COMMERCILA

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19131, 28 September 1936, Page 2

COMMERCILA

EONDOij! MEkT. 1 MARKET it jMUIf OH AND LAMB PERM J: CHILLED BEEP BEARER (Elec. Tab Copyright—United Fre'ss Assn.) -T & :> LONDON, Sept. 26*. The demand for frozen and chilled m<|at at Smithfield continues good. Lamb is steady, with prices firm, .and consumption continues satisfactory. Withers find Wes ate firm, with prices unchanged.---Frozen beef? is also unchanged, .but -chilled beef .is . firmer. FoV New Zealand porker pigs, the market, is' steady and unchanged, bafe/on pigl prices being nominal; owing to?short -.spot; stocks-.'-' ■• during the week, based oirj? wholesale transactions of representative qualities, averaged as i'ollo'Ss, ihe figures in parentheses-being l hose of J:hcy3rey igu§, week:—. C Wto2fiN-5tl T TTON. ''. "'.

■Canterbury and North Island selected crossbred wethers and maiden e\ws, 481 b. and under. 5Jd .(s}d).j 4S"|o 561 h, 4Jd (4: ( 'd): 57 to_C»4lli.. 44.1. i(4M$ ; 65 to <2fe, *fSd (4p.) North Island crossbred wethers and maiden ewes. —iSlb. to 3GIb, 'ljd. iHd); r.7lb. to 641 b. 4kl. (Ud); Gslb. TO~f2lb., 4gd. (4|d.). Sew Zealand ewes—i Sib. and under. 4ld (42d.); 4Slb. to 641 b.. 4d. (4d); 65)b. to 721 b.. ?>ld. (^d.).

Australian. —Wethers, firsi quality, ■iStjo. to 551 b., 4|d." <.4gd.); second quality, :!01b. to 551 b.. 4jd. (4*d). ET^s, :i 3olb. to 551 b., 4Jd (4|d.) Argentine. —Wethers, first Quality, 4SS>. to 6411 j., 4id. (4Jd);' .Cslb. to 7Zib;, 4id (4»'dj. JJntagonian.—Wethers- and maiden ewss. under 501 b:- 4s<L (4*d"V; 501 b. To'iSOlb., 4Jd. and under, "id. (W-); s<lb-'to 421 b:, 7|d. (7Jd.): 43H>i to-SOlb.r ss&■ (GJd.); second about 311 b., 7d. .(7d.). Qther'rJso.ath~ Island.—36lb. and under, 7sd->(7id/j; 371 b. to 421 b., 7}d. (7|d.); 40i.- to-501b., fUd. (CJd.). aforth filand Soiitlidowns. —361 b and unSer, (7|d.); 431 b: to 501 b., fi?.d. (GM); seejind qtialitvj average about 301 b.. I\\ (7}d.) '-—.-., . ©thor Nortlh-Mand.p-First quality. 36fl>. and under 7 7|d (~£d.); 371 b. to 421 i., 71d. i'7Jd.): second quality, avgrage. about .311 b., tijd. (6|d.)-

Australian. —Victorian, first quality. 36Q). and Under, and 371 b. to 421 b.. not quoted; second quality. 3filb. and under, GJd. (fijjd). Other .States. firs't quality, 361 b. and under, and "71b. to-421b., not quoted; second quality, "6J£. and under, ti-id. (6}d.). All Stales, third qiialitV, about 201 b., 7d.

