KIRKBY STEPHEN: Monday, March 23. Fortnightly sale of cast and OTM cattle. Forward 32. Prices - Cast cows: Limousin to £1,200 each, or 167.5 pence per kilogram; Shorthorn 1,009.70, 124.5; Black and White 984.65, 123.5; Ayrshire 818.26, 125.5; British Blue 857.07, 138.5; Luing 126.5p.

ALSO: Tuesday, March 17. Easter prime show and sale and weekly sale of prime sheep. Forward: 1,606, comprising 1,270 prime hoggs, 336 cast ewes and rams, 7 prime cattle. Sponsor: Dugdale Nutrition. Judge: J Taylor, Steadman's Butchers. Results - Heifers, champion & 1 DW & DM Elliott, £1,793.40, 305ppkg; 2 M/s G Sowerby £1,505.10, 290ppkg; 3 JK Slee £1,311, 230. Steers, 1 KW Philipson £1,325.45, 245. Prices - Heifers: Limousin to £1,793.40 each or 305 pence per kilogram; Blonde d'Aquitaine 1,364.16, 232; Charolais 1,311, 230. Steers: Limousin 1,325.45, 245. Prime hoggs: Rouge 135, 198.40; Beltex 112.80, 275; Charollais 110.80; Suffolk 108.80 (x2); Cheviot 98.80, 205.50; Swaledale 92.80, 194.90; Mule 96.80, 189.80; Jacob 68.80; Dutch Texel 215.40p; Texel 208.30p; Blackface 198.10; Herdwick 198; Goat 191.20; Charollais 190.80; Masham 190. Cast ewes: Suffolk £124.50; Rouge 124.50; Texel 124.50; Bluefaced Leicester 118.50; Mule 102.50; Swaledale 90.50; Rough Fell 80.50; Kerry Hill 78.50. Cast rams: Rouge 124.50; Texel 124.50; Charollais 104.50; Swaledale 86.50.