FROZEN MEAT
LAMB EASIER, MUTTON FIRM
The 'New.; Zealand Meat Producers' Board has received.the following cable from its London office, dated February 23, advising that the following are the approximate average prices realised for the week at Smithfield market and London stores, compared with '■ those of the pret vious week in parentheses:— -. , ■
New Zealand sheep.—Canterbury and |North Island selected- crossbred wethers and maiden ewes, 48/56, 5 7-8 d per 1b (5 7-8 d); 57/64, 5 5-8 d (5 5-8 d); 65/72, 5%d (5%d); North Island,: 48/56, 5 7-8 d (5 7-8 d) ;: 57/64, 5 5-8 d (5 5-8 d); 65/72, 5.3-8 d(5 3-8 d); ewes, 48 and under, 4.5-8 d (4 5-8 d); 48/64, 4 l-8d (4 l-8d); 65/72, 3 7-8 d (3 7-8 d). ....
New Zealand lambs.—Canterbury (new season's), 36 and.under,-6%d (7d); 37/42, 63id' (7d);' 'second quality, average, 32, 6 5-8 d ■(6 5-8 d); other South Island brtmds,riot quoted; (new. season's), including Downs,' selected • North Island brands, 36 and under, 6%d (7d); 37/42, 6%d (7d); 43/50, not quoted; second quality, average 32, 6 5-8 d (6 : 5-8 d); other North Island brands, first quality, 36 and under, 6 5-8 d (6%d); 37/42, 6 5-Bd-(6 7-8 d); second quality, average ,32, 6%d (6%d). Australian lambs.—Victorian, first quality (new season's), 36 and under, 6d (6d); 37/42, 6 1-Bd(6 l-8d). Argentine lamb.— 36 and under, 6 l-8d (6 l-8d); 37/42, 6 l-8d (6'Ad). New Zealand beef.-Ox fores, 2%d (2%d); hinds;3%d (3%d). ,• . ; Argentine chilled beef. —Ox fores, 3d (3 5-8 d); hinds,:sd (5 7-Bd).< • Australian frozen beef. —Ox crops,' over 100, 2%d(2%d); hinds, over 160, 3 5-8 d (3%d).- .....:■■■ Ney Zealand prime porker pigs.-^O/SO, 5 7-8 d (6d); ; 81/100, 5%d ((5%d); 101/120, 5Ud (SHd). New- Zealand'baconer pigs: 120/160,.6d,<6d). : Lamb' market:' Slightly easier owing pressure to sell. Consumption satisfactory for the time.;of year. Mutton market; Wethers arid' ewes Tery firm. Spot stocks continue short.. Beef market: /Meeting, with fair demand, with prices unchanged. N.Z.'porker pigs: Slightly easier owing to heavier supplies rfrom United States of America.. N:Z."baconer pigs:. Steady, with fair demand.- ;■, .. ■.: . . ,
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 48, 26 February 1934, Page 12
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339FROZEN MEAT Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 48, 26 February 1934, Page 12
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