LONDON MEAT PRICES.

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 137, 6 December 1930, Page 12

LONDON MEAT PRICES.

. • Messrs'.' "Dalgety "and Co. report, London, 4th December.—"'Frozen' ■ Meat.—Lamb: N.Z. prime Canterbury, 28 to'3o, 8 3-Sd; 36 to 42. S'/id; second quality, 7 3-Sd; 42 to 501b, 7?id. Market weak; demand poor owing to cold weather. No stocks of New Zealand. North : Island •: lamb. Mutton; N.Z. prime Canterbury,'4B. to 56,-51-8 d; North. Island, .48 to 50, 4 7-8 d; Canterbury, 50 to G4, sd; North Island,-56 to 64, 4%d; Canterbury, 64 to 72, sd; North' Island, 64-to 72, 4%d: Canterbury ewes, 4S to 64, 3%d; North Island ewes, 4S to 04, 3%d. Market weaker: demand 'limited. Australian' Lamb:,G.A.Q., 28 to 361b. S'l-8d; 36 to 42;.7'7-8d;.'F.A.Q.,'28 to 30, 6%d; third, 6%d: Market weak; demand moderate. Australian •■Mutton:- G.A.Q.. 40 to'oo',-4\l-Sdj E.A.Q., 30 to 55, 3 7-Sd; Australian ewes; 3 3-Bd. Market weaker; demand .".limited.< Beef:'. N.Z: prime ox beef, hinds 5%d, fores 4d; Ai-gentine chilled, hinds, 5%d, fores -4%d.- Market for Nc«Zealaud beef uuehauged; demand fail-. Pork: -English .porkers. . SO. to 1001b, Oil; New -Zealand porkers, SO to-1001b, Sd: 100 to 1201b, o%d. Market for New Zealand pork weaker; demand better owing to cold weather." ■ ' /i'he Bank of New Zealand Produce Department has received the following advice from-its London office as at close of .business1 this week. Weaker values are ruling for wether mutton, owing to lack of demand. The demand for ewes is moderate, but prices are a shade lower.- The demand for lamb>is good for the time of- year. The market for beef is depressed owing to heavy supplies of Argentine. Low prices of other foodstuffs are cheeking the demand for NewZealand . meat. . . ■ Messrs. Levin and Co.'s cablegram, London, sth December, reads:—"As compared v/ith last week's quotations, best North Island crossbred lamb, 36/421b, l-8d per lb lower; best North Island wethers j 48/72 lb, l-8d per lb lower;. North Island ewes, 64/721b, l-8d per lb lower;-New Zealand prime ox beef, 1-Sd per lb lower. The spot market is quiet."