MEAT IN LONDON

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22950, 31 January 1938, Page 7

MEAT IN LONDON

PIiICES AT SMITIIFIELD GOOD GENERAL DEMAND MUTTON AND PORK EASIER For the time of the year the demand for New Zealand lambs on the SmithHeld market is good, with a tendency to firmness in prices. On the mutton market wethers are quiet and the trade for ewes is slow, according to the weekly report of the New Zealand .Moat Producers' Hoard. Frozen beef is firmer with a better demand because of the higher prices for chilled beef, which enjoyed a very good trade last # week at improved prices. New Zealand porker pigs are showing an easier tendency through heavy arrivals and unsuitable weather. The market for baconer pigs, however, is better and steadier through a stronger demand for bacon. Following aro the latest quotations announced by the board, together with the values ruling at the close of the previous week: — FROZEN MUTTON Jan. 20 Jan. 27 d d New Zealand — Crossbred Wethers and

FROZEN PORK ! New Zealand — First, UO-ROih . . . . 7". V/n I First, St-lOOlh .. .. 7'i 7'4 ! First, 'lOl-1201b . .. n. « j | First, 121-1001b . . . 0»/, OVi •Not quoted. ! The weekly quotations are based on ! actual sales of wholesale quantities oi ! carcases of mutton or lamb or of quari ters of beef delivered to Smithfieh 1 j market and/or London stores. In the j case of chilled beef the rates represcnl I the approximate prices realised for th< | week at per lb. To arrive at the equivalent ex -shir : values one farthing per pound should Ihe deducted from the prices quoted above. Quotations given represent the average for the week, and are not selected lines, b:.t for parcels fairly representative of the bulk of shipments j now on offer.

EXPORT FIGURES LESS MUTTON AND LAMB BONELESS BEEF POPULAR Less mutton and lamb, but substantially larger quantities of chilled and frozen beef, pork and boneless beef, have been exported from New Zealand to all its overseas markets in the first three and a-half months of the .current season, compared with last season. A particularly large advance has been made in the boneless beef trade, almost twice as much having been shipped this season as in the 1936-37 season. According to figures supplied by the New Zealand Meat Producers' Board, lamb shipments have declined by over 30.000 'carcases, from 1.349,175 to 1.316.769 carcases. For the first half of the present month 397,444 carcases were exported. Mutton, which continued a recent decline, is shown at 307.385 carcases, against 318,276 for the same period last season. Exports from October 1 to January 15 of the present season compare with those of the same period last season us follows: —

I'KtT-.'iS 10.10-H7 Chilled beef (quarters) 45,'204 44,111 Frozen beef (quarters) 41.800 30,70.1 Mutton (carcases) .. 307.354 318.'J7(! Lamb (carcases) 1.H1U.70!) 1,010,175 Pork (carcases) . . 1 l<>o,l-"> Boneless beef (bags) . 71.310 .'tS.!)O.->

A comparison of killings for the same period shows that works are operating to much greater pressure than they were last season during the same period, although baconer killings so far this season have been fewer. This is shown by the following figures:— 1 s):!7' in:tf? Chilled beef (quarters) 50.3K7 Frozen beef (quarters) , *?•-.: Wethers (carcases) .. 15(>.J178 lll.Wvl TCwes (carcases) ... 78.243 •JfJ.O'JO Lambs (carcases) .. 2,722,812 2,400.380 Porkers (carcases) .. 110,041 1.14,013 Baconers (carcases) . 105,192 110,051 Boneless beef (freight carcases) . . • 01,520 33, Si*> Boneless bobby veal _ (freight- carcases) 71.107 f»B,, f»3 Sundries • . .. 00,008 « 01,703 Stocks ashore and afloat also show that the industry is busier this season than at the corresponding period in 1936-37. Lamb, with 1 .'216.622 carcases in store and 308.272 loaded in ships, compared with 1.085.840 and 184.309 carcases respectively last season, pasilv holds pride of place. ( WHOLESALE EGG PRICES The Auckland Egg Marketing Committee announces that egg prices are unchanged, as follows: —Hen, first grade. Is 9Jd a dozen; 13 grade, Is s{s: C grade. 10.} d; duck, first grade, Is 6.} d; B grade. Is o.Jd; C grade, Is O.Jd. Country storekeepers minimum buying prices for first grade eggs are: Hen, Is 4.Jd a dozen; duck, Is 2d.

Maiden Ewes— L'ruler lwib rv*4 5 3/ 4 •1m o(ilh •V-4 •V, 4 ."•IS III) ft « <i.">-7'_'lb WA En es: St Under 4SIb AVa 4V 4 3 7 „ 3% r>7-R4lb :H% 3% (jij-7'Jlb 13/3 3Va FROZEN LAMB New Zealand— ■* Canterbury: :t(ilb and under . * * :i7- 1-Jlb * • * * Second, about HI lb * • Other South Island: .Siilb and under . * • M7-fJIb . . * • * • North Island: :t(ilb and under . 8 8 .'17-l'ilb s 8 1.•(-.->( Ill) '-•V 73/ Second, about Hi lib -3/« « €T North Island, first quality: :Wijb and under . 7 3 '4 :?7- I'-'lb 4 7Va Second, about 31lb TVs Australian — Victoria: First, ,'iillb and under .. 7% First, :i7-t'Jlb 7] n ' /a Argentine (new season's) — First, ,'l'ilb and under . . 7 GM First, :i7 l'Jlb GVs FROZEN BEEF New Zealand— 4Vi Ox hinds . 4% Ox fores . sy 4 3% Australian4% 4% Ox hinds . Ox crops . 3% CHILLED OX BEEF , (1 l.V.MOlb) < New 7ealand— 5% Hinds • Fores . . * 3% Australian — r>% Hinds •V.4 Crops 3% O/a South African — Hinds * * F ores * * Southern Rhodesian - Hinds r» 3 ; ,r » 7 « Fores OV •> 8 3 1 ; Argentine—- (» 3 /« Hinds G 3 4 Fores 4% 4*/ a Urucuvan— G G 3 4 Hinds Fores 3/4 4/8 BraziUan — Hinds *