MARKET REPORT.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 69, 18 February 1939, Page 5

MARKET REPORT.

PIGS, POULTRY AND PRODUCE. Tho Dominion Auctioneering Company, Ltd., Palmerston North, report receiving a large entry, of pigs at their salo hold on Thursday, and with a large attendance of buyers a total clearance was made. Porkers were in exceptionally good demand, best heavy,sorts realising 45s 6d, 50s to 555, with light porkers from 36s to 40s. Wcaners and stores , were on a par with last week’s rates. A small increase in tho price of poultry was noticeable, with a decided improvement in pullets. Quotations;. Pigs.—Heavy porkers, 45s 6d, 50s to 555; light, porkers, 36s 6d, 38s to 40s; stores, 25s to 32s 6d; slips, from 15s to 17s; best weaners, from 12s 6d to 15s; medium weaners, 10s to lie; small to backward weaners, 5s to Bs.

Poultry.—Best White Leghorn hens, from to 4s 6d per pair; best Black Orpington hens, from 6s to 6s 6d per pair; light hens, from 2s 6d to 4s per pair; heavy cockerels, from &s 6d to 8s per pair; light cockerels, from 2s to 5s per pair; pullets, from 5s to 6s 9d each; ducks, from 4s to 7s per pair. Produce.—Apples: Gravcnsteins, 7s 6d to 9s 6d a bushel; Cox’s Orange, 7s to 10s 6d; Ribston Pippin, *ss to 7s; cookers, 6s to Bs. Peaches: Dessert, 4s to 5s per case; cooking, 2s 6d to 4s 6d. Plums: Dessert, 3s to 5s per case; cooking, Is 6d to 2s 6d. Nectarines, 5s to 9s per case; apricots, 4s to 7s per case; tomatoes, outdoor, 2s 6d to 4s per .case; hothouse, 4d to 6d per lb; grapes, from Is per pound; cucumbers; 10s to 11s per -Lease; celery, 15s to 16s per ease- cabbage,:2s 6d to 6s 6d per sack; cauliflowers 4s to 5s 6d; lettuce, Is to 2s per case; swedes, 3s to 4s per case; parsnips, 6~ to 10s per ease; carrots, 4s to 5s per case; peas, Id to 2d" per lb; beans, 2d to 3d per pound; beetroot, 3s to 6s per case; spinach, 5s to 7s per-case; rhubarb, toFs per dozen; onions, 7s to 8s per bag; potatoes, 6s to 10s per bag,