FROZEN MEAT MARKET

Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 7 June 1935, Page 12

FROZEN MEAT MARKET

ADVANCE IN LAMB PRICES TRADE SLOW FOR BEEF |' The Bank of New Zealand (produce •department) has received the following advice from its London office as at the close of business last week: “There is very little inquiry for wethers. The market for ewes is rather easier. The advance in prices for lambs has checked the demand,-but it is anticipated that prices will now remain steady. The demand for beef is affected by the low prices of chilled. Trade, generally, is slow. Quotations are: Wethers, light 32d to 42d per lb, heavy 3d to 3J,d; ewes, 2ldto 3 3-Sd; lambs, 2’s G 7-Sd to 7 1-Sd, S’s G 7-Sd to 7d, 4’s ■ G 5-Sd to C2d, seconds 6 1-Sd to did; ox hinds, 32d to 4d; ox fores, 2 5-Sd to 2 7-Sd. LONDON MEAT MARKET i new ZEALAND RETAIL PRICES The New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board has been advised by its London manager that the following retail prices were being quoted for New Zealand lamb and mutton retailed in London during May, 1935. These prices re-, present a fair average of the prices) quoted by the better class shops in London for the best quality of New Zealand lamb and mutton: — New Zealand lamb. —Legs Hid ,per lb., shoulders lOfrd, loins lOid, necks Gd, breasts 3d, forequarters 7id, hindquarters 10id. New- Zealand mutton (wethers). — Legs Sid per lb., shoulders 7id, loins 7id, necks 4d, breasts 3d.