Tuesday, February 24. Weekly sale of prime sheep. Forward: 2,064, comprising 1,803 prime hoggs, 261 cast ewes and rams. Prices - Prime hoggs: Beltex to £114.80 each, or 260.9 pence per kilogram; Charollais 111.80, 189; Suffolk 108.80, 186; Texel 101.80, 229.4; Blue Texel 96.80, 230.5; Mule 85.50, 193.3; Dutch Texel 189.1; Cheviot 84.30, 194.9; Swaledale 81.30, 185.4; Blackface 80, 173.9; Jacob 76.80, 170.7; Rough Fell 75.80; Goat 170.3p. Cast ewes: Texel £130; Bluefaced Leicester 114.50; Dutch Texel 114; Suffolk 105.50; Cheviot 86.50; Mule 85.50; Swaledale 75.50; Rough Fell 73.50. Cast rams: Bluefaced Leicester 120.50; Texel 94.50; Swaledale 92.50.