FROZEN MEAT MARKET

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 82, 19 March 1934, Page 11

FROZEN MEAT MARKET

Smifnfield Quotations LONDON, March 18. New Zealand sheep.—Canterbury and North Island selected crossbred wethers and maiden ewes, 48 to 56 lbs 5Jd, 57 to 64 lbs 5Jd, 65 to 72 lbs sd; North Island, 48 to 56 lbs s|d, 57 to 64 lbs s|d, 65 to 72 lbs sd; ewes, under 46 lbs 4 3-Bd, 48 to 64 lbs 4d, 65 to 72 ll® 3jd. Australian sheep. — First quality crossbred and/or Merino wethers 40 to 65 lbs 4 l-8d; second quality, 30 to 55 lbs 4 l-8d; ewes, 30 to 55 lbs 4 l-Bd. Argentine sheep. — First quality crossbred wethers, 48 to 64 lbs sd, 65 to 72 lbs 4|d. , . Patagouian sheep.—None offering. New Zealand lambs.—Canterbury, 36 lbs and under 7 l-Bd, 37 to 42 lbs 7d, 43 to 50 lbs 6fd; ditto second quality, average about 32 lbs 7d; other South Island, 36 lbs and under 7|d, 37 to 42 lbs 7d, 43 to 50 lbs 6Jd; selected North Island including Downs, 36 lbs and under 3-Bd, 37 to 42 lbs 7d, 43 to 50 lbs 6|d; ditto, second quality, average about 32 lbs 7d; other North Island, first quality, 36 lbs and under 7 ]-Bd, 37 to 42 lbs 6 7-8 d; ditto second quality, average about 32 lbs 7d. Australian lambs.—Victorian, first quality, 36 lbs and under 6?d, 37 to 42 lbs 6 l-8d; other States, first quality, 36 lbs and under 6Jd, 37 to 42 lbs 6 l-8d; Victorian, second quality, 36 lbs and under 6 l-Bd, other States, second quality, 36 lbs and under 6 l-8d: all States third quality, average about 26lbs’6 1-Bd. Argentine lambs. —First quality. 36 lbs and under Cjd. 37 to 42 lbs 6<l; second quality, average about 28 lbs Gpl- , r . Patagonian lambs.— None offering. New Zealand frozen beef. —Ox lores, 160 to 220 lbs 2 l-8d : ox hinds, 160 to 220 lb’ 3 l-Bd. Australian frozen beef.—-Ox crops, ion lbs and under 23-8 d ; ditto over 100 lbs 2J,d: ditto ox hinds. 160 lbs and under 3Jd. over 160 lbs <3}d Argentine chil'ed beef —Ox lores 160 to 220 lbs 3 l-8d: ox hinds 160 to 220 lbs 4,]d. New Zealand pigs.—First quality, 60 to 80 lbs spl, 81 to 100 lbs sjd, 101 to 120 lbs 51d. Australian pigs.—First quality, 00 to 100 lbs, average about 80 lbs 5 3-Bd, 101 to 120 lbs Sid.