BARNARD CASTLE. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 1,646 sheep. Suff store hoggs to £24.Lt hoggs to 121p av 104.3p; std to 118p av 108.6p; med to 118p av 110.4p; heavy to 110p av 104.1p. Cast ewes: Suff £51; Cont £47; Cheviot £36.50; Leics £44.50; Mule £39.50; Swale £24. Tues. Fwd: 242 cattle. Lim hfr & hfr calf £600. Bulls: BA to £610; Lim to £605; Char to £500. Bullocks: Lim to £655; Char to £555; Saler to £655; BB £628; Simm to £530. Hfrs: BA to £630; Lim to £605; Char to £605; BB to £610; Simm to £468. Breeding cattle: W&M Knaggs £600. Feeding bulls: C&I Watson & Son £440, £425(2); TM Bellas & Son £570(2); B&J Beadle £430; J&SE Bainbridge £545, £500, £490, £485(2); B&J Bainbridge £592; JW Dent & Sons £605; JJ Walton £610, £575, £570, £505, £470, £440, £428, £425, £390(2). Store cattle: TB Law £560, £535, £445, £395; I&RA Watson £655, £610, £585, £555, £550; JV&MA Oliver £575, £565 (2), £555, £515; JF&F Hutchinson £575, £555(2), £545; D Teward £635, £572, £495, £440, £410(2); WB Rutter & Sons £605, £550, £535; W&M Knaggs & Son £452(3), £450(3), £445(2), £420, £415(3); JR Longstaff & Son £642, £630, £565, £550, £535, £520, £490, £475, £470 (3), £455; JJ&M Pickering & Son £575, £455, £425, £424(2); RA Hutchinson £320, £250, £200; J Walshaw & Son £370(2), £315, £295, £260; G&JA Rigg £458(2), £415(2), £410, £405; F Bainbridge £485(2), £410, £390; Mrs D Coggins & Sons £470, £448; JD Mortimer £645, £565(2), £545; G&MF Turnbull £655; K Atkinson £605; WK Lamb £600(2), £565, £545; JR Addison & Sons £620(2), £590(3), £585, £550(2); R Hutchinson & Sons £550, £492, £465, £422; JR&L Harding £628, £560(2), £550; B&JD Beadle £528, £490, £458, £452(3), £445(5), £440, £438(2), £432(5); F&MP Allinson £650, £580(2), £560(2); C&E Gaskin £530(5); N&R Hird £550, £540, £520, £505, £470; GS Dixon £470(2), £445; WK&JM Walker £590, £575(2), £555, £475(2); WF&JC Metcalfe £630(3), £558(2), £540(2), £485(3); A&B Herworth £530, £485, £482, £475, £470; B&L Robson £468(5).

DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 501 cattle, 1,148 sheep. Steers med to 116.5p/£596.63 av 105.3p; heavy to 135.5p/£853.40 av 107.54p; overall steer av 107.14p; hfrs med to 123.5p/ £592.80 av 108.07p; heavy to 136.5p/ £846.60 av 108.94p; overall hfr av 108.83p; young bulls med to 120.5p/ £650.70 av 99.35p; heavy to 129.5p/ £872.35 av 109.11p; overall bull av 106.22p. Hoggs lt to121.8p/£39 av 113.46p; med to 123.8p/£54.50 av 112.07p; heavy to 116.6p/£57 av 108.92p; overall hogg av 111.07p; cull ewes to £49 av £30.65. Mon. - Fwd: 188 store & breeding cattle, 660 store lambs, 50 ewes in lamb. Steers. - Simm: £580 JR&L Harding. Herefd: £550 JR&L Harding. Lim: £538 M Dent; £460(2) JD&MS Mortimer; £430(2) R&W Todd; £408, £405 NB&R Hird. BB: £420 JR&L Harding. Hfrs. - Simm: £538, £475, £415 WS Hewitson & Son. Lim: £465(3) PJ Wiper; £460, £430, £425 P Langstaff; £440 M Dent; £435, £425(2), £440(2) E Parsons; £430 WS Hewitson & Son; £418 R&W Todd; £408 JD&MS Mortimer; £398 G&A Gibson & Sons. AA: £448, £430(2) JT Forster & Son; £430 WS Hewitson & Son. BA: £420(2) TW Thompson & Son; £415 E Parsons. BB: £400 BR Routledge. Young bulls. - Lim: £495 GJ Morrison; £450 M&T Dent; £445, £430 GF Tuer; £440, £428(3), £390, £385 P Tindale; £438(2) GS Bainbridge; £418, £415, £402 JD Seymour. BA: £445, £440(2), £430 GF Tuer; £405, £385 B Fell. AA: £438 B Fell. Simm: £435 GF Tuer; £440 M&T Dent. BB: £422 B Fell. Rearing calves. - Lim bull £150 JB Stephenson; Lim hfrs £90, £72 JB Stephenson. In-calf hfrs. - AA: £425 R Gill & Son; Lim £410 R Gill & Son. Store lambs. - Texel: £48, £39.50 JH Craggs; £44.50, £43.50 ESA Hawden Helicopters; £42.80(2) JJ&M Lawson & Son; £42.50, £42 JO Brewis & Son; £40, £39.80 J Butterfield & Son; £39.20 F Davison & Sons. Suff: £43.20 T Rutter; £42.20 ESA Hawden Helicopters; £39.80 F Davison & Sons. Char: £40.80, £38.80 J Hird. Swale ewes in lamb: £26 P Wall. Ewe & Suff lamb £85 A Wilson.

Hawes. - Tues. Fwd: 15 calves, 1,641 sheep. Calves: Lim bulls to £194 WJ&CM Lambert av £150; hfrs to £100 T&LM Goad, Dent, av £84; BB hfrs to £68 JM Fawcett & Son, Hawes; Fries Holstein bulls to £10. Hoggs lt to 109.3p av 105.8p; std to 118.9p av 108.6p; med to 116.5p av 110.3p; heavy to 111.7p av 105.5p; overall av 109.4p. Ltwt hoggs: Cont to 112.9p av 111.4p; Mules to 111.8p av 105.1p; horned to 116.6p av 100.5p. Cast ewes, horned to £28.20 av £15.12; polled to £35.50 av £25.22.

HEXHAM. - Last Fri. Fwd: 756 store cattle & suckled calves, 2,226 store sheep. Cattle under 10-m-o: BBX hfrs to £375 Bishopton; Char X hfrs to £460 Ashcroft; Lim X steers to £560; X hfrs to £408 Bulls Hill. 10-16-m-o: BAX steers to £605 Westburnhope; hfrs to £420 Westburnhope; BBX steers to £590 Triermain; hfrs to £435 Brandon Hall; Char X steers to £478 West Shields; hfrs to £412 Ashcroft; Lim X steers to £700 Browns-leazes; hfrs to £600 Burn House. 17-22-m-o: AAX steers to £535 Brackenthwaite; BAX hfrs to £575 Eltringham; BBX steers to £598 Low Staples; hfrs to £505 Little Swinburne; Char X hfrs to £600 Hindley; Lim X steers to £640 Watch Currock; hfrs to £605 Low Ardley; Simm X steers to £565 Hedley Park; hfrs to £625 Hedley Park. 22-m-o & up: BBX steers to £668 Rising Sun; hfrs to £530 Little Swinburne; Char X steers to £720 Newlands Haugh; hfrs to £558 Lunns House; Lim X steers to £735 Rising Sun; hfrs to £615 Brownsleazes; Simm X steers to £600 570 Allendale Farm; hfrs to £495 Lunns House. Breeding sheep: in-lamb Mule ewes 2-3 crop scanned twins to £78 Bishopton; 2-3 crop scanned singles to £56 Bishopton; 4-crop scanned twins & triplets to £60 East Fourstones; UO scanned twins & triplets to £35.50 Comb Hill; Mule ewe hoggs RW tup to £56 Bulls Hill; geld to £49 Bulls Hill. Texel rams to £36 Hedley Park. Feeding ewes: Texel to £41 Hedley Park; Mule to £32 East Cocklaw; Swale to £25.50 The Brigg. Store lambs: Suff X to £46 Well House; Texel X to £48 Hedley Park; Mule to £42.50 Greyside; Cheviot & Cheviot X to £39 Dumblar Rigg; Char X to £47.80 High