Leading prices from Penrith Auction Mart
Wednesday, July 15. Weekly sale of prime sheep. Forward: 1,091 prime lambs and 1,127 cast ewes and rams. Prices - Prime lambs: Texel to £89 each, or 183 pence per kilo; Beltex 88, 189; Continental 78.50, 182; Suffolk 75.50, 161. Cast ewes: Texel 116; Continental 113.50; Suffolk 101; Rouge 94; Bluefaced Leicester 90; Mule 78; Cheviot 78; Swaledale 59; Scotch Blackface 53; Rough Fell 47. Cast rams: Texel 160; Blueface Leicester 142; Suffolk 124; Rouge de l'Ouest 121; Continental 107; Swaledale 81.
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