This week's prices at the region's marts

Prices calves: Simmental bull £130; Limousin bull £82; Black and white £6; Limousin heifers £42. Second calver dairy cattle £1,000.

Prime hoggs: Suffolk and Continental cross to £51, 122 pence per kilo; Mule £44.50, Horned £39. Overall average 106.5p. Cast sheep: Texel rams £35; ewes £33; Mule ewes £27.50; Swaledale £19; Rough £17; Suffolk £36.

ALSO, Thursday, February 10. Sale of top quality store cattle. Forward: 190 cattle comprising 56 steers; 106 heifers; and 28 bulls; 50 store sheep.

Prices store cattle (averages): steers to £447.79; heifers £397.84; bulls £438.46. Blonde d'Aquitaine steer £595. Limousin heifer £578. Bull £560.

Store sheep: Texel cross lambs £27.50. Breeding sheep: Mule shearlings in-lamb to Texel ram £62; in-lamb Mule hoggs £60.

KIRKBY Stephen, Tuesday, February 15. Forward: 1,317 prime, store and lightweight hoggs; 201 cast and feeding ewes and rams.

Prices old season lambs 35 kilo or more: Texel cross to £52.20; Beltex cross £48; Suffolk cross £47.80; Mule £49; Swaledale £46; Teeswater £54; Rough Fell £47; Bluefaced Leicester £45. 34 kilo or less: Continental cross £37.50; Swaledale £33.20; Rough Fell £31.50; Mule £32.80; Suffolk cross £34.80. Cast rams: Swaledale £24.80; Rough Fell £24.50. Cast/feeding ewes: Suffolk cross £34.50; Texel cross £42.50; Bluefaced Leicester £35; Swaledale £20; Rough Fell £28.

ULVERSTON, Tuesday, February 15. Prices finished steers: premium to 125.50 pence per kilo (average 97.83p); prime 119.50p (84.50p); other 108.75p (50.50p). Finished heifers: premium 114.50p (103.30p); prime 114.50p (103.30p); other 94.50p (91.50p). Finished young bulls: premium 111.50p (106.50p); prime 109.75p other 105.50p.

Old season lambs: premium to 35.9 kilo 122.50p (110.67p), to 45.5 kilo 116.60p (107.81p); prime to 35.9 kilo 118.92p (112.39p), to 45.5 kilo 106.92p (100.92p), to 52 kilo 100p (97.86p); other 95.24p (91.30p).

BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS, Monday, February 14. Forward: 430 hoggs.

Prices hoggets: Continental cross to 120 pence per kilo; Suffolk cross 116p; Mules, Hill 106p; Horned 104p.

BENTHAM, Wednesday, February 9. Weekly sale of dairy cattle and calves. Forward: 10 newly calved cows and heifers; 75 rearing calves.

Prices newly calved Black and White cows to £750 (average £606.97); heifers £800 (712.50). Rearing calves: Belgian Blue cross bulls £190 (£155.57); heifers £195 (£143.88); Limousin cross bulls £190 (£155.75); cross heifers £205 (£101.50); Simmental cross bulls £245 (£180.67); Shorthorn £48; Aberdeen Angus cross bulls £135 (£105); cross heifers £100 (£86.40); Black and White bulls £160; Slaughter calves £8.

Evening sale of prime, lightweight and store hoggs, feeding and cast sheep. Forward: 3,613 including 2,621 hoggs; 992 cast ewes and rams.

Prices hoggs: Continental cross to £67.50, 157 pence per kilo; Suffolk cross £50, 115.3p; Mule £48.20, 106p; Masham £40, 100p; Horned £47.50, 112.1p; Bluefaced Leicester £47, 93.8p; Herdwick £26.80, 99.3p. Ewes and rams: Continental cross ewes £49; Suffolk cross £46; Mule £37; Horned £29; Bluefaced Leicester £38.50; Herdwick £13. Polled rams £34.20; Horned £28.50.

