MEAT MARKET.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 199, 23 August 1926, Page 4

MEAT MARKET.

PRICES AT SIHITHFIELD. The New Zealand Meat Producers' Board has received the rniiowlnfr cablegram rrom its London omce, dated Asg-ust 20, advising , Smithfleld delivered prices at that dates as follows:— New Zealand wethers and maidens.— Canterbury quality, selected brands 561b and undpr. 6Jd per in; 571b to 641b G4d6olb to 72ib. ma. other brands, sClb and under, 6d; 571b to 6-ilb, s|d; 651b to 721b aid. New Zealand Ewes.—6-ilb and under 44d per lb. New Zealand Lambs. — Canterbury quality, 301b and under. Ojd per lb- 37m to 421b 83d; 431b 10 501b, S»rt Seconds B*d. Selected brands, 36ib and under sSd' 371b to 421b, Bid. Othpr brands,' n r «i; quality, 42fb and under, Sd. Seconds s&tl New Zealand Beer.—ox Cores,"' aidbinds, sid. Cow Tores. 2}d; hinds, na Argentine Chilled Beer.—Ox Tores ~34dhinds, 6*d. Frozen- Pork. —801b to 1201b, lid- l 3 oib to 1801b, 10d. Lamb.—The market is steady. Fair Smithfleld consumption. Mutton. —The demand is better for wethers, especially Tor lig-ht-weig-hts. Ewes: Market is dull. Beer.—The market is overstocked with Arg-entlne chilled beer. In their monthly report for July, Messrs. Jas/ Morrison and Co., reported: "During: the period under review, a restricted demand has resulted in a very slow trade on Smlthlleld, Mutton remains weak and Is practically neglected, while lamb lias declined sharply within the last rew WPSks. The reduced spending: power or a larjre perrentajce or wage earners, due to the continuance or imp coal strike. Is n« doubt one or the contributory causes ■>r tin- pic-sent slump. Homo killed supplies of liiJiilj especially ar« expwted to be heavy, and will, to a large extent, discount the rfU'cU 01 , the (UnbaiKo on Continental shipments An iiuprovi-iuent 111 the Industrial position may load to a llnnliig up In muttoui Id Uie rau of tlie year." i