MEAT PRODUCERS’ BOARD.
SMITHFIELD PRICES. The New Zealand Meat Producers' Board has received the following cable 9 mlvL- Load on office, dated October , adyismg that the folloyving are the the P weeb a i C "l 6 " 386 pHcCS realis ®d tor wlmi b’ based on actual transactions of wholesale quantities of the descriptions of meat mentmned, and are for t ve parcels of the goods offe-in? durin. basis" o e f k ’d b r ng f J >r bu ® iness done on the (Prices for the two previous weeks are also shown).
Lamb Market: Prices easier. Trade slow owing to large supplies of home killed lamb n-H b—--•er arrivals of new season's Australian lamb. Mutton Market: Wethers weaker. Sales ata difficult to make. Ewes, market quiet aud prices slightly weaker. Beef Market: Unchanged, but there is rather more inquiry. N.Z. Porker rigs: Meeting with slightly better demand, but home killed supplies are still heavy. N.Z. Baconcr Pigs: Purely nominal.
ci ci Cl N.Z. Sheep (Canterbury and N.I.) — O O □2 Crossbred Wethers and d. 51 d. Malden Ewes 48/56 .. d. Selected 57/64 .. 43 54 North Island .. ’’ 48/56 .. 42 43 42 42 57764 .. 44 42 Ewes .. ,, 65/72 .. 48/under 4} 4 4* 4| 4g 48/64 .. 65/72 .. 32 35 32 3u 31 3S N.Z. Lambs— Canterbury .. 36/under 37/42 .. S| 83 73 83 73 8 65 Second Quality .. 43/50 .. Aver. 33 6J 75 62 73 Other South Island brands 36/under SS 81 S3 37/42 .. 7£ 75 7S 63 Selected North Island 43/50 . . 65 63 brands. Including Downs 36/under 8? 85 gl 37/42 .. 71 73 71 61 8 Second Quality 43/50 .. Aver. 31 GJ 75 Hi Other North Island Brands— First Quality 36/under 8 8 84 37/42 .. . X 7* 74 71 Second Quality Aver. 31 73 73 Australian Lambs— Victorian, first quality (new season’s) 36/under 7? 8 8i Argentine Lamb— /42 . • 75 73 First quality (new season’s) 36/under 37/42 .. 81 - — 7 *• — - a N.Z BeetOx fores 2 3 23 21 Ox hinds .. .. 4 4 4 Ox fores Cow hinds . __ Argentine Chilled Beef— Ox fores .. .. Ox hinds 32 63 33 63 21 6 Australian Frozen Beef— Ox crops, over 1001b .. 22 OT 23 Ox hinds, over IGOlb • • a • 4 4 4 N.Z Frozen !*<>rn Porkers, 60/100Ib - - 6S 6J 61 Porkers, 101/1201b a a - _ 61 6 53 Baconers, 121/lSOlb 5 5 5 N.Z. Frozen Veal • • — — —a
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Otago Witness, Issue 4048, 13 October 1931, Page 15
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390MEAT PRODUCERS’ BOARD. Otago Witness, Issue 4048, 13 October 1931, Page 15
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