CELEX: 31973R0320
Language: en
Date: 1973-01-31 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 320/73 of the Commission of 31 January 1973 on the determination of prices of calves and adult bovine animals on representative Community markets

8 . 2. 73                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 36/ 13
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 320/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 31 January 1973
               on the determination of prices of calves and adult bovine animals on representative
                                                    Community markets
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas, to make it comparable with the price
COMMUNITIES,                                                      recorded in the representative market or markets of
                                                                  the Community as originally constituted, the price
                                                                  recorded on the representative market or markets of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                the new Member States should be increased by the
pean Economic Community ;                                         price difference existing during the transitional
                                                                  period provided for in Article 9 of the Act ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805 /                Whereas the basic compensatory amount referred to
68 ( 1 ) of 27 June 1968 on the common organization               in Council Regulation (EEC ) No 181/73 (4) of 23
of the market in beef and veal, as last amended by                January 1973 laying down general rules for a system
the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Acces­               of compensatory amounts for beef an veal reflects
sion of new Member States to the European Econo­                  this difference ;
mic Community and the European Atomic Energy
Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,                 Whereas, on the basis of recent experience, the mar­
and in particular Article 10 (6) and Article 25 there­            kets listed in Annex II are those which should be
of ;                                                              regarded as representative ;
                                                                   Whereas, where there are several representative mar­
Whereas Article 10 (5 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                     kets in a Member State, the quotations recorded on
805/68 provides that the price recorded on the repre­              these markets should be averaged ;
sentative markets of the Community must be
derived from the prices recorded on the representa­               Whereas, with regard to Italy, the quotations for the
tive market or markets of each Member State for
                                                                  surplus production zone and the quotations for the
the various qualities of calves, adult bovine animals              deficit zone should be separately weighted by means
or the meat of these animals, as the case may be,
                                                                   of coefficients expressing the relative influence of
after taking into account the relative quantitiy of                each of these zones on price formation in that Mem­
each of such qualities and the relative magnitude of
the bovine stock of each Member State :                           ber State ; whereas quotations for the surplus pro­
                                                                   duction zone in Italy may be taken as the average of
                                                                  the quotations recorded on the different markets
                                                                   within that zone ;
Whereas the prices recorded on the representative
markets of the Community may be taken as the aver­                 Whereas the price recorded on the market must rel­
 age of the prices of the products in question on the              ate to the wholesale trade stage ; whereas the quota­
representative market or markets of each Member                    tions recorded on the Florence market relate to ex­
State, weighted in accordance with the coefficients                farm prices for live bovine animals ; whereas, to con­
expressing the relative magnitude of the bovine
 stock of each Member State ;
                                                                   vert these quotations to wholesale prices, allowance
                                                                   should be made for the trading margin and trans­
                                                                   port costs ;
Whereas the price recorded on the representative
                                                                   Whereas the price recorded on the market relates
 market or markets of each Member State may be
                                                                   to the livestock price, excluding tax ; whereas, in
 taken as the weighted average of the prices which
                                                                   certain Member States, prices relate to prices for
 have occured during a given period at the same mar­
                                                                   meat ; whereas this difference should be corrected
 keting stage ; whereas the coefficients used for this
                                                                   by means of a coefficient ; whereas, however, the
 weighting should reflect the relative quantity of
 each quality in the supplies on the market ;
                                                                   prices for carcases on the Rome market should be
                                                                   reduced by the amount of taxes and other costs and
                                                                   then increased by the value of the fifth quarter,
 (*) OJ No L 148, 28 . 6. 1972, p. 24.
 (*) OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14 .
 (3) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 .                              (4) OJ No L 25 , 30. 1 . 1973 , p. 9 .
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before application of the abovementioned coeffi­             Article 10 (5 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 805 /68 shall
cient ;                                                      be the average of the prices of calves and adult
                                                             bovine animals, as the case may be, weighted by
Whereas, when the price of adult bovine animals is           coefficients laid down in Annex I, recorded on the
being recorded on the representative markets of the          representative market or markets of each Member
                                                             State .
