Monday, October 6. Special annual sale of registered and unregistered uncrossed Swaledale ewes and gimmer shearlings. Forward: 1,316 Swaledale sheep, comprising of 1,116 ewes and 200 shearlings. Judges: J Tully and P Lightfoot. Sponsor: Roger Hards Sheep Scanning. Results - Ewes: 1 (HSBC Trophy) D&M Brown, £360; 2 BR Lawson, £460; 3 W Allison & Son, £290. Gimmer Shearlings: 1&3 N Croft, £240; 2 WN Avison & Son, £200. Prices: Ewes to £1,000 each (average £167.72); Gimmer Shearlings 240 (152.11).

ALSO: Thursday, October 2. Annual show and sale of Bluefaced Leicester Rams and Females on behalf of the BSBA. Sponsors: Farmers Guardian and IAnson Bros Animal Feeds. Forward: 772, comprising 108 aged rams and shearlings, 618 ram lambs, 46 females. Results - Ram Lambs, champion, 1&2  M. James £6,000, £4,000; 3 WM Hutchinson & Sons £7,500. Aged Rams, 1 GW Whitwell £3,800. Shearling Rams, 1 WC Porter & Son £1,900; 2 J Smith-Jackson £7,000; 3 MR Thornborrow £750. Ewes and Gimmer Shearlings, 1&2 M/s Lord £800, £850; 3 NJ & L Allan £1,050. Gimmer Lambs, 1&2 J Bell £800, £1,350; 3 N White £650. Prices - Ram lambs to £15,000 each (average 1,244); aged rams 3,800 (894); shearling rams 7,000 (997); ewes and gimmer shearlings 1,100 (511); gimmer lambs 1,350 (478)

ALSO: Tuesday, September 30. Weekly sale of livestock. Forward: 3,610 sheep, comprising 1,157 prime and light lambs, 616 cast ewes and rams, 1,719 breeding ewes and gimmer shearlings, 118 breeding rams. Prices - Prime lambs: Continentals to £83.50 each or 169 pence per kilogram (average 155.8); Suffolks 77, 169 (156); Mules 83, 160 (149.6); Horned 62.50, 156 (134.5). Breeding ewes: Correct Swaledale 140 (90.21); Correct Below Swaledale 60 (46.56). Breeding rams: Bluefaced Leicester (322); Texels (242.27). Other breeds: SFK 350; Cheviot 340; Charollais 325. Cast ewes: Horned 70 (35.42). Polled 96 (69.63). Cast rams: Horned 55.50 (48.33); Polled 75 (59.55).