HAWES, Tuesday, February 15. Forward: 9 calves; 1,548 sheep comprising 958 prime hoggs; 421 lightweight hoggs; and 169 cast ewes and rams.

Prices calves: Limousin bulls to £200 (average £129.50); heifers £175; Belgian Blue bulls £82; heifers £42.

Annual Show and Sale of Prime Swaledale Hoggetts on behalf of The Swaledale Sheepbreeders Association.

Results: 1 M.W. Skidmore & Sons, Hanging Wells, Eastgate, 44 kilo, £50; 2 J.T. Dixon & Son, Leyburn, 47 kilo £53; 3 B.R. Lawson & Son, Washington, 38 kilo, £41.80.

Prices prime hoggs: light 111.8 pence per kilo (103.2p); standard 121.5p (108p); medium 122.9p (110p); heavy 121.2p (102.7p). Overall average 108.8p. Continental 122.9p, £54; Suffolk 119.4p, £55; Mule 112.5p, £49.60; Horned 113.6p, £53. Lightweight hoggs: Continental 114p (98.9p); Suffolk 112.9p (101.3p); Mule 109.3p (100.6p); Horned 108.5p (99.8p). Cast ewes: Horned £20 (£10.18); Polled £26 (£20.06). Cast rams: Horned £12 (£6); Polled £22 (£17.33).

PENRITH, Tuesday, February 15. Fortnightly sale of store sheep.

Prices Texel shearlings in-lamb to £420; ram lambs £600. Suffolk cross ewes in-lamb £73; Texel cross £71; Mule £60. Texel cross hoggs £43.50; Suffolk cross £42.80; Charollais cross £40.20; Cheviot £41; Mule £37.80; Swaledale £33; Herdwick £25.

ALSO, Monday, February 14. Sale of store cattle. Forward: 488.

Prices Belgian Blue cross bullocks to £688; Black Limousin cross £680; Red Limousin cross £668; Charolais cross £648. Limousin cross heifers £615; Belgian Blue cross £570; Charolais cross £570; Blonde d'Aquitaine cross £518; Black £520. Red Limousin feeding bulls £480; Aberdeen Angus £440. Cows and calves £600.

Weekly sale of prime cattle. Forward: 66 comprising 30 clean and 36 bulls.

Prices Limousin heifers to 131.5 pence per kilo; Belgian Blue 117.5p; Charolais 108.5p; Bazadaise 106.5p. Limousin steers 116.5p; Blonde d'Aquitaine 106.5p. Blonde d'Aquitaine bulls 118.5p; Limousin 117.5p; Belgian Blue 113.5p; Friesian 98.5p.

LANCASTER, Monday, February 14. Forward: 96 cattle; 52 young bulls; 1,429 sheep; 151 ewes and rams.

Prices cattle: light steers to 59.5 pence per kilo (average 59.5p); medium 109.5p (87.9p); heavy 117.5p (95.6p). Medium heifers 135.5p (103.6p); heavy 122.5p (97.9p). Light young bulls 83.5p (57.9p); medium 118.5p (89.9p); heavy 118.5p (100.6p).

New season lambs: light 110.9p (101.9p)); standard 121.7p (108.9p); medium 118.2p (109.2p); heavy 108.6p (105.2p); overweight 101.6p (99.1p). Ewes £50 (£26.18).

ALSO, Friday, February 11. Forward: 192 bullocks/heifers; 142 store and feeding sheep; 25 calves.

Prices bullocks: Hereford £590; Friesian £570; Simmental £625; Belgian Blue £660; Aberdeen Angus £660; Charolais £615; Limousin £640. Charolais bulls £400. Heifers: Hereford £585; Belgian Blue £575; Charolais £565; Limousin £590. In-calf heifers £440. Calves: bulls £155; heifers £95. Store and feeding sheep: ewes £30; hoggs £43.50.