FROZEN MEAT PRICES.

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 82, 5 April 1924, Page 11

FROZEN MEAT PRICES.

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., have received the following advice from London: —Lamb: Hew Zealand prime crossbred lamb—Canterbury, heavy Od, light 9Jd; North Island, heavy Bld. Hgut -SKI; Limited demand for .New Zcaiaiul lamb. Market weaker. Mutton; New Zealand prime crossbred muttou-pCanter-bury, heavy Yd, light 7jd; Js'ortli Island, heavy 6jd, light 7a. Poor demand for New Zealand mutton. Market dull and declining. Beef: .Sot quoted. Australian Frozen Meat: Oood average quality errossbred lamb—Australian, heavy 'rtd, light Bd. Good average crossbred mutton—Australian, > heavy not quoted, light oJd. Demand for Australian mutton and lamb limited. Market generally eosler. . ■> ,

' The New Zealand Meat Producers' Board advises that the following prices are being offered 3rd April for fat stock lor export :-f Auckland: Wethers, 641b and under, 6d; ewes) 641b and under, '4M; prime woolly lambs, 42U) and. under, Od; 431b and over, BJd; second quality lambs, Sid. Poverty Bay: Wethers, «4!b and under, (id; ewes, 641b and under, 4sd; prime woolly lambs, 521b- and under, Bjd. Jlawkes Bay: Wethers, 641b and under, 6id; owes, 641b and under, od; prime woolly lambs, 421b and under, 8-jd; second quality lambs, BJd; prime ox beef, 22s per 1001b. Wellington: Wethers, 641b and under, 6id; ewes, 641b and under, sd; prime woolly lambs, 421b and under, 9|d; 431b and over, 9Jd; second quality lambs, SJd; prime ox beef, 22s per 1001b. Canterbury: Wethers, C4lb and under, 6Jd; ewes, 641b and under, sd; prime woolly lambs, 421b and under, 10} d; 431b and ovcr,'9jd; second quality lambs, 9Jd. Southland : Wethers, 841b and under, OJd; ewes, 641b and under, 4Jd; prime woolly lambs, 421b and under, 9Jd.