LAMB MARKET WEAK

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 27 February 1939, Page 14

LAMB MARKET WEAK

LITTLE CHANGE IN MUTTON PRICES Australian lambs: Victorian. first i quality, 291 b to 3Glb. 6 3-8 d (6Jd); 371 b to 421 b, 6,1 d (6 3-8 d). Argentine lambs: First quality, 361 b and under. 6d (6d); 371 b to 421 b, 5:1 d (3.? d). New Zealand frozen beef: Second quality, ox hinds, 1451 b to 2101 b. 4d (4d); ox fores, 1451 b to 2101 b, 3d (3d). Australian frozen beef: Second quality. ox hinds, 1451 b to 2101 b, 4 l-8d (4 l-8d); ox crops, weights corresponding, 3d (3d). New Zealand porker pigs: First quality. 611 b to 801 b, 7 3-8 d (7 3-8 d); 811 b to 1001 b, 61d (6£d); 1011 b to 1201 b. (6',d). New Zealand baconer pigs: 1211 bto ICCIb, 6,\d (6jd). Boneless bobby veal: Ex store, in parcels, 4 l-8d (4 l-8d). Lamb market: Prices again shade i easier but demand is improving at the lower prices. Mutton market: Wethers and ewes, lightweight prices unchanged, others lower. Trade remains slow. Beef market: Chilled beef prices lower this week on the slow trade because cf heavier supplies. New Zealand porker pigs: Quiet with prices unchanged. New Zealand baconer pigs: Market quiet and unchanged. The above report was received by the , Meat Board from its London office, j which advises that the following are the ruling prices of wholesale quantities of the desertpions 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 Smithfieid Market. Prices for the previous week are shown in parentheses:—

New Zealand sheep: Crossbred wethers and/or maiden ewes, 481 b and under, 4£d (4jjd>: 491 b to 56!b, 3-]d 571 b to Mlb 34d (3&d); 651 b to 721 b, 3,)d <3Rd). Ewes. 181 b and under, 2Jd (2£d); 491 bto 561 b. 2j{d r2^d); 571 bto 641 b, (2JW): 6510 to 721 b. (2^d>. New Zealand lambs: Canterbury, 361 b and under, (not quoted); 371 b to 42 lb, 7Jd (not quoted): 431 b to 501 b, 7d (not quoted): second quality, average about 3-lb, 7d (not quoted). Other South Island, not quoted. North Island Downs, £6l b and under, (7dg); 371 b to 421 b. 7;Jd (7Jd); 431 b to 501 b, 7d (7d): second quality, average about 301 b, 7d (7|d). North Island, first quality, 361 b and under, 7d (7J); 371 b to 421 b, 7d (7d); second quality, average about 311 b, 7d (7d). New Zealand chilled beef: Ox hinds, 1451 b to 2101 b, 5d (5 l-8d); ox fores, 1451 b to 2101 b, 3Jd (3 3-8 d). Australian chilled beef: Ox hinds, 4Jd (5Jd); ox crops, 3 3-8 d (3*d). South Africa chilled beef: Ox hinds, 1451 bto 2101 b, s]d (not quoted); ox fores, 1451 bto 2101 b, 3ld (not quoted). Southern Rhodesian chilled beef: Ox hinds, 1451 bto 2101 b, 4.1 d (42d); ox fores, 1451 b to 2101 b, 2Jd (3 l-8d). Argentine chilled beef: Ox hinds, 145 lb to 2101 b, 6d (6 l-8d); ox fores, 145 lb to 2101 b. 3Jd (3 7-8 d). Uruguayan chilled beef: Ox hinds, 145 lb to 2101 b, s£d (53d); ox fores, 1451 b to 2101 b, 3 3-8 d (3 5-8 d). Brazilian chilled beef: Ox hinds, 1451 b to 2101 b, 5 3-8 d (5 3-8 d). There is no sign of improvement in the market, which continues very unsatisfactorily all round, says a cable message received by Levin and Co. Ltd., from their London agents. Compared with last week’s quotations, Down lambs, 281 b to 361 b, l-8d a lb lower; crossbred lambs, 281 b to 30lb, l-8d a