Wednesday, July 8. Morning sale of cattle and summer dairy day and sale; evening sale of sheep. Forward: 2,336 prime lambs and 1,783 cast sheep. Judge: S Forshaw. Results. Best newly calved - Cows: 1 PW&DM Swindlehurst, £1,900, to A Greenhalgh; 2&3 JD Whitfield, £1,520/£1,290, to A Greenhalgh. Heifers: 1 (Champion) MR Archer & Son, £1,750, to Kenyon; 2 H Wright & Son, £1,950, to R Ford; 3 R Lawson & Son, £2,020, to R Ford. Prices: Newly calved cows to £1,900 each (average £1,365); Newly calved heifers 2,020 (1,614.58); In-calf heifers 1,420 (1,332). Rearing calves - Bulls: British Blue cross 555 (392.43); Limousin 540 (390); Aberdeen Angus cross 295 (262.33); Black and White 195 (103.68). Heifers: British Blue cross 510 (371.50); Hereford 220 (210); Aberdeen Angus cross 200. Prime lambs - Less than 36 kilograms: Continental £65.50, or 195 pence per kilo; Suffolk 60.80, 178; Mule 48, 166. More than 36 kilograms: Continental 90, 225; Suffolk 80.50, 176; Mule 58, 150. Cast sheep - Ewes: Continental 128.50; Suffolk 137; Mule 80; Masham 70; Herdwick 68; Blueface Leicester 108.50. Rams: Horned 85; Polled 121.
ALSO: Tuesday, July 7. July fair and sale of suckler breeding cattle, feeding bulls and store cattle. Prices - Suckler breeding cattle, Cows with calf: Belgian Blue to £2,450 each; Limousin 2,000. In-calf: Heifers 1,000. Feeding Bulls: British Blue 995 (average 747.50); Limousin 995 (885); Devon 900 (886.67). Store cattle - Bullocks: Limousin 1,205 (901.62); British Blue 1,015 (978.33); Aberdeen Angus 945 (881); Fleckvieh 1,105; Holstein Friesian 1,080 (795.69); Highland 1,000; Montbeliarde 970; Blonde d'Aquitaine cross 930 (877.50); Hereford 810. Heifers: Limousin 1,160 (831.04); British Blue 1,120 (936.67); Simmental 1,250 (1,160); Aberdeen Angus 1,280 (936.25); Belted Galloway 835 (588.75).