FROZEN MEAT TRADE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 July 1939, Page 3

FROZEN MEAT TRADE

LONDON QUOTATIONS LAMB MARKET VERY FIRM DEMAND FOR CHILLED BEEF. Lamb market: Remains very firm. Competition continues good. Mutton market: Wethers firm, with better inquiry. Ewes steady. Beef market: Frozen beef meeting with better trade. Chilled beef firmer on the good demand and lighter supplies. New Zealand porker pigs: Consumption slow, but prices higher on the speculative buying. New Zealand baconer pigs: Firmed owing to higher prices. Continental bacon. Boneless bobby veal: Continues firm on shortage of supplies. 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, 4 7-8 d (4 7-8 d); 491 b to 561 b, 4 3-8 d (4 3-8 d); 571 b to 641 b, 4d (3 7-8 d); 651 b to 721 b, 3 5-8 d (3 5-8 d). Ewes: 481 b and under, 3|d (33d); 491 b to 561 b, 3-’d (3, l d); 571 b to 641 b, 3d (3d); 651 b to 721 b, 23d (2gd). New Zealand lambs: Canterbury, 361 b and under, 7sd (7jd); 371 b to 421 b, 63d (63d); 431 b to 501 b, 6 3-8 d (6 3-8 d); second quality, average about 311 b, 6 7-8 d (6 7-8 d). Other South Island, 361 b and under, 7 3-8 d (7Jd); 371 b to 421 b, 63d (63d); 431 b to 501 b, 6 3-8 d (6 3-8 d). North Island Downs, 361 b and under, 7-id (7J-d); 371 b to 421 b, 63d (6Jd); 431 b to 501 b 6 3-8 d (6 3-8 d); second quality, average about 301 b, 7to (7 3-8 d). North Island, first quality, 361 b and under, 7to (7 l-8d); 371 b to 421 b, 63d (6 5-8 d); second quality, average about 31 lb. 6 7-8 d (6 3-8 d). Australian lambs: Victorian, first quality, 291 b to 361 b, 61d (6’d); 371 b to 421 b, 6 l-8d (6 l-8d). Argentine lambs: First quality, 361 b and under, 6 3-8 d (6 3-8 d); 371 b to 421 b, 6 l-8d (6 l-8d). Argentine lambs: First quality, 361 b and under, 6 3-8 d (6 3-8 d); 371 b to 421 b, 5 5-8 d (5 5-8 d). New Zealand frozen beef: Second quality, ox hinds, 1451 b to 2101 b, 3 7-8 d (3 7-8 d); ox tores, 1451 b to 2101 b, 23d (23d). Australian frozen beef: Second quality, ox hinds, 3 7-8 d (3 7-8 d); second quality ox crops, 3Jd (3 l-8d). New Zealand porker pigs: First quality, 61 lb to 801 b, 6 7-8 d (6,3 d 81 lb to 1001 b, 6 7-8 d (63d); 1011 b to 1201 b (6Jd). New Zealand baconer pigs: 121 lb to 1601 b, 6jd (6 l-8d). Boneless bobby veal: Ex store, in parcels, 5 3-8 d (5 to). New Zealand chilled beef: Ox hinds, 1451 b to 2101 b, 5d (43d); ox fores, 145 lb to 2101 b, 3d (23d). Australian chilled beef: Ox hinds, 4 5-8 d (4 5-8 d); ox crops, 3 l-8d (23d). South African chilled beef: Ox hinds, 5 3-8 d (5 l-8d); ox fores, 3jd (3d). Southern Rhodesian chilled beef: Ox hinds, 43d (4-jd); ox fores, 23d (2Jd). Argentine chilled beef: Ox hinds, 6jd (6d); ox fores, 3 5-8 d (3Jd). Uruguayan chilled beef: Ox hinds, 5Jd (s}d); ox tores, 3Jd (27-8 d ’ Brazilian chilled beef: Ox hinds, 5 l-8d (4 7-8 d).

Messrs Levin and Co., Ltd., have received the following cable from their London agents, dated June 29:— “Frozen meat quotations are unaltered. The market continues to be firm all round.”