BENTHAM: Wednesday, February 18. Weekly sale of dairy cattle and rearing calves, cast ewes and prime hoggs. Prices - Dairy cattle: Newly calved Black and White heifers to £1,800 each (average 1,725). Rearing calves - bulls: British Blue 390 (356.25); Charolais 450; Aberdeen Angus cross 380 (297); Hereford 295 (274.33); Flekvieh 390 (330); Montbeliarde 280 (262.50) Black &White 170 (72.50). Heifers: British Blue 240 (217.50); Aberdeen Angus cross 300 (236); Hereford 230. Cast ewes: Continental 168.50; Suffolk 160; Mule 130; Masham 109.50; Bluefaced Leicester 126.50; Horned 94.50. Rams: Polled 157.50; Horned 89.50. Goats: 53. Hoggs (less than 36 kilograms): Continental £84, or 240 pence per kilo; Suffolk 63.50, 198; Mule 63.80, 182; Horned 65.80, 193. (more than 36 kilograms): Continental 101, 234; Suffolk 95, 191; Mule 82.50, 180; Masham 83.50, 176; Horned 81.50, 186.
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