Tuesday, August 26. Weekly sale of sheep. Forward: 2,471 sheep, comprising of 1,684 prime lambs and 787 cast ewes and rams. Prices - Prime lambs: Beltex to £111.80 each, or 272.4 pence per kilo; Rouge 108.80, 279; Dutch Texel 98.80, 252.1; Texel 95.80, 236.7; Suffolk 90.80; Mule 72.80, 158.4; Hampshire 70; Rough Fell 60; Swaledale 51.80; Charollais 168.3p. Cast ewes: Texel £112.50; Suffolk 107.50; Beltex 89.50; Mule 81.50; Rough Fell 72.50; Cheviot 60; Herdwick 53.50. Cast rams: Bluefaced Leicester 109.50; Texel 90.50; Blue Texel 80; Swaledale 60; Rough Fell 59.50.
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