KIRKBY STEPHEN: Fortnightly sale of Cast and OTM cattle. Forward: 36. Cast cows - Prices: Black and white £1,197.05 each (147.5 pence per kilo); Aberdeen Angus 973.84 (164.5); Montebelliarde 1,058.75 (137.5); British Blue 1,084.28 (152.5); Limousin 1,140.75 (175.5); Simmental (131.5).
ALSO: Tuesday, March 18. Weekly sale of livestock. Forward: 1,269 sheep, comprising 1,082 prime hoggs, 187 cast ewes and rams. Prices - prime hoggs: Charollais to £115.80 each or 206.40 pence per kilogram; Texel 115.80 (x2), 225.10; Rouge de l’Ouest 114.80, 207.50; Suffolk 112.80, 208.40; Beltex 112.80, 240; Dutch Texel 112.80, 262.30; Zwartble 103.50; Mule 97.80, 215.80; Rough Fell 94.80, 204; Swaledale 92.80, 210.90; cheviot 91, 211.60; Blackface 198.20p. Cast ewes and rams: Texel 98.50 (x2); Bluefaced Leicester 92.50; Suffolk 90; cheviot 75; Mule 70; Swaledale 68; Masham 68.50; Rough Fell 60; Herdwick 54.50.
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