LANCASTER: Monday, March 24. Weekly sale of Prime Hoggs, cast sheep, prime bulls, sheep and lambs. Top prices - Prime Hoggs: Hoggs 230 pence per kilogram; Texels £103 each; Mule lambs 95; Horned Lambs 94.50; Scottish Blackface Hoggs 90; Masham 96; Suffolk 98; Cheviot 98; Charollais 97. Cast Sheeps: Texel Ewe £124 each; Milk Ewes 82; Mule Ewes 76; Cheviot 64; Horned 44. Prime Bulls: Limousin Bulls 208.5 pence per kilogram; Black and white bulls 151.5. Breeding Sheep: Masham £158 each; Mule 178; Texel 188. Sheep and Lambs: Texel Shearlings (singles) £155 (average £155); Texel Shearlings (twins) 185 (185); Mule Ewes (singles) 120 (120); Mule Ewes (twins) 178 (161); Mule Ewes BM (singles) 120 (120); Mule Ewes BM Twins 168 (168); Masham Ewes (twins) 158 (151); Continental Ewes (singles) 140 (140).
ALSO: Friday, March 21. Sale of Calves, cast cows, store heifers and bulls. Forward: 286 cattle. Prices - Calves: British Blue Bull £355 each; Black and white calves 122; Limousin bull 168; Montebeliarde bulls 102. Cast cows: British Blue cast heifer 179.5 pence per kilogram; Friesian heifer £1,119 each; Black and white cast cows 134.5 pence per kilogram; Limousin cows 161.5 pence per kilogram. Store bullocks: Cheviot £1,650 each; British Blue 1,450; Limousin 1,520; Blonde d’Aquitaine 1,360; Aberdeen Angus 1,280; Welsh Black 1,180; Flekviah 1,160; Friesian 1,150; Simmental 1,350; Stabiliser 1,300; Shorthorn 1,150; Montbelliarde 920; South Devon 850; Swedish Red and white 740. Store Heifers: South Devon £1,210 each; Aberdeen Angus 1,160; British blue 1,160; Limousin 1,150; Charolais 1,140; Simmental 1,080; Heifer 790. Bulls: Limousin £650 each. Cast Cows: Limousin 161.5 pence per kilogram; British Blue 151.5; Simmental 141.6; Friesian 134.5. Cast Heifers: British Blue 179.5 pence per kilogram; Friesian 171.5. Cast Prime Bulls and Bullocks: Friesian 169.5 pence per kilogram. Bull calf: British Blue £355 each; Limousin 168; Montbelliarde 102; Friesian 122.