FROZEN MEAT TRADE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 2 April 1938, Page 8

FROZEN MEAT TRADE

LONDON LAMB MARKET FIRMER Lamb market: Tendency of the mar- 1 | ket is firmer, with prices of some grades i slightly better. Consumption excellent for the time of year. Mutton market: Withers steady on the short -stocks, j Ewes easier owing to poor demand. Beef 1 | market: Frozen beef firm on short spot j | stocks. Chilled beef again easier owing i ;to heavy supplies. New Zealand porker ■ pigs: Market quiet and unchanged. New Zealand baconer pigs. Market steady and unchanged. i The above report was received yesterday by the Meat Board, which adi vises that the following are the ruling j prices of wholesale quantities of the dt* j scriptions of frozen meat mentioned, and are for representative parcels of the goods sold on Thursday. Chilled beef prices are averages of the week. All prices are on the basis of delivered to Smithfield market:— New Zealand sheep: Crossbred wethers and'or maiden ewes. 481 b and under. 5-d: 491 b to 561 b. 5Ad; 571 b to 641 b ! s£d: 651 bto 721 b. 4;,'d. Ewes, 481 b and under. 4|d: 491 b to 561 b. 3*d; 571 b to , G4lb. 3-jd: 651 b to 721 b. 3.‘,d. New Zealand lambs: Canterbury. 361 b and under. 7£d: 371 b to 421 b. 7£d: 431 b to 501 b. Tel: second quality, average ' about 311 b. 7d. Other South Island. 361 b 1 and under, 7jd; 371 b to 421 b. 7-id; 43!b j to 501 b, 7d. North Island Downs, 361 b and_ under 7jd; 371 b to 421 b. 7id; 431 b to 501 b. 7d; second quality. average about 301 b. 7id. North 'Gland. first quality. 361 b and under. 7id; 371 b to 421 b. 7d; second quality, average about , 311 b. (il d. Australian lambs. Victorian, first Quality. 291 b to 361 b. 6id; 371 b to 421 b. ! Argentine lambs: First quality. 361 b and under. 6£d; 371 b to 421 b, 6|d. New Zealand frozen beef: Ox hinds. sd: ox fores. 4d. Australian frozen beef: Ox hinds. sd: ox crops, 4d. New Zealand porker pigs: First quality. 611 b to 801 b. 6;*d; 811 b to 1001 b 62d- i 1011 b to 1201 b, Gi'd. New Zealand baconer pigs: 1211 b to 1601 b, 63d. New Zealand chilled beef: Ox hinds 1451 b to 2101 b. 4Jd; ox fores, 3-jd. i Australian chilled beef: Ox hinds. 4jjd; ox crops, weights correspondirg. 33d. Southern Rhodesian chilled beef- Ox hinds, 4d; ox lores. 3d. Argentine chilled beef: Ox hinds 52dox fores, 4£d Uruguayan chilled beef: Ox hinds, sdox fores, 3|d Brazilian chilled beef: Ox hinds. 4»d. The lamb market is steady, and the mutton market dull, with a downward tendency, says a cabled report received

by Levin and Co. Ltd., from their Loncion agents. Compared with last week's quotations, second quality lamb is id perlb higher, and ewes under 561 b and 641 bto 721 bid per lb lower. Others are unchanged.