FROZEN MEAT TRADE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 17 June 1936, Page 12

FROZEN MEAT TRADE

Lamb market: Firm with further advance in prices; consumption continues to improve. •Minton market: Wethers and ewes, better trade at increased prices. Beef market: Frozen beef nominal; chilled beef firmer owing to smaller total supplies. New Zealand porker pigs: Market firmer but consumption is tailing off. N.Z. baeoner pigs: Market firmer owing to shorter suplics. The above report was received on Saturday 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 ior business done on the basis of delivered to Smithfield market, North Island selected crossbred wethers 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, 5d 4 7-Bd, 4j?d); 481 bto 561 b, 4 3-8 d (4/d, 4 3-8 d); 571 b to 641 b, 4 l-8d (same); 651 b to 721 b, 4d /(3 7-Bci, 3 7-8 d). North Island : 481 bto 561 b, 4 3-8 d (4/d, 4/d); 571 b to 641 b, 4 l-8d (same); 651 b to 721 b, 4d. (3 7-Bd, 3 7-8 d). Ewes: 481 b and under, 4 l-8d (4d, 3 7-8 d); 48!b to 641 b. 3 5-8 d (3/d, 3/c]); 651 bto 72, 3/d (3 3-Bd, 3 3-Sd). New Zealand Lambs.—Canterbury : 361 b and under, 7/d (7/d, 7 l-8d); 371 bto 421 b, 63d (63-d, 6 5-8 d); 431 b to 501 b, 6 3-8 d (6/d. 6/d); second quality, average about 311 b. 7d (6 7-Bd, 6 - Other South Island -361 b and under, 71 d (7/d, 7 l-8d); 371 b to 421 b, 63d (63d, 6 5-8 d); 431 bto 501 b, 6 3-8 d (6 3-Bd, 6/d).North Island downs: 361 b and under, 7/d (7 3-Bd, 7 3-8 d ): 371 b to 421 b. 6,3 d (6|d, 6 5-8 d); 431 b .to 501 b. 6 3-8 d (6/d, 6/d); second quality, average about 301 b, 7/d (7 l-Bcf), 7 l-8d). North Island, first quality: 361 b and under, 7 l-3d (7d, 7d); 371 b to 421 b, 6 5-8 J(6 5-Bd, 6/d); second quality, average about 311 b, 63.(1 (same). Australian Lambs.—Victorian, first quality: 36ib and under, 6/d (same); 371 b to 421 b, 6/d (6 l-Bd, 6 l-8d). Argentine Lambs.—First quality, 36ib and under, 6 3-8 d (6/d, 6/d); 371 bto 421 b, 6d (same). New Zealand Frozen Beef. —Ox hinds, 1451 b to 2101 b, 4d (4d, 4/d); ox fores, 1451 b to 2101 b, 3d (same). New Zealand Chilled Beef. —Ox hinds, 1451 b to 2101 b, 5d (4 3-Bd, 3 7-8 d); ox fores, 1451 b to 2101 b, 3d (2 7-Bd, 2/d). Argentine Chilled Beef. —Ox hinds, 1451 b to 2101 b, 6/d (5 5-Bd, sd); ox fores, 1451 b to 210 lb, 3/d (3/d, 3d). Uruguayan Chilled Beef.—Ox hinds, 1451 bto 2101 b,. ,5/d (4gd, 4/d). ox fores, 1451 bto 2101 b, 3 1-8 (3d, 25-8 d). Brazilian Chilled Beef.—Ox hinds, 1451 b to 2101 b, 5/d (4/d, 4d). Australian Frozen Beef.—Ox binds, 1451 b to 2101 b, 4d (4d, 4/d); ox crops, weights corresponding, 3 l-8d (same). Australian Chilled Beef.—Ox hinds, 1451 b to 2101 b, )5/d .(4/d, 4/d); ox crops, weights corresponding, 3 l-8d (3d, 2/d). Union of South Africa Chilled Beef.— Ox hinds, 1451 b to 2101 b, 5/d (4/d, 4/d); ox fores, 1451 b to 2101 b, 2£cl (2£cl, 2/d). Southern Rhodesian Chilled Beef. — Ox hinds, 1451 b to 2101 b, 4 5-8 d (4/d, not quoted); ox fores, 1451 b to 2101 b, 2 7- (2|d, not quoted). New Zealand Porker Pigs.—First quality; 601 bto 801 b, 5 5-8 d (5/d, 5 3-8 d); 811 b to 1001 b, 5/d (5 3-Bd, sd/); 1011 b to 1201 b, 5/d (same). New Zealand Prime Baeoner Pigs.— 1211 b to 160ib, 5 7-8 d (5 5-Bd, 5 6-8 d).

MARKET STEADY TO FIRM Compared with last week’s quotations, lamb, with the exception of down, 361 b to 421 b, is 1-8(1. per lb higher; wethers, 641 b to 721 b, and ewes under 641 b. l-8d per lb higher; beef, l-8d per lb higher. Other unchanged. The market is "steady to firm. Levin and Co., Ltd., received the-above cabled advice on Satturday from their London agents. The Bank of New Zealand, produce department, has received the following advice from its London office as at close of business last week: —There is a better inquiry for wethers. There is a little better demand for ewes. Lambs are in fair demand and it is thought that prices will remain steady at present quotations. Smaller supplies of chilled beef have caused prices to harden.