REPORTS OF MERCHANTS

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 56, 28 May 1927, Page 16

REPORTS OF MERCHANTS

FROZEN MEAT QUOTATIONS Under date May 26 the London office of Dalgety and Coy. advise as follows: — Prime New Zealand Lamb.—Canterbury, 281 b to 361 b, 9id; North Island, 281 b to 361 b, Bid; Canterbury, 361 b to 421 b, Bgd; North Island, 361 b to 421 b, 8.1 d; Canterbury, second quality, 8 7-Sd; North Island, second quality, Sid; Canterbury, 421 b to 501 b, SJd; North Island, 421 b to 501 b, Sd. The market for New Zealand lamb is unchanged. The demand runs principally on poorer qualities. Prime New Zealand Mutton.—Canterbury, 481 b to 561 b, 6£d; North Island, 4Slb to 561 b, 6d; Canterbury, 561 bto 641 b, 53d; North Island, 561 b to 641 b, sid; Canterbury, 641 b to 721 b, 4id; North Island, 641 b to 721 b, 4Jd; Canterbury ewes, 481 b to 641 b, 4d; North Island, 48li> to 641 b, 33d. The market for New Zealand mutton shows that any change is in favour of buyers. The demand is fair. Beef. —New Zealand prime ox, hinds 4d, fqres 3?,d; Argentine, chilled, fores 2id, hinds 4id to sd. The market for New Zealand beef is nominal. The demand is limited. Pork. —English, SOlb to 1001 b, lOd; New Zealand baconers, 1201 b to 1701 b, 7d; 1701 b and over, 6}d. BUTTER AND CHEESE VALUES Under date May 25 the London office of Dalgety and Coy, Ltd., reports on the London produce market as follows: Butter. —The market is firm. Netv Zealand, finest 166 s to 168 s; Danish, 166 s to 168 s; Australian, finest salted 164 s to 1665, finest unsalted 166 s to 170 s. Cheese. —The market is firm. New Zealand, white SBs, coloured 90s; Canadian, white and coloured, 94s to 100 s. Norden and Coy., Ltd., have received the following cablegram from Andrew Clement and Sons, Ltd., London, dated May 26:—Butter Salted 168 s per cwt, f.0.b., equivalent Is 4.17 d per lb; unsalted 178 s, f.o.b. equivalent Is 5.19 d per lb; market strong. Cheese White, SSs per cwt, f.o.b. equivalent 7.72 d; coloured, 90s, f.0.b., equivalent 7.92 d; market firm. W. W. Bowker has received the following cablegram from A. J. Mills and Coy., Ltd., London, dated May 26—Butter: The market is firm. This week’s allotments were mostly sold at 164 s to 1665, now quoted at 168 s. Cheese: The market is firm. Sales this week at.—New Zealand, white 85s to 86s, coloured 86s to 87s; now quoted, white SSs to 90s, coloured 90s 6d. TALLOW VALUES * Dated May 25, the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company, Ltd., quote the following c.i.f. and e. values for tallow: Fine Mutton, 36s per cwt; good beef, 3Ss per cwt; mixed, 35s 6d per cwt. The quotations are more or less nominal. SHEEPSKIN SALES Dalgety and Company Limited report having received the following cablegram from their London house dated 27th. inst: Merino, 3 to full woolled, 13£d to 16d; merino, $ to half woolled, SJd to 12d; short and shorn, 7td to B£d; crossbred 3 to full woolled, 13d to 16?.d; crossbred 3 to full wooled, medium and coarse, lOd to 13*Jd; crossbred, % to half-wooled fine, 9ld to 13d; crossbred % to half-woolled medium and coarse, Sid to llsd; crossbred short and shorn, 7d to lOd; lambs, lid to 14id.