LAMB PRICES EASIER

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20734, 18 February 1939, Page 11

LAMB PRICES EASIER

SNHTHFIELD RACEB POOR TRADE FOR BEEP (By T^'^Rrrson—prpe» WELLINGTON. Friday The New Zealand Meat Producers’ 1 Board Smith-field market report Mat’s: : The demand for lamb is rather quiet for this time of the year and prices are ; a shade easier. Wethers, ewes end | lightweights are unchanged nn the ! mutton market with prices of others lower. Trade remains slow. Chilled beef is easier owing to poor trade. New Zealand porker pigs and light and medium weights are a shade lower. New Zealand baconer pigs are steady and values are unchanged. Boneless •bobby veal is slow. Quotations: Sheep, crossbred we tilers I d/or maiden ewes, 651 b to 721 b, 3 5 Id; ewes. 571 b to 641 b. 2 3-S»1; 651 b to 721 b, 2id. New Zealand lambs. North Island Downs. 3611 b and under 7 3-8 d: 371 b to 421 b. 7}d : -131 b to 5 db 7d; second quality, average alvut 301 h. 7 l-8d; North Island, first quality. 361 b and under 7 l-8d: 371 b to 421 b, 7d. Australian lambs, Victorian, first quai-

ity, 201 b to nr,lb. bid; 371 b to 421 b, 6 3-Sd: Argentine, first quality, 3filb and under, fid: 371 bto 421 b. ssd New Zealand porker pigs, first grade, t'. lib to 801 b, 7 n-8d; 811 b to JOoib. ''id. i:ii : lled heeg prees. approximate averages for week: New Zealand ox. hinds, i .j l-8d; I‘ures. n 3-8 d; southern Rh - de>ian fores. 3 l-8d: Argentine. hinds, 6 l-8d: fores. 3 7-*d. L'niqu ayah ! hinds, bSd; fores, 3 5-td; Brazilian I hinds, 5 3-Bd.