DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 565 cattle. Steers med to 117.5p/£646.58 av 102.15p/ £537.18; heavy to 137.5p/£797.50 av 100.71p/£622.04; overall steer av 100.92p; hfrs lt to 105.5p/ £374.53 av 90.78p/£342.14; med to 126.5p/£589.85 av 101.49p/ £461.17; heavy to 140.5p/£779.78 av 103.18p/£555.63; overall hfr av 102.47p; young bulls lt to 102.5p/£446.60 av 86.65p/ £372.23; med to 114.5p/£601.13 av 86.35p/£438.24; heavy to 119.5p/£839.80 av 100.38p/ £634.69; overall bull av 96.61p. (For sheep see special sales). Mon. - Fwd: 109 store & breeding cattle, 489 store lambs, 460 fat lambs. Steers. - Lim: £612 JD&IW Sayer with Tallantire; £608(2), £595, £530 JW Dent; £485(2) JD Seymour; £480 N Swinbank. AA: £488 Sayer & Tallantire. BB: £502 Anderson & Cawton. Hfrs. - Lim: £412, £500, £450, £448 M&E Walton; £435(2) W&C Iceton; £428 A Spence; £422 K Buckle. Young bulls. - Char: £490, £468 GW Goggrowe. Lim: £490 Shepherd Farms; £465 RL&L Catsworth; £428, £392 A Spence, £402(2) GW Goggrowe. AA: £455 DE&I Lovegreen. BB: £430 DE&I Lovegreen. Hfr calves: £125(2) D Walker. Store lambs. - Texel: £49.80, £45 DE Stones; £46.50 N&E Wilson; £43.80 Mrs M Dawson; £42 RW Shann & Sons; £40.50 CS Whitfield; £39.80 RE Coatsworth. Suff: £46.20 R Carter; £42.50 GS Bainbridge, £40.20 F Whitfield. Fat lambs std to 113.1p/£43 av 112p/£42.30; med to 111.4p/£49 av 110.32p/£47.19; heavy to 112.2p/£55 av 105p/£52.14; owt to 100p/£53.20 av 98.42p/£52.28, overall av 107.4p.

Hawes. - Tues. Fwd: 6 calves, 2,106 sheep, 280 poultry. Calves: BA bulls to £100 D Middleton & Son, Askrigg; Simm hfrs to £112 JR Thwaites, Askrigg; Fries bulls to £80 JF Bowe & Son, Hawes. Lambs lt to 110.6p av 104.5p; std to 114.2p av 102.4p; med to 119p av 105.5p; heavy to 110.8p av 100.8p Lt lambs: Cont to 112.9p av 110.5p; Suff to 108.7p av 107.8p; Mule to 107p av 104.7p; horned to 107.8p av 101.9p. Cast ewes horned to £25 av £17.96; polled to £36 av £26.30; cast rams horned to £27.50 av £21.57; polled to £45.50 av £32. Poultry: turkeys to £44 av £22.77; geese to £45 av £34.06; chickens to £29 av £18.67; ducks to £23 av £17.17.

HEXHAM. - Tues of last week. Fwd: 31 cattle, 3,123 lambs. Med steers to 90.5p av 86.5p; lt hfrs to 103.5p av 97.33p; med to 116.5p av 97.35p; heavy to 108.5p av: 95.16p. Sheep. - Suff X to £54.50; Tex X to £54.80; Mule to £52; Blackface to £50; Swale to £42; Cheviot X to £53; Char X to £49.80; Beltex to £50.20. Fwd: 216 cast ewes & rams. Suff X to £41; Texel X to £38; Mule to £37.20; BF to £25; Swale to £18; Chev X to £41. Fri of last week. - Fwd: 370 store cattle & suckled calves. Spring-born steer calves, green CID: BBX to £535 Broomhope; Char X to £460 East Barns; Lim X to £480 Red House. Steers, green CID: Baz X to £590 Cutthorn; Char X to £538 Struthers; Lim X to £700 Cutthorn; Simm X to £610 Struthers. Young bulls, green: AAX to £360 Doorpool; BAX to £460 Banktop; BBX £470 Banktop; Sim X to £445 Doorpool. Steers, blue CID: AAX to £565 Houghton North; BBX to £545 Demesne; Char X to £695 Tenter House; Herefd X to £450 White Hill; Lim X to £700 High Baulk; Simm X to £610 West Uppertown. Hfrs: BAX to £555 East Newham; BBX to £435 High Hedley Hope; Char X to £618 Hindley; Lim X to £595 East Newham; Simm X to £545 Allendale Farm. Simm X spring-born hfrs to £330 Bishopton. Fwd: 1,743 store sheep. Mule ewe lambs to £45 Stone House. Feeding ewes: Mule to £32 Prospect Hill; Blue-faced Leics to £39 Prospect Hill; Blackface to £20 The Brigg; Texel to £31 Prospect Hill; Swale to £10 Ouston. Store lambs: Suff X to £47.50 Blossom Hill; Texel X to £43 Dilston Haugh; Lleyn X to £44 Netherton Northside; Mule to £41.20 Chesterwood; Cheviot X to £42.20 Derwent Grange; Char X to £45.50 Hindley; Blackface to £33 Yatesfield; Swale to £26.50 Thornley Pit House. Tues. - Heavy steers av 92.5p; med hfrs to 98.5p av 95.9p; heavy to 115.5p av 101.8p. Fwd: 2,654 lambs. Suff X to 121.1p; Texel X to 127.5p; Mule to 112.5p; Blackface to 117.4p; Swale to 103.7p; Cheviot X to 117.4p; Char X to 120p; Leics to 104.3p. Cast ewes & rams: Suff X to £45.50; Texel X to Mule to £41; Blackface to £30; Swale to £22; Leics to £40.50.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 3 dairy cattle, 117 calves, 31 store lambs. Calved hfrs D&PH Brown £720; calved cows R Simpson & Sons £720; in-calf hfr D Sanderson £600. Calves: BB bulls to £258 JD&E Clarkson av £185 overall; hfrs to £195 D&S Spence av £130; Lim bulls to £250 B&A Myers & Dtrs av £180; hfrs to £135 H Harrison & Son av £100; Simm bulls to £170 JW Tuer & Sons; hfrs to £76 JW Tuer & Sons av £71; Char bulls to £158 JW Tuer & Sons; hfrs to £88 JW Tuer & Sons; AA bulls to £102 B Kellet & Sons av £91; hfrs to £65 RK & B Preston av £52; Herefd bulls to £100 ME Robinson & Sons; hfrs to £65 ME Robinson & Sons; Fries bulls to £50 JW Tuer & Sons av £18. Cont store lambs: JD Ormston £42.20.

