LAMB CHEAPER

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 56, 8 March 1937, Page 12

LAMB CHEAPER

LONDON MEAT MARKET

Prices of frozen lamb in London are easier on the heavier supplies, according to the weekly cabled report received by the New Zealand Meat Producers' Board. Colder weather is affecting the demand. Wethers and ewes are, meeting with fair demand with prices steady. Beef market: Frozen beef prices are steadj owing to short spot stocks. Chilled beef lores are firm but hindquarters are weaker. Supplies from all sources are rather heavy. For New Zealand porker pigs trade is quiet, with prices easier. Baconers are a shade firmer on the better inquiry. The approximate average wholesale prices for the week, with those for the previous week in parentheses, were:— New Zealand sheep (crossbred wethers and/or maiden ewes), 481b and under 5 5-8 d per lb (5 5-8 d), 49-56 sid (s;jd), 57-64 4 7-8 d (4 7-8 d), 65-72 4£d (4£d), ewes, 481b and under 4£d (4Jd), 49-56 4}d (41d), 57-64 4 l-8d 14 1-b'd), 65-72 4d (4d); New Zealand lambs, Canterbury, 361b and under 7 3-8 d (-7id), 37----42 7d (7id), 43-50 6 5-8 d (63d); second quality, average about 311b, 6 7-8 d (7d); other South island, 361b and under 7 3-8 d (not quoted), 37-42 7d (—), 43-50 6 5-8 d (.—); North Island Downs, 361b and under 7 3-Bd. (7£d), 37-42 7d (7 3-8 d), 43-50 6 5-8 d (63d); second quality, average about 301b, 7 l-8d (7£d); North Island, first quality, 361b and under 7 l-Bd'(7 3-8 d), 37-42 7d (7id); second quality, average about 311b, 6 7-8 d (7d); Australian lambs, Victoria, first quality, 29-36 6id (6 5-8 d), 37-42 6 l-8d (6|d); Argentine lambs, first quality, 361b and unaer 6-id (6 3-8 d), 37-425 7-8 d(5 7-8 d); New Zealand frozen beef, ox hinds, 145-210 4id(4.ld), ox fores, 145-210, 3 l-8d (3 l-8d); Australian frozen beef, ox hinds, 145-210 4id (4 3-8 d), ox crops, weights corresponding, 3jd (3 l;8d); New Zealand chilled beef, ox hinds, 145-210, 4|d (4Jd), ox fores, 145-210, 3£d (3 l-8d); Australian chilled beef, ox hinds, 145-210 <Ud (4Jd), ox crops, weights corresponding, 3-id (3d); Union of South Africa, chilled beef, ox hinds, 145-210, 4 5-8 d (not quoted), fores, 140----210 31d (—); Southern Rhodesian chiiledbeef, ox hinds, 145-210, 4 l-8d (4 3 8d) fores, 145-210, 3d (2 7-Bd>; Argentine chilled beef, ox hinds, 14a--210 5 1-B'd (5 3-8 d), fores, 145-210, 3 5-8 d (3 J 2 d); Uruguayan chilled beef, ox hinds 145-210 4 7-8 d (sd) fores 140----210 3 3-8 d (3Jd); Brazilian chilled beef, ox hinds, 145-210 41d (4 5-8 d); New Zealand porker Pigs, -first au^ity. 61-89 6 7-8 d (7d), 81-IUO 6£d (6 b-8d), 101-120 6 l-8d (6id); New Zealand baconer, pigs, 121-160 5 7-8 d (5Jd).