Leading farm prices from Penrith Auction Mart
Wednesday, July 8. Weekly sale of sheep and fortnightly sale of calves. Forward: 1,176 prime lambs and 995 cast ewes and rams and 128 rearing calves. Prices - Prime lambs: Beltex to £90 each; or 200 pence per kilo; Texel 86, 185; Suffolk 81.50, 168; Continental 74, 173; Mule 63.50, 155. Cast ewes: Texel 115; Continental 110; Rouge de l'Ouest 98; Suffolk 96; Cheviot 95; Blueface Leicester 94; Mule 76; Swaledale 58. Cast rams: Texel 145. Calves - Bulls: British Blue 480; Aberdeen Angus 310; Limousin 300; Black and White 260. Heifers; British Blue 430; Charolais 410; Hereford 290; Aberdeen Angus 280. Stirks - Bulls: MRI 490; Limousin 490; British Blue 480; Black and White 240. Heifers: Limousin 445; Aberdeen Angus 330.
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