Tuesday, August 19. Weekly sale of livestock, and special evening show and sale of mule gimmer shearlings and ewes. Forward: 800 prime lambs, 351 cast ewes and rams, 247 mule gimmer shearlings and ewes and 6 breeding rams. Prices - Show. Judge: M. Brown. Sponsor: PK Nutrition. Results: 1&2 JW Hall, sold at £172 to A. Lodge and mule ewes, 162, Lowther Park Farms Ltd; 3 N&RJ Sunter, 140 AT Pratt. Mule gimmer shearlings to £172 average (132.16); Mule Ewes 122. Crossing Rams: Beltex shearlings 350; Texel shearlings 350. Prime Lambs: Continentals to 173 pence per kilogram (average 160.5p), or £77 each; Suffolk 163 (158), 62; Masham 163, 66.80; Mules 155, (142.3), 65; Horned 146 (128.2), 54. Cast Ewes: Horned (Sw) to £67.40 (average £26.80); Polled 100 (59.71). Cast Rams: Horned to £58 each; Polled 94.
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