BENTHAM: Wednesday, June 24. Weekly sale of dairy cattle, rearing calves, cast ewes and prime lambs. Forward: 14 dairy, 42 rearing calves, 894 cast ewes, 1,483 prime lambs. Prices - Dairy (Black and White): Cows to £1,220 each (average £1,106.67); Heifers 1,420. Calves - Bulls: British Blue 412 (346); Charolais 330; Aberdeen Angus 325; Hereford cross 500; Black and White 205 (120.31). Heifers: British Blue 400; Limousin 390; Aberdeen Angus 250. Cast ewes: Continental 113.50; Suffolk 105; Mule 79; Bluefaced Leicester 98; Horned 65.50. Rams: Polled 153.50; Horned 47.50. Prime lambs (Less than 36 kilograms): Continental £62.20, or 182 pence per kilo; Suffolk 56, 169; Mule 54, 180; Horned 40.50, 150. (More than 36 kilograms): Continental 95, 230; Suffolk 86, 198; Mule 64, 145.
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