LAMB MARKET FIRMER

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 118, 22 May 1939, Page 11

LAMB MARKET FIRMER

IMPROVED DEMAND FOR MUTTON CHILLED BEEF EASIER Lamb market: Firmer, with improved prices prime lamb 2’s and B's; there is a better feeling in the market. Mutton market: Wethers and ewes, steady, with improved demand. Beef market: Frozen beef, meeting with fair Inquiry; chilled beef, slightly easier owing to heavier supplies. New Zealand porker pigs: Unchanged, with usual slow trade. New Zealand baconer pigs: Trade slow, owing to weak bacon market. The above report was received on Friday 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, May 18. Chilled beef prices are averages’ of the week on which this list.is issued. All prices are on the. basis of delivered to Smithfield market. New Zealand Sheep.—Crossbred wether and/or maiden ewes: 481 b and under, 4 3-8 d (44d); 491 b to 561 b, 32d ’33d); 571 b to 641 b. 3 3-8 d (3 3-8 d); 651 b to 721 b, 3 l-8d (3 l-8d). Ewes: 481 b and under, 3 3-8 d (3 3-8 d); 491 b to 561 b, 27-8 d (27-8 d 571 b to 641 b. 25-8 d (25-8 d 651 b to 721 b, 2»d (2Sd). . New Zealand Lambs.—Canterbury: 361 b and under, 6 7-8 d (6Sd); 371 b to 421 b, 6 3-8 d (61d); 431 b to 501 b, 6d (6d); second quality, .average about 311 b, 6Sd (6d). Other South Island. 361 b and under. 6 7-8 d (63d); 371 b to 421 b, 6 3-8(1 (6ld); 431 b to 501 b, 6d (6d). North Island Downs: 361 b and under, 7d (6 7-8 d); 371 b to 421 b, 6 3-8 d (6.1 d 431 b to 501 b, 6d (6d); second quality, average about 301 b. 63d (63d). North Island, first quality: 361 b and under, 6d (6 5-8 d); 371 b to 421 b, 6ld (6 l-8d); second qualitv, average about 311 b. 6 3-8 d (6 3-8 d). Australia Lambs.—Victoria, first quality: 291 b to 361 b, 6d (5 7-8 d); 371 b to 421 b, 5Sd (5Sd). Argentine Lambs.—First quality: 361 b and under, 5 5-8 d (5 5-8 d); 371 b to 421 b, 55d (55d). New Zealand Frozen Beef.—Second quality: Ox hinds, 1451 b to 2101 b, 3 7-8 d (3 7-8 d); ox fores, 1451 b to 2101 b, 23d (23d). Australian Frozen Beef.—Second quality: Ox hinds, 3 7-8 d (3 7-8 d); ox crops, 3d (3d). New Zealand Porker Pigs.—First quality: 611 b to 801 b, 6id (6Jd); 811 b to 1001 b, 6Jd (6Jd); 1011 b to 1201 b, 6 3-8 d <6 3-8 d). New Zealand Baconer Pigs.—l2llb to 160ib, 5 7-8 d (5 7-8 d). Boneless Bobby Veal.—Ex store, In parcels, 4Sd (4id). New Zealand Chilled Beef.—Ox hinds, 1451 b to 2101 b, 5d (5ld); ox fores, 1451 b to 2101 b, 3M <3 3-8 d). Australian Chilled Beef.—Ox hinds, 4 5-8 d (sd); ox crops, 34d (3 3-8 d). South African Chilled Beef.—Ox hinds, 4 5-8 d (sd); ox crops, 31d (3 3-8 d). South African Chilled Beef.—Ox hinds, 51d (5 5-8 d); ox fores, 31d (3 5-8 d). Southern Rhodesian Chilled Beef.— Ox hinds, 4id; ox fores, 21d. Argentine Chilled Beef.—Ox hinds, 6 l-8d (6 l-8d); ox fores, 33d (3 5-8 d). Uruguayan Chilled Beef.—Ox hinds, 51d (5 5-8 d); ox fores, 3 3-8 d (3 3-Bd>. Brazilian Chilled Beef.—Ox hinds, sld (sld). Levin and Co., Ltd., have received the following cabled report from their London agents:—The lamb market shows a little better feeling but there is no change of importance for mutton. Compared with last week's quotations, all grades of lamb l-8d a lb higher; wethers, under 481 b, l-Bcl a lb lower; others unchanged. Henry S. Fitter and Co., Ltd., have received the following re;iort from their London office:—Dambs: Both demand and prices steady. Wethers: There is a little better demand. Ewes: The market is quiet and unchanged. Chiilcd beef: The market is steady. Pork: The market is quiet and unchanged. Trade generally is fair.