MEAT IN LONDON

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22475, 20 July 1936, Page 5

MEAT IN LONDON

FIiOZEN AND CHILLED PRICES AT SMITHFIELD CHILLED BEEF HIGHER (Received July 10, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, July IS Following are the latest quotations for frozen and chilled meat, with those of the previous week for comparison:—

The weekly quotations are based on actual sales of wholesale quantities of carcases of mutton or lamb or of quarters of beef delivered to Smithfield market and/or London stores. They are compiled by the Quotations Committee, Smithfield. io arrive at tho equivalent ex ship values one farthing per pound should be deducted from the prices quoted above. Quotations given represent the average for tho week, and aro not selected lines, but for parcels fairly representative of the bulk of shipments now on offer. BETTER TONE IN BEEP FAIR TRADE IN MUTTON Ihe following private cablegrams, dealing with tho Smithfield meat market, have been received:— Bank of New Zealand.—Wethers: Tho market is steady. Ewes: The market is quiet. Lambs: The market is weaker for light - weights; heavyweights remain steady. Quotations: Wethers, light, 42d to s£d per lb.; heavy, 3?d to 4Jd. Ewes, 3Jd to 4id. Lambs, twos, 6Jd to 7-id; eights, 6|d to Gijd; fours, 6id to 6gd; seconds, 6Jd to 6^d. New Zealand Meat Producers' Board. —Lambs: Tho market is slightly weaker for prime light-weights, but the tone remains steady, with consumption satisfactory. Mutton: Wethers are firm, with fair trade. The ewe market is quiet and unchanged. Beef: Frozen beef is steady, with better inquiry. Chilled heef prices are better. New Zealand porkers: The market is quiet, but firm. New Zealand baconers: The market is steady and unchanged.

CANTERBURY PRODUCE [by TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] UHRISTCHURCII, Saturday The Canterbury grain and produce markets have had a very quiet week, with business in almost every section restricted, although there is still a certain amount of interest in Dakotas. White potatoes aro particularly weak and tho value has slipped further. Even Dakotas do not enjoy a big trade, but there aro enough orders coming in to keep tho market steadier than that for . Whites. There is practically.no demand foi Whites at all and sellers in Canterbury aro embarrassed by offers from Timaru at 80s, f.o.b. Feeling is growing in the trade that the crop in Canterbury is a plentiful one, and reports from South Canterbury and North Otago indicate that supplies there are more plentiful than they were last year by a substantial margin. The nominal prico for Whites is £2 15s on trucks, but even at this figure sales aro exceedingly difficult to make. The arrival of supplies of Japanese and Californian onions has further embarrassed the onion market, which is very weak. There is a limited demand for extra good quality, but tho sample has to be of special attractiveness to meet buyers' requirements. The prico is nominally £3 on trucks, but practically no business is passing. There has been a slight finning, in good whole fowl wheat, of which deliveries have fallen off recently. The market has responded only to tho extent of a halfpenny a bushel,, but there is a rather better tone than there has been for some weeks. Undergrade is unchanged. Although there is a littlo more interest in small seeds, there is in no sense yet a true market. Supplies in merchants' stores are fairly plentiful.

Oats and chaff remain steady, although there is no great, trade in them. Offerings from the country art lew, and this lias so far kept the market steady..

FROZEN MUTTON J uly 11 New Zealand— '1 Wethers and Maiden Ewes: Canterbury and South J sin nd, scire! ed: Under lfsib. . . . . r> 4M-r>0Ib. .. .. •)% r.T-iMII). .. .. "I'/a (I.VT'Jlb. . . . . -1 North Island: •is-r.iilb. .. .. 4% r>7-li 1 lb. .. .. -1% (i.VT'Jlb. .. . . 4 Ewes: Under -1 Sib 4% 48-Ollb. .. .. 3% O.V72lb 3% Australian— Wethers: First. 18-r.nlb. .. 4 Second, 30.55lb. .. <1% Ewes, :iO-f).")lb. . . '1 Vn Aruent inc— Wethers: First, -IS-nilb. .. 4'' First, 05-72lb. .. 3% ratagonian— Wethers and Maiden Ewes: Under 50ib. . . .. 4% ao-oolb. . . .. sy a July 18 d 4% 4 VR 4 4% IVb 1 4% 3V„ 3 Va 4 4% 4% 4V 4 3% 4% 3 7 /„ FROZEN LAMB New Zealand— Canterbury: :klib. and under . . 7Vi 37-1211) OM 43-50lb. . . .. Second, aboul 301b. .. CY a Other South Island: Hiilb. and under 7' 4 37-1211). .. <i", 43-5011). . . . . 0% North Island, selected: 301b. and under . . T'n 37-421b. . . .. (!V 4 <13-50lb. . . . . <V/ A Second, about 30lb. . . 7 North Island, other: First 30lb. and under 7 First, 37-121b. .. (I s /. Second, about 301b. . . 0% Australian— Victorian: First, 3fllb. and under O'A First, 37-421b. . . 5*. Second, 301b. and under 0% Other States: First, 30lh. and under ft l / 4 First, 37-J2lb. .. o Second, 301b. and under O'/S All States: Third, about 261b. .. G% Argentine— First, 30lb. and under 0% First, 37-1211). .. o Second, about 38lb. . . (j l / 2 Tataironian— First, 30lb. and under 0% First, 37-1211). . . 0 Second, about 3Slb. . . O'J, 71/ o 3 4 0'/ 4 0% 7% o'i 0% 71/J oy 4 o'/ 4 7 7 0% 0% o 3 /„ r ,V 0»/B O'/a 0 0% oy B 0% 0 o'/ a 0% 0 0% FROZEN OX BEEF New Zealand — ■ Hinds, 100-Q20lb. . . 3 3 4 Fores, 100-'J20lb. .. '2V, Hinds, 1001b. and under 3%' Crops, 1001b. and under 2% 3/S 03/ ;lv 4 2y 4 CHILLED OX BEEF (145-210lbs.) New Zealand— Hinds .. .. 4V a Fores .. .. <jy 4 Australian— Hinds . . .. 4% Crops .. .. 2 '/ t South African— Hinds .. .. <1% Fores . . .. 2'i Soutliern Rhodesian— Hinds .. .. SV a Fores ,. .. 2VS Argentine— Hinds .. .. t)% Fores .. ,. 3y. Uruguayan— Hinds .. .. 4% Fores .. .. <jy t Brazilian— Hinds .. .. 4 1 / Fores .. .. • r>% 2% 5 2y 4 r>y 1)7/ 0 'I 3 /? 2% 0'/ 4 3'/ 4 5'/, 3 FROZEN PORK New Zealand—• First, OO-SOIb. .. n*/ m First, 81-100Ib. . t>y. First, 101-1201b. .. f,y„ First, 121-1001b, .. 6 Australian— First, OO-SOIb. . ay. First, yi-ioolb. .. r,y First, 10M20lb. . .5% "None offering. r. 7 /. c a sy.