KIRKBY STEPHEN: Friday, September 12. Annual show and sale of NEMSA mule gimmer lambs. Forward: 10,630. Sponsors: Westmorland Accountants; Farm Sense in conjunction with Eden Supplies (Brough) Ltd; New Breed UK; Carr’s Billington Agriculture; Dugdale Nutrition; Shearwell Data; H.&H. Insurance Brokers and The British Wook Marketing Board. Judge: M. Allan and P. Tucker. Results - Class 1, Confined to Vendors of 200 or less and Members of Kirkby Stephen NEMSA Branch, 1 Messrs Jenkinson £210; 2 Messrs I. & P. Brown £165; 3 G.R. Birkbeck £182. Class 2-10 Lambs open to all vendors, champion &1 K.A. Brown & Sons £780; reserve & 2 H.R. hayton & Son £400; 3 W.M. Hutchinson & Sons £600.

ALSO: Tuesday, September 9. Weekly sale of prime sheep. Forward: 2,198, comprising 1,653 prime lambs, 545 cast ewes and rams. Prices - prime lambs: Beltex cross to £100.80 each or 250.88 pence per kilogram; Dutch Texel 101.30, 241.20; Roughe 96.80, 240.80; Charollais 82.80, 165.60; Texel 80.30, 169; Suffolk 75.80; Mule 69.30, 145.10; Rough Fell 63.80, 136.70; Swaledale 55.80, 137.60. Cast ewes: Texel 103.50; Mule 84.50; Rough Fell 71.50; Swaledale 63.50; Cheviot 63.50; Cheviot 63.50; Zwartble 53.50; Herdwick 36.50. Cast rams: Swaledale 50.50.

ALSO: Monday, September 8. Fortnightly sale of cast/OTM cattle. Forward: 30. Prices - cast cows: Limousin to £1,049 each or 167.50 pence per kilogram; British Blue 953.70, 144.50; Black and White 836.22, 118.50; Simmental 760.43; Hereford 741.32, 109.50.