EXPORT MEAT SCHEDULE

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28530, 8 March 1958, Page 15

EXPORT MEAT SCHEDULE

Lamb Down In Some Grades Reductions in the prices of all grades of lamb under 361 b have been made in the latest export meat schedules, which will become operative on Monday. Both woolly and shorn lambs, in the lighter grades, have declined by Id. Prices for hoggets, wethers and ewes are unchanged. Prices in ,the latest, schedules, which become effective on March 10, with the variation since the previous schedule, are as follows: Lambs Woolly Shorn Var’n. d. d. d. Prime— per lb per lb per lb Under 281 b .. 20»i 17’4 29-361 b .. 19 15 3 Z 4 —’/ 2 37-421 b .. 17>/ 2 14i/ 4 N.C. 43-501 b .. 151/2 121/4 N.C. 51-561 b .. 131/2 101/4 N.C. Seconds— Under 281 b .. 19 Va 161/4 —’/ 2 29-361 b .. 171/2 14*4 —l/2Over 361 b .. 15‘/ 2 121/4 N.C. Prices for shorn lambs are based on a i z2 lb wool pull. In addition, wool increments are paid, ranging from 4d a head for each ’ z ' B lb up to lib pull to 5d a head for each Ifelb from l£lb to 21b pull. SMITHFIELD MARKET Date, Of Report Changed The Imported Meat Trade Association, in a cable from London this week, advised that its weekly reports on prices fetched by New Zealand meat st Smithfield Market will in future be received in New Zealand on Wednesday of each week. It has been the practice for the reports to be received in Christchurch on Fridays. There will be no report this week. The weekly reports will now be published in “The Press”on Thursday mornings.