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! FROZEN MEAT SHIPMENTS. The New Zealand Meat Producers' ; Board advise that the frozen nu-.it shipped | from New Zealand for the season 1923-24, from November, 1923. to September. 1024, inclusive, was as follows: Beef, 270,017 quarters; mutton, 1,097,012 carcases; lamb, 4,780,054 carcases. Stocks of frozen meat loaded into steamers not departed from New Zealand as at September 30, I»_4 :—Beef (qrs.), 8004; mutton (carcases), 185,949; lamb, ! (carcases), 47,023.
j PRICES AT SMITHFIELD.
The Meat Troducers' Board has received i tlie following cablegram from its office, under date October 17, advising Smithfield delivered prices at that date as i follows: — N.Z. wethers and maidens.—Canterbury ' quality, selected brands, ."Olb and under. Bnd8 n d per lb. "i7lb to 041b, SJd. 051b lo 7_lb, Sd: other brands, f>Glb and under. Sj-d, 571h to «41h, Sid, 051b to 7-Ib, "Jil. New Zealand ewes, 041b and under. OJd. N.Z. lamb, Canterbury quality, 30!h and under, 12Jd, 371b to 4-Ib. l_;d, 4:jlb to 001b, lljd ; seconds, lajd ; selected, ."Olb and under. l_sd, .".71b to 421b, 1-Sd ; other brands, first quality, 1211) nnd under, 12Jd. beef—Ox fores, 3Jd : nx binds. 4|d. I Argentine chilled beef —Ox fores, OJd ;ox hinds. GJd. Argentine frozen beef—Ox fores, 4d ; ox hinds. SJd. Frozen veal, 4d.
I FEILDING STOCK SALE.
Messrs. nalgety and Co., Ltd., Palmer- ! slon North, report chat lit the KelldluS sale on Friday, the 17tti instant, there was a small entry of sheep and a full yarding of cattle, chiefly of indifferent quality. Until fat sheep as«l beef were considerably easier In price, and a number ot ewes were passed at anclion. Quotations:— Kat hogvets. 94/ to .'Ui.-'ll: fat shorn en-ex, _I,'S to iiO.'O: fat woolly ewes, 87/3 to 42/4; saorn black face, .-tooth. _3/3: woolly wether hoggets. 34/1 to S4/0; c--crra good,/to 37/4; woolly one hoggets, .".4/_; extra good, to .'!*/10; ewes, with black face lambs. f2 10/; dairy heifers, flO ."/': dairy cows, lv milk, £i; forward cows and heifers. £4-10'; fat ions, £7 »/; fat bullock*, f.s 17/0, £11 ■.IS/: 3 and 4-year Hereford bullocks, £3 1 •'; • .l-ycar steers. £4 2/0: 3-year steers, PolledAngus. £4 7/0: •-'-year steers. £_ ill/, £:; 10'; yearling steers, £_, a 11/, £2 12/0: yearling steers, roach, ;',O/, ;Ki/, "/B; 2-yenr empty heifers, 07/(l; yearling heifers, SO/, ,MO, 88/: Hereford bulls. £4 10/; .lersev Yenning bulls, f:: 10 ': 2-year Jersey bulls, good. £10 j to £13.
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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 250, 21 October 1924, Page 7
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