DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 461 cattle, 864 sheep. Steers med to 125.5p/£690.25 av 113.3p; heavy to 136.5p/£881.48 av 112.24p; overall steer ave 112.32p; hfrs med to 131.5p/£597.60 av 113.56p; overall hfr av 113.17p; young bulls med to 130.5p/£707.70 av 103.21p; heavy to 133.5p/£912.45 av 109.35p. Hoggs, lt to 133.3p/£52 av 121.88p; med to 134.5p/£55.80 av 122.84p; heavy t 126.6p/£67 av 117.25p; overall hogg av 120.52p; cull ewes to £47.50 av £33.77. Mon. - Fwd: 269 cattle, 389 sheep. Steers. - Lim: £615, £522, £520 JW Dent; £558, £522(2) J Bainbridge; £540, £528, £525(2) M Gascoigne. Simm: £522(5), £520, £470(3) C&E Gaskin. BB: £448, £400 M&E Webster. BA: £345 BR Routledge. Saler: £352 E Whitehead. Hfrs. - Lim: £560, £520, £482 TN Callender; £515, £490 Scarlett Hall; £490, £462 A Wilson. BB: £510, £428 A Wilson. Char: £435, £415 Scarlett Hall. AA: £438 S&J Dent; £375 Scarlett Hall. BA: £425(2) Scarlett Hall. Bull stirks. - BB: £520 JN Spedding; £500, £445, £420 DE&I Lovegreen. Lim: £500, £495, £492 T&DI Allen; £490 JN Spedding. Char: £485 T&DI £320(2); J&S Thompson. BA: £460 D Stockdale; £370(2) J&S Thompson. Simm: £410 DE&I Lovegreen. Herefd: £435 JN Spedding. Fries: £290, £274 JD Seymour; £284, £258 JD Brannen. Bull calves to £175 B Tweddle; hfr calves to £110 B Tweddle. Ewes & lambs: £93, £74 M Robson; £83 Mrs A Bell; £80, £78 BJ Walton; £73 J&K Woodward. Store hoggs: £52.20, £48 R Walks; £50.50, £44.20 Ford; £48.50, £36 LE Harrison; £33.80 J&K Woodward. Hoggs, std to 116.6p av 113.1p; med to 123.4p av 116.13p; heavy to 115p av 113.24p.

HAWES. - Fwd: 233 sheep. Hoggs lt to 110p av 103.7p; std to 126.2p av 115.8p; med to 122.7p av 113.4p; heavy to 109.5p av 107.4p; overall av 114p. Lt wt hoggs: Cont to 114.2p; Suff to 115.3p; Mule to 118.7p av 115p; horned to 117.6p av 106.7p. Cast ewes: horned to £29 av £25.45; polled to £37 av £12.18. Horned cast rams to £10. Pet lambs to £2.

HEXHAM. - Tues. Heavy steers to 115.5p av 100.7p; med hfrs av 109.5p; heavy hfrs 125.5p av 110.6p. Fwd: 1,4763 sheep. Hoggs: Suff X to 131.2p; Texel X to 127.5p; Mule to 131.7p; Blackfaceto 125.7p; Swale to 131.1p; Cheviot X to 139p; Char X to 130p; Beltex to 134.2p; Leics to 118.5p. Cast ewes & rams: Suff X to £59; Texel X to £54; Mule to £42; Blackface to £39.80; Swale to £28.80; Cheviot X to £36; Leics to £41.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Mon. Fwd: 241 cattle. Bullocks av £520.69 (up £4.01); hfrs av £448.45 (up £21.62). Bullocks. - AAX: £532 New Hall; £420 Owlet Hall; av £476. BAX: £645 Rudd Hill; £550, £532, £525, £485 Bowderdale; av £502.09. BBX: £630, £560 Villa Farm; £620, £530, £528(2) Gilts; £590, £545, £530 Holme Farm; £575(3) Owlet Hall; £570, £540 Hawkrigg Farm; £522 Bridge End Farm; £510 Gilses; £500 High Stennerskeugh; av £531.72. Char X: £558(3) Owlet Hall. Fries/Holstein: £402 Low Deepslack. Herefd