BARNARD CASTLE. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 1,917 sheep. Cont store lambs £35. Lambs lt to 123p av 98.8p; std to 121p av 106.9p; med to 120p av 108.6p; heavy to 113p av 104.8p. Ewes: Mule to £40.50; Cont to £40; Leics to £39.50; Swale to £30.

DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 428 cattle, 1,519 sheep. Steers lt to 99.5p/£442.78; med to 134.5p/£746.58 av 108.1p; heavy to 130.5p/£801.00 av 104.5p. Hfrs med to 131.5p/£631.20 av 105.3p; heavy to 143.5p/£770.53 av 105.8p. Young bulls med to 113.5p/£612.90 av 96.3p; heavy to 122.5p/£837.68 av 104.8p. Lambs lt to 110.2p/£43 av 106.82/£39.86; med to 144.8p/£51.20 av 107.43p; heavy to 107.6p/£53.20 av 100.5p, overall av 103.99. Cull ewes to £41.50 av £29.97. Mon. Fwd: 192 store & breeding cattle including 62 young bulls, 665 store sheep and 487 fat lambs. Steers: Lim to £585, £445 T A Alderson; £570 (2) W&C Iceton; £562, £502 JW Dent; £485 JW Fell & Son; £428 J Johns; Char £415 K James; Fries £400 JW Dent. Hfrs: Lim £480 (2) J Linsley; £460 TA Alderson; £422 K Buckle. Char: £450 DI Tait; £420 J Linsley. BB: £418 R&DW Robson. Simm: £440 A Clement; £415 E Parsons; £410 A Clement. Young bulls. - BB: £555 J White; £510 E Parsons. Simm: £535, £515, £508, £500, £498 E Parsons. Lim: £522, £515 E Parsons; £505 Dawson Bros. Cows & calves. - Here: £468 D I Tait. Fries: £465 E Cheesemond. Lim: £445, £330, £320 DI Tait. AA: £305 DI Tait. Store lambs. - Suff