LONDON LAMB MARKET

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 111, 13 May 1939, Page 13

LONDON LAMB MARKET

BEEF PRICES FIRM

There is a better feeling in the frozen lamb market in London according to the weekly cable received by the New Zealand Meat Producers' Board, and prices, where changed, have advanced slightly. Consumption con- ' tinues to be good. Prices for wethers are generally easier owing to lack of demand. The demand for ewes is steady, but trade is quiet. For frozen beef there is a better inquiry, owing to the higher prices for chilled. Chilled beef is firmer, on the good trade and lighter supplies. For New Zealand porker pigs trade is quiet, with prices unchanged. Baconers are steady. The board advises that the following are the ruling" prices of wholesale quantities of tke 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 lor the previous week are given in parentheses:— New Zealand Sheep.—Crossbred wethers and/or maiden ewes: 481b and under, 4£d (4*d); 491b to 561b, 3^d (3 7-8 d); 571b to 641b, 3 3-8 d (31d); 651b to 721b, 3 l-8d (3 7 1 d). Ewes: 481b and under. 3 3-8 d(3 3-8 d); 491b to 561b. 2 7-8 d (2 7-8 d); 571b to 641b, 2 5-8 d(2 5-8 d); 651b to 721b, 2£d (2|d). New Zealand Lambs.—Canterbury: 361b and under, 6^d (62d); 371b to 421b, 6£d. (6id); 431b to 501b, 6d C6d); second quality, average about 311b, 6£d (6|d). Other South Island: 361b and under, 6§d (63d); 371b to 421b, 6£d (6 l-8d); 431b to 501b, 6d (6d). North Islawn Downs: 361b and under, 6 7-8 d 163 d); 371b to 421b, 6id (6 l-8d); 431b to 501b, 6d (6d); second quality, average about 301b, 6i'd (6jfd). North Island: First quality, 361b and'under, 6 5-8 d (6 5-8 d); 371b to 42Lb, 6 l-8d C6d); second quality, average about 311b, 6 3-8 d(6 3-8 d). Australian Lambs.—Victorian, first quality: 291b to 361b, 5 7-8 d(5 7-8 d); 371b to 421b, s£d (sid). Argentine Lambs. —First quality, 361 d and under, 5 5-8 d (52d); 371b to 421b, s£d (5 3-8 d).

New Zealand Frozen Beef.—Second quality: Ox, hinds, 1451b to 2101b, 3 7-8 d (3 7-8 d); fores, 1451b to 2101b, 2fd (2^d).

Australian Frozen Beef. —Second quality: Ox, hinds, 1451b to 2101b, 3 7-8 d (3 7-8 d); crops, weights corresponding, 3d (3d). New Zealand Porker Pigs.—First quality: 611b to 801b, 6£d (6£d); 811b to 1001b, 6£d (6-id); 1011b to 1201b, 6 3-8 d(6 3-8 d).

New Zealand Baconer" Pigs.—l2llb to 1601b, 5 7-8 d(5 7-8 d). Boneless Bobby Veal. —Ex store, in parcels: 4-Jd (4|d).

New Zealand Chilled Beef.—Ox: Hinds, 1451b to 2101b, s£d (4gd); fores, 1451b to 2101b, 3 3-8 d(3 l-8d).

Australian Chilled Beef. —Ox: Hinds: 1451b to 2101b, 5d (4-|d); crops, weights corresponding, 3 3-8 d (3d).

Union of South Africa Chilled Beef. —Ox: Hinds, 1451b to 2101b, 5 5-8 d(5 l-8d); fores, 1451b to 2101b, 3 5-8 d(3 3-8 d).

Argentine Chilled Beef. —Ox: Hinds, 1451b to 2101b, 6 l-8d (5 7-8 d); fores, 1451b to 2101b, 3 5-8 d(3 5-8 d).

Uruguayan Chilled Beef. —Ox: Hinds, 1451b to 2101b, 5 5-8 d(5 l-8d); fores, 1451b to 2101b, 3 3-8 d (3£d). Brazilian Chilled Beef.—Ox: Hinds, 1451b to 2101b, s|d (4 5-8 d).