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DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 464 cattle, 1,648 sheep. Steers lt to 108.5p/£499.10 av 105.9p; med to 122.5p/£643.13 av 109.84p; heavy to 148.5p/ £867.43 av 111.64p; overall steer av 109.89p; hfrs med to 127.5p/ £592.88 av 110.83p; heavy to 147.5p/£899.75 av 112.04p; overall hfr av 113.42p; young bulls med to 113.5p/£607.73; heavy to 125.5p/ £889.53 av 105.98p; overall bull av 106.4p. Hoggs lt to 116p/£44 av 109.84p; med to 127.9p/£51.80 av 110.84p; heavy to 110.4p/£55 av 107.4p; overall hogg av 109.89p; cull ewes to £40 av £31.60. Mon. - Fwd: 181 store & breeding cattle, 680 store lambs, 280 prime hoggs, 12 ewes & lambs. Steers. - BB: £628 R Dodds & Son; £408 GE Knaggs. Lim: £548 JH Johnson & Son; £445(3), £420(3) A Lumsdon; £440(4) J Linsley; £435, £380 ML&W Bussey. BA: £518 KT&M Wade. Herefd: £495 GE Knaggs & Son. Fries: £452 KT&M Wade; £435, £430, £410 GE Knaggs; £310 RG Hutchinson. Lim: £510 CA&J Skidmore; £447, £430, £420 R Dodds & Son; £445 WS Hewitson & Son; £445 JH Johnson & Son; £430(2), £428(2) JT Forster & Son; £428(3), £408, £362 JD Seymour; £395(2) E Parsons; £380, £360(2) T Ball; £340(2) J Linsley. Char: £455 WS Hewitson & Son; £425 RA&O Marshall; £410, £400 E Parsons; £340 RG Hutchinson. Simm: £455 WS Hewitson; £448, £432, £428(2), £395 E Parsons; £420, £398(2), £368(2) RA&O Marshall; £350 T Ball. BA: £422 E Parsons. Salers: £410 J Linsley. Fries: £402 GE Knaggs. AA: £385 E Parsons. Shorthorn: £370(3) RG Hutchinson. Young bulls. - Lim: £530, £498(2), £480(2), £458, £452, £450, £440, £435, £418 W Robson; £340 R Jones; £445 P Tindale. BA: £385, £335, £222 R Valks. AA: £355 W Robson; £240 R Valks; £260(2) GGJ Crowe. In-calf cows: Char £395 EM Dickeson; Lim £395, £320 EM Dickeson; BB £385 EM Dickeson. Store lambs: £42.50 JG Wilkinson; £45, £43.80, £41, £40, £39, £37.50 IM Maughan; £43.50 R Laundy; £43.50, £43.20 F Whitfield & Son; £43, £36.20 H Thompson; £42 J Hird; £40.20, £38.20 LE Harrison; £39 J Dent; £38.20 D Forster; £38 JB Wood & Son; £36, £35.80, £35.20, £33.80 J&DA Horn. Ewes & twins: Texel £140, £129 MJ Simpson; Char £146 CA&J Skidmore. Mule & singles: £83, £75 P Tindale. Prime hoggs, std to 120p/£45; med to 122.6p/£52.50; heavy to 105.8p/£54; overall av 117.03p.

