KIRKBY STEPHEN: Monday, May 4. May Day show and sale of store cattle and fortnightly sale of cast and OTM cattle. Forward: 53. Sponsors: The border British Blue Club, Copley Coal, Dugdales Nutrition, Eden Farm Supplies (Brough), L'Ansons, the North West Limousin cattle Breeders Association. Judge: W Dandie, Broxburn. Results - British Blue bullock, champion & 1 KA Brown & sons £1,500. British Blue heifer, champion & 1 KA Brown & Sons £1,800; 2&3 JH Pedley £1,065, £1,165. Limousin bullock, champion & 1 KA Brown & Sons, £1,460; 2&3 JW Smith-Jackson £1,450, £2,300. Limousin heifer, champion &1 KA Brown & Sons, £1,400; 2&3 Levens Farm £2,000 £1,235. Any other breed heifer, 1&2 JC & C Pedley £1,225, £985. Supreme champion, KA Brown & Sons (Limousin bullock). Reserve Supreme Champion, KA Brown & Sons (British Blue bullock). Pen of 3 or more bullocks, 1 R & M Hunter £1,165; 2 RW & M Sowerby & Sons £1,085. Pen of 3 or more heifers, 1 N Harrison £1,115; 2 Messrs Swift 1,005. Prices - Store bullocks: Limousin to £2,300 each; British Blue 1,500; Simmental 1,345; Charolais 1,300; Blonde d'Aquitaine 1,285; Hereford 1,125; Aberdeen Angus 1,075; Black and Whites 905. Store heifers: Limousin 2,000; British Blue 1,800; Blonde d'Aquitaine 1,225; Charolais 1,035; Hereford 1,015. Store bull: Limousin 1,165. Fortnightly sale: British Blue £1,252.35 each, or 172.5 pence per kilogram; Limousin 1,189.40, 156.5; Black and White 1,058.25, 139.5; Blonde d'Aquitaine 969.03, 166.5; Montbeliarde 831, 138.5.

ALSO: Tuesday, April 28. Weekly sale of prime sheep. Forward: 768, comprising 482 prime hoggs, 252 cast ewes and rams, 34 spring lambs. Prices - Prime lambs (32-39kg): Texel to £91.80 each. More than 39.1kg: Texel 108.80, or 254.3 pence per kilogram; Suffolk 96.80, 215.1. Prime hoggs: Suffolk 88.80; Mule 87.80; Texel 85.30; Beltex 75.30; Bluefaced Leicester 74; Swaledale 73.80; Cheviot 73.80; Blackface 70.30; Herdwick 63.80. Cast ewes: Texel 126.50; Bluefaced Leicester 124.50; Suffolk 118.50; Cheviot 104.50; Mule 92.50; Rough Fell 88.50; Swaledale 83.50; Beltex 74.50. Cast rams: Texel 118.50; Bluefaced Leicester 94.50. Breeding ewes with lambs: Texel (correct) 69; Beltex (correct) 66.