Monday, May 11. May Special Show and Sale and green market sale of primestock. Forward: 720 store cattle and feeding bulls and 70 OTM cattle. Show. Judge: R. Dickinson. Results. Limousin Bullock: 1 M/s MTP & SD Wills. British Blue Bullock: 1 DH Holme. Any Other Breed heifer: M/s MTP & SD Wills. Champion: British Blue Bullock, DH Holme. Reserve champion: Limousin Bullock M/s MTP & SD Wills. Prices - Bullocks more than 12 months: British Blue to £1,345 each; Aberdeen Angus 1,235; Limousin 1,295; Simmental 1,125; Charolais 1,185; Continental 1,075; Hereford 1,035. Less than 12 months: British Blue 1,105; Limousin 1,205; Charolais 1,095; Blonde d’Aquitaine 1,135. Heifers, more than 12 months: Charolais 1,495; British Blue 1,305; Limousin 1,275; Hereford 1,125. Less than 12 months: British Blue 1,065; Charolais 975; Blonde d’Aquitaine 1,055; Limousin 1,025. Bulls more than 12 months: Limousin 1,025. Less than 12 months: Limousin 1,005; British Blue 885. Prime Bulls: Blonde d’Aquitaine to 197.5 pence per kilogram, or £1,348.70 each; British Blue 180.5; Black & White 167.5, 1,067.85. Clean Cattle: Limousin 225.5, 1,628.69; Charolais 216.5, 1,504.68; Blonde d’Aquitaine 233.5. Cast cows: British Blue to 154.5 pence per kilogram, or £1,156.82 each; Limousin 153.5, 1,151.38; Black & White 139.5, 1,133.06; Danish Red 131.5, 970.71; Saler 130.5, 951.35; Normandy 128.5, 977.89; MRI 126.5, 951.28; Aberdeen Angus 121.5, 849.29; Hereford 121.5. Cast Bulls: Black & White 120, 982.80.
ALSO: Wednesday, May 6. Weekly sale of livestock. Forward: 32 spring lambs, 1607 prime hoggs and 738 cast ewes and rams. Prices - Prime Lambs: Texel to 268 pence per kilogram, or £112 each; Continental 256, 110; Suffolk 256, 110. Prime Hoggs: Continental 213, 87; Beltex 207, 95; Texel 201, 92; Cheviot 199, 90; Scotch Blackface 194, 83; Herdwick 184, 70; Charollais 182, 82; Mule 181, 80; Swaledale 176, 77; Rough Fell 162, 77.50; Suffolk 93. Cast Ewes: Charollais to £119 each; Texel 118; Suffolk 112; Beltex 112; Continental 110; Blueface Leicester 107; Cheviot 106; Mule 100; Zwartble 100; Dorset 100; Scotch 95; Masham 88; Swaledale 83. Cast Rams: Blueface Leicester 136; Suffolk 128; Texel 123; Beltex 117; Dorset 109; Cheviot 100; Scotch 96; Swaledale 79.
ALSO: Tuesday, May 5. Annual ‘New Fair’ Prize Show and Sale and weekly sale of livestock. Forward: 3,050 hoggs, ewes and shearlings with lambs at foot and geld gimmer hoggs. Show results - Mule Hoggs with Suffolk lambs: 1&2 M/s Winter Bros, sold £150 each and £114. Mule Hoggs with Continental lambs: 1&2 M/s Taylor, 109, 104. Continental Hoggs with lambs: 1 M/s R&E Holmes, 109; 2 M/s D&R Cornthwaite, 97. Prices - Hoggs and single lambs: Mule to £150 each; Continental 122; Texel 120; Cheviot Mule 104; Suffolk 98. Hoggs and twin lambs: Mule 68. Shearling and single lambs: Continental 114; Beltex 110. Shearling and twin lambs: Texel 98; Continental 72. Ewes and single lambs: Beltex 108; Continental 80; Texel 76; Mule 67; Cheviot 52. Ewes and twin lambs: Texel 90; Beltex 84; Continental 74; Mule 68; Cheviot 57. Geld Hoggs: Mule 141; Texel 120.