FROZEN MEAT PRICES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 107, 9 May 1933, Page 8

FROZEN MEAT PRICES

FAIR DEMAND FOR LAMB. MUTTON MARKET EASIER. Lamb market: Meeting with good trade, with prices of second quality slightly easier. All other descriptions steady. Mutton market: Wethers again easier, with trade slow. Ewes, heavyweight, weaker; others remain steady. Beef market: Poor demand for frozen beef owing to large supplies of Argentine chilled beef. New Zealand porker pigs: Demand slow owing to usual seasonable falling off NewZealand baeoner pigs: Steady, with fair trade. The above report was received on Saturday by the Meat Board from its London office, which advises that the following are the approximate average prices realised for the week ended May 5, 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 Smithfield market and/or ex London stores. Prices for the two previous weeks are also shown:— New Zealand sheep: Canterbury and North Island selected crossbred wethers and maiden ewes, 481 b. to 561 b., 3 5-8 d (3£d, 3 7-8); 571 b. to 641 b.. 3pl (3ld, 3 5-8 d); 651 b. to 721 b 3d (3fd, 3 3-8 d); North Island crossbred wethers and m. ewes, 481 b. to 561 b., 3ld (3 5-Bd, 3jd); 571 b. to 641 b., 3 l-8d (3 3-8 d 3 3-8 d); 651 b to 721 b.. 3d (3|d, 3id); ewes, 481 b. and under, 3£d (3pl, 3 5-8 d); 481 b. to 641 b. 3d (same); 651 b to 721 b., 25-8 d (2id, 2|d). New Zealand lambs: Canterbury, 361 b. and under, s|d (s|d, 5 7-8 d); 371 b. to 421 b., 4£d (4jd, 4 7-8 d); 431 b. to 501 b.. 4jd (same); second quality, average, 321 b., 5 3-8 d (51d, 51); other South Island brands, 361 b. and under, sfd (same); 371 b. to 421 b., 4|d (same); 431 b. to 501 b. 4£d (same); selected North Island brands, 361 b. and under, 5 7-8 d (5 7-Bd, 6d); 371 b. to 421 b., 4jd (43d, 4 7-8 d): 431 b. to 501 b., 4Ad (same); second quality, average 321 b., 5 3-8 d sld, 5Jd); other North Island brands, Ist. quality, 361 b. and under, sld (5Jd, 5 5-8 d); 371 b. to 421 b., 4 5-8 d (same); 2nd. quality, average 321 b., 5Jd (5 3-Bd, 5 3-8 d). Australian lambs: Victorian, first quality, 361 b and under, s|d (same); 371 b. to 421 b., 4 3-8 d (4 3-Bd, 4Ad). Argentine lamb: First quality, 361 b. and under, s}.d (same); 371 b. to 421 b., 4 5-8 d (4ld. 4ld). New Zealand beef: Ox fores, 2 l-8d (2:}d, 23-8 d; ox hinds, 2|d (2 7-Bd, 3d); cow fores and hinds, not quoted. Argentine chilled beef: Ox fores, 3}d (3 l-Bd, 3 3-8 d); ox hinds, 4 7-8 d (43 d, s|d). Australian frozen beef: Ox crops, over 1001 b., 23-8 d (2Jd, 2Ad); ox hinds, over 1601 b., 27-8 d (3d, 3 l-8d). New Zealand prime porker pigs: 601 b to 801 b., 4|d (4 7-Bd, sd) : 811 b. to 1001 b., 4id (4 3-Bd, 4Ad); 1011 b. to 1201 b., 4 l-8d (4|d, 4}d). New Zealand baeoner pigs: 1201 b. to 1601 b., 43d (-, 43d). RETAIL PRICES IN LONDON. The New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board has been advised by its London manager that the following retail prices were being quoted for New Zealand lamb and mutton retailed in London during April. These prices represent a fair average of the prices quoted by the better-class shops in London for the quality of New Zealand lamb and mutton: —

New Zealand Lamb Per lb. .... 10 Shoulders .. • • .. .... 9 T/oins .... , .. . 9 . . . . . . .. . 4 Forequarters .. .. Hindquarters .. .. New Zealand Mutton Legs Shoulders .. .. .... 9 wethers) — .... « .. .. 7 r Breasts