LONDON MEAT MARKET

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 567, 21 January 1929, Page 10

LONDON MEAT MARKET

DULL SALE FOR LAMB The New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board has received the following cablegram from its London office, dated January IS, advising Smithfieid delivered prices averaged for week ending that date, as follows: New Zealand Wethers and Maidens. — Canterbury quality, selected brands, 56ib and under, 7d a lb; 571 b to 641 b, ('3d; 651 b to 721 b, 6sd. Other brands. 561 b and under, 63d; 571 b to 641 b, 6td; oslb to 721 b, 6 1-Sd. New Zealand Ewes.—6llb and under. 51d. New Zealand Lambs. —Canterbury quality (old season), 261 b and under, 03d; 371 b to 421 b, 92-d; seconds, Sd. Selected brands (new season’s), 361 b and under, 10.3 d; 371 b to 421 b, 103 d. Other brands, second quality, 301 b to 321 b average (new season), 9ld. Australian Lambs.—Victorian, first quality, 361 b and under, 9d; 371 b to 4 21b, 9 1-Sd. Argentine Lambs.—First quality, 361 b and under, Sid; 371 b to 421 b, Sid. New Zealand Beef.—Ox hinds, sd; cow fores, 3id; hinds, 4id. Argentine Chilled Beef.—Ox fores, 4 7-Sd; hinds, 6 3-Sd. New Zealand Frozen Pork.—Porkers. 601 bto SOlb, 7id; 811 bto 991 b, 7d; 1001 b to 1201 b, 7d. Baconers, 1211 b to 1801 b, 7d. ’Lambs.—The . market is dull, and new seasons are selling slowly. Mutton. —The market is quiet and unchanged. Beef.—The market is steady, and beef is in fair demand. New Zealand Porker Pigs.—The market is firm, with a steady demand.