THE MEAT MARKET

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17180, 10 February 1930, Page 5

THE MEAT MARKET

SMITHFIELD QUOTATIONS LONDON, Feb. S. The weekly quotations lor the undermentioned classes of frozen meats, based on the actual sales of wholesale quantities of carcases ol mutton or Jamb or quarters of beef, delivered to Smitlilield market, and/or ex London stores, have been compiled as - follows by the quotations committee at Smithficld. To arrive at the equivalent ex ship values a farthing per lb. should be deducted from the prices quoted below. The quotations are the average for the week and are not for selected lines, but for parcels fairly representative of the bulk of the shipments now on offer: — New Zealand sheep: North Island, crossbred wethers and maiden ewes, •IX to olilbs., 7:id; do.. f>7 to (i-llbs., 7.',d. Australian sheep; first quality, erossbreds and/or merino wethers, 40 to liolbs., 6Jd; second quality do., 30 to 551b5., lid; owes, 30 to 55ibs., o-Jd. Argentine sheep: First quality crossbred, 48 to t!4lbs., 7tl; do., 153 to 7£lbs,, ojd; do., over 7-lbs., (id. "New Zealand lambs: Selected North Island brands, 351bs. and under, Hid; do., other North Island brands, first quality. Solbs. and under, lid. Australian'lambs, Victorian, first quality, ;i(jlbs. and under, 9sd; do., 37 to 421b5., <>:!d; do., other Stales, first quality, 3blbs. and under, Uld;do., 37 to 421b5., 9id; do., Victorian, second quality, 361bs. and tinder, Sid; do., other States, second quality, 3(3lbs. and under, Sd; do., alt States, third quality, 7|d; Argentine lambs, first qualify, 361bs and under, 9d;, do., 37 to 421b5., 9d; do., 43 to SOtbs., B|d. Argentine chilled beef: Ox, fores, 100 to 2201b5., 5Jd; do., hinds, 7Jd. New Zealand pigs: Fi,rst quality, 60 to lOOlbs., 10gd; others unchanged.