EXPORT MEAT SCHEDULES

Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27920, 17 March 1956, Page 12

EXPORT MEAT SCHEDULES

REDUCTIONS MADE IN MOST GRADES Most grades of meat for export will be cheaper on Monday. The export schedules which come into effect then provide lor reductions of id per lb in lightweight lambs and jd per lb tor heavier lambs. All grades ot wethers will be |d lower but no change has been made in th? basic price of ewe meat. Lamb rejects are unchanged, but wether and ewe rejects are id per lb dearer. The 11b of wool pulling included in the ewe price has been increased to 21b. Reductions of 5s per 1001 b have been made in the prices of baby ox beet, g.a.q. ox (except over 8401 b) and g.a.q. cow. Boneless bull has been increased 5s per 1001 b. A new feature of the beef schedule is the discount of 2s 6d applied to all grades of heifer beef. Prices lor stock delivered to the nearest Mur borough, Canterbury, Otago or Southland works aie as folio as. wiih the varia-.

lion since the previous schedules:— Lajnbs d per lb. Var'n. d per lb Prime— Under 281b 242 -4 2S-L61b j..' 37-421b .. 19 4,-.Ob .. 17 — 2 51-bfelb .. 15 Seconds — Under 281b 232 -4 29-261b .. 37-4210 . . 1» 4 —4 Over 421 b 16, Lamb p: ices are subjec to shorn dedu.tions ranging from 4ia per lb jf meat for pullings uf to 41b to 2d per lb ior pullings up to 241b. Wethers Under 481b 14 49-561b .. 12 —4 57-b41b .. 19 —4 63-721b .. <2 -4 73-3;ib .. 4» Over 801b Li . —4 Seconds— Under 561b 11 -4 Over 56ib 52 -4 Ewes Under 431b 82 N.C. 42-5Jib .. .C. 57-b41b 64 N.C* 65-721b .. 44 N.C. 73-301b .. L4 N.C. Over 801b 34 N.C. Overfat A .C. Seconds— Under 561b 64 N.C. Over 531b 34 N.C. Wether and ewe prices include 21b of wool, and vary (plus or minus) 5d a head for each 11b of woo over o under a 21b wool pulling. Beef Var’n. per 1001b. per 1001b. S. d. s. d. Baby beef— 400-64 In .. 85 0 -5 0 G.A.Q. Ox and Heifer— Under 8001b .. 75 0 5 0 801-8401b .. .. 65 0 -5 0 Over 8101b .. 60 0 N.C. F.A.Q. ox* .. .. 67 6 N.C. G.A.Q. cow .. .. 60 0 -5 0 F.A.Q. cow .. .. 60 0 N.C. Boneless cow .. to 0 N.C. Boneless bull .. 70 0 4 5 0 *Heifer beef all grades, 2s 6d less.