PENRITH: Monday, April 14. Weekly sale of Prime cattle, cast cows and No Nonsense Spring Breeding Bull Sale. Clean Cattle - Prices per head: Limousin £1,416.64 each; Charolais Cross 1,269.37; British blue cross 1,269. Price per kilo: British Blue 245.6; Limousin Cross 236.5; Charolais cross 210.5. Prime bulls - Price per head: Limousin Cross £1,533; Blonde D’Aquitaine 1,434.41; Friesian 1,019.07; Ayrshire 720.77. Price per kilogram: Blonde D’Aquitaine 199.5; Limousin cross 187.5; Friesian 161.5; Ayrshire140.5. No nonsense spring breeding bulls - Prices per head: Limousin Cross £2,600; British blue 3,000. Cast Cows - Prices per head: Limousin £1,728.59; Charolais cross 1,499.61; British blue Cross 1,254.96; Blonde D’Aquitaine 1,088.33; Friesian 1,024.88; Hereford 932.60; Shorthorn 723. Price per kilogram: Limousin cross 179.5; British blue cross 172.5; Blonde D’Aquitaine 157.5; Charolais Cross 148.5; Friesian 118.5; Hereford 118.5.
ALSO: Wednesday, April 9. Weekly sale of livestock. Forward: 2743 hoggs and 365 cast ewes and rams. Prices - Prime Hoggs: Beltex to £120, or 300 pence per kilogram; Texel 116, 268; Suffolk cross 114, 238; Continental cross 110, 268; Cheviot 105; Mule 101, 213; Cheviot x Mule 101; Herdwick 93.50, 217; Scotch Blackface 96.50, 220; Swaledale 91, 220; Rough Fell 76, 185; Bleu du Maine 221p. Ewes: Texel to £123 each; Suffolk cross 106; Beltex 100; Rouge de l’Ouest 94; Mule 92; Continental cross 85; Blueface Leicester 80; Swaledale 62; Herdwick 41; Rough Fell 66; Scotch Blackface 70. Rams: Texel 162; Suffolk 119; Blueface Leicester 101; Swaledale 58; Herdwick 51.