MEAT IN LONDON

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23276, 20 February 1939, Page 5

MEAT IN LONDON

PRICES AT SMITHFIEI.D LOWER LAMB VALUES CHILLED BEEF? E.ASIER The demand for lamb on the Sniithfield market is rather -'.(met for the time of the year, and j. bes are a al.ia.de easier. Light-weight withers and dives aro unchanged, with prices for other, grades, according to the wcokly report of the New Zeni'tnd Meat Producers' Board. Trade remains slow, Chilled beef values a: ;; easier, ois ing to poor trade. Light and mediumweight New Zealand porker pigs are a 6hade lower. Baconers .i re steady und unchanged. Boneless bol. :y veal is slow. Following are ruling ( dees for wholesale quantities announced by the board, together with values rulinjc at the close of the previoi. v week:—

The weekly quotation l are based on actual sales of wholesaler nuantitien of carcases of mutton oi lamb or of quarters of beef delivered to Sniithfield market and/or Lor don stores, In the case of chilled beef '.ho rates represent the approximate i,rorago prices realised for the week at j;or lb. To arrive at the equivalent ex ulhip values ono farthing per pound should be deducted from the prieds quoted above. Quotations given represent it,ho average for the week, and are not selected lines, \ but for parcels fjdvly representative of the bulk of shipments now on offer.

FROZEN MU 1 TON •Web. 9 1 ur lb. (I New Zealand— Crossbred wethere and/or maiden owesUnder 481b .. ., E'/ a 40-56!b .. ... 3 5 4 67-641b .. 65-721b .. 8% Ewes: Under 4filb .. . i' '2'/* 40-561b .. 2% 57-6 lib .. . , 2% 65-721b ... . 2% Fet. 16 Per lb. d 6 8 /. 3-y 3% 3 % 2% 2% 11 FROZEN liiMB Canterbury: Under aolb .. * 37-421b .. ., » 43-501b .. ., * Second quality, average about 311b . ., * Other South Islands: Under 3Glb .,: '* 37-421b . . .. * 43-501b . . . , * North Island Downs: Under 30lb .. ., 7 :l /, 37-121b . . ., IVi 43-fiOlb . . . , 7V B Second finality, average about 301b . . . . TJ4 North Jsiand, frst quality i Ur.der 3(>lb . . 7Va 37-4 21b . , 7% Second quality, averago about 311b . . 7 Australian— Victorian: First quality, 20-3Glb . 6% First quality, 37-421b j- Q% Argentine (new season's)— First quality, 301b . 6% First quality. 37-421b . 5% • • « * • • 1 7% VA 7 7V. 7% '7 7 IP. 6 5% FROZEN B]l I!1F +New Zealand— Binds .. . i. Fore*. .. . i. — Hinds . . . Crops (weights corresponding) 4 3 4% 3 4 3 4% 3 CHILLED OX IjliEEP New Zealand — Hinds Fores Australian— Hinds Crops (weights corresponding) . . South AfricanHinds .. .. Fores .. ... Southern Rhodestan— Hinds .. . j. Fores Argentine— Hinds .. .i. Fores .. . n Uruguayan— Hinds Fores .. Brazilian — I-Iinda j II m 3% 5% 4 ;a % 5 y. 3|/« 5'/a 5% 3% £>V£ 3% 5Vi 4 4% 3 % ey„ 37. 5% 3% 6% FROZEN PC ! !K New Zealand— Porkers: First quality. 61-801b , Ditto, 81-1001b Ditto, . 101-120lb Baconors, 121-160Ib .. r/ 3 a% ti'A 7% oy ? 0% 6 l A BONELESS V :',\L Bobby (now season's), a - , storo, in parcels ... 4% 4V B •Not quoted. +Sc f ltd quality.