FROZEN LAMB QUIET

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 85, 12 April 1937, Page 12

FROZEN LAMB QUIET

CONDITIONS IN LONDON

The tendency of the frozen lamb market in London is quiet, with prices unchanged, according to the weekly cable received by the New Zealand Meat Producers' Board. Consumption is improving but the market was affected by heavy stocks of Australian lamb. Heavier arrivals oi wethers and ewes have weakened crices slightly. The frozen beef market is srm on 'the li?ht stocks. . Chulea oeef is meeting wiih good demand, especially for fores. iNew Zealand poriter pigs are in fair demand, with prices of heavyweights better. Baconers are slow at the unchanged prices.

'i'lie approximate average wholesale prices, lor the week, with those for tne previous week in parentheses, are:—

New Zealand sheep, crossbred wethers and/or maiden ewes, 48/ under 54d a lb (5 5-8 d); 49/56, 54d (5-} d); 57/b4, 4 5-8 d (4 5-8 d); 65/72, 4sd (4£d); ewes, 48/ under, 4Jd (4Jd); 49/bti 4id (4 3-8 d); 57/64, 4 l c ßa (4id); 65/72, 4 l-8d t4d). New Zealand lambs, Canterbury, 36/ under, Ua (7Jd); 37/42, 6;7-8d"l6 7-8 d); 43/50, 6 b-bd (6 3-bd); second quality, average about 31, ti 7-8 d (ti V-8d); other bouth Island, 36/ under, 7id (7id); 37/42, 6 7-8 d (d 7-8 d); 43/SU, 6 3-8 d (6 3-8 d); North Island Downs, 36/ under, 7Jd aid); 37/42, 6 7-8 d(b 7-8 d); 43/50, 6 3-8 d (6 3-8 d); second quality, average about 30, 7 l-8d (7 l-8d); JSForth Island, first quality, 36/ under, 7d (7d); 37/42; 6£d (tf£d); second quality, average about 31, 63d (6Jd); Australian lambs, Victorian, first quality, 29/36, 6Jd <.6id); 37/42, 6 l-8d (6 l-8d); Argentine lambs, ftest quality, 36/ under, 6id (6^d); 37/42, 5 5-8 d (s£d); New Zealand frozen beef, not quoted; Australian frozen beef, ox hinds, 145/210, 4 l-8d (4 l-8d);, crops, weights corresponding,1 3Jd (3 5-8 d); New vzealand chilled beef, ox hinds, 145/210, 4id Cnot quoted); fores, 145/210, 3Jd (not quoted); Australian chilled beef, ox hinds, 145/210, 4Jd (4Jd); crops, weights corresponding, 3id (3 5-8 d); Union of South Africa chilled beef, ox hinds, 145/210, not quoted (4 7-8 d); fores, 145/210, not quoted (3id); Southern Rhodesian chilled' beef, ox hinds, 145/210, 4Jd (4 3-8 d); fores. 145/210, 3 3-8 d (3Jd); Argentine chilled beef, ox hinds, 145/210, 5 3-Bd(sid); fores, 145/210, 4 l-8d (3Jd); Uruguayan chilled beef, ox hinds, 145/210, 5d (sd); fores, 145/210, 33d (3 5-8 d); Brazilian chilled beef, ox hinds, 145/210, 4 7-8 d (4Jd); New Zealand porker pies, first quality, 61/80, 6id (6id); 81/100, 6 l-8d (6d); 101/120, 6 l-8d (6d); New Zealand baconer pigs, 121/160, 6 l-8d (6 l-8d).