LANCASTER: Monday, May 4. Weekly sale of prime stock and breeding sheep. Forward: 180 spring lambs. Prices - Prime spring lambs: Suffolk to £90 each; Charollais 79; Texel 105.50. Prime hoggs: Suffolk 91.50; Continental 79; Mule 88.50; Horned 77; Charollais 83; Cheviot 84.50; Texel 92; Jacob 49; Grit 76; Herdwick 69.50; Zwartbles 82. Cast sheep: Mule 95; Horned 76; Charollais 114; Texel 123; Leicester 92; Zwartble 103. Breeding sheep: 2 crop mule ewes with Te4x3el twins 198; aged mule ewes 188; Texel ewes with twins 170.

ALSO: Friday, May 1. Weekly sale of livestock and Spring show of cattle. Forward: 70 cast cows. Results - Steers, less than 14 months, 1 RH & C Ayrton Ltd £1,080; 2&3 ST Birkett £1,070, £1,090. Heifers, less than 14 months, 1&3 RH & C Ayrton Ltd £1,000, £950; 2 GR & A Foy £860. Prices - Store bullocks: Friesian to £980 each; Aberdeen Angus 1,180; Galloway 530; Limousin 1,300; Brown Swiss 720; Charolais 1,240; Hereford 1,100; Simmental 1,290; British Blue 1,260; Bazadaise 1,100; Blonde d'Aquitaine 1,220. Store heifers: Aberdeen Angus 1,080; Welsh Black 860; Limousin 1,200; Charolais 1,190; Hereford 1,070; Simmental 920; British Blue 1,160; Bazadaise 1,080. Bull calf: Friesian 190; Aberdeen Angus 375; Limousin 280; Hereford 400; British Blue 530. Heifer calf: Aberdeen Angus 238. Heifer stirk: Aberdeen Angus 515; British Blue 600. Cast cow: Friesian 144.5 pence per kilogram; Ayrshire 129.5; Aberdeen Angus 121.5; Limousin 164.5; British Blue 144.5. Cast heifer: Friesian 134.5; Cast steer: Friesian 134.5; Cast bull: Friesian 117.5.