TRADE continued at unprecedented levels at Skipton Auction Mart’s weekly prime cattle sale when top gross price of £1,604 (232.5p/kg) fell to a 690kg Limousin-x heifer consigned by Charles Stanton, of Clitheroe, making a welcome return after a lengthy absence to the Skipton cattle ring. It was purchased by Halifax meat wholesalers J&E Medcalf on behalf of A&D Meats in Rossendale. Sheila Mason, who runs the Keasden herd in Clapham, claimed top per kilo call of 267.5p/kg (£1,391) with her 520kg British Blue-x heifer. It was knocked down to Robert Pearson for his Ralph Pearson Wholesale Butchers in Bradford, whose nine acquisitions also included the leading per kilo steer, a 570kg Limousin-x from North Craven father and son regulars, Francis and Andrew Smith, of Masongill, at 261.5p/kg (£1,491).