BENTHAM: Saturday, September 20. Annual multi-breed sale of rams and females. Forward: 662. Prices - Teeswaters: Ram lambs to £120 each (average 86.67); Shearlings 300 (184.29); Aged 160; Females 160, (86.67). Bluefaced Leicester: Ram lambs 3,400 (416.71); Shearling 5,000 (711.07); Aged 650 (386.21); Females 300 (143.64). Beltex: Shearling rams 820 (430.77); Females 200. Cross bred: Ram lambs 230 (205); Shearling 650 (317.93); Aged 430 (317.50). Texel: Ram lambs 420 (207.78); Shearling rams 1,050 (374.62); Aged 280 (192); Females 520 (247.62). Suffolk: Ram lambs 420 (282.86); Shearling 620 (382); Aged 420 (278.33); Females 200 (172.50). Charollais: Shearling rams 320 (226.15).

ALSO: Wednesday, September 17. Weekly sale of livestock and monthly sale of stirks. Forward: 5 dairy, 79 rearing calves, 275 stirks, 1,721 cull ewes, 3,364 prime lambs. Prices - dairy: newly calved Black and White heifers to £1,980 each; n/c Black and White cows 1,700. Rearing calves: British Blue cows 383; British Blue heifers 325; Limousin bulls 360; Limousin heifers 340; Hereford bulls 282; Aberdeen Angus cross heifers 168; Simmental bulls 388; Black and White bulls 128. Stirks: British Blue bulls 560; British Blue bullocks 920; British Blue heifers 920; Limousin bulls 515; Limousin bullocks 970; Limousin heifers 890; Charolais bullocks 940; Charolais heifers 840; Aberdeen Angus cross bulls 750; Aberdeen Angus cross bullocks 815; Aberdeen Angus cross heifers 700; Hereford bullocks 850; Hereford heifers 605; Simmental heifers 690; Saler heifers 680; British Shorthorn bullocks 700; British Shorthorn heifers 655; Montbeliarde bullocks 740; Black and White bulls 430; Black and White bullocks 810. Cull ewes: Continental 145; Suffolk 99; Mule 77; Masham 81; Horned 72; Bluefaced Leicester 88; Polled rams 112; Horned rams 71.50; Goats 51. Prime lambs (less than 36kgs): Continental to 60 or 178 pence per kilogram; Suffolk 59, 184; Mule 49.20, 140; Horned 48.50, 145. Prime lambs (more than 36kgs): Continental 96, 223; Suffolk 95, 156; Mule 69, 146; Masham 68, 145; Horned 59.50, 152.