New Delhi, 03 December (NNS): The prices of turmeric erode gatha asitis softened by Rs 100 to Rs 14800 per quintal due to the weak buying as comparatively from the stockists even after the uptrend in the prices during the previous days. Recently, the prices have gone down by Rs 200 per quintal. There were around 3000 bags of turmeric reported to arrive in erode and the prices held stable at the same level of the previous day. The active contract prices fell down by Rs 250 or 1.70 percent to Rs 14436 per quintal due to the weak speculative buying. The spot turmeric prices will not likely to improve during the coming days.