prices from Hawes Auction Mart
HAWES: Tuesday, March 17. Weekly sale of livestock. Forward: 1,048 sheep, comprising 887 prime and lightweight hoggs, 121 cast ewes and rams, 40 in-lamb Swaledale ewes, 12 calves. Prices - Calves: British Blue bulls to £415 each (average 356); British Blue heifers 300 (290); Limousin bulls 355 (338); Limousin heifers 260; Friesian bulls 115 (102). Prime hoggs: Continentals 131 or 237 pence per kilogram; Cheviots 97, 218; Suffolks 89.40; Mules 85, 207; Horned 87, 203. In-lamb Swaledale ewes: Correct 145 (124). Cast ewes: Horned 85 (62.34); Polled 134 (110.25). Cast rams: Horned 96 (88); Polled 160 (94).
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