FROZEN MEAT TRADE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 7, 7 December 1936, Page 5

FROZEN MEAT TRADE.

LAMB MARKET STEADY. BEEF QUIET. The lamb market is steady and unchanged. Stocks of New Zealand now very small. Mutton market: Wethers meeting with good trade at slightly higher prices. Ewes: Market steady and unchanged. Beef market: Frozen beef market quiet. Chilled beef slightly easier this week owing to heavier supplies. New Zealand porker pigs: Market firm with values higher. Baconer pigs: Nominal. The above report lias been received by the Meat Board from its London office, which advises that the following are the approximate average prices realised for the week, 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, 481 b and under, ojjd (sld ofd) ; 481 b to 561 b, 5d (4£d, 43d); 571 bto G4lb, 4|d (4id, 4£d); 651 bto 721 b, 4jd (4jd, 43d) ; North Island, 481 b to 561 b, 5d 43d) ; 571 bto 641 b, 4|d (4|, 41d) ; 651 b to 721 b, 4}d (4gd, 4gcl) ; ewes, 481 b and under, 4id (same) ; 481 b to 641 b, 4d (4d, 3|d) ; 651 b to 721 b, 3|d (same). New Zealand lambs.—Canterbury, 361 b and under, 7Jd (same) ; 371 b to 42 lb, 7d (same) ; 431 b to 501 b, 6}d (same) ; other South Island, 361 b and under, 7£d (same) ; 371 b to 421 b, 7d (same); 431 bto 501 b, 6)d (same); North Island Downs, not quoted; North Island, first quality, not quoted. Australian lambs.—Victorian, first quality 361 b and under, 73d (same); 371 b to 421 b, 7d (7*d, 7|d). Argentine lambs.—First quality (new season’s), 361 b and under, 63d (same); 371 b to 421 b, 63d (same). New Zealand frozen beef.—Ox hinds, 1451 b to 2101 b, 3Jd (3|d, 33d); fores, 1451 b to 2101 b, 23d (same). Chilled beef: Ox hinds, 1451 b to 2101 b, 4|d (sd, 4|d). fores, 1451 b to 2101 b, 3Jd (3Jd, 23d). , , , Argentine chilled heef.—Ox hinds, 1451 b to 2101 b, 53d (sgd, 53d); fores, 1451 b to 2101 b, 3RI (3£d, 33d). . Uruguayan chilled beef. —Ox hinds, 1451 bto 2101 b, s|d (s|d, sd); fores, 1451 b to 2101 b, 3|d (3-fld, 2|d). Australian frozen beef.—Ox hinds, 1451 b to 2101 b, 3|d (same); crops, weights corresponding, 23d (same). Chilled beef: Ox hinds, 1451 bto 2101 b, 4|d (43d, 43d) ; crops, weights corresponding, 33d (33d, 23d). Southern Rhodesian chilled beef.—Ox hinds, 1451 b to 2101 b, 43d (4|d, 4|d) ;< fores. 1451 b to 2101 b, 2jd (3ft, 2gd). New Zealand porker pigs.—First quality. 601 b to 801 b. 6|d (6Jd, 6|d); 811 bto 1001 b. 63d (6gd, 6gd); 1011 bto 1201 b, 6gd (63d. 6gd). Baconer pigs: 1211 b to 1601 b, 6:]d (6jd, 63d). MARKET CONTINUES FIRM.

Compared with last week’s quotations, wethers under 481 b §d per lb higher, 4811) to 6411) 3d per lb higher, 641 b to 721 b, id per lb higher. Ewes, 561 b to 641 b, id per lb higher. Beef, |d per lb higher. The market continues firm, particularly for wethers. The above cabled advice has been received by Levin and Co., Ltd., from their London agents, who quote current “delivered” prices as under:— North Island Down lambs and best North Island crossbred lambs, none offering. Best North Island wether sheep, under 481 b, s|d per lb; 481 b to 561 b, sd: 561 bto 641 b, 4Jd; 6411> to 721 b, 43d. North Island ewes, under 481 b, 4-3 d ; 481 bto 5611), 4d; 561 bto 641 b, 31 d; 641 b to 721 b, 33d. New Zealand prime ox beef, 1601 b to 2201 b. 33-d. The Bank of New Zealand (produce department) lias received the following advice from its London office as at close of business last week:—The demand and prices for wethers are steady. There is a fair demand for ewes. The demand for lambs is moderate. Large supplies due shortly are having a weakening effect on the market. There is a better demand for chilled beef. Wethers, light, 4-Jd to sgd per lb; heavy, 3|d to 4)d. Ewes, 3|d to 4|d; lambs, 2’s, 7|d to 73d: B’s, 6|d to (yd; 4’s, 6|d to 6|d; seconds, 7d to 7-J-d. Chilled hinds, 43d to 53d; fores, 3d to 3|d.

Quadruplets were born on a farm at Hursthouse Road. Inglewood, at the week-end. Two have died, but the other two and the mother appear healthy. The cow apparently cannot claim a record, however, since a cow in the United States some time ago gave birth to five calves.