MIDDLETON in TEESDALE. - Sat Fwd: 298 sheep. Lambs: Swale to £42.50 av 104.53p; Mule to £47.20 av 104.66p; Texel X to £49.50 av 111.12p; Suff X to £46.80 av 109.53p. Texel rams to £35.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 89 cattle, 689 sheep. Steers lt to 88.5p/£398.25; med to 88.5p /£464.75 av 85.54p/£437.66; heavy to 111.5p/£691.53 av 100.4p/av £630.87; overall steer av 93.12p; hfrs med to 135.5p/£602.40 av 108.42p/£488.36; heavy to 134.5p/ £706.13 av 104p/£560.85; overall hfr av 105.61p; bulls med to 111.5p/£579.80 av 86.86p/ £462.88; heavy to 114.5p/£675.55 av 95.53p/£570.56; overall bull av 91.25; total cattle av 10.57p; Lambs std to 126.2p/£46.80 av 119.51p/£44.58; med to 130.5p/ £56.20 av 116.85p/£50; overall av 117.19p; heavy to 116.4p/£58.20 av 107.55p/£51.92; owt to 103.2p/ £56.80 av 98.25p/£52.97; total lamb av 112.88p; cull ewes to £45 av £28.79; rams to £24 av £17.13.

PENRITH. - Mon of last week. Fwd: 97 cattle. Hfrs: Lim to 144.5p; BB to 127.5p; Char to 108.5p. Lim steers to 107.5p. Bulls: Lim to 125.5p; BA to 114.5p; Char to 112.5p; BB to 106.5p. Tues of last week. - Lambs: Mule gimmer to £54.50; Texel X to £44.80; Suff X to £44.50; Mule to £38.50; Swale to £28; Swale gimmer lambs to £30.50. Wed of last week. - Fwd: 4,280 sheep. Lambs: Cont X to £61.80; Suff X to £56; Swale to £44. Ewes: Cont to £48.50; Mule to £39; Cheviot to £39.50; Swale to £25. Cont rams to £50. Mon. - Fwd: 81 prime cattle, 188 store cattle. Hfrs: Lim to 128.5p; Char to 103.5p; BA to 120.5p; BB to 117.5p. BB steers to 102.5p. Bulls: BB to 123.5p; Lim to 117.5p(2); BA to 113.5p; Char to 107.5p. Store bullocks. - Lim X: £678, £655 Town Foot (Martin); £638 Woodfoot (Richards); £588, £575 Syke Side (Wills & Hope); £560, £550(2) Edenhall Home Farm. BBX: £738 Howgill Castle; £640 Far Close; £490 Wickerfield. British Fries: £568(2), £515 Bunkers Hill; £405(6) Longlands. Ayrshire: £378(6) Roans. Store hfrs. - Lim X: £565, £562 Howgill Castle; £562, £532 Edenhall Home Farm; £558 Skelling; £552(2) Askham Gate; £525 (2) The Green (Holmes). BBX: £435 (2) Shire Hall; £428 The Green (Holmes). Simm X: £548, £460 Shire Hall; £418 Skirwith Abbey. AAX: £570 (3) Burns (Cartmell). Bull stirks. - Lim X: £605 Hazelrigg (Clark); £532(4), £480 (6) Kelmore Hills; £408 Ewan Close; £350 Street House (Strong). BBX: £438(3) Kirkbarrow. Mont X: £362 Askham Hall Farm. Char X: £418 Town End (Mounsey). Parth X: £562 (2) Baron Wood. Holstein: £342 (3) Blunderfield; £320 Askham Hall Farm; £302 (3) Kirkbarrow. Lim X bull calves: £158 Askham Hall Farm. Fries bull weanling calves: £135(2), £125(2) Selsmire; £120 (6) Crewgarth (Noble). BBX bull calves: £195 Askham Hall Farm.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd 561 cattle, 749 sheep. Steers med to 99.5p/£542.28 av 90.8p; heavy to 124.5p/£765.68 av 93.6p; hfrs lt to 126.5p/£493.35 av 114p; med to 137.5p/£634.13 av 102.2p; heavy to 136.5p/£765.58 av 101.6p; young bulls lt to 80.5p/ £370.30 av 79.5p; med to 122.5p/£643.13 av 83.8p; heavy to 116.5p/£850.50 av 89.4p. Lambs std to 107.2p/£41.80 av 105.7p; med to 132.1p/£56.80 av 107.5p; heavy to 117.4p/£55.50 av 100.9p; owt 92.7p/£51 av 89.6p; ewes lt to £23.50 av £11.36 heavy to £34.50 av £29.97.(For pigs, see special sales). Mon. - Collection centre fwd: 40 OTMS.

TOW LAW. - Mon. Fwd: 627 lambs. Suff X to 109.3p; Texel X to 110.5p; Mule to 106.5p; Char X to 106.7p.