KIRKBY Stephen, Tuesday, November 11. Forward: 3,172 store, lightweight and prime lambs; 372 feeding and cast ewes and rams.
Prices (all crosses) – lambs 35 kilo or more: Continental £50; Suffolk £49.50. 34 kilo or less: Cheviot £44.20; Mule £44.20; Bluefaced Leicester £44.20; Masham £42; Blackface £40.50; Swaledale £38; Rough Fell £38. Ewes: Bluefaced Leicesters £52; Mule/Masham £47; Texel £41; Rough Fell £33; Swaledale £33; Cheviot £32; Blackface £27; Herdwick £25. Rams: Texel £50; Swaledale £43; Herdwick £36.50; Rough Fell £31.
ULVERSTON, Tuesday, November 11. Prices – finished steers: premium to 106.50 pence per kilo (average 95p); prime 96.50p (93.50p); other 93p (91.50p). Finished heifers: premium 114.50p (107.50p); prime 113.50p (108.50p); other 97.50p; (94.50p). New season lambs: premium to 35.9 kilo 116.38p (109.33p), to 45.5kilo 105.72p (103.22p); prime to 35.9 kilo 115p (110.71p), to 45.5 kilo 104.21p (100.27p), to 52 kilo 99.72p (96.17p); other 97.63p (92.83p).
HAWES, Tuesday, November 11. Forward: 19 calves and 2,297 sheep, comprising 1,694 prime lambs; 222 light lambs; 265 store lambs; 1 tup shearling and 115 cast ewes and rams. Prices – calves: Limousin cross bulls to £230 (average £202); cross heifers £100 (£62.14); Belgian Blue bull £198 (£190); Blonde d’Aquitaine £108; Friesian £105 (£61). Prime lambs: light to 92.2 pence per kilo (84.5p); standard 102.5p (89.8p); medium 107.5p (94.2p); heavy 101p (93.3p). Overall average 92.7p. Continentals 107.5p, £48.50; Suffolk 104.7p, £50.80; Mules 97.3p, £45.50; horned 95.7p, £38. Lightweight lambs: Continentals 122.8p (99.2p); Suffolk 105.8p (103.5p); Mules 97.3p (92.4p); horned 90.5p (79.4p). Store lambs: Continentals £39.80 (£35.35); Suffolks £34.70 (£32.48); Mules £40 (£32.64); horned £30.50 (£19.98). Cast ewes: horned £27.80 (£16.05); polled £40.50. Cast rams: horned £40 (£28.57); polled £37.50. Texel tup shearling £180.
LANCASTER, Monday, November 10. Forward: 237 prime cattle; 2,309 prime sheep; 307 cast ewes. Prices – prime cattle: light steers to 91.5 pence per kilo (average 90.9p); medium 106.5p (91.9p); heavy/overweight 108.5p (91.2p). Light heifers 85.5p; medium 106.5p (94.3p); heavy/overweight 113.5p (96p). Light bulls 94.5p (76.7p); medium 117.5p (86.9p); heavy/ overweight 111.5p (96.9p). Cast ewes £52 (£28.62). Prime lambs: light 106.4p (101.9p); standard 138.8p (111.5p); medium 130.4p (106.2p); heavy 107.6p (99.5p); overweight 102.5p (95.6p). Lambs to £58.50, 138.8p (107.9p)
ALSO, Friday, November 7. Forward: 348 bullocks/heifers; 59 calves; 7 dairy; 76 store lambs. Prices – bullocks: Friesian £542; Simmental £655; Belgian Blue £645; Charolais £635; Limousin £655. Bulls: Aberdeen Angus £470; Limousin £445; Blonde d’Aquitaine £440. Heifers: Simmental £495; Saler £540; Aberdeen Angus £530; Charolais £515; Limousin £540. Calves: bulls £240; heifers £176. Dairy £790. Store lambs £37.
PENRITH, Tuesday, November 11. Forward: 2,355 store sheep and 17 rams. Prices – gimmer lambs: Mule £48; Swaledale £37; Herdwick £25. Herdwick gimmer shearlings £30. Swaledale ewes £39. Lambs: Texel cross £43.50; Suffolk cross £43.50; Bleu du Maine cross £42; Mule £40.20; Swaledale £30. Two-shear rams: Bluefaced Leicester £380; Texel £190.
ALSO, Monday, Nov-ember 10. Weekly sale of prime cattle Forward: 60 prime cattle, comprising 29 clean cattle and 31 bulls. Prices – Limousin heifers 133.5 pence per kilo; Blonde d’Aquitaine steers 118.5p; bulls 117.5p; Limousin bulls 114.5p; Charolais 106.5p; Belgian Blue 101.5p; Friesian 84.5p. Fortnightly sale of store cattle. Forward: 350 store cattle and feeding bulls. Prices – Limousin bullocks £690; Charolais £690; Blonde d’Aquitaine £655; Belgian Blue £625; Simmental £628. Limousin heifers £575; Charolais £550; Belgian Blue £500. Limousin bulls £575; Simmental £640; Charolais bull calves £152.
KENDAL, Thursday, November 6. November Show and Sale of Continental cross suckled calves. Forward: 372. Results – Champion: Messrs R. & E. Rayson, Fairbank, £710 to S.H. Bowes, Ulverston. Steers: 1 R. & E. Rayson; 2&3 T.W., L. & B.W. Knowles, Hollowgate. Heifers: 1,2&3 J.R. Handley, School House. Prices – Limousin bulls to £558; steers £618; heifers £520. Belgian Blue steers £710; heifers £368. Charolais steers £495; heifers £348. Blonde d’Aquitaine bulls £572; steers £500; heifers £350. Aberdeen Angus steers £435.
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