PENRITH: Monday, April 7. Weekly sale of Prime Cattle. Prices - Bulls: Limousin £1,487.59 each, 205.5 pence per kilogram; Friesian 1,083.84, 169.5.
ALSO: Wednesday, April 2. Weekly sale of prime stock and fortnightly sale of rearing calves. Forward: 3,295 prime sheep, 2,553 prime hoggs, 742 cast ewes and rams and 90 rearing calves. Prices - Prime Hoggs: Continental £118 each or (305 pence per kilogram); Beltex 121 (290); Texel 119 (285); Suffolk 112 (242); Cheviot Mule 112 (220); Herdwick 96 (226); Swaledale 96.50 (217);Scotch 95.50 (222); Mule 108 (218); Cheviot 110 (237); Rough Fell 86; Cross-Bred 113. Cast Ewes: Bleu Du Maine £150 each; Texel 141; Continental 120; Suffolk 115; Cheviot 102; Charollais 101; Mule 96; Beltex 85; Sctoch 80; Bluefaced Leicester 80; Swaledale 78; Cheviot Mule 76; Wensleydale 73; Herdwick 66; Rough Fell 63. Cast Rams: Texel £125; Suffolk 111; Cheviot 102; Continental 92; Swaledale 71; Herdwick 63. Bulls: British Blue £490 each; Limousin 400; Aberdeen Angus 350; Continental 320; Hereford 280; Saler 200; Black and white 170. Heifers: British Blue £330 each; Aberdeen Angus 310; Saler 180.