Prices at the markets

DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 450 cattle; 511 sheep. Steers, med to 127.5p/£690.98 av 110.74p; heavy to 139.5p/£967.88 av 114.47p; overall av 113.91p; hfrs med to 135.5p/£630.08 av 113.25p; heavy to 140.5p/£880.75 av 113.69p; overall av 113.51p; young bulls med to 104.5p/£579.98 av 95.54p; heavy to 129.5p/£902.23 av 107.71p; overall av 106.42p. Lambs to 144p av 138.99p; hoggs lt to 115.9p/£45.20; med to 117.5p/£57.50 av 112.47p; heavy to 117.3p/£57.50 av 109.28p; overall av 111.12p; cull ewes to £47 av £34.86p. Mon. - Fwd: 172 cattle, 101 store & breeding sheep. Steers. - Lim: £595, £568 NG Beveridge; £492 S Kirton; £480 TJ Ball. BB: £590, £522, £508 D Alderson; £428 JR Harding. Simm: £395, £390 JR Harding. Hfrs. - Lim: £512 S Kirton; £462, £460 M Gascoigne; £460 JJ Atkinson. BB: £505, £440 NG Beveridge; £440 S&J Dent. AA: £432(2) JT Forster; £425 J Peacock. Bullocks. - Lim: £610 JH Craggs; £472 P Longstaff; £425 K Buckle. BB: £478 JN Spedding; £465(3) K Buckle; £462 P Langstaff. BA: £458(2) JN Spedding; £450, £435 R Lamplough. Fries: £422(5) F Bainbridge. Saler: £415 Rigel Pedigree. Ewes & lambs: Mules £88 J Holliday; £85 JR Harding; £76 RRC Andrew. Suff: £86 J Hollidays. Swale: £50 D Hutchinson. Store hoggs: Cont £36 J Oulton. Swale: £21.50 I Robertson. Hoggs std av 114.8p; med av 113.63p.

HAWES. - Tues. Fwd: 5 calves, 176 sheep. Calves: Lim bulls to £170 DJ&S Stainton, Howgill av £160; Fries bulls to £70 DJ&S Stainton; BB hfrs to £132 A&W Hodgson, Askrigg av £120. Spring lambs std to 152.7p; med to 146.3p, overall av 149.4p; hoggs std to 118.3p av 110.7p; med to 1128.p av 109.3p; heavy to 104.7p av 99.3p; overall av 108.5p. Cast ewes horned to £23.40 av £11.10; polled to £39 av £29.95; cast rams polled to £27 av £22.40. Pet lambs to £2.

HEXHAM. - Last Fri. Fwd: 610 store cattle & suckled calves. Cattle 22-m-o & up: BAX steers to £818 Houselope Grange; Lim X steersto £760 Low Barns; hfrs to £705 Rosehill; Char X steers to £712 Hall Hill; hfrs to £578 Raredene; Simm X steers to £705 Hall Hill; hfrs to £598 Allendale Farm; BBX steers to £760 Low Leam. Cattle 17-22-m-o: Char X steers to £748 Lowfield; hfrs to £448 Roslyn House; Lim X steers to £720 Rusheylaw, Hall Hill; hfrs to £660 Brokenheugh; BBX steers to £712 South Linden; Simm X steers to £722 South Linden; hfrs to £595 Pontop Hall; AAX steers to £700 Hedley West Riding. Cattle 10-16-m-o: BAX steers to £625 High Wooley; hfrs to £492 High Wooley; Lim X steers to £625 Lowfield; hfrs to £475 Oxclose, Rose Cottage; Char X steers to £595 Wheat Hall; hfrs to £510 Wheat Hall; Simm X steers to £550 Hedley Park; hfrs to £425 East Moor; AAX steers to £550 East Moor; BBX hfrs to £450 Triermain. Cattle under 10-m-o: Lim X steers to £605 Low Barns; hfrs to £458 Parmontley Hall; BAX steers to £592 High Wooley; BBX steers to £585 White Kirkley; Simm X steers to £460 Pea Farm, East Moor. Tues. - Med steers av 105.5p; heavy to 106.5p av 98.6p; med hfrs av 108.5p; heavy hfrs to 120.5p av 111.2p. Hoggs: Suff X to 108.5p; Texel X to 110p; Mule to 106.1p; Blackface to 110.5p; Swale to 107.3p; Cheviot X to 113p. Cast ewes & rams (265): Suff X to £50; Texel X to £51.80; Mule to £45; Leics to £47.20; Blackface to £35.20; Swale to £25.20; Cheviot X to £32.80; BdM to £45.50. Ewes & lambs: Mule hoggs & single Texel X lambs to £110 Woodhall; Mule ewes BM & TexelX twins £92 Partridge Nest; Swale ewes FW & twin Mule lambs £54 Six Dargue.