■Argentine.—New season's, first quality?: 361b' and under, 7d ;- 371 b- to- 421 b.. 6s£ OUI season's last. ' week sold at 6£&: and 64,d respectively. Patagonian.—First quality. 361 b. and under. 6id (6'Jd); 371 b. to 421 b., not quoted; "second quality, about 381 b., 60 (6Jd). 2 FROZEN OX BEEP : New Zealand.—Not quoted. Australian.—"Ox hindj*, „3id (3|d); 2-Jd (2|dj; ;-. "CHILLKD'OX BEEP >Jew Zealand.-j-Hinds. r ZX. (Ml;. lores. 2|d:{2|d).*. ■ -- Australian.—Hinds. f%T) 1 Tores, 2|d," (2|d). Argentine.—Hinds. 6d (sfd): fores. 3d (2£ay r i" ■*■-"-" ■" """" r '■ ■• Uruguayan—Hinds. sid (s£d) : fores. 2§d (2|d). Brazilian,. —Not quoted: Union of South Africa. —Hinds, not. quoted. «-'- - od- (4|d): fores, 2|d (2|d). All the above quotations for beef are for quarters from 1451 b. to 2101 b. FROZEN PORK ~- ■ - New "Zetfljand.—Porkers, first quality, 601 b. to 801 b., 6|d &£&}; Bllb. to 1001 b... 6£d (6id); 1011 b. to 1201 b., 6|d (frfd). Baconei-s, prime, 1211 b. to 3601 b., 6^d (6|d).-." -■•-' Aiisti-alia. —Porkers,' first, quality, 601 b. to 801 b., &4d (6id>; 811 b. to IOOLb., 6.U1 (6id); 1011 b. to 1231 b., 6*d (6Ad). BUTTER MARKET HARDENS A'UgyHEB .prCBEASE EXPECTED MORE BY BUYERS LONDON, Sept. 26. The.butter market is showing a slight improvement. prices of Australian and New Zealand, whicb had fallen as low as 965, recovered to IDOs oil the resumption of demand. Buyers recently had been holding off white'values' fell; but are now coming on the market again and importers anticipate some improvement in both the demand and the- price, Chees J q;"'as';usual, has followed butter and Closes with a steadier feeling. The-present prico of 100 s per cwf has remained firm over the past three days, »nd"" J ia' "equal to per lb. f.0.1i., or over-jd per lb below the Government giuarahtee of 12 9-16 d. A report from A. S. ' Paterson and Company, Limited, states: —"Advices are now to the tjffect that the butter market is firm, and "there is a. much improved feeling. In onr last week's report we pointed out that the collapse in prices which had occurred.-was not warranted on the general situation, and ir looks ns if tlic fail in prices has been checked and that a favourable reaction may be looked for., .Tjlie extent of any improvement in prices which may take place is. of coarse. impossible to gange.*'

" "LONDON* WOOL SALES The ...CUsbor^ne,., S])eepfarmcr/ ■ Frozen Meat and M'ercantfle Company, Limited. have xeceTved the following cable advice fromr London :—"*At the close of tlic London Sept ember wool series prices compnreti.with the clase of last series .were as super, par; to 5 per cent down; in-fertoiV'Sppr'ot-nt down; scoured super, par to 5 per cent up; average, par; inferior, par. Crossbred. —Creasy super, 5 per cent, .Up; average; 7i to 10 per cent up;' 'inferior,?",- "to 10" per "cent npj scoitfed l >mper; 5 per cent up; average. 7| to 10 per cent up; inferior. 10 per cent up," Slipe,—Super, 7i to 10 per cent up; average,'7i to 10 per -cent up: inferior. 10 per cent-Vip. Closing values were : Merinifa.—Greasy .super. lQd to 22d: average, 15d to* 181,(1; inferior. 10|d to 14£d; scoured super, 26d to 33Ad; average, 21£d t0.2%1; inferior: i6rhto 21<l. Crossbred.—Greasy super. 15d to 17d; average','" fOfd to* 13d : inferior. Sfd to 10|d; scoured super, 2P|d,to24id; avera£te;"ls.jii"to: 17^d;-inferior, 104 to 14d. to lod: inferior, I2d to I4d. The total

sold was 75.000 hales, the home trade taking 46,000 bales, the Continent 25.C00 bales, and America. 4000 bales. In all, 33.000 bales were carried forward."