LAMB MARKET STEADY

Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 128, 1 June 1936, Page 12

LAMB MARKET STEADY

mutton demand improves The frozen lamb market in London is steady with better prices for heavyweights, according to the weekly cable . received by the New Zealand 3Meat Producers' Board. Wethers are weaker, 1 especially for lightweights. Ewes arc also weaker but the demand is improving at the lower prices. The beef market: Quotations are still nominal , owing to short spot stocks. New Zealand porker pigs are slightly firmer. Baconers are slightly easier owing to lower Continental bacon prices. 1 The approximate average wholesale prices for the week, with those for i the previous week in parentheses, are: —• ' New Zealand sheep; Canterbury and : North Island selected crossbred wethers and maiden ewes, 481b and | under 4Jd a lb (4 7-8 d), 48-561b 4 3-8 d I (4 5-8 d), 57-G4lb 4 l-8d (4.id), G5-721b 3 7-8 d (4dj; North Island, 48-sGlb 4,1 d , (4 5-8 d), 57-G4lb 4 l-8d (4}d), 65-721b 3 7-8 d (3 7-8 d); ewes, 481b and under 3 7-8 d(4 l-8d), 48-641b 34d (3 5-8 d), G5-721b 3 3-8 d(3 3-8 d). New Zealand i lambs: Canterbury, 361b and under 7 l-8d (7 l-8d), 37-421b 6 5-8 d (6£d), 43-501b - 6,id (6 l-8d); second quality, average about 311b 6 7-8 d (6 7-8 d); other South Island, 361b and under, 7 l-8d (7 l-8d), 37-421b 6 5-8 d (6£d), 43-501b CG l-8d); North Island downs, 361b and under 7 3-8 d (7 3-8 d), 37421b 6 5-8 d I6id), 43-501b 6.! d (6 l-8d); second quality, average about 301b 7 l-8d (7 l-BdJ; North Island, first quality, 361b and under 7d (7d), 37-42 ib (G 3-8 d); second quality, average about 311b 6:, d (6:Jd). Australian lambs: Victorian, first quality, 361b and under 6|d (.6 5-8 d), 37-421b 6 l-8d (6d). Argentine lambs, first quality, 361b and under Cld (6id), 37-421b 6d (5 7-8 d). New Zealand frozen beef: Ox hinds, 145-2101b 4Jd (4id); fores, 145-2101b 3d (3d). New Zealand chilled beef: Ox hinds, 145-2101b 3 7-8 d (3 5-8 d), fores, 145-2101b 2Jd (2Jd). Argentine chilled beef: Ox hinds, 145-2101b 5d (4.? d); fores, 145-2101b 3d (23d). Uruguayan chilled beef: Ox hinds, 145-2101b 4Jd (4 l-8d); fores, 145-2101b 2 5-8 d (2id). Brazilian chilled beef: Ox hinds, 1452101b 4d C3Sd). Australian frozen beef: Ox hinds, 145-2101b 4.; d (4,1 d); crops, weights corresponding, 3 l-8d (3 l-8d). Australian chilled beef: Ox hinds, 145-2101b 4id (3Ad); crops, weights corresponding 2sd (2Jd). Union of South Africa chilled beef: Ox hinds, 145-2101b 4]d (33d); fores, 145-2101b 2J,d (2|d). New Zealand porker pigs, first quality, 68-801b 5 3-8 d(5 3-8 d), 81-1001b 5Jd (5 l-8d), 101-1201b 5Jd (SJ). New Zealand prime baconer pigs, 121-1601b 5 5-8 d (5Jd).