FROZEN MEAT MARKET.

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14844, 9 December 1913, Page 8

FROZEN MEAT MARKET.

The Frozen Meat Trade Associalion's Smithfield Market quotations for ♦he undermentioned classes of frozen meat are based on actual sal«s of not fewer than 100 carcases of mutton, or lamb, or '25 carcases of beef, of fair average quality. These quotations are not for selected lines, but for parcels fairly representative of the bulk of the shipments now on the market: — Nov. 29. Dec 7. Mutton — Canterbury, light •• — — Canterbury, medium •• — — Canterbury, heavy .. — — Southland .. ..41 4 J North Island, best brands 4J 5 North Island, ordinary .. 4J 45 New Zealand, ewes ..4 4i Australian, light ..31 4 Australian, heavy .. 3 15-16 4 Australian, ewes .. 3 13-16 3 J River Plato, light .. 4 1-16 4 1-16 River Plate, heavy .. 4J 4 J River Plate, ewes ' .. — — Lamb — Canterbury, light .. 5| 5} Canterbury, medium .. 5J 5 J Canterbury, heavy .. 5J 6| I North Island, selected .. N.O. N.O. North Island, ordinary \ .. 6 N.O. Southland, elected .. 5 N.O. Australian, best brands ..51 5g Australian, fair quality .. 5J 5J Australian, inferior ..5 5 3-16 River Plate, Ist quality .. — — River Plate, 2nd quality.. 4i 4J Beef (nominal) — New Zealand, fores ..35 4' New Zealand, hinds .. 4} 4}

Australian, fores .. 4 . 4 Australian, hinds . 7-16 4 7-16 River Plate, chilled fores 35 3i River Plate, chilled hinds 4J 5 River Plate, : frozen fores > 4 4

River Plate, frozen hinds 4} 4J