Tuesday, April 15. Weekly sale of sheep. Forward: 1,101 prime sheep, comprising of 764 prime hoggs, 327 cast ewes and rams and 10 spring lambs. Prices - Prime lambs: Suffolk to £125.80 each, or 299.5 pence per kilo; Texel 118.80, 289.8. Prime hoggs: Beltex 113.80, 219.8; Texel 111.80, 209.5; Suffolk 107.30, 203.9; Charollais 104.80; Dutch Texel 103.80, 209.2; Rough Fell 92.80; Bluefaced Leicester 90.80; Mule 86.80, 186.7; Swaledale 82.50, 198.3; Cheviot 206.2p; Blackfaced 190.3. Cast ewes: Texel £108.50; Bluefaced Leicester 106.50; Suffolk 103.50; Beltex 94.50; Mule 83; Rough Fell 77.50; Swaledale 68.50; Cheviot 63.50; Goat 53.50. Cast rams: Bluefaced Leicester 129.50; Texel 89.50; Rough Fell 81.50; Swaledale 74.50. Store sheep: Jacob 71.
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