FROZEN MEAT TRADE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 203, 29 August 1938, Page 11

FROZEN MEAT TRADE

LONDON LAMB MARKET FIRMER. CHILLED BEEF IMPROVES. Lamb market: Very firm with prices again advanced; consumption ' continues good. Mutton market: Wethers and ewes, trade slow and ' with the exception of lightweights prices tending easier. Beef market: Chilled beef, with lighter supplies, prices have improved substantially. New Zealand porker pigs: Lightweights firmer but trade slow to warm weather. New Zealand baconer pigs: Easier, owing to poor demand. The above report was received yesterday by the Meat Board from its London office, which advises that the following are the ruling prices of wholesale quantities of the descriptions of frozen meat mentioned and are for representative parcels of the goods sold on Thursday. Chilled beef prices are averages of the week. All prices are the basis of delivered to Smithfield market. Prices for the previous week are shown in parentheses:—■ New Zealand Sheep.—Crossbred wethers and/or maiden ewes: 481 b. and under, 51-8 d (sd); 491 b. to 561 b., 4?d (4:ld,); 571 b. to 641 b., 4 5-8 d (4 5-8 d); 651 b. to 721 b., 4Sd (4Jd). Ewes: 481 b. and under, 3 5-8 d (3 5-8 d); 491 b. to 561 b., 34d (3id); 571 b. to 641 b., 3d (3d); 651 b. to 721 b„ 27-8 d (27-8 d New Zealand Lambs.—Canterbury: 421 b., 7 7-8 d (7 5-8 d); 4oib. to 501 b., 7 3-8 d (7 3-8 d); second quality, average about 811 b., 7d (6 7-8 d). Other South Island: 361 b. and under, 7 7-8 d (7 5-8 d); 371 b. to 421 b., 7 7-8 d (7 5-8 d); 431 b. to 501 b., 7 3-8 d (7 3-8 d). North Island Downs; 361 b. and under, 8d (73d); 371 b. to 421 b., 7 7-8 d (73d); 371 b. to 421 b., 7 7-8 d (73d); 431 b. to 501 b., 7Jd (7 3-8 d); second quality, average about 301 b., 7id (71-8 d North Island, first quality: 361 b. and under, 73d (7id); 371 b. to 421 b., 73d (7 5-8 d); second quality, average about 311 b., 7d (63d). Australian Lambs.—Victorian, first quality: Not quoted. Argentine Lambs.—First quality: 361 b. and under, 7d (7d); 371 b. to 421 b., 6Sd (6Jd). New Zealand Frozen Beef.—Not quoted. Australian Frozen Beef. Not quoted. New Zealand Porker Pigs.—First quality: 611 b. to 801 b., 63d (6 5-8 d); 811 b. to 1001 b., 6 5-8 d (6 5-8 d); 1011 b. to 1201 b., 65d <6 5-8 d). New Zealand Baconer Pigs.—l2llb. to 1601 b., 6 3-8 d (64d). Boneless Bobby Veal Cold season’s). —Ex store, in parcels, 4d (4d). New Zealand Chilled Beef.—Ox hinds, 54d (51-8 d ox fores, 34d (3d). Australian Chilled Beef.—Ox hinds, 5 3-8 d (4 7-8 d); ox crops, 3 5-8 d (27-8 d South African Chilled Beef.—Ox hinds, 53d (5 5-8 d); ox fores, 3 3-8 d (31-8 d Southern Rhodesian Chilled Beef.— Ox hinds, 51d. (43d); ox fores, 3 l-Bd. (25-8 d Argentine Chilled Beef.—Ox hinds, 6Jd (61d); ox fores, 33d (33-8 d Uruguayan Chilled Beef.—Ox hinds, 53d (53d); ox fores, 34d (3RD. Brazilian'Chilled Beef.—Ox hinds, 53d (s(d). Cathie, Dempster and Co., Ltd., have received the following report by cable from their London principals, Sheed, Thomson and Co., Ltd.: —Lambs: 2’s, 73d to 8d; B’s, 73d to 8d; 4’s, 75d to 7 3-Sd; seconds, 7d to 7(d. Wethers: I's, 7's, 4 5-8 d to 5 l-7d; 3's, 9’s, s’s, 33d ■to 44d. Ewes: I's, 7’s, 3 l-8d to 3 5-8 d; 3's. 9’s, s’s, 2?d to 3 l-Bd. Porkers, 6 5-8 d to 63d; baconers, 65d. Meat > market generally slow. 1 The lamb market continues firm and mutton unchanged, says a report rei ceived by Levin and Co.. Ltd., from 1 their London agents:—Compared with last week's quotations, Down lamb, ; 281 b. to 361 b., Id per lb. higher; 361 b. to ; 421 b., l-8d per lb. higher; crossbred lamb, l-8d perlb. higher; second qual- , ity lamb, id per lb. higher; wethers, i under 481 b., l-8d per lb. higher. Others unchanged. ' Henry S. Fitter and Sons, Ltd., have ! received the following cabled report > from their London office:—Lambs: There is a good demand, and the market is firAi. Wethers: The market is ) quiet and unchanged. Ewes: There is a little better demand. Chilled beef: The market is steady. Pork: There is a better inquiry in the market. Trade generally is fair.