HEXHAM. - Last Fri. Fwd: 718 store cattle & suckled calves, 1,527 breeding & store sheep. Cattle under 10-m-o: BAX hfrs £398 West Fenwick; Lim X steers to £355 Broomhope; hfrs to £370 High Edges Green. 10-16-m-o: AAX hfrs to £412 Great Tosson; BAX steers to £530 East Moor; hfrs to £470 West Fenwick; BBX steers to £528 Triermain; Char X steesr to £690Town Farm, Glanton; hfrs to £638 Edlingham Newtown; Lim X steers to £630 Town Farm, Glanton; hfrs to £628 Town Farm, Glanton; Simm X steers to £590 East Moor; hfrs to £478 Great Tosson. 17-22-m-o: AAX steers (outwintered) to £542 Brackenthwaite; hfrs to £482 Great Tosson; BAX steers to £600 East Moor; hfrs to £450 Shitlington Hall; BBX steers to £610 Rusheylaw; hfrs to £490 Highwood; Char X steers to £688 Rusheylaw; hfrs to £675 Edlingham Newtown; Lim X steers to £660 Paradise; hfrs to £620 Paradise; Simm X steers to £568 East Moor; hfrs to £650 Allendale Farm. 22-m-o & up: AAX steers to £720 Houselope Grange; BAX steers to £740 Houselope Grange BBX steers to £710 Aydonshields; Char X steers to £760 West Shipley; hfrs to £640 Lunns House; Lim X steers to £750 Rusheylaw; hfrs to £675 West Shipley; Simm X steers to £720 Allendale Farm; hfrs to £660 Allendale Farm. Breeding sheep: Mule ewe hoggs geld to £52 Quarry House; Mule ewes 4-crop scanned in lamb to £46 Quarry House; Mule ewes UO scanned in lamb to £43 Comb Hills; Bleu du Maine X 4-crop scanned in lamb to £36 Middle Moor. Feeding Ewes: Texel to £40 Cooper House; Char X to £32 Cooper House; Cheviot to £30.50 Bavington Hill Head; Mule to £30 Cooper House; Blackface to £22 Townfoot. Rams: Texel to £25.50 Hepple Hill; Suff to £37 Hepple Hill; Blue-faced Leics to £14 Hepple Hill; Swale to £14.50 Ouston. Store lambs: Suff X to £48.20 Buckshot; Texel X to £50 Cooper House; Mule to £44.20 Greensyke; Cheviot to £42.20 Gold Hill; Char X to £38.50 Woodlands Hall; Blackface to £38.80 Shitlington Hall; Swale to £35.50 Elfoot. Tues. - Hfrs: BB to 115p; Lim hfrs to 114.5p(2); Char to 113.5p; Lim X to 106.5p. Lim steers to 113.5p. Fwd: 2, 859 sheep. Hoggs: Suff X to 114.4p; Texel X to 118.4p; Mule to 109.2p; Blackface to 110.8p; Swale to 106.1p; Cheviot X to 113.3p; Char X to 106.8p; Beltex to 125.5p; Leics to 103.6p. Ewes: Suff X to £45; Texel X to £42; Leics to £38; Mule to £30.50; Blackface to £24.50; Cheviot X to £32; Beltex to £31. Rams: Texel X to £27; Leics to £24; Blackface to £17.50; Swale to £19; Cheviot X to £22. Fwd: 6 loads crop. Big bale barley straw £13; big bale wheat straw £7; big bale hay £12.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Mon. Fwd: 262 store & breeding cattle. Bullocks. - AAX: £570 Holme Farm; £492 Prospect Farm. BAX: £702 Grassgill Farm; £600 The Gilts; £540 Yore House. BBX: £658 Bleathgill; £642(2) The Gilts; £635 (x2) Warcop Tower; £615 Holme Farm. Holstein-Fries: £478 Helbeck Grange. Lim X: £740 Palliard; £680 Warcop Tower; £678 Stripes Farm; £660 Easegill Head, Asby Grange; £652 Langrigg House; £628 Rudd Hills. Simm X: £670 Warcop Tower; £585 Cranberry; £535(2) Helbeck Grange. Hfrs. - BAX: £540 Yore House. BBX: £675 Maisongill; £620 High Lane (Boustead); £615 Cranberry; £600 The Gilts; £580 Easegill Head; £510 Low Oxnop. Char X: £540 Stripes Farm; £535 Maisongill. Lim X: £625 The Gilts; £602 Musgrave House; £600 Asby Hall; £590 Maisongill; £565 Easegill Head; £525 Riddlesay. Lim X feeding bulls: £520 Rigg End. Lim X cow & BB calf £690 Tarn House. Tues. - Fwd: 1,771 sheep. Lambs 35kg & up: Texel to £53.50; Cheviot to £50; Char to £53; Mule to £48; Scotch Blackface to £44; Swale to £45; Rough Fell to £47. Up to 34kg: Cont X to £38.20; Cheviot X to £36.50; Swale to £33.20; Rough Fell to £30; Mule to £34. Rams: Herdwick to £22.80; Gritstone to £30; Blue-faced Leics to £37.20. Ewes: BFL to £39; Mule to £30; Suff to £37; Swale to £22.80; Texel to £39.