FROZEN MEAT TRADE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 425, 17 November 1930, Page 9

FROZEN MEAT TRADE

SMITHFIELD MARKET LAMB AND MUITON WEAKER .Slightly weaker prices fur New Zeai iamb and muitun on the bmilh- . : market arc reported in a cubic rc- . . cd by Ualgcty and Co., Ltd., f rum . ,r heud office, London, us follow: — ..amb, —New Zealand prime Uanter...y lamb, 28/361b, bid; prime North ... mud lamb, 28/36, 8 1 bd, prime Canterbury lamb, 36/42, 8 3-bd; prime North Island lamb, 36/42, 8 l-8d; prime Canterbury lamb, second quality, 7 3-8 d; prime North Island lamb, second quality, —; prime Canterbury lamb, 42/50, 7 7-8 d; prime North Island lamb, 42/50, '/ u-Bd. Market for New Zealand lamb weaker; demand moderate.

Mutton. —New Zealand prime Canterbury mutton, 48/56, s|d; prime North Island mutton, 48/u6, prime Canterbury mutton, 56/64, 5Jd; prime North Island mutton, 50/64, 5 l-8d; prime Canterbury mutton, 64/72, 5 l-8d; prime North Island mutton, 64/72, 4 7-8 d; prime Canterbury ewes, 48/64, 3 5-8 d; prime North Island ewes 48/64, 3id. Market for New Zealand mutton weak; demand fair. Beef. —New Zealand prime ox beef hinds, 5.1 d; fores, 4d. Argentine chilled hinds, 7Ad; lores, 4id- Market for New Zealand beef unchanged; demand moderate.

Pork. —English porkers, 80-1001 b, 9d. New Zealand porkers, 80-1001 b, BAd; pork unchanged; demand better qwing to cold weather. Advice has been received by M. A. Eliott, Ltd., Palmerston North, from Gordon Woodruffe and Co., Ltd., London, that ewes are l-8d to id higher, and second lamb l-8d higher. There is no change in prime lamb wethers or beef. Smithfield “delivered” prices are quoted as follows: —Best North Island prime lambs, under 361 b 8$(1, 36/421b Bfd, 42/301b 7sd; ordinary North Island- lambs, under 421 b, Sd, second quality under 421 b, 8d; best North Island wethers and/or maiden ewes, 48/5616 and 56/641b old, 64/721b and over 721 b 6id, ordinary North island wethers and/or maiden ewes 48/ s£lb 5 3-Bd, 64/7211) and over 721 b 5 l-8d; North Island ewes, under 641 b, 3 5-Bd, 64/721b and over 721 b 3 l-8d; New Zealand prime ox beef (equal fores and hinds), 160/2201b 4id.

AGENTS’ ADVICE Messrs Levin and Co- Ltd. have received the following cable from their London agents dated. November 14‘ “As compared with last week's quotations, prices are unaltered. The market is steady, but quiet-”