KIRKBY STEPHEN: Tuesday, April 17. Weekly sale of sheep. Forward: 1,060 sheep. Prices - Prime lambs: Texel to £122.80 each, or 318.4 pence per kilo; Suffolk 100.30, 233.3. Prime hoggs: Suffolk 111.30, 194.1; Charollais 106, 199.6; Rouge de l’Ouest 104.80; Bluefaced Leicester 101.80; Texel 94.80, 215.5; Cheviot 90.30, 209.9; Scotch Blackface 84.80, 204.3; Rough Fell 80.30, 180.4; Mule 80, 193.6; Swaledale 77.80, 190.3; Herdwick 71.80; Beltex 217.9p; Kerry Hill 197.4. Cast ewes and rams: Bluefaced Leicester £137.50; Texel 115.50; Rouge de l’Ouest 105; Suffolk 96.50; Mule 95; Charollais 90; Lleyn 81.50; Cheviot 79.50; Swaledale 77.50; Rough Fell 70.50. Ewes and lambs: Texel (correct below with twins) 75.50.
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