BENTHAM: Saturday, August 16. ‘The Ram-Page’ - Great Annual Summer Show & Sale of Rams. Forward: 410. Prices - Charollais Lambs to £300 each; Shearlings 520; Aged 500; Berrichon Shearlings 350; Beltex Shearlings 1,200; Aged 730; Cross Bred Shearlings 1,200; Aged 680; Texel Lambs 500; Shearlings 1,200; Suffolk Lambs 470; Shearlings 800; Aged 350. Annual Genus Dairy Sale. Results - P & D Knowles, Holstein Friesian £2,520. Prices - Newly Calved Cows £2,200. Averages: Newly Calved Heifers £1,964.71; Newly Calved Cows 1,800; In Calf Cows 1,450.

ALSO: Wednesday, August 13. Sale of livestock. Forward: 22 Dairy Cattle and Rearing Calves, 152 Calves, 4,570 Cast/Feeding Ewes, Prime and Lightweight Lambs, comprising 1,796 Ewes and 2,774 Lambs. Prices - Dairy: Newly Calved Black and White Heifers to £2,520 each; N/C Black and White Cows 2,200; I/C Heifers 1,450. Calves: British Blue Bulls 400; British Blue Heifers 395; Limousin Bulls 375; Limousin Heifers 440; Bazadaise Heifers 385; Charolais Bulls 350; Simmental Bulls 315; Hereford Bulls 282; Hereford Heifers 290; Aberdeen Angus Bulls 305; Aberdeen Angus Heifers 325; Montbeliarde Bulls 180; Black and White Bulls 108. Cast/Feeding Ewes: Continental 119; Suffolk 109; Mule 90; Masham 80; Bluefaced Leicester 82.50; Horned 81; Polled Rams 126; Horned Rams 68; Goats 50. Lambs (Less than 36kgs): Continental £68 or 194 pence per kilogram; Suffolk 51.50, 151; Mule 52.50, 154; Horned 44, 133. More than 36kgs: Continental 98, 233; Suffolk 83, 171; Mule 79, 171; Masham 70.20, 159; Horned 63, 143