MEAT IN BRITAIN

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20494, 10 May 1938, Page 4

MEAT IN BRITAIN

FROZEN AND CHILLED PRICES FOR LAMB VERY FIRM LATEST S.MITHFIELD QUOTATIONS Prices lor lamb' remain very Qnß on the British market, with an "excel* lent output, states the weekly report of the New Zealand Meat Producer** Board. In the mutton market wethers ar* unchanged. The ewe trade Is slow, with a weaker tendency. There are again no quotations for frozen beef. In spite of heavy supplies prices fo< chilled beef remain steady. The market for New Zealand porkef pigs is quiet, and offerings are meet* ing with the usual seasonal decline 14 demand. For New Zealand baconer pigs the market is steady and uq* changed. | Frozen Mutton New Zealand—Crossbred wether* and Maiden ewes: Under 48 lb, (5 7-Sd) 5 7-8 d; 48-561 b, (5Jd) sid; 57-641 b, (sd) 3Jd; 65-721 b, (4 7-8 d) 4 7-Bd. Ewes: Under 481 b, (4d) 4dJ 48-561 b, (3id) 3}d; 57-641 b, (3 3-8 d) 3 3-8 d; G5-721b, (3Jd) 34d. Frozen lamb v New Zealand—Canterbury: 3611> and under, (7|d) 7id; 37-421 b, (7 5-8 d) 7 5-8 d; 43-501 b, (71d) 7Jd; second, about 3ilb, (7Jd) 7}d. Other South Island: 3Glb and under, (7|d) 7Jd; 37-421 b, (7 5-8 d) 7 5-8 d; 43-50 lb, (7id) 7Jd. North Island: 361 b and under, (7 7-8 d) 7 7-8 d; 37-421 b, (7 5-8 d) 7 5-8 d; 43-501 b, (7id) 7}d* second, about 301 b, (7 5-8 d) 7 5-Bd, North Island, first quality: 361 b and under, (7 5-8 d) 7 5-8 d; 37-421 b, (7 l-8d) 7 l-Bd. 43-501 b, (7 l-8d) 7 l-8d; second, about 311 b, (7Jd); 7Jd. Australian—Victorian: First, 361 b and under, (7 l-8d) 7 l-8d( first, 37-421 b, (7d) 7d. Australlau (new season’s) : First, 361 b and under, (7d) 7d; first, 37-421 b, (6 3-Bdl' 6 3-Bd. Chilled Ox Bsof (1451 b to 2101 b) , New Zealand: Hinds, (4ld) —■i fores, (3Jd) —. Australian: Hind*, (4 3-8 d) 4id; crops, (3 3-8 d) 3J<£ South African: Hinds, (51d) —; fores, (3 5-8 d) —. Southern Rhodesian} Hinds, (4id) 4id; fores. (27-8 d), 2 7-Bd. Argentine: Hinds, (6d) Bdl fores, (3 3-8 d) 3 3-Bd. Uruguayan} Hinds, (.6 l-8d) 5 l-8d; fores, (3W* 3 3-Bd. Brazilian: Hinds, (4 7-BdU 4|d. i Frozen Pork New Zealand: First, 60-801 b, (7dJ| 7d; first. Bi-100Ib, (7d) 7d; first, 101-1201 b, (7d) 7d; first, 121-1601 b, (7d) 7d. The weekly are based on actual sales of wholesale quantified of carcases of mutton or lambs or of quarters of beef delivered to Smith* field market and/or London stores. Itt the case of chilled beef, the rate* represent the approximate prices real* ised for the week at per lb. To arrive at the equivalent ex ship values one farthing per pound should be deducted from the prices quoted above. Quotations given represent th« average for the week, and are not selected lines, but for parcels fairly representative of the bulk of ship* ments now on offer.