OTHER REPORTS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 190, 13 July 1936, Page 5

OTHER REPORTS.

The market is quiet, says a report received by Levin and Co., Ltd., from their London agents. Compared with last week’s quotations, second quality lamb is Jd lb lower. Wethers, 48-5611>. and ewes, 56-641 b, Jd lb lower. Others unchanged. Smithfield “delivered” prices are quoted as follows: —North Island Down lambs, 28-361 b, per lb; 36-42, 63d; best North Island crossbred lambs. 28-36, 7\d\ 36-42, 6Jd; North Island second quality lambs, average, 30-31, 6gd. Best North Island wether sheep, under 48. sd; 4856, 4|d; 56-64, 4-Jd; 64-72, 4d; North Island ewes, under 48, 4Jd, 48-56, 3s d ; 56-64, 3§d; 64-72, 3gd. New Zealand prime ox beef: 160-2201 b, 33d. The Bank of New Zealand (produce department) lias received the following advice from its Loudon office as at close of business last week: —There is a moderate demand for wethers, but prices are firm. There is only a. poor demand for ewes. The demand for lambs is not so good, and the market is rather easier. Smaller supplies of chilled beef have caused prices to harden. Trade generally is slow. Wethers: Light, 4-|d to 5d per lb; heavy 3.3 dto 41cl; ewes, 33d to 4|d ; lambs, 2’s, 7d to 7-Jd; B’s, 6fd to 63d; 4’s, 6Jd to 63d; seconds, 6Jd to 6Jd : chilled beef, hinds, 4)d to sd; fores, 23d to 3d. . The Bank of New South W ales lias received the following report from its Loudon office dated July 10-.—Mut-ton: Ewes, 3id, 4Jd; wethers, 3UI, 5d ; lamb, ■6. Vd, 7 J cl; beef, 2 A cl, 3|d ; pork, 51-d, 6d.