MARKET REPORTS

Southern Cross, Volume 27, Issue 23, 13 September 1919, Page 3

MARKET REPORTS

EXCHANGE SALE ROOMS. McKay Bros, report the following sales on Saturday last: —■ Roush Fat—We'offer highest prices for rough fat and tallow; any quantity, Pigs—Good demand for young pigs,and we have several buyers, waiting, consignments recommended. ' ;' Poultry—We have keen demand lor. all classes of poultry: high prices ml-; ing. Bacon Pigs—We are offering ex--ceptionaliy high prices on rail for bacon weights, and invite corrcspon-; dence. Tags on application; -any quan r tity; and receive any day. Produce- —Potatoes unchanged; good demand for all prices of seecTpotatoes; markdt firm. Onions, 18/- to 20/- per ewt. New consignment arriving next, week. Pollard 18/-x bran. 8/6. barley meal 17/6, oats 18/-, wheat 27/-. oat dust 6/6, swedes 3/6. Fruit—Large consignments of des-. sert and cooking apples came to hand - through the week; also Valencia arranges. -Mandarins and Sydney oranges;-, also bananas are due next week. Prices closed as follow—Valencia oranges, 50/- to 60/- per case; dessert apples 3d to 44d per lb; cooking apples, 2d to 2Jd per lb, cauliflowers 11/- to 12/6 sack; pears, 3d to 34d per lb. Meat—An entry of prime mutton, was all disposed of at prices varying from Gd to 7-}d per lb: sausages, 7d per lb. General- —Ilooling iron in good demand: prices firm. Exchange tea, 10/!per 5 lb box: cow covers, 15/6; horse covers, 47/6. Furniture—Moderate business in department of new furniture. We have some excellent bedroom suites from £10: also dining-room suites from £l4 i 10/-. THE RIALTO. “ Messrs Wm. Todd and Co. report the following sales on Saturday last: — Poultry.—Hens 2/8 to purebred White Leghorns, 3/4 to 4/-; pullets, 4/9 to 5/-: Black Orpingtons 5/9; geese, 4/-: ducks, 4/- to 5/-. Pigs—Suckers, 16/- to 18/6, weanlers £1 10/- to .61 5/-: stores. £2 5/to £2 12/-, sows, £5. £6. boar £2 17/6. Calves —4 / 3 to 5/ -. Produce—Potatoes, prime table £l2 to £l2 10/- per ton; wheat £i 5/- to 1 £1 7/- per baa: oats, discoloured. 10/- | to 12/-; seed 'oats, £1 1/- (bags in); I pollard, 200 lb bags. £1 2/-: barley meal, 18/-: swedes. 3/-bag; linseed, 56 lb bags 12/£; onions, 21/-. F. BOWDEN & CO. I Messrs F. Bowden and Co. report | fair supplies of fruit during the week. American oranges came to hand, and realised extreme prices. Island oranges came in practically a worthless condition. Potatoes and cauliflowers are in good supply; other vegetables short and consignments wanted. The week closed with prices ruling: Winter Cole pears 6 : }d per lb; apples, dessert 12/6 to 16/- case: others (cheaper, cookers 2d to 3-id; Poor-man oranges for marmalade 20/- to 28/case; American Valencia oranges 58/f,o 68/- case; Island oranges 5/- to 12/6 case: ripe -bananas, 36/- case; green to arrive. .Mandarins, S.A. oranges and lemons to arrive early. Vegetables Cauliflowers 5/- to 10/6 sack: swedes 3/3 sack; table potatoes (prime). 13/- per ewt., seed potatoes 12/- to 20/ ewt., according to variety: cabbage plants, 4/6 dozen bundles. Feed oats. 15/- sack.