Tuesday, December 23. Weekly sale of prime stock. Forward: 1,850 prime sheep and 306 cast sheep. Prices - prime lambs: Suffolk to £98 each; Mule 89; Swaledale 74; Charollais 87; Texel 95. Cast sheep: Charollais 128 (tup); Beltex 91; Rough Fell 96; Texel 124; Lleyn 99; Leicester 138 (tup); Suffolk 120 (tup); Mule 100; Swaledale 83.

ALSO: Monday, December 22. Dressed Poultry shows and sales at Lancaster and Kendal (J36). Forward: 1,000 birds (both sites). Results: R Hodgson (Turkey), £72; S Garnett (Goose), £70.