KENDAL, Monday, January 24. Prices prime hoggs: Continentals (36 kilo) £43; Suffolk (41 kilo) £47. Mule and Horned lambs £1 per kilo. Calves: Black and White £6; Continental bulls £80; heifers £48.

ULVERSTON, Tuesday, January 25. Prices finished steers: premium to 117.50 pence per kilo (average 113.50p); prime 115.50p (106.64p); other 111.50p (95.50p). Finished heifers: premium 120.50p (105.50p); prime 117.50p (101.29p); other 113.50p (88.50p). Old season lambs: premium to 35.9 kilo 120.64p (112p), to 45.5 kilo 110.20p (104.28p); prime to 35.9 kilo 117.95p (111.79p), to 45.5 kilo 102.22p (94.29p), to 52 kilo 100.53p (94.88p); other 93.27p (89.66p).

SEDBERGH, Saturday, January 25. Annual Prize Show and Sale of store cattle and young bulls. Forward: 101. Results. Champion: Mr J.A. Harper, Cautley, Belgian Blue heifer, £718 to Mr J.T. Barton, Ashton-in-Makerfield. Young bull: 1&2 J.G. Middleton, £445 and £422. Limousin steer: 1&2 T.G. & B. Todd, £555 and £522. Limousin heifer: 1 G. & P. Middleton, £492; 2 J.G. & D. Middleton, £450. Continental steer: 1&2 J.A. Harper £650 and £610. Continental heifer: 1&2 J.A. Harper, £718 and £550. Prices Limousin bulls to £445; steers £560; heifers £555. Belgian Blue steers £650; heifers £718. Blonde d'Aquitaine steers £610; heifers £568. Simmental heifers £425.

BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS, Monday, January 24. Forward: 390 hoggs; and 49 prime cattle. Prices Continental cross young bulls to 112 pence per kilo; cross steers 116p; cross heifers 120p. Black and White steers 100p. Hoggets (average 110p); horned hoggets 103p.

LANCASTER, Monday, January 24. Forward: 99 cattle; 52 young bulls; 1,383 sheep; 100 ewes and rams. Prices cattle: light steers to 89.5 pence per kilo (average 89.5p); medium 104.5p (87.6p); heavy 114.5p (92.3p). Light heifers 88.5p (88.5p); medium 132.5p (102.2p); heavy 133.5p (103p). Light young bulls 99.5p (84p); medium 109.5p (87.1p); heavy 109.5p (82.5p). Old season lambs: light 118.7p (104.7p); standard 125p (112.5p); medium 129.2p (113.6p); heavy 104p (99.1p); overweight 105.6p (96.2p). Ewes £41.50 each (£32.26).

ALSO, Friday, January 21. Forward: 191 bullocks/heifers; 14 calves; 307 store/breeding sheep. Prices bullocks: Hereford £590; Simmental £590; Belgian Blue £575; Aberdeen Angus £605; Charolais £590; Limousin £560. Heifers: Simmental £530; Belgian Blue £535; Aberdeen Angus £540; Charolais £665; Limousin £555. Calves: bulls £80; heifers £60. Store/breeding sheep: store hoggs to £35; ewes £29.50; Texel ewes in-lamb £71.

KIRKBY Stephen, Monday, January 24. Fortnightly sale of store and breeding cattle. Forward: 274. Prices bullocks: Aberdeen Angus cross to £530; Blonde d'Aquitaine cross £550; Belgian Blue cross £648; Charolais cross £712; Holstein Friesian £488; Limousin cross £682. Heifers: Aberdeen Angus cross £320; Blonde d'Aquitaine cross £535; Belgian Blue cross £665; Charolais cross £640; Hereford cross £425; Limousin cross £632; Limousin cross heifer and Belgian Blue calf £740.

PENRITH, Wednesday, January 19. Forward: 4,127 prime sheep comprising 3,404 hoggs and 723 cast ewes and rams. Prices Continental hoggs to £66; Suffolk cross £58.20; Cheviot £57.80; Halfbred £55.50. Mule £57; Swaledale £48.20; Kendal Rough £44.20; Herdwick £41. Suffolk ewes £48; Bluefaced Leicester £46.50; Cheviot £39.50; Scotch Blackfaced £28; Kendal Rough £26; Swaledale £26. Suffolk rams £48; Bluefaced Leicester £44.