LAMB MARKET EASIER
AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION
The market for New Zealand frozen lamb in London according to the weekly cable received by the Meat Board, is easier owing to slackness in demand and heavy arrivals of Australian. Wether mutton is firm with more inquiry for lightweights. Ewes have advanced slightly owing to better demand. The frozen beef market is quiet and unchanged. New Zealand porker pigs remain firm but quiet. Baconers are steady and unchanged. The approximate average wholesale prices for the week, with those for the previous week in parentheses, New Zealand Sheep.—Canterbury and North Island selected crossbred wethers and maiden ewes, 48 and under, 53d a lb (52d); 48-56, 5 3-8 d (5Jd); 57-64, 5d (sd); 65-72, 4^d (4J-d); North ilsland, 48-56, sid (5Jd); 57-64, 5d (sd); 65-72, 42d (43d); ewes, 48 and under, 3 5-8 d (3Jd); 48-64, 3Jd (3 l-8d); 65-72, 3d (2 7-8 d). New Zealand Lambs. —North Island Downs, 36 and under, B£d (Bd>; 37-42, Bid CBid); new season's, second quality, average about 30, 7 5-8 d (73d); North Island, first quality, 36 and under, 8d (8jd); 37-42, 8d (B.',d); second quality, average about 31, 7£d (not quoted). . , . Australian Lambs. —Victorian, first quality (new season's), 36 and under, '7|d aid); 37-42, 6Jd (7d). Argentine Lambs.—First quality (new season's), 36 and under, 6 7-8 d (7d); 37-42, 6 3-8 d (6Jd). | New Zealand Frozen Beef.—Ox hinds, 145-210,.33 d (33d); fores, 145-210, 2Jd (2£d). Argentine Chilled Beef.—Ox hinds, 145-210, s.id (52d); fores, 145-210, 2id (2 7-8 d).
Uruguayan Chilled Beef.—Ox hinds, 145-210, 5d (s£d); fores, 145-210, 2 3-8 d (2Jd). Australian Frozen Beef.—Ox hinds, 145-210, 3 7-8 d (3 7-8 d); crops, weights corresponding, 2 5-8 d(2 5-8 d).
Australian Chilled Beef.—Ox hinds, 145-210, "4jd (sd);. crops, weights, corresponding, 2 3-8 d(2 3-8 d).
Southern Rhodeslan Chilled Beef.— Ox hinds, 145-210, 4d (—); fores, 145----210, 2 l-8d (—).
New Zealand Porker Pigs.—First quality, 60-80, 73d (7|d); 81-100, 6Jd (6;,' d); 101-120, 6d (6d).
New Zealand Prime Baconer Pigs.— 121-160, s£d (sid).
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Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 4, 6 January 1936, Page 10
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332LAMB MARKET EASIER Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 4, 6 January 1936, Page 10
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