Wednesday, July 22. Weekly sale of dairy cattle, rearing calves, cast ewes and prime lambs. Forward: 16 dairy, 61 rearing calves, 1,233 cast ewes, 2,654 prime lambs. Prices. Dairy - Newly calved Black and White: Cows to £1,410 each (average £1,245); Heifers 1,780 (1,451); Heifer calves 280. Rearing calves - Bulls: British Blue 450 (362.50); Limousin 560 (401.67); Stabiliser 445; Hereford 265 (256.43); Aberdeen Angus 330; Black and White 255 (105.90). Heifers: British Blue 545 (456.75); Limousin 305 (302.50); Hereford 265 (232). Cast ewes: Continental 100; Suffolk 102.50; Mule 67.50; Masham 70.50; Blueface Leicester 87.50; Horned 57.50. Rams: Polled 121.50; Horned 47.50; Goats 53.50. Prime lambs (less than 36 kilograms): Continental £58.50, or 177 pence per kilo; Suffolk 57, 162. (More than 36 kilograms): Continental 90.50, 232; Suffolk 74, 151; Mule 60, 143.

ALSO: Tuesday, July 21. Opening sale of store lambs and weekly sale of cull cows. Forward: 1,451 lambs, 23 cull cows. Prices - Store lambs: Continental to £62.50 each (average £54.45); Cheviot 52 (48.22); Suffolk 59 (53.97); Mule 52.50 (48.06). Overall average: (53.98). Cull cows: Black and White £960, or 126 pence per kilo (average 105.4). Beef cows 816, 136 (115.9). Beef bulls 924, 105.