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TUESDAY FEBRUARY 17 2004 Another good show of store hoggs made extreme rates and were far short of requirements from the large company of buyers that were present. Top of £56.80 for Suffolk crosses from The Hagg, £56.20 High Thorneyburn, £55.20 Dickstree; Texel £56.20 Haithwaite, £55.80 Ridley Stokoe, £55 Dickstree; Charollais £51.50 Haithwaite; North Cheviot £51.20 Adderston Shiels; Greyface £50 The Hagg; Hill Cheviot £45.20 Dunjop; Blackface £44.50 Gillalees, £42.80 Castlefairn; Swaledale £37.80 Naddle, £35.20 Wydoncleughside; Shetland £37.80 Longbrough Fauld. Tup hoggs to £61.50 for Texels from Dickstree; Suffolk £54 Whitchester; Cheviot £54 Whitchester; Blackface £38.80 Dunjop. Cast ewes to £29 for Blackfaces from Castlefairn. Breeding sheep, including ewes and lambs, were a nice quality entry and were very easy to sell. Top of £47 each for correct Texel ewes with twins from The Green, who also sold correct Greyfaces with twins at £42 each and Greyface shearlings with twins at £39 each. In lamb Greyface hoggs to £63 Taylorburn. Ewe hoggs to £57 for Greyfaces from Taylorburn, who also sold Suffolk crosses at £44; Shetland £37.80 Longbrough Fauld; Herdwick £34.50 Townfoot; Cheviot £35.50 Rushend; Blackface £34 Meikledale. |