New Delhi, 11 March (NNS): The sale of turmeric reported to be weak even after the downfall in the prices during the previous days, due to this, the prices of turmeric erode gatha asitis remained firm at Rs 14300 per quintal. Recently, the prices have gone down by Rs 200 per quintal. There were around 3500 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 slipped by Rs 140 or 0.95 percent to Rs 14600 per quintal because of the weak speculative buying. There is a possibility of improvement in the spot turmeric prices during the near future.