BARNARD CASTLE. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 1,949 sheep. Show and sale of Swaledale lambs (Swaledale Sheep Breeders' Association): 1 JW Dent & Sons £45; 2 JF&F Hutchinson £45; 3 ER Thompson £43. Store lambs to £36.50. Lambs lt to 122.2p av 113.20p; std to 126p av 115.64p; med to 125p av 114.69; heavy to 121p av 108.61p. Cast ewes: Mule £39; Leics £40; Swale £28; Suff £49.50; Cont £44.50. Tues. - Fwd: 294 cattle. Lim incalf cows to £310; AA incalf cows to £240. Bulls: Char £590; Lim £565; AA £372; BB £535. Bullocks: Char £660; Lim £685 BA £585; BB £670. Hfrs Char £560; Lim £635; BA £648; BB £642. M Jopling & Son £240, £210; EM&M Dickeson £310. Bulls: CA&J Kipling £530, £490; J Woodward & Son £545, £400, £330; B&JD Beadle £510, £490, £470, £430; WK Walker £590, £550, £535, £528; HH Barker & Son £565, £555, £535, £530, £505; T&DI Allen & Son £535, £520, £500, £480; J Buck £465, £425, £400, £372; D Ewin £485, £425, £385. Store cattle: PRE Marwood £585, £575, £560, £460; B&JD Beadle £378, £368, £350, £340; B&L Robson £488, £472; JF&F Hutchinson £660, £595, £578, £570, £530, £510, £500; D Hunnam £550, £548, £520; JR Longstaff & Son £618, £555, £550, £540, £534, £505, £495, £475, £445; RM&AM Dixon £512, £455, £430, £418, £412, £382, £375; P&J Coupland £585, £550, £548, £540, £528; B&S Teasdale & Son £602, £584, £570, £540, £520, £510, £500, £490, £470, £462, £400, £325; DG Collinson £305, £280; CA&J Kipling £532, £510, £440; R Watson £550, £490, £450, £418, £408, £380, £305; J&MJ Walton £685, £680, £670, £505; TB Walton £555, £430, £425, £405; C&E Gaskin £540(5); I&RA Watson £548, £420, £405, £360; JW Dent & Sons £548, £515, £492, £465, £455; IF Raine £350; JE Tallentire & Son £640, £598, £592, £545; WB Rutter & Sons £670, £570, £560(3), £555, £520, £455(2); TB Law £575, £570, £565, £502; A&B Herworth £660, £645, £630; GS Dixon £535, £445, £390; RW Makepeace £468, £455, £430; HH Barker & Son £622, £530, £520, £495; MR Souter £355, £350, £320, £300; WK Lamb £642, £590, £548, £515; TL Anderson £635, £570, £555, £518; RL Walker £648, £628, £570; JR Addison & Sons £650, £645, £620, £592, £500, £462; D Teward £565, £505, £450, £438, £390, £370, £358; K&RE Robson £250, £230; S Bayles & Sons £548, £528, £460, £450; JV&MA Oliver £530, £525, £492.

BORDERWAY (Carlisle). - Mon. Fwd: 175 cattle, 3,198 sheep, 71 tonnes hay & straw. Hfrs: Lim to 134.5p; BB to 126.5p; BA to 119.5p. Bullocks: Lim to 123.5p; Char to 117.5p; BB to 114.5p. Bulls: Lim to 128.5p; BA to 116.5p; AA to 112.5p; Holstein to 105.5p(2). Lambs: Beltex to £88; Char to £82; Texel to £69(2); Hill Cheviot to £56.20; Suff to £56.10; Leics to £53.90; Greyface to £52.70; HB to £52.40; Swale to £45.90. Ewes & rams: Beltex to £52.20: Suff to £44.50; Greyface to £33; NC Cheviot to £33; HB to £32.80. Barley straw: mini hestons to £85 tonne; round bales £17 bale. Wheat straw: mini hestons to £66 tonne. Hay: round bales to £80 tonne.

DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 433 cattle, 1,281 sheep. Steers med to 119.5p/£597.50 av 112.7p; heavy to 137.5p/£862.60 av 101.73p; overall steer av 110.93p; hfrs med to 133.5p/£620.78 av 116.48p; heavy to 143.5p/£783.68 av 116.21p; overall hfr av 114.04p; young bulls lt to 93.5p/ £411.40 av 90.5p; med to 117.5p/ £646.25 av 105.8p; heavy to 127.5p/ £904.55 av 112.34p; overall bull av 107.14p. Hoggs lt to 124.3p/£46 av 123.4p; med to 131p/£57 av 118.71p; heavy to 121.7p/£60 av 111.73p; overall hogg av 115.93p; cull ewes to £45 av £28.56p. Mon. - Fwd: 158 store & breeding cattle, 294 prime hoggs, 970 store lambs. Steers. - Simm £628 H&P Hutchinson; £572. £472(2) JR Lawson. BB: £558, £550, £482 JR Lawson; £498 NB&R Hird. Lim: £492 NB&R Hird. Baz: £510 D Forster. Hfrs. - BB: £495(2) WS Hewitson & Son. Simm: £450 E Parsons. Lim: £478, £465(2) M&E Walton; £470(2) JH Johnson; £452 HS Hewitson & Son; £450 E Parsons. Young bulls. - Lim: £502 M&T Dent; £482(4) M Gallon; £460(2) RL & L Coatsworth; £460 GM Simpson; £452 P Tindale. Simm: £460 M&T Dent. Store lambs. - Texel: £47.50 W&C Iceton; £46, £44 JT Dunn; £46 JJ Stubbs; £44.50 WI Suddes & Son; £44 J Butterfield. Char: £47 GW Dobson. Suff: £46 I&RA Watson; £43.50 GC Sunter & Son. Prime hoggs, lt to 118.7p/£38 av £37.90; std to 110.9p/£40.50 av £40.30; med to 123.2p/£53 av £50.30; heavy to 108.5p/£51 av £50.91p; overall av 111.64p.

Hawes. - Tues. Fwd: 12 calves, 1,398 sheep. Calves: BA bulls to £178 DJ&S Stainton, Howgill av £169; Lim bulls to £108 WJ&CM Lambert, Hawes at £93.33p; Fries bulls to £100 JF Bowe & Son, Hawes av £45; Lim hfrs to £90 WJ&CM Lambert, Hawes av £65.67; BB hfrs to £130 JS Cloughton, (BP) Hawes. Hoggs lt to 114p av 110.6p; std to 125.1p av 112.5p; med to 120.5p av 112.1p; heavy to 114.4p av 108.6p; overall av 112.2p. Ltwt hoggs: Cont to 120.6p av 116.8p; Suff to 111.5p; Mule to 122.2p av 110.8p; horned to 115p av 107.1p. Cast ewes horned to £28 av £17.96; polled to £36 av £29.04; cast rams horned to £27.50 av £22.83; polled to £46 av £36.70.

