CHILLED BEEF DEMAND

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 16, 18 July 1936, Page 6

CHILLED BEEF DEMAND

The Bank of New Zealand*; produce departmentvhas received, the following advice fronj its London office as at close of business - this. •. week: —The market for wethers is -steady-. ■: ?The market for ewes is very quiet.-. The market, for lambs is weaker .for lightweights; heavyweights remain steady. The. market for chilled beef has improved and there is a good demand. Wethers, light 4 l-8d to 5 1-B'd per lb, heavy:33d to 4 1-8 d; ewes, 3Jd to 4 l-8d; lambs, 2's 6 7-8 d to.7Jd, B's 6 5-8 dto Gjd, 4*s 6id to 6 3-Bd, seconds 6id -to. 6Jd; chilled-hinds, 5d to 6Jd, fores 2|d to 3Jd. - - ■.-.-••■■• -. - -. -

■Levin and Co., Ltd., have received the following cable from their London agents, dated July 17,- from the North Island:—Frozen meat quotations (prices lon a delivered" basis, i.e.. - including storage charges, cartage, market, tolls, etc.): Down .lamb, 28/361b, 7 3-8 d pei> i }b; _36/42yb; 63d; crossbred lambs, 25/36 lb. -7 l-8d; 36/421b, 6§dr North Island 2nd quality lambs., average 30/311b, =6 5-8 d: wethers, ~ under 48, : sd; 48/561b |4. 3-8 d; -56/641b, 4 l-8d; 65/721b; 4d; Ewes, under 481b, 4 l-8d; 48/561b. 3 T 3-8d; 56/641b, 3 3-8 d; 64/721b. 3 3-8 - Wew.Zealand prime ox beef, 160/2201b, aid. Compared with last week's quotations, -down lambs 28/361b and crossbred lamb 28/361b. l-8d per lb. lowerothers unchanged. The lamb market ! ?•",.* • s?? t is weaker, esnecially for lightweights. The . mutton market i» r steady* • ■ - ■ .. ■