Yarridge; Blackface to £36.80 Elfoot; Swale to £36 Dumblar Rigg. Tues. - Fwd: 2,809sheep. Hfrs: Lim to 116.5p; Char to 105.5p; BA to 110.5p. Lim steers to 107.5p. Hoggs: Suff X to 119.1p; Texel X to 129.5p; Mule to 114.1p; Blackface to 113.2p; Swale to 112.4p; Cheviot X to 113.5p; Char X to 115.4p; Beltex to 125p; Leics to 103.3p. Cast ewes & rams: Suff X to £40.50; Texel X to £37.80; Mule to £31.50; Blackface to £23; Swale £22; Leics to £34; Cross to £39.50.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Tues. Fwd: 1,906 sheep. Old season's lambs 35kg & up: Texel X to £53.20 av 111.82p; Beltex X to £49 av 119.46p; Suff X to £50 av 109.49p; Char X to £50 av 106.41p; Cheviot X to £44 av 110.41p; Mule to £49.20 av 107.96p; Masham to 344 av 110p; Scotch Blackface to £45 av 105.71p; Swale to £47 av 101.49p; Rough Fell to £45.50 av 101.19p. Up to 34kg: Cont X to £36 av 107.36p; Cheviot X to £34 av 105.84p; Mule to £34 av 101.63p; Swale to £33 av 97.16p; Rough Fell to £32.80 av 99.31p. Ewes: Blue-faced Leics to £42 av £38.33; Mule to £34 av £31.19; Rough Fell to £26.50 av £20.81; Swale to £26 av £17.68; Texel X to £32.50 av £30.67; Lleyn to £23 av £21.36. Rams: Char £33; Rough Fell £22; Swale to £25.50 av £21.20).

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 25 & beef breeding cattle, 94 calves & stirks, 53 store sheep. Special monthly sale of pedigree Holstein cattle for North-Eastern Holstein Club. Top prices: F Donaldson & Ptnrs, Barlees Kathy, freshly-calved home-bred hfr by Dixie-Lee Aaron, 1,300gns to Metcalfe Farms, Leyburn; Ian & Margaret Walton; Carkin Herd, Carkin Lee Elly GP82, freshly-calved hfr by Comestar Lee, 1,000gns to Wade Bros, Stockton; Peter Corner, West Harlsey, Cinnamire Convincer Annie 2. in-calf hfr, 960gns to A Sowray & Sons, Bishop Thornton. Calved cows to 800gns; calved hfrs av 964gns; in-calf hfrs av 837gns. Commercial calved cows: R Simpson & Sons £720; D M Poulter & Son £690. Beef breeding cattle: ped Lim hfr & calf D&M Cormack £810; BBX cow & calf JH Dunkley £780; Lim X hfr & calf JW Bostock £640; AA hfr & calf JW Bostock £600; Pure Lim hfr in calf: D&M Cormick £560. Calves: BB bulls to£205 M&RA Dent av £149; hfrs to £162 SH&NJ Whittaker av £85; Char bulls to £182 DN Verity av £155; hfrs to £82 DN Verity. Simm bulls to £170 GP&C Weatherald av £149; hfrs to £68 IR&JM Walton av £50; Lim bulls to £165 A Spence av £113; hfrs to £130 F&S Iveson av £76; Fries bulls to £105 JH Simpson & Co av £40; AA bulls to £78 IF Herring & Son av £67; hfrs to £50 IF Herring & Son. Bull stirks: Lim C&M Burnett £285; Fries WK Wilkinson & Son £75. Store hoggs: Suff B&K Alderson £39; Cont S Sanderson £37.80; Mule B&K Alderson £35.50; horned S Sanderson £23.50. Wed. Fwd: 1,561 sheep, 36 cattle. Hoggs: Suff & Cont std to 118.9p av 111.9p; med to 119p av 108.3p; heavy to 106.9p av 102.3p; owt to 104.6p av 93.6p; Mule & horned std to 103.9p av 99.4p; med to 101.9p av 99.3p; heavy to 103.4p av 98.4p; owt to 91.1p av 71.9p; lt wt to 112.9p av 101.3p.

