LONDON MEAT MARKET

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1071, 8 September 1930, Page 11

LONDON MEAT MARKET

SMITHFIELD QUOTATIONS^ The New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board has received the following cable from its London office, dated September 5, advising that the following are the approximate average prices realised for the week, based on actual transactions of wholesale quantities, on the basis of delivered to Smithfield market and/or ex-London stores (prices for the previous week are shown in parentheses):—

New Zealand Sheep.—Canterbury and North Island selected crossbred wethers and maiden ewes. 481 b to 56 lb, "5d (sd) ; 5711* to 641 b, 4'id (43d); 651 b to 721 b, 4 5-8 d (4 5-8 d); North Island, 481 b to 561 b, 42d (4gd); 571 b to 641 b, 4Ad (4Jd); 651 b to 721 b. 4*d (4£d); ewes. 481 b to 641 b, 3Jd (3-id); 651 b to 721 b, 3d (3d). New Zealand Lambs.—Canterbury, 361 b and under, Bgd (82d); 371 bto 421 b, 8 7-Sd (8 7-8 d); 431 b to 501 b, B£d (8£d); Canterbury, second quality, average, 331 b, 7id (7 3-8 d); other Soutli. Island brands, 361 b and under, 8 5-8 d (82d); 371 b to 421 b, 8 5-8 d (83d) ; 431 b to 501 b, 8 3-Sd (8£d); selected North Island brands, 361 b and under, S3d (8 7-8 d); 371 b to 421 b. Hid (8 7-8 d); 431 bto 501 b, 8 3-8 d (8j&d): selected North Island, average, 311 b, 7 l-8d (7sd); other North Island brands, first quality, 361 b and under, Sd (8d) ; 371 b to 421 b, B}d (83d): second quality, average, 311 b, 6 7-8 d (7d). Argentine Lamb.—First quality, 361 b and under, 6£d (6*d); 371 b to 421 b. 64d ( 6 i d ).

New Zealand Beef. —Ox fores, 3 5-8 d (3 5-8 d); hinds, 5Jd (5 3-8 d); cow fores and hinds, not quoted. Argentine Chilled Beef. —Ox fores, 3*d (4d) ; hinds, 6£d (7|d). Australian Frozen Beef.—Ox crops, over 1001 b, 4d (4d); hinds, over 1601 b, 5 3-8 d (s£d). New Zealand Prime Porker Pigs.— 60 to 1001 b, Bld (8d); 1011 b to 1201 b. 8d (73d)

New Zealand Prime Baconer Pigs.— 1211 b to 1801 b, 7sd (7d).

Lamb Market. —Better trade this week owing to more suitable weather. Good quality lambs remain firm, but second quality slow of sale and weaker.

Mutton Market. —Wethers steady and unchanged. Small interest is being displayed in ewes. Beef Market. Nominal prices. Market is easier through lower prices for Argentine chilled beef. New Zealand Porker Pigs.—Demand is improving with better prospects ahead. New Zealand Baconer Pigs.—Demand is rather slow.