QUIET MEAT MARKET.

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 128, 27 November 1923, Page 11

QUIET MEAT MARKET.

(DJJITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COFIRIQHT ) (AUSTBAUAN-HBW ZEALAND e,ABLB ASSOCIATION.) m. V* LONDON, 24th November. Sheep—Patagonian ewes, 6d.

Frozen beef—Argentine fores, 3§d; hinds, 42d. Other meats unchanged. —'

The New Zealand Meat Producers' Board has received the following cable from its London office, dated 23rd November, advising Smitbfleld delivered prices at that date as follows:— N.Z. Wether, and Maidens—Canterbury quality, selected brands, 661b and under aid ncr lb; 571b to C4lb, 7fd per lb; Gslb' to 721b, "Id per lb; other brauds, 561b and under 7fd ' per lb; 57!b to 041b, 7Jd; 641b to 721b, 7Jd. N.Z. Ewes—64lb and under, 6fd per lb. N.Z. lamb—Canterbury quality, 361b and under, lljd per lb; 371b to 421b, lOJd; 431b to 501b, 9}dj seconds, lOd per lb; selected brands 361b and under, IOJd per lb; 371b to 421b. 10} d; other brands, first quality, 421b and under, 9Jd per lb; seconds, 9Jd per lb N.Z. Beef—Ox fores, 3|d; ox hinds, 4Jd per lb; cow fores, 2Jd per lb; cow hinds, 3jd per lb. ■

Argentine Chilled Beef—Ox fores, 3Jd perlb; ox hinds, 5Jd per lb; Argentine frozen beef, ox fores, Sfd per lb; ox hinds, 4jd per lb. . Frozen Pork—Tinder 1001b, 7Jd per lb; 1201b to ISOlb, 7}d per lb.

Lamb and wether mutton—Market is quiet but firm, supplies sufficient to meet demands. Ewe mutton, prices show firmer tendency. Beef market is depressed owing to heavy arrivals from Argentine.