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Table A14 Breeding and Store Stock Sheep market prices by month, 2005

Yearly Average

Jan.*

Feb.

March

April*

May

June

July*

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.*

Nov.

Dec.

Breeding Sheep

£/head

£/head

£/head

£/head

£/head

£/head

£/hea

£/head

£/head

£/head

£/head

£/head

£/head

Blackface

Ewe Lambs (New & Old Season)

33.73

26.78

23.21

32.40

-

-

67.66

-

36.02

26.13

20.40

29.29

21.51

Gimmers

49.11

-

42.00

-

-

-

-

-

32.00

55.73

27.79

18.13

14.79

Fully Warranted Ewes

24.67

30.46

37.31

27.58

-

-

-

-

16.50

31.59

12.08

12.97

8.50

Broken Mouthed Ewes

11.41

21.59

21.50

38.84

-

-

-

-

14.90

9.15

10.37

11.94

12.96

Cheviot:

Ewe Lambs (New & Old Season)

48.42

-

-

37.00

-

53.00

29.50

-

40.88

57.24

24.39

29.04

24.24

Gimmers

48.94

-

40.00

-

-

81.00

-

-

40.00

50.61

39.42

30.13

20.17

Fully Warranted Ewes

29.78

43.25

36.56

-

-

-

-

-

39.14

33.57

24.86

22.05

14.59

Broken Mouthed Ewes

20.03

22.75

36.47

-

17.27

-

-

-

30.29

20.67

19.77

18.23

20.26

Half Bred

Ewe Lambs (New & Old Season)

57.38

39.25

-

-

44.00

-

-

53.00

57.65

39.73

60.48

50.00

-

Gimmers

84.28

-

22.66

-

-

-

-

-

75.98

88.92

61.00

-

-

Fully Warranted Ewes

49.80

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

56.27

34.75

34.00

-

Broken Mouthed Ewes

37.49

-

-

-

-

-

-

32.50

37.69

40.94

30.36

-

-

Greyface/Mule

Ewe Lambs (New & Old Season)

54.35

43.07

46.94

32.56

-

-

72.65

47.00

57.26

50.18

40.24

31.96

21.87

Gimmers

74.57

65.70

57.00

-

-

67.00

-

-

75.98

74.64

64.66

10.00

-

Fully Warranted Ewes

42.10

41.62

55.12

-

-

90.54

-

-

39.51

42.01

34.29

24.67

9.67

Broken Mouthed Ewes

27.73

40.67

36.73

36.00

26.32

49.00

-

29.96

30.91

29.22

25.02

24.04

17.02

Suffolk

Ewe Lambs (New & Old Season)

61.70

-

-

-

-

-

62.00

-

-

41.00

-

38.63

157.50

Gimmers

180.69

-

-

-

-

-

-

67.65

72.67

64.67

38.00

-

295.84

Fully Warranted Ewes

95.07

-

-

-

-

-

-

70.00

47.00

73.70

34.75

-

135.29

Broken Mouthed Ewes

41.75

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

22.25

-

50.75

Suffolk X

Ewe Lambs (New & Old Season)

60.43

-

42.33

48.16

-

48.00

-

-

63.95

54.73

39.18

40.17

45.00

Gimmers

73.39

-

65.00

67.00

-

-

-

84.71

45.67

76.85

39.52

34.00

70.33

Fully Warranted Ewes

47.94

-

54.54

-

35.00

93.13

-

51.93

37.82

48.78

36.05

34.18

24.84

Broken Mouthed Ewes

32.87

47.00

43.15

-

-

54.00

-

38.50

38.88

28.24

29.36

26.40

21.28

Texel

Ewe Lambs (New & Old Season)

48.50

48.50

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Gimmers

48.00

48.00

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Fully Warranted Ewes

33.61

-

33.61

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Broken Mouthed Ewes

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Texel X

Ewe Lambs (New & Old Season)

41.37

51.00

44.79

-

-

32.00

93.64

40.00

44.68

34.13

31.72

37.60

-

Gimmers

65.84

47.91

67.12

-

83.08

-

-

48.25

47.86

71.41

53.79

51.96

65.60

Fully Warranted Ewes

48.61

47.07

61.63

-

72.00

-

-

38.90

38.06

58.43

47.23

36.15

38.10

Broken Mouthed Ewes

30.86

56.00

39.29

-

-

-

-

29.45

43.55

28.01

31.74

13.00

26.65

Other Crosses

Ewe Lambs (New & Old Season)

36.22

-

47.00

-

-

49.00

49.90

-

42.49

20.93

42.50

22.15

41.57

Gimmers

43.63

-

-

-

-

-

-

38.00

49.82

56.00

44.87

24.48

17.50

Fully Warranted Ewes

28.11

40.09

50.00

16.00

90.00

-

-

-

39.15

18.43

33.30

10.87

13.25

Broken Mouthed Ewes

17.97

30.80

46.00

16.90

30.00

-

22.00

-

17.13

20.92

16.87

13.78

17.86

All breeds with lambs at foot

67.74

86.67

83.41

60.67

69.22

72.01

56.43

50.02

42.38

44.26

-

-

-

All breeds light weight lambs

27.45

30.58

29.18

29.00

27.64

31.37

29.28

27.03

26.65

23.80

24.92

24.92

24.15

Store Lambs: (New & Old Season)

Blackface

23.92

28.52

23.50

30.01

35.14

32.66

32.13

-

16.72

26.45

22.07

21.51

24.39

Cheviot

28.75

34.19

31.39

36.21

32.21

41.51

21.00

-

25.59

27.59

29.68

26.45

24.85

Halfbred

24.48

40.70

41.79

-

38.10

52.00

-

-

38.83

39.50

13.92

33.97

35.51

Greyface/Mule

25.92

40.76

33.95

34.50

33.00

37.34

-

-

21.88

25.47

24.26

25.46

24.59

Suffolk

35.78

41.20

30.01

34.73

34.37

37.36

-

-

35.27

35.73

33.17

34.29

35.82

Suffolk cross

34.71

39.47

37.56

37.62

32.91

38.48

31.44

-

33.58

32.89

35.26

34.29

35.19

Texel

33.92

34.98

31.60

-

29.25

36.41

-

-

33.30

31.54

33.43

32.32

35.83

Texel cross

34.28

39.80

36.40

35.32

33.68

42.60

21.39

-

29.61

33.73

34.81

34.23

47.02

Other Breeds

29.02

30.49

25.49

21.82

20.58

50.18

20.00

-

33.48

26.01

33.51

33.60

37.96

Other crosses

27.47

35.57

34.50

-

-

55.75

-

-

32.94

22.31

24.29

26.58

32.42

Notes:

Average of prices paid.

Monthly averages relate to statistical months of four or five(*) weeks.

Source: Meat and Livestock Commission ( MLC) - Economics

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