Tuesday, August 26. Weekly sale of livestock. Prices - Prime Lambs: Beltex to 182.93 pence per kilogram (average 174.71p), or £76 each (average £72.40); Charollais 167.44 (158.86), 74.50 (73); Suffolk 161.97 (152.12), 79.50 (77.50); Texel 173.68 (164,13), 98 (75.50). Calves - Bulls: British Blue to £355 each. Store Cattle - Heifers: Limousin 1,060; Aberdeen Angus 790; Blonde d’Aquitaine 1,000. Steers: Limousin 1,165; Aberdeen Angus 900; Holstein/Friesian 700; Luing 1,115; Charolais 1,205; Blonde d’Aquitaine 1,200; Simmental 1,090; Hereford 845. Prime Cattle - Steers: Saler to 198.50 pence per kilogram; Aberdeen Angus 198.50. Heifers: Limousin 189.50. Cast Ewes & Rams: Texel to £95 each; Mules 76; Scotch Blackface 33; Blueface Leicester 94; Herdwick 44; Suffolk 76; Beltex 87; Cheviot 48; Zwartble 80.
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