FROZEN MEAT

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 963, 5 May 1930, Page 11

FROZEN MEAT

PRICES AT SMITHFIELD The weekly quotations for the undermentioned classes of frozen meats are based on actual sales of wholesale quantities of carcases of mutton or lamb, or of quarters of beef delivered to Smithfield market and/or ex London stores. They are compiled by the Quotations Committee, Smithfield. To arrive at the equivalent ex ship values one farthing a pound should be deducted from the prices quoted below*. Quotations given represent the average for the week and are not selected lines, but for parcels fairly representative of the bulk of the shipments now on offer. New Zealand Sheep.—Canterbury and North Island selected crossbred wethers and maiden ewes, 4Slb to 561 b, s£d; 571 b to 641 b, 4?d; 651 b to 721 b, 4 1-Sd; North Island crossbred wethers and maiden ewes, 481 b to 561 b, sd; 571 b to 641 b, 4Ad; 651 b to 721 b, 4d; ewes, 481 b to 641 b, 3}d; 651 b to 721 b, 2Jd. Australian Sheep,—First and second quality crossbred and/or Merino wethers and/or ewes, all weights, 3ld. Argentine Sheep.—First quality crossbred wethers, 481 b to 641 b, 4d; 651 b to 721 b, 3£d; ewes, 561 b to 641 b, 3d. New Zealand Lambs. —Canterbury, 361 b and under, 8 T-Sd; 371 b to 421 b, 7ld; 431 b to 501 b, 6 7-Sd; second quality, average 331 b, 7 3-Sd. Other South Island brands, 371 b to 421 b, 7 l-8d; selected North Island brands, 371 b to 421 b, 7 3-Sd; second quality, average 311 b, 7 7-8 d; other North Island brands, first quality, 371 b to 421 b, 7 l-Bd. Australian Lambs.—Victorian, first quality, 361 b and under, 7 1-Sd; 371 b to 421 b, other States, first quality, 371 b to 421 b, 6*d; Victorian, second quality, 361 b and under. 7id; other States, second* quality, 361 b and under, 7 1-Sd; all States, third quality, 74d. Argentinb Lambs.—First quality, 361 b and under, 7 l-8d; 371 b to 421 b, 431 b to 501 b, 53d. Argentine Chilled Beef. —Ox fores, 1601 b to 2201 b, Sid: ox hinds, 1601 b to 2201 b. 61d. New Zealand Pigs.—First quality.— 60lb to 1001 b, 9Ad; 1011 b to 1201 b, 8d; others unchanged.