BENTHAM: Wednesday, July 1. Weekly sale of primestock. Forward: 9 dairy, 71 rearing calves, 1633 cast ewes and hoggs and 1885 spring lambs. Prices - Dairy, N/c Black & White: Heifers to £1,610 each; Cows £1,400. Rearing Calves, Bulls: British Blue 395; Limousin 330; Aberdeen Angus cross 400; Black & White 232. Heifers: British Blue 372; Limousin 305; Hereford 250; Simmental 310; Aberdeen Angus cross 300. Cast Ewes & Hoggs: Continental to £120 each; Suffolk 91.50; Mule 75; Masham 63; Blueface Leicester 92; Horned 75.50. Rams: Polled 120; Horned 54. Spring Lambs, less than 36 kilograms: Continental to £83.50 each, or 238 pence per kilogram; Suffolk 55.80, 164; Horned 59.50, 170. More than 36 kilograms: Continental 95.50, 234p; Suffolk 95, 169; Mule 66, 169; Horned 58, 161.
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