A wide variation has opened up between individual factories on cow prices — up to 42c/kg (15p/lb).

Marts: Consumer resistance in France to higher prices for meat — most varieties — has been confirmed in a survey showing lower volumes are being purchased by housewives as the price of the meat increases.

THERE has been a good lift in hogget prices this week at the factories, with gains of up to 15 cents/kg (6p/lb) compared to last week.