Tuesday, September 23. Weekly sale of primestock. Forward: 2,608 sheep, comprising 1,989 prime lambs, 607 cast sheep, 12 cast rams. Prices - Prime lambs: Dorset to £58.50 each; Suffolk 71.50; Masham 55.50; Mule 65.50; Swaledale 50; Charollais 72.50; Cheviot 61.50; Texel 71.50; Beltex 68.50; averaging 147.27 pence per kilogram. Cast ewes: Suffolk 72; Mule 74; Swaledale 53; Rough Fell 59; Scotch 43; Cheviot 64; Texel 85; Herdwick 84; Zwartble 54; averaging 50.22. Cast rams: Swaledale 58; Texel 112; Leicester 82; averaging 61.08.
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