PENRITH. - August prize show & sale of 790 store cattle on Thurs of last week. Champion honours were awarded to J W Smith-Jackson, High Town, Melkridge, Haltwhistle for a Lim X steer which realised £850. Reserve honours to J C & S E Little, The Guards Farm, Ireby for a Lim X hfr which sold for £600.

Prices. - Bullocks: Lim X to £850; BBX to £535; BA to £660; Parthenaise X blk to £410. Fries to £455; Simm to £500; MRI to £420l. Hfrs: Lim X to £615; BBX to £680; Char X to £430; BA to £520; Parthenaise X to £500. Lim bull to £480; BB bull to £480.

CARLISLE. - Harrison & Hetherington's opening special store cattle sale of the season attracted a post-BSE crisis record catalogued entry of almost 2,000 cattle for the one-day sale on Wed of last week at Borderway Mart. Prizewinners. - Lim X steer calf: 1 & champion £840 S Graham, Miller Hill; 2 & reserve champion £800 D Murray, The Throp; £620 Mr S Graham. BBX steer: 1, £770 R H Hall, Wallholme; 2 £580 M Harrison, Aikhead; 3, £625 J S Greenbank, The Faulds. Blonde X steer calf: 1, £605 A Vance, Bridge House. Lim X hfr calf: 1, £700 J S Greenbank; 2, £510 Mr S Graham; 3, £550 RRJ & AY Armstrong, Terrace Farm. BBX hfr calf: 1, £800; S Graham; 2, £475 W I Weatherson, Edges Green. Any other X steer or hfr calf: 1, £600 F A Waugh, Kilnstown.

Prices (all crosses). - Lim Steers: £840. Lim hfr: £800. BB steers: £770. BB hfrs: £660. Char steers: £660. Char hfrs: £480. Glebvieh steers to £655. Blonde d'Aquitaine steers: £605. Hfrs: £560. Simm steers: £600. Hfrs: £460. Galloway steers to £600; Piemontese steers to £580. Hfrs: £550. AA steers: £550. AA hfrs: £400.

CALTHWAITE. - Penrith Farmers' & Kidd's held the dispersal sale of tractors and implements at Calthwaite Hall on Wednesday of last week. Prices. - Case MX120 tractor £18,900; Case MX90c tractor with quickie loader 675 £16,500; Case 1056XL tractor £9,200; Case 895 tractor with quickie loader 1300 £8,000; Landrover TDI £11,100; Class Jaguar 75 Forager £3,000; 1700 gallon slurry tanker £3,700; 4F reversible plough £3,050; Kuhn HR3002 power harrows £4,000; Marshall silage trailer £2,350; Honda ATV big red £2,200.