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Mr. Nicholas Winterton
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what information he has concerning the average current price, in real terms, of store lambs; and what were the comparable figures for such lambs in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
Mr. Curry
The table sets out the average price of store lambs in England in September of this year and the previous three years. The figures in brackets reflect the prices at 1990 levels.
| £ | |||
| Lowland store lambs | £ LFA store lambs | ||
| First quality | Second quality | ||
| 1987 | 35·07 | 29·84 | 31·99 |
| (44·28) | (37·68) | (40·39) | |
| 1988 | 35·67 | 32·70 | 30·18 |
| (42·55) | (39·01) | (36·00) | |
| 1989 | 32·05 | 26·66 | 29·97 |
| (35·54) | (29·56) | (33·23) | |
| 1990 | 29·94 | 25·90 | 25·89 |