United Kingdom, allowance must be made for the
relative importance of beef and veal production in
Great Britain and in Northern Ireland ; whereas, to                                    Article 2
this end, the average price of adult bovine animals
recorded on the markets of Great Britain and the
                                                             1 . The price of calves and adult bovine animals
average price of adult bovine animals recorded on
the markets of Northern Ireland should be cor­               on the representative market or markets of each
rected by a coefficient reflecting the scale of produc­      Member State shall be the average, weighted by coef­
tion in these two regions of the United Kingdom ;            ficients, of the prices occurring for the qualities of
                                                             calves, of adult bovine animals and of the meat of
                                                             these animals, during a seven-day period in that
"Whereas, in Ireland, both calf price recording and          Member State, at the same wholesale stage.
the quality of calves for slaughter differ appreciably
from those found in other Member States ; whereas,           The price of calves and aidult bovine animals
in order to make calf prices recorded in that Mem­           on the representative market or markets of each
 ber State comparable with those recorded on the             new Member State shall be increased by the basic
other representative Community markets, the price            compensatory amount referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) of
must be increased by a flat amount and the result            Regulation (EEC) No 181 /73 .
 corrected by a coefficient which would make it pos­
 sible to convert this price per head into a price per
 unit of weight ;                                            2.      In Annex II are laid down ;
                                                             ( a) The representative markets of each Member
Whereas Member States may, because of health pro­                  State ;
tection regulations in particular, find it necessary to
take measures which affect prices ; whereas, in such         ( b) The qualities of calves, of adult bovine animals
 circumstances it is not always suitable when record­              and of the meat of these animals ;
 ing market prices to take into account quotations            (c) The weighting coefficients referred to in para­
which do not reflect the normal trend of the mar­                  graph 1 .
 ket ; whereas, consequently, certain criteria should
 be laid down allowing the Commission to take
 account of that situation ;                                                           Article 3
 Whereas, to ensure a certain amount of stability on          1 . Where there are several representative markets
 the levy, a certain margin should be allowed within          in a Member State, the price of each quality shall be
 which variations in the factors entering into the cal­      the average of the quotations recorded on each of
 culation of the price on the representative markets         these markets. Where representative markets are
 of the Community do not entail an alteration of              held several times during the seven-day period
 that price ;                                                referred to in Article 2 ( 1 ), the price of each quality
                                                             shall be equal to the arithmetic mean of the quota­
 Whereas, it should be laid down that the levy be            tions recorded during each market.
 fixed once a week and have effect from the Monday
 after it is fixed ;                                          2.     With regard to Italy, the price of each quality
                                                              shall be the average, weighted by the special weight­
                                                              ing coefficients laid down in section F ( 1 ) of Annex
 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­
 tion are accordance with the Opinion of the Man­
                                                              II, of the prices recorded in the surplus and deficit
 agement Committee for Beef and Veal ;                        production zones. The price recorded in the surplus
                                                              production zone shall be the average of the quota­
                                                              tions recorded on each of the markets within that
                                                              zone .
  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                              3 . With regard to the United Kingdom, the
                                                              weighted average prices of adult bovine animals on
                         Article 1                            the representative markets of Great Britain, on the
                                                              one hand , and of Northern Ireland, on the other,
  The price of calves and adult bovine animals on the         shall be corrected by the coefficient fixed in section
  representative Community markets referred to in             I. I. 3 of Annex II .
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                         Article 4                            — either disregard the quotations recorded on the
                                                                  market or markets in question :
1 . Where these quotations do not relate to ' live
weight excluding tax' prices, the quotations for the          — or use the last quotations recorded on the mar­
different qualities shall be corrected by the live                ket or markets in question before those measures
weight conversion coefficients laid down in sections              were put into effect.
