BENTHAM: Wednesday, March 18. Weekly sale of livestock. Forward: 40 dairy, 394 sheep with lambs at foot, 590 in-lamb breeding sheep, 68 rearing calves, 752 cast ewes, 2,815 hoggs. Prices - newly-calved Black and White heifers to £2,200 (average 1,590.67); n/c Black and White Cows 1,750 (1,310); Black and White heifer calves 400 (394). Sheep with lambs at foot: Mule ewes (twins) 192 (182.70); Mule ewes (singles) 152 (139.40); Mule BM (twins) 180 (174.41); Mule BM (singles) 130 (125.69); Continental ewes (twins) 205 (182.74); Continental ewes (singles) 170 (161); Continental BM (twins) 192 (183.18); Continental BM (singles) 162 (145.38); Suffolk ewes (twins) 202; Swaledale BM (twins) 125; Lonk ewes (twins) 160 (147.50). In-lamb breeding sheep: Mule ewes 180 (158.92); Mule shearlings 181 (178.34); Continental ewes 170; Continental shearlings 158 (156.96); Suffolk shearlings 160 (154.75); Herdwick ewes 60; Cheviot ewes 112; Herdwick hoggs 70; Mule hoggs 110 (107.20). Rearing calves: British Blue bulls 428 (372.60); British Blue heifers 332 (261.33); Limousin bulls 365; Limousin heifers 200; Blonde d'Aquitaine cross heifers 220; Hereford cross bulls 260 (220.60); Hereford cross heifers 220 (203.88); Aberdeen Angus cross bulls 265 (237.33); Aberdeen Angus cross heifers 235; Black and White bulls 130 (93.07). Cast ewes: Continental 142; Suffolk 136.50; Mule 109.50; Blackfaced Leicester 133.50; Horned 100; Polled rams 160; Horned rams 86; Hoggs (less than 36kgs): Continental 73.80 or 210.9 pence per kilogram; Suffolk 59, 168; Mule 69.50, 198; Horned 74.50, 219. More than 36kgs: Continental 117, 256; Suffolk 109, 197; Mule 89, 197; Masham 88, 186; Horned 90.50, 209.