MEAT PRODUCERS’ BOARD.

Otago Witness, Issue 4066, 16 February 1932, Page 16

MEAT PRODUCERS’ BOARD.

SMITHFIELD PRICES. The New Zealand Meat Producers' Board has received the following cable from its London office, dated February 12, advising that the following are the approximate average prices realised for the week, based on actual transactions of wholesale quantities of the descriptions of meat mentioned, and are for representative parcels of the goods offering during the week, being for business done on the basis of delivered to Smithfield Market and/or ex London stores: — tPrices for the two previous weeks are also

All quotations New Zealand lamb and mutton new season’s. Lamb Market: Firmer, with good demand. Market is being helped by the slow rate of discharge of steamers owing to strike. Mutton Market: Wethers steady, with fair trade. Ewes quiet, with trade slow. N.Z. Beef: Neglected, owing to low prices of Argentine chilled beef. N.Z. Porker Pigs: Colder weather stimulating demand, but large supplies of home killed continue. N.Z. Baconer Pigs: Nominal.

shown). ei r-4 M3 e> ©* r o Q N.Z. Sheep (Canterbury and N.I.)— Crossbred Wethers and d d d. Malden Ewes .. 48/56 .. 4§ Selected 57/64 .. 65/72 .. 4i 4i — — North Island .. 48/56 .. 45 - ___ 57/64 .. 4i — ___ 65/72 .. 4i . a ■ Ewes 48/under 33 - 48/64 .. 3 —— 65/72 . . 22 — N.Z. Lambs— Canterbury 36/under 6= 37/42 .. 7 — —.- 43/50 .. — —— —— Second Quality .. Aver. 33 61 — Other South Island brands 36/under —— — 37/42 .. —— —— 43/50 .. — — ■ — Selected North Island brands, Including Downs (new season’s) 36/under 6J 62 6? 37/42 .. 7 — 43/50 .. —• —— — Second Quality .. Aver. 31 61 61 6 Other North Island Brands— First Quality 36/under 65 61 61 37/42 .. 62 Second Quality .. Aver. 31 6 6 55 Australian Lambs— Victorfan. first quality (new season’s) 36/under 53 5? 51 37/42 .. 44 4? 42 Argentine Lamb— First quality (new season's) .. .. 36/under 51 o si 37/42 .. 5 □ □ N.Z. Beef— Ox fores IX 13 1? Ox hinds 3 3 21 Cow fores .. — — Cow hinds — — —— Argentine Chilled BeefOx fores si 31 31 Ox hinds 4§ 42 51 Australian Frozen Beef — Ox crops, over 1001b 2-3 03 21 Ox hinds, over 1601b 31 31 31 N.Z Frozen Pork — Porkers, 60/1001b 5 5 5 Porkers. 101/1201b 42 42 42 Baconers, 121/1801b 42 42 42 N.Z. Frozen Veal — — —