KIRKBY STEPHEN: Saturday, August 8. Fortnightly sale of livestock. Forward: 41 cast and OTM cattle. Prices - Cast Cows and OTM Cattle: Limousin to 156.5 pence per kilogram, or £1,092.37 each; Blonde d’Aquitaine 139.5, 930.47; Black & White 134.5, 920.88; British Blue 137.5, 994.58; Welsh Black 131.5, 1,025.70.

ALSO: Tuesday, August 4. Weekly sale of livestock and fortnightly sale of store lambs. Forward: 2,287 prime lambs, 890 cast ewes and rams and 300 store lambs. Prices - Prime lambs: Beltex to £94.80 each (average £68.78), or 243.6 pence per kilo (average 176.41); Texel 86.30 (68.77), 199.4 (159.62); Dutch Texel 78.80 (70.43), 204.7 (171.92); Rouge de l'Ouest 78.80 (75.30), 179.5 (179.3); Suffolk 76.30 (66.77), 158 (150.49); Mule 74.30 (63.06), 156.1 (143.16); Zwartble 74.80 (74.80); Blackface 58.80 (58.80), 150.8 (150.8); Swaledale 52.80, 144.5 (126.13); Rough Fell 49.80 (46.13); Charollais 164p (157.9). Cast ewes: Texel £100.50; Blueface Leicester 74.50; Suffolk 76.50; Cheviot 72.50; Mule 68.50; Rough Fell 66.50; Swaledale 64.50; Masham 62.50; Blackface 60.50. Cast rams: Blueface Leicester 120.50; Swaledale 74.50. Store lambs: Beltex 58.50; Mule 52; Texel 50; Suffolk 48; Rough Fell 40.