FROZEN MEAT PRICES.

Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 81, 3 October 1921, Page 6

FROZEN MEAT PRICES.

(BNITID PRESS ASSOCIATION.—CO?IRI«HT.) (AUSTRALIAN-NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATIONS LONDON, Ist October. The following are the latest quotations !or frozen and chilled meat:—Sheep: Canterbury, medium, 73d per lb; light, 5Jd. Southland, 7d per lb. North Island, 7d and 7Jd. New Zealand, ewes, 5Jd. South American, light, 6d; heavy, s|d. Patagonian, ewes, 4£d. Lambs:. New Zealand, light, IOJd per lb; medium, lOJd; licavy, 9M; seconds, lO^d. Southland, 10{d. North Island, selected, lOJd; ordinary, IOJd. South American, light, 9d; heavy, Bd. Frozen | Beef: Argentine, fores, 4|d per lb; hinds, Bid. Chilled Beef: Argentine, fores, sd; hinds, 7Jd. LONDON, Ist October. The position In the frozen meat trade shows no signs of improvement. There have been heavy arrivals of New Zealand sheep and lamb in London, where there is no storage available. Holders are trying to force sales, with the result that the prices of lamb have fallen threepence per lb in a month, without increasing sales. Consequently it appears probable that large quantities must be, carried over until the New Year. Some retailers are still endeavouring to maintain the exorbitant prices of meat, but several larße stores in London are offering some cuts'of frozen meat at a little above pre-war prices. The public's spending power seems to have diminished, and the consumption of meat is not sufficient to cope with the large stocks.