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Table A13 Breeding and Store Stock Cattle market prices by month, 2004

Yearly AverageJan.*Feb.MarchApril*MayJune

Breeding Cattle

Dairy Cattle

£/head

£/head

£/head

£/head

£/head

£/head

£/head

Cows in Milk

554.55

627.45

623.72

569.95

536.53

708.20

591.00

Heifers in Milk

643.71

503.55

705.94

663.46

599.34

895.16

570.00

Cows in Calf

407.86

-

471.43

-

537.00

465.44

-

Heifers in Calf

672.12

416.00

661.42

665.00

559.00

538.16

556.85

Bulling Heifers

405.33

-

460.00

-

-

-

-

Beef Cattle

Cows with calves at foot

673.69

740.59

693.57

618.00

792.38

713.13

793.83

Heifers with calves at foot

899.14

783.51

753.00

659.00

916.73

1,021.08

884.72

Cows in calf

489.35

542.17

448.62

400.20

589.81

643.01

445.71

Heifers in calf

678.79

675.00

-

440.00

683.78

663.31

452.00

Bulling Heifers

616.51

-

-

-

532.09

658.56

536.00

Calves under 6 weeks old

Dairy breed bulls

42.67

49.00

27.06

39.36

57.18

52.87

67.94

Dairy breed heifers

124.07

-

58.00

-

-

-

181.88

Beef breed bulls

164.22

154.63

142.02

154.62

158.56

160.04

221.20

Beef breed heifers

119.29

75.07

101.30

113.57

107.69

159.54

134.

Store Cattle (for finishing)

Limousin

Steers

553.33

565.53

586.56

583.46

583.45

551.10

530.16

Heifers

427.01

431.13

440.39

442.85

448.74

431.21

423.30

Charolais

Steers

592.97

610.80

624.65

613.37

605.38

590.70

569.32

Heifers

461.54

472.48

466.12

478.28

475.11

452.61

447.09

Simmental

Steers

558.30

581.45

599.19

579.36

576.54

556.00

558.21

Heifers

435.07

429.70

449.32

457.23

436.08

451.67

412.81

Other Continental

Steers

539.39

559.60

584.34

569.35

555.99

566.99

504.18

Heifers

429.78

439.72

444.41

415.08

449.66

460.99

395.29

Aberdeen Angus

Steers

542.88

578.81

577.11

570.43

546.95

533.93

516.92

Heifers

405.88

427.97

375.90

438.66

425.13

412.68

396.85

Friesian/Holstein

Steers

392.04

376.42

470.13

428.38

416.41

380.06

392.57

Heifers

365.51

323.00

219.40

320.80

439.29

400.67

439.33

Other Breeds

Steers

508.24

542.29

564.44

545.32

535.31

513.39

484.41

Heifers

409.45

442.89

432.94

409.50

412.48

433.74

372.21

All Breeds (by weight)

Steers <250kg

328.92

333.32

333.83

371.53

359.30

370.62

320.42

Heifers <250kg

267.88

255.13

250.60

311.27

281.65

294.16

272.50

Steers 251-350kg

465.10

444.24

479.41

488.26

497.10

489.69

486.50

Heifers 251-350kg

372.67

354.28

368.65

381.32

393.88

397.46

375.14

Steers 351-500kg

558.77

563.26

588.99

577.95

590.74

583.24

561.70

Heifers 351-500kg

471.83

470.28

485.35

488.65

491.84

486.68

476.51

Steers >501kg

673.29

684.75

700.00

699.96

704.95

693.29

687.22

Heifers >501kg

577.72

576.32

590.16

595.21

610.12

604.18

600.19

Notes:
Weighted average of prices paid at a number of representative markets.
Monthly averages relate to statistical months of four or five(*) weeks.

Table A13 Breeding and Store Stock Cattle market prices by month, 2004 (continued)

July*

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.*

Nov.

Dec.

Breeding Cattle

£/head

£/head

£/head

£/head

£/head

£/head

Dairy Cattle

Cows in Milk

466.46

554.29

552.51

669.20

641.26

480.40

Heifers in Milk

527.14

667.48

526.48

648.78

670.24

795.84

Cows in Calf

-

136.00

-

-

341.00

-

Heifers in Calf

500.00

861.31

530.00

666.91

668.50

518.00

Bulling Heifers

-

231.00

350.00

380.00

445.00

-

Beef Cattle

Cows with calves at foot

772.23

604.52

712.09

573.26

568.90

482.00

Heifers with calves at foot

853.27

752.13

846.38

908.62

825.97

875.00

Cows in calf

529.68

506.40

492.64

435.51

469.47

410.00

Heifers in calf

635.00

646.43

537.25

654.59

720.60

620.00

Bulling Heifers

591.80

520.00

-

617.92

519.76

Calves under 6 weeks old

Dairy breed bulls

62.65

55.41

29.61

23.93

16.82

41.08

Dairy breed heifers

55.00

100.00

66.67

116.43

-

-

Beef breed bulls

184.70

163.56

165.76

163.24

138.27

124.46

Beef breed heifers

149.46

130.04

106.67

112.35

105.24

92.88

Store Cattle (for finishing)

Limousin

Steers

566.04

559.84

551.09

517.42

487.18

513.69

Heifers

444.23

441.14

446.69

396.92

362.84

396.82

Charolais

Steers

610.48

606.04

594.65

564.54

538.18

574.08

Heifers

473.44

482.33

488.48

437.10

404.36

436.44

Simmental

Steers

557.96

574.35

568.30

523.00

498.56

499.32

Heifers

427.74

447.99

471.53

408.13

400.51

419.25

Other Continental

Steers

586.26

580.27

519.84

503.92

492.78

485.25

Heifers

461.72

457.09

425.75

407.15

407.16

396.40

Aberdeen Angus

Steers

551.81

579.20

532.27

533.27

473.85

525.90

Heifers

416.58

410.81

426.95

387.30

346.55

355.59

Friesian/Holstein

Steers

396.90

459.20

398.02

348.14

339.80

311.00

Heifers

350.00

516.25

381.75

380.81

353.33

150.00

Other Breeds

Steers

521.16

551.86

501.38

446.13

458.00

444.38

Heifers

435.18

439.38

449.18

322.19

331.80

402.72

All Breeds (by weight)

Steers <250kg

269.29

297.46

271.68

324.96

294.67

293.52

Heifers <250kg

267.24

287.75

256.12

252.09

237.05

243.89

Steers 251-350kg

440.68

441.02

387.16

429.61

455.55

391.11

Heifers 251-350kg

375.99

367.23

339.56

330.55

360.41

324.27

Steers 351-500kg

567.22

557.18

535.18

521.53

510.80

510.89

Heifers 351-500kg

484.98

482.86

472.77

438.45

429.40

455.40

Steers >501kg

690.50

697.46

647.81

638.40

649.18

656.87

Heifers >501kg

615.58

607.08

603.91

559.77

522.39

398.7

Notes:
Weighted average of prices paid at a number of representative markets.
Monthly averages relate to statistical months of four or five(*) weeks.

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