MEAT IN BRITAIN

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20273, 16 August 1937, Page 13

MEAT IN BRITAIN

FROZEN OR CHILLED. LAMB MARKET VERY FIRM. LATEST SMITHFIELD QUOTATIONS WELLINGTON, Monday. j The market for lambs at Smlthfleld Is very firm, with slightly higher . prices for light and heavy-weights, ac- i cording to the weekly report of the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board. Consumption oontlnues to be good. j In the mutton market light-weight wethers are a shade easier. Other de- ! soriptions are steady and unchanged. Ewes are CTm, with an upward tendency. Frozen beef Is a shade easier. 1 Chilled beef hindquarters .are firmer owing to a shortage of supplies. Fores are weaker on account of the hot weather. New Zealand porker pigs are firmer, owing to the approach of the opening of the pork season. Baconer pigs are nominal and none are available on the spot. Following are the latest quotations | announced by the hoard together with 1 the values ruling at the close of the previous week:— Frozen Mutton. New Zealand —Crossbred wethers and maiden ewes: Under 481 b. (5 j 7-BrU . s|d: 48-561 h. (5 3-8 d). 5 3-8 d: ' 57-641 h. (5 3-8 d). 5 3-8 d; fi's-"2lb. (sid\ ssd. Ewes: Under 481 b. i| i-Bdl. 4 1-Rd: 48-sfllb. 3fd), 3 7-Bd;j 57_641b. (8 5-RcU, 3 5-8 d; G5-721b. j (3 5-Sd). 3 5-Bd. Frozen Lamb. New Zealand: Canterbury: 361 b. ; and under 7sdU 7 r»-8d: 37-421 b. * 3-Scn, 7Ad: 43-501 b. (7 1-BdU_7 1_8d; second, about 3lib. (7d’*. «d. Other South Island: 361 b. and under (7*rU. 7 5-8 d: 37-421 h. (7 3-8 d). 7§d; 43-rioih. 7 1 -Sd). 7 Jd. North Island: ; .761 b. and under 7 5-Bdl. 7 r»-Sd: 37421 R 7 .7-8(U. 7Ad: 53-501 h. (7*d). j 7Jd; second, about 301 b. (7 3-Bd'. 7 1 .7-8(1. North Island, first quality: .761 b. , and under (7 3-Bd''. 7*d: 37-»2lb. ; (7|d). 7 3-8 d; second, about 311 b. : (7d), *7d. ’ j Australian—A’letorlan : First. 361 b. , and under 7d>, 7d: first. 37-421 b. I (6 f d'. C 7-Bd. Argentine—First. 361 b. and tinder (f,M'. G] d: first. .77-iUb. (6 .V*d'. GJd. Frozen Beef. New Zealand —G\ hinds »Jd . 4 |-8d; nx fores 3 I 8.1 . .7 t-Sd. Australian-- hides '»Jd . 4 1 *d; ox crops 13 l-Bd"i, 3sd. Chilled Ox Beef. (115-2 I OlbA New Zealand —Hinds (;>Jd . 6 3-8(1: fores D 7 1-B.l'. .7 1-8.1. Australian—Hinds 5M '. 6 3-8.1; crops -3 1-8.1 . .7 id. South African- Hinds. G»d: f«»r< *. 3d. Southern Rhodesian—Hinds ijd . 5Jd: fores <2 7-SdU ??d. \rgentino—Hinds (GJd). 7Jd: fores (3MU 3 3-8.1. Uruguayan -Hinds <5 7-Bd'. 6sd: fores .7 7 B,i7]d. Brazilian —Hinds s?d . 6 3-8(1 Frozen Pork. New Zealand —First. 00-Solb. (GJd\» 7(1: first. 81-lOOlb. (GJd . 7d: first. 101 -1201 b. (GM), 7tl: first. 121 1601 b. ,0 7 8d». 7(1. The weekly quotations are based «n actual sales of wholesale quantities “f carcases of mutton or lamb or of quarters of lmef delivered b. -mii'ifb Id market and /or London stores. In tiecase of chill, d beer the rates represent the approximate prices realised for tipweek at per lb. To arrive at tbe equivalent ex step values ..tip farthing per pound should selected lines, but for parcels fairly . representative of the bulk of shipments] now on offer.