SMITHFIELD MEAT MARKET.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 55, 6 March 1911, Page 3

SMITHFIELD MEAT MARKET.

Fair;to good trade during the week, but the prices weaker. Home supplies have been plentiful, beef slightly lower, mutton and lamb prices unchanged. Dutch mutton is £d lower. Chilled beef fores are an £d higher 3|d,' hinds unchanged 3Jd to 4g-d. frozen beef short supplies, fores par to an -Jd higher. Hinds unchanged. Frozen mutton, New Zealand supplies still light, but prices an id lower. Australian mutton prices unchanged. River Plate is filling requirements'and sells freely at unchanged prices. Frozen lamb, shipments of new season's have arrived. Market quotations are not equal to ex ship prices. The offered is forcing buyers to withdraw their offers and turn their prices having dropped fully an -Jd. We regret error in advice of shipments. Mutton: Canterbury W. and M.E., 48-56. not quoted; Southlands, W. and M.E. 48-56, not ouoted; bestNorth Islands. W. and M.E. 48-56 4§d, 56-64 4scl: North Islands, W. and M.E. 48-56 4 3-16ths. 56-64 4 3-16 ths; Australians, W. and M.E.,40-50 3R 50-70 3 'l-ieths; River Plate, W. and M.E. 40-50 3£d, 50-70 3fd.

Lamb: Canterbury, u-36 s£d. 36-42 63d, 42-50 5-J-d: Southlands, u-36, not quoted; best North .Islands u-36, not -onoted; Novth Islands, u-36 s|d, 36----42 s*d, 42-50 s£d: Australians, best a.o. 4|-d, Ainferior 3fd; River Pl»te. 28-42 4vd.

Beef: New Zealand, fores 3d, hinrTs 3kl; Australians, fores 9%r\. Kinds a-?d: River Plate, fores 2-15-16fchs, hinds -3-7-ieths. DECEMBER SHIPMENTS, r Mutton Lamb Beef Beef Frozen Chilled 596,500 536,500 72,450, 155,^00 JANUARY SHIPMENTS TO * DATE. New Zealand— 77,000 113,000 4,400 Australia— 115,500 83,750 4,000 Rivor Plate— 187,750 ' 40,500 ■ 54,750 89,500

380.250 137,250 63,150 January 20th, 1911.