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Table A9 Fatstock market prices by month, 1997

Cattle

Sheep

Pigs

Clean cattle

Cows

Clean sheep

Ewes

Clean pigs

Sows

p/kg
Live wt

£ /head

p/kg
est dcw

£ /head

p/kg
dwt

£ /head

January*

108.29

-

286.89

46.59

103.89

93.10

February

105.99

-

287.48

48.44

101.66

91.81

March

101.45

-

296.00

48.13

106.89

100.24

April*

96.86

-

268.06

49.53

111.75

109.58

May

92.23

-

251.58

38.12

132.96

127.98

June

94.86

-

239.79

35.05

135.11

102.07

July*

100.77

-

232.06

35.01

127.50

91.04

August

103.26

-

233.34

30.77

111.97

98.53

September

101.98

-

234.19

30.89

106.63

100.06

October*

99.17

-

219.03

28.75

108.13

93.36

November

96.92

-

205.41

29.35

103.01

81.76

December*

96.79

-

184.90

25.89

94.55

38.72

Weighted average weekly prices, mainly from Meat and Livestock Commission sources, at liveweight auction sales, except that clean pig prices cover

all categories deadweight.

Support Payments are excluded.

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