FROZEN MEAT TRADE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 November 1938, Page 4

FROZEN MEAT TRADE

LONDON QUOTATIONS LAMB MARKET SLOW Lamb market: Supplies home-killed still heavy, but tending to decrease. Trade in imported lamb slow with values unchanged. Mutton market: Wethers and ewes, trade slow at unchanged prices. Beef market: Frozen beef, demand quiet: chilled beef, hindquarters steady, with fores slightly easier. Demand is affected by muggy weather. New Zealand porker pigs: Lightweights firmer but trade slow, affected by weather. New Zealand baconer pigs: Weaker owing to lower prices of Continental bacon. Boneless bobby veal: Trade very slow. The above report was received yesterday by the Meat Board from its London office, which advises that the following are the ruling prices of wholesale quantities of the descriptions of frozen meat mentioned and are for representative parcels of the goods sold on Thursday. Chilled beef prices are averages of the week. All prices are on the basis of delivered to Smithfield market. Prices for the previous week are shown in parentheses: — New Zealand sheep.—Crossbred wethers and/or maiden ewes: 481 b and under, 4Jd (4gd); 491 b to 561 b, 4§ (4|d); 571 b to 641 b, 4|d (4Jd); 651 b to 721 b, 4Jd (4|d). Ewes, 481 b and under, 3d (3d); 491 b to 561 b, 2Jd (2gd); 571 b to 641 b, 2|d (2|d); 651 b to 721 b, 2|d (2|d). New Zealand lambs. —Canterbury: Not quoted; second quality, average about 311 b, 6fd (6jd). Other South Island: 361 b and under, not quoted; 371 b to 421 b, 7|d (7fd); 431 b to 501 b, not quoted. North Island Downs: Not quoted; second quality, average about 31 lb 6jd (6|d). Argentine Lambs.—First quality (new season’s); 361 b and under, 7d (7d); 371 b to 421 b, 6|d (6|d). New Zealand Frozen Beef. —Second quality, ox hinds, 1451 b to 2101 b, 4Jd (4Jd); ox fores, 1451 b to 2101 b, 3jd (3gd). Australian Frozen Beef.—Second quality, ox hinds, 4|d (4-Jd); ox crops, 3gd (3|d). New Zealand Porker Pigs. —First quality: 611 b to 801 b, 7{d (7«d); 811 b to 1001 b, 7d (7d); 1011 b to 1201 b, 6gd (6§d.). New Zealand Baconer Pigs. —121 lb to 1601 b, 6d (6gd). Boneless Bobby Veal (new season’s). —Ex store, in parcels, 4-Jd (4|d). i New Zealand Chilled Beef. —Ox : hinds, 1451 b to 2101 b, sgd (sgd); ox fores, 1451 b to. 2101 b, 31d (3Jd). Australian Chilled Beef. —Ox hinds, s|d (s|d); ox crops, 3|d (3fd). , South African Chilled Beef. —Ox hinds, not quoted (6|d); ox fores, not quoted (3|d). Southern Rhodesian Chilled Beef. — Ox hinds, 6d (6d); ox fores, 3|d (3gd). ; Argentine Chilled Beef. —Ox hinds, 6fd (6gd); ox fores, 4|d (4Jd). Uruguayan Chilled Beef. —Ox hinds, 6gd (6-sd); ox fores, 4d (3gd). Levin and Co. Ltd have received the ■ following cable from their London agents, dated November 17. —Frozen meat quotations are unaltered. The market is quiet all round. N.Z. LAMB AND MUTTON. RETAIL PRICES IN LONDON. The New Zealand Meat Producers Board has been advised by. fits London office, that the following retail prices were being quoted for New Zealand lamb and mutton retailed in London during October, 1938. These prices represent a fair average of the prices quoted by the better class shops in London for the best quality of New Zealand lamb and mutton. New Zealand Lamb, Legs, 13d per lb; shoulders, lid per lb; loins, lid per lb; necks, 6d per lb; breasts, 3d per lb; forequarters, 9d per lb; hindquarters, UJd. per lb. New Zealand Mutton (wethers): Legs, 9J per lb; shoulders, 9d per lb; loins, 9d per lb; necks, 3d per lb; breasts, 2d per lb. '