£4/6/- FOR BACONERS

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 51, Issue 3115, 6 May 1942, Page 3

£4/6/- FOR BACONERS

KEEN DEMAND AT MATAMATA

WEANERS HARD TO QUIT

The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, report that at their fortnightly Matamata stock sale a good yarding of sheep, comprising mostly store lambs, was penned. Competition for these was not as keen as at recent sales, but a small offering’ of mutton sold under spirited bidding. A full yarding of fat and boner cattle sold under steady competition with prices in all sections firm at late rates.

A good yarding of fat pigs, and a light entry of slips and weaners. A feature of the yarding was the number of pens of baconers, for which the demand was very keen. Prices were fully up to late rates, best baconers realising to £4 6s. Porkers also showed an improvement on recent sales. Slips and weaners were dull of sale, but in most cases vendors met the market. Quotations: —

Sheep.—Prime Black Face 2-tooth mutton, to 28s; light fat wethers, 22s to 245; light fat lamibs, 18s to 21s; best store lam'bs, 12s '6d to 14s; medium, 10s to Ils ‘6d; cull lambs, 5s 6d to 8s 6d; cull ewes, 7s 6d to 10s 6d.

.Cattle.—Fat Friesian cows, £7 7s to £7 17s; fat Shorthorn cows, £6 6s to £6 10s; fat Jersey cows, £4 18s to £5 13s; heavy boners, £4 to £4 12s; medium, £3 10s to £4; light boners, £2 5s to £3 9s; cull cows, 18s to 395; potter bulls, 10s to 255; medium quality Jersey and Jersey Cross heifers, £3 3s to £3 7s 6d; poor and smaller sorts, 25s to £2 12s.

Pigs.—(Choppers, 34s to £2 4s; prime heavy baconers, £3 18s to £4 6s; medium, £3 12s to £3 16s; light, £3 5s to £3 10s; heavy porkers, £2 16s to- £3 3s; medium, £2 6s to £2 12s; light, 36s to £2 4s; unfinished porkers, 28s to 335; store pigs, 18s to 255; slips, 8s to 14s; weaners, 2s to 6s 6d.