KIRKBY STEPHEN: Monday, February 23. Fortnightly sale of livestock. Forward: 50 cast cow and OTM cattle. Prices - Cast cows: Limousin to £1,433.97 each, or 192.5 pence per kilogram; British Blue 1,143.80, 150.5; Black & White 994.50, 127.5; Montbeliarde 929.43, 117.5.

ALSO: Tuesday, February 17. Weekly sale of prime hoggs, cast ewes and rams. Forward: 1,318 prime hoggs. Prices - Prime hoggs: Beltex to £110.80 each, or 263.8 pence per kilo; Rouge de l'Ouest 113.80; Suffolk 100, 178.8; Charollais 99.80, 188.3; Texel 98.80, 220.6; Mule 86.80, 179.6; Dutch Texel 85.80, 195; Blue Texel 83.30, 190.5; Swaledale 82.80, 177.2; Cheviot 81.80, 194.4; Zwartble 78.80; Herdwick 62.80, 161. Cast ewes: Texel 137.50; Suffolk 135.50; Bluefaced Leicester 113.50; Beltex 109.50; Mule 95.50; Cheviot 94.50; Rough Fell 89.50; Swaledale 77.50. Cast rams: Texel 129.50; Rouge de l'Ouest 127.50; Suffolk 113.50; Bluefaced Leicester 111.50; Swaledale 93.50; Beltex 87.50; Rough Fell 83.50.