HEXHAM. - Last Fri. Fwd: 640 store cattle & suckled calves, 2,345 store & breeding sheep. Steers, blue CID: AAX to £670 Great Tosson; BBX to £622 Alnham; Char X to £628 Triermain; Lim X to £665 Glenhill; Simm X to £658 Langley West House. Red CID: Lim X to £612 Middle Coldcotes. Hfrs: AAX to £450 Pasture House; BAX to £672 Low Leam; BBX to £525 Chipchase Farms; pure Char to £665 Beaumont House; Char X to £630 Newlands Haugh; Lim X to £660 Hedley Park, Plashetts; Simm X to £640 Chipchase Farms. Store sheep inc 63 sheep given by local farmers & sold to raise £2,667 for the Great North Air Ambulance. In lamb Texel gimmers to £80 Colwell Demesne; in lamb Mule gimmers to £85 Hill Top; Suff ewe hoggs to £49 Cornhills. Suff X rams to rams to £26 The Newton. Feeding ewes: Suff X to £30 The Newton; Mule to £32 Hepple Hill; Blackface to £17 Middle White Hill; Swale to £15 White House Cottage; Cheviot to £18 Harewalls. Store lambs: Suff X £50 Air Ambulance; Texel X £53 Air Ambulance; Beltex to £46.50 Middle Dukesfield; Mule to £47 Demesne; Cheviot & Cheviot X £51 Air Ambulance; Blackface to £51 Air Ambulance; Swale to £32.80 Fairleas; Kerryhill to £39 Woodhall; BFL to £40 Middle Dukesfield. Tues. - Fwd: 24 cattle, 3,447 sheep. Heavy steers to 103.5p av 101.3p; heavy hfrs to 121.5p av 108.9p. Hoggs. - Show & sale for Swaledale hoggs (Swaledale Sheep Breeders' Association, judge, Robert Vevers, Mossknowe, Canonbie): 1 MW Skidmore & Sons, North Hanging Wells, 45kg £53/117.8p; 2 Huddleston, Round Meadows, Catton, 45kg £50/111.1p; 3 W&HI Watson, Sanders Close, Slaggyford, 38kg £45/118.4p all to judge for St Merryn Meat. Suff X to 120.5p; Texel X to 123.4p; Mule to 114.4p; Blackface to 114.9p; Swale 118.4p; Cheviot X to 115.3p; Char X to 115.5p; Leics to £54. Cast ewes & rams: Suff X to £39; Texel X to £47; Mule to £34.50; Blackface to £24.20; Swale to £19.50; Cheviot X to £35.20; Beltex to £25; Leics to £40.50; BdM to £36.20.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Tues. Fwd: 2,286 sheep. Old season lambs 35kgs & up: Texel X to £62.50 av 120.80p; Beltex X to £56 av 122.97p; Char X to £50 av 117p; Suff X to £56.80 av 118.88p; Cheviot X to £50 av 117.28p; Mule to £49.80 av 111.98p; Swale to £48.50 av 112.91p; Rough Fell to £43.20 av 103p; Blue-faced Leics to £49.80 av 95.77p; Scotch Blackface to £46.80 av 118.44p. Up to 34kg: Mule to £39 av 110.35p; Swale to £38.20 av 111.52p; Texel X to £39.50 av 115.83p; Suff X to £38 av 115.15p; Scotch Blackface to £35.80 av 119.33p; Herdwick to £34 av 109.68p. Ewes: Mule to £34 av £30.58; Cheviot X to £29 av £27; Rough Fell to £25 av £19.51; Suff X £36; Swale to £24 av £16.31. Rams: Swale to £20; Rough Fell to £23.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 173 calves, 36 store sheep. Calves: BB bulls to £202 av £162 J Pearson & Sons; hfrs to £155 av £108 A Sowray & Sons; Lim bulls to £178 av £120 TW Clark & Sons; hfrs to £198 av £89 A Sowray & Sons. Simm bulls to £158 av £124 HB Smith & Son; hfrs to £90 av £64 HB Smith & Son. Char hfrs to £60 av £50 DN Verity; Fries bulls to £90 av £20 J Pearson & Sons; BA bulls to £132 av £80 JR&DW Craggs; hfrs to £28 TA&AJ Garbutt; Herefd hfrs to £36 av £23 JR Elliott; AA hfrs to £32 av £23 JR Elliott. Mule store hoggs: JC&VA Lancaster £26.50. Wed. - Fwd: 2,053 sheep, 66 cattle. Show & sale of prime Sewale hoggs (Swaledale Sheep Breeders' Association): 1 J Duffus & Son 38kg £43; 2 JT Dixon & Sons 44kg £47.50; A Batty & Son 38kg £41. Hoggs: Suff & Cont std to 117.4p av 113.2p; med to 120p av 111.8p; heavy to 112.6p av 107.7p; owt to 100.9p av 97.9p; Mule, Masham & horned std to 113.1p av 106.3p; med to 110.9p av 107.6p; heavy to 104.3p av 101.5p; owt to 84.7p; ltwt to 112.6p av 101.5p. Cast ewes: Cont £40; Suff £35; BFL £35; Mule £32; horned £20. Rams: Cont £35; Tees £30; Swale £23.

