MEAT MARKET

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 114, 10 November 1934, Page 12

MEAT MARKET

WETHERS IN DEMAND

The Bank of New Zealand, produce department, lias received the following advice 'from its London office as at close of busi; ness this week:—' ' :; ;. v:

There is a good demand for wether mutton and the. market for ewes is steady. Large supplies of fresh meat are affecting the demand for lambs and trade, isl slowThere .is a steady demand for.! beef. Wethers, light* 4 3-8 dto 4%d per lb: heavy, 4d .to 4 3-8 d; ewes, 2 5-8 dto 3 5-8 d; lambs, 2's, 6 5-8 d t'0.,6 7-8 d; B's, 614 d to 6%d; 4's, 5 3-Bd. to. 5,5-8 d; seconds, 6d to 6 3-8 d; ox hinds, 3d to 3 3-8 d; fores, 2 l-8d to 2 3-8 d; ' ' ■ : V

Levin and Co., Ltd., have received the ' following cable from their London agents, dated November 9, for North Island frozen meat quotations as- follows:—Down lambs, 28 to 361b. 7%d per lb; 36 to 421b; 6%d; crossbred lambs, ,28 to 361b, 6 7-8 d; 36 v to 421b, 6%d; second quality lambs, average, 30 to 311b, 6%d; wethers, under: 481b, 4%d; 48 to 561b, 4^d; 58 to 641b, 4 5-8 d; 64 to 721b, 4%d; ewes, under, 481b, 3%' d; 48 to 561b 3%d;-56,t0 641b,1 :3%d; 64 to 721b, 3 l-8d: New Zealand prime ox beef, 160 to 2201b, 2%d.' Compared with lasi week's quotations, lamb is unchanged. WetheK under 481b l-8d per lb lower; ewes under 561b l-8d per lb higher,-; 56 to 721b, %d per lb higher. ' Others unchanged.: ! ■■■'•'