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Table A8 Milking cows and store stock market prices(1) by month, 1997 (continued)

July*

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.*

Nov.

Dec.

Dairy cattle

£/head

£/head

£/head

£/head

£/head

£/head

Cows & heifers in milk and in-calf:

Ayrshire

511.16

421.05

462.91

470.81

488.67

491.00

Friesian

647.73

648.07

570.29

603.65

669.13

640.45

Dairy stores (all breeds):

2 years old and over

-

-

-

487.50

-

-

1 year to 2 years

-

-

324.78

296.00

285.00

360.00

Under 1 year

73.91

72.78

79.37

79.28

77.45

71.63

Beef cattle

Cows & heifers in milk and in-calf

652.66

647.19

663.99

603.46

513.29

532.31

Beef stores:

2 years old and over

481.38

476.44

485.23

471.39

442.75

412.64

1 year to 2 years

417.05

430.42

440.82

427.51

384.44

363.48

Weaned calves

348.36

373.69

439.05

352.32

305.02

292.81

Young calves for rearing

93.60

88.17

91.57

87.75

82.84

83.33

Irish store cattle

-

-

-

-

-

-

Others under 1 Year

305.65

293.97

268.78

282.36

216.39

220.70

Sheep

Ewes for Breeding:

Blackface

-

25.18

44.94

38.97

22.18

-

Cheviot

45.72

36.86

44.64

41.37

29.22

19.49

With lambs at foot

71.15

47.77

-

-

-

-

Hoggs: Blackface

-

-

-

-

-

-

Halfbred

27.00

-

-

-

-

-

Cheviot

28.00

-

-

-

-

-

Greyface

-

-

-

34.87

-

-

Downcross

42.81

34.60

-

-

-

-

Lambs: Blackface

31.50

35.87

45.57

26.26

22.74

21.69

Halfbred

33.50

71.05

52.44

42.74

38.07

31.35

Cheviot

35.67

36.77

37.63

33.46

29.50

24.27

Greyface

33.00

62.91

52.38

38.65

30.56

31.87

Downcross

37.80

42.48

42.44

39.54

39.68

30.55

Pigs

6 to 10 weeks

29.00

19.00

-

-

29.68

-

10 to 14 weeks

41.84

24.51

27.96

25.98

26.41

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