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The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart had forward 306
lots of Christmas turkeys, ducks, geese & chickens at their
sale on Monday 22nd December 2008.
A small show of birds were forward
which meant birds of all classes sold to extreme high rates.
Oven
ready turkeys sold from £2.80
to £3.20 per/lb.
Top price of £78 was for a 30lb oven
ready turkey from R D Leadbetter, Culteuchar.
Leading prices:
Rough plucked turkeys
: £70 Culteuchar & Sandholes, £68, £65, £60
Sandholes.
Oven ready turkeys: £78 Culteuchar, £68 Brocklewath, £62
Culteuchar, £58 Powheads.
Rough plucked goose: £38 Basco Dykehead, £35 Walter
Street, £32 Basco Dykehead
Oven ready goose: £42 Lordsgate, £40 Manor House & Kernal
View, £38 Manor House & Lordsgate.
Rough plucked chicken: £38, £35, £30 Redhouse
Oven ready chicken: £38, £30 Redhouse
Rough plucked duck: £18, £16 Basco Dykehead
Oven ready duck: £32, £30, £28, £24 Manor
House
2007 sale report
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