ 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. — Potatoes are offering more freely, but prices for really prime and free from disease hold good,' anything blighted is hard to place, and low prices have to be accepted, as they would soon go off if stored. Quotations : Best freshly-dug samples, £3 10s to £3 15s; medium to good, £2 10s to £3 ss. Chaff. — Really prime chaff meets with ready sale, but there is very little of that quality offering. The market has been over-supplied with medium and inferior chaff, and prices show a decline. Quotations: Extra prime, to £2 10s; best oaten, £2 5s to £2 7s 6d; medium, £2 to £2 ss; inferior and discolored, £1 15s to £2.

Straw. — Supplies of wheaten straw have extended with the demand, and prices show a decline of 2s 6d, bu£ oaten meets with a ready sale at quotations: Wheaten,' £1 4s to £1 ss; oaten, £1 12s 6d to £1 15s. Messrs. Stronach, Morris, and Co., Ltd., report for week ending June 1 as follows: — Oats. — All A grade Gartons and Sparrowbills are in demand at last week's prices, but medium and inferior lines have not the same- attention. A grade Gartons, Is 7d to Is 8d ; Sparrowbills, Is 6d to Is 7d ; good to best feed, Is 4id to Is 6d; inferior to medium, Is Id to Is 4d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. — There is very little change to report. Prime Velvet and Tuscan are in demand at late quotations, but medium and- inferior lots are not strongly competed for. Good whole fowl wheat is in demand. Quotations: Prime milling, 4s Id to 4s 2d; mediu^n, to good, 3s lid to 4s Id; best whole fowl wheat, 3s 8d to 3s lOd; medium, 3s 4d to 3s 7d; broken and damaged, 2s 9d to 3s 3d per bushel (sacks extra). Chaff. — Large quantities of medium chaff are coming forward, but very little prime. Quotations:- Prime oaten sheaf in demand, £2 7s 6d to £2 10s; medium to good, £2 to £2 ss; light and inferior, £1 10s to £1 12s 6d per ton (bags extra). Potatoes. — The market is fully supplied, but only lots free from blight are readily placed. There is no demand for inferior. Prime, £3 10s to £3 15s; medium and inferior, £2 10s to £3 5s per ton (bags in). Straw. — Oaten, 355; wheaten, 25s per ton (pressed). Turnips.— Best Swede, 12s to 13s per ton loose, ex truck.