FROZEN MEAT TRADE

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 226, 20 June 1936, Page 12

FROZEN MEAT TRADE

N.Z. Lamb and Mutton Steady

Lambs: Market steady, but demand slow. Wethers: Market steady. Etfes’ Market steady. Beef': Prices nominal. Porkern : Market firm. Bac'oners : Market firm. Tallow : Market quiet. The above report was received yester day by Cathie. Dempster and Co,, LtdWellington, from their London principals Sheed, Thomson & Co., Ltd., who quote current prices as follow:—Lambs: 2's 7 l-Bd. to 7 5-Bd.; B’s, 6 5-Bd. to 63d.; 4’s, 64d.; 2nds, 7d. to 7}d. Wethers: I’*, 7’s, 4}d. to 5d.; 3’s, 9’s. s’s. 3 5-Bd. to 4}d. Ewes: I’s, 7’s, 3|d. to 4 1-Sd.; 3'<s. 9’s, s’s. 3 1-8(1. to 3 5-Bd. Ox beef: Hindi’, 3 5-Bd. to 4d.; fores, 23d. to 3d. Cow Hinds, 3 1-8(1. to 3}d.; fores, 2}d. to 2}d Porkers. 53d. to 5 7-8(1. Baconcrs, 53'1 to 5 7-Bd. , „ Tallow: Fine mutton, 30/6; sweet beef, 26/6; good mixed, 23/-. Henry S. Fitter and Sons, Ltd., have received the following report from their London office: —Lnmbs: Demand and prices are both steady. Wethers: Light weights are in good demand. Ewes: Trade is slow. Beef: Larger supplies of chi’led beef have caused prices to weaken. ]’<• ' Trade is satisfactory for this time of t :e year. Trade generally is fair. New Zealand lambs, Down, 2’s, 7 3-Bd. to 7 5-8(1.: secondary lambs, Down, 7 l-Bd. to 7 3-Sd.: New Zealand lambs,- 2’s, 7 1-8(1. to 7 3-Sd.: S’s, 6 5-Sd. to 6 7-8(1.: 4’s, 6 3-8(1. to 6ld.:' secondary lambs. 63d. to 7 l-Bd. New Zealand mutton, small, 4 1-8(1. to 5 l-Bd.; large, 3 5-Bd. to 4d. New Zealand ewes, small. 3 7-Sd. to 4}d.; largo, 3}d. to 33d. New Zealand beef, ox hinds (frozen), 33<1. to 4d.; fores, 2}d. to 23d. Dominion chilled hinds. 4}d. to 5(1.; fores, 2 7-Bd. to 3 l-Bd. South American chilled hinds, 4}d. to 6{d.; fores, 3}d. to 3Jd. New Zealand pork, 5 1-8(1. to 5 5-8(1. Australian lnmbs, 54d. to 63d. Argentine lambs, s}d. to 6Jd.