LONDON LAMB MARKET

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 306, 27 December 1937, Page 11

LONDON LAMB MARKET

Early N.Z. Shipment Sells At 9|d. MUTTON PRICES FIRM Lamb market: Karamea and Rangiliki shijiments only arrived to-day, not yet available; small supply new season’s New Zealand lamb selling slowly at 91d ex. hooks, but Australian weaker owing to heavier supplies. Mutton market: Wethers and ewes lirm with good demand. Beef market: Frozen beef, market steady and unchanged. Chilled beef, firmer with excellent demand. N.Z. porker pigs: Lightweights firmer with fair de- | mand. N.Z. baconer pigs: Market steady and unchanged. | The above report was received yes- i | terday by the Meat Board, which advises that the following are the ruling prices of wholesale quantities of the descriptions of frozen meat mentioned and are for representative parI cels of the goods sold on Wednesday.

i Chilled beet prices are averages of j j the week. All prices are on the oasis of delivered to Smithlield market. Nexv Zealand sheep: Crossbred weihers and/or maiden ewes, 481 b. and under, 6d; 491 b. to 561 b., s ld; . 571 b. to 641 b., 5 l-8d; 651 b. to 721 b., J 4’lri; exves, 481 b. and under, 4 3-Bd, 491 b. to 56ib., 3 7-8 d; 571 b. to 641 b., 1 3id; 651 b. lo 721 b., 3id. j New Zealand lambs: Not quoted. - Australian Jambs: Victorian, Ist. quality. 291 b. to 361 b., 7 7-8 d; 371 b. to 1 421 b., 7iid. ■ Argentine lambs: Ist. quality, 361 b. | and under, 7-Id; 371 b. to 421 b., 7 l-Bd. I Nexv Zealand frozen beef: Ox hinds, j 4 l-8d; ox fores, 3id. j Australian frozen beef: Ox hinds,

•lid; ox crops, 3 3-Bd. I New Zealand porker pigs: Ist. quality, 611 b. to 801 b., 7 5-8 d; 811 b. to 1001 b. |7id; 1011 b. lo 2101 b., 7 l-8d; New Zealand baconer pigs, 1211 b. to 1601 b., 6 7-Sd. Nexv Zealand chilled beef; Not quoted. Australian chilled beef: Ox hinds, sid; ox crops, 3iid. Southern Rhodesian chilled beef: ! Ox hinds, 5 3-Sd; fores, 3-*d. ' Argentine chilled beef: Ox hinds, j 6id; fores, 3 7-Bd. I Uruguayan chilled beef: O« hinds, 6d; fores, 3-ld. j The frozen meat market continues firm, says a report received by Levin and Co., IMd., from their London agents. Compared xvith last week's quotations, xvethers, 481 b. to 641 b., l-8d per lb. higher; ewes, 481 b. to 721 b., J.-8d per lb. higher; others unchanged. . Quotations (prices on a “delivered" basis, i.e., including storage charges, cartage, market tolls, etc.): North Island lambs: None offering. Best [North Island wether sheep: Under i 481 b., 6d. per lb.; 481 b. to 561 b. per lb.; 561 b. 1o 641 b., 5 l-8d; 641 b. to 721 b., 4:>’d. North Island exves: Under 481 b. 4 3-8 d per lb; 481 b. to 561 b., .3 7-Bd, 561 b. to 641 b., 3:;d; 641 b. to 721 b., 3id. New Zealand prime ox beef: 1601 b. to 2201 b. 3 5-8 d per lb.