HAWES: Friday, August 15. Opening sale of Store Lambs. Forward: 578. Prices - Texels to £61.40 (average 54.53); Suffolks 60; Mules 59 (50.24).
ALSO: Tuesday, August 12. Sale of Livestock. Forward: 1,330 sheep, comprising 968 Prime Lambs, 362 Cast Ewes, 13 Calves, 9 Cull Cows. Prices - Calves: Limousin Bull Calves to £430 each (average 280); Limousin Heifer Calves 295; British Blue Bull Calves 350 (330); British Blue Heifer Calves 270 (240); Friesian/Holstein Bull Calves 85 (82.50). Prime Spring Lambs: Continentals £77 or 175 pence per kilogram (162.1); Suffolks 72.50, 165 (162.4); Mules 67.40, 151 (137.7); Mashams 62.80, 150; Horned (Sw) 59 59; Horned (DB) 138p (124.8). Cast Ewes: Horned 78 (36.81); Polled 97 (72.76). Cull Cattle: Continentals to 140p (130); Friesian/Holstein 117 (98.3); overall average 113.3.
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