MEAT TRADE

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20648, 24 June 1935, Page 9

MEAT TRADE

Producers’ Board London t Report. The New Zealand Meat Producers Board has received the following cable from its London office, dated June 21, advising that the following are the approximate average prices realised during the week, based on actual transactions of wholesale quantities of the descriptions of meat mentioned, and are for representative parcels of the goods offering during the week, being for business done on the basis of delivered to Smithfleld market, and/or ex London stores. Prices for the two previous weeks are also shown:— Frozen Mutton. June June June 21 14 7 lb d. d. d. Cross-bred wethers and maiden ewes—=Canterbury and North Island selected—--48 and under .... 4g 42 43-56 4 4 41 57-64 S 3 32 33 North Island—--48-56 ............ 4 4 4 57-6 4 3 g 33 63-72 3g 3i 3g 48 and under .... 3& 31 3g 48-64 22 22 2 i 65-72 2.J 2* 2£ Frozen Lamb. Canterbury—--36 and under .... 7 6£ 62 37-42 7 65 G 2 J 3 6g 6j Second aver. 32 . . 6 6 61 South Island—--36 and under .... 7 65 7 37-42 7 6 5 7 „ 4 3-o0 6J 68 63 Selected North Island, including Downs—--36 and under .... 7 7 7 37-42 '... 7 7 7 Second aver. 32 . . 66 61 61 North Island, first—--36. and under .... 63 62 63 37-42 6J 63 63 Second aver. S2 . . 6 6 61 Victorian, first 36 and under 55 55 52 \r entin 5 1 5} 36 and -under .... 55 54 52 S 7-42 54 Ol 58 Frozen Beef. New Zealand— Ox fores 2| 22 3 Ox hinds ........ 3g 3J 3| Australia n Ox crops, over 3001 b 3 31' 3\ Ox hinds, over 1601 b 3$ 3| 4 Chilled Beef. Argentine— Ox fores 3 3 sj Ox hinds 5J 42 43 Frozen Pork. „ New Zealand porker—--60-Solb 51 5 4 53. SI-1001b 54 51 51 101 -1201 b 51 51 51 New Zealand baconer—--120-1601b .-e 51 53 52 Lamb Market—Steady, with prices for best quaiity slightly improved. Mutton Market—Wethers and ewes quiet with trade slow. Beef Market—Affected by low prices Argentine chilled beef. New Zealand Porker Pigs—Usual seasonable slackening in demand. Baconer Pigs—Market steady and unchanged. Parity Prices. In regard to the published prices realised for New Zealand lamb delivered to Smithfleld market, the New Zealand Meat Producers Board supplies the following table, giving the equivalent New Zealand parity, after deducting all costs, including selling commission. The costing is based on to-day’s estimated skin values and includes exchange at current rates. The calculation is on the basis of a prime woolly lamb weighing, say, 341 b delivered at freezing works:— Smithfleld price. N.Z. “overall” parity at works (d. per lb.) (approx.) (d. per lb.) 7 7.59 65 7.44 62 7.29