Monday, August 24. Fortnightly sale of cast and OTM cattle. Prices: Cast cow and OTM cattle: Blonde d’Aquitaine to £1,035 each, or 154.5 pence per kilo; Limousin 1,032.30, 183.5; British Blue 976.35, 141.5; Black and White 864.05, 123.5. Cast bull: Limousin 977.24, 113.5.

ALSO: Tuesday, August 18. Weekly sale of prime sheep, annual young handlers show, and fortnightly sale of store lambs. Forward: 2,349 prime lambs, 853 cast ewes and rams and 809 store lambs. Show. Judge: G Little. Results - 5yrs and under: 1 Keeley Gough (5yrs); 2 Leah Walton (4yrs); 3 Grace Elliott (4yrs). 6-10yrs: 1 (Champion) Charlotte Elliott (10yrs); 2 Emily Davidson (9yrs); 3 Henry Fairburn (7yrs). 11-16yrs: 1 (Reserve Champion) Beth Longstaff (12yrs); 2 Catherine Marston (14yrs); 3 Megan Kendal (15yrs). Prices - Prime lambs: Beltex to £100 each, or 231 pence per kilo; Dutch Texel 78.80, 175.6; Texel 77.80, 178.6; Suffolk 70; Charollais 66.30, 149.5; Masham 62.80; Mule 61.30, 142.1; Cheviot 61.30; Swaledale 56.30, 138.4; Rough Fell 48.30; Jacob 45.80. Cast sheep - Ewes: Suffolk 90.50; Texel 86.50; Blueface Leicester 84.50; Rough Fell 70.50; Blackface 67.50; Mule 63.50; Cheviot 60.50; Swaledale 59.50; Jacob 50.50; Hebridean 42.50. Rams: Suffolk 116.50; Charollais 74.50; Swaledale 50.50; Herdwick 49.50. Store lambs: Beltex 63.50; Texel 58.50; Mule 49.50; Suffolk 47.50; Cheviot 46.