FROZEN MEAT

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 151, 24 December 1934, Page 10

FROZEN MEAT

STEADY DEMAND. FOR LAMB

'. New-season's North Island'lamb is meeting "with steady' demand on the London market, according to the weekly report received by cable.by.the New Zealand Meat Producers' Board. Prices for wether and ewe. mutton are. better, with fair trade. Beef is meeting with steady, demand with prices unchanged. "Price's for New Zealand porker pig's are also unaltered,-and the market.: is quiet. .-.The,1 approximate ayer : age wholesale 1 prices for .the week, with those .for the previous week in parentheses,' are:—' .', ; ; \,; ■'. ■'■■-' ,-' '■■ New Zealand sheep:- ■ Canterbury and Nprth Island" selected' crossbred wethers and maiden ewes, .48-56 4:7-Bd:.per 1b ;(4 5-8(1)., 57:64. 4, 7jßd. (4 5-8 d), 65-7.2 4%d ,(4 3-8 d); .North Island^ '48-56-.4- 7-Bdv(4%d), 57-64 4 7-8 d (4%d), 65-72 4%d, (4 . 3-8 d); ewes, 481b and under 4d (3%d),, 48-64 39id (3%d), 65-72 3 5-8d.(3'3-8d). New Zealand lambs, new seasons, 'including Downs, selected North Island brands, 361b and under, 7%d (7 7-Bdj. 37-42 7 73d. (7 7-8 d); second quality average. 32;: 7d (7d); other North Island brandsi first quality, 361b andinnder 7%4..(7 5-8d),,37-42 7V4d (7 0-8 d); second quality,1 average 321b, 69id ,(6%d). Australian Jambs, Victorian, first quality, 361b and under 6 7-8 d (6%d), 3742 6 7-8 d (6-5-'Bd). Argentine lambs, 361b and tinder 6Md (6^), 37-42 6%d (6%' d). New Zealand beef, ox fores 2 3-8 d (2 3-8 d), hinds, 3%' d (3U4). Argentine chilled beef, ox fores 3d (3 l-8d), hinds 5%d (5 5-8 d). Australian frozen beef, ox crops, over 1001b 2%d (2%d), hinds, over 1601b, 3%d (3y 2 d). New Zealand prime porker pigs, 60-80 6d (6d),'81-100 5: 5-8 d (5. S-8d), 101-120 5y 2 d (5%d). New Zealand baconer pigs, 120----160 5%d (s%d>. ,'"■':■'