FROZEN MEAT

Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 129, 3 June 1935, Page 12

FROZEN MEAT

LAMB PRICES EASIER

The market for frozen lamb in London is firm, but quiet at higher prices, according to the weekly cable received by the New Zealand Meat Producers' Board. Consumption continues to be good. Wether and ewe mutton is steady but trade is slow. The beef market is quiet owing to a reduction in the prices of Argentine chilled beet. Trade in New Zealand porker pigs is slow, with prices easier. The market for baconers is quiet and unchanged. The approximate average wholesale prices for the week, with those for the previous week in parentheses, are:— New Zealand sheep.—Canterbury and North Island selected crossbred wethers and maiden ewes, 48-56 4 l-8d a lb (4 l-8d), 57-64 3 7-8 d (33d), 65-72 3 5-8 d(3 5-8 d); North Island, 48-56 4 l-8d (4 l-8d), 57-64 3Jd (3Jd), 65-72 3 5-8 d (3 5-8 d): ewes, 481b and under 3Jd (3£d), 48-64 2 7-8 d(2 7-8 d), 65-72 2 5-8 d (2 5-8 d). New Zealand Lambs.—Canterbury, 361b and under 7d (6 7-8 d), 37-42 7d (6 7-8 d), 43-50 6Jd (63d); second quality, average 321b,. 6Jd (6 l-8d); other South Island brands,' 361b and' under 7d (6 7-8 d), 37-42 7d (6 7-8 d), 43-50 6|d-(6gd); selected North Island brands, including Downs, 361b and under 7d (7d); 37-42 7d (7d); 43-50 6Jd (6|d); second quality, average 321b, 6 3-8 d (6 3-8 d); other North Island brands, first quality, 361b and under 62d (63d), 37-42 6Jd (6Jd); second quality, average 321b, 6Jd (6 l-Bd.) Australian lambs: Victorian, first quality, 361b and under 53d (5Jd), 37-42 5 5-8 d(5 5-8 d). Argentine lambs, 361b and under 53d (53d), 37-42 5Jd (s£d). New Zealand beef, ox fores 3d (2 7-8 d), hinds 4d ' (4d). Argentine chilled beef, ox fores 3id'(3 5-8 d), hinds s}d (6 5-8 d). Australian frozen beef, ox crops, over 100, 3 3-8 d(3 3-8 d), hinds, over 160 4 l-Bd. New Zealand prime porker pigs, 60-80 5 5-8 d (5Jd), 81-100'5,3-8d (s|d), 101-120. 5 3-8 d (5 3-8 d). New Zealand baconer pigs, 120-160 5 5-8 d(5 5-8 d). EQUIVALENT PRICES. The approximate New Zealand equivalent of the above prices is on the following basis: —If the price delivered to Smithfleld is 7d a lb the New Zealand "overall" parity, delivered at works, is 7.5 d a lb; 6 7-8 dis equivalent i0.7.35d; 6Jd to 7.20 d.