Tuesday, April 30. Weekly sale of livestock. Forward: 9 calves and 394 sheep comprising of 173 prime and lightweight hoggs, 154 cast ewes and rams and 67 ewes with 115 lambs at foot. Prices. Calves - Bulls: British Blue to £400 each (average £361); Friesian 255 (225). Heifers: British Blue 255. Prime hoggs: Continental £73, or 179 pence per kilo (average 162.8p); Teeswater 77, 171; Mule 87, 171 (156.1); Horned 69, 163 (121.8). Ewes with lambs at foot (twins): Swaledale 200 (118.97); Continental 160 (133.25); Mule 180 (154.27). (Singles) Swaledale 62; Continental 128 (101.25); Mule 85 (82.50). Cast ewes: Horned 65 (25.15); Polled 88 (54.34). Cast rams: Horned 65; Polled 87 (49.24).
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