Friday, September 5. Show and sale of store lambs and weekly sale of livestock. Forward: 1,307 store lambs. Sponsor: O’Reilly’s Accountants. Judge: M. Barker, Ellerton. Results - Texel cross, champion, 1&2 T. & G. Farrow £55.80, 54.40; 3 R.F. & R.D. Kettlewell £54.40. Mules, 1 J.W. & M.E. Taylor & Sons £53.40; 2 J.S. Cloughton £47.40; 3 T. & G. Farrow £47.40. Prices - Texels to £57.80 each (average 50.10); Cheviots 49; Mules 53.40 (45.52).

ALSO: Tuesday, September 2. Weekly sale of livestock including special show and sale of prime mule wether lambs. Forward: 1,557 sheep, comprising 1,167 prime lambs, 390 cast ewes and rams. Sponsor: P.K. Nutrition. Judge: A. Slack. Results - champion & 1, A. & H. Watson £73.50; 2 J.E. Thorpe £66.40; 3 C.T. & J.E. Willoughby £64. Prices - prime lambs: Continentals to £78 each or 170 pence per kilogram; Mules 73.50, 150; Horned (RF) £59.50, 142; Horned (SW) 57, 141. Cast ewes: Horned 72 (average 35.52); polled 92 (59.97). Cast rams: Horned 67 (57.06); Polled 72 (57.06).