Farm prices - Kirkby Stephen Auction Mart (From The Westmorland Gazette)

Farm prices - Kirkby Stephen Auction Mart

1:59pm Tuesday 21st February 2012 in Farm & country By Vicky Goodall

Monday, February 20. Sale of OTM and cast cows. Forward: 34 cast cattle. Prices: Limousin to £1,182.92 each, or 145.5 pence per kilo; British Blue 1,127.16, 142.5; Black and White 1,087.90, 139.5; Montbeliarde 909.78, 120.5; Hereford 675.63.

ALSO: Tuesday, February 14. Weekly sale of sheep and annual show of Swaledale prime hoggs. Forward: 1,722 prime sheep; 12 pens Swaledale prime hoggs. Judge: A Slack. Sponsor: G Alderson, Nateby Service Station. Results - Pens of five: 1 (Champion) PL & J Dawson, 48.5kg, selling for £100; 2 KW Phillipson, 50kg, £91.80; 3 PG Sayer, 43kg, £83.80. Pens of ten: 1 TE Clarke, 41kg, £81.30; 2 KW Phillipson, 44kg, £83.30; 3 JF & ML Wilkin, 51kg, £87.50. Prices - Prime hoggs: Texel to £110 each, or 229 pence per kilo; Suffolk 112, 217.9; Beltex 102.80, 234.5; Swaledale 100, 206.2; Mule 99, 193.6; Charollais 95, 221.6; Cheviot 91.80, 219.5; Zwartble 87.50; Rough Fell 80.30, 196.7; Scotch Blackface 199.4p; Masham 189.6. Cast ewes: Texel £106.50; Bluefaced Leicester 106.50; Cheviot 97.50; Rough Fell 89.50; Swaledale 86.50; Mule 85.50. Cast rams: Texel 128.50; Bluefaced Leicester 104.50; Swaledale 74.50. Store hoggs: Mule 80.80; Bluefaced Leicester 75.30.