Monday, March 2. Weekly sale of crop. Prices - Haylage: Mini hestons to £74 per tonne; £15 per bale. Barley straw: Mini hestons to £72, £65 per tonne; round bales to £17, £16, £15 each. Wheat straw: Mini hestons to £61, £59 and £56 per tonne; round bales to £12 each. 

ALSO: Friday, February 27. Sale of beef breeding cattle. Prices - Heifers with calves: British Blue to £3,000 each; Blonde 2,950; Limousin 2,600; Bazadaise 2,200. Cows with calves: Limousin 3,000; British Blue 2,700. Cows in calf: Limousin 2,100; British Blue 1,250; Blonde 1,240. Heifers in calf: Limousin 1,800; British Blue 1,620; Aberdeen Angus 1,500; Hereford 1,350; Charolais 1,300

ALSO: Wednesday, February 25. Weekly sale of livestock. Forward: 834, comprising 646 store cattle, 186 calves, 2 dairy. Prices - Store cattle. Heifers: Limousin to £1,460 each; Hereford 1,340; Blonde d'Aquitaine 1,330; Charolais 1,320; British Blue 1,280; Stabiliser 1,265; Aberdeen Angus 1,105; Bazadaise 1,070. Steers: Limousin 1,375; Charolais 1,290; Blonde d'Aquitaine 1,210; Stabiliser 1,220; British Blue 1,200; Lincoln Red 1,095; Aberdeen Angus 1,090; Holstein Friesian 1,090; Hereford 1,070; Simmental 1,030; Saler 1,010; Holstein 990; Beef Shorthorn 900; Montbeliarde 880; British Friesian 715. Weaned calves. Bulls: Limousin 1,165; Blonde d'Aquitaine 930; British Blue 925; British Friesian 850; Saler 790; Charolais 755; Aberdeen Angus 695; Holstein Friesian 685; Fleckvieh 560; Holstein 535. Steers: Limousin 1,105; Simmental 1,010; Charolais 1,000; British Blue 990; British Friesian 870; Holstein 790; Aberdeen Angus 765; Holstein Friesian 745. Heifers: British Blue 980; Limousin 970; Aberdeen Angus 810; Charolais 755; Blonde d'Aquitaine 720; Simmental 710; Beef Shorthorn 650. Calves. Bulls: British Blue 570; Limousin 505; Simmental 320; Holstein Friesian 250; Holstein 215; British Friesian 205; Ayrshire 52. Heifers: Aberdeen Angus 540; British blue 520; Limousin 520.

ALSO: Monday, February 23. Weekly sale of primestock, breeding sheep and crop. Forward: 338 cast cows, 75 prime bulls, 38 prime steers and heifers, 2,275 prime hoggs. Prices - Cast cows: British Blue to £1,798 each or 206.5 pence per kilogram; Charolais 1,609, 170.5; Limousin 1,377, 189; South Devon 1,160, 186.5; Montbeliarde 1,104, 151.5; Luing 1,096, 148.5; Aberdeen Angus 1,088, 149.5; Danish red 1,053, 127.5; Holstein Friesian 1,048, 159.5; Simmental 1,042, 137.5; British Friesian 1,010, 153.5; Blue Grey 137.5p; Longhorn 129.5p. Cast bulls: British Blue 1,629, 178.5; Simmental 1,515; Limousin 1,505, 153.5; Luing 1,240. Prime bulls: Limousin 1,684, 224.5; British Blue 1,447, 213.5; British Friesian 1,116, 186.5; Holstein Friesian 1,100, 177.5. Prime cattle. Steers: British Blue 1,703, 217.5; Charolais 1,684, 225.5; Limousin 1,666, 229.5; Blonde d'Aquitaine 1,632, 208.5; Whitebred Shorthorn 1,085. Heifers: Charolais 1,663, 213.5; Limousin 1,510, 224.5; British Blue 1,432, 226.5; Blonde d'Aquitaine 1,265, 223.5; British Friesian 1,034; Whitebred Shorthorn 165.5p. Prime sheep: Dutch Texel 116.80, 259.6; Texel 109.80, 267.8; Suffolk 103.80, 199.5; Hill Cheviot 97.30, 204.4; Greyfaced 94.80, 185.6; Beltex 94.80, 243.9; Charolais 84.30, 199.5; Swaledale 81.30, 189.1; Zwartbles 78.80, 175.1; Herdwick 76.30, 183.9. Ewes and rams: Texel 109.50; Suffolk 107.50; Leicester 95.50; North Country Cheviot 93.50; Greyfaced 91.50; Kerry Hill 77.50; Jacob 67.50; Zwartbles 65.50; Dutch Texel 61.50; Shetland 49.50; Swaledale 47.50. Rams: Suffolk 85.50. Breeding sheep. In-lamb sheep: Texel 123. Ewes with lambs at foot: 88. Shearlings with lambs at foot: Suffolk 78; Texel 75. Crop: Barley straw: Mini hestons to £70 per tonne; round bales to £15 each. Wheat straw: Mini hestons to £60 per tonne; round bales to £16 each. Oat straw: Round bales to £47 per tonne. Haylage: Mini hestons to £42 per tonne.