D I 2, D II 2, F 2, G 2, H 22 ( a), I. I. 2 (b) and I. II. 2
of Annex II and in respect of Italy and the United            Where the preceding subparagraph applies and if
                                                              the situation referred to in that subparagraph con­
Kingdom, shall be first increased or reduced by the           tinues for two consecutive weeks, a decision shall be
corrective amounts laid down in sections F 3 (b ) and         taken as to whether the criteria stated above should
1. II. 3 of Annex II .
                                                              be amended or set aside .
2. With regard to Ireland, the price per head
recorded for calves on the representative market                                      Article 7
shall be increased by the corrective amount fixed in
section E II 3 of Annex II and then converted to live         For as long as the price of calves or of adult bovine
weight per unit of weight by means of the corrective          animals recorded on the representative Community
coefficient fixed in section E II A of that Annex .           markets, calculated in accordance with the forego­
                                                              ing Articles, differs by less than 0-20 unit of account
                         Article 5                            per 100 kg live weight from the price previously
                                                              used for the (calculation of the levy, die latter price
1.     Member States shall inform the Commission              shall be maintained .
not later than Thursday each week of the quota­
tions recorded on their representative markets dur­                                   Article 8
ing the seven-day period preceding the day on
which the information is given .                              The levies referred to in Article 10 (3 ) of Regulation
                                                              (EEC) No 805/68 and calculated on the basis of the
For Belgium, however, the period referred to in the           import prices referred to in paragraph 1 of that Art­
preceding subparagraph shall include the day on               icle shall be fixed once a week and shall be applic­
which the information is given . That Member State            able from the Monday following the day on which
shall inform the Commission on Thursday of the                they are fixed.
quotations recorded on its representative market
held on that day.                                                                     Article 9
2.      Where information is not available, the quota­        Regulation (EEC) No 1027/68 is hereby repealed
tions recorded on representative Community mar­               with effect from 31 January 1973 .
kets shall be determined primarily with reference to
the latest quotations known.                                                          Article 10
                         Article 6                            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of
                                                              its publication in the Official Journal of the Euro­
Should one or more Member States take measures,               pean Communities.
such as health protection measures, which affect the
normal development of quotations recorded on their            It shall apply for the first time to the calculation of
 markets, the Commission may :                                the levies applicable as from 1 February 1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 31 January 1973 .
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                           The President
                                                                      Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
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                                                          ANNEX 1
            Coefficients to be used in calculating the price on the representative Community markets for
                                               calves and adult bovine animals
                                         Germany                                   19-2
                                         Belgium                                    3-7
                                         Denmark                                    3-7
                                         France                                    29.8
                                         Ireland                                    84
                                         Italy                                     11-8
                                         Luxembourg                                 0-3
                                         Netherlands                                5-5
                                         United Kingdom                            17-6
                                                          ANNEX 11
            A. GERMANY
               1 . Representative markets
                         Markets                                   Qualities
                   Bochum                 All qualities
                   Braunschweig           All qualities
                   Düsseldorf             All qualities
                   Frankfurt/Main         All qualities
                   Freiburg               All qualities
                   Hamburg                All qualities
                   Hannover               All qualities
                   Köln                   All qualities
                   München                AU qualities
                   Regensburg             All qualities
                   Augsburg               All qualities with the exception   of ' Ochsen  A'  and   ' Ochsen B'
                   Kassel                 All qualities with the exception   of ' Ochsen  A'  and   ' Ochsen B'
                   Nürnberg               All qualities with the exception   of ' Ochsen  A'  and   ' Ochsen B'
                   Stuttgart              All qualities with the exception   of Ochsen    A'  and   ' Ochsen B'
                2. Qualities and coefficients
                                            Qualities                                 Weighting coefficients
                    ( a) Adult bovine animals
                                           Bullen A                                            30-1
                                           Bullen B                                            10-1
                                           Bullen C                                             1-2
                                           Ochsen A                                             1-5
                                           Ochsen B                                             0-5
                                           Färsen A                                            14-9
                                           Färsen B                                             5-1
                                           Färsen C                                             0-7
                                           Kühe A                                               6-6
                                           Kühe B                                              18-9
                                           Kühe C                                               9-0
                                           Kühe D                                                1-4
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                    (b) Calves
                                      Kälber    A                                     49-7
