KIRKBY STEPHEN: Tuesday, February 11. Weekly sale of livestock and annual show for pens of 10 Swaledale/Rough Fell prime hoggs. Forward: 2,151 sheep, comprising 1,840 prime hoggs, 311 cast ewes and rams. Sponsor: Messrs Alderson. Judge: J. Brown, Ulverston. Results - Swaledale hoggs, 1 K.W. Philipson 51kg, £91.80; 2 M/s Elliott 47kg, £84.80; 3 T.E. Clarke 43kg, £77.30. Prices - Texel to £127.80 each or 228.3 pence per kilogram; Beltex 115.80, 269.3; Suffolk 104.80, 192.7; Charollais 101.80 (x2), 197.7; Mule 100, 183.3; Swaledale 91.80, 183.3; Rough Fell 85.80, 171.1; Dutch Texel 84.80, 194.8; Blackface 84.80, 207.4; Cheviot 84.30, 202.1; Jacob 67.80. Cast ewes: Texel 130.50; Bluefaced Leice4ster 122.50; Suffolk 116.50; Masham 96.50; Mule 95.50; Rough Fell 92.50; Swaledale 82.50; Cheviot 81.50. Cast rams: Texel 127.50; Beltex 114.50; Bluefaced Leicester 98.50; Swaledale 78.50.
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