Tuesday, December 23. Weekly sale of livestock and sale of dressed poultry. Forward: 1,394 sheep, comprising of 1,253 prime and light lambs and 141 cast ewes and rams; 3 calves; 286 dressed poultry. Prices - Prime lambs: Continental to £95 each, or 200 pence per kilo (average 178.6p); Suffolk 77.50, 186 (174.7); Mule 84, 180 (171.8); Horned 74.50, 175 (162). Cast ewes: Horned £74 (average £51.38); Polled 114 (69.49). Cast rams: Horned 73 (62.67); Polled 122 (105.90). Calves - Bulls: British Blue 310; Holstein 200 (182.50). Dressed poultry: Geese to £80 each, or 553 pence per lb; Ducks 25, 383; Turkeys 76, 348; Chickens 42, 263.
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