                                      Kälber    B                                     34-8
                                      Kälber     C                                    12-9
                                      Kälber    D                                      2 -6
           B , BELGIUM
                I . Representative market : Anderlecht
                L Qualities and coefficients :
                                        Qualities                             Weighting coefficients
                     ( a) Adult bovine animals
                                     Taureaux 60 %>                                   13-0
                                     Taureaux 55 °/o                                  14-0
                                     Bœufs 60 °/o                                      6-0
                                     Bœufs 55 °/o                                      7-0
                                      Génisses 60 °/o                                 11-0
                                      Génisses 55 °/o                                 12-0
                                      Vaches 55 °/o                                   14-0
                                     Vaches 50 %                                      17-0
                                     Bétail de fabrication                             6-0
                    ( b ) Calves
                                     Extra blancs                                      2-0
                                     Bons                                              7-0
                                      Ordinaires                                      76-0
                                     Médiocres                                        15-0
           C , DENMARK
               1 , Representative market (quotation centre) : Copenhagen
               2 . Qualities and coefficients :
                                        Qualities                             Weighting coefficients
                     ( a ) Adult bovine animals
                                     Ungtyre, 220-500 kg, prima                       19-3
                                     Ungtyre, 220-500 kg, 1 . klasse                  17-2
                                     Ungtyre, 220-500 kg, 2. klasse                    6-4
                                     Tyre, prima                                       1-7
                                      Tyre, 1 . klasse                                 0-8
                                     Tyre, 2 . klasse                                  0-4
                                      Stude, prima                                     2-0
                                      Stude, 1 . klasse                                1.2
                                      Stude, 2 . klasse                                0-3
                                      Kvier, prima                                     6-1
                                      Kvier, 1 . klasse                                2-7
                                      Kvier, 2 . klasse                                1-0
                                      Køer med kalvetænder, prima                      3-4
                                      Køer med kalvetænder, 1 . klasse                 3-9
                                     Køer, 1 . klasse                                 14-4
                                     Køer, 2 . klasse                                  9-8
                                     Køer, 3 . klasse                                  9-4
                    ( b ) Calves
                                      Kalve, prima                                    20-0
                                      Kalve, 1 . klasse                               40-0
                                      Kalve, 2 . klasse                               40-0
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            D. FRANCE
                I. ADULT BOVINE ANIMALS
                    1 . Representative markets (or quotation centre)
                         Markets                                            Qualities
                        Bordeaux                  Bœufs F, R, A, N ; Vaches R, A, N, C, E
                        Fougères                  Bœufs A, N ; Génisses A, N ; Vaches A, N, C, E
                                                  Taureaux R, A
                        Lyon                      Bœufs R, A, N ; Génisses R, A, N ;
                                                  Vaches R, A, N, C, E
                        Nancy                     Bœufs A, N ; Génisses A , N ; Vaches A, N, C, E
                        Nîmes                     Bœufs A ; Génisses A, N ; Vaches A, N, C
                        Rouen                     Bœufs A, N ; Génisses N ; Vaches A, N, C, E ;
                                                  Taureaux A
                        Valenciennes              Bœufs F, R, A, N ; Génisses F, R, A, N ;
                                                  Vaches A, N, C, E ; Taureaux R, A
                        Paris                     Bœufs F, R, A, N ; Génisses F, R, A, N ;
                                                  Vaches R, A. N, C, E ; Taureaux R, A
                        Paris                     Jeunes bovins F, R, A, N
                        (quotation centre)
                    2 . Qualities and coefficients
                            Qualities                  Live-weight conversion               Weighting coefficients
                                                             coefficients
                        Jeunes  bovins F                         62                                  1-0
                        Jeunes  bovins R                         60                                  2-0
                        Jeunes  bovins A                         58                                  3-0
                        Jeunes  bovins N                         56                                  2-0
                        Taureaux R                               60                                  1-0
                        Taureaux A                               58                                  1-0
                        Bœufs F                                  60                                  3-0
                        Bœufs R                                  58                                  6-0
                        Bœufs A                                  56                                  8-0
                        Bœufs N                                  53                                  6-0
                        Génisses F                               60                                  3-0
                        Génisses R                               58                                  5-0
                        Génisses A                               56                                  7-0
                        Génisses N                               53                                  5-0
                        Vaches R                                 57                                  4-0
                        Vaches A                                 54                                 10-0
                        Vaches N                                 52                                 20-0
                        Vaches C                                 48                                  9-0
                        Vaches E                                 45                                  4-0
               II . CALVES
                    1 . Representative markets (quotation centres)
                          Quotation centres                                          Qualities
