MEAT IN BRITAIN

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20267, 9 August 1937, Page 16

MEAT IN BRITAIN

FROZEN OR CHILLED. LAMB MARKET VERY FIRM. LATEST SMITHFIELD QUOTATIONS WELLINGTON, Monday. The market for lambs at Smith-field last week was very firm, with improved prices for heavy-weights, according to the weekly report of the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board. Wethers were firm with a good demand, and ewe prices have advanced owing to an improvement in consumption. In frozen beef the market for fores was weaker, with hindquarters unchanged. Chilled hindquarters were firmer, with fores slightly easier. Firmer conditions existed for New Zealand porker pigs. Baconers met with good inquiry, but prices were nominal owing to short spot stocks. Following are the latest quotations announced by the board, together with the values ruling at the close of the previous week: — Frozen Mutton. New Zealand —'Crossbred Wethers and Maiden Ewes: Under 481 b. (5 7-8 d), 5 7-8 d; 48-561 b. (5 3-8 d), 5 3-8 d; 57-641 b. (s|d), 5 3-8 d; 65721 b. (s*d), s*d. Ewes: Under 481 b. (4d), 4 1 -8d; 48-561 b. (3 5-8 d), 3|d; 57-641 b. (3£d), 3 5-8 d; 65-721 b. (3sd), 3 5-Bd. Frozen Lamb. New Zealand —'Canterbury: 361 b. and under (7*d), 7Jd; 37-421 b. (7*d), 7 3-8 d; 43-501 b. (7d), 7 l-8d; seoond, about 311 b. (7d), 7d. Other South Island: 361 b. and under (7£d), 7id ; 3 7-4 2 lb. (7id), 7 3-8 d; 43-501 b. (7d), 7 l-Bd. North Island: 361 b. and under (7 5-8 d), 7 5-8 d; S7-421b. (7id), 7 3-8 d; 43-501 b. (7d), 7 l-8d; second, about 301 b. (7 3-8 d), 7 3-Bd. North Island, first quality: 361 b. and under (7 3-8 d), 7 3-8 d; 37-421 b. (7 l-8d), 7|d; second, about 311 b. (6 7-8 d), 7d. Australian—Victorian: First, 361 b. and under (7d), 7d; first, 37-421 b. (6Jd), 6Jd. Argentine—First, 361 b. and under (■6 5-8 d), 6|d; first, 37-421 b. (6Jd), 6 5-Bd. Frozen Beef. New Zealand —Ox hinds (4Jd), 4Jd; ox fores (3|d), 3 l-Bd. Australian—Ox Hinds (4Jd), 4Jd; ox crops (3id), 3 l-Bd. Chilled Ox Beef. New Zealand—Hinds (5 3-8 d), 5Jd; fores (Bid), 3 l-Bd. Australian—Hinds Csd), ssd; crops (3Jd), 3 l-Bd. Southern Rhodesian Hinds (4 3-8 d), 4fd; fores (3 l-8d), 2 7-Bd. Argentine—-Hinds (6 3-8 d), 63d; fores (3 5-8 d), 3 id. Uruguayan—Hinds (s|d), 5 7-8 d; fores (3sd), 3 3-Bd. Brazilian—Hinds (ssd), 5Jd. Frozen Pork. New Zealand —First, 60-801-b. (6 5-8 d), 6|d; first, 81-1001 b. (6 5-8 d), 6|d; first, 101-1201 b. (6 5-8 d), 6|d; Obst, 121-1601 b. (6|d), 6 7-Bd. The weekly quotations are based on actual sales of wholesale quantities of carcases of mutton or lamb or of quarters of beef delivered to Smithfield market and/or London stores. To arrive at the equivalent ex ship values one farthing per pound should be deducted from the prices quoted above. Quotations given represent the average for the week, and are not selected lines, but for parcels fairly representative of the bulk of shipments now on offer.