LONDON MEAT PRICES.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20021, 1 September 1930, Page 12

LONDON MEAT PRICES.

(umixb rezss association—bt blsciwo "* TILEOBAPH —COPYKIOHT.) (Received August 31st, 6.5 pan.) LONDON, August 80. The weekly quotations for th» undermentioned classes of frozen Bieati, based on actual sales of wholesale quantities of carcases of mutton or lamb or quarters of bcel delivered to the Smitbfield market and/or exLondon stores, have been compiled as follows by the Quotation# Committee, Smithfield. To arrive at equivalent ex-ship values Jd per lb should be deducted from the prices quoted below. Quotations are average for the week, and are not for selected lines, but for parcels fairly representative of the bulk of shipments now on offer:AUSTRALIAN SHEEP. » First quality, crossbred and/or merino wethers — d. 40 to 651b Secontf quality: 30 .to 551U _ ». .. SJ Ewes: 30 to 551b .. ~ 34 ARGENTINE SHEEP. First quality: , • 65 to 721b ,• .. v. 4 NEW ZEALAND LAMBS. Canterbury— \ 361b and under .i .. 43 to SOlb .. -. .. 8i Selected North Island brands—--43 to 501b BJS Other North Island brandsFirst quality: S6lb and under ». 8 Second quality: Average 3 lib .. .» 1 AUSTRALIAN LAMES, Victorian— Second quality: S6lb and uAder p. 6i Other States — Second quality: S6lb and under ' w 6i All StatesThird quality: ' 361b and under •••• >. ARGENTINE LAMBS. • First quality: 34 to 421b . .. .. ..64 NEW ZEALAND -FROZEN BEEP. Ox hind*—' 160 to 2201b .. . .. 5j AUSTRALIAN FROZEN BEEF. Ox crops— Under 1001b .. .. ... 3J Over 1001b .. -. ..4 ARGENTINE CHILLED BEEF. Ox fores—■ 160 to 2201b .. M 4 Ox hinds—--160 to 2201b .. •. H Other quotations unchanged.