FROZEN MEAT MARKET.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 15167, 4 January 1915, Page 5

FROZEN MEAT MARKET.

LONDON, January 2. The Frozen Moat ..Trade Association's Smithfield Market quotations for the undermenticijod 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 aTerage quality. These quotations are not for selected linos, but for parcel* fairly representative of the bulk of thw shipments now on the market:—Dec. 25. Jan. 2. Mutton— d. d. ■ Canterbury, light .. 6J 5J Canterbury, mea-um .. 5J 5^ Canterbury, heavy .. 5J 5g " Southland .. ..5 7-16 — . North Island, ordinary ... — 51 North Island, best brands — 5 7-16 Kew Zealand, ewes .. — — Australian, heavy ..5 1-16 5 1-1 C Australian, medium .. — — Australian, light .. 5J 5J Australian, owes .. 4 5-16 4 15-16 River Plate, light .. 5jJ 5 15-16 River Plate, heavy .. 5 3-16 5 1-16 River Plate, ewes .. — — Lamb— Canterbury, light .. — GJ Canterbury, light, second quality .. .. — 6J Canterbury, medium .. — — Canterbury, heavy .. — - — North Island, selected .. — — North Island, ordinary .. — — Southland, selected .. — — Australian, beat brands .. — 6J Australian, fair quality ..5a Gi Australian, inferior .. — 5J River Plato, firat quality — fij River Plate, aeoond quality — C BeefNew Zealand, fores .. 5J 52 New Zealand, hinds .. 6 5-16 6i Australian, fores .. — 52 Australian, hinds .. — 65 River Plate, frozen fores — — River Plate, frozen hinds — — River Plate, chilled fores 5jJ 5J River Plate, chilled hinds 7J 6J Uruguay, frozen fores .. -52 — Uruguay, frozen hinds .. 6J — Uruguay, chilled fore*? .. 5jJ 5J Uruguay, chilled hinds .. 6J 6J RABBITS. The market is firm, owing to slow discharging.