THE Cumberland and Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart had 2681 store hoggs and feeding ewes forward at their weekly sale in Longtown on Tuesday when trade was animated.
Top prices and averages for hoggs were: Suffolks to £65.50 and averaged £50.21; Texels £66.50 and £49.47; Greyfaces £62.50 and £40.51; Hill Cheviots £50 and £34.31; Blackfaces £48.50 and £31.26.
Wallets Marts sold 1361 prime hoggs in Castle Douglas on Tuesday to a top of £80 per head and 205.1p per kg to average 152.5p.
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