PRIME LAMB DEARER

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 44, 20 August 1938, Page 13

PRIME LAMB DEARER

LONDON MEAT MARKET

On the London frozen lamb market prime sorts have advanced owing to the relative scarcity of good-quality lambs, with second quality steadier, according to the weekly cable received by the New Zealand Meat Producers' Board. For wethers' and ewes the demand, continues to be poor, and values, where changed, are weaker. Chilled beef is firmer this week owing to cooler weather and better demand. For New Zealand porker pigs the market is tjuiet and unchanged. For New Zealand baconers prices have declined owing to heavy supplies and the weak bacon market. The boneless bobby yeal quotations are nominal, as there is little available. The board advises, that the following are the ruling prices of wholesale quantities of the descriptions of frozen meat mentioned and are for representative parcels of the goods sold on Thursday. Chilled beef prices are averages of the week.- All prices are on the basis of delivered to Smithfield market. Prices for the previous week are given in parentheses:— New Zealand sheep: Crossbred wethers and/or maiden ewes, 481b and under, 5d a lb <sd); 49-561b, 4|d (4 7-8 d); 57-641b, 4 5-8 d (4 5-8 d); 65----721b, 4id (4£d); ewes, 481b and under, 3 5-8 d (3 5-8 d); 49-561b, 3Jd (3*d); 57----641b, 3d (3 l-8d); 65-721b, 2 7-8 d (3d). New Zealand lambs: Canterbury, 361b and under, 7 5-8 d (7£d); 37-421b, 7 5-8 d did); 43-501b, 7 3-8 d (7£d); second quality, average about 311b, 8 7-8 d(6 7-8 d); other South Island, 361b and under, 7 5-8 d (7|d); 37-421b, 7 5-8 d (7 5-8 d); 43-501b, 7 3-8 d (7 3-8 d); North Island Downs, 361b and under, 7j|d (T5-8d); 37-421b, 7|d (7 5-8 d); 43-501b, 7 3-8 d(7 3-8 d); second quality, average about 301b, 7 l-8d (7 l-8d); North Island (first quality), 361b and under, 7sd (7 3-8 d); 37-421b, 7 5-8 d (7£d>; second quality, average about 311b, 6Jd (6fd). Argentine Lambs: First quality, 361b and under, 7d (7d); 37-421b, 6£d (6Jd). New Zealand porker pigs: First quality 61-801b, 6 5-8 d (6 5-8 d); 81-1001b, 6^Bd (6 5-8 d); 101-1201b, 6 5-8 d(6 5-8 d). New Zealand baconer pigs: 121-1601b, 6£d (6|d). Boneless bobby veal (old season's), ex store, in parcels, 4d (4 l-8d). New Zealand chilled beef, ox hinds, 145-2101b, 5 l-8d (4fd); fores, 145-2101b, 3d (2fd). ' Australian chilled beef, ox hinds, 145-2101b, 4 7-8 d <4£d); crops, weights corresponding, 2 7-8 d(2 5-8 d). Union of South Africa, chilled beef: Ox hinds, 145-2101b, 5 5-8 d (4 7-8 d); fores, 145-2101b, 3 l-8d (2fd). Southern Rhodesian chilled beef: Ox hinds, 145-2101b, 43d (4 3-8 d); fores, 145-2101b, 2 5-8 d (2£d).

Argentine chilled beef: Ox hinds, 14&-2l01b, 6£d (6 l-8d); fores, 145-2101b, 3 3-8 d (3£d). Uruguayan chilled beef: Ox hinds, 14&-2101b, s|d (5Jd); fores, 145-2lolb, 3jd (3d).

2101b, s*d <sd).