Saturday, October 25. Annual Luke Fair sale of breeding sheep. Forward: 3,176 sheep. Prices, Ewes: Swaledale to £200 each; Texel 138; Mule 92; Cheviot 82; Zwartble 77; Rough Fell 66; Suffolk 66. Gimmer Shearlings: Blueface Leicester 170; Texel 160; Swaledale 152; Mule 155; Herdwick 62. Gimmer Lambs: Swaledale 105; Mule 102; Zwartble 100. Store Lambs: Texel 57; Mule 48; Cheviot 45; Swaledale 27. Aged Rams: Blueface Leicester 380; Texel 300. Shearling Rams: Dutch Texel 450; Cheviot 380; Blueface Leicester 380; Charollais 320; Texel 300. Ram Lambs: Texel 280; Blueface Leicester 220.
ALSO: Tuesday, October 21. Weekly sale of livestock. Forward: 2,585 prime lambs and 446 cast ewes and rams. Prices - Prime Lambs: Beltex to 250.80 pence per kilogram, or £114.80 each; Dutch Texel 233.3, 93.30; Rouge de l’Ouest 207.2, 80.80; Texel 188, 112.80; Charollais 166.2, 72.80; Mule 148.8, 74.80; Blackface 146.7; Swaledale 142.5, 58.30; Suffolk 73.80; Cheviot 63.80; Rough Fell 51. Cast Ewes: Texel to £106.50 each; Mule 77.50; Blueface Leicester 68.80; Suffolk 68; Rough Fell 57.50; Swaledale 50.50; Ryeland 50; Blackface 40.50; Jacob 34.50. Cast Rams: Suffolk 130.50; Texel 81.50; Jacob 35.50