Wednesday, June 3. Weekly sale of prime sheep. Forward: 298 prime lambs, 950 prime hoggs, 777 cast ewes and rams. Prices - Texel to £100 each or 207 pence per kilogram; Charollais 93; Continental 90, 192; Suffolk 80, 180. Prime hoggs: Continental 78; Swaledale 78; Cheviot 75; Suffolk 75; Scotch Blackface 73.50; Herdwick 64. Cast ewes: Texel 132; Suffolk 100; Charollais 96.50; Continental 96; Cheviot 84.50; Rough Fell 84; Mule 83.50; Swaledale 72.50; Scotch 54 (x2); Herdwick 49. Cast rams: Continental 130; Texel 108; Herdwick 67; Swaledale 65.
ALSO: Tuesday, June 2. Second 'Troutbeck' sale of breeding sheep. Forward: 2,150 Swaledale, Herdwick and Hill bred hogs, ewes and shearlings with lambs at foot, Mule hoggs, shearling and ewes with lambs at foot. Prices. Single Lambs - Hoggs: Mule to £120 each; Texel 98; Suffolk 98; Continental 88. Shearlings: Continental 75. Ewes: Texel 84, Suffolk 78; Continental 74; Swaledale 72; Mule 68; Cheviot 64; Herdwick 44. Twins - Hoggs: Mule 61. Shearlings: Swaledale 80; Continental 74. Ewes: Continental 76; Suffolk 74; Swaledale 72; Texel 69; Cheviot 65; Mule 62(x). Geld Hoggs: Mule 136; Scotch Blackface 72.
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