FROZEN MEAT TRADE

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 66, 10 December 1938, Page 14

FROZEN MEAT TRADE

London Lamb Market Slow

A WEAKENING TENDENCY

Lamb market: Available stocks ot old season's now almost exhausted. blow trade and heavy landings Australian. .Markets slightly easier. Mutton market: Li-lit weight wethers unchanged, others 7-isier Ewes steadier owing to better inquire.' Beef market: Frozen beef meetiu" "with fair demand, but forcn weaker. Chilled beef weaker, with slow trade. New Zealand porker pigs: Trade quiet, but prices steady. New Zealand baconer pigs: Nominal. Boneless bobby veal. Trade slow. , 'The above report was received yesterday by the Meat Board from its London office, which advises that the following are the ruling prices of wholesale quantities of the descriptions of frozen meat mentioned and are for representative Parcels of the goods sold on Thursday. Chilled beef prices are averages of the week. All prices ure on the bnsitj ot delivered to Smithfield Market. Prices for the previous week are shown in parentheses: — New Zealand sheep : Crossbred wethers and/or maiden ewes, -181 b. and under, 4 7-8 d (4 7-Sd.) ; 491 b. to 561 b., 4 l-Bd. -lid.) ; 571 b. to 641 b., 4 1-Sd. (4Jd ) ; 651 b. to 721 b., 4 l-Bd. (4J<l.). Ewes, 481 b. and under, 3d. (3d.) ; 4*Jlb. to ablb., -jd. (23d.) ; 571 b. to 641 b., 2 u-Bd. (2 o-Bd.) ; 651 b. to 721 b., 2 3-Bd. (2 3-Bd.). New Zealand lambs: Not quoted. Australian lambs: Victorian, first quality 291 b. to 361 b., 7fd. (7}d.) ; 371 b. to 421 b., 7 l-Bd. (73d.). Argentine lambs: First quality, 361 b. and under, 7d. (7d.) ; 371 b. to 421 b., 6 5-Bd. (6-Jd.). New Zealand frozen beef: Second quality, ox hinds, 1451 b. to 2101 b., 4 1-Sd. (4 1-&I.) ; ox fores, 1451 b. to 2101 b., 3}d. frozen beef: Second quality, ox hinds, 4jd. (4}d.) ; ox crops, 3:jd. (3 3-Bd.). New Zealand porker pigs: First quality. 611 b. to 801 b., 7*d. (7*d.) ; 811 b. to 1001 b., 73d. (7 l-Bd.) ; 1011 b. to 1201 b., 6 5-Bd. (6 5-Bd.). New Zealand baconer pigs: 1211 b. to 1601 b., 6d. (5 7-Bd.). Boneless bobby veal: Ex store, in parcels, 43d. (43d.). New Zealand chilled beef: Ox hinds, 53d. (5 7-8<l.) ; ox fores, 33d. (3 5-Bd.). Australian chilled beef: Ox hinds, aid. (5 5-Bd.) ; ox crops. 33d. (3 5-Sd.)._ South Africa chilled beef: Ox hinds, not quoted (6 l-Bd.) ; ox fores, not quoted Rhodesian chilled beef: Ox hinds, 53d. (5 7-Sd.) ; ox fores, 3 3-Bd. (3 3-Sd.). Argentine chilled beef: Ox hinds, 6-}d. (6Jd.) : ox fores, 4d. (4Jd.). Uruguayan chilled beef: Ox hinds, 5 7-Bd. (6 l-Bd.) ; ox fores, old. (4d.). Brazilian chilled beef: Ox hinds, not quoted. Levin and Co., Ltd., have received the following cabled report from their London agents: Compared with last week’s quotations, wethers under 481 b. are l-Bd. a lb. higher, 481 b. to 721 b. l-Bd. a lb. lower; ewes, 561 b. to 641 b., 1-Sd. a lb. higher. Others unchanged. There is a weakening tendency in the market and the demand for New Zealand mutton is poor. Prices, where changed, are in buyers’ favour. Henry S. Fitter and Sons, Ltd., have received the following report from their London office: —Lambs: The market is short of supplies; prices nominal. Wethers: The market is quiet and unchanged. Ewes: The market is steadier. Chilled ibeef: Weaker values ruling, because of a lack of demand. Pork: The market is firm. Trade generally is quiet. ' BASE METALS MARKET Prices Again Lower By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. LONDON, December 8. The official London (middle) quotations compare with those previously cabled as follows :— Dec. 7. Dee. 8.

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