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 5 dairy cattle, 127 calves & stirks, 337 store cattle. Special show for BBX store cattle & rearing calves. Store cattle judge: Peter Newcombe, Bedale. BB hfr: 1 & champion & 2 GK Hird & Sons £640, £690; 3 JT Dixon & Sons £625. Steer: 1 & res T&RJ Tiplady £650; 2 Owlands Farm £690; 3 BR Lawson & Son £595. AO steer: 1&2 N Iveson BA £620, £620; 3 RW&MA Suttill BA £555. Hfr: 1 JR Dixon & Sons Lim £650; 2&3 Walburn Hall Farms, Lim both £355. Feeding bull: 1 NW&RE Hunter BB £495; 2&3 KO Stones BB both £490. Rearing calf judge: Richard Turnbull, Northallerton. BB hfr: 1 & champion, 2&3 SH&NJ Whitaker £175, £145, £60. Bull: 1 & res M&D Smith £220; 2&3 SH&NJ Whitaker £195, £185. Calved cows: PF Donaldson £1,060; R Simpson & Sons £690; D Spence £710. Calved hfrs: JR Calvert £590; PF Donaldson £400. Calves: BB bulls to £220 M&D Smith av £152; hfrs to £175 SH&NJ Whitaker av £105; Lim bulls to £206 TW Clark & Son av £129; hfrs to £145 JD&E Clarkson av £93; Simm bulls to £190 G Sidgwick av £158; hfrs to £128 E Holmes & Son av £84; Char bulls to £175 DN Verity av £159; hfrs to £104 A Sowray & Sons av £103; BA bulls to £155 JR&DW Craggs av £143; Fries bulls to £128 JD&PJ Brown av £39; AA hfrs to £35 JR Elliot. Stirks: BB hfrs TW Atkinson & Son £340; Fries bulls P Ashbridge £135. Wed. - Fwd: 1,424 sheep, 34 cattle. Hoggs: Suff & Cont std to 121p av 112.8p; med to 119.1p av 108.8p; heavy to 115.1p av 106.2p; owt to 101.1p av 98p; Mule & horned std to 104.2p av 98p; med to 104.8p av 101p; heavy to 100.8p av 99.3p; owt to 93.3p av 91.6p; lt wt to 100p av 93p. Cast ewes: Cont £40.50; Mule £28; Suff £28; BFL £23; horned £18. Rams: Suff £34.50; Cont £36; horned £15.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 194 cattle, 1,070 sheep. Steers, med to 130.5p/£632.93 av 108.9p/£565.80; heavy to 113.5p/ £751.10 av 98.04p/£605.91; overall steer av 101.72p; hfrs med to 135.5p/£609.75 av 113.64p/ £531.03; heavy to 123.5p/£722.48 av 105.25p/£566.70; overall hfr av 107.29p. Young bulls med to 101.5p/£543.03 av 86.61p/£461.90; heavy to 117.5p/£784.33 av 95.61p/£577.55; overall bull av 92.65p; total cattle av 102.98p. Hoggs lt to 90p/£27; std to 131.5p/£50 av 116.78p/£44.46; med to 125.7p/£55.80 av 112.34p/ £125.70; overall av 112.62p; heavy to 111.8p/£54.80 av 101.16p/ £49.93; owt to 97.32p/£55.50 av 94.51p/£53.44; total hogg av 107.51p; cull ewes to £46 av £33.29; ram £30. Wed. - Fwd: 127 store cattle, 60 store & breeding cattle. Bulls. - Char: £490 JL Gill. Lim: £490 T Scaife; £482, £460, £425 I Stobart. BB: £500, £475 F Jackson; £400, £312 F Hugill. Holstein: £368, £340 JL Gill; £260, £250, £200 F Hugill. AA: £352 I Stobart. Herefd: £345 T Scaife. Hfrs. - Char: £592, £572, £538, £515, £500, £470, £458 JS Wood; £582, £568, £470, £458, £395 AG Frank; £482, £442 A Fawcett; £428 J Pattison; £378, £330, £322 JT Blackburn. Lim: £502, £485, £470 RR Garbutt; £500 JS Wood; £500, £475, £450 LH Taylor; £472 J Pattison; £430, £392 WH Phillips; £428 JG Ward; £428, £418 E Carvey; £390, £355, £350 M Collingwood; £370 SC Stockdale; £375 D Fountain; £332, £300, £260 B Dowkes. BB: £482, £430 JG Ward; £468 K Wheldon; £452 W Brass; £450 J Pattison. BA: £450 A Fawcett; £392 W Brass; £332, £318, £300 B Dowkes; £320 C Hunton. Simm: £420 E Carvey; £325 C Hunton. AA: £190 B Dowkes; £142 B Knight. Bullocks. - Lim: £635, £630, £610, £490 CH Phelp; £525, £538, £520 C Harland; £568 K Wheldon; £518 WS Moore; £392 DA Wood. Char: £682 T Coulthard; £470, £462 WS Moore; £405, £340 TH Cook; £538, £502 D Norfolk. BB: £648 T Coulthard; £592 K Wheldon. AA: £538 B Knight; £522 C Harland. Fries: £492 D Norfolk; £342 DA Wood; £250 T H Cook. BA: £422, £418 W Brass. Simm: £435, £425 DA Wood. Store lambs. - Suff: £41 W A Nunn. Ewes & lambs: correct & twins £90 J Platts; BMCB & twins £98, £90, £79, £70 J Platts. Mule & twins £72, £68, £59 D&R Read. Private sales Feb 7-11: 63 fat cattle, inc OTMS, 123 fat sheep.

