FROZEN MEAT

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 139, 9 December 1935, Page 12

FROZEN MEAT

LONDON MARKET QUIET

The lamb market in London remains quiet, says the weekly cabled report received by the New Zealand Meat Producers' Board. Spot stocks and New Zealand lamb are short and there are, no official quotations this week. In the mutton market lightweight wethers remain steady and heavyweights are slightly easier with trade slow. There has been more inquiry for ewes and prices have advanced slightly. The frozen beef market is quiet and unchanged. Lightweight New Zealand porker pigs are in short supply and prices have advanced. Heavyweights are easier. The market for baconer pigs 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, 481b and under, sid alb <sd); 48-56, 4 5-8 d(4 5-8 d); 57-64, 4 5-8 d (4Jd); 65-72, 4 3-8 d (4 3-8 d); North Island, 48-56. 4 5-8 d (4 5-8 d); 57-64, 4 5-8 d (4Jd); 65-72, 4 3-8d.(4 3-8 d); ewes, 48 and under, 3 l-8d (3d); 48-64, 23d (2 5-8 d); 65-72, 2id (2 3-8 d).

New Zealand Lambs.—Canterbury 36 and under, not quoted (73d;) 37-42, not quoted (7 3-8 d); 43-50, not quoted C7d); second quality, average about 31 (not quoted); other South Island, 36 and under, not quoted (73d); 37-42, not quoted (7£d); North Island Downs, second quality, average about 30 (not quoted). North Island, second quality, average about 31 (not quoted). Australian Lambs.—Victorian, first quality (new season), 36 and under, 73d (7|d); first.quality (new season's), ! 37-42, 7d (7d).

Argentine Lambs.—First quality (new season's), 36 and under, 6 7-8 d (6Jd3); 37-42, 6Jd (6Jd). New Zealand Frozen Beef.—Ox hind, 145-210, 3Jd (3Jd); ox fores, 145-210, 2£d (2£d). Argentine Chilled Beef.—Ox hinds, 145-210, sid (5Jd); ox fores, 145-210, 2

Uruguayan Chilled Beef.—Ox hinds, 145-210, 5d (5 l-8d); ox fores, 145-210, 2£d (2 7-8 d).

Australian Frozen Beef.—Ox hinds, 145-210, 3 7-8 d (3 7-8 d); ox crops weights corresponding, 2 5-8 d(2 5-8 d). Australian Chilled Beef.—Ox hinds 145-210, 4£d (not quoted), ox crops, weights corresponding, 2 5-8 d (not quoted).

Southern Rhodesian Chilled Beef — S^St^fiifc^ 1 cmy- ox foresNew Zealand Porker Pigs.—First quality, 60-80, 7d (6ild); 81-100, 64d (6Jd); 101-120, 6d (Bid). New Zealand Baconer Pigs.—l2l-160, 5Jd (s*d).