MEAT MARKET

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 6, 6 July 1935, Page 12

MEAT MARKET

GOOD DEMAND FOR LAMB

The Bank of New Zealand, producedepartment, has received the following advice from its London office as at close of business this week:—The market for wethers is quiet and unchanged. Prices for ewes are slightly lower owing, to lack of demand. There is a good demand) for Jambs at present prices. The demand for beef is affected by low prices of chilled. Trade, generally, is slow owing to hot1 weather. Wethers, light 3 5-8 dto 4 5-8 d per lb, heavy 3d to 3 3-8 d; ewes, 2d to 3d; lambs. 2's 63d to 7d, B's 6?d to 7d; 4's 6 5-8 dto 6 7-Bd, seconds 6d to 6-id; ox hinds 3 3-8 dto 3 5-Bd, fores 2 3-8 dto 2 5-Bd.

Levin and Co., Ltd., have received the following cable from their London agents, dated July s:—North Island frozen meat quotations are ,as follows:—Down lambs, 28-361b 73 d per lb, 36-4Z 73d; crossbred lambs, 28-36 7 l-Bd, 36-42 7 l-8d; second quality lambs, average 30-31 6d; wether sheep, under 481b 4J.d; sheep, 48-56 3 7-Bd, 56----64 3 5-Bd, 64-72 3 3-8 d; ewes, under 481b 3 l-Bd, 48-56 23d, 56-64 2Jd, 64-72 2Jd; New Zealand prime ox beef, 160-220, 2 7-Bd. Compared with last week's quotations, crossbred lamb l-8d per lb higher; beef l-8d per lb lower; others unchanged. The market for lamb is steady to firm. The mutton market shows no change.