KIRKBY STEPHEN: Monday, September 9. Fortnightly sale of livestock. Forward: 35 cast and OTM cattle. Prices per head: Black & White 1,332.50; Montbeliarde 1,255.32; Limousin 1,252.20; British Blue 1,069.20; Blonde d’Aquitaine 895.66. Price per kilo: Black & White 162.5; Montbeliarde 158.5; Limousin 152.5; British Blue 151.5; Blonde d’Aquitaine 135.5

ALSO:Tuesday, September 3. Weekly sale of sheep and show for pens of 10 Mule Wethers. Forward: 2,540, comprising 2,077 prime lambs and 463 cast ewes and rams. Sponsor: M. Bell, MHB Motorcycles, Brough. Judge: J. Thompson. Results - 1 Messrs Fairburn (47.5kg) £76; 2 Messrs Hayton (44kg) £68.30; 3 Messrs Dent (44kg) £68.80. Prices - prime lambs: Beltex to £118 each, or 251.1 pence per kilo; Dutch Texel 101.30, 230.2; Texel 93.80, 197.5; Charollais 87.80, 188.8; Suffolk 78.30; Mule 76, 164; Rough Fell 57.30, 146.9; Swaledale 55.30, 152.3; Blackface 54.80,156.6. Cast ewes and rams: Texel 77.50; Bluefaced Leicester 77.50; Mule 59.50; Swaledale 57.50; Rough Fell 55.50.