Leading prices from Penrith Auction Mart (From The Westmorland Gazette)
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Leading prices from Penrith Auction Mart
1:19pm Tuesday 7th August 2012 in Farm & country By Vicky Goodall
Weekly sale of prime sheep. Forward: 3,845 prime sheep comprising of 2,621 prime lambs & 1,224 cast ewes and rams. Prices - Prime lambs: Continental 238 pence per kilo, or to £97 each; Texel 232, 101, Rouge De L’Quest 206, 86.50; Suffolk 201, 96; Beltex 230, 108; Charollais to £90 each; Mule 74.50. Cast ewes: Texel to £127 each (average £85.25); Suffolk 112.50 (91.69); Continental 106 (73.87); Bluefaced Leicester 100 (96); Charollais 95 (95); Half-Bred 84 (84); Mule 81 (68.31); Cheviot 77.50 (62.10); Rough Fell 74 (57.09); Beltex 70 (70); Swaledale 60 (46.86). Cast rams: Texel 140 (118.83); Suffolk 132 (121); Continental 128 (124.33); Charollais 127 (118.25); Swaledale 76 (59.31).
ALSO: Fortnightly sale of calves. Forward: 67 calves. Prices - British Blue to £360 each; Hereford 295; Charolais 280; Limouis 260; Aberdeen Angus 245; Friesian 215. Heifer calves: British Blue 340; Limousin 245; Aberdeen Angus 195; Hereford 180.
ALSO: First sale of store lambs. Forward: 1,036. Prices - Texel to £64.50 each; Suffolk 60.20; Mule 48.80.
