Tuesday, July 14. Weekly sale of livestock. Forward: 479 prime lambs and 210 cast ewes and rams. Prices - Prime Lambs: Continental to 181 pence per kilogram (average 160.2), or to £72.50 each; Mules 181 (163.4), 65; Horned 176 (170), 63. Cast Ewes: Horned (RF) to £88 each (average £40.43); Polled 109 (73.61). Cast Rams: Horned 62 (53.14).
Tuesday, July 7. Show and sale of calves and prime lambs and sale of sheep. Forward: 11 calves, 557 prime lambs, 23 prime hoggs and 164 cast ewes and rams. Show - Calves. Sponsor: Genus Breeding. Judge: D Thwaites and B Thompson. Results - Bulls: 1 & Champion: Continental British Blue, AE Luffman, £400 (average £367.50). Heifers: 1 & Reserve Champion: Continental British Blue, M/s Dent, £455 (£452.50). Prices - Bulls: Limousin to £370 each (average £360); Shorthorn 325 (305). Show - Prime lambs. Judge: M McIntyre. Sponsor: I'Anson Bros Ltd. Results - Continental: 1 & Champion: WH Harker, £102/232 pence per kilo, to JW Cockett & Son; 2 & Reserve Champion: CT&JE Willoughby, £75/197p, McIntyre Meats; 3 R Fawcett & Sons, £80/186p, N Hammond. Suffolk: 1 JE Thorpe, £65/148p. Horned: 1 G Calvert & Son, £57/154p; 2&3 A Lodge, £56/156p / £56/165p. Mule: 1&2 WC Porter & Son, £70/159p / £62/148p; 3 CT&JE Willoughby, £59.50/161p. Continentals out of Mule ewes: 1 JC&E Pedley & Sons, £72/157p; 2 JR&LA Capstick, £74/164p; 3 JE Thorpe, £70/159p. Prices - Prime lambs: Continental to 232 pence per kilo (average 158.7p); Mule 165 (146.3); Horned 165 (158.5). Overall average: 157.3p. Cast ewes: Horned to £60 each (average £37.96); Polled 85 (66.71). Cast rams: Horned 47; Polled 71 (67.50).