WITH AN ESTIMATED CARCASE WEIGHT OF BETWEEN 13 AND 24,5 KILOGRAMS, AND REACHING THE FOLLOWING QUALITY STANDARDS . //
QUALITY STANDARDS : //
A CARCASE MUST BE REASONABLY WELL-FLESHED THROUGHOUT . THE LOINS MUST BE WELL-DEVELOPED, THE LEGS AND SHOULDERS MODERATELY WELL-FLESHED, BUT THE FOREQUARTERS RELATIVELY HEAVY . THE FLESH SHOULD BE FIRM . AS A MINIMUM THE FAT COVER REQUIRED SHOULD BE LIGHT . AN OVERFAT CARCASE WILL BE REJECTED . A LIVE ANIMAL MUST BE SUCH AS TO PRODUCE A CARCASE OF AT LEAST THIS STANDARD .
DEFINITION OF CATEGORIES : //
- NEW-SEASON LAMB :
OVINE ANIMALS BORN AND MARKETED WITHIN A YEAR BEGINNING ON THE FIRST MONDAY IN JANUARY, OR BORN AFTER THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER IN THE YEAR PRIOR TO MARKETING .
- OLD-SEASON LAMB :
LAMBS BORN UP TO THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER IN THE YEAR PRIOR TO THE YEAR OF MARKETING AND MARKETED IN THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE WEEK COMMENCING ON THE FIRST MONDAY IN JANUARY AND THE WEEK COMMENCING ON THE SECOND MONDAY IN MAY .
L . NORTHERN IRELAND //
LAMBS :
LAMBS LESS THAN 12 MONTHS OLD WITH AN ESTIMATED OR ACTUAL CARCASE WEIGHT OF BETWEEN 13 AND 24,5 KILOGRAMS . WHERE LAMBS ARE SOLD IN LOTS AND PRICES RECORDED LIVEWEIGHT, THE AVERAGE CONVERTED CARCASE WEIGHT OF LAMBS IN THE LOT MUST BE WITHIN THESE WEIGHT LIMITS .