PENRITH: Wednesday, September 10. Weekly sale of primestock. Forward: 2,570, comprising 1,321 prime lambs, 1,249 cast ewes and rams. Prices - Texel to £96 each, or 218 pence per kilogram; Beltex 95, 228; Suffolk 94, 169; Continental 88, 224; Mule 74, 152; Rough Fell 52; Swaledale 50; Bleu De mains 184p. Cast ewes: Texel 121; Continental 108; Suffolk 94; Bluefaced Leicester 87.50; Cross-Bred 86; Cheviot 85.50; Mule 77; Masham 72; Rough Fell 60; Scotch 56; Swaledale 52; Herdwick 43; Goat 41. Cast rams: Texel 93; Swaledale 51.

ALSO: Tuesday, September 9. Annual show and sale of Mule Gimmer Shearlings and Mule 2 shear ewes and sale of breeding sheep. Forward: 5,021 breeding sheep. Sponsors: Carr’s Billington Agriculture and Allflex (Livestock Identification). Judges: D. Kennerley and Julie Brough. Results - Shearling, pens of 10 - 1 Messrs J.J. & E. Lawson & Sons £195; 2 F.G. marshall £178; 3 Messrs T.R. & P.E. Little £182. 2 Shear, pens of 15 - 1 L. Harrinton £180; 2 Messrs J. Dickinson £160; 3 B.W. hewitson £178. Prices - shearlings: Texel to £300 each; Beltex 240; Bleu De Mains 215; Mule 195; Suffolk 190. Average 178. 2 shears: Mule 195; Texel 175; Suffolk 130. Average 166.55. Ewes 3 shear plus: Texel 145; Charollais 95.