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Live and Dead Meat Trade in June, [july, 



Including the Scotch markets, which were much higher than the 

 English, they were nd. and ojd., showing a fall of- about id. per lb. 

 on May prices. 



Fat Pigs. — Notwithstanding the heat of the weather, which, at 

 times, must have been very adverse for the curers, the high prices 

 of May were nearly equalled for fat pigs, and the average of about 

 thirty markets was 75. yd. for first, and Js. i\d. for second quality. 

 This was about 3d. per 14 lb. less than the March averages. 



Carcass Beef — British. — The depreciation in the price of Scotch 

 sides relatively to that of port-killed American, which was recently 

 the subject for much comment, was redressed during June, and prices 

 have been more normal in their proportions. Short sides have averaged 

 7§<2. and y\d. for first and second quality, while long sides fetched 

 yld. and 6f<3. per lb. The best English sides averaged 6fd., and 

 second quality 6§d. per lb. 



Port-killed Beef. — Importations of live cattle continued light, but, 

 probably owing to a falling off in quality of the American and the 

 superior finish of British cattle, the condition of which was unusually 

 good, the position of May was reversed, and the average Central Market 

 prices were 6fd. and 6\d. for first and second quality. 



Chilled Beef. — Chilled beef from the United States came sparingly 

 to hand, but Argentine supplies were heavy, and there was a consider- 

 able fall in prices. Argentine hindquarters ranged from 6\d. per lb. at 

 the opening of the month to 4fd. on the 15th, the average being ^d. 

 to 5^. for hindquarters, and 4^. to 3§cZ. for forequarters. States chilled 

 averaged 6§<i. for best hindquarters, and 5^. for best forequarters. 



Frozen Beef. — There was more demand for frozen beef than in 

 May, and in the first week it was extremely dear. Best hindquarters 

 then sold at 5fi. per lb., but declined gradually to qd. 



Carcass Mutton — Fresh Killed. — Scotch and English carcasses met 

 a fair demand. The lormer ranged from Sd. to 8fd. for first quality, 

 the average for the month being 8|d. The average price of prime 

 English in London was y\d. Dutch mutton was on offer in rather 

 large quantities, and depressed the value of home-killed. It fetched 

 about §<3. per lb. less than English, and, in the hot weather, came to 

 hand in very bad condition. 



Frozen Mutton. — With virtually unlimited supplies, this article was 

 cheap, and the price for the very best New Zealand averaged qd. 

 per lb. 



Carcass Lamb. — Although the trade for British lamb was some- 

 times very slow at Smithfield, the prices realised were relatively better 

 than those of live lambs at Islington. The averages were 8|d. and 

 S^d. per lb. for first and second quality. The top price of finest New 

 Zealand stood all the month at about 5§d. per lb. 



Veal. — The demand for veal in London was sluggish, and prime 

 carcasses never fetched more than yd. per lb. till the end of the month. 



Pork. — Very little business was done in pork, but prices were firm 

 for English at y\d. and 6f<2. per lb., small Dutch being only slightly 

 cheaper. 



