THE FROZEN MEAT MARKET.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13376, 18 March 1909, Page 9

THE FROZEN MEAT MARKET.

Messrs Gilbert Anderson and Co., writing under date of Loudon, Febru-

report that trade during the week has been very quiet, trade being slow and prices weaker since last week. Dutch mutton and lamb are not coming forward in anything like the large quantities of the last three months, but considerable quantities are marketed three times a week. Scotch and English have been coming on the market in very heavy quantities, and prices have been relatively very low. For really firstclass Scotch tens not more than 5d can be obtained. English can be bought at lower prices, and it is stated that the price of English mutton and lamb has not been so low for the past fifty years. This, of course, must have an effect on the frozen meat trade. This week, also, large quantities of Danish beef have been arriving, and prices obtained for this have been as low as 3d per lb. This had the effect of weakening American and other beef. Stocks of Now Zealand Jambs are not heavy at present. North Island lambs, however. are of exceptionally good quality, and aro fetching up to 6d per lb for the best brands. It is estimated' that the stocks of frozen mutton and lamb in store in London alone amount to over 1,500,000 carcases.