MEAT EXPORT TRADE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 127, 31 May 1937, Page 4

MEAT EXPORT TRADE.

PRICES AT SMITHFIELD. IMPROVED LAMB MARKET. The New Zealand Meat Producers' Board advises that the following are the approximate average prices realised for the 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 f,.r business done on the basis of delivered to Smithfield Market, and/or ex London stores:— Sheep. — Crossbred wethers and/or maiden ewes, 481b and under. 5%d per lb--49/561b. 4%d; 57/641b, 4%d; 65/721bT 4%d' ? w £"'„ 481b . and under ' 4%d J 49/661b, 3%di 57/641b, 3%d; 65/721b, 3%d. Lambs.—Canterbury, 361b and under. 7%d; 37/421b, 6%d; 43/501b. 6%d; second quality, average about 311b, 7d; other South Island, 361b and under, 7%d: 37/421b, 6%d; 43/50lb, 6%d; North Island, Downs, 361b and under, 7%d; 37/421b, 7d; 43/s<Wb, 6%d; second qualitv, average about 301b, 7%d; North Island, first quality, 361b and under, ~Y*d; 37/421b, 6%d; second quality, average about 311b, 7d; Victorian, first qualitv, 29/3611), 6%d; first quality, 37/421b, 6%d; Argentine, first quality, 361b and under, 6%d: first quality, 37/4211). 6d. Chilled Beef.—Australian, ox hinds, 145/2101b, sVfcd: ox crops, weights corresponding. 4%d; Union of South Africa, ox hinds, 140/2101b, 5%d; ox fores, 14.3/21011), 4%d: Southern Rhodesian, ox hinds, 145/21011), bV*i\; ox fores. 145/2101b, 3%d; Argentine, ox hinds, 145/210lb, 6%d: ox fores. 143/21011). 4Mid; Uruguayan, ox hinds. 145/2101b, 5%d: ox fores. 145/2101b, 4V4d; Brazilian, ox hinds. 145/2101b. 5%d. Porker Pigs.—New Zealand, first quality, 61/8011). 6%d; 81/lOOlb, 6%d; 101/120lb. 6%d; baconer pigs. 121/160lb, 6%d. Lamb market: Very firm with improve;! prices. Consumption excellent. Mutton market:- Wethers, better demand at higher prices; ewes, market quiet and unchanged. Beef market: Chilled beef, demand continues very good but prices shade easier. New Zealand porker pigs: Market quiet and unchanged. New Zealand baconer pigs: Trade slow at the unchanged prices.

LOCAL BUYING SCHEDULE. Schedule values for fat stock on hooks at freezing works at Southdown for this week's killings remain as follows: — Beef.—Bulls, 18/ per 1001b; boner cows, 15/. Lambs.—Up to 361b, Od; 371b to 421b, B%d; over 421b, 8d; seconds, B%d; liffht seconds, 7%d; shorn, %d less, all grades, with the usual deductions for seedy. Pigs.—Up to 801b. 6d; 811b to 1001b, 5%d; 1011b to 1201b. 5%d; 1211b to 1601b, 5%d; 16111) to 1801b. 4%d: 1811b to 2001b, 2%d; over 2001b, l%d; choppers, exportable, 2d; porkers, unexportable. Id l«w; haconers, unexportable, over 1201b, %d less; choppers, unexportable, %d per lb.