COMMERCIAL

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20821, 3 June 1939, Page 12

COMMERCIAL

POULTRY, BUTTER AND EGGS THE AUCKLAND MARKETS Whole sale egg prices at the city markets fell 2d a dozen for all grades. Prices were:— Poultry: Cockerels, heavy breeds, prime 5s to 7s each, not prime 2s 6d to 3s Gd; light, prime 3s 6d to ss, not prime 2s to 3s; fat roosters, heavy.

prime 3s to 4s, light 2s to 3s; fat hens, heavy' 3s to 4s 6d, light 2s 3d to 3s 3d; laying hens, heavy 3s Gd to 5s Gd. light 3s 3d to -is; pullets, heavy, best 5s Gd to 6s Gd. smaller 2s up; light, best 4s Gd to Gs, smaller 2s to 4s; drakes, young, prime 3s to 4s, smaller 2s to 2s 10d, old 2s to 3s; ducks, young 3s Gd to 5s Gd, old 2s to 3s; geese, 4s to ss; turkey liens, 5s to 8s; gobblers, 9s to 15s. Butt-er and Eggs: Eggs, hen, first : grade 2s 9Ad a dozen, B 2s 3Ad, G Is : 11 Ad; duck, first grade 2s 4Ad, B 2s 2Ad, G Is 6Ad. Farmers’ butter, Is < 3Ad to Is 5d per lb.

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