FROZEN MEAT TRADE

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 255, 24 July 1937, Page 14

FROZEN MEAT TRADE

London Lamb Market Steadier

Lambs: Market steadier. Wethers: Market firm on short supplies. Ewes: Market continues very slow. Beef: Market weaker. Porkers: Market firmer. Bacouers: Market firm on short supplies. The above report was received yesterday by Cathie, Dempster and Co., Ltd.. Wellington, from Sheet!, Thomson and Co., Ltd., Loudon, who quote current prices as follows: — Lambs: 2*s, 7.|d. to 7(,d.; B’s, 6 7-Bd. to 7 l-Bd.; 4's, 6?d. to 6 7-Sd.; seconds, 6 5-Bd. to 71 d. Wethers: I’s, 7’s, old. to 5Jd.; 3s, 9s, s’s. 4 5-Bd. to 5 1-Sd. Ewes: I’s, 7’s, 31d. to 3|d.; 3’s, 9s, s’s, 3 1-Sd. to 3 3-Bd. Beef: Prices not quoted. Porkers: 6LI. - Bacouers: 6Jd. to 6Jd. Lambs: The market for lightweights remains steady, but is firmer for heavyweights. Wethers: The market is short of stocks until the next arrivals. Ewes: The market is quiet and unchanged. Chilled beef: Larger supplies have caused prices to weaken. Pork; The market is quiet but firm. Trade generally is fair. The above resort was received by Henry S. Fitter and Sons, Ltd., from their London office. Prices are quoted as follows :—New Zealand lambs, down, 2's. 7Jd. to 7 5-Bd.; secondary lambs, down. 7}d. to 7Jd. New Zealand lambs: 2’s, 71d. to 7 Jd.; B's, 7d. to 7 1.-Bd.; 4’s. 6jd. to 6 7-Bd.; secondary lambs, GJd. to 7d. New Zealand mutton : Small. sd. to 53d.; large, 4 3-Bd. to 4 7-Bd. New Zealand ewes: Small, 34d. to 3 7-Bd.; large, 3d. to 3 3-Sd. New Zealand beef: Ox hinds (frozen), 3Jd. to 3 7-Bd.; fores, 3d. to 3 1-Sd. Dominion chilled hinds, 44d. to 51d.; fores, 3Jd. to 3Jd. South American chilled hinds, 5 61. to 6}d.; fores, 3id. to 3!d. New Zealand pork, 6Jd. to 6 3-Bd. Australian lambs. 6d. to 7d.: Argentine lambs, 6d. to 63d.