Wednesday, November 19. Weekly sale of livestock. Forward: 6 dairy; 83 rearing calves; 1,646 ewes and 5,636 lambs. Prices. Dairy - Newly calved Black and White: Cows to £1,750 each (average £153.33); Heifers 1,390 (1,330). Rearing calves - Bulls: British Blue 490 (377.40); Limousin 330 (289.25); Aberdeen Angus cross 350 (258.60); Hereford cross 322; Flekvieh 360 (281.67); Black and White 178. Heifers: British Blue 325; Limousin 278; Aberdeen Angus cross 300 (254.60); Hereford cross 188. Cast ewes: Continental 150; Suffolk 109; Mule 84; Bluefaced Leicester 98. Horned 88. Rams: Polled 121; Horned 74. Goats: 56. Lambs (Less than 36 kilograms): Continental £77.50, or 221 pence per kilo; Suffolk 64, 182; Mule 54, 176; Horned 59, 173. (More than 36 kilograms): Continental 114.50, 251; Suffolk 97, 220; Mule 81, 178; Masham 81, 178; Horned 74, 185.
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