BENTHAM: Wednesday, July 2. Weekly sale of livestock. Forward: 11 dairy, 71 rearing calves, 2,668 sheep, comprising 1,038 cast ewes, 1,630 prime lambs. Prices - newly calved Black and White to £1,440 each; n/c Black and White heifers 2,000; n/c Jersey 1,100. Rearing calves: British Blue bulls 368; Limousin bulls 388Limousin heifers 300; Hereford cross bulls 385; Hereford cross heifers 362; Aberdeen Angus cross bulls 270; Aberdeen Angus cross heifers 220; Flekvieh bulls 205; Black and White bulls 175. Cast ewes: Continental 154; Suffolk 131Mule 93; Masham 80; Horned 81; Bluefaced Leicester 124.50; Polled rams 130; Goats 45. Prime lambs (less than 36kgs): Continental £81 or 231 pence per kilogram; Suffolk 70.50, 213. More than 36kgs: Continental 120, 300; Suffolk 101,204; Mule 72.50, 185.
ALSO: Tuesday, July 1. Monthly sale of cattle. Forward: 175, comprising 35 suckler breeding cattle, 131 store cattle and feeding bulls, 9 cull cows. Prices - suckler breeding cattle: Heifers with heifer calves to £1,520 each; Cows with bull calves 1,880; Cows with heifer calves 1,500; Breeding bulls 1,800. Feeding bulls: Limousin cross 810. Store cattle. Steers: Hereford 970; Limousin cross 950; Aberdeen Angus cross 935; Black and White 935; Montbeliarde cross 935; Simmental cross 940; British Blue 900; Charolais 900. Store cattle. Heifers: Bazadaise cross 1,090; Limousin cross 1,040; British Blue 1,040; Aberdeen Angus cross 950; Charolais 900. Cull cows: Beef £980 or 144 pence per kilogram; Black and White cows 760.35, 111.