Comparing lamb marketing methods
Series: Agfact A3.8.6 Edition: First edition Last updated: 20 May 2003
When comparing prices available from different lamb selling methods, lamb producers should recognise that the article being sold is meat. Meat is traded on a per kilo basis and, irrespective of what selling method is used, the carcase is valued at $ per kilogram delivered to the processor. However, to calculate the value of a lamb, producers need to understand the
factors that contribute to that value. The following three factors are discussed in this Agfact:
factors that contribute to that value. The following three factors are discussed in this Agfact:
- carcase weight
- skin value
- payment basis: hot versus cold weight delivered to the abattoir.
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