KIRKBY STEPHEN: Monday, April 7. Fortnightly sale of Cast and OTM cattle and April sale of store cattle. Forward: 300 store cattle and 48 cast and OTM cattle. Prices - Cast and OTM cattle: British Blue £1,235.46 each, 174.50 pence per kilogram; Black and white 1,143.13, 147.50; Blonde D’Aquitaine 1,073.12, 176.50; Limousin 1,073.12, 174.50; Aberdeen Angus 841.40, 137.50. Cast Bull: Blonde D’Aquitaine £1,127.91 each. Bullcoks: British Blue £1,295 each; Limousin 1,250; Aberdeen Angus 1,200; Simmental 1,110; Charolais 1,100; Beef Shorthorn 990; Holstein/Friesian 825. Heifers: British Blue £1,190 each; Simmental 1,150; Limousin 1,150; Blonde D’Aquitaine 1,145; Stabilizer 1,105; Aberdeen Angus 1,100; Charolais 1,060.
ALSO: Tuesday, April 1. Weekly sale of livestock. Forward: 1,036 sheep, comprising 808 prime hoggs, 228 cast ewes and rams. Prices - prime hoggs: Beltex to £118.80 each or 212.10 pence per kilogram: Charollais 116.30, 212.30; Texel 112.30, 239.50; Suffolk 105.80, 221.10; Mule 99.80, 215.10; Cheviot 97.80, 220.50; Swaledale 95.80, 210.90; Bluefaced Leicester 85.80, 210; jacob 84.80, 201.90; Rough Fell 80.30; Zwartble 224.70p. Cast ewes: Suffolk 113.50; Texel 95; Mule 86.50; Beltex 74.50; Swaledale 66.50; Rough Fell 62.50; Cheviot 59.50; herdwick 42.50.