X; £500 Helbeck Grange. Baz X £470 Heggarscales. Lim X: £668, £665, £595 Rudd Hills; £625, £598(3) Helbeck Grange; £615, £565 Blandswath; £605 New Hall; £592, £570 Long Green; £582(2) Bleathgill; £575(2) Gaythorn Hall; £570, £550 Hawkrigg Farm; £552 Holme Farm; £550, £535 Bridge End Farm; av £520.96. Simm X: £592(6) Helbeck Grange. Hfrs. - BAX: £445, £442(3) Uldale Farm; av £430.20. BBX: £580 Bleathgill; £570 New Hall; £558 Easegill Head; £525, £510, £498 Bridge End Farm; £512, £475 Long Green; £495 Gilies; £490(2) Gilts; £465 Holme Farm; £445 Green Farm; av £490.38. Char X: £575, £562, Old Hall Farm; av £568.50. Baz X: £480 Heggarscale; av £410. Lim X: £655 Long Green; £625, £598 Villa Farm; £595, £535, £480, £455 Enterber; £532, £470 Musgrave House; £520, £478 Blandswath; £472 Bleathgill; £470 Friarbiggin; £448 Bridge End Farm; £440 Keld Farm; av £430.38. Feeding bulls. - Holstein: £180 Enterber. Lim X: £468(3) Helmside Farm; £400 The Street; £390 Hall Bank; av £403.22. Breeding cattle: AA hfr & bull calf £700 Old Hall Farm. Tues. - Fwd: 870 sheep. Ewes & lambs: Mule £30 Wetheriggs Farm; Texel £30 Thwaite Farm; av £27.04. New season lambs: Texel X to £73.50 av 179.37p; Suff X to £74 av 164.44p. Old season lambs 17-34kg: Beltex X to £33 av 100p;; Cheviot X to £42.50 av 124.60p; Jacob to £35 av 106.06p; Suff X to £36 av 120p; Swale to £39.20 av 119.61p; Texel X to £42 av 120.72p; 35kg & up: Cheviot X to £57.50 av 125.83p; Char X to £47.50 av 105.56p; Mule to £53 av 111.50p; Rough Fell to £54 av 119.02p; Suff X to £56 av 99.76p; Swale to £50 av 117.16p; Texel X to £64.50 av118.75p. Goats £22.50. Cast ewes: Blackface to £24 av £19.38; Cheviot to £31.50 av £20.18; Mule to £40 av £32.33; Suff to £60 av £39.78; Swale to £29.50 av £18.44; Texel X to £53 av 39.37; Masham tp £34.50 av £25.75. Blue-faced Leics cast rams £56.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 282 store cattle & feeding bulls, 1 dairy cow, 78 calves & stirks. Show of store cattle. Judge: David Mawer, Ripon. Stoe cattle: 1&2 Walburn Hall Farms, Lim steers £575, £565; 3 FW Atkinson, Lim hfr £452. Feeding bull: 1 C Iveson Farms, BB £535; 2 JA&UM Fawcett Lim £635; 3 A&CA Stelling, BB £615. Steers. - BA: JC Heseltine £728, £595; S Reynoldson £582, £580; MJ Broadley £570; JR&A Blades £560; RMS Livestock £550; KW,MJ&SW Ward £500. Lim: E Loadman £665; CH Fawcett & Son £640; GD&AR Barningham £595; RM Ewbank £590; WJ Smith & Son £578, £570; JT Dixon & Sons £578; Walburn Hall Farms £575, £565. Char: E Loadman £660; R&F Stephenson & Son £618; MJ Suttill £525. RW & MA Suttill £498, £495; A Clarke £452. BB: JT Dixon & Sons £605, £602; JW&M Buckle £582; CT Akrigg £575; C Iveson Farms £570. Here: KW MJ & SW Ward £520. Fries: Bell Bros £448, £420. Hfrs. - Lim: JS&D Cloughton £660; C Gregg £640; AJG Davy £580, £565, £498; CH Fawcett & Sons £565; AL Dawes £555; R Simpson & Sons £525, £515; JT Dixon & Sons £495. BA: N Iveson £610, £480; J Allison & Sons £485, £440; RMS Livestock £468, £440. BB hfrs: CG&S Wilson £505, £460; JT Dixon & Sons £500, £445; J Allison & Sons £498, £455. Fries: JH Simpson & Co £475, £450. Char: MJ Suttill £470; R Simpson & Sons £455, £378; RW&MA Suttill £380, £350. AA: JC Brown & Son £295. Bulls. - Lim: JA&UM Fawcett £635, £432; WM Iveson £580, £445; JS&D Cloughton £495; A Sowray & Sons £475; JW Wilkinson £398. BB: A&CA Stelling £615, £595, £550; C Iveson Farms £535, £455. Simm: SJ Horner £605, £560, £480; J Platts £555; AG Dent & Ptns £490, £470. Fries: DM&M Nelson & Sons £420; AF Dinsdale £280; G Lobley £260. AA: J Marwood £300, £255. In-calf dairy cow: Stockdale Bros £550. Calves: BB bulls to £240 M&M Robinson & Son av £200 overall; hfrs to £205 C Iveson Farms av £184; AA bulls to £235 W&SL Robinson av £1213; hfrs to £70 A Sowray & Sons av £56; Lim bulls to £220 GR Scarr av £162; hfrs to £140 J Dinsdale av £94; Simm bulls to £190 JW & RJ Pounder; hfrs to £170 JW&RJ Pounder; Char bulls to £150 JR Elliot; Pied bulls to £142 AF Dinsdale; hfrs to £165 AF Dinsdale; Fries bulls to £90 PG Simpson av £38; Here hfrs to £72 JR Elliot av £65; BA hfrs to £32 FA Broadwith & Sons av £21. Wed. - Fwd: 916 sheep. Hoggs: Suff & Cont std to 127.3p av 117.7p; med to 127.1p av 119.2p; heavy to 124.4p av 118.2p; owt to 188.6p av 103.2p; Mule & horned std to 114.8p av 113p; med to 118p av 113p; heavy to 114.7p av 110.6p; ltwt to 100p av 74.5p. Cast ewes: Cont £42; Mule £36.50; Masham £37; horned £25.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 215 cattle, 756 sheep. Steers, med to 120.5p/£668.78 av 111.09p/£610.98p; heavy to 127.5p/£845.58 av 109.18/ £717.10; overall steer av 109.26p; hfrs lt to 119.5p/£466.05 av 114/6p/£438.34; med to 132.5p/£616.13; av 116.67p/ £534.23; heavy to 140.5p/£826.88 av 115.97p/£616.57; overall hfr av 116.15p. Bulls, lt to 96.5p/£434.25 av 82.74/ £366.11; med to 113.5p/£629.93 av 96.34/£502.79; heavy to 117.6p /£757.63 av 99/79p/£625.22; overall bull av 98.13p; total cattle av 109.67p. Lambs ex lt to 135.8p/£53; std to 153.3p/£58 av 148.69p/£56.59; med to 158p/£64.80 av 145.42/£61.70; total lamb av 146.46p; hoggs, std to 131.2p/£51.20 av 126.72p/£49.34; med to 134.1p/£58 av 128.06p/£53.30; overall av 127.87p; heavy to 132.6p/£61.80 av 114.82p/£56.69; owt to 111.1p/£63 av 101.18p/£57.81; total hogg av 112.8p; total sheep av 114.04p; cull ewes to £53.50 av £40.93; ram £35. Wed. - Fwd: 198 cattle, 70 sheep. Bulls. - Lim: £578, £558, £540 JA Birkbeck; £555, £305 T Scaife; £520, £515 AG Frank; £472 RL Garbutt; £362 N Buckle. Char: £515 I Holmes; £510, £445, £360 AG Frank; £504. S Devon: £435, £345 H&R Jobling. AA: £$05 D Lumley. Holstein: £300 D Lumley. Shorthorn: £338 N Buckle. Hfrs. - BA: £542 C Siswick; £435, £395, £388, £360, £345, £335 DL Hopps; £398, £346 W Brass. Lim: £518, £425, £354, £352 JH Clark; £492, £480, £452 H Harrison; £430 Calvert Bros; £415, £370. £295 GD Hall; £400, £372 JG Ward; £368 B Lightfoot; £365, £342 MM Collingwood; £308, £222 AS Donaldson; £278 C Siswick. Char: £450 JS Wood; £238 N Buckle; £304 D Dawson. BB: £468, £425 A Fawcett; £428 K Sayer; £365, £355, £342 R Carter; £335 JG Ward; £265, £240 D Dawson. AA: £400 A Fawcett; £315 JG Ward; £272, £222 S Donaldson. Simm: £380 G Towers; £288 S Donaldson. S Devon: £355 H&R Jobling. Herefd: £395, £240 Calvert Bros. Holstein: £440 S Swales. Bullocks. - Lim: £648, £645, £640, £610 T Blythman; £632 R Shann; £622, £540 K Wheldon; £592, £540, £500 D Norfolk; £570, £656 JR Walton; £570 E Hill; £540, £428 P Dowson; £495, £408, £368, £310 GD Hall; £278 C Siswick. BB: £662 T Blythman; £640 JM Tate; £565 E Hill. BA: £670 T Blythman; £602 R Shann; £400 W Brass; £210 WS Moore. AA: £630, £568 T Coulthard; £542 D Norfolk; £470 WS Moore. Char: £642, £630, £612 D Norfolk; £570 A Fawcett; £532, £490, £465 JS Wood. Simm: £612, £572, £468 D Norfolk; £575, £530, £475 AD Guthie; £568 P Dowson. Shet: £480 R Shann, B Grey; £320 WS Moore. White Gall: £362 WS Moore. Holstein: £430 JM Tate; £380 JL Peacock. Fries: £568 K Wheldon. Herefd: £495 E Hill. Calves: BB bulls £270, £242; hfrs £180, all GH Laverick. Lim hfr & calf £430 AT Barton. Texel X store hoggs: £46.50 Calvert Bros. Ewes & lambs: Texel shlgs £98, £75, £70 R Hugill; Mule shlgs £9 R Hugill; Texel £80 H Thompson; Mule BMCB £72, £70, £68, £60 S Donaldson. Private sales April 4-8: 47 fat cattle inc OTMS.

PENRITH. - Mon. Fwd: 48 cattle. Hfrs: black Lim X to 139.5p; red Lim X to 131.5p; BBX to 126.5p; B&W to 124.5p; roan Lim X to 121.5p; BP to 115.5p; Char X to 110.5p. Bullocks: Lim X to 106.5p; Char X to 105.5p. Young bulls: Char to 109.5p; B&W to 102.5p(2). Wed. - Fwd: 3,064 sheep. Hoggs: Cont to £67.50; Suff X to £61; Cheviot to £58.50; HB to £57; Mule to £56; Swale to £54.50; Scotch Blackface to £55. Ewes: Suff to £55.50; Cont to £47; Cheviot to £46; Mule to £42.50; Swale to £27. Cont rams to £50.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 546 cattle, 2,963 sheep, 220 pigs. Steers lt to 97.5p/£448.50; med to 116.5p/£646.58 av 104.4p; heavy to 136.5p/£887.53 av 111.3p; hfrs med to 145.5p/£683.85 av 114.8p; heavy to 144.5p/£778.13 av 113.6p; young bulls lt to 92.5p/£430.13 av 82.5p; med to 115.5p/£629.48 av 92.1p; heavy to 122.5p/£790.13 av 107p. Lambs std to 179.5p/£70; med to 165.9p/£69 av 162.2p; heavy to 159.6p/£75; hoggets lt to 120.3p/£38.50 av 114.7p; std to 131.6p/£50 av 118.8p; med to 138.8p/ £59 av 118.6p; heavy to 125p/£62.50 av 115.1p; owt to 113.6p/£60.80 av 100.7p; owt to 113.6p/£60.80 av 100.7p; ewes lt to £44 av £26.33; heavy to £53 av £40.57p. Cutters to 86p/ £69.83p av 79.7p; baconers to 86p/ £81.70 av 76.7p; owt to 71.5p/£122.66 av 65.6p; sows to 55p/£173.34 av 53.1p; boars to 45p/£143.44.