MIDDLETON in TEESDALE. - Sat. Fwd: 356 sheep for special sale of prime, ltwt & store hoggs, cast ewes & rams. Swaledale hoggs (Swaledale Sheep Breeders' Association):1 R Hird, Gill Field; 2 Tarn Bros, Step Ends; 3 Tarn Bros, Toft House. Lambs 35kg & up: Texel X to £53 av 114.53p; Suff to £48.20 av 107.32p; Cheviot X to £40 av 100p; Mule to £49.50 av 106.64p; Swale to £46 av 107.53)p; Blue-faced Leics to £46.50. Lambs to 34kg: Texel av 116.18p; Swale to £35.50 av 104.37p; Mule to £34.50 av 111.29p. Ewes: £32.50.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 218 cattle, 1,329 sheep. Steers, lt to 109.5p/£503.70; med to 134.5p/£682.13 av 134.5p/£582.18; heavy to 124.5p/ £825.55 av 104.54p/£670; overall steer av 105.6p; hfrs lt to 97.5p/£380.25; med to 136.5p/£650.40 av 112.84p/£513.25; heavy to 136.5p/£764.40 av 107.71p/ £585.72; overall hfr av 109.11p; bulls lt to 90.5p/£366.53 av 77.39p/£328.89; med to 111.5p/£591.25 av 87.97p/£459.04; heavy to 114.5p/£825.10 av 91.19p/ £561.47; overall bull av 89.63p; total cattle av 102.72p. Hoggs std to 129.1p/£47.20 av 117.25p/£44.12; med to 132.9p/£55.80 av 115.2p/£48.99; overall av 115.41p; heavy to 119.6p/ £59.80 av 108.4p/£51.83; owt to 107.1p/ £56.80 av 103.62p/£55.34; total hogg av 112.61p; cull ewes to £45 av £23.95; rams to £48 av £45. Wed. - Fwd: 139 store cattle, 165 store hoggets. Bulls. - BB: £590, £565, £550, £540, £505, £500, £480 H Garside; £430 P Ellis. Char: £640, £475, £405 R Craggs; £532 C Pickering. Lim: £580, £520 J Ashbridge; £430, £392 JH Clarke. Fries: £338, £312, £308, £285 JL Gill; £238 JC Foster; £290 JH Clarke. Pied: £320 P Ellis. Simm: £460 R Craggs. Hfrs. - Char: £622 B Jefferson; £470 J Pattison; £445 E Carvey. Lim: £545, £455, £415 WH Philips; £538 £432 D Easton; £522, £398, £390, £375, £365, £320 J&R Bullock; £455 A Fawcett; £435, £422 JD Stockil; £430 R Pattison; £400 TH Cook; £392, £385, £370, £340 H Garside; £390, £315 LM Hart. Simm: £540, £448 B Jefferson; £498 A Fawcett; £490 P Goldsbrough; £438 JD Stockil. BB: £578 R Pattison; £475, £462 A Fawcett; £452 JD Stockil; £432 L Ransome; £405, £400, £350, £340 H Garside. AA: £428, £335 l Ransome. Shorthorn: £382 J Pattison. Bullocks. - BB: £660 CW Tate; £630, £580 TH Souter; £485, £445 Mrs R Broadley. Char: £645 CW Tate; £390 TH Cook. Fries: £602 CW Tate. Lim: £580, £552, £548, £500, £465 CH Phalp; £545 T Souter; £500, £460, £422 Mrs R Broadley; £480 W Brass. Herefd: £578, 3538 T Coulthard; £425, £350 BA Cook. Simm: £420 Mrs R Broadley; £365 D Cowper; £350 B Lightfoot. Shorthorn: £432 W Brass. AA: £460 T Souter. BA: £370, £360 W Brass. Sheep. - Suff X: £40 T Wells; £37.80 DJ Metcalfe; £37 F Jackson; £35 BJ Garbutt. Texel: £44 C Dennis; £42.50 BA Smith; £41.20 T Wells; £39 E Fairburn; £37 L Hugill. Private sales Jan 17-21: 86 OTMS.