PENRITH. - Mon. Fwd: 74 cattle. Hfrs: Lim to 139.5p; BA to 127.5p; Char to 112.5p; Baz to 110.5p. Lin steers to 123.5p. Bulls: Lim to 125.5p; BB to 103.5p; Fries to 95.5p; Brown Swiss to 91.5p. Wed. - Fwd: 3,707 sheep inc show & sale for Swaledale Sheep Breeders' Association & The Solway & Tyne Texel Breeders' Association. Judge: Mr Bob Vevers, Cannonbie. Swale hoggs: 1&2 E Proctor, Villa Farm, £55, £50 both to judge; 3 E Proctor £48.80 to Robert Skelton, Dearham. Texel hoggs: 1&2 LW Taylor, Hill Top, £62 to Cranstons Quality Butchers & £65 to JG Little, Market Arcade; 3 M Wills, Oaklands, £58 to Cranstons. Hoggs: Cont to £65; Suff X to £57; HB to £52; Cheviot to £51; Mule to £55; Swale to £55; Herdwick to £47. Ewes: Cont to £49.50; Cheviot to £38; Mule to £37; Suff to £40; Blue-faced Leics to £37; Herdwick to £25. BFL rams to £48.

SCOTS GAP. - Wed of last week. Suff X to 118.8p; Texel X to 121.3p; Mule to 107.1p; Cross to 112.7p.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 562 cattle, 1,820 sheep, 151 pigs. Steers lt to 93.5p/£392.80; med to 132.5p/£722.13 av 105.7p; heavy to 126p/£910.28 av 110.2p; hfrs lt to 116.5p/£454.35; med to 137.5p/£653.13 av 107.7p; heavy to 145.5p/£873 av 109.9p; young bulls lt to 88.5p/£402.68 av 80.5p; med to 118.5p/£651.75 av 91.3p; heavy to 127.5p/£886.13 av 98.8p. Hoggets lt to 97.2p/£28.20; std to 131.6p/£50 av 113p; med to 128p/£56.20 av 112.7p; heavy to 114p/£57 av 104.1p; owt to 104.7p/£55.50 av 97.6p; shlgs to 59.6p/£28; ewes lt to £35 av £10.53; heavy to £44.50 av £33.26p. Porkers to 84p/£62.16 av 78.5p; cutters to 86.5p/£71.83 av 78.5p; baconers to 83p/£76.36 av 76.1p; sows to 48.5p/£137.54 av 43.8p; boars to 48p/£124.80p av 39.6p. Mon. - Collection centre. Fwd: 22 OTMS. Tues. - Fwd: 67 cattle, 15 sheep. Steers 10-12-m-o: BAX to £505; Char to £480. Hfrs. - 10-14-m-o: Char to £400; Lim to £378; BAX to £365; Simm to £306. 16-22-m-o: Lim X to £548; Simm X to £512; Char X to £488; AAX to £258. Fries bulls to £294. Char shlgs & twins to £125; Char X 2-shear & twins to £110; Mule ewes correct RW Texel to £45; Mule ewes BM, RW Texel to £34; WF tup hoggs to £42; Suff X hoggs to £38.

TOW LAW. - Mon. Fwd: 424 hoggs. Suff X to 114.5p; Texel X to 117.4p; Mule to 110p; Swale to 101.3p; Char X to 111.4p; Cross to 116.8p.