WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 108, 31 January 1919, Page 8

WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES

Messrs. Inery and Company, Ltd., Allen Street, reports wholesale prices a3 follow :-Oats, feed Gitrlons, 6s. Cd. to Ms. Id.; per bushel; oats, Dun, Bs. Cd. to 6s. Bd. per bushel; oats, seed machinedressed and clipped, Gs. fid. per bushel; chaff, oaten sheaf, prime bright new, 103. to .£lO per ton, second quality .£8 15s. per ton, sacks in; flour in sacks, .£l6 ]ss. per ton; oatmeal, 25's, ,£35 per ton, loose in 20Qlb. sacks JiU per ton; pota-toes,-,£7 103. to ,£9 10s. per ton; Farro food, ton lots, <£9 2s. 6d. per ton; bran, ton lots, £7 por ton;. linseed oil moai (Meggits), ton lot.?, .£l2 7s. 6d. per ton; walnuts (N.Z.), Is. 2d. per lb.j onions, Ms. :.per cwt.; fowls, 4e. to 4s. Cd. per pair; extra choice roosters, ss. to Cs. per p.'iir; ducks, 7s. to 9s. per pair; geese, 10s. to 12s. per pair; turkeys, 9d. to Is. 2d. .per lb.. dead weight; butter, farmers' separator 'and dairy, in bulk and in pound pats, Is. 2}d. to Is. 3d. per lb.; eggs, Is. 7d. to Is. 9d. per doz.j dressed pork, 70's to 100's, 9Jd. to 10' d. per lb.; bacon pigs, Bd. to 9d". per lb.; choppers, 5(1. to CJd. per lb.; suckers, Is. per lb.; beeswax, 2s. to 2s, Gd. per lb.; carbide, splendid quality, in 1001b. drums, 755. oiich; bluestono, 755. per cwt.; mutton birds.(Tnsraanian), ujd, each; shell grit, 7s. cwt

Mesin, Dalgety and 00., Ltd,, Palmerston North, report having held their fortnightly salo at Taihapo on Wednesday, when there was a raotlcrnto entry of sheep' and cattle. Sheep were dull of ealc, but tho majority of the cattle changed Annas. Quotations :-Cattlc: Mixed weaners, good, £4 13b.; cows and calves, .€lO 10b.; yearling ateers, £5 Be.; cighteen-months steers, £H 10s.j bulls, £8 10s. to £10. Sheep: Empty owes, 14b. 4(1.; cull lambs, 4b. 3d.; small two and four-tooth ewes, 20s. l<1.; four and flve-yoar ewes, 20s. Messrs Daljety and Go., w<l., report having held their weekly sale at tho Colombo Road yards, Mastertpn, on Wednesday, when they submitted a good yarding of eheop and cattle, t<. a largo attendance. Although bidding was not keen, a total clearance was made at tho following prices:—P.m. ewes, 15a.; fat and forward ewes, 245. Id.; cull ewee, 10s. 6d.; fat and forward lambs, 16s. M.; cull lambs, 7b. 10d.; two-tooth wethere, 2fe; flged Southdown rams, 20b.; Etoro cows, £6 3s. 6d.; fat and forward cowe, £10 155.; cows, with calves at foot, £10 1 35.; two-year heifers, £5 to £6 U>. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report:—At Levin on Tuesday, we submitted a fair yarding .of sheep and a good yarding of cattlo to a large attendance of buyers, and practically every line changed uande at the following rates :-Bwes and lambs, £2; rape lambs, 11b. sd. to 15b.; cull lambs. 9b. 3d.; mixed two-tootqe, 22b. 3d. to 265.; fat cowe, £10 10b., £11, to £12 10s.; vealcrs, to J35 10s.; two and a half-year steers, £7 «b.. £8, to £8 10s.; cow* iind calvee, £12 os.; wcancr heifers, £2 17b.; mixed weanern, 28a. 6d.; bulls. £4 to £5 103.; light sioro pigs, 245. to £2. Messrs; Abraham and Williams report:At Waikanae on Wednesday, we submitted a large entry oi sheep and a fair one of Mittle to a good attendance of buyore, and all lois changed hands at an advance on late rates. Four-tooth wethers, 26e W. to 30s. 3d.; two-iooth wethers, 2U., 245. 6d., 235. Id., 24a. Id., 255. 60., to 295. 2d.; woolly lambs, 19s. 6d.; two and a halfyear Bteere, to £9; eighteen-month! etoers, to £4 25.; cighteen-months heifers, r.w.b.. £4 155.; cishtcen-monthe empty hoifors, £3 11s.; bulla, £4, £5 10s., £9 15a... £10 155., to. £11 sa. . :