Monday, July 28. Fortnightly red market sale of prime bulls and cast cows. Prices - Prime Bulls: Black & White to 152.5 pence per kilogram, or £1,006.56 each; British Blue 1,084.60.

ALSO: Wednesday, July 23. Weekly sale of sheep and fortnightly sale of calves. Forward: 1,309 prime lambs, 1,379 cast ewes and rams and 90 rearing calves. Prices - Prime Lambs: Texel to 242 pence per kilogram, or £107 each; Beltex 209, 88; Continental 206, 99; Suffolk 182, 93; Charollais 83.50. Cast Ewes: Texel to £108.50 each; Suffolk 100; Continental 95; Beltex 93.50; Blueface Leicester 86.50; Cheviot 85.50; Mule 83; Rough Fell 79.50; Scotch Blackface 66; Swaledale 66. Cast Rams: Texel 117; Suffolk 112; Continental 99; Charollais 96.50; Scotch Blackface 77. Rearing Calves, Bulls: British Blue to £410 each; Aberdeen Angus 275; Simmental 260; Black & White 255; Limousin 220; MRI 170. Heifers: British Blue 345.