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Mon. Fwd: 233 cattle. Bullocks. - AA X: £560 Bank Head; av £517.50. BAX: £668, £585 Sawbridge Hall; £585, £525 High Lane (Capstick) £505 Bowderdale; av £534.50. BBX £595(2) Villa Farm; £552(2), £538, £525, £522(2) The Gilts; £500 Smardale Mill; av £527.17. Char X: £570(3) Moor House; av £570. Fries/Holstein: £425 Stripes Farm; £375(4) Low Deepslack; av £357.85. Baz X: £410 Heggarscale. Lim X: £655, £615 Stripes Farm; £650, £615 Hawkrigg Farm; £562 South View; £538 High Lane (Capstick); £528, £525, £522, £520(x5) Gaythorne Hall; £525 Green Farm; av £515.90. Hfrs. - AAX: £482, £445 Bank Head; av £463.50. BAX: £512, £430 High Lane (Capstick); £432, £428 Bowderdale; av £408.86. BBX: £570 Villa Farm; £480, £450 The Gilts; £475 Espland Farm; £442 Smardale Mill; £440, £430 Millbeck; av £454.89. Char X: £630, £592 Old Hall Farm; £555, £520, £465 Moorhouse Farm; £550, £548 Stripes Farm; £492(2), £488(x3), £475(x4) Keld Farm; av £493.47. Baz X: £385 Heggarscale; av £341.25. Lim X: £615, £530, £525 Millbeck; £570 Villa Farm; £535, £435 Lower Griseburn; £535 Old Hall Farm; £530, £525, £508 Hawkrigg; £512(x2), £445 Espland Farm; £505 Bleathgill; £462 Smardale Mill; £440 Gillses; £422(x2) Green Farm; £415 Salterwath; av £446.15. Simm X: £510, £488, £478, £425 Cranberry; av £458.20. Feeding bulls. - BB: £330 Newlands. Char X: £340 Newlands. Lim X: £445 Peacock Hill; £440 Hall Bank; av £350.53. Galloway X cow & bull calf £420 Dowthwaite Head. Tues. - Fwd: 764 sheep. Texel ewes & twins £29 Sunnyside; Mule ewes & twins £27 Sunnyside. New season lambs: Suff to £66; Char £60. Old season lambs 35kg & up: Cont X to £51.50; Cheviot X to £40; Suff to £49; Swale to £49; Lleyn to £50; Mule to £48; Blue-faced Leics to £47; Rough Fell to £46. To 34kg: Suff to £34; Swale to £34.20(2); Cont X to £37; Scotch Blackface to £34. Cast rams: Cheviot to £37.50; Swale to £22. Cast ewes: Swale to £23.80; Texel to £44.50; Rough Fell to £23.50; Scotch Blackface to £22.50; Char to £36; Cheviot to £30.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 47 ped Lim cattle, 5 dairy cattle, 89 calves & stirks, 232 store cattle & feeding bulls, 2 pet lambs. Show for store cattle & calves. Judge: Brian Phillips, Northallerton. Lim X beast: 1&2 Walburn Hall Farms, steer £630, £625; 3 JW&M Buckle, steer £600. Lim X feeding bull: 1 KO Stones £570; 2 High Mains Ptnrs £585. AOB: 1 ML Keeble BB steer £572. Rearing calf judge: Graham Fountain, Thirsk. LimX hfr calf: 1 & champ: B&A Myers & Dtrs £200; 2 C Iveson Farms £160; 3 FD Marsden £182. Lim X bull calf: 1& res: B&A Myers & Dtrs £240; 2 J Dinsdale £210; 3 C Iveson Farms £182. Calves: Lim bulls to £240 B&A Myers & Dtrs av £181 overall; hfrs to £200 B&A Myers & Dtrs av £131; BB bulls to £235 C Iveson Fms av £202; hfrs to £230 D&S Spence av £167; Simm bulls to £182 JW&RJ Pounder av £126; hfrs to £150 A Finkill & Son av £145; AA bulls to £158 B&E Payne; hfrs to £94 ME Robinson & Sons; Fries bulls to £168 ME Robinson & Sons & Stockdale Ptnrs av £82. Stirks: BB bull GE Simpson & Son £322; hfrs GE Simpson & Son £245; Lim hfrs GE Simpson & Son £230. Dairy cattle: calved hfrs PF Donaldson £790, £670; calved cows PF Donaldson £700, JW Bostock £500. Pet lambs £3.50. Wed. - Fwd: 596 sheep, 37 cattle. Spring show for pairs new season lambs. Judge: Andrew Bailey, Leyburn. Suff X: 1 & champion KO Stones, Marrick, 46kg £88 to Dales Meat & Pie Co; 2 RW&MR Cooper 50kg £64; 3PF Donaldson 42kg £59.50. Cont X: 1 WH Harker 46k g£72; 2 PF Donaldson 48kg £65.50; 3 S Smith & Son 43kg £59.50. Lambs std to 141p av 131p; med to 148.7p av 138.6p; heavy to 191.3p av 145.6p. Hoggs: Suff & Cont std to 115.3p av 110.1p; med to 128p av 111.3p; heavy to 121.7p av 109.4p; owt to 106p av 97.2p; Mule & horned std to 111.6p av 105.2p; med to 111.1p av 102.2p; heavy to 109.7p av 104.2p; lt wt to 106.6p av 94.8p. Cast ewes: Cont £54; Suff £48; Mule £40; Masham £34; Rough £27; Swale £25.