Tuesday, December 23. Weekly sale of sheep. Forward: 1,561 sheep, comprising of 1,281 prime lambs and 280 cast ewes and rams. Prices - Prime lambs: Texel to £128.80 each, or 206.7 pence per kilo; Dutch Texel 102.80; Charollais 100; Cheviot 97.80, 196.9; Beltex 97.80, 230.8; Suffolk 91.30; Bluefaced Leicester 83.30; Mule 82.80, 184; Berrichon du Cher 82; Swaledale 76.30, 184.1; Blackface 75.30, 190.5; Rough Fell 60. Cast ewes: Texel 126.50; Bluefaced Leicester 121.50; Beltex 112.50; Mule 98.50; Cheviot 93.50; Swaledale 76.50. Cast rams: Cheviot 135.50; Bluefaced Leicester 101; Beltex 99.50.