Lamb pelts down

Press, 17 April 1982, Page 2

Lamb pelts down

Another reduction in the price for lamb pelts has been made in the export schedule for farmers next week. Woolly and shorn lamb skins have gone down 10c each, reflecting the continuing decline in the demand for pickled lamb pelts.- No change has been made in payments for sheep skins. The meat schedule prices for lamb, mutton and beef remain unchanged also. The Government supplementary payments for beef have dropped to 6c a kilogram for prime grade and risen to 12c a kilogram for bull beef. The supplement for manufacturing grade remains at 21c. No changes have been made in the Government supplementary

payments of 29c a kilogram for lamb and 7c a kilogram for mutton. Representative prices for lamb skins are: with o.skg of wool on a woolly skin, 145 c; Ikg of wool, 265 c; I.skg, 390 c; 2kg 515 c; with o.2kg of wool on a shorn skin, 63c; o.skg. 125 c; Ikg, 248 c; I.skg, 373 c. The P.P.C.S. has announced through the Press Association that it will continue its beef premium next week, at a slightly altered level. Cattle killed on behalf of the society from Pukeuri north will attract a premium of $12.50, compared with $l5 for the last week, and cattle killed from Burnside south will attract a premium of $7.50, down from $lO last week.