Saturday, August 30. Great Annual Show and Sale of livestock. Forward: 4123 breeding ewes and gimmer shearling. Prices - Breeding Ewes: Mule to £170 each; Continental 178; Beltex 165; Masham 110; Suffolk 150. Gimmer Shearling: Mule 340; Dales Mules 175; Continental 210; Texel Shearling 520; Masham 165; Suffolk 200.
ALSO: Wednesday, August 27. Weekly sale of primestock. Forward: 10 dairy cattle, 112 rearing calves, 1169 cull ewes and 3803 prime lambs. Prices - Dairy Cattle, N/c Black & White: Cows to £1,700 each; Heifers 2,150. Rearing Calves, Bulls: British Blue 455; Limousin 400; Simmental 380; Hereford 322; Aberdeen Angus cross 250; Montbeliarde 162; Black & White 150. Heifers: British Blue 420; Limousin 265; Hereford 148; Aberdeen Angus cross 155. Cull Ewes: Continental to £121 each; Suffolk 110; Mule 91; Masham 62; Blueface Leicester 90; Horned 76. Rams: Polled 124; Horned 69. Goats 77.50. Prime Lambs, less than 36 kilograms: Continental to £64.50 each or 184 pence per kilogram; Suffolk 56.50, 166; Horned 50.80, 153. More than 36 kilograms: Continental 103.50, 220; Suffolk 98, 173; Mule 76, 172; Masham 64.20, 161; Horned 64, 156.
ALSO: Tuesday, August 26. Fortnightly sale livestock. Forward: 1428 store lambs. Prices - Continental to £69.50 each; Cheviot 55; Suffolk 61.50; Mule 57; Masham 51.50; Horned 35.50; overall average 53.70.
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