PENRITH: Monday, 4 August. Fortnightly sale of store cattle of all classes and green market sale of 38 OTM cattle. Forward: 139 store cattle. Prices - Bullocks: Limousin £1,255 each; Aberdeen Angus 1,135; British Blue 1,075; Hereford 1,025; Shorthorn 915; Black and white 835. Heifers: Limousin £1,195 each; Hereford 1,115; British Blue 1,095. Cast Cows: Blonde D’Aquitaine £1,907 each or 217.5 pence per kilo; Aberdeen Angus 1,407.74 or 163.5; Limousin 1,264.25 or 162.5; British Blue 949.62 or 132.5; Black and white 904.16 or 118.5; Montbeliard £755.16 each. Cast Bulls: Charolais £1,144.61 each; Limousin £1,063.76 each. Prime Cattle: Limousin £1,355.03 each or 217.5 pence per kilo; Charolais £1,053.71 each; Black and white £838.57. Prime Bulls: Limousin £1,432.56 or 200 pence per kilo; Saler 1,121.61 or 165.5; British Blue 1,273.49 or 185; Blonde D’Aquitaine 1,236.35 or 190.5; Montbeliarde 944 or 147.5; Simmental £1,311.93 each; Black and white £807.80 each.

ALSO: Wednesday, 30 July. Weekly sale of 2,572 prime sheep, comprising of 1,669 prime lambs and 903 cast ewes and rams. Prices - Prime Lambs: Beltex £89 each or 228 pence per kilo; Texel 100 or 209; Continental 85 or 193; Suffolk 85 or 176.0; Charollais 75 or 175; Mule 72 or 171. Cast Ewes: Texel £115 each; Suffolk 95; Bluefaced Leicester 93; Continental 90; Beltex 89; Mule 79; Cheviot 69; Swaledale 65; Scotch 57. Cast Rams: Suffolk £89 each; Zwartble 85.