FROZEN MEAT MARKETS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 196, 19 August 1912, Page 6

FROZEN MEAT MARKETS.

Messrs Gilbert Anderson and Co., London, report under date July 12 as follows:—

A week of very hot weather, tending to reduce the consumption of meat generally but favorable for lambs. Home Grown: Beef 6J to 9d, mutton 7d to 9d, tegs 7Jd to 9d, ewes 5d to s£d, lamb 7^d to 9Jd. (Dutch 6£d to BJd.) Chilled Beef: Fores 3£d to 31d, hinds 4-J-d to o^d. Frozen Beef: Plate fores 3|d to 3fd, liinds 4d to 4|d, Australian fores 3|d to 3-|d, hinds 4d to 4^d, New Zealand fores 3-£ dto 3|d, liinds 4£d to 4id.

Frozen Mutton: All classes are |d higher except Canterbury, for which the demand" is limited. Canterbury 48 to 56 4id, 56 to 64 4d. Best New Zealand 06 to 64 3|d, ordinary 3fd, ewes 3|d. Australians 3fd to 3|d, small ewes 3|d. Plates 50 to 70 3fd.

Frozen Lamb: Deliveries are not yet regular, although . the discharge of steamers in dock is being accelerated. Prices for most classes are lower. Canterbury under- 36 6£d, 36 to 42 s|d, 42 to 50 sfd, Southlands and best North Islands Id lower, ordinary 6d to 6|d, u-36, sfd to sfd, 36 to 42. Australian lambs 5Jd to sfd., ADVICE OF MONTHLY FROZEN MEAT SHIPMENTS. Frozen Chilled Mutton Lamb Beef Beef June, 1911— 578,750 596,250 251,500 206,000 June, 1911— 501,400 382,000 281,950 214,500 SHIPMENTS DURING JULY. New Zealand. 72,000 94,000 5,600 Australia— ■ 33,000 66,000 River Plate— 28,000 1,000 17,500 41,000 133,000 95,000 89,100 Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Wellington, have received the following cablegram from their London office dated 15th August:— .

;, Frozen Mutton: Market firm. Prices] are par to £d higher since our last cablegram. frozen Lamb: Market steady. Prices id lower for heavy since our last cablegram. Beef: Market quiet. _ Prices . for fores are £-d lower since our last cablegram. Tallow: Prices are 3d to 6d higher* since our last cablegram.