LAMB PRICES EASIER
The New Zealand Meal, .Producers1 Board lias received the following cable from its London office, dated llitli October, advising approximate average prices realised for the week, as follows, with those of, the previous week in parentheses: •^New Zealand sheep: Canterbury and North' Island selected crossbred wethers and ljiiiiden ewes, 43-50lb 4?id (sd), 37-01lb 4%d' (4%d), 05-721 b 4Vtd (4 3-Sd); North Island, 48-561b 4Vad (4%d), 57-6-llb 4Ud (4',id), Gu-721b 4 1-Sd (4>,id); ewes, 4Slb and under 3 7-8 d (4d), 48-641b 3 3-Sd (3 5-Sd), G5-721b 3«d (SYad). New Zealand lambs: Canterbury. 30lb and under S'/ul (S 3-Sd), 37-421b 7 S-Sd.CVid), 43-501b 6%d (U%d); second quality, average 331b, 7 1/ id (7Vsd); other South Island brands, 3Glb and tinder 8d (8 1-Sd), '37421b "Vid (7 3-8 d), 43-501b CHd (ti'/id); selected North Island brands, including Downs. 361b and under BV4d {8 3-8 d), 37-421b 7%d (7 I/kl). 43-501b 6%tl (6V4d); second quality, average 311b, 7%d (7'/£d); . other North Island' brands, first quality, 301b and under 7 7-8 d (8d), 37-421b 7d (7Ud); second quality, average 311b, 7 1-Sd (7 3-Sd). Australian- lambs: Victorian, first quality (new season's), 361b and under 7V=d (79id), 37-421b 7d (7>,4d). Argentine lamb. first quality (new season's), 301b and under 7%cl (SVidV, 37-421b 6?iil (7"ul). New Zealand beef: Ox fores 2%d (2?Jd), ox hinds 4 1-Sd (4d): cow fores, not quoted. Argentine chilled, beet': Ox fores 3%d (3 3-8 d), ox hinds 7d (o%d). Australian frozen beef: Ox crops, over 1001b, 2 7-Sd (2 7-Sd); ox hinds, over 1001b, 4Vid (4rl). New Zealand prime porker pips. f!0-1.0nib i\%<l (0 5-8 d), _101-120lb 6 ;)-Sd (fi'td). New Zealand prime haeoner pips, 1.21-ISOIb.Ad (jdl. New Zfnland frozen veal: Not quoted.1 Lamb market: Arrival* of iinw season's Australian lumb are innrencin^, and supplies of home-killrd lamb continue heavy. Prices easier, trade slow. Mutton market: Wethers, prices weaker with poor demand. Ewes are also easier, but slieht improvement in demand, Tieef market: More inquiry, with better prices for hindquarters. N>w Zealand porker pics: Demand improving with firmer prices. Supplies of Home killed continue heavy.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 97, 21 October 1931, Page 12
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347LAMB PRICES EASIER Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 97, 21 October 1931, Page 12
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