MEAT MARKETS

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 130, 5 June 1933, Page 12

MEAT MARKETS

MUTTON AND LAMB FIRM

The New Zealand Meat Producers' Board has received the following cable from its London office,: dated. June 2, advising the following approximate average prices realised for the week at Smithfield market and London stores, compared with those of the previous week, in parentheses:—New Zealand sheep: Canterbury and North Island selected crossbred wethers and maiden ewes, 48/56,' 3 5-8 d (3 3-8 d), 57/64, 3 l-8d (3d), 65/72 <2 7-8 d 2%d); North Island, 48/56, 3%d 3 3-8 d), 57/64, 3 I*l (2 7-8 d), 65/72, 2 7-8 d(2 8*1); ewes 48/ under, 3 3-8d A (3 3-8 d), 48/64, 2 7-8 (2%d), 65/72, 2 3-8 d (2%d)). New Zealand lambs; Canterbury, 36/ under, 6%d (5 7-8 d), 37/42, 5%d (5 l-8d), 43/50, 5 l-8d (4 7-8 d); second quality, average 32, 5 5-8 d (5%d); other South Island brands, 36/ under, 6 l-8d (5 7-8 d), '37/42, 5%d (5 l-8d), 43/50', 5 l-8d (4 7-8 d); selected North Island brands (including Dpwps), 36/ under, 6%d (6d), 37/42, 5 5-8 d (5%d), 43/50, 5 l-8d (4 7-8 d); second quality, average 32, 5 5-8 d (5%d); other Nortn Island brands, first quality, 36/ under, 5 7-8 d (5%d), 37/42, 5 3-8 d (sd), second quality, average 32, 5%d (5 3-8 d). Australian lambs: Victorian, first.quality, 36/ under, 5 3-8 d (5%d), 37/42, "sd" (4' 5-8 d). Argentine lamb, first quality, 36/ under, 5%d (sy*d), 37/42, 5d (4%d). .' New Zealand beef: Ox fores, 2 l-8d (2 l-8d), ox hinds, 2 5-8 d (2 5-8 d); cow fores and hinds, not quoted. Argentine chilled beef: Ox fores, 3d (2 5-8 d), ox hinds, 5 3-8 d -(sd). Australian frozen beef: Ox crops, over 100, 2 3-8 d(2 3-8 d), ox hinds, over 160] 2 7-8 d(2 7-8 d). New Zealand prime porker pigs, 60/80, 4%d (4%d), 81/100, 4 3-8 d (4%d), 101/120, 4 3-8 d(4 l-8d). New Zealand baconer pigs, 120/160, 5d (sd). New Zealand frozen veal, not quoted. Lamb market: Very firm at improved prices. Consumption continues excellent, with tone of market strong. Mutton market: Wethers and ewes firmer in sympathy with lambs, but trade rather slow. Beef market: Remains quiet with poor demand. New Zealand porker pigs: Dull owing to hot weather. New Zealand baconer pigs: Market quiet and unchanged. Levin and Co., Ltd., have received the following cable from- their London agents, relating to North Island mutton and lamb, dated June 2:—"Compared with last week's quotations, Down lamb, 28/361b, %d per lb higher; 36/421b, %d per 1b higher.' Crossbred lamb, 28/361b, Ud per lb higher; 36/421b, %d per lb highor. Second quality lamb, l-8d per lb higher. Wethers, under 561b, l-8d per lb higher; 56/641b, 3-8 d per lb higher; 64/721b, V*d per lb higher. Ewea, under 481b, and 64/721b, l-Bcl .per. lb higher; 48/641b, %d per lb higher. The lamb market is strong and active. Prices have advanced each day this week, especially for heavy weights. The market for mutton is firmer." The liquid assets of the Halifax Building Society, Yorkshire—the biggest of its kind in the world—now amount to £23,354,096. The possession of this large sum, invested in a form realisable on demand or short notice if required, provides an exceptional degree of safety and protection to the society's investors, in any contingency, said the chairman, Sir Enoch Hill. ■ *