Leading Farm Prices from Kirkby Stephen Auction Mart
KIRKBY STEPHEN: Tuesday, July 15. Weekly sale of prime sheep. Forward: 2,077 sheep, comprising of 1,650 prime lambs, 427 cast ewes and rams. Prices - Prime lambs: Beltex to £107.80 each, or 245 pence per kilo; Rouge 106.80, 248.4; Dutch Texel 105.80, 242; Texel 91.80, 205.5; Suffolk 91.80, 185; Charollais 76.30, 190.8; Mule 72.80, 166.2; Badger Face 181p; Herdwick 176; Swaledale 160. Cast ewes: Texel £114.50; Bluefaced Leicester 97.50; Suffolk 91.50; Charollais 91.50; Mule 78.50; Rough Fell 75.50; Swaledale 74.50; Blackface 74.50; Masham 74.50. Cast rams: Texel 85.50.
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