§ Mrs. Doris Fisherasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the current wholesale price of beef.
§ Mrs. FennerThe wholesale price of beef varies widely according to quality and cut, and from place to place. The following are the ranges of prices quoted for home killed-beef at Smithfield on the first day for which there was a price quotation during the week beginning 15th October:
per lb Scottish killed sides 27.0p-30.0p English hinsds 31.5p-32.5p English fores 20.0p-23.0p
§ Mrs. Doris Fisherasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the average retail price of beef in the shops.
§ Mrs. FennerThe following are the latest available (mid-September) average retail prices of various cuts of home killed beef:
per lb Chuck 55.1p Sirloin (without bone) 78.0p Silverside (without bone)* 68.4p Back ribs (with bone)* 50.0p Fore ribs (with bone) 48.8p Brisket (with bone) 36.0p Rump steak 93.1p * or Scottish equivalent.
§ Mrs. Doris Fisherasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how the average current wholesale price of beef compares with the EEC intervention price.
§ Mrs. FennerThe prices at which sides or quarters of beef may be bought by the Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce relate to specific dressing specifications and vary according to the quality and type of beef. Following are shown the range of intervention prices for sides, hinds and fores of beef. Also shown are recent wholesale price quotations for beef at Smithfield; but a direct474W comparison is misleading as the dressing specifications differ:
p per lb. Recent average wholesale prices on Smithfield Range of intervention prices Scottish sides 27.0–30.0 25.19–26.38 English hinds 31.5–32.5 30.18–31.66* English fores 22.0–23.0 18.89–19.79* * Range of intervention prices for a 10 rib fore/3 rib hind.