MARKET REPORT
The Dominion Auctioneering Coy., Ltd., report receiving medium entries of both pigs and poultry at their weekly sale, a total clearance, being made of all entries. Fruit and produce met a ready sale. Quotations: Pigs.—. Best weaners, 24s to 25s fid; small to medium, 9s to 18s; slips, £1 16s to £2 ,2s; stores,- heavy, £3 5s to £3 7s; sow to farrow, £4; boar, £3. Poultry.—Heavy heiis, 6s 6d to 7s Ifld; medium, 5s to 5s lOd; light, 3s 6d to 4s. Id; heavy cockerels, 6s to 7s 4d; small to medium, 2s 7d to ss; 'pullets, 6s 3d to 8s 7d ; roosters, 4s to 7s Id; ducks and drakes, 5s to 6s. \. Pi-oduce.—Grapefruit, 24s 6d case : treo tomatoes, 22s 6d to 27s case; cauliflowers, best 14s to 17s sack, others 8s to .10a 6d; spinach, 10s to 16s case; leeks, 10s to 14s 6d case; asparagus, Is lOd to 2s 2d bunch; cabbages, ceiling price; carrots, ceiling price; parsnips, ceiling price; swedes 8s 6d cwt. : radishes, 3s to 4s dozen bunches; celery, 2s to 5s case; lettuces, best 12s to 16s case, others 4s to 10s; spring onions, j 2s to 2s 9d bunch; rhubarb, 6d to Is 3d i bunch.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 258, 29 September 1945, Page 8
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205MARKET REPORT Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 258, 29 September 1945, Page 8
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