SC - Local meat prices - OOP

[Diana L Skaggs]

At 07:03 PM 3/28/01 -0500, you wrote:
>
>> >So, if you buy a whole lamb, processed, it will weigh between 55 and 70
pounds for
>> a cost of $110 to $140 and receive 35 to 50 pounds of meat. Final cost
per pound
>> >comes to $3.14.
>
>"Craig Jones." wrote: 
>> The average suburban butcher in Australia will sell you a whole hoggett
(and in
>> my opinion tastier than lamb...) for about A$45 for a 40 pound carcass.
After
>> some calculations that works out at US$0.58 per pound.  Lamb would be up
around
>> US$0.75 per pound.  You guys should emigrate....
>
>Barring that, local butchers here in Atlanta will sell dressed 35 lb
>average lambs for 2.29/lb.  It ain't great, but manageable it you have a
>great motorized spit to use . . . or someone willing to turn it a
>quarter turn every 15 minutes. Gotta love the Greek Orthodox and Jewish
>centers in Toco Hills!!
>
>niccolo difrancesco

When I said "dressed" I meant cut up, vaccuum packed in clear wrap to your
specifications and ready for the freezer.  And, the prices I used were on
the high side of the estimate.  It just depends on what lambs are selling
for on April 20th.
I noted leg of lamb selling for $5.99 per pound at a local grocery store
today.

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