                        Centre                    All qualities
                        Centre-Est/Est            All qualities  with   the  exception    of   'veaux blanc F, R, A'
                        Nord/Nord-Ouest           All qualities  with   the  exception    of   'veaux blanc F, R'
                        Ouest                     All qualities  with   the  exception    of   'veaux  blanc F, R, A'
                        Sud-Ouest                 All qualities  with   the  exception    of   'veaux rose clair N'
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                    2. Qualities and coefficients :
                             Qualities                 Live-weight conversion    Weighting coefficients
                                                             coefficients
                        blanc F                                  66                       3-0
                        blanc R                                   64                      3-0
                        blanc A                                  62                       5-0
                        rosé clair R                             64                       9-0
                        rosé clair A                             62                      15-0
                        rosé clair N                             60                       8-0
                        rosé R                                   64                      11-0
                        rosé A                                   62                      16-0
                        rosé N                                   60                       9-0
                        rouge A                                  62                      12-0
                        rouge N                                  60                       9-0
           E. IRELAND
               I. ADULT BOVINE ANIMALS
                    1 . Representative markets
                          Markets                                                      Qualities
                        Ballymahon                                                 All qualities
                        Bandon                                                     All qualities
                        Dublin (Ganlys)                                            Steers I, II, III, IV
                                                                                   Heifers I, II
                        Kilkenny                                                   All qualities
                        Maynooth                                                   All qualities
                    2. Qualities and coefficients
                 Weighting coefficients                                                Qualities
                        Steers I                                                         12-0
                        Steers II                                                        19-0
                         Steers III                                                      12-0
                        Steers IV                                                         4-0
                        Steers V                                                          3-0
                        Heifers I                                                          8-0
                        Heifers II                                                       13-0
                        Heifers III                                                       5-0
                         Cows I                                                           5-0
                         Cows II                                                         16-0
                         Cows III                                                          3-0
               II . CALVES
                    1 . Representative market : Bandon
                    2. Quality : Young calves
                    3. Corrective amount : Price per head increased by £ 30
                    4. Corrective coefficient : Corrected price per head multiplied by 0-3111
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           F. ITALY
                  1 . Representative markets
                                                                  Surplus production zone                 Deficit production zone
                                   Qualities                                             Special                           Special
                                                                 Markets                weighting        Markets          weighting
                                                                                       coefficients                      coefficients
                      Vitelloni I a e 2a qualità             Firenze
                                                             Macerata
                                                             Padova
                                                           . Reggio Emilia                   67          Roma                 33
                      Buoi I a e 2" qualità                  Chivasso
                                                             Modena                          67          Roma                 33
                      Vacche Ia e 2a qualità                 Cremona
                                                             Macerata
                                                             Modena                          67          Roma                 33
                      Vacche 3a qualità                      Chivasso
                                                             Cremona                       100             _
                      Vitelli                                Cremona
                                                             Macerata
                                                             Padova
                                                             Reggio Emilia                   67          Roma                 33
                  2. Qualities and coefficients
                           Qualities                            Live-weight conversion                 Weighting coefficients
                                                                     coefficients (*)
                       (a) Adult bovine animals
                          Vitelloni la qualità                             58                                  29-0
                          Vitelloni 2a qualità                            54                                   24-0
                          Buoi 1" qualità                                 55                                     9-0
                          Buoi 2a qualità                                 50                                   11-0
                          Vacche la qualità                               55                                     8-0
                          Vacche 2" qualità                               49                                   13-0
                          Vacche 3a qualità                               —                                      6-0
                      (b) Calves
                          Vitelli la qualità                               61                                  60-0
                          Vitelli 2a qualità                               59                                  40-0
                  3 . Corrections
                      (a) To obtain the Florence wholesale market price, ex-farm prices are increased by a
                           corrective amount of 2 500 Lit/ 100 kg live weight.
