COMMERCIAL NEWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 196, 2 June 1930, Page 8

COMMERCIAL NEWS

MEAT TRADE. SMITHFIELD QUOTATIONS. (United Press Association—Copyright.) LONDON, May 31. The weekly quotations for the undermentioned classes of frozen meats, based on actual sales of wholesale quantities of carcases of mutton or lamb or quarters of beef delivered to the Smithfiekl market, and (or) ex London stores, have been compiled as follows bv the Quotations Committee, Smithfield. To arrive at equivalent ship values, per lb should be deducted from the prices quoted below. Quotations are average for the week, and are not for selected lines, but for parcels fairly representative of the bulk of shipments now on offer:— Frozen mutton—Crossbred wethers and maiden ewes: Canterbury, 457/641 b 4gd. 65/721b 4gd. North Island, 57/6411) 4pi, 65/721b 43d; ewes, 65/7211) 3d. Crossbred and (or) merino wethers: Australian: Firsts, 40/651b 3^(1; seconds, 30/5511) 3pl. Argentine: Firstquality crossbred wethers, 48/G4lb 4d; 65/721b 3gd; over 721 b 3}d. Patagonian : Sheep, wethers and (or) maiden ewes, under 501 b 3|d; 50/601b 3|d. Frozen mutton*— Canterbury: 361 b and under B|d ; 37/42 83 d ; 43/501b 7_f d ; average 331 b 7pl. South Island: 36 b and under B|d, 37/421b 83d; 43/501b 7£d: seconds, average 311 b, BJd. North Island selected: 361 b and under Bid; 37/421b 7|d; seconds, average 311 b, Bd. Australian: Victorian (firsts). 361 b and under 73d, 37/421b 63d. Other States (firsts), 361 b and under 63d. 37/421b (Ud Argentine (firsts): 361 b and under’ 7d, 37/421b 6d, 43/501b 6d. Patagonian (firsts) 361 b and under 6|d, 37/421b 6pi, seconds, average 301 b 6pL Frozen Beef—New Zealand: Ox fores, 1601 bto 2201 b 3pl, ox hinds, 1601 bto 2201 b s|jd. Australian: Ox crops, under 1001 b 33d, over 1001 b 3pl. Ox hinds, under 1601 b 53d, over 1601 b s|d. . Chilled Beef—Argentine : Ox fores, 1601 b to 2201 b 3pl, ox hinds 1601 b to 2201 b 63d. Other sorts are unchanged.