SMITHFIELD MARKET
Prices Ease Slightly (N.Z. Press Association) WELLINGTON, Jan. 26. Prices for some grades of New Zealand lamb eased slightly on the Smithfield market this week, the Meat Board reports. The main grade (prime 29/361b) was quoted at 32d to 32 Id per lb or |d lower than last week. x Price Range Light pitchings of New Zealand mutton sold slowly. The main grade of hoggets (49/ 561 b) were quoted at 23d per lb and wethers at 21d per lb. Ewes were not quoted. Quotations for new season’s New Zealand lamb were:— Price Var’n d. d. „ . per lb per lb Prime—281b and under 32-33 -J 29 to 361 b .. 32-321 -i 37 to 42 lb .. 31-32 n.c. 43 to 501 b .. not quoted. F.A.Q.— 281 b and under 311-321 -1 29 to 361 b . . 311-321 -1 There was a light inquiry for small quantities of boneless beef cuts. Prices ranged as follows:
d Topsides . . 60 Silversides . . 60 Strip Loins •• 72-74 Thick Flanks . . 57
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31588, 27 January 1968, Page 16
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