'MEAT PRODUCERS’ BOARD.
SMITHFIELD PRICES. The New Zealand Meat Producers board has received the following cable from its London office, dated June 5, advising that the following are the approximate average prices realised for the week, based on actual transactions of wholesale quantities of the descriptions of meat mentioned, and are for representative parcels of the goods offe"ing during the week, being for business done on the basis of delivered to Smithfield Market and/or ex London stores: — (Prices for the two previous weeks are also shown).
X.Z. Frozen Veal — — — Lamb Market: Very firm at better prices. Demand is good. Mutton Market: Wethers and ewes, stocks decreasing. Both firm, in sympathy with lamb. Frozen Beef: Depressed. N.Z. Porker Pigs: Market is dull; little business doing. N.Z. Baconer Pigs: Nominal prices. Continental bacon prices remain low.
V3 Cl Cl Cl c & N.Z. Sheep (Canterbury t— and N.I.) — Crossbred Wethers and d. d. d Maiden Ewes 48/56 .. 4'3 Selected 57/64 . . 65/72 .. 45 42 45 43 4J North Island .. .. 48/56 .. 43 41 57/64 .. 43 42 41 Ewes ,, 65/72 .. 48/under 41 43 4S 42 4 4 48/64 .. 4 2T 33 65/72 .. 33 31 31 N.Z. Lambs— Canterbury .. 36/under rt 75 71 37/42 .. 7i 7-3 Second Quality .. 43/50 . . 7.1 Aver. 33 6Z 61 61 Other South Island ■ brands 36/under 71 73 37/42 .. 7 * 7 1 73 43/50 .. 72 Selected North Island brands. Including Downs 36/under 8 7” 37/42 .. 73 4 g 43/50 . . 71 71 71 Second Quality .. Other North Island Aver. 31 63 61 61 Brands— First Quality 36/under 71 7 37/42 .. 72 7 Second Quality Aver. 31 6« 61 62 Australian Lambs— Victorian, tlrst quality 36/under 61 6 53 37/42 . . 62 6 •53 Argentine Lamb— First quality .. .. 36/under 6.1 6 52 37/42 .. 6 52 N.Z BeefOx fores —— Ox hinds — Cow fores Cow hinds — — — Argentine Chilled Beef— Ox fores 91 03 23 Ox hinds .. .. .. 6.1 52 61 Australian Frozen BeefOx crops, over 1001b .. 2J 21 23 Ox hinds, over 1601b . . 3.1 33 33 N 7. Frozen Porn— Porkers, 60/10011) 5 i 51 6 Corkers, 101/12011) . . 55 55 55 Baconers, 121/1801b .. 0 y 5 5 A
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Otago Witness, Issue 4030, 9 June 1931, Page 15
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349'MEAT PRODUCERS’ BOARD. Otago Witness, Issue 4030, 9 June 1931, Page 15
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