MEAT IN BRITAIN

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20389, 4 January 1938, Page 12

MEAT IN BRITAIN

FROZEN AND CHILLED PRICES FOR LAMBS EASIER LATEST SMITHFIELD QUOTATIONS WELLINGTON, Monday With heavier arrivals, prices Tor J lambs at the Smithfield market are eas-, ler, according to the weekly report of; The New Zealand Meat Producers'' Board. Trade was slow last week.] Stocks which arrived by the Bangitiki i and Karamea are selling slowly from i HJd to 8 T-Hd per lb. on the hooks. t Wethers are steady and unchanged and ewes are tirrner. There is steady] trade in frozen beef at unchanged prices. Chilled beef is easier, with poor demand. \ew Zealand porker pigs have not 1 , varied in price and the market for' them remains steady. Following are the latest quotations; announced by the board, together with, the values ruling at the close of last; week:— Frozen Mutton New Zealand.—Crossbred wethers and maiden ewes: Under »*lb.. 6d ~ 6d : 4*-561b.. s*d>. f»*d; 57-6 ilb.. 5; l-*d . 5 l-*d; 6:>-721b.. »M., Ud. 1 Ewp« : Under 491 b., * 3-8 d . 44d;i 4*-561b., 3 7-*d , 4d; 57-641b.,} (3Jd , 3|d; 65-721 b., (34d,, 3Jd. I Frozen Lamb Australian.—Victoria First, 361 b. and under, 7 7-8 d , 7 id; first, 37-42 lb., 7|d , 7 5-Bd. Argentine (new seasons First. 361 b. and under, 7*d . 7*d; first, 37-421 b„ (7|d:,! 7 l-Bd. Frozen Beef New Zealand.—Ox hinds. (4i-8d),! 4 l-8d: ox fores, (3Jd , 34d. Australian.—Ox hinds, 4 id:. 4 id; ox crops, (3 3-8 d), 3 3-? d. Chilled Ox Beef (145-2101 b.) New Zealand. —Hinds C), sd; fores (•), 3 Md. Australian.—Hinds, (54d>, sd; crops 3ld 3 |d, Southern Rhodesian. —Hinds. (5 ( 3-gd . 3d; fores, 3id . 3 l-Bd. i Argentine.—Hinds. f6|d , 5 7-8 d; feres. r 3 7-8 d). 3 7-*d. i , nf u |j m —Hinds toi . s|d; fores, f33d;. 3 3-Bd. Frozen Pork New Zealand.—First, 60-flOlb.. ,m l\ 5-#d,. 7 3-8 d; ITrst. Bt-100lb., <"i\ d .< 7Jd; first, 101-1201 b., 7 l-«d), V. 1 -8d; first, 121-1601 b., (6 7-8 d), 6j •Not quoted. The weekly quotations are based on 1 actual ‘•lies of wholesale quantities of carcases of mutton or lamb or of quarters of beef delivered to Smithfield market and/or London stores. In the case of chilled beef the rates represent the approximate prices realised for the week at per lb. To arrive at the equivalent ex ship values one farthing per pound should j he deducted from the prices quoted ■ above, flotations given represent the j average for the week, and are not selected lines, but for parcels fairly . representative of the bulk of shipments i now on offer.