HAWES. - Sat. Annual show & sale of 1,541 Mule, Suff & Cont X gimmer shlgs.

Mules to £108 av £65.43; Suff X to £65 av £58.40; Texel X to £66 av £61.06.

Show for Mule gimmer shlgs. Judge AC Hutchinson, Kirby Wiske. Prizes: 1 F Dinsdale & Sons Coverdale £108 to S Horner Clapham; 2 Taylor Bros Tosside £81 to R&HM Batty, Kendal; 3 K&G Whitehead, Thwaite £78 to JJ Crosier, Gisburn.

Leading prices, Mules: F Dinsdale & Sons £108, £78, £76(3) £75; PW&MA Suttill £82, £76; Taylor Bros £81, £77, £71; ID&TW Chapman £81(2) £76; JW&JH Burton £80, £75, £72; JC Fawcett £80; KG Whitehead £78, £73, £71; AT Pratt £76, £75; J Calvert £75; TT Tennant & Son £74; A&NJ Heseltine £74; S Belt & Sons £73, £72. Suff X: J&M Newbold £65, £63, £55; TR Charnley £56. Texel X: TR Charnley £66 J&M Newbold £60, £57.

TOW LAW. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 1,060 store lambs for second sale.

Suff X:£41.30, £40, £39.60 Old Park Farm; £40.40 Red House Farm; £38.80, £37.60, £37.40, £36.60 Whins Farm; £38.60 Park View. East Rackwood Hill; £36.20 Lodge Farm; £35.80 Holebeck House. Texel X: £40.80, £39.60 Old Park Farm; £38.80 Holebeck House; £36.20 Golden Lands Farm. Mule: £38.40 £37.20, £35.50 £35 Golden Lands Farm; £33.40 Lodge Farm.