STATE OF THE MEAT MARKET.

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 38, 13 August 1932, Page 12

STATE OF THE MEAT MARKET.

I Messrs. Cathie, Dempster, and Co. Lave received the following cablegram from Messrs. Sheed Thomson and Co., Ltd., London:—Lambs, 2'e, 434 dto 5Kd; B's, 4%d to 5y 2 d; 4'sJ 4 5-8 dto W; seconds, 4%d,t0 5 l-8d; wethers. Vs, 7's, 3%d to 4 l-8d; 3's,,B's, s's, 2.5-8 dto 3d: ewes, l's, 7's, 2%d.t0 2%d; tfs, 9's, s's, 2d to 2 l-8d; ox beef, hinds, 3%d to 3%d; fores, 2d to 2%d; cow,, hinds, 2%d to 3d; fores, l%d; porkers, 4%d to 5%d; baconers, 4%d; tallow, fine mutton. 235; eweet beef, 235; good mixed, 21s 6d. Lamba: Market continues dull with, .irregular prices. Wethers, steady; but demand slow. Ewes, slow, and see no signs of ea'rljr improvement. Beef, slow. Porker: Consider market will improve. Baconer market dull, no business being done. Tallow is firm. Messrs. Levin and Co., Ltd., have received the following cable from their London agents, dated 12th August:—"Compared with last week's cabled advices, quotations are unaltered, and the market is steady." The Bant of New Zealand, Produce Department, has received the following advice from its London office as at close of business this week:—"The market for wether mutton is (Steady, and no material change is expected yet. The market for ewes is farm, and there is a fair demand. The market for lambs is depressed owing to heavy arrivals, and the demand is not quite so good. The market for beef is more, active owing to shorter supplies from the Argentine. Trade generally is slow owing to hot weather."