Tuesday, August 25.

Weekly sale of sheep. Forward: 3,094 sheep, comprising of 2,311 prime lambs and 783 cast ewes and rams. Prices - Prime lambs: Beltex to 98.80 each, or 229.8 pence per kilo; Rouge 87.30, 212.9; Dutch Texel 85, 198.3; Texel 84.80, 166.2; Suffolk 70; Zwartble 66; Charollais 65.80, 153.3; Mule 61.80, 136.7; Cheviot 58.30; Rough Fell 54.80; Swaledale 52.30, 130.7; Herdwick 45.30. Cast ewes: Texel 90.50; Suffolk 90.50; Bluefaced Leicester 78.50; Zwartble 74.50; Mule 70.50; Masham 70.50; Cheviot 64.50; Swaledale 55.50; Rough Fell 52.50. Cast rams: Zwartble 84.50; Blackface 63.50; Texel 60.50; Swaledale 58.50.