LONDON MEAT MARKET

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20887, 19 August 1939, Page 11

LONDON MEAT MARKET

SMITHFIELD QUOTATIONS WEATHER AFFECTS DEMAND LAMB EASIER: MUTTON FIRM By Telegraph.—Press Association, WELLINGTON, Friday. The New /onland Meat Producers’ rr port «.n the Smitlificld market for tin- period ended August 17 stales that pri«--s f**r must d">eriptions of lamb arc easier, due to heavier arrivals; the demand lias been affected i*v the lu.t wealh'T. Wethers and ewes are firm, with fair demand. The frozen becl’ hindquarters are firmer ~n belter demand, but chilled hindquarters are a shade easier owing lo heavier supplies of Dominion and tlie hot weather. The New Zealand porker pig market is quiet but firm, while baconer pigs are nominal. Boneless bobby* veal is easier on heavier supplies on the spot and in sight. ! Quotations are:— i New Zealand sheep.—Ewes 49/561b I 3 3-Sd. New Zealand lambs*—Canterbury ! 361 b and under 7 3-Bd., 43-50 lbs, ; G.id; second quality, average about ; 3Jib., 6 5-Bd., other South Island, : i3/501b., Gld; North Island downs, 361 b and under, 7Ad., 43/50 G.id.; second quality, average about 301 b., 7d; North Island, first quality, 3Glb and under, 7id; second quality, average about 3Jib, G 5-Bd. Australian lambs,—Victorian, first quality, 29/361b., Old., 37/421b not quoted. New Zealand frozen beef, hinds, second quality, 4 l-Bd. [ New Zealand porker pigs, 61-301 b., ! 7 l-Bd. i Boneless bobby veal in parcels, ex j store. sd. j Chilled beef (Prices are the ap- ! proximate average prices realised for j the week} —New Zealand hinds 5 ! 5-Sd; Australians hinds 5Ad; Australian hinds 5Ad., fores 3 3-8 d; South j African hinds, 6 3-Bd, fores 3 3-8 d; | Rhodesian, hinds 5 3-Bd. fores 3d; I Argentine, hinds 7d., fores 3id., ' Uruguayan, hinds G 5-Sd., fores 3 ; 3-8 d; others unchanged.