LONDON MEAT MARKET

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 835, 2 December 1929, Page 10

LONDON MEAT MARKET

SMITHFIELD QUOTATIONS The New Zealand Meat Producers' Board has received the following cablegram from its London office, dated November 29, advisjrjg Smithfield delivered prices average for week ended that date, as follows: - New Zealand Wethers and Maidens. —Canterbury quality, selected brands, 561 b and under. 6£d a lb; 571 b to 641 b, 6id; 651 b to 721 b, 6d. Other brands. 561 b and under, 6ld: 571 b to 641 b, 6 1-Sd; 651 b to 721 b, sgd. New Zealand Ewes.—64lb and under, 4 3-Bd. New Zealand Lambs.—Canterbury quality, 361 b and under, 8:Jd; 371 b to 421 b, Sd: 431 b to 501 b, 71d; seconds, 7d. Selected brands, 361 b and under, Sid; 371 bto 421 b, 7*d. Other brands, first quality, 361 b and under, 72d; 371 b to 421 b, 7id; second quality, 301 b to 321 b, 7d. Australian Lambs, new season’s.— Victorian, first quality, 361 b and under, 8 l-8d; 371 b to 421 b, 72d. Argentine Lambs, new season’s.— First quality, 361 b and under, 7 5-Sd; 371 b to 421 b, 7id. Argentine Chilled Beef.—Ox fores, old; hinds, 7fd. Australian Frozen Beef.—Ox crops, over 1001 b, 4 7-Sd; hinds, over 1601 b! 6Ad. New Zealand Frozen Pork.—Porkers 601 bto 801 b. lOd; S.llb to 991 b. 9gd: 1001 b to 1201 b, Did; baconers, 1211 b to 1801 b, BAd. Lambs.—Market is steady but quiet. Mutton Market.—Wethers firmer, but trade is still slow. Ewes: Prices better, with more inquiry. New Zealand Porker Pigs.—Market has advanced owing to shorter supplies of home-killed. New Zealand Baconer Pigs.—Stocks low, nominal prices.