MEAT VALUES

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume LI, Issue 66, 19 August 1930, Page 8

MEAT VALUES

BEST QUALITY LAMB REMAINS STEADY.

WETHERS FIRMER, MORE*

ENQUIRY.

The New Zealand Meat Producers' Board has received ' the following cable from its London office, dated August 15, advising that the following are the approximate average prices realised for the week, based on actual transactions of wholesale quantities of the descriptions of meat mentioned and are for representative parcels of the goods offering during the week, being for business done on the basis of delivered to Smithfield market or ex-London atores:—• N.Z. Sheep.—Canterbury and North Island selected crossbred wethers j and maiden ewes, 48/561bs, sd; 57/64 j ibs, 43d; 65/721bs, 4§d. North Island selected crossbred wethers and'maiden ewes, 48/561bs, 4fd; 57/641bs, 4id; 65/721bs, 4|d. Ewes, 48/641bs, 3Jd; 65/721bs, 3d. N.Z. Lambs —Canterbury, 361bs and under, 9d; 37/421bs, B§d; 43/501bs, 81d; 2nd quality, average 331b,5, 7|d. Other South Island brands, 361bs and under, 83d; 37/421bs, 83d; 43/501bs, Bid. Selected North Island brands, 361bs and under, 9d; f37/421bs, 8Id; 43/501bs, 81d; second quality, average Sllbs, 7gd. Other North Island brands, Ist quality, 361bs and under, B|d; 37/42 ibs, B|d; 2nd quality, average 311bs, 7|d. Argentine lamb, Ist quality, 361bs and under, 6§d; 37/421bs, 6Jd. N.Z. beef: Ox fqres, 3|d; ox hinds, s|d. Argentine chilled beef: Ox fores, 4|d; ox hinds, B|d. Australian frozen beef: Ox crops, over lOOlbs, 3|d; ox hinds, over 160 lbs, 5Jd. N.Z. Prime Porker Pigs: 60/1001bs, 7id; 101/2101bs, 7Jd. N.Z. Prime Baconer Pigs, 121/180 lbs, 7d. Lamb.—Market remains steady for best quality, but others, including all second class quality, slightly weaker. Mutton Market. —■ Wethers slightly firmer with more enquiry. Ewes, a little more speculative buying has improved prices. Beef Market.—Firm. Stocks are light. N.Z. Porker Pigs.—Firmer, but demand is small. N.Z. Baconer Pigs—Market is firmer at better prices.