Monday, October 6. Fortnightly sale of cast and OTM cattle. Forward: 50 cattle. Prices. Cast cattle - Cows: Blonde d'Aquitaine to £1,193.51 each, or 158.5 pence per kilo; Limousin 1,044.70, 168.5; Montbeliarde 943.95, 110.5; Black and White 939.27, 119.5; British Blue 877.66; Simmental 846.86, 121.5. Bullocks: Black and White 999.18, 144.5; Belted Galloway 843.70, 147.5. Bulls: British Blue 1,415.98, 135.5; Limousin 1,179.68, 122.5.

ALSO: Saturday, October 4. Annual show and sale of Swaledale Gimmer Lambs and Bluefaced Leicester rams and females. Sponsors - Swaledale Gimmers: Eden Farm Supplies (Brough), Farmers Guardian and Ewtag. Bluefaced Leicester: Farmers Guardian, Copley Coal and Ewtag. Judges: J Reed (Swaledale); A Johnson (Bluefaced Leicester). Results - Swaledale. Pens of 10 or more, champion & 1 Messrs G Calvert & Sons £200; 2 JR Addison & West £122; 3 D. Birbeck £138. Prices - to £200 each (overall average £70.29). Results - Bluefaced Leicester, Aged or Shearling Ram, 1 IR Cousin; 2 W & CW Dent; 3 P Sowerby. Ram Lamb, champion & 1 Messrs Lord £2,600; reserve & 2 WM Hutchinson; 3 HR Hayton & Son. Prices - Aged rams to £4,200 each (average 791); Ram lamb 2,600 (534.59; Shearling ram 1,150 (382.73); Gimmer lambs 420.

ALSO: Friday, October 3. Annual show and sale of Registered and Unregistered Swaledale Ewes and Shearlings. Forward: 3,500. Sponsors: Farmers Guardian, H Pigney & Son and Armstrong Watson (Chartered Accountants). Judges: T. Edgar; B. Akrigg (60 sheep). Results - Pen of 10 Ewes, champion & 1 Messrs R Hutchinson & Sons £520; 2 A Alderson £180; 3 M & EM Wilson £200. Pen of 10 Shearlings, 1 JA Alderson £340; 2 Messrs G Calvert & Sons £235; 3 B Walton £245. Best run of 60 sheep, 1 Messrs G Calvert & Sons. Prices - ewes to £720; gimmer shearlings £340

ALSO: Tuesday, September 30. Weekly sale of prime sheep and fortnightly sale of store sheep. Forward: 3,822 prime sheep, comprising 2,906 prime lambs, 538 cast ewes and rams, 378 store lambs. Prices - Prime lambs: Beltex to £103.80 each or 254.70 pence per kilogram; Rouge 97.80, 244.50; Dutch Texel 90.80, 218.30; Texel 89.30; Charollais 83.30, 178.10; Suffolk 81.80; Mule 74.80, 150.70; Swaledale 61.30, 149.40; Bluefaced Leicester 60.80; Rough 53.80. Cast ewes: Texel 111.50; Bluefaced Leicester 92.50; Beltex 87.50; Suffolk 81.50; Mule 75.50; Rough 63.50; Swaledale 53.50; Zwartble 51.50; Texel 110.50; Hampshire 87.50; Swaledale 59.50. Store lambs: Dutch Texel 59; Texel 57.50; Suffolk 57; Swaledale 41