Auction Mart Prices - Penrith (From The Westmorland Gazette)
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Auction Mart Prices - Penrith
12:22pm Tuesday 3rd July 2012 in Farm & country By Vicky Goodall
PENRITH: Wednesday, June 27. Weekly sale of prime sheep. Forward: 2,331, comprising 1,391 prime lambs, 101 prime hoggs and 839 cast ewes. Prices - Texel to £99 each or 228 pence per kilo; Beltex 100, 219; Continental 99; Suffolk 95, 207; Charollais 89, 207; Mule 74, 185; Bleu Du Maine 215p. Cast ewes: Texel 121 (average 92.91); Continental 120 (86.43); Suffolk 117.50 (96.16); Bluefaced Leicester 117 (104.40); Cheviot 107 (78.62); Charollais 100, (93); Mule 100, (76.25); Beltex 85.50 (70.50); Rough Fell 80 (67.60); Swaledale 72 (52.52). Cast rams: Continental 140; Texel 137 (122.60); Bluefaced Leicester 128 (122.86); Swaledale 86 (69.67).
