FROZEN MEAT TRADE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 46, 22 January 1938, Page 5

FROZEN MEAT TRADE.

LAMB MARKET STEADIER. / MUTTON EASIER. The lamb market is much stpadicr with prices unchanged ; consumption continues gooxl. Mutton market: Lightweight wethers easier, others.unchanged. Ewes: Weaker with slow trade. Beef market: Frozen beef firmer on the better demand. Chilled beef: Better trade and smaller supplies have improved prices. New Zealand porker pigs: Shade easier owing to warmer weather. New Zealand liaconer pigs: Slightly easier owing to weaker bacon market. The above report was received yesterday by the Meat Board, which is advised that the following are the ruling prices of wholesale quantities of the descriptions of frozen meat mentioned and arc for representative parcels of the goods solxl on Thursday. Chilled beef prices are averages of the week. All prices are on the basis of delivered to Smithfield market. New Zealand lamb quotations arc for new season’s arrivals. New Zealand sheep.—Crossbred wethers nnd-or maiden owes, 48-under, 53d; 49-56, 51x1; 57-64, 54x1; 65-72, 43d. Ewes, 48-unxlor, 4)xl; 49-58, 3|d; 5764, 3Jd; 65-72, 3Jxl. New Zealand lambs.—Canterbury and other South Island, not quoted. North Island Downs, 36-unxler, 8x1; 37-42, 8x1; 43-50, 7Jxl. North Island, seconxl quality, average about 30, 7RI. North Island, first quality, 36-undor. 7|d ; 37-42, 73d; North Island, second quality, average /.tout 31. 7Jxl. Australian lambs.—Victorian, first quality, 29-36, 7-fd; 37-42, 7j,d. Argentine lambs.—First quality, 36unxlcr, 6g<l ; 37-42, 63d. New Zealand frxizen beef.—Ox hinds, 145-210, 4Jd; ox fores, 145-210, 3 Jxl. Australian frozen beef.—Ox hinds,

145-210, 4gd. New Zealand porker pigs.—First quality, 61-80, 7 5-8 d : 81-100, 7 3-8 d; 101-120. 6|d New Zealand baconer pigs.—l2l-160, C 3-Bd. New Zealand eliilled beef. — Not quoted. Australian eliilled beef.—Ox binds, 145-210, 5 3-Bd. Southern Rbodesia.ii eliilled beef.— Ox hinds. 5 3-8 d • ox fores, 3 5-Bd. Argentine chilled beef.—Ox binds, 6 3-8 d ; ox fores, 4 1 -Bd. Uruguayan chilled beef.—Ox hinds. 6d : ox fores, 3RI. Brazilian chilled beef.—Ox binds. 33.1. Levin and Co.. Ltd., have received the following cabled advice from their London agents dated January 20:—-

Compared with last week’s quotation*, wethers under 481 b and ewes under 561 b l-Bd. per ll> lower. Prime ox beef, 1601 b to 2201 b. l-8d per lb higher. Others unchanged. The market is steady, the mutton market being slightly easier. Smitlifield “delivered” prices are as follows: — North Island Down lambs, 281 bto 3611), 8d per lb ; 361 b to 421 b, Bd. Best North Island crossbred lambs, 281 b to 361 b. 73d; 361 b to 421 b, 7Jd. North Island second quality lambs, average 301 b to 311 b, 7 J 2 d. Best North Island wether sheep, under 481 b, 52d ; 481 b to 561 h. sid: 561 hto 641 b, 5 l-8d; 641 b to 721 b. 43d. North Island ewes, under 481 b 43d : 481 b to 561 b. 3 7-8 d; 561 b to 641 b. 3|d ; 641 b to 721 b. 3Jd. New Zealand prime ox beef, 1601 b to 2201 b, 3J d.