Commercial

New Zealand Tablet, 25 July 1912, Page 29

Commercial

PRODUCE

Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. report:

We held our weekly sale of grain and produce on

Monday.

Oats. — moderate amount of business is being done for export, chiefly in good to prime Gartons and sparrowbills, but it is difficult to maintain late values. Medium and inferior lines have little attention. Prime milling, 2s 2d; good to best feed, 2s to 2s lid; inferior to medium, Is 9d to Is lid per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. The market is unchanged, and practically, .no sales of milling lines are passing. Fowl wheat is offering rather more freely and at a slight reduction. Prime milling, 3s 9d to 3s'lod; medium to good, 3s 6d to 3s 8d; best whole fowl wheat, 3s 4d to 3s sd; medium, 3s to 3s 3d broken and damaged, 2s 6d to 2s lOd per bushel (sacks extra).

Potatoes. —The demand for export is well maintained, and all prime lots are readily quitted on arrival. Shippers give preference to guaranteed lines in new sacks, which sell at £6 5s to £6 10s : best table potatoes, £6 to £6 ss; medium to good, £5 10s to £5 15s; others, £4 10s to £5 per ton (bags included). Chaff. The market is glutted, and prices for all sorts show a decline. The quantity of medium and inferior chaff coming forward is excessive, and for these sorts there is practically no sale. The outlook for second-rate quality is so poor that a better result would be obtained by threshing. Best oaten sheaf, £3 to £3 ss; medium to good, £2 12s 6d to £2 17s Gd; inferior, £2 to £2 10s per ton (bags extra).

Messrs. Stronach, Morris, and Co., Ltd. report for week ended Tuesday, July 23, 1912, as follows:

. Oats. There is very little business doing, the demand being chiefly for prime gartons and sparrowbills. Medium and inferior lines are not inquired for. Quotations: Prime milling, to 2s 2d ; good to best feed, 2s to 2s lid; inferior to medium, Is 9d to Is lid per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat.—The Dunedin millers are not buying, and quotations are merely nominal. Fowl wheat is in fair demand. Prime milling, 3s 9d to 3s lOd; medium, 3s 6d to 3s 8d; best whole fowl wheat, 3s 4d to 3s sd; medium to good, 3s 2d to 3s 3d; broken and damaged, 2s 9d to 3s per bushel. Chaff. The market is glutted with poor quality, which is practically unsaleable. There is a fair sale for prime oaten sheaf. Prime oaten sheaf, £3 to £3 sd; medium to good, £2 10s to £2 15s; light and inferior, £1 10s to £2 per ton. Potatoes.—There is a good demand for export, and all prime lines are readily sold on arrival. Quotations: Prime lines, £6 to £6 10s; good, £6: medium, £5 5s to £5 15s; inferior, £3 10s to £4 10s (bags in).

Messrs. Dalgety and Co. report as follows:—■

We held our weekly sale of grain, and produce on Monday, when we offered a large catalogue to the usual attendance of buyers. Oats.—The market is dull and lifeless. Prime Gartons and sparrowbills receive most inquiry, while damp and discolored oats are almost neglected. Prime milling, 2s 2d; good to best feed, 2s to 2s lAd; inferior and medium, Is 9d to Is lid.

.Wheat.—Millers are still inactive, and the market remains in the same quiet state. .Values can only be treated as nominal. Fowl wheat is in fair demand at

quotations. Prime milling, 3s 9d to 3s lOd; medium ' milling, 3s 6d to 3s 8d; best whole fowl wheat, 3s 4d to 3s sd; medium to good, 3s 2d to 3s 3d; broken and | damaged, 2s 9d to 3s. ' , -| Potatoes.—Large quantities are still being shipped***. to Australia, and as inquiries still continue from the ;- Commonwealth, choice table potatoes fit for shipment are in good demand. Owing to the limited quantity of these coming to hand, prices show a firming tendency. Seed lines are also meeting with more inquiry. Choice tables, in new sacks, with farmers' certificate, £6 10s j good to best, £6 to £6 ss; medium to good, £5 5s to £5 15s; unsound, £3 upwards. ' , ... Chaff. —Market glutted, with medium, light, and inferior qualities, which are unsaleable. Stores are now heavily stocked with this class of chaff, and we would advise clients to cease forwarding fresh supplies until stocks on hand have been reduced. Prime oaten sheaf is inquired for, and saleable at quotations. Prime oaten sheaf, £3 to £3 ss; medium to good, £2 10s to £2 15s; light and inferior, 20s per ton upwards (sacks extra).

WOOL

Messrs Stronach, Morris and Co. report as follows:

Rabbitskins. —We offered a large catalogue at Monday's sale, and bidding was exceedingly keen. . All sorts met with a ready sale", but winter bucks and does were in most demand. Our top price was 39|d for two bags of winter does, whilst we also got 39jd for another" line. Other lots ranged from 36d to Our top price was winter bucks at 22;}d ; several lines running from 21cl to 22|d. Prime winter does, fawns, and winter blacks, also hareskins showed a rise of fully Id, per lb. Quotations: Prime selected winter does, 38d to 39id: first winters, 34d to 36k1; second winter does, 24d to 27-?,d; prime winter bucks, 21d to 22|d ; second winter bucks, 18id to 20id; incoming, 17fd to 19d; outgoing, 13d to 14£d; autumns, 16§d to 17d; early autumns, 14d-to 15|d; racks, lid to 11 hdy light-racks, to 10]-d ; spring bucks and does, to 13W; hawk-torn, Gd to 14d; winter blacks, 32d to ; second winter blacks, 22d to 234 d; fawns, 15|d to 24-id; hareskins, to 13-kl; catskins, to lOd ; horsehair, to 18d. Sheepskins. —We offered a very "large catalogue at to-day's sale. Competition for all lots' was very brisk, and we cleared our catalogue at slightly increased prices. Quotations: Best half bred, 8d to 8-kl; medium, 7d to 7fd; inferior, 5d to 6id; best, fine crossbred, 7Ad to B|d; best coarse crossbred, 7d to 7£d; medium, sfd to 6|-d; dead and inferior, 4d to s§d; best pelts, 4|d to s|d; inferior, to 3|d; best merino, 7d to 7|dj medium to good, 5-kl to 6id; lambs, 6|d to 7|d; medium, sid to 6kl. ' - Hides.We held our fortnightly sale on Thursday, 18th inst., when we submitted a good catalogue. Competition was much keener than at the preceding sale, and values for medium and heavy weight showed a rise of about |d per lb. Quotations: Prime stout heavy ox hides, B|d to 9ld; heavy do, 7Ad to 7|d; medium weight, 6|d to 7|d; light weight, 6|d to 6|d; stout heavy cow hides, 6|d to 6|d; medium, 6£d to 6|d ; light weight, 6d to 6|d; inferior cow and ox hides, 4|d to 6d; bull and stag hides, 5d to 6|d; best calfskins, lOd to l'Ofdj medium to good, Bkl to 9fd; inferior, 5d to 7d; yearlings, to 6|d. ■—BW M(WMK——l———M——i