Wednesday, March 4. Weekly sale of prime sheep and fortnightly sale of rearing calves. Forward: 2,150 prime hoggs, 568 cast ewes and rams, 77 rearing calves. Prices - Texel to £114.50 each or 275 pence per kilogram; Continental 114, 245; Beltex 110 (x2), 283; Cheviot 96, 206; Mule 94.50, 188; Suffolk 94, 209; Scotch Blackface 89.50, 208; Cheviot Mule 89.50, 249; Herdwick 85.50, 204; Swaledale 85, 189. Cast ewes: Texel 141; Suffolk 139; Continental 135; Cheviot 125; Half-bred 123; Masham 119; Mule 113; Dorset 113; Blueface Leicester 105; Beltex 103; Swaledale 97; Herdwick 71. Cast rams: Texel 133; Charollais 131; Blueface Leicester 127; Cheviot 123; Continental 105. Rearing Calves, Bulls: British Blue 440; Charolais 395; Hereford 230; Black and White 105. Heifers: British Blue 378. Stirks, Bulls: Black and White 155. Heifers: British Blue 378.
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