                      ( b) Corrective amounts to be applied to the quotations recorded on the' Rome market :
                                                                                      Amount to be added
                                                   Qualities                               Lit/ 100 kg
                                      Vitelloni I a qualità                                    1500
                                      Vitelloni 2a qualità                                     1500
                                      Buoi I a qualità                                         1500
                                      Buoi 2a qualità                                          1 500
                                      Vacche I a qualità                                       1700
                                      Vacche 2a qualità                                        1 700
                                      Vitelli Ia qualità                                      16 100
                                      Vitelli 2a qualità                                      16 100
           i 1 ) Rome market only .
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          G. LUXEMBOURG
             1 . Representative markets : Luxembourg and Esch-sur-Alzette
             2. Qualities and coefficients
                                Qualities                        Live-weight conversion         Weighting coefficients
                                                                       coefficients
                 (a) Adult bovine animals
                      Bœufs, génisses, taureaux Extra                      56                           65-0
                      Bœufs, génisses, taureaux AA                         54                           11-0
                      Bœufs, génisses, taureaux A                          52                            1-0
                      Vaches   extra                                       56                            2-0
                      Vaches   AA                                          54                            5-0
                      Vaches   A                                           52           '               12-0
                      Vaches   B                                           50                            4-0
                 (b) Calves                                                60                          100-0
          H. NETHERLANDS
             1 . Representative markets
                 Adult bovine animals : Rotterdam, 's Hertogenbosch, Zwolle
                 Calves : Barneveld, 's Hertogenbosch
             2. Qualities and coefficients
                            Qualities           '                Live-weight conversion         Weighting coefficients
                                                                       coefficients
                 (a) Adult bovine animals
                      Stieren, le kwaliteit                                59                            5
                      Stieren, 2e kwaliteit                                56                            5
                      Vaarzen , le kwaliteit                               58                           18
                      Vaarzen, 2e kwaliteit                                55                           12
                      Koeien, le kwaliteit                                 56                           12
                      Koeien, 2e kwaliteit                                 53                           33
                      Koeien, 3e kwaliteit                                 50                           10
                      Worstkoeien                                          47                            5
                 (b ) Calves
                      Kalveren, le kwaliteit                               —                            25-0
                      Kalveren, 2e kwaliteit                               —                            55-0
                      Kalveren, 3e kwaliteit                               —                            20-0
          I. UNITED KINGDOM
              I. ADULT BOVINE ANIMALS
                  1 . Representative markets
                            Qualities                                                   Markets
                      ( a) Great Britain
                           Aberdeen                Steers light, medium, heavy ; Heifers light, medium/heavy ;
                                                   Cows I, II, III
                           Ashford                 Steers heavy : Heifers light, medium/heavy ;
                                                   Cows I, II, III
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                               Ayr                   Heifers medium/heavy ; Cows I, II, III
                               Banbury               Steers light, medium, heavy ;
                                                     Heifers light, medium/heavy
                               Boroughbridge         Steers light, medium
                               Bridgnorth            Steers light, medium ; Heifers light, medium/heavy
                                                     Steers light, medium
                               Bury St. Edmunds      Steers light, medium
                               Carlisle              Steers light, medium ; Heifers light
                               Carmarthen            Heifers light, medium/heavy
                               Chelmsford            Cows I, II. Ill
                               Darlington            Heifers light, medium/heavy
                               Driffield             Steers light, medium
                               Edinburgh             Steers light, heavy ; Heifers light
                               Exeter                Steers light, medium, heavy ;
