KIRKBY STEPHEN: Monday, April 20. Fortnightly sale of cast and OTM cattle. Forward: 50. Prices - Simmental to £1,091.25 each, or 145.5 pence per kilogram; Limousin 1,063.15, 180.5; British Blue 956.58, 172.5; Black and Whites 912.45, 138.5; Montbeliarde 150.5p.
ALSO: Tuesday, April 14. Weekly sale of sheep. Forward: 1,285 sheep, comprising of 842 prime hoggs, 371 cast ewes/rams and 50 spring lambs. Prices - Prime lambs: Beltex to £133.80 each, or 352.1 pence per kilo; Texel 122.80, 350.9; Suffolk 118.80, 244.8; Charollais 115.80, 275.8; Dutch Texel 103.80, 273.2; Zwartble 233.7p. Prime hoggs: Beltex £125.80, 302; Texel 113.30, 225.5; Suffolk 103.80; Swaledale 87.80, 185.6; Mule 87.80, 195.1; Rough Fell 80.80, 178.8; Herdwick 74.30; Goat 183.3p. Cast ewes: Suffolk £136.50; Texel 130.50; Bluefaced Leicester 128.50; Rough Fell 110; Mule 94.50; Swaledale 93.50; Blackface 86.50; Cheviot 82.50. Cast rams: Cheviot 114.50; Texel 112.50; Zwartble 110.50; Rough Fell 106.50; Bluefaced Leicester 96.50; Swaledale 86.50.
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