SMITHFIELD MARKET.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 230, 27 August 1938, Page 5

SMITHFIELD MARKET.

LAMB VALUES FIRM. f Per Press Association, t WELLINGTON, Aug. 26. t , The New Zealand Meat Producers' 3 report on the Smithfield market cover--1 ing the period ended August 25 states : fc The lamb market is very firm, with 3 prices again advanced. Consumption continues good. The wether and ewe - trade is slow, with the exception of s lightweights, prices teaiding easier. - Chilled beef, with lighter supplies, has 5 improved substantially. New Zealand ; porker pigs,'lightweights are firmer but - trade is slow owing .to the warm wea- • ther. Baconer pigs are easier owing to ' the poor demand. Quotations are: , New Zealand crossbred wethers and/ '< or maiden ewes. —481 b and under : s£d. New Zealand lambs. —Canterbury : -361 b and under. 7|d; 37-421 b, 7|d. Second qualitv, average about 311 b, 7d. • ,Other South Island, 361 b and under, i 7Jd; 37-421 b, 7fd. North Island Downs. i 361 b and under, 8d; 37-421 b, 7Jd; 43-50 ' lb, 7Jd; second quality, average about 301 b, North Island, first quality, ' 3611> and under, 7£d; 37-421 b. 7£d: sec- ' ond quality, average about 311 b. 7d. i Australian lambs.—Not quoted. New Zealand and Australian frozen beef. —Not quoted. New Zealand porker pigs.—First quality: 61-801 b. 6|d; 101-1201 b, 6*d. New Zealand baconer pigs.—l2l-160 ">, 6fd. ' . Chilled beef prices are the approximate average prices realised for the week: New Zealand.—Hinds: 5-Jd; tores, 3id. , o-j Australian.—Hinds: sjsd; crops, «s§d. South African. 5-Jd, 3§d. llhodeman, 5Jd, 3Jd. Argentine, fores, 3Jd. Uruguayan, fores, 3id- Brazilian, s![d. Others unchanged, AGENTS' REPORT. The lamb market continues firm and mutton unchanged, says a report received by Levin and Co., Ltd., from their London agents:—Compared with last weeks! quotations, Down lamb, 281 bto 361 b, id per lb higher; 361 b to 421 b, l-8d per lb higher; second quality lamb, -Jd per lb higher; wethers, under 481 b, l-8d per lb higher. Others unchanged.