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Heavy bullocks over 500kg sold mainly from £2.10/kg to £2.30/kg, with most good-quality types making around £2.20/kg. Lighter stores from 400kg to 500kg were available in good numbers and prices ranged mainly from £2.20/kg to £2.40/kg.
Heifers over 500kg sold mainly from £2.00/kg to £2.20/kg, with lighter types from 400kg to 500kg making from £2.00/kg to £2.15/kg.
Last Friday’s sale saw dairy stock make up to £1,850, with other lots selling from £1,020 to £1,680. Prices averaged at around £1,500.
The suckler sale saw 40 lots pass through the ring. Prices topped out at £1,680 for a Charolais heifer with a bull calf at foot. Other types sold from £1,000 to £1,570.
There were over 270 calves on offer also, with prices peaking at £495 for a 10-week-old Simmental bull.
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