FROZEN MEAT MARKET

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17739, 28 March 1932, Page 9

FROZEN MEAT MARKET

SMITHFIELD QUOTATIONS

LONDON, March 24. The weekly quotations for the undermentioned classes of frozen meat arc based on actual sales of wholesale quantities of carcases of mutton or lamb, or ot quarters of beef delivered to Srnitii field market and/or London stores. They are compiled by the quotations committee, Sniithfield.

To arrive at the equivalent ex ship values, -/d per lb. should he deducted from the prices quoted below. Quotations given represent the average for the week and are not selected lines, hut for parcels fairly representative of the bulk of shipments now on offer. New Zealand lambs.—Selected North Island brands, including Downs, 361 b to 501 b, 6Jd : other North Island brands, first quality, 361 b and under, 6^l. Australian lambs.—Victorian, first quality, 361 b and under, 6d; 371 bto 421 b, sjd; other States, first quality. 3611) ami under, sj|d; Victorian, second quality, 3611> arid under, sgd : other States, second quality, 361 b and under sjd.

Argentine lambs,—First quality, 371 b to 491 b, 54.i1. ' 1

New Zealand frozen beef.—Ox fores. 16011) to 2301 b. 2j}d; ox binds. 3{d. Australian frozen beef. —Ox crops under 1001 b., 3d; over 1001 b. 3d; o.x binds, under 1601 b, 3,)d. New Zealand pigs. First quality, 101 lb to 1201 b, s|d. All other sorts are unchanged.