LONDON MEAT PRICES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 162, 10 June 1939, Page 5

LONDON MEAT PRICES.

LAMB MARKET FIRMER. CHITTED BEEF WEAKER. The lamb market continues .strong with price?, generally furl her advanced. Consumption is sal is Diet ory. Mutton market: Wethers and ewes firmer, with improved demand. Reef market: 4 Frozen beet steady, wilh fair trade; chilled beef weaker this week bccau.-e of hot weather and .heavy .supplies. New Zealand porker pig*: I ratio slow; prices nominal. Ratoner pigs: AJarkel quiet and unchanged. Boneless bobby veal: Firmer, oil the lighter supplies. • The above report wa» received yesterday by the .Meal Hoard from its londoti ollice which advFes that the following are the ruling prices of wholesale quantities of tin* descriptions of frozen meal mentioned and are representative parcels of tlie goods sold on Thursday. June 8. Chilled beef prices arc averages ol the week on which this list i- issued. All prices are cn the hards ol delivered at Sniithlield Market. Prices for the previous week jire shown in parentheses: New Zealand sheep. —Cro-bi-ed wethers and/or maiden ewe?. 481 b and under, 4|d (4Jd): 4911, to 561 b. (3Jd); 571 bto 64.1), 38.1 (3id): 651 b to 721 b. bid (3Jd). Kwe<, 481 b and under. 3Jil (3|d) ; 491 bto 561 b. Sid (3d): 571 b to 641 b. 3d (2Jd) ; 651 bto 721 h, 2Jd (2£d). • Xew Zealand In mbs. — Canterbury, ooln ami imilct’, 7id (-7KB : 371 bto 42ib. 6?|l (6id): 431 b io 501 b, Did (6id); second quality. average about. 311 b, 6«d (6§d). Other South island, 3611) and under, 7i«l (7 B d) . 371 b to 4211*. 6J.1 (Did); 431 b to 501 b. 6id (6iiil. North I-laiul Down-. 361 b and mill,w 7|d (7KB: 371 b to 421 b. 65,1 (6g«l) : 431 b to 50. b. 6q(l about 301 b. 7'd (7KB: North Diaiid Iti’-t qualitv. 361 b and under, 7g, 1 (7d) : 3llb to 421 b. 6KI (6gd); -i ci,nd quality, average about. 311 b, 6ad (6KB. Au-tralian lambs.—'Victorian ("'ft quality. 2911, to 361 b. bid (6KB ; 3711, to 421 b, 5 4 d under. 6-Id (6d) ; 371 b to 421 b, 5 5-8,1 (o 2 d). New Zealand frozen beef.-2 ml ,x hinds 1-1511, m 2101 b. 3 7-8 d (3 7-8 d); lore- 14511, tn 21011, 2Jd (22*1). Australian frozen heel. —2nd quality, ox bind-. 3 7-8 d (3 7-8 d); crops 3id (V )• New Zealand jiorker pigs-—lst quality. 611 bto 801 b. 6Jd (62*1); 811 bto 1001 b6’ 5-8.1 (6 5-8 d): 10111. to 1201 b. 6 3-8 d (6 3-8 d). Buconer pigs: 120. b to 1601 b. 6d (6(1). Bonele-i- bobliv veal. —Ex store in p.neel-. 5d (45d). ‘ . ~ , Now Zealand chilled beef.— o.x bind-. 1451 bto 2101 b. 41,1 (SKB; fore* 1451 bto 2101 b. 2jd (3d). , . , Australian chilled beef. —Ox binds, 4d (4 7-8 d) ; crops, 2 5-8 d (3^d). South Africa chilled heel.--Ox hinds, 5d (5 3-8 d): fores. 2U\ (3 7-8 d). Southern Rhodesian: Ox hinds. 4d (4id); fores, ljd (2Jd). Argentine chilled beef. —Ox hinds, 53d i6Jd): ox fores. 3d (3id). Uruguayan : Ox hinds. 43d (s£d): ox fores, 23d (3J-d)-Cruguavan : Ox hinds. 4Jd (sid) : force?, 23(T(3id). Brazilian : Ox hinds. 4Jd (sid).' .Flic market continues linn all round, says a cabled report received by Kevin and Co.. Ltd., Jrom their London agents. ( witii last week’s quotations, Down and crossbred land) gd a lb bigher: wethers. under 481 b and 561 b to 6411). £d lb higher: 431 b to 561 b and 641 b to 721 b, hi a lb higher: ewes. *-d a Jb higher. Others unchanged.

RETAIL PRICKS I.X LONDON. Ihe Meal Hoard has been advised by its London ollice that the following retail prices wore being quoted for New Zealand lamb and mutton retailed in London during May. Those prices represent, a fair average of the prices quoted by the belter ela.s shops in London foi* tlie best, qunli ly : Liiml). —Legs, 12d a lb; shoulders. lid; loins, lid: necks. 6d; breas-ts, 3d; forequarters. 8<1; hindquarters, 10id. Mutton (wethers). —Legs. 8d a lb; shoulders, 7d; loins, 7d ; necks, 3d ; breasts,