KIRKBY Stephen, Tuesday, February 8. Forward: 1,518 prime, store and lightweight lambs; 253 cast and feeding ewes. Prices lambs, 35 kilo or more: Texel to £53.50; Cheviot £50; Charolais £53; Mule £48; Scotch Blackface £44; Swaledale £45; Rough Fell £47. 34 kilo or less: Continental cross £38.20; Cheviot cross £36.50; Swaledale £33.20; Rough Fell £30; Mule £34. Rams: Herdwick £22.80; Gritstone £30; Bluefaced Leicester £37.20. Ewes: Bluefaced Leicester £39; Mule £30; Suffolk £37; Swaledale £22.80; Texel £39.
ALSO, Monday, February 7. Forward; 262 store and breeding cattle. Prices bullocks: Aberdeen Angus cross to £570; Blonde d'Aquitaine cross £702; Belgian Blue cross £658; Holstein Friesian £478; Limousin cross £740; Simmental cross £670. Heifers: Blonde d'Aquitaine cross £540; Belgian Blue cross £675; Charolais cross £540; Limousin cross £625. Limousin cross feeding bull £520. Limousin cross cow and Belgian Blue calf £690.
KENDAL, Monday, February 7. Forward: 350 hoggs; 2 dairy cattle. Prices calves: heifers to £80; Black and White £16. Dairy cattle: third calved cow £840; second calver £720. Hoggs: Texels £48.50; Horned lambs £42; Mules £42.
Hawes, Tuesday, February 8. Forward: 6 calves; 2,034 sheep comprising 1,225 prime hoggs; 536 light hoggs; and 273 cast ewes and rams. Prices calves: Limousin bull to £212 (average £179.33); heifer £92 (£67.33). Prime hoggs: light 106.2 pence per kilo (98p); standard 121.6p (108.9p); medium 120p (110.2p); heavy 118.2p (102.7p). Overall average 108.8p. Continental 121.6p, £54.40; Suffolk 115.7p, £52; Mule 114.2p, £52.50; Horned 108p, £50. Light hoggs: Continental 117.6p (107.3p); Suffolk 109.6p (103.5p); Mule 113.3p (100.1p); Horned 112.9p (103.1p). Cast ewes: Horned £29.50 (£14.71); Polled £38 (£25.85). Cast rams: Horned £12 (£9.53); Polled £32.50 (£20.13).
ULVERSTON, Tuesday, February 8. Prices finished steers: premium to 122.50 pence per kilo (average 107.50p); prime 118.50p (111.50p); other 115.50p (99.50p). Finished heifers 134.50p (118.50p); prime 106.61p (98.50p); other 97.50p. Old season lambs: premium to 35.9 kilo 120p (110.64p), to 45.5 kilo 108.70p (103.71p); prime to 35.9 kilo 115.38p (107.70p), to 45.5 kilo 102.50p (99.98p), to 52 kilo 101.82p (89.27p); other 95.69p (92.41p).
LANCASTER, Monday, February 7. Forward: 87 cattle; 46 young bulls; 1,583 sheep; 214 ewes and rams. Prices light steers to 75.5 pence per kilo (average 75.5p); medium 105.5p (91.8p); heavy 112.5p (94.5p). Light heifers 113.5p (109p); medium 127.5p (103.9p); heavy 127.5p (95.5p). Medium young bulls 117.5p (93.6p); heavy 120.5p (97p). Light new season lambs 113.3p (102.9p); standard 128.3p (116.8p); medium 128.5p (117.1p); heavy 116.3p (109.6p); overweight 100.8p (99.1p). Ewes £50 (£30.24).
ALSO, Friday, February 4. Forward; 134 bullocks/heifers; 13 calves; 59 store hoggs. Prices bullocks: Hereford £620; Simmental £640; Aberdeen Angus £650; Charolais £650; Limousin £650. In-calf heifers £450. Heifers: Simmental £550; Belgian Blue £565; Charolais £500; Limousin £460. Calves: bulls £108; heifers £62. Store hoggs £43.50.
PENRITH, Monday, February 7. Forward: 74 prime cattle comprising 31 clean cattle and 43 bulls. Prices Limousin heifers to 139.5 pence per kilo; Blonde d'Aquitaine 127.5p; Charolais 112.5p; Bazadaise 110.5p. Limousin steers 123.5p; bulls 125.5p. Belgian Blue bulls 103.5p; Friesian 95.5p; Brown Swiss 91.5p.
BENTHAM, Wednesday, February 2. Weekly sale of dairy cattle and calves. Forward: 6 newly calved cows and heifers; 75 rearing calves. Prices newly calved Black and White cows to £1,080 (average £862.50); heifers £930 (£915). Rearing calves: Belgian Blue cross bulls £162 (£132.50); heifers £135 (£108.71); Limousin cross bulls £150 (£114.50); heifers £75 (£55.33); Aberdeen Agnes cross bulls £60; heifers £65; Black and White bulls £88; slaughter calves £12. Evening sale of prime and lightweight; store hoggs and feeding cast ewes. Forward: 4,548 including 3,860 hoggs; 688 cast ewes and rams.
Prices hoggs: Continental cross to £59, 143.9 pence per kilo; Suffolk cross £53, 120.3p; Mule £50, 113.5p; Masham £47, 109.3p; Horned £47.50, 112.5p; Bluefaced Leicester £45, 100p. Continental cross ewes £50.50; Suffolk cross £35; Mule £37.50; Masham £29; Horned £33; Bluefaced Leicester £36. Polled rams £38; Horned £31.
BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS, Monday, February 7. Forward: 708 hoggs; and 36 cattle. Prices cattle: Continental cross steers to 120 pence per kilo; heifers 120p; young bulls 115p. Continental cross hoggets 125p; Mule and Hill 106p; lightweight 104p.
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