FROZEN MEAT WEAK

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXI, Issue 280, 10 November 1931, Page 11

FROZEN MEAT WEAK

SMITHFIELD OVERLOADED. PRICES ALL ROUND. Lamb market continues to be depressed with tone generally weaker owing to large supplies of home-killed lamb and Australian lamb. Mutton market: Wethers and ewes, trade slow with easier prices. Beef market: Affected by lower prices Argentine chilled beef. New Zealand porker pigs: Large supplies of home-killed eased market generally. Market is overloaded with meat at all descriptions. The above report was received on Saturday by the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board from its London office, which advises that the following are the approximate average prices realised for the week ended November 6, based on actual transactions of wholesale quantities of the descriptions of meat mentioned, and are for representative parcels of the goods offering during the week, being for business done on the basis of delivered to Smithfield market and/or ex London stores. Prices for the two previous weeks are also shown:—

New Zealand Sheep—Canterbury and North Island selected crossbred wethers and maiden ewes: 48/561b., 4 l-8d (4Jd, 4 3-8 d); 57/641b„ 3 7-8 d (4d, 4 l-8d); 65/721b., 3Jd, (3 7-Bd. 3 7-8 d). North Island crossbred wethers and maiden ewes: 48/561b., 4d (4 l-Bd, 4 l-8d); 57/641b., 3Jd, (3 7-Bd, 3 7-8); 65/7218., 3 5-8 d (3Jd, 3Jd). Ewes: 481 b. and under, 3Jd (3 3-Bd, 3 3-8 d); 48/641b., 27-8 d (3d, 3d); 65/721b., 25-8 d (2 5-Bd, 25-8 d). New Zealand Lambs. —Canterbury: 361 b. and under, 7}d (7jd, 8d); 37/42 lb.. 6)d (6Jd, 7d); 43/501h., 5 3-8 d (ojd, 6d); second quality, average 331 b., 5 7-8 d (6}d, 6}d). Other South Island brands: 361 b. and under, 7 3-8 d (7Jd, 7Jd); 37/421b., 6 3-8 d (6 5-8 d 6 7-8 d; 43/50Jb., 5Jd (s’d, 5 7-8 d). Selected North Island brands, including downs: 361 b. and under, 7|d 8d); 37/421b., 6 3-8 d (6jd, 7d); 43/501b., 5 3-8 d (5Jd, 6d) ; second quality, 311 b. average, 5 7-8 d (6id, 6jd). Other North Island brands, first quality: 361 b. and under, not quoted (7Jd, 7Jd); 37/421b., not quoted; second quality, average 311 b., not quoted (6d, 6|d). Australian Lambs.—Victorian, first quality (new season’s): 561 b. and under, 7}d (7|d, 7Jd); 37/421b., 6d (6|d, 7d). , Argentine Lamb.—First quality (new season’s): 361 b. and under, 6 l-8d (6 7-Bd, 7id); 37/421b., 5 3-8 d (6d, 6Vd). ‘New Zealand Beef: Ox fores, 2)d (2?d, 2|d); ox hinds, 4 (Id, 4 l-8d); cow fores and hinds, not quoted. Argentine Chilled Beof. —Ox fores. 3 3-8 d (3?d. 31d); ox hinds, 5 5-8 d (6 5-Bd, 7Jd). c ■ Australian Frozen Beef. —Ox ciops. over 100]b., 27-8 d (27-8 d 3d): ox hinds, over 1601 b., 4d (4 l-Bd, 4Jd). New Zealand Prime Porker Pigs.— no/JOOlh.. 61d (6RI. 6:1 d): 101/1201b., 6d (6 I-Bd. 6 l-8d). New Zealand prune baconer pigs: 121/1801b., od (od, sd).