Tuesday, May 5. Annual May spring lamb show and weekly sale of prime sheep. Forward: 1,229 sheep, comprising 793 prime hoggs, 334 cast ewes and rams, 52 ewes with lambs at foot, 50 spring lambs. Judge: M Dowding, Dowding's Butchers, Appleby. Results - Single Continental cross, champion & 1 Messrs Tattersall £125, 42kg; 2 Messrs Dodd £120, 40kg; 3 Messrs Ewin £108, 43kg). Single Suffolk cross, 1 Messrs Slee £96, 44kg; Messrs Dodd £85.80, 42kg; 3 Messrs Brannen £81.80 38kg. Prices - Prime lambs 32-39kgs: Beltex to £99 each; Texel 90; Suffolk 83.80. More than 39.1: Beltex 125 or 300 pence per kilogram; Suffolk 112.80, 218.2; Texel 110.80, 251.2; Rouge 98.80, 235.2; Dutch Texel 225.6p. Prime hoggs: Charollais 109.80, 185.9; Texel 104.30, 184.9; Suffolk 102.80; Beltex 90.80, 196.8; Teeswater 85.30; Masham 84.30; Blue De Maine 81.80; Swaledale 75.80, 180; Blackface 75.30, 179.3; Mule 73.80, 172; Rough Fell 64.30, 173.8. Cast ewes: Suffolk 136.50; Texel 128.50; Beltex 118.50; Mule 108.50; Rough Fell 92.50; Swaledale 86.50; Cheviot 84.50; Zwartble 78.50; Blackface 68.50. Cast rams: Texel 136.50; Suffolk 116.50; Beltex 106.50; Swaledale 78.50. Breeding sheep: Texel shearling (single) 78; Texel (twins) 74; Texdale (single) 70; Texdale (twin) 63. Ewes: Texel (twins) 76; Texdale (single) 75.

ALSO: Monday, May 4. Annual May Day show and sale of store cattle and fortnightly sale of cast and OTM cattle. Forward: 53 cast and OTM. Sponsors: The Border British Blue Club, Copley Coal, Dugdales Nutrition, Eden Farm Supplies (Brough), L'Ansons and The North West Limousin Cattle Breeders Association. Results - British Blue bullock, supreme 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, supreme 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 Levens Farm £2,000; WA & GR Sedgley, £1,235. Any other breed, 1&2 JC & C Pedley £1,225, £985. Pen of 3 or more bullocks, 1 R & M Hunter £1,165 (x3); 2 RW & M Sowerby & Sons £1,085 (x3). Pen of 3 or more heifers, 1 N Harrison £1,115 (x3); 2 Messrs Swift £1,005 (x4). Prices - Store bullocks: Limousin to £2,300 each; British Blue 1,500; Charolais 1,300; Blonde d'Aquitaine 1,285; Hereford 1,125; Aberdeen Angus 1,075; Black and Whites 905. Store heifer: Limousin 2,000; British Blue 1,800; Blonde d'Aquitaine 1,225; Charolais 1,035; Hereford 1,015. Store bull: Limousin 1,165. Cast/OTM: British Blue 1,252.35 or 172.5 pence per kilogram; Limousin 1,189.40, 156.5; Black and Whites 1,058.25, 139.5; Blonde d'Aquitaine 969.03, 166.5; Montbeliarde 831, 138.5.