OVERSEAS MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 1, 2 January 1937, Page 4

OVERSEAS MARKETS.

MEAT EXPORT TRADE. PRICES AT SMITHFIELD. ' The New Zealand Meat Producers' Hoard advises that the following are the approximate average prices realised for thi! week, based on actual transactions of wholesale quantities of the descriptions of meat mentioned, and are for representative parcels of the goods offering during the week, being for business done on the basis of delivered to Smithfield market:— Sheep.—Canterbury and North Island selected crossbred wethers and maiden ewes, 481b and under, 5%d per lb; 48/5611), s>d; 57/6411), sd; 65/721b, 4%d; North Island, 48/5611). 6%d; 57/6411), sd; 65/7211). 4%,1: owes, 481b and under, 4%d; 48/641b, 4(1; 65/721b, 3%d. Lambs.—Canterbury,' 361b and under, 7%d: 37/421b, 6%d; 43/50lb, 6%d; other South Island, 30lb and under, 7%d; 37/42 lb, 6%d; 43/501b, 6%d. Australian: Victorian, first quality, 361b and under, 7%d; 37/4211), 6%d. Argentine: First quality, 361b and under, 6%d; 37/421b, 6ttd. Frozen Beef.—New Zealand: Ox hinds, J4o/2101b, 4d; ox fores, 145/2lolb, 2%d. Australian: Ox hinds, 145/2101b. 4d; ox crops, weights corresponding, 2%d. Chilled Beef.—New Zealand: Not quoted. Argentine: Ox hinds. 145/2101b, s*4d; ox fores, 145/2101b, 3d. Uruguayan: Ox hinds, 145/2101b, sd; ox fores, 145/210 lb. 2%d. Australian: Ox hinds, 145/2101b, **! « x crops, weights corresponding, 2%d. Southern Rhodesian: Ox hinds, 145/2101b, 4%d; ox fores, 145/2101b, 2%d. Porker Pigs.—New Zealand: First quality, 60/801b, 7d; 81/1001b, 6%d: 101/120 lb, 6%d. Baconers: 121/1601b, 6%d. Owing to holidays all meat markets quiet. \ LONDON WOOL SALES. —— _ v The London wool sales will resume on January 12. Total sales for the six series of the 1936 season were as follows:—Home trade, 263,500 bales; Continent, 205,000; United States, 16,000; total sold, 484,500 bales; carried forward, 158,000 bales. BRADFORD MARKET QUIET. LONDON, December 31. The Bradford market is quiet and there is only small business. Following are to-day's quotations and those of recent weeks:— Dee. 10. Dec. 17. Dec. 24. Dec. 31. Per lb. Per lb. Per lb. Per lb. d. d. <1. d. Seventies ... 38 37J 38 30 Sixty-fours . 30 3« 38 37 Sixties 35 35 35 36 Fifty-eights . 30J 32J 32J 311 Fifty-sixes .. 20J 30 30 27S Fifties 20J 221 22J 22J Forty-sixes and forties not quoted. BUTTER PRICES. STEADY AT 95/. ' The tone of the butter market in London is steadier, according to latest cabled news. New Zealand choicest salted is quoted unchanged »at 95/ per cwt; unsalted, 98/; Australian, salted, 94/ to 95/; unsalted, 95/ to 96/; Danish, 106/ to 108/. Cheese is quiet. New Zealand, white and coloured is quoted at 58/ per cwt; Australian, white 56/, coloured 57/. WORLD WHEAT PRICES. LONDON, December 31. Wheat cargoes show a firming tendency and parcels are steadier. Futures:—London: January, 47/7% a quarter; May, 46/3. Liverpool: March, 9/2% a cental; May, 9/0%; July, 8/10%. CHICAGO, December 31. May, 1 dollar 35% cents a bushel; July, 1 dollar 18% cents; September, 1 dollar 15% cents. LONDON EGG MARKET. LONDON, December 31. The egg market is depressed. Quotations are:—Seventeens, 10/6 to 10/9; sixteens, 10/3; fifteens, 8/9; fourteens, 8/3.; 13%'s, 8/. » /"» FLOUR MARKET FIRM. LONDON, January 1. The flour market is firm. Australian, ex Store, 34/3. QUOTATION FOR SUGAR. LONDON, December 31. Raw sugar, beetroot basis, is quoted at 5/8 a cwt. LONDON MARKETS CLOSED. LONDON. January 1. AH markets are closed for New Year's Day.