FROZEN MEAT TRADE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 July 1939, Page 5

FROZEN MEAT TRADE

V* LONDON QUOTATIONS LAMB MARKET SHADE EASIER. 1 BACONER PIGS FIRMER. j | Lamb market: Tendency a shade I easier, with prices of some grades ■ hgl::ly lower. Mutton market: Wethvis. firm on the better demand; ewes, ' steady, prices unchanged. Beef markI at: Frozen beef, firm, with prices high- • er; chilled beef, prices mis week shade • easier. New Zealand porker pigs: Quiet, with prices unchanged. New Zea- . ._nu Uvi p,,, . ■ shortage ci tapplies. Boneless bobby veal: Continues firm on the short stocks. The above report was received'yesterday by the Meat Board, which advises that tne following are the ruling prices of wholesale quantities of the descriptions of frozen meat mentioned and arc for representative parcels of the goods sold on Thursday. Chilled beef prices are averages of the week. All prices are on tne basis of delivered io Smithfield market. Prices for the previous week are snown m parenmeses:— New Zealand Sheep.—Crossbred wethers and/cr maiden ewes, 431 b ana under, 5d (sd); 491b' to 561 b, 4 5-8 d (4 5-8 d); 571 b to G4lb, 4 3-8 d (4}d); 65m -□ 721 b, 3 7-8 d (3Jd). Ewes: 481 b and under, 3j‘d (Sjjd); 491 b to 561 b, 3 3-3 d (3 3-8 d); 571 b to 641 b, 3 (3d); 651 b to <2lb 2Jd (2j;d). | New Zealand Lambs. —Canterbury: i 361 b and under, 7id (7£d); 371 b to 421 b j 7-8 d (6 7-8 d); 431 b to 501 b, 6 3-8 d (6 I 3-8 d); second quality, average about 31 lb, 6 7-8 d (7d). Other South Island:

3610 and under, 7£d (/ju); o/io to wiu, 6 7-8 d (6 7-8 d); 431 b to 501 b, 6 3-8 d (6 3-8 d). North Island Downs: 361 b and under, 7 5-8 d (7Jd); 371 b to 421 b; 6 7-8 d (6 7-8 d); 431 b to 501 b, 6 3-8 d (6 3-8 d); second quality, average about 301 b, 7 3-8 d (7 3-8 d). North Island, first quality: 361 b and under, 7 3-8 d (7 3-8 d); 371 b to 421 b, 6Jd (6Jd); second quality, average about 31 lb, 6Jd (6 7-8 d). Australian Lambs. —Victorian, first quality: 291 b to 361 b, 6 5-8 d (6 5-8 d); 371 b-to 421 b, 6£d (6Jd). Argentine Lambs. —First quality: Not quoted. New Zealand Frozen Beef. —Second quality: Ox hinds, 1451 b to 2101 b, 4d (4d); ox fores, 1451 b to 2101 b, (3 l-8d). Australian Frozen Beef. —Second quality: Ox hinds, 4 l-8d (4d); ox crops, 3i,d (3 3 d). New Zealand Porker Pigs. —First quality: 611 b to 801 b, 7d (7d); 811 b to 1001 b, 7d (7d); 101 lb to 1201 b, 6 4 3 d (63d).

New Zealand Baconer Pigs.—l2l lb to 1601 b, 6 5-8 d (s|d). Boneless Bobby Veal. —Ex store, in parcels, sjd (s£d).

New Zealand Chilled Beef. —Ox hinds, 1451 b to 2101 b, 5' 5-8 d (not quoted; ox fores. 1451 b to 2101 b, 3 3-8 d (not quoted). Australian Chilled Beef. —Ox hinds, 5 5-8 d (sjd); ox crops, 3fd (3|d).

South African Chilled Beef. —Ox hinds, 5 7-8 d (6d); ox fores, 3 7-8 d (3 7-8 d).

Southern Rhodesian Chilled Beef. — Ox hinds, 4 7-8 d (sd); ox fores, 3id (3.}d). Argentine Chilled Beef. —Ox hinds, 61d (6 5-8 d); ox fores, 4d (4]d). Uruguayan Chilled Beef. —Ox hinds, 6d (6 l-8d); ox fores, 3 7-8 d (3 7-8 d). Brazilian Chilled Beef.—Ox hinds, 5 7-8 d (s’d),

Messrs Levin and Co., Ltd., hdve received the following cable from their London agents dated July 27: — Frozen meat quotations (prices on a delivered basis, i.e., including storage ch’arges, cartage, market tolls, etc): — North Island Down lambs, 28/361b, 7 5-8 d per lb; 36/421b, 6 7-8 d; best North Island xbd lambs, 28/361b, 7 3-8 d; 36/421b, G-Jd; North Island 2nd quality larnbs, av. 30/31 lb, Gj’d; best North Island wether sheep under 481 b, sd; 48/561b, 4 5-8 d; 56/641b, 4 3-8 d; 64/72 lb, 3 7-8 d; North Inland ewes, under 481 b, 3?d; 48/561b, 3 3-8 d; 56/641b, 3d; 64/721b, 25d. N.Z. prime ox beef, 160/ 2201 b, none offering. Compared with last week’s quotations, Down lamb, 28/361b, was l-8d per lb lower; 2nd quality lamb l-8d per lb lower; wethers, 56/721b, l-8d per lb higher; others unchanged. The lamb market is slightly easier all round, particularly for prime and 2nd quality lamb. The mutton market is steady to firm, particularly for wethers.