MEAT PRODUCERS’ BOARD.

Otago Witness, Issue 3889, 25 September 1928, Page 23

MEAT PRODUCERS’ BOARD.

SMITHFIELD PRICES. The New Zealand Meat Producers Board has received the following cable from its London office, dated September 21, advising Smithfield delivered prices averaged for week ending that date as follow’s:—

Mutton: Wethers, market quiet and unchanged. Ewes, there is no change in market. Beef: Market is depressed owing to large stocks of Australian beef. N.Z. porker pigs: Demand has improved owing to colder weather. N.Z. baconer pigs: Nominal; stocks exhausted.

(Prices for the two previous weeks are also shown.) ci cN.Z. Wethers and Maidens g. o. Canterbury quality, lb. d d i selected brands 5G/under ~l 7| 7J — 57/6-1 'i ~l Other brands 65/72 ... 56/under n 71 7| 71 ya N.Z Ewes 57/64 ... 65/72 64/under n - 7> 7 7 7 6 6 6} N.Z. Lambs— Canterbury quality 36/under 10} 10} 10} Selected brands 37/42 ... 43/50 Seconds 36/under 10} 10} 10} !>1 91 9} 91 9} 10 10} 10jj 10’ Other brands: 37/42 10} 101 101 First quality ... ... 36/under 10 10} 10} Second quality 37/42 ... 30/32 avr. 10 10 10} 9? 95 10 Australian Lambs— Victorian, first quality 36/under Not quoted Argentine Lambs— 37/42 Not quoted First quality 36/under Not quoted N.Z. Beel37/42 d Not quoted d d Ox fores ... 3| 3} - 3} Ox hinds ... 5} 5} 5} Cow fores ... 3$ 3} 3} Cow hinds ... 5} 5} 5} Argentine Chilled Beef— Ox fores ... 4} ... 7} 4} 4? Ox hinds 7} _ 7} Argentine Frozen Beef— Ox fores Not quoted. Ox hinds ._ Not quoted. Frozen PorkPorkers, 60/801b ... 8 8 7} 7 7 Porkers, 81/9911) ... 7J Porkers, 100/120!b ... 7} 7 7 Baconers, 121/1801b ... 7} 7} 7} Frozen veal Not quoted Lamb: Market is quiet.