MEAT TRADE
i•;. The quantities of meat shipped from New Zealand during the "period from October-1, .1936, to Februaryvls,l937,
with the figures for the corresponding period last year in parentheses, are reported as follows by the New Zealand. Meat Producers' Board:—
Chilled beef, G7.030 quarters (43,232); Crozen beef, 38,048 qu'aiters (69,548); mutton, 382,206 carcasses (496,410); lamb, 2,162,938 carcasses (2,326,743); pork, 245,101 carcasses (248,720); boneless beef,'48,332-bags (54,961).. Killings for export during the same period were:—
Levin and Co., Ltd., have -received the"following cable from their London agents, dated February 26, giving, North Island frozen -meat quotations, as, follows:— ' , " , . Down lambs. '28-361b 716 per lb, 36----42, 7 3-8 d; crossbred lambs, 28-36 7 34Jd, 36-42 -7id; second quality lambs, average' 30-31 7d; wethers, under'4B 5'5-Bd. 48-56 sid, 56-64 4:7-Bd, 64-72r4Jd; ewes, under 48 4£d, 48-56 4 l-Bd, 56-64 4d, 64-72 4d; New Zealand prime ox beef, 160-220 3 5-Bd. ' '
Compared" with last week's .quotations, Down lamb, 28-361b, id per 11> lower; 36-421b 3-8 d per lb lower; crossbred lambs, id per lb. lower; second quality lamb, l-8d per lb lower; wethers, under 481b l-8d .per lb'higher, 56----721b l-8d per .'lb'lower;-ewes, under 481b l-8d per," lb , lower. Others unchanged. The lamb market on- the spot is weaker all round and prices da not "appear to have reached bottom, The mutton market continues firm.
■■"'■' ■.:■"'.: -.••■.•■: :?:•.;..•.■ '■ '• ■■<,, : OctM to I"eb. 15, ■ -. :■;'■ ■■■■■■■-.■. 1930-37.' j 1935-S6. CBUled.-bccf,--qrs;r.-i/;VVi---'.r:*«r,15T':-yj.n ~4r,6I4Frozen, beef,i<irs. •.'..■;..■: - :: :9,671s-;-:-',25,035 Wether mutton, c/cs.;;...:. 253,53.1 ': 420,639Ewe. mutton, c/cs.. .,:. : "lOS.SOS , 142,165 Lamb, c/c$. : ......■;.:..:' 1,29Q,M4 : 4,172,658 (porkers), c/cs..... ,104,0527 ;; 197,60.} Pork(baconers), c/cs. . ; 250,018.;";. 13T,427 Boneless beef,- ft.-c/es." '■ 70,590-':■', 124,092. Boueless bobby veal, ft.- ■■■■'..:■,•''■ ,':' T'i; ■ . \\: c/cs/ ■-:■■/.-;.■..•.-;■.':.'■ ' 78,"3ls'- t'-'r l/ l>j45,042 Sundries, ;ft:' c/es.-•.!. /.:.•.: /103,772. vvsAdT.OlT
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 50, 1 March 1937, Page 16
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272MEAT TRADE Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 50, 1 March 1937, Page 16
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