Day 098 - 07 Mar 95 - Page 33

     
     1        deboning is going to take a huge amount, is it, of weight
     2        off the cow anyway?
     3        A.  Yes, I am guessing at the 30 per cent.
     4
     5   Q.   OK, it does not matter.  So, for two out of five days
     6        McKeys would take of every dairy cow that came into your
     7        plant some percentage of those cattle that would be coming
     8        in on those days, basically?
     9        A.  Yes.
    10
    11   Q.   When you buy dairy cattle, do your buyers have different
    12        specifications for different days:  "If we buy cattle on
    13        this day, we have to buy this kind of dairy" -- we are
    14        talking about dairy ---
    15        A.  Yes.
    16
    17   Q.   -- or do they generally get the same kind of things that
    18        Tesco's or everyone else would get?
    19        A.  There is a big difference between what we call
    20        "manufacturing meat" and what we would call "best beef",
         if you like.
    22
    23   Q.   The best beef is the better quality, is it?
    24        A.  Yes.  Sorry, what was the question?
    25
    26   Q.   So the manufacturing quality is the McDonald's, the McKeys?
    27        A.  Yes.  So your questions was do they buy?
    28
    29   Q.   Would you buy any other manufacturing quality beef on other
    30        days?
    31        A.  Yes.  I mean, it is largely governed by the market for
    32        the hindquarter.
    33
    34   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.  You do buy it because you buy the
    35        animal?
    36        A.  Yes.
    37
    38   Q.   And that will have some cuts on it which are manufacturing
    39        meat?
    40        A.  Yes.
    41
    42   Q.   Quite regardless of the quality of the animal?
    43        A.  What you are asking is, do we buy dairy cows every day
    44        of the week.
    45
    46   MR. MORRIS:  Do you?
    47        A.  Yes, to my knowledge.
    48
    49   Q.   You do not say:  "Oh, if we get them on these days we have
    50        to buy this type of dairy cow, as opposed to this day when 
    51        we have to get a different kind of dairy cow".  When you 
    52        buy dairy cows, do you have a standard basic dairy cow? 
    53        A.  No, there are specifications with regard to the
    54        confirmation factor of animals that our buyers buy to.
    55
    56   Q.   All I am saying is when you buy dairy cows that go to
    57        McKeys, is there any difference in the original live cattle
    58        that you buy, is there any difference between the stuff
    59         -----
    60        A.  They would not be specifically buying those cattle for