PENRITH. - Mon. Fwd: 86 cattle. Hfrs: Lim to 135.5p; Baz to 109.5p; Char to 105.5p. Steers: Lim to 115.5p; Herefd to 103.5p. Bulls: Lim to 112.5p; Char to 107.5p; BB to 105.5p; BA to 104.5p(2); MRI to 101.5p; Fries to 97.5p. Tues. - Store sheep.Hoggs. - Mule gimmer: £47 Oakbank. Texel X: £45.50 Oakbank; £44 Ghyll Bank; £42.80 Beech Tree Farm; £42.20 Midtown (Rumney & Mandle). Mule: £34 Mountain View. Swale: £35.50 Low Beckside; £34 Fellside (Coulthard); £32 Oak Bank; £29 Baggra Yeat. Herdwick: £26 Oakbank. Wed. - Fwd: 4,127 sheep. Hoggs: Cont to £66; Suff X to £58.20; Cheviot to £57.80; HB to £55.50; Mule to £57; Swale to £48.20; Kendal Rough to £44.20; Herdwick to £41. Ewes: Suff to £48; Blue-faced Leics to £46.50; Cheviot to £39.50; Scotch Blackfaced to £28; Kendal Rough to £26; Swale to £26. Rams: Suff to £48; Bluefaced Leics to £44.

SCOTS GAP. - Fwd: 524 hoggs. Suff X to 118.1p; Texel X to 123.6p; Mule to 108.1p; Blackface to 104.4p; overall av 108.4p. Wed. - Fwd: 426 hoggs. Overall av 105.2p. Suff X to 117p; Texel X to 115.1p; Mule to 103.6p.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd; 493 cattle, 1,357 sheep, 235 pigs. Steers lt to 87.5p/£398.13; med to 104.5p/ £559.08 av 98.5p; heavy to 131.5p/ £915.98 av 110.3p overall steer av 109.6p; hfrs lt to 105.5p/£422 av 95.4p; med to 138.p/£638.88 av 116.7p; heavy to 143.5p/£855 av 116.2p; overall hfr av 116.2p; young bulls lt to 115.5p/ £537.08 av 80.1p; med to 106.5p/£656.73 av 92.3p; heavy to 124.5p/£910.28 av 99.4p; overall bull av 96.3p. Hoggets lt to 101.7p/£29.50; std to 134.9p/£47.20 av 118.3p; med to 133.6p/£58.50 av 115.5p; heavy to 125.7p/£58.20 av 109.6p; owt to 113.2p/£64 av 103p; overall hogget av 113.3p; shlgs heavy to 70p/£35 av 68.5p; (5p kg premium on belly-clipped sheep); ewes lt to £38 av £19.96; heavy to £49 av £33.41. Porkers to 75p/£56.63 av 60.5p; cutters to 77p/£65.45 av 67.4p; baconers to 67.5p/£64.46 av 62p; sows to 49.5p/ £146.74 av 43.6p; boars to 38p/£91.58. Mon. - Collection centre. Fwd: 17 OTMS.

TOW LAW. - Mon. Fwd: 669 sheep to av 111.6p. Suff X to 117.4p; Texel X to 121.1p; Mule to 116.3p; Char X to 114.2p; Leics to £52.20.