SMITHFIELD MARKET
Slow inquiry, prices easier Retail inquiry for light supplies of most commodities offered on the Smithfield market last week has been poor, after a quiet week-end in butcher shops, and the onset of warmer weather, the Meat Board reports. Moderate supplies of New Zealand lamb cleared slowly, with a continuing easier undertone to prices. The main grade of New Zealand lamb (29 to 361 b)
realised 45.3c. Price Varin c c per lb per lb Prime.— 281b and under 43.8-46.7 —2.75 29 to 361b 41.7-43.8 —1.55 37 to 421b 39.6-41.7 —2.30 43 to 561b 39.2-40.5 Y,— 281b and under 43.8-45.5 —1.50 29 to 361b 41.3-43.8 —3.10 Omegas.— 281b and under 20.4-42.6 —1.30 29 to 361b .. 19.8-41.3 —1.50 Only small quantities of New Zealand mutton sold. Ewe.— 481b and under 21.2 —1.30 65 to 721b 19.4 —3.30 Light pitchings of New Zealand boneless ox beef were quoted, a the following prices: Topsides 59.0-59.9 —2.20 Silversides 58.2-59.0 —2.15 Rumps 73.0-74.1 —2.30 (Conversions from U.K. pence to N.Z. cents were made at the rate quoted by the Reserve Bank on June 28, of $2.0862 equals £1.)
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32958, 3 July 1972, Page 16
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