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DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 446 cattle, 1,439 sheep. Steers, lt to 104.5p/£433.58; med to 121.5p/£631.80 av 104.19p; heavy to 134.5p/ £887.63 av 108.57p; overall steer av 108.4p; hfrs med to 141.5p/ £672.13 av 109.06p; heavy to 104.5p/£781.75 av 109.79p; overall hfr av 109.74p; young bulls med to 126.5p/£695.75 av 98.75p; heavy to 124.5p/ £909.78 av 109.49p; overall av 108.1p. Hoggs lt to 126.5p/£47.20 av 111.98p; med to 132p/£55 av 111.58p; heavy to 116.9p/ £55.50 av 107.96p; overall hogg av 110.46p; cull ewes to £50 av £28.60p. Mon. - Fwd: 178 store & breeding cattle, 480 store lambs, 258 hoggs. Steers. - Lim: £620, £460, £440, £415 P Tindale; £545 N Basey; £540, £455 JH Johnson; £450(6) J Linsley. Baz: £478, £458, £380, £362 D Forster. AA: £488 TW Thompson; £430 HJ&K Millar. Hfrs. - Char: £570 KT&M Wade. BA: £442(2); £410 TW Thompson; £440 KT&M Wade; £435 PJ Wiper. Lim: £435, £420 PJ Wiper; £405, £388(2) DA Shepherd; £380(4) W&C Iceton; £370 B Fell; £398 K Buckle. Simm: £428, £380 K Buckle. BB: £415, £390 K Buckle; £415, £389(2) DA Shepherd; £388, £380 B Fell. AA: £395, £372 D Robson. Young bulls. - BB: £598 B Fell; £495(3), £450, £430(2), £420(2), £415(4) RJ Muir. Lim: £505, £492, £455, £448, £440, £438, £435, £428, £425 W Robson; £490 B Fell. BA: £438(2) B Fell. Gall: £470 B Fell. Simm: £472 AS Loadfell. Rearing calves, hfrs: £108, £95(2), £90, £82 B Tweddle. Store lambs: £46.20, £35.20 HE Jewitt; £46 A Blundell; £42, £39.50, £39 Mrs J Hird; £41.80 M Dawson; £41.50 DA Dale; £41.50 T Ratter; £41.20, £34.50, £33.50, £32 LW Hugill; £40.80; £37.50 J&S Thompson; £40.50, £30.80, £27.50 GH Lister; £40 J Butterfield; £40, £38.20, £33 A&J Coatsworth; £38.20, £36 G Eastwood. Prime hoggs, std to 120p/£45.20 av 118.24p/£43.75; med to 117.4p/£52.50 av 114.67p/£49.74; heavy to 108.3p/ £52 av 108p/£51.92; owt to 100p/ £57 av 99.86p/£56.09; overall av 113.94p.

Hawes. - Tues. Fwd: 9 calves, 1,548 sheep. Calves: Lim bulls to £200 WJ&CM Lambert, Hawes av £129.50; hfrs to £175 DJ&S Stainton, Howgill; BB bulls to £82 H Kirkbride & Son, Askrigg; hfrs to £42 H Kirkbride & Son. Annual show & sale of prime Swaledale hoggets for Swaledale Sheepbreeders' Assn: 1 MW Skidmore & Sons, Hanging Wells, Eastgate 44kg, £50; 2 JT Dixon & Son, HPH, Leyburn, 47kg, £53; 3 BR Lawson & Son, Buddle House, Whashton, 38kg, £41.80. Hoggs lt to 111.8p av 103.2p; std to 121.5p av 108p; med to 1229.p av 110p; heavy to 121.2p av 102.7p; overall av 108.8p. Ltwt hoggs: Cont to 114p av 98.9p; Suff to 112.9p av 101.3p; Mule to 109.3p av 100.6p; horned to 108.5p av 99.8p. Cast ewes horned to £20 av £10.18; polled to £26 av £20.06; cast rams horned to£12 av £6; polled to £22 av £17.33.

