Some grades of beef fall again
Prices for some classes of beef for export have been reduced again 10c a kilogram, on top of the drop of 10c for all grades a week ago.
The grades which will fall again from Monday are manufacturing ox, heifer and cow, and also bull. A meat industry spokesman said that there was no buoyancy on the American market and no sales were being made. If present trends continued, prices for prime grades might fall again, too. However there was better news for sheepfarmers with lambs still to sell. The prices for lamb meat of all grades, except over-fats and cutters, have been raised again 2c a kilogram. This movement is based on returns expected in Britain in August, September and October. But all woolly and shorn lamb skins will be 20c cheaper next week, the fall being mainly because of an easing in pelt values, and lower wool prices. However, sheep skin prices have been
raised 10c, reflecting an improvement in pelt prices. The new prices are: BEEF Manufacturing.—Ox: Up to 143 kg, 121 c per kg; 145.5 to 170 kg, 124 c; 170.5 to 195 kg, 127 c; 195.5 to 220 kg, 129 c; over 220.5 kg, 130 c. Heifer: Up to 145 kg. 121 c; 145.5 to 170 kg, 124 c: 170.5 to 195 kg, 127 c; 195.5 to 220 kg, 129 c; over 220.5 kg. 130 e. Cow: up to 145 kg, 121 c; 145.5 to 170 kg, 124 c; 170.5 to 195 kg. 127 c; 195.5 to 220 kg. 129 c; over 220.5 kg, 130 c. Bull.—Up to 195 kg, 140 c; 195.5 to 220 kg, 142 c: 220.5 to 245 kg, 144 c; 245.5 to 270 kg, 147 c; 270.5 to 295 kg, 150 c; 295.5 to 320 kg, 153 c; 320.5 to 345 kg, 156 c; over 345.5 kg, 159 c. The stabilisation deductions will now be 14.706 per cent on prime beef, and 17.742 per cent on manufacturing. LAMB PL, 8 to 12.5 kg, 82.5 c per kg; PM. 13 to 16kg, 82.5 e; PH, 16.5 to 25.5 kg, 77c; YL, 8 to 12.5 kg, 78c; YM, 13 to 16kg, 82c; YH, 16.5 to 25.5 kg, 77c; OL, 8 to 12.5 kg, 78.5 c; OM, 13 to 16kg, 78.5 c; A. 3 to 12.5 kg, 72.5 c. For woolly lamb skins prices will now range from 457 c for a skin with o.skg of wool to 768 c for one with 2kg of wool; and for shorn lamb skins from 372 c for one with o.2kg of wool to 645 e for a skin with a I.skg wool piill. A sheep skin with only o.2kg of wool is now worth 375 c; with Ikg, 527 c; and 2kg, 717 c.
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