Commercial

New Zealand Tablet, 14 March 1912, Page 29

Commercial

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Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. report: We held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday, when prices ruled as under: " Oats. Threshing operations are not yet in full swing owing to the weather being so broken. A few samples have come to hand, and in most cases sales have been made on the basis of 2s 2d per bushel, sacks extra, ex truck Dunedin. Most of the lines offered so far are sound and plump, but inferior in point of color to last season’s gram. Prime milling, 2s 2id; good, to best feed, 2s Id to 2s 2d; inferior to medium, Is lid to 2s per bushel, sacks extra. Wheat.—No southern wheat is offering as yet, and local business is confined chiefly to sales of fowl wheat. In consequence of heavier supplies of this, coming forward, values are somewhat easier. Prime milling velvet, 3s 10-ld to 3s lid; Tuscan, etc., 3s 10d to 3s 10-ld; medium, 3s 9d to 3s 9ld; best whole fowl wheat, 3s 8d to 3s 8f d; medium,. 3s fid to 3s 7fd; broken and damaged, 3s to 3s 4d per bushel, sacks extra. Potatoes.—Moderate supplies are arriving, but the demand "is not . keen, and values are unchanged. Best freshly-picked lots £3 15s to £4 ; medium, £3 5s to £3 12s fid; stale, etc., £2 IDs to.£3 per ton, sacks included. Chaff .—Supplies are barely equal to the demand for prime bright oaten sheaf, which is somewhat firmer and sells at £3 15s to £4; medium to good, £3 5s to £3 10s; light and discolored difficult to quit at £2 10s to £3 per ton, bags extra. 'N Messrs. Dalgety and Co. report having held, their weekly auction sale of grain at tlieir. stores on Monday, when they offered a varied catalogue to a fair attendance. Prices were as follows : Oats.—New oats are now starting to arrive in the market, and stocks of old oats are almost exhausted. There is a fair demand at quotations. Best old oats 2s 4d to 2s 4|d; best new oats, 2s 3d ; medium to good, 2s 2d to 2s 2|d; inferior to medium, 2s to 2s Id per bushel, bags extra. Wheat. There is a good demand for prime samples, the quantity on offer, however, is very small. Prime velvet, 3s lOd ; velvet ear and Tuscan, 3s 8d to 3s 9d ; best whole fowl feed, of which there is practically none offering, 3s 7d to 3s 81 d per bushel, bags extra. Potatoes. The market continues fairly supplied. Best table sorts, £3 15s to £4; medium, £3 to £3 10s; inferior, £2 10s to £2 17s 6d per ton, bags in. Chaff.—Supplies of prime old oaten chaff have now practically ceased, and there was a very good demand for this quality. Medium chaff, of which there is a fair amount offering, is hard to sell. Best chaff, £4; medium to good, £3 to £3 15s; inferior, £2 to £2 15s per ton, bags extra.

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Mr. M. T. Kennedy, 217 Crawford street, Dunedin, reports as follows: v'■ Rabbitskins.—Prime winter does, 17d to 18d; / ,y second does, to 161,d; prime bucks, to 16d; incoming and early winter, Idd to 15d ; autumn, 12d to 13d; racks, 74d to 9d. Horsehair, 16d to 19d; catskins, 4d to 6d each. ■ Sheepskins.—Halfbred, 6d to 8d per lb; fine crossbred, 5| to 7d; coarse do., 5d to 61,d; pelts, 3d to sd. Hides.—Sound ox, 6d to 8d ; do. cow, 5d to damaged ox and cow, 3d to 4£d ; calfskins and yearlings (sound), 6-id to 9d. Horsehides, 8s to 14s each. Tallow.—Best in casks, to 26s per cwt; do., 24a; v mixed, 18s to 20s; rough fat, 16s to 20s. Prompt returns. No commission.