Monday, January 5. Weekly sale of primestock. Forward: 4 Limousin bulls, 45 OTM cattle and 249 store cattle and feeding bulls. Prices - Prime Bulls: Limousin to 223.5 pence per kilogram, or to £1,529.27 each; Blonde d’Aquitaine 214.5, 1,432.46. Clean Cattle: Limousin 246.4, 1,589.93; British Blue 215.5, 1,618.41. Cast Cows: British Blue to 191.5 pence per kilogram, or to £1,489.87 each; Limousin 187.5, 1,220.55; Black & White 123.5, 916.97. Cast Bulls: Limousin 133.5, 1,448.48. Store and Feeding Cattle, Bullocks: Blonde d’Aquitaine to £1,575 each; Limousin 1,405; British Blue 1,395; Continental 1,255; Hereford 1,245; Aberdeen Angus 1,245; Black & White 1,215; Charolais 1,155; Simmental 1,105. Heifers: British Blue 1,355; Limousin 1,335; Charolais 1,265; Aberdeen Angus 1,095. Bulls: Limousin 805.
ALSO: Monday, December 29. Green market sale. Forward: 25 prime cattle and cast cows, 712 cast ewes and rams and 2,195 prime lambs. Prices - Prime Bulls: Limousin to 217.5 pence per kilogram or £1,514.54 each; Black & White 145.5. Lambs: Texel to 249 pence per kilogram, or £105 each; Beltex 239, 97; Suffolk 223, 92; Continental 220, 95; Mule 187, 85; Cheviot 184; Swaledale 181, 74.50; Scotch Blackface 179, 75; Herdwick 67.Cast Ewes: Texel to £137 each; Continental 129; Suffolk 125; Cheviot 118; Mule 112.50; Half-Bred 112; Blueface Leicester 98; Scotch Blackface 80; Swaledale 75.50. Cast Rams: Texel 126; Blueface Leicester 104; Cheviot 100; Swaledale 87; Herdwick 74.