MEAT PRICES ON HOME MARKET

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 147, 17 March 1920, Page 7

MEAT PRICES ON HOME MARKET

* ' ,' j In a letter from Messrs. Gilbert An- ! j derson and Co., the well-known colonial i agents in London, which accompanies '■' j particulars of prices of Home-killed and ! . imported meat issued by the Ministry of 1 ' Food, that firm stresses the importance. j ' of remembering that the Ministry's "] prices are not based according to the I \ law of supply and demand of each article \ • j consequently, in "free" commodities,- -.; such as veal, pork, and frozen suudries, . i etc., these are likely to realise entirely? I different values to those stated on the.* ' \ schedules. The Ministry can regulate!! ' j tha distribution o( mutton and lamb, and generally speaking their priies are ob& I P rained. This is not the case, however, | in regard to boneless beef and frozen 1 ! sundries. There is a good demand fo^ 1 ; some lines, whereas for others the mai-- --j ket price is much below the "controlled'* 1 -. ! i limit,. and it is only by placing oiw ■ n article with another that a good over-All 0 '. i price can he realised. _■■ .-["* \ * The scale set by the Ministry of Food 1 is as follows (at tier stone of 81b.):— "^ e 'Mutton and iamb. -f;!? f HonSK ! '■ Imported. kilWl- ,•; 1 S. (1. .6. ({,"' m ': Sheep (carcass or side) 7 0 10 6 ■„ e Hindquarter 8 4 11 Iff £ 'J' Forequarter G 0 9 6,7 u ? Leg 9 0 12 6: . '• Haunch Bfi -,„ Loin 7 8 11 2, 5 j Loin ex chump ... 8 0 — r Shoulder 7 S 11 t„. ! Neck 5 8 9 2„? : Breast : 3 8 ?!™ ' Rcagg 3 8 7a™ ; Best end , ; 8 I 1110. Beef. ■■--.. H . Side 6 8 10 0 Hindquarter and flank 7 8 11 0 >t " Hindquarter ex (lank 8 1 11 5 ' j „ Top piece ex flank ... 7 1 10 5 o e Top sido 9 9 13 1 ,i "„ Thick Hank 9 1 12 5' -; I Silver and fat 8 5 11 9 ' ; a , . Aitch bone 4 5 7 8 J Leg 210 5 1 ','; II Rump 10 1 13 5 ' 8 Loin and suet 9.1 12 6 i ' Rump and loin 9 G 12 10 i '" Plank : 310 7 9 " . j Forequarter .' 5 .8 9 0 Short foreqnartpr 5 6 B 10 i Short quarter ex brisket 5 3 9 10 Fore rib '••• B ' 7 w n : i Middle pieco G 7 911 . ! Shin 3 0 5 8 ; Brisket I 1 7 11 ' | Forequarter f1ank...... 10- 711 ; » Long crop 7 0 10 4 .. Suet 8 0 11 i : It is stipulated that all mutton nns ,| lamb must be cut in home-killed fashion, and the prices, which are the maximum, ! include a charge of Id. per 6tone for ' 1 0 cutting. ! <S ■ !!' ' !