KIRKBY STEPHEN: Tuesday, April 21. Weekly sale of sheep. Forward: 1,164, comprising 627 prime hoggs, 405 cast ewes and rams, 86 spring lambs. Prices - Prime lambs (32-39kg): Dutch Texel to £118.80 each; Texel 109.80; Beltex 98.80; Charollais 92.80. (39.1-45kg) Beltex 109.80; Texel 114.80; Dutch Texel 95.80; Suffolk 94.80; Charollais 90. Pence per kilogram: Dutch Texel 312.6; Texel 305; Beltex 274.4; Charollais 257.8. Prime hoggs: Beltex £97.80, or 250.8 pence per kilogram; Rouge 102.80; Texel 91.80 (x2); Mule 85, 198; Suffolk 80; Swaledale 78.80, 173.3; Cheviot 77.80, 180.9; Rough Fell 74.80. Cast ewes: Suffolk 130.50; Rouge 126.50; Texel 122.50; Bluefaced Leicester 100.50; Mule 93.50; Rough Fell 86.50; Swaledale 84.50; Cheviot 78.50; Herdwick 58.50. Cast Rams: Texel 126.50; Suffolk 116.50; Bluefaced Leicester 100; Rouge 98.50; Swaledale 86.50. Geld hoggs: Mule 90. Breeding ewes with lambs: Texel aged with single 70; Texel five shear with twins 57; Texel correct below with twins 57; Texel one quarter with single 55; Mule correct below with twins 56; Mule three shear with twins 54.
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