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 223 cattle, 1,003 sheep. Steers, med to 120.5p/£646.25 av 103.99p/£533.45; heavy to 127.5p/£804.08 av 103.4p/ £672.30; overall steer av 103.53p; hfrs lt to 120.5p/£463.93; med to 138.5p/£660 av 120.52p/£550.29; heavy to 134.5p/ £814.63 av 110.45p/£595.79; overall hfr av 112.27p. Bulls, med to 107.5p/ £596.63 av 87.74p/£466.82; heavy to 113.5p/£778.53, av 95.96/£600.82; overall bull av 93.82p; total cattle av 105.4p. Lambs, std to 146p/£55.50 av 144p/ £53.30; med to 139.5p/£60 av 137.41p/ £58.40; overall av 140.91p; hoggs lt to 112.2p/£35.50 av 111.72p/£35.08; std to 121p/£47.20 av 116.63p/£44.68p; med to 123.7p/£53.20 av 117.03/£49.81; overall av 116.93p; heavy to 116.9p/£57.50 av 108.69p/£52.86p; owt to 106.9p/£60 av 98.61p/£56.98; total hogg av 109.38p; cull ewes to £49 av £35.17; ram £44. Wed. - Fwd: 245 cattle, 78 sheep. Bulls. - Lim: £830 Keirey Lims; £480, £435 AG Frank; £400 A Fawcett; £335, £255, £250 W Smith; £330, £290 IW Stobart; £325 R Umpleby. Char: £575, £562, £395, £390 AG Frank; £550 I Holmes; £320 A Fawcett. BB: £465, £445, £380 R Carter. BA: £405 R Umpleby. AA: £378 IW Stobart; £235 D&R Reed. Holstein: £282, £235, £175 MH Walker; £165 D&R Reed; £235, £160 H Thomson. Fries: £200 JB Gill. Hfrs. - Lim: £612 JT Coxon; £542, £468, £418 E Hill; £538, £492, £480, £452, £430 CW Tate; £535, £505 A Jopling; £488 A Fishburn; £482, £330 C Siswick; £462, £420 E Carvey; £458 J Stockil; £448, £432 T Souter; £445 R Umpleby; £385. £362 K Wheldon; £385 A Fawcett. Simm: £488 R Stainthorpe; £482 S Scott Priestley; £430 A Fawcett; £330 D Johnson; £325 A Fishburn. BB: £520, £472 S Hogg; £450, £422 J Stockil; £450 R Stainthorpe; £445 A Houlston; £395 A Fishburn; £350, £302 D Johnson. BA: £588, £562, £502 S Scott Priestley; £482 R Umpleby, C Siswick; £445, £270 D Spence; £445, £430, £428, £420, £405 R Mortimer; £438 A Fishburn; £392 A Fawcett. AA: £365, £302 K Wheldon; £245 JL Peacock; £230 P Parker. Herefd: £420 E CARvey; £180 JB Gill. Bullocks. - Char: £712, £690, £600, £572 JT Coxon; £655 T Coulthard; £590 J Stockil; £540, £412, £400, £360, £330, £295 P Parker; £350 TH Cook. AA: £670 S Scott Priestley; £345 R Shann. BA: £598 S Scott Priestley; £568, £5442, £490 M Morley; £548, £490 R Shann. BB: £570 T Souter; £475, £402 R Broadley; £435 P Parker. Lim: £640 JT Coxon; £585, £555, £540, £532, £495, £470 CW Tate; £585 J Stockil; £570 T Souter; £550, £548, £532, £490 CH Phelp; £542, £532. £485. £465, £440 C Siswick; £530 R Shann; £518, £448 JL Peacock; £500, £490 TR Simpson; £480, £465, £452, £400 R Broadley. Herefd: £585 T Coulthard; £420 JT Holmes. Simm: £675, £670, £642, £640, £612, £592 S Scott Priestley; £555, £542 J Stockil; £538 M Morley. Holstein: £294 S C Siswick. Breeding cattle: Lim cow & calf £600 JE Brown; Herefd cows & calf £530, £505, £385, £380 TJ Holmes; Lim £370 TJ Holmes. Mule hoggs & lambs: £108 DH Dick; Texel shlg & lambs £86 R Hugill; Texel ewes BMCB £62, £53 R Hugill; Mule shlg & lambs £90 C Hunton; Texel ewes BMCB & lambs £76, £75 C Hunton; Mule ewes corr & lambs £87, £60 AC Hutchinson; £79, £69, £65 Mrs Willoughby; Mule ewes BMCB & lambs £80, £79 AC Hutchinson; Suff ewes 2-shear & lambs £78 RS Kitson; Swale gimmer hoggs £35 K Percival. Private sales April 18-22: 54 fat cattle inc OTMS, 51 fat sheep & pigs.