                                                     Heifers light, medium/heavy
                               Gainsborough          Steers light, medium ; Heifers light
                               Gisburn               Cows I, II, III
                               Gloucester            Steers light, medium ;
                                                     Heifers light, medium/heavy
                               Guildford             Steers light, medium ; Cows I, II, III
                               Kettering             Steers heavy
                               Kidderminster         Heifers light, medium/heavy ; Cows I, II
                               Lanark                Steers light, medium ; Heifers light
                               Launceston            Steers heavy ; Heifers medium/heavy ; Cows I, II
                               Leicester             Steers light, medium, heavy ; Heifers light, medium/heavy ;
                                                     Cows I, II
                               Llangefni ( l)        Steers light, medium ; Heifers light, medium/heavy
                               Malton                Steers light, medium, heavy ; Heifers light ; Cows I, II
                               Maud                  Steers medium
                               Northampton           Steers light, medium, heavy ;
                                                     Heifers light, medium/heavy
                               Norwich               Steers light, medium, heavy
                               Perth                 Steers medium, heavy
                               Preston               Steers light, medium ; Heifers light ; Cows I, II, III
                               Rugby                 Steers light, medium, heavy ; Heifers light, medium/heavy
                               St. Asaph             Cows I , II, III
                               Stirling              Steers light ; Heifers light, medium/heavy ; Cows I, II
                               Sturminster Newton    Cows I, II, III
                               Tyneside              Steers light, medium, heavy ; Heifers light, medium/heavy ;
                                                     Cows I, II, III
                               Welshpool             Steers light, medium ; Heifers light, medium/heavy
                         ( b ) Northern Ireland
                               Moy ( 2 )             Steers U , LM, LH, T ; Heifers U/L, T ;
                                                     Steers and Heifers E
                               Newry (2 )            Steers U, LM , LH, T ; Heifers U/L, T ;
                                                     Steers and Heifers E
                               Omagh (2 )            Steers U, LM , LH, T ; Heifers U/L, T ;
                                                     Steers and Heifers E
                               Whiteabbey (2)        Steers U, LM , LH, T ; Heifers U/L, T ;
                                                     Steers and Heifers E
                               Belfast               Cows
                               Clogher               Cows
                               Markethill            Cows
           (') July and December only .
           ( !) Abattoirs .
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               2. Qualities and coefficients
                                    Qualities                  Live-weight conversion Weighting coefficients
                                                                     coefficients
                   ( a) Great Britain
                        Steers light (63/* - 91/* cwt)                   —                    22-0
                        Steers medium (91/2 - 11 cwt)                    —                    21-0
                        Steers heavy ( 111/4 cwt and over)               —                     8-0
                        Heifers light (53A» - 8 cwt)                     —                    14-0
                        Heifers medium/heavy (81< cwt and over)          —                    11-0
                        Cows I                                           —                    14-0
                        Cows II                                          —                     6-0
                        Cows III                                         —                     4-0
                   (b) Northern Ireland
                        Steers U                                        57-5                   5-0
                        Steers LM (medium 450-600 lbs)                  56.0                  23-0
                        Steers LH (heavy over 600 lbs)                  57-0                  19-0
                        Steers T                                        55-5                  22-0
                        Heifers U/L                                     55-5                   9-0
                        Heifers T                                       54.5                   7-0
                        Steers and Heifers E                            53-5                   5-0
                        Cows                                             —                    10-0
               3. Special weighting coefficients
                   Great Britain :               85-0
                   Northern Ireland :            15-0
          II . CALVES
               1 . Representative market : Smithfield
               2. Quality and coefficient :
                     Quality                                   Live-weight conversion
                                                                     coefficient
                   English Fats                                          61
               3 . Corrective amount to be added to quotations recorded on Smithfield market :
                   £ 0-02/lb .