BENTHAM: Wednesday, July 29. Weekly sale of dairy cattle, rearing calves, cast ewes and prime lambs. Forward: 16 dairy, 78 rearing calves, 1,575 cast ewes; 2,396 prime lambs. Prices. Dairy - Newly calved Black and White: Cows to £1,700 each (average £1,374.29); Heifers 1,900 (1,446.67). Rearing calves - Bulls: British Blue 450 (338.10); Limousin 315; Aberdeen Angus cross 330 (315); Black and White 215 (107.60). Heifers: British Blue 328 (298); Aberdeen Angus cross 265 (250). Cast ewes: Continental 120; Suffolk 108.50; Mule 74; Masham 76; Bluefaced Leicester 95.50; Horned 69.50. Rams: Polled 129; Horned 71. Prime lambs (Less than 36 kilograms): Continental £65.80, or 188 pence per kilo; Suffolk 43.80, 141; Horned 44.50, 139. (More than 36 kilograms): Continental 85, 212; Suffolk 80, 158; Mule 65, 146; Masham 55, 131; Horned 50, 128.

ALSO: Tuesday, July 28. Special sale of ewes and gimmer shearlings for early breeding, and weekly sale of cast cows. Forward: 2,811 breeding ewes and 14 cast cows. Prices - Ewes: Texel to £450 each (192.67); Continental 135 (95.65); Suffolk 175 (104.41); Mule 131 (98.40); Lleyn 112 (100.46); Charollais 160 (148.67); Cheviot 79 (65.24). Gimmer shearlings: Texel 290 (130.19); Beltex 160 (128.42); Continental 170 (104.83); Mule 134 (111.27); Suffolk 300 (120.87) Berrichon 130; Lleyn 91 (89.86); Charollais 180 (139.17); Bluefaced Leicester 120 (105.13); Cheviot 124 (76.95); Scotch Blackface 70 (68.44); Gritstone 105. Rams: Texel 530 (225.29). Cast cows: Black and White £854, or 122 pence per kilo (average 91.3p); Beef 697.60, 109.