LAMB PRICES HIGHER

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 132, 5 June 1937, Page 6

LAMB PRICES HIGHER

LONDON MEAT MARKET

Levin and Co., Ltd., have , received the following cable from their London agents, dated June 4, for North Island frozen meat quotations:—Down lambs, 28-361b 7 5-8 d per lb, 36-42 7d; crossbred lambs, 28-36 7Jd, 36-42 7d; second quality lambs, average 30-31, 7 l-8d; wethers, under 481b 5 3-Bd, 48-56 sd, 56----64 4^d, 64-72 4 5-8 d; ewes, under 481b 4id, 48-56 3 7-Bd, 50-64 3 5-Bd, 64-72 3id; New Zealand prime ox beef, 160-220 none offering.

Compared with last week's quotations, Down lamb 28-361b, l-8d per 1b higher; crossbred lamb, 28-361b, l-8d per lb higher; second quality lamb, l-8d per lb higher; wethers, under 561b, l-8d per lb higher; 56-641b, 3-8 d per lb higher; 64-721b, $d per lb higher; others unchanged. The lamb market continues firm. The mutton market is steady. The Bank of New Zealand, produce department, has received the following advice from its London office as at close- of business this week:—Smaller supplies of wethers have caused prices to harden.. The market for, ewes is dull. The market for lambs is firm but the derriand is not so good. .The market for chilled beef is firfti. Wethers, light 4 5-8 dto sid per lb, heavy 4d to 4£d; ewes, 3}d to 4,3-8 d; lambs, 2's 7£d to 7id,B's 6 7-8 dto 7d, 45.6 5-8 dto 6Jd, seconds 7d to 7^d; chilled, hinds s^d to 6d, 'ores. .4£d'to-;4Jd.; ...