MIDDLETON in TEESDALE. - Sat. Fwd: 365 sheep for final seasonal sale of sheep. Lambs. - Swale: £40.20 Low Houses (Nattrass); £39 Billingshild; £36 Stoney Hill. Mule: £45 Palletstone Farm. Texel X: £50.20 Palletstone Farm; £40.20 Stoney Hill. Suff X: £44, 3 Horsemarket; £41.80 Cockfield Hall.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 194 cattle, 1,101 sheep. Steers med to 126.5p/£870.45 av 113.13p/£801.47; heavy to 115.5p/£793.43 av 103.19p/ £837.23; overall steer av 104.56p; hfrs med to 143.5p/£639.38 av 113.61p/ £519.75p; heavy to 128.5p/£745.88 av 110.25p/£595.75; heavy to 128.5p/ £745.88 av 110.25p/£595.43; overall hfr av 111.5p; young bulls med to 112.5p/£707.66 av 94.66p/£486.69; heavy to 114.5p/£707.20 av 100.32p/ £616.80; overall bull av 98.34p; total cattle av 112.5p. Hoggs std to 135.8p/£53 av 115.93p/£46.05; med to 128p/£55 av 114.73p/£49.20; overall av 115.9p; heavy to 120.4p/£59 av 108.23p/£52.57; owt to 107.8p/£59 av 97.31p/£53.23; total hogg av 112.5p; cull ewes to £49.50 av £21.95p; ram £25.50. Wed. Fwd: 154 store & breeding cattle, 160 store & breeding sheep. Bulls. - BB: £518 F Hugill; £480, £380 B Knight. Lim: £515 E Brown; £510, £425 T Scaife; £415, £395, £370 JH Clark; £380, £362 M Collingwood. BA: £432 C Birkbeck. Holstein: £330, £325, £320, £245 F Hugill; £260, £255 JH Clark; £190, £80 C Graham. Fries: £265 N Kitching. Hfrs. - Char: £562, £560, £552, £482, £480 JT Coxon; £460 S C Stockdale; £422 JL Peacock; £405 TH Cook. Lim: £555, £542, £472, £448, £445, £432, £415 D Easton; £535, £428 JL Cook; £495, £480, £438 RR Garbutt; £480 JT Coxon; £468, £440 J Pattison; £458, £402, £368, £225 R Humphreys; £455, £372 J Walton; £445, £428, £412, £380 F Jackson; £430, £395, £385 WH Philips; £422 Mrs E Thomas; £395 A Fawcett; £380 SC Stockdale; S Moor; £302 Mrs J Wood. Simm: £508 JT Coxon; £420 Mrs E Thomas; £420, £415 F Jackson. BB: £485 D Easton; £468 Mrs J Wood; £458 WH Philips; £455 S Moor; £420, £405 A Fawcett; £400, £380, £345 R Carter. AA: £498 D Easton. BA: £430 J Pattison. S Devon: £458 JL Peacock. Bullocks. - Char: £672, £622, £612 JT Coxon; £400 TH Cook; £385, £375 H Langthorne. BB: £652, £620 C Tate. Lim: £525, £500, £495, £492, £475 C Phelp; £502, £400 Mrs E Thomas; £452, £415 A Fawcett; £428, £408, £388, £340 W Brass. Simm: £612 JT Coxon. BA: £505 W Brass. Holst: £512, £495 K Wade. Fries: £465 B Knight; £422, £335 S Bellerby; £160, £90 K Wheldon. Store hoggs: £40.50, £40.20 J Richmond; £39.80 L Featherstone; £36.50 D Sanderson; £33.50 J Hunwick. Suff X: £42.50 W Nunn. Ewes & lambs, Suff X 2-3 crop (twins): £115, £110, £108 M Simpson. BM (twins): £90 M Simpson. Char X, 3-crop: £100 A Hillary. Suff X aged: £96, £90, £83, £85 J Pletts. BMCB: £88, £80 D&B Read. Private sales Jan 31- Feb 4: 54 fat cattle inc OTMS, 210 fat sheep.

