Leading farm prices from Broughton Auction Mart
Tuesday, December 2. Weekly sale of livestock. Forward: 1,228 prime and light lambs and 160 cast ewes and rams. Prices - Prime lambs: Continental to £90.50 each, or 193 pence per kilo (average 178.5p); Suffolk 83, 181 (173.3); Mule 83.50, 185 (172.1); Horned 77.50, 179 (153.3). Cast ewes: Horned £68 (average £38.74); Polled 96 (70.30). Cast and correct rams: Horned 59 (51.33); Polled 240 (91.21).
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