FROZEN MEAT TRADE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 265, 8 November 1937, Page 11

FROZEN MEAT TRADE

LONDON LAMB MARKET FIRM CHILLED BEEF STEADY Lamb market: Prices lirmer owing to shortage o£ spot stocks'. Consumption good lor the time of year. Mutton market: Wethers firm with improved demand. Ewes, shade easier with trade slow. Beef market: Frozen beet, market steady and unchanged. Chilled beef, little change on the week. N.Z. porker pigs;, prices shade easier; trade slow owing to warm weather. N.Z. baconer pigs: Nominal, none available. The above report was received on Friday by the Meat Board,, which advises that the following are the ruling prices of wholesale quantities ot the descriptions of frozen meat mentioned, and are for representative parcels of the goods sold on Thursday. Chilled beef prices are averages ot the week. AU prices are on the basis ol delivered to Smith field market:— N.Z. sheep: Crossbred wethers and/or maiden ewes, 48ib. and under, 5 5-8 d; 491 b. to 561 b., 4 7-8 d; 571 b. to 641 b., 4Ld; 65!b. to 721 b., 4 3-8 d; ewes, 481 b. and under, 3 7-8 d; 491 b. to 561b.' 3fd; 571 b. to 641 b., 3 3-8 d; 651 b. to 721 b., 3 l-Bd. N.Z. lambs: Canterbury, 361 b. anc under, 7 7-8 d; 37ib. to 421 b., 7Sd, 431 b. to 501 b., 7 l-8d; second quality, average about 311 b., 7 3-8 d; other South Island, 361 b and under, 7 7-Bd, 371 b. to 421 b., 7ild; 431 b. to 501 b., 7 l-8d; North Island Downs, not quoted, North Island, first quality, 3610 and under, 72d; 371 b. to 421 b., 7 5-8 d; second quality, average about 311 b., 74d. Australian lambs: Victorian, first quality, 291 b. to 361 b., 73d. Argentine lambs: First quality (new season’s), 361 b. and under, 7 l-8d; 371 b. to 421 b., 7d. N.Z. frozen beef: Ox hinds 1451 b. to 2101 b., 4 l-8d; fores, 3 l-Bd. Australian frozen beef: Ox hinds, 4',d; crops, 3 l-Bd. N.Z. porker pigs: First quality, 61 lb. to 801 b., 7-ld; 811 b. to 1001 b., 7-ld, 1011 b. to 1201 b., 7d; N.Z. baconer pigs, 1211 b to 1601 b., 7d. N.Z. chilled beef: Ox hinds, 5 l-8d: fores, 3 5-Bd. Australian chilled beef: Ox hinds, 4 7-8 d; crops, 33d. South Africa chilled beef: Ox hinds, 5 5-8 d; lores, 3 7-Bd. Southern Rhodesian chilled beef: Ox hinds, sd; fores, 3 5-Bd. Argnetine chilled beef: Ox hinds, 6d; fores, 4d. Uruguayan chilled beef: Ox hinds, sld; fores, 3:>'d. The market is quiet, says a message received by Messrs Levin and Co., Ltd., from their London agents. Compared with last week's quotations, Down lamb and crossbred lamb, l-8d per lb. higher; ewes, 641 b. to 721 b., l-8d per Im. lower. Others unchanged. Henry S. Fitter and Sons, Ltd., have received the following report from their London office:—Lambs: The reduction in prices has improved the demand. Ewes: There Is a better inquiry for these in the market. Chilled bed: The market is steady. Pork: The market is quiet and unchanged. Trade generally is slow.