PENRITH. - Mon. Fwd: 70 cattle. Hfrs: Lim to 144.5p; BB to 120.p; Char to 114.5p; Baz to 108.5p; BA to 104.5p. steers: Lim to 115.5p; Saler to 110.5p(2). Bulls: Lim to 116.5p; BB to 109.5p(2); Fries to 100.5p. Tues. - Fwd: 1,082 store sheep. Texel shlgs in lamb: £65 Herries. Mule ewes in lamb: £58 Priorsdale, Scales Hall (Jackson).Hoggs. - Suff X: £45.50 The Grange; £42 Ghyll Bank; £39 Shield Hill Top, Galloper Park. Texel X: £43.50 Long Green Head; £42 Ghyll bank; £39 Town Foot (Knowles). Cheviot: £40.20 Manor Farm; £39.50 The Grange; £37.80 Galloper Park. Mule: £39.20 High Moor Park; £38 Long Green Head. Swale: £32.80 Mosedale End; £30.50 Baggra Yeat; £30 Town Foot (Knowles); £28.20 Oak Bank. Herdwick: £27 Long Green Head. Wed. - Hoggs: Cont to £65; Suff X to £59; Cheviot to £52; Mule to £52; Swale to £47. Cast ewes: Cont to £55; Cheviot to £40; Masham to £39; Mule to £39; Scotch Blackface to £27.50; Swale to £26.

SCOTS GAP. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 373 hoggs. Suff X to 107p; Texel X to 115.1p; Mule to 100p; Blackface to 110p.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 489 cattle, 1,176 sheep, 145 pigs. Steers med to 117.5p/£640.38 av 109.5p; heavy to 128.5p/£873.95 av 109.6p; hfrs med to 130.5p/£606.83 av 106.2p; heavy to 142.5p/£894.38 av 111.3p; bulls lt to 91.5p/£420.90 av 90.1p; med to 118.5p/ £657.68 av 95.1p; heavy to 121.5p/ £839.90 av 99.1p; shlgs lt to 65.7p/£23; heavy to 62.5p/£27.50; owt to 60.3p/ £37.50 av 58.4p; std to 135.4p/£52.80 av 113.6p; med to 132p/£54.80 av 113p; heavy to 115.3p/£56.50 av 105.5p; owt to 107.9p/£59 av 101.3p. Porkers to 81p/ £61.56 av 76.5p; cutters to 83p/£66.91p av 77.1p; baconers to 80p/£75.12 av 76.1p; sows to 50p/£126.84 av 42.2p; boar 32.5p/£69.55. - Mon. - Collection centre. Fwd: 36 OTMS.

TOW LAW. - Fwd: 665 hoggs. Suff X to 115.9p; Texel X to 116.8p; Mule to 114.2p; Char X to 114.6p; Leics to £50; Swale 113.3p; cross to £53.50. Cast ewes & rams: Mule to £30; Texel to £28.