HOME MARKETS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 2 June 1923, Page 7

HOME MARKETS.

The Department of Agriculture has received tne following cablegram, datecV 26th inst.j from, the High. Commissioner for New Zealand, London : —' Moat.—lmprovement in market continues. Demand for lamb is good and prices firmer. Mutton in better request. The position is improved by the shortage, caused by an accident to a steamer from River Plate carrying 42,000 quarters of chilled beef. N.Z. mutton : North Island —57 to 64lbs 73d to 8d; 65 to 72!bs 7* cl to 7-id; 73 to SOlbs 6d to 6*cl. Ewes, lightweight s*d; heavyweight 4-id. "N.Z Lamb: Canterbury 29 to 3Glbs, and 37 to 421 bs lid; 43 to 501bs 10*; second class 10*d; North Island, ordinary IOJd, second class 9£-cl. N.Z. Beef: Fores about 2£d; hinds 4|d. Chilled, fores 3£d; hinds 7£d. Butter: Fair demand for finest, but market generally remains slow. New Zealand salted, finest, 140 s to 142 s per cwt. Qs 3d to Is 3Jd per lb); exceptional 144 s per cwt. (Is 3£d per lb) ; other qualities 134 s to 136 s per cwt. (Is 2.kl to is 2*d per lb. Unsalted, i43s to 146 s per cwt. (is 3*(l to is 3-£d per lb). Cheese: Market slow. English, finest fanners’ (small supply), 108 s to 112 s per cwt. (ll.Jd to Is per lb) ; fine 90s to 102 s per cwt. (9£d to lid per lb); coloured 81s to 88s per cwt. (9(1 to 9-Jd per lb) : exceptional 90s per cwt. (9£d per lb). , New Zealand, coloured 84s to 86s per cwt. (9d to 9*d per lb) : white do. Australian, coloured 78s to 82s per cwt. (B*d to B£d per lb); white, (10. Wool: Bradford market quiet. Tendency easier but quotations unchanged.