LONDON MEAT MARKET

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 841, 9 December 1929, Page 10

LONDON MEAT MARKET

SMITHFIELD QUOTATIONS The New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board has received the following fiblegram from its London office, dated December 6, advising Smithfield delivered prices averaged for the week ended that date as follow: New Zealand Wethers and Maidens. —Canterbury quality, selected brands, 561 b and under. 6Ad a lb: 571 b to 64ib, 6- 651 b to 721 b, 6d. Other brands, 561 b and under, 6-’»d; 571 b to 641 b, 6 1-Sd; 651 b to 721 b. 53d. New Zealand Ewes. —641 b and under. 43d. New Zealand Lambs. —Canterbury quality, 361 b and under, 83d; 371 b to 421 b, Sd; 431 b to 501 b, 7 Id; seconds, 7d. Selected brands, 361 b and under, Sid; 371 b to 421 b, 73d. Other brands, second quality, 301 b to 321 b average, 6 7Australian Lambs (new season’s). — Victorian, first quality, 361 b and under, 8d ; 371 b to 421 b, 73d.. Argentine Lambs (new season’s). — First quality, 361 b and under, 7id; 371 b to 421 b, 7-id. Argentine Chilled Beef. —Ox fores, 5 3-8 d; hinds, 7 7-Sd. Australian Frozen Beef. —Ox crops over 1001 b. sd: hinds over 1601 b, 6id. New Zealand Frozen Pork. —Porkers, 601 b to 801 b, 10Id; 811 b to 991 b, lOd; 1001 b to 1201 b, O-’.d. Buconers, 1211b'to 1801 b, Sid. La mb. —Ala rket unchanged. Mutton.—A better inquiry for both wethers and ewes. Prices remain unaltered. New Zealand Beef. —Good inquiry for forward shipments. New Zealand Porker Pigs.—Market very firm owing to small stocks. New Zealand Baconer Pigs.— Nominal prices. LONDON. Saturday. Sheep.—Argentine, firsts, light, 5 3-Sd. Lambs. —North Island, firsts, not offering, seconds. 6 7-Sd: Australian, firsts, Victorian, light. Sd; medium. 72d; other States, light, 73d: medium. 7id: seconds, Victorian, 7 Id; others, 7d; thirds, Otd. Patagonian, firsts, light. 6ld; seconds, fid. Frozen Beef. —Australian crops. 4 15 16d. Argentine Chilled Beef.—Fores, 5 3-8 d: hinds, 7 7-Sd; others unchanged. COTTON, RUBBER, JUTE, ETC. (hast week’s prices in parentheses.) Cotton. —• January delivery, 9.29 d (9.32 d) a lb. Rubber.—Para, Sfd (Sid) a lb: plantation and smoked, 8d (7 15-16 d) a lb. Jute.—December-January shipments, £27 13s Pd (£25 12s 6d) a ton. Copra.—December-January shipments. South Sea, £2l 10s (£2l 17s 6d) a ton, plantation, Raboul, £2l 17s 6d (£22) a ton. Linseed Oil.— £45 10s (£45 10s) a ton. Turpentine.—43s (425) a cwt.