PENRITH: Wednesday, June 24. Weekly sale of prime sheep and fortnightly sale of rearing calves. Forward: 1,633 prime sheep, comprising 935 prime lambs, 698 cast ewes, rams and prime hoggs, 75 rearing calves. Prices - prime lambs: Texel to £92 each, or 202 pence per kilogram (x2); Beltex 90, 198 (x2); Suffolk 84.50, 173; Continental 75 (x3), 192; Charollais 72; Cheviot 70. Cast ewes: Texel 123; Continental 99; Charollais 99; Beltex 96; Suffolk 95; Cheviot 89; Mule 85; Swaledale 68; Scotch 63. Cast rams: Texel 116; Suffolk 113; Scotch 80; Swaledale 74. Rearing calves. Bull calves: Aberdeen Angus to £305 each (average 297.50); Fleckvieh 230; Black and White 128 (97.91). Bull stirks: Limousin 500 (x2), (average 484); British Blue 460 (394); Simmental 385; Black and White 175. Heifer calves: British Blue 380; Charolais 260; Limousin 245. Heifer stirks: British Blue 440 (382.50); Aberdeen Angus 380 (360).
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