PATELEY BRIDGE. - Sat. Fwd: 40 cattle. Hfrs. - BB: J Clay £610, £608 to M Falshaw Ptnrs; D&JL Middlemiss £510, £508, £495. Lim: J Clay £622 to P Newcombe Carthorpe; J Rayner £360; S Addyman £265. Steers. - Lim: S Church £552 to D Lister, Clint, £545, £495, J Stoney £512, £490; DH Challis to £470; T Martino £462; DT Houseman £398. AA: DH Challis £388. BA: S Ewbank £428.

PENRITH. - Mon. Fwd: 47 cattle, inc annual show for North of England Blonde Cattle Club. Judge: J Haigh, butcher, Kirkby Stephen. Champion: RW Dickinson, High Knipe, hfr 510kg, 180p Bellas Quality Butchers, Shap; res: RW Dickinson hfr 530kg, 140p to judge. Hfrs: 1 champion; 2 res champion; 3 W Tweddell, Haltcliffe Bridge, 590kg, 138.5p to Cranstons, Penrith. Bullocks: 1 JJ Crichton, Loughrigg Farm, 590kg, 137.5p Little, Penrith. Young bulls: 1 JL Potter, Town Head, 590kg, 127.5p to Geoff Nutter. Hfrs: BBX to 143.5p; BAX to 139.5p; black Lim X to 117.5p. Bullocks: black Lim to 129.5p; BBX to 116.5p. Young bulls: red Lim to 123.5p; black Lim to 117.5p; Lim X to 121.5p; BAX to 113.5p; BBX to 113.5p; B&W to 99.5p; black Herefd X to 99.5p.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 553 cattle, 2,057 sheep, 265 pigs. Steers lt to 137.5p/£639.38; med to 129.5p/ £718.73p av 110.6p; heavy to 136.5p/ £916.50 av 113.3p; hfrs med to 139.5p/ £655.65 av 116.3p; heavy to 144.5p/ £846.88 av 114.3p; young bulls lt to 72.5p/£337.13 av 66.9p; med to 127.5p/ £701.26 av 93.5p; heavy to 132.5p/ £895.13 av 100.6p. Lambs std to 171.8p/ £67 av 165.2p; med to 163.8p/£67 av 150.7p; hoggets lt to 112.5p/£36 av 109.2p; std to 131.1p/£49.80 av 119.8p; med to 123.3p/£53 av 114.7p; heavy to 115.6p/£57.80 av 109.5p; owt to 107.8p/£62.50 av 95.2p; ewes lt to£45.50 av £32.42; heavy to £55 av £40.88. Porkers to 81p/£60.80 av 74.7p; cutters to 86.5p/£71.19 av 82p; baconers to 89p/£83.66 av 77.2p; owt to 73.5p/£80.11 av 71.5p; sows to 46.5p/£146.25 av 43.9p; boars to 40.5p/£138.11 av 39.8p. Tues. - Fwd: 211 cattle. Steers: Lim to £690 Wilshaw & Mellor; Fries X £590. Hfrs 14-22 m-t-o: Lim £718 Wilshaw & Mellor. BB £605; Char £518; Simm £498; AA £398. 8-13-m-o: Lim £560; BB £535; Char £485; Simm £418. Young bulls 8-10-m-o: Simm X £562 Fred Jackson; Char X £530; Lim X £510; BBX £470. Fries cow & AA bull calf £435 Burnby. Lleyn X Suff shlgs & lambs to £95; Lleyn ewes BM & twins £86; Suff ewes corr & twins £125 JA Swann; Suff BM & lambs £84; Suff BM & twins £93; Mules BM & lambs £50; Mules BM & singles £70.