KENDAL, Monday, August 9. Forward: 1,127 lambs; 57 ewes and rams; 25 calves; 19 dairy.

Prices new season lambs (averages): standard to 109.93 pence per kilo; medium 108.98p; heavy 104.03p. Cast ewes (average £28.14).

Calves: Limousin heifers £131; bulls £230. Belgian Blue bulls £248; Black and White £28. Dairy: newly calved cow £830 (£605); heifers £900 (£665).

KENDAL, Thursday, August 5. Forward: 80 store cattle; 12 beef breeding cattle; and 314 store sheep.

Prices breeding cattle: Blonde d'Aquitaine cows and calves to £820; Belgian Blue £550. Store cattle: Charolais steers £590 Limousin £635; Belgian Blue £498; Simmental £430; Blonde d'Aquitaine £590; Black and White £412; Aberdeen Angus £475. Charolais heifers £635; Limousin £518; bulls £545.

Store lambs: Suffolk £39 (average £37.21); Texel £42.20 (£40.44); Cheviot £31; Mule £33.50 (£32.02).

KIRKBY Stephen, Tuesday, August 10. Forward: 2,736 prime, store and lightweight lambs with 711 cast and feeding ewes.

Prices lambs 35 kilo or more: Texel cross to £50 each; Beltex cross £46.80; Suffolk cross £48.20; Mule £46.50; Charollais £50.20; Swaledale £38.50; Rough Fell £40.50. 34 kilo or less: Rough Fell £32.20; Texel cross £38; Swaledale £34.20; Beltex cross £37.80; Charollais cross £36.80; Cheviot cross £35.80. Swaledale rams £27. Ewes: Rough Fell £28.50; Suffolk £48.50; Texel £45; North Country Cheviot £37.50; Mule £40; Bluefaced Leicester £47.50. Swaledale £25.

HAWES, Tuesday, August 10. Forward: 16 calves and 1,806 sheep comprising 784 prime lambs; 204 light lambs; 534 store lambs and 284 cast ewes and rams.

Prices calves: Belgian Blue cross bulls to £275 (average £265); heifers £162 (£148.25); Limousin cross bulls £236 (£220); heifers £148 (£130.20).

Prime lambs: standard to 110.2 pence per kilo (104.3p); medium 114.5p (106.5p); heavy 107.3p (104.4p). Overall average 105.4p. Continental 114.5p, £49.50; Suffolk 109.4p, £48.80; Mule 107.8p, £51.40; Swaledale 100.6p, Swaledale £41. Lightweight lambs: Continental 108.2p (106.9p); Suffolk 100p; Mule 103.3p (100.1p); Horned 99.4p (95.7p). Store lambs: Continental £36.80; Suffolk £38.40; Mule £36 (£34.62). Cast ewes: Horned £30 (£13.67); Polled £39 (£27.52). Cast rams: Horned £23 (£21.67); Polled £41.

Also, Tuesday, August 3. Forward: 11 calves and 1,316 sheep comprising 969 prime lambs; 92 light lambs; 164 store lambs and 91 cast ewes and rams.

Prices calves: Belgian Blue cross bulls to £238, cross heifers £142; Limousin cross bulls £222 (average £193.50); cross heifers £100 (£84); Friesian/Holstein bulls £68 (£60).

Prime lambs: standard 116.6 pence per kilo (109.6p); medium 117.5p (111.3p); heavy 111.3p (107.8p). Overall average 110.6p. Continental 117.5p, £51.20; Suffolk 114.7p, £50; Mule 110.9p, £49.40; Swaledale 107p, £39. Lightweight lambs: Continentals 111.4p; Suffolk 106.3p; Mule 107.8p (106.1p); Horned 102.9p (101.5p). Store lambs: Continental £36.40; Suffolk £35.20; Mule £33.60 (£32.71). Cast ewes: Horned £27 (£16.95); Polled £49.50 (£33.48).

BENTHAM, Tuesday, August 3. Monthly sale of suckler breeding cattle, feeding bulls and store cattle. Forward: 342 including 64 cattle with calves at foot; 54 feeding bulls; 1 breeding bull; 223 store cattle.

Prices breeding cattle: Aberdeen Angus bull to £970; Limousin cross heifer with bull calf £920; with heifer calf £790; Blonde d'Aquitaine heifer with heifer calf £600; Simmental cow with bull calf £580; Charolais heifer with heifer calf £540; Aberdeen Angus cow with heifer calf £500. Feeding bulls: Limousin cross £495 (average £404); Belgian Blue cross £540 (£506); Aberdeen Angus cross £490 (£450); Charolais cross £640 (£500); Simmental cross £545 (£515); Friesian £480 (£285); Brown Swiss £355 (£322). Store cattle: Limousin cross steers £795 (£601); Belgian Blue cross £650 (£386); Aberdeen Angus cross £535; Charolais cross £530 (£513); Blonde d'Aquitaine cross £790 (£696); Friesian £525 (£430); Hereford bullocks £355; Limousin cross heifers £710 (£496); Belgian Blue cross £575 (£509); Aberdeen Angus cross £470 (£466); Charolais cross £515 (£543); Limousin cross £512; Blonde d'Aquitaine cross £475 (£467); Friesian £300; MRI cross £425 (£370).

Special sale of store lambs, breeding ewes, gimmer shearlings and rams. Forward: 756 including 11 rams; 146 store lambs; 547 ewes and shearlings.

Prices Charollais 3-shear rams to £160; Suffolk shearling £155; Texel cross £80. Horned lambs £30; Suffolk £37.80; Texel £37.50. Texel shearlings £88; Suffolk £68; Scottish Black Face £38; Cheviot £71. Texel ewes £52; Suffolk £50; Charollais £48; Berwick £55; Mule £64.

BROUGHTON, Monday, August 9. Forward: 62 prime cattle; 642 lambs; and 137 cast ewes.

Prices Continental cross steers to 118 pence per kilo; heifers 123p; bulls 125p. Black and White bulls 93p.

Lambs to 118p. Ewes £34 each.

PENRITH, Monday, August 2. Forward: 72 prime cattle comprising 22 clean and 50 bulls.

Prices Limousin heifers to 149.5 pence per kilo; Blonde d'Aquitaine 117.5p. Charolais steers 103.5p. Limousin bulls 120.5p; Blonde d'Aquitaine 108.5p; Simmental 107.5p; Friesian 99.5p; Longhorn 92.5p.

Fortnightly sale of store cattle. Forward: 271 store cattle comprising 4 cows and calves; 84 feeding bulls; and 183 bullocks and heifers.

Prices Limousin cross bullocks to £770; Charolais cross £748; Hereford cross £610; Friesian £592; Simmental cross £800; Holstein £590; Aberdeen Angus £695; Belgian Blue cross £770; Bazadaise cross £492. Limousin cross heifers £585; Belgian Blue cross £578; Aberdeen Angus £495; Hereford cross £502; Blonde d'Aquitaine cross £460. Limousin cross bull storks £582; Belgian Blue cross £595; Aberdeen Angus cross £440; Blonde d'Aquitaine cross £578; Simmental £555; British Friesian £398; Holstein £370. Cows and bull calves £640; Hereford heifers and bull calves £710.