KIRKBY Stephen, Tuesday, June 1. Forward: 710 prime sheep; including 323 cast ewes and rams; 257 spring lambs.

Prices lambs: Continental cross to £53.20 each; Suffolk cross £51.50; Lleyn £48. Hoggs: Swaledale £50; Texel £55. Shearlings: Rough Fell £35; Swaledale £36.50. Cast rams: Swaledale £32; Bluefaced Leicester £54.50. Ewes: Mule £45.50; Swaledale £30.50; Bluefaced Leicester £61; North Country Cheviot £50; Friesland £35; Rough Fell £38; Herdwick £25.80; Texel cross £47.50; Ryeland £39.

ALSO, Monday, May 31. Latter New Fair Sale of cattle and sheep. Forward: 15 cows with calves at foot; 140 store cattle; and 420 ewes and hoggs with lambs at foot. Prices breeding cattle: Limousin cow and bull calf £1,100; cross heifer and heifer calf £670. Belgian Blue heifer and bull calf £1,050; and heifer calf £980. Aberdeen Angus cow and bull calf £670. Store bulls: Aberdeen Angus £380; Limousin £502; Simmental £340; Black and White £325. Bullocks: Charolais £688; Belgian Blue £638; Simmental £678; Limousin £675; Black and White £508. Heifers: Belgian Blue £550; Aberdeen Angus £490; Limousin £595; Blonde d'Aquitaine £400.

Breeding sheep: Mule hoggs and singles £54; Suffolk and singles £45. Swaledale ewes (correct) and doubles £40; broken mouthed and doubles £31.50.

SKIPTON, Wednesday, May 26. Spring Show and sale of pedigree beef breeding cattle. Forward: 41 bulls and 25 females.

Results. Champion: Limousin bull, L. Bamforth & Sons, Halifax, 1,800gns to Alwyn Alsop & Sons, Harrogate. Reserve champion: Blonde d'Aquitaine breeding bull, C. & J.R. Terry, Fountains Abbey, 2,250gns, to R. Mason, Dent. Best Charolais female: 1 F. & J. Andrews, Holmfirth. Limousin with calf at foot: 1&3 S. & G.A. Potter, Thirsk; 2 J.W. Miller, Rossendale. Limousin-in-calf: 1 W. Richardson & Son, Kendal. Limousin maiden heifer: 1&3 F.J. Whittam, Skipton; 2 A.J. Mason, Skipton. Belgian Blue female: 1&2 Riva Hill Farms, Ripley. Aberdeen Angus bull: 1 E.T. Hanson, Blanck Farm, Scholes; 2 R.C. Turnbull & Son, York. Blonde d'Aquitaine bull: 1 C. & J.R. Terry; 2 R. Barnes, York; 3 F.H. & J.R. Fairburn, Helmsley. Limousin bull (born 2002 or before): 1 L. Bamforth & Sons, Halifax; 2 S. & G.A. Potter; 3 S.M. Priestley, Bradford. Limousin bull (born 2003): 1 A.J. Mason; 2 T. & E. Priestley, Bentham; 3 D. & D. Prince, Pateley Bridge. Any other breed bull: 1 D.M. Stewart, Belgian Blue, Epworth; 2 J. Collinson, Belgian Blue, Colne; 3 W. Richardson, (Charolais), Kendal. Prices Belgian Blue cows with calves to 1,950gns. Limousin bull 1,950gns; Blonde d'Aquitaine 1,700gns; Belgian Blue 1,600gns; Limousin 1,500gns; Limousin cow and calf, 1,380gns.

HAWES, Tuesday, June 1. Forward: 12 calves and 340 sheep comprising 175 prime lambs; 13 prime hoggs; 9 store hoggs; 83 cast ewes and rams; 60 ewes with lambs at foot. Results. DQM Trophy, prime lambs. Suffolk: 1 J.F. Bowe & Son, Hawes, 146.3 pence per kilo; 2 C. & M. Hugill, Hawes, 140.4p; 3 J.A. & L. Capstick, Killington, 140p. Continental: 1 & overall Champion pen J.D. Murfin, Leyburn, 168.8p (Texel); 2 F. Dinsdale & Sons, Coverdale, 153.6p (Beltex); 3 C.T. & J.E. Willoughby, Redmire, 150p (Texel).

Prices calves: Belgian Blue cross bulls to £280; Limousin cross £258; Friesian £80; Limousin heifers £118.

Texel prime lambs to £76; Suffolk £60. Standards to 168.8p (average 134.6p). Prime hoggs: light to 96.6p; standard 95.1p; medium 105.7p. Cast ewes: Horned £31 (£20.50); Polled £46 (£35.26). Cast rams: Polled £48; Horned £30. Ewes with lambs at foot: Mule 2-shears with twins to £123 (£112.30); with singles £82 (£72); Swaledale with twins £100 (£74); with singles £70 (£57).

PENRITH, Wednesday, May 26. Forward; 3,146 prime sheep comprising 466 spring lambs; and 2,162 hoggs and 518 cast ewes and rams. Prices spring lambs to £73 each. Continental cross hoggs £61; Suffolk cross £62; Cheviot £59; Mule £59; Swaledale £53.