FROZEN MEAT TRADE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 218, 14 August 1937, Page 5

FROZEN MEAT TRADE.

LONDON LAMB MARKET FIRM

THIS WEEK'S PRICES «S

The lamb market is vei-y' firm at the slightly higher prices for lambs, 2’s and B’s; consumption continues good. Mutton market:. Lightweight wethers a shade easier; other descriptions steady' and unchanged. Ewes firm, with an upward tendency. Beef market: Frozen beef, hindquarters a shade easier.. Chilled beef, hindquarters firmer this week owing to shortage of supplies. Fores weaker, owing to hot weather. New Zealand porker pigs : Firmer, owing to approaching opening of the pork season. New Zealand baeoner pigs: Nominal, none available on the spot. The above report was received yesterday' by the Moat Board, which advises that the following represent prices realised on Thursday based on actual transactions of wholesale quantities of tlie descriptions of meat mentioned and are for representative parcels of the goods offering that day, being for business done on tho basis of delivered to Smithfield market, and/or ex London stores. In the ease of chilled beef the prices represent approximate average prices realised for the week. 1 New Zealand sheep.—Crossbred wethers and/or maiden ewes, 481 b and under, 5Jd; 491 bto 561 b, s§d ; ewes, 48 641 b, 5 id; 651 b to 721 b, old; ewes, 48 lb and under, 4jd; 491 b to 561 b, 3Jd; 571 b to 641 b, 3fd; 651 b to 721 b, 3|d.

New Zealand lambs.—Canterbury, 36ib and under, 7 jjd; 371 b to 421 b, 7Jd; 431 b to 501 b, 7Jd; second quality, average about 311 b, 7<l; other South 16land, 361 b and under, 7|d ; 371 b to 421 b, 7id; 431 b to 501 b, 7Jd; North Island Downs, 361 b a.nd under, 7id; 371 b to 421 b, 7id; 431 b to 501 b, 7|d; second qualiy, average about 301 b, 7fd; North Island, first quality, 361 b and under, 7£d; 371 b to 421 b, 7§d; second quality, average about 311 b, tjd. -A, 1 Australian lambs.—Victorian, first quality, 291 bto 361 b, 7d; 371 bto ,421 b, Gjfd. . ■ . Argentine lambs. —First quality, 361 b and under, 6£d; 371 b to 421 b. G^d. New Zealand frozen beef. —Ox hinds, 1451 bto 2101 b, 4-Jd; ox fores, 3/d ; cow hinds and fores, not quoted. Australian frozen beef.—Ox hinds, 1451 b to 2101 b. 4£d; crops. 3sd. New Zealand chilled beef. —Ox hinds, 1451 bto 2101 b, Ggd; fores, 1451 bto 2101 b, 34d. „ , . , Australian chilled beef: Ox binds, 1451 b to 2101 b, 6-id; fores, 1451 b to 2101 b, 3Jd. „ ■ ~ , Australian chilled beef. —Ox hinds, 1451 b to 2101 b. 6|d ; erops. 3Jd. South Africa chilled beef.—Ox hinds, 1451 b to 2101 b. 63d; fores, 3d. Southern Rhodesian chilled beef. — Ox hinds, 1451 b to 2101 b, 53d; fores, 23d. - ~ . Argentine chilled lv?ef.—Ox hinds. 1451 b to 2101 b, 7Jd: fores. 3?d. Uruguayan chilled beef: —Ox hinds, 1451 b to 2101 b, G-Jd; fores, 3>d.

Levin and Cd. Ltd., have received the following cable from their London agents, dated August 12: Frozen meat quotations (prices on a delivered” basis') : North Island Down lambs. 281 b to 3611), 73d per lb; 361 b to 421 b 7id. Best North Island crossbred lambs. 231 b to 3Glb, 7jd ; 361 b to 421 b, 74d. North Island second quality lambs, average 301 b to 313 b, 7d. Best North Island wether sheep: Under 48 lh 53d: 4Slb to 561 b, 53d; 561 b to 641 b. sgd; 641 b to 721 b, 5-id. North Island owes: Under 4S!b, 4Jcl ; 481 b to 06 b, 33d; 561 bto Olb, 3§d; G4lb to /21b, 35,1 New Zealand prime ox beef, 1601 bto 2201 b, 3-id. Compared with last week’s quotations, crossbred lamb, 281 b to 3GIb, 4d per lb higher; 3Glb to 421 b, id per lb higher : wethers, under 481 b id per lb lower: New Zealand prime ox beef. per lb lower. Others unchanged. The market is steady.