Table A8 Milking cows and store stock market prices(1) by month, 1997 |
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Average |
Jan.* |
Feb. |
March |
April* |
May |
June |
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Dairy
cattle |
£/head |
£/head |
£/head |
£/head |
£/head |
£/head |
£/head |
Cows
& heifers in milk and in-calf: |
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Ayrshire |
519.39
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717.20
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570.55
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661.00
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567.83
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490.70
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496.69
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Friesian |
676.68
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850.19
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810.59
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731.91
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686.91
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693.43
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636.45
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Dairy
stores (all breeds): |
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2
years old and over |
468.90
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- |
425.00
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485.00
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451.00
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575.00
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- |
1
year to 2 years |
337.62
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250.00
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- |
408.39
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361.67
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Under
1 year |
80.22
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87.57
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89.80
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86.23
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88.59
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83.06
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74.45
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Beef
cattle |
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Cows
& heifers in milk and in-calf |
654.39
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749.12
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706.32
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723.09
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712.62
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694.87
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699.89
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Beef
stores: |
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2
years old and over |
493.10
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565.12
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556.00
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585.02
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534.31
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509.55
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507.54
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1
year to 2 years |
433.57
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499.12
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481.81
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441.85
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434.85
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399.36
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388.17
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Weaned
calves |
358.67
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380.62
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394.60
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354.06
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364.78
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327.04
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313.42
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Young
calves for rearing |
96.21
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105.26
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110.82
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105.00
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104.26
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97.91
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98.26
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Irish
store cattle |
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Others
under 1 Year |
287.79
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276.35
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331.34
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323.82
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280.20
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283.26
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290.02
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Sheep |
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Ewes
for Breeding: |
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Blackface |
40.34
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36.44
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53.58
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63.11
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- |
32.00
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Cheviot |
42.07
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51.88
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58.41
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56.00
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33.50
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With
lambs at foot |
88.12
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105.24
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104.72
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98.07
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96.86
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83.78
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78.53
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Hoggs:
Blackface |
44.02
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35.13
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34.16
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35.74
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36.36
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42.03
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70.27
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Halfbred |
65.95
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51.53
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57.99
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73.11
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57.61
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35.00
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Cheviot |
44.60
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45.67
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46.36
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43.81
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38.40
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39.76
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33.31
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Greyface |
45.13
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43.18
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42.77
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42.98
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40.66
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53.65
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65.25
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Downcross |
46.63
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47.88
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46.47
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47.17
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41.32
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39.87
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32.30
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Lambs:
Blackface |
33.43
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34.67
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33.97
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Halfbred |
59.72
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Cheviot |
35.61
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44.87
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Greyface |
53.55
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38.00
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Downcross |
40.73
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- |
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29.50
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35.00
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37.43
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Pigs |
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6 to
10 weeks |
30.20
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34.00
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10
to 14 weeks |
29.85
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27.95
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31.70
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27.70
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28.95
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38.21
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38.31
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| (1) Weighted average of prices paid at a number of
representative markets. |
| Monthly averages relate to statistical months of
four or five(*) weeks. |
