FROZEN MEAT TRADE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 June 1939, Page 3

FROZEN MEAT TRADE

LONDON QUOTATIONS LAMB MARKET STRONG. WETHERS AND EWES FIRMER. Lamb market: Continues strong with prices generally . further advanced. Consumption satisfactory. Mutton market: Wethers and ewes; firmmarket: Frozen beef; steady, with fair trade. Chilled beef; weaker this week because of hot weather and heavy supplies. New Zealand porker pigs: Trade slow —prices normal. New Zealand baconer pigs Market quiet and unchanged. Boneless bobby veal: Firmer, on the lighter supplies. The above report was received yesterday by the Meat Board from its London office which advises that the wholesale quantities of the descriptions of frozen meat mentioned and are for representative parcels of the goods sold on Thursday, June 8. Chilled beef prices are averages of the week on which this list is issued. All prices are on the basis of delivered to Smithfield Market. Prices for the previous week are show in parentheses: —

New Zealand sheep: Crossbred wethers and/or maiden ewes 481 b and under, 4 5-8 d (4Jd); 491 b to 561 b, 4 l-8d (3 7-8 d); 581 b to 641 b, 3 5-8 d (3*d); 651 b to 721 b, 3Jd (3 ; }d). Ewes 841 b and under, 3:, ! d (3 5-8 d); 491 b to 561 b, 3 l-8d (3d); 571 b to 641 b, 3d (2 7-8 d); 651 b to 721 b. 2Jd (25-8 d New Zealand lambs: Canterbury. 361 b and under, 7?>d (7 l-8d); 371 b to 421 b, 63d (6jd); 431 b to 501 b, 6jd (6',d); second quality, average about 31 lb 361 b and under, 7}d (7 l-8d); 371 b to 421 b, 63d (61d); 431 b to 501 b, 6.',d (6',d). North Island downs, 361 b and under, 7 3-8 d( 7:}d); 371 b to 421 b, 63d (6 5-8 d); 431 b to 501 b, 6 l-8d (6 1-8); second quality, average about 301 b, 7jd (7 l-8d); North Island Ist quality, 361 b and under, 7 l-8d (7d); 371 b to 421 b, 6 5-8 d (6 3-8 d); second quality, average about 311 b 6 5-8 d

Australian lambs: Victorian Ist quality, 291 b to 361 b, 6 3-8 d (6.jd); 37 lb to 421 b, si’d (5.3 d Argentine lambs: Ist quality, 361 b and under, GJd (6d); 371 b to 421 b, 5 5-8 d (5 Id). New Zealand frozen beef: 2nd quality, ox hinds, 1451 b to 2101 b, 3 7-8 d (-3 7-8 d); ox fores 1451 b to 2101 b, 2jd (2-3 d Australian frozen beef: 2nd quality, ox hinds, 3 7-8 d (3 7-8 d); ox crops 3 l-8d (3 l-8d). New Zealand porker pigs: Ist quality, 611 b to 801 b, 6j'd (6.3 d 811 b to 1001 b 6 5-8 d (6 5-8 d); 1011 b to 1201 b, 6 3-8 d (6 3-8 d). New Zealand baconer pigs: 1201 b to 1601 b, Gd (6d). Boneless bobby veal: ex store in parcels, 5d (4.3 d Boneless bobby veal: ex store in parcels, 5d (43d). New Zealand chilled beef: ox hinds 1451 b to 2101 b, 4,;d (5 l-8d); ox fores 1451 b to 2101 b, 2id tod). Australian chilled beef: ox hinds, 4d (4 7-8 d); ox crops, 25-8 d (3 l-8d). South Africa chilled beef: Ox hinds, 5d (5 3-8 d); ox fores, 21d (3 7-8 d). Southern Rhodesian chilled beef: Ox hinds, 5d (5 3-8 d); ox fores, 2Jd (3 7-8 d). Southern Rhodesian chilled beef: Ox hinds, 4d (41)d) ox fores, 13 d (2.3 d Argentine chilled beef; Ox hinds, 53d (Gid); ox fores, 3d (31d). Uruguayan chilled beef: Ox hinds, 4.3 d (5Jd); ox fores, 2.3 d (3.jd), Brazilian chilled beef: Ox hind's, 43d (s.|d). Messrs Levin and Co. Ltd. have received the following cable from their London agents, dated June 8, frozen meat quotations (price on a ‘delivered’ basis, i.e., including storage charges, cartage, market tolls, etc.): —North Island Downs lambs, 28/361bs, 7 3-8 d (: 36/42, 63d; Best North Island crossbred lambs, 28/36, 7 l-Bd, 36/42, 6 5-8 d; North Island second quality lambs, av 30/311bs, 6 5-8 d; best North Island wether sheep under 481bs, 4 5-Bd, 48/ 56, 4 l-8d; 56/64, 3 5-Bd, 64/72, 31d; North Island owes, under 481 b, 3.3 d, 48/56, 3 l-Bd, 56/64. 3d. 64/72, 2.3 d; New Zealand prime ox beef, 160/220, none offering. Compared with last week’s quotations, Down and crossbred are, l-8d per lb higher, wethers, u/481bs and 56/641bs. l-8d per lb higher, 48/561bs and 64/721bs jet higher, ewes l-8d per lb higher. Others unchanged. The market continues firm all round.