LONDON MEAT MARKET

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 51, 16 March 1937, Page 15

LONDON MEAT MARKET

Lamb Easier; Chilled Beef Weaker Lamb marketf Prices slightly easier. Consumption' satisfactory, but is affected by very cold weather. Mutton market : Wethers steady, with fair demand Ewc« firmer on the short supplies. Beef market : Frozen beef stocks very light, with prices steady. Chill#?. beef market over-supplied, with lower' prices. New Zealand porker pigjs: Weaker, with trade slow. New Zealand baconer pigs; Firmer on the better bacon prices. The New Zealand Meat Producers' Board advises that the following are the approximate average prices realised for the week, based on actual transactions of wholesale qualities of the descripitions of meat mentioned and are for representative paroels of the goods offering during the week, being for business done on the basis of " delivered to Smithfield market and/or ex London stores (prices fqr the two previous weeks are also shown):— I New Zealand sheep: Crossbred wethers and/or maiden ewes, 48lb. and under, 5 5-8d (same); 49lb. to 56lb. 5Jd. (same) ; 571b. to G41b. 4 7-8d. (same) ; 651b. to 721b. 4jd (same). Ewes,. 481b. and under, 4 6-8d- (4id, 4^d) ; 491b. to 561b., 4 3-8d. (4id, 4idj; 571b. to 641b., 4jd. (4 l-8d, 4 l-8d); 651b. to 721b. 4 l-8d. (4d. 4d). New Zealand lambs; Canterbury,, 36 Ib. and under, 7$d (7 3-8d., 7Jd) ; 371b to 421b., 6 7-8d '(7d, 7-Jd); 43lb. to 501b), 6sd. (6 5-8d., 6f4)> second quality, average about 311b., 6 7-8dv (6 7-8d, 7d). Other South Island, 36lb. and under, 7£d. (7 3-8d,, not quoted) ; 37lb to 421b., 6 7-8d. (7d. not' quoted); 4^1b. to 501b., 6Jd (6 5-8d., not quoted). North Island Downs, S61b. and under, 7}d. (7 3-8d., 7id); 37lb- to 42lb. 6 7-8d. (7d., 7 3-8d) ; 431b. to 501b., 6Jd. (6 5-8d., 6|d.); second quality, average about 301b., 7 l-8d. (7 l-8d., 7Jd); North Island, first quality, 36lb. and under, 7d, (7 l-8d., 7 3-8d) ; 371b., to 421b.,. 6fd. (7d., 7jd); second quality, aterage about 311b., 6fd. (6 7-8d., 7d.) Australian lambs : Victorian, first quality, '291b., to 361b., 6id ; (6^d., ^ 5*8d) ; 371b- to 421b., 6 l-8d. (6 l-8d., 6id.). Argentine lambs: First quality, 361b. and under, 6jd. (6£d., 6 3-8d.); 371b to 421b., 5|d. ( 57-8d., 5 7-8d). New Zealand fiozen beef: Ox hinds, 1451b. to 2101b., not quoted (4£d, 4$d) ; ox fores, 1451b. to 2101b., not quoted (3 l-8d., 3 l-8d,). Australian , frozen beef; Ox hinds, 1451b to 210ib.t 4jd. (4^d.,- 4 3-8d.) ; ox crops, weights corresponding 3jd. (3Jd., 3 l-8d). New Zealand chilled beef: Ox hinds, 1451b. to 2101b.^ 4d (4id., 4|d.) ; ox fores, 1451b. to 2101b., 3£d. (3Jd., 3 l-8d). Australian chilled beef : Ox hinds, 1451b to 2101b-, 3 7-8d. (4Jd., 4jd.) ; ox crops, weights corresponding S^d., (3id., 3d). Argentine chilled beef: Ox hinds, 145 Ib to 2101b., 5d. (5 l-8d., 5 3-8d) ; ox fores, 1451b. to 2101b., 3 5-8d. (3 5-8d., 3id.). New Zealand porker pigs : First quality, 611b. to 801b. , 6^1. (6 7-8d., 7d) ; 8111 -to 1001b., 6*d. (6id, 6 5-8d) ; 1011b. to 1201b. 6d. (6 l-8d., 6^d). New Zealand baconer pigs: 1211b to 1601b., 6d. (5 7-8d., 5Jd).