FROZEN MEAT TRADE.

Press, Volume L, Issue 14909, 24 February 1914, Page 8

FROZEN MEAT TRADE.

LONDON, February 22. Tho Frozen Heat * Trade Association's Smithfield Market quotations for the undermentioned classes of frozen meat are based on actual sales of not fewer than 100 carcases of mutton or lamb, or 25 carcases of beef, of fair average quality. These quotations aro not for selected lines, but for parcels fairly representative of the bulk of the shipments now on the market:— Feb. 14. Fob. 21. Mutton— d. t d. Canterbury, li»ht .. — ' — Canterbury, medium .. — — Canterbury, heavy .. — — Southland .. .. — — North Island, best brands 4 0-16 4J North Island, ordinary .. 3_ _j New Zealand, ewe_s ..4 4 Australian, light ..31 31 Australian, ewes 313-16 313-16 Australian, heavy .. 3J 3" River Plate, light .. — — River Plate, heavy .. ._ 4. Hirer Plate, ewes .. — — Lamb— Canterbury, light .. — — Canterbury, medium .. — — Canterbury, heavy .. — — North Island, selected ..' 6J 6 5-16 North Island, ordinary .. 6 5-16 6 Southland, selected .. — — Australian, best quality 511-16 — Australian, fair quality .. 5_ — Australian, inferior, light weight .. .. s** 5 9-16 River Plate, Ist quality .. 5J — River Plate, 2nd quality .. 5J 5} Beef (nominal) — New Zealand, fores ..4 4 New Zealand, hinds .. 4J 4$ Australian, fores .. — — Australian, hinds .. — 4g River Plate, chilled fores 4J 4fc River Plate, chilled hinds 5 5J River Plate, frozen feres .. — — River Plate, frozen hinds — —