LANCASTER: Monday, April 14. Show and Sale of Spring Lambs. Forward 67 lambs. Judge - James Cookson. Champion Lamb: Texel £120, (40 Kilograms). Prime Hoggs: Texel £130 each. Cast Sheep: Suffolk £106 each; Mules Ewes £77 each. Sheep and lambs: Texel cross shearlings with twins £198 each; Texel with singles £152 each; Aged Mule ewes with suffolk twins £175 per family. Prime Bulls: 185.5 pence per kilogram. Dairy Bulls: 124.5 pence per kilogram.
ALSO: Friday, April 11. Sale of livestock. Forward: 395 store cattle and 117 cast cows. Prices. Store cattle - Bullocks: British Blue to £1,400 each; Limousin 1,400; Aberdeen Angus 1,380; Simmental 1,340; Welsh Black 1,340; Charolais 1,270; Blonde d’Aquitaine 1,270; Montbeliarde 1,270; Friesian 1,240; Hereford 1,230; Continental 710. Heifers: Simmental 1,280; British Blue 1,250; Limousin 1,240; Aberdeen Angus 1,140; Hereford 1,110; Charolais 1,100; Stabiliser 1,080; Blonde d’Aquitaine 1,070; Shorthorn 1,060; Friesian 1,050; Bazadaise 980. Bulls: Charolais 1,110; Simmental 1,010; Aberdeen Angus 540; Friesian 400. Cast cattle - Cows: Limousin to 187.5 pence per kilo; Stabiliser 139.5; Simmental 134.5; Brown Swiss 129.5; Friesian 129.5; Blonde d’Aquitaine 129.5; MRI 119.5; Swedish Red and White 104.5. Heifers: Simmental 189.5; Aberdeen Angus 179.5; British Blue 177.5; Charolais 159.5; Friesian 154.5; Brown Swiss 141.5. Cast/prime bulls and bullocks: Shorthorn 199.5; Charolais 154.5; Friesian 139.5. Calves - Bulls: Montbeliarde £212; Swedish Red and White 30. Heifers: Limousin 400. Stirks - Bullocks: 455.
ALSO: Monday, April 7. Weekly sale of livestock. Forward: 350 store cattle, 77 OTM/cast, 35 calves/stirks, 600 prime hoggs. Prices - store bullocks: Limousin to £1,500 each; Charolais 1,380; Hereford 1,300; British Blue 1,260; Simmental 1,260; Aberdeen Angus 1,240; Blonde d’Aquitaine 1,230; Shorthorn 1,190; Montbeliarde 990; Friesian 960; Swedish Red and White 840; Meuse Rhine Isel 550; British Shorthorn 440. Store heifers: British Blue 1,220; Limousin 1,170; Charolais 1,150; Hereford 1,140; Simmental 1,140; Aberdeen Angus 1,140; Blonde d’Aquitaine 1,020; Bazadaise 950. Cast cows: British Blue to 141.5 pence per kilogram; Limousin 139.5; Simmental 139.5; Aberdeen Angus 137.5; Brown Swiss 134.5; Welsh Black 129.5; Hereford 129.5; Friesian 127.5; Meuse Rhine Isel 124.5; Swedish Red and White 84.5. Cast heifers: Friesian 149.5. Cast/prime bulls and bullocks: Friesian 171.5; Limousin 141.5; South Devon 129.5. bull calf: Friesian £118. Bull stirk: Aberdeen Angus 565; British Blue 408; Montbeliarde 265. Bullock stirk: Charolais 635; Heifer cald: Aberdeen Angus 128; Heifer stirks: Charolais 565; Limousin 535; Aberdeen Angus 390. Prime hoggs: Suffolk 104; Mule 95; Half Bred 122; Horned 90; Charollais 100; Cheviot 97; Texel 118; Leicester 77. Cast sheep: Suffolk 94; Masham 84; Mule 88; Horned 53; Texel 125. Prime bulls: Holstein Friesian 110.50p; Simmental 184.50; Aberdeen Angus 181.50; Continental 160.50; Meuse Rhine Isel 153.50; British Blue 183.50; Swedish Red and White 144.50. Prime cattle: Limousin 195.50; Aberdeen Angus 179.50; British Blue 189.50. Breeding sheep: Mule £190; Texel 212. Sheep and lambs. Singles: Mule ewe 108 (97); Mule BM 116. Twins: Mule ewe 165 (157); Mule BM 165 (159); Mule Shearling 190; Texel cross shearling 212 (202).