LAMB IN LONDON

Evening Post, Issue 17, 20 July 1936, Page 12

LAMB IN LONDON

MARKET WEAKER FOR PRIME

The frozen lamb market in London is slightly weaker for prime lightweights, but tone remains steady with consumption satisfactory, according to the weekly cable received by the New Zealand Meat . Producers' Board. Wether mutton is firm with fair trade. The market for ewes is quiet and unchanged. Frozen beef.is steady with better inquiry. Chilled beef prices are better. The market for New Zealand porker pigs is quiet but firm. The market for baconers is steady 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 5d a lb (sd), 48-56 4 3-8 d(4 3-8 d); 57-64 4 l-8d (4 l-8d), 65-72 4d (4d); North Island, 48-56 4 3-8 d (4 3-8 d), 57-64 4 l-8d (4 l-8d), 65-72 4d (4d); ewes, 481b and under '4 l-8d (4 l-8d), 48-64 3 5-8 d(3 5-8 d), 65-72 3 3-8 d(3 3-8 d); New Zealand lambs, Canterbury, 361b and under, 7 l-8d aid), 37-42 6Jd-(63d), 43-50 6£d (6 3-8 d); second quality, average about 311b k 6 5-8 d (6 5-8 d); other South Island, 361b and under 7 l-8d 7Jd), 37----42 63d (62d), 43-50 6 3-8 d(6 3-8 d); North Island Downs, 361b and under 7M (7 3-8 d), 37-42 63d (63d), 43-50 6 J t d (6.1 d); second quality, average about 301b, 7d (7d); North Island, first quality, 361b and under 7d (7d), 37-42 6 5-8 d(6 5-8 d), second quality, average about 311b, 6 5-8 d (6 5-8 d); Australian lambs, Victorian first quality, 361b and under 6 3-8 d (6|d), 37-42 6d (Gd); Argentine lambs, first quality; 361b and under, 6 3-8 d (6 3-8 d), 37-42 6d (6d); New Zealand frozen beef, ox hinds 145-210 3%d (33d), fores 145-210 2jd (2?d); New Zealand chilled beef, ox hinds, 145-210 5Jd (4Jd), fores 145-210 23d (2»d); Argentine chilled beef, ox hinds 145----210 6Jd (5Jd), fores 145-210 3}d (3 l-8d)); Uruguayan chilled beef, ox hinds 145-210 5Jd (4jd), fores 145-210 3d (23d); Brazilian chilled beef, ox hinds 145-210 5 l-8d (4Jd); Australian frozen beef, ox hinds 145-210 3Jd (33d), crops, weights corresponding, 23d (2 7-8 d; Australian chilled beef, ox hinds 145-210 5d (4 l-8d), crops, weights corresponding, 2%d (23d); Union of South Africa chilled beef, ox hinds 145-210 53d (4 7-Sd), fores 145-210 2 7-8 d (23d); Southern Rhodesian chilled beef, ox hinds, 145-210, 4 3-8 d(3 7-8 d), fores, 145----210, 2 3-8 d (2^d); New Zealand porker pigs, first quality, 60-80 5 7-8 d(5 7-8 d), 81-100 53d (53d), 101-120 5 7-8 d (5"7-8 d); New Zealand prime baeoner pigs, 121----160, 6d C6d).

Cathie, Dempster, and Co., received from Sliced, Thomson, and Co., Ltd., London, on Friday, the following cabled report:—Lambs, 2's 6 7-8 dto 7 3-Bd, B's 6 5-8 dto 6ijd, 4's 6*d to 6 3-3 d, seconds' Gid to 73d; wethers, l's, 7's, 4 3-8 dto sd, 3's, 9's, s's 3Jd to 4 l-8d; ewes, l's, 7's 3Jd to 4 l-8d; 3's, 9's, s"s 3 l-8d to 3id; ox beef, hinds 3id to 3Jd, fores 2Jd to 3d; cow beef, hinds 3d to 3Jd, fores, 2-Jd to 2id; porkers, 53d to 6d; baconers, 5 7-8 dto 6d. Lambs, market quiet; wethers, market steady with better demand; ewes, market quiet; beef, market steadier; porkers, market firm; baconers, market firm; tallow, market steady, fine mutton 31s, sweet beef 265, good mixed 225. Cathie, Dempster, and Co. have received from Sheed, Thomson, and Co., Ltd., London, the following cabled report:—Lambs, 2's 6 7-8 dto 7 3-Bd, B's 6 5-8 dto 63d, 4's< 6Jd to 6 3-Bd, seconds 6Jd to 73d; wethers, l's, 7's, 4 3-8 dto sd, 3's, 9's, s's 33d to 4 l-8d; ewes, l's, 7's 3£d to 4 l-8d; 3's ,9's, s's 3 l-8d to 3£d; ox beef, hinds 3Jd to 33d, fores 2?d to 3d; cow beef, hinds 3d to 3;Jd, fores. 2Jd to 2Jd; porkers. 53d to 6d; baconers! 5 7-8 dto 6d. Lambs, market quiet; wethers, market steady with better demand; ewes, market quiet; beef, mariket steadier; porkers, market firm; baconers, market firm; tallow, market steady, fine mutton 31s. sweet beef 26s good mixed 225.