LAMB SALES QUIET

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 750, 24 August 1929, Page 12

LAMB SALES QUIET

N.Z. MEAT IN LONDON MUTTON WEAKER In London the market for New Zealand lamb is weak. A cablegram to Dalgety and Company, Limited, from its London house on August 22, said further that New Zealand mutton was on a weaker market. For mutton, the inquiry was limited, and for lamb, quiet. Rates:—• Frozen Meat.—New Zealand lamb: Prime Canterbury, 281 b to 361 b, 8 3-Sd a lb; North Island, 8 l-8d; prime Canterbury, 361 b to 421 b, 72d; North Island, 7 5-8 d; prime Canterbury, second quality, 7&d; North Island, lid; prime Canterbury, 421 b to 501 b, 7gd; North Island, 7 5-Bd. New Zealand Mutton.—Prime Canterbury, 481 b to 561 b, 6*d a lb; North Island, 6d; prime Canterbury, 561 bto 641 b, 6d; North - Island, 5 5-8 d; prime Canterbury, 641 b to 721 b, 5Jd; North Island, 5 l-8d; prime Canterbury ewes, 481 b to 641 b, 4id; North Island, 4id. Beef.—Argentine chilled, hinds, 7d; fores, 4d. Pork.—English Pork, 801 b to 1001 b, lOd; New Zealand porkers, 801 b to 1001 b, 8d; 1001 b to 1201 b, 7|d.