HEXHAM. - Last Fri. Fwd: 766 store cattle & suckled calves. Cattle under 10-m-o: BAX steers to £485 High Wooley; hfrs to £325 Townfoot; BBX steers to £520 Ashcroft; hfrs to £320 Bishopton; Char X steers to £610 Ashcroft; Lim X steers to £460 Airey Hill; hfrs to £425 Haggate; 10-16-m-o: AAX steers (outwintered) to £498 Brackenthwaite; BAX steers to £638 High Wooley; hfrs to £470 High Wooley; BA hfrs to £420 Townfoot; BBX steers to £452 High Hedley Hope; hfrs to £472 Triermain; Char X steers to £665 The Turnings; hfrs to £542 West Wharmley; Lim X steers to £625 Quarry House; hfrs to £525 Woodcroft; Simm X steers to £590 Great Tosson; hfrs to £335 Eddis Bridge. 17-22-m-o: AAX steers to £505 Great Tosson; BAX steers to £700 Airy Holm; hfrs to £420 Scarlett Hall; BBX hfrs to £570 Quarry House; Char X steers to £595 Throstle Nest; hfrs to £672 Rusheylaw; Lim X steers to £755 Quarry House; hfrs to £652 West Wharmley; Saler X to £485 Horncastle; Simm X steers to £570 Great Tosson; hfrs to £550 Broom House. 22-m-o & up: BAX steers to £695 Houselope Grange; BBX steers to £695 Broom House; Char X steers to £695 Lunns House; hfrs to £605 Roseden; Holstein Fries to £455 Burn House; Lim X steers to £750 Springwell Cottage; hfrs to £692 Lowes Fell; Simm X steers to £610 Lunns House. Fwd: 1,296 store sheep all classes. Breeding sheep: Mule ewes 3-crop, scanned in lamb to £67 Bishopton; UO scanned in lamb to £36 Comb Hills. Rams: Texel to £36 East Cocklaw; Cheviot to £35 Meldon Lane House; Border Leics to £29 Meldon Lane House. Feeding ewes: Texel to £39 East Cocklaw; Suff to £32 Bingfield Combe; Mule to £37.50, Mount Hooley; Cheviot to £33 Meldon Lane House; BdM to £33 Mount Hooley; Blackface & Swale to £23 Cooks House. Store lambs: Suff X to £46.50 Watling; Texel X to £48.20 Watch Currock; Mule to £41 Lumley Moor, Greensyke; Cheviot to £28.50 Greyside; Jacob X to £20 Bill Quay Farms; Blackface to £37 Greyside; Swale to £29 Buckshot. Tues. - Fwd: 2,079 hoggs. Heavy steers to 106.5p av 102.7p; heavy hfrs to 117.5p av 110.9p; med young bulls 101.5p. Hoggs: Suff X 117.6p; Texel X to 124.4p; Mule to 113.2p; Blackface to 115.6p; Swale to 110.6p; Cheviot X to 113.2p; Char X to 114.4p; Beltex to 123.6p; Leics to 109.1p. Cast ewes & rams: Suff X to £34; Texel X to £40; Mule to £30.80; Blackface to £24.20; Cheviot X to £25.50; Cross to £26; Leics to £32.80.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri: Fwd: 2 dairy cattle, 74 calves, 36 sheep. Calved cows: J&S Thompson £520. Calves: BB bulls to £222 M&RA Dent av £160; hrs to £215 D&S Spence av £144; Simm bulls to £195 Bell Bros; hfrs to £115 SW Scrivin; Lim bulls to £175 D&P Brown av £156; hfrs to £165 D&S Spence av £106; BA bulls to £155 J Pratt & Sons av £149; hfrs to £142 J Pratt & Sons av £120; AA bulls to £100 TL Carlisle; Fries bulls to £75 JW Tuer & Sons av £37. In lamb 2-crop Mule ewes: NJ Sunter £83 av £79; Cont hoggs: Mrs M Dawson £34.50. Wed. - Fwd: 1,243 sheep. Hoggs: Suff & Cont: std to 117.4p av 111.9p; med to 133p av 113.3p; heavy to 117p av 110.6p; owt to 105.2p av 98.6p; Mule & horned std to 108.9p av 103.1p; med to 110.4p av 105.4p; heavy to 103.8p; av 100.5p; owt to 88.9p lt wt to 108.3p av 91.6p. Cast ewes: Cont £36; Mule BFL £33.50, £32.20; horned £22.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 180 cattle, 1,070 sheep. Steers med to 123.5p/£642.20 av 121.47p/£640.77; heavy to 121.5p/ £801.13 av 105.95p/£681.23; overall steer av 106.56p; hfrs med to 137.5p/£584.38 av 115.55p/ £516.20; heavy to 128.5p/£715.05 av 111.47p/ £594.83; overall hfr av 112.54p; bulls lt to 64p/£284.80; med to 123.5p/£636.03 av 92.46p/ £486.93; heavy to 121.5p/£783.15 av 103.24p/£639.45; overall bull av 98.29p; total cattle av 108.43p. Hoggs std to 125.1p/£48.80 av 113.29p/£42.98; med to 129p/ £54.80 av 114.19p/£48.34; overall av 113.99p; heavy to 119.1p/£58 av 106.11p/£51.91p; owt to 107.6p/£59.20 av 97.81p/£54.33; total hogg av 108.82p; cull ewes to £40 av £20.87; rams to £37.80 av £13.27. Wed. - Fwd: 123 breeding & store cattle & calves, 150 store & breeding sheep. Store bulls. - Lim: £515, £450 WE Anderson; £422, £378 JB Stephenson; £272 W Smith. Fries: £385 JB Stephenson; £280 JM Bell. BA: £350 JB Stephenson. Char: £255 JB Stephenson. Holstein: £388 TC Mortimer; £318 WE Anderson. Hfrs. - BA: £645, £615, £590, £575, £562, £548, £545, £520, £518 S Scott Priestley; £415 J Pattison; £390 W Brass. Lim: £450, £430, £415, £392 C Bainbridge; £415, £400, £352 J Stockil; £385, £378 J Pattison; £380, £368 JG Ward; £335, £325, £312 DA Wood; £330 T Phillips; £290, £250 B Fountain. Simm: £310, £288 C Hunton. BB: £428 J Stockil; £412 TC Mortimer; £375 M Driffield. Char: £335 H Longthorne. Holstein: £245 TC Mortimer. Bullocks. - BB: £550, £488 W Brass; £490 R Tate. Char: £458, £395, £365 JT Blackburn; £450 H Langthorne. Lim: £472 R Tate; £472, £422, £420, £418, £380 RL Garbutt. BA:: £430 W Brass. Breeding cattle, Lim hfr & calf: £505 KS Duffus. BB bull calves: £210, £195, £188 GH Laverick. Hfr calves: £130 GH Laverick. Store hoggs. - Suff X: £44 J Ormston. Texel: £38.20 J Ormston, £44.80 T Richardson; £40 T Philips; £40.80 J Stones. Mule: £39.80 J Ormeston. Ewes & lambs, Mule 2-shear: £90 AS Donaldson. Mules correct £79, £72, £49 AS Donaldson. Mules CB: £74 AS Donaldson. Suff CB: £82 K Duffus. Mule corr £67 K Duffus. BMCB £77, £72 D&R Reed. Private sales Feb 14-18: 67 fat cattle inc OTMS, 137 fat sheep & pigs.

PENRITH. - Mon. Fwd: 66 prime cattle, 488 store cattle. Hfrs: Lim to 131.5p; BB to 117.5p; Char to 108.5p; Baz to 106.5p. Steers: Lim to 116.5p; BA to 106.5p(2). Bulls: BA to 118.5; Lim to 117.5p; BB to 113.5p; Fries bulls to 98.5p. Store bullocks. - BBX: £688 Home Farm (Metcalfe); £680 Wickerslack; £670 Colstons; £668 Beckside, Midtown. Black Lim X: £680 Storch View; £678 Home Farm; £672 Burns; £665 Colstons. Red Lim X: £668 Midtown; £62 Well House; £650 Oddendale Hall. Char X: £648 Hunsonby Char; £638 Blencarn Hall; £635 Scales. Hfrs. - Lim X: £615 Scales; £570 Home Farm (Metcalfe); £565 Blencarn Hall; £540 Eastmell Waters Farm (Bowes); £528 Far Close. BBX: £570 Home Farm (Metcalfe); £568 Scales; £530 Berrier End; £522 Eastmell Waters Farm (Bowes). Char X: £570 Rose Farm. Bax: £518 Eastmell Waters Farm; £495 Far Close. Black: £520 Westra. Feeding bulls: red Lim £480 Whinns; AA £440 Sandford Hall. Cows & calves: £600 Knock Cross; £500 Wasdale Head Hall. Tues. - Store sheep inc in-lamb ped acc Texel shlgs & two rams from Brian Richardson, Holly House, Ousby & dispersal of lambing ewes for Norman Jackson, Scales Hall. In-lamb. - Texel shlgs: £420(4), £340, £220, £200(3) Holly House. Suff X ewes: £73 Scales Hall (Jackson). Texel X: £71, £70 Scales Hall (Jackson). Mule ewes: £60(2) Scales Hall (Jackson). Texel ram lambs: £600, £400 Holly House. Hoggs. - Texel X: £43.50 Ghyll Bank; £42.80 Wickerslack (Kindleysides); £42.50 Mid Town (Rumney & Mandale); £42 Manor Farm; £40.80 Hornby Hall. Suff X: £42.80 Yeat House Farm; £42.50 Ghyll Bank; £40.20 Hornby Hall; £40 High Moor Park. Char X: £40.20 Hornby Hall; £40 Mid Town (Rumney & Mandale). Cheviot: £41 Long Green Head; £38.50 Slakes Farm. Mule: £37.80 Ghyll Bank; £36.50 Castle Bank. Swale: £33 Ghyll Bank; £27 High Moor Park. Herdwick: £25 Ghyll Bank; £24.50 Long Green Head. Wed. - Fwd: 3,996 sheep. Hoggs: Cont X to £62; Suff X to £61; Cheviot to £55.80; Mule to £52.20; Swale to £51.20; Masham to £48; Kendal Rough to £46; Scotch Blackface to £46. Ewes: Cont to £46.50; Cheviot to £38; Mule to £34; Scotch Blackface to £29; Swale to £23.50. Cont rams to £47.

SCOTS GAP. - Wed of last week. Suff X to 104.8p; Texel X to 107.7p; Mule to 102.4p; Cheviot X to 114.9p; Cross to 104.4p.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 472 cattle, 1,333 sheep, 187 pigs. Steers lt to 91.5p/£425.48; med to 142.5p/£776.63 av 95.8p; heavy to 131.5p/£896.65 av 109.5p; hfrs lt to 121.5p/£479.93 av 91p; med to 141.5p/£665.05 av 114.1p; heavy to 142.5p/£806.23 av 113.3p; young bulls lt to 88.5p/£407.10 av 80.9p; med to 118.6p/£629.75 av 91.9p; heavy to 124.5p/£926.25 av 98.9p. Hoggets std to 129.2p/£49.50 av 113.5p; med to 126.3p/£55.20 av 112.8p; heavy to 134.4p/£64.50 av 108.7p; owt to 101.9p/£55.20 av 98.9p; shlgs to 66.7p/£32; ewes lt to £33.50 av £15.14; heavy to £43.50 av £29.99. Porkers to 83p/£61.09 av 78p; cutters to 87p/£68.40 av 79.1p; baconers to 86.5p/£79.48 av 82p; owt to 49.5p/£75.74 av 47.4p; sows to 50p/£168.30 av 47.2p; boars to 40p/£108 av 32.4p. Mon. - Collection centre. Fwd: 16 OTMS.

TOW LAW. - Mon. Fwd: 631 hoggs. Suff X to 112.5p; Texel X to 114.4p; Mule to 110.2p; Swale to 108.2p; Char X to 112p. Cast ewes & rams: Suff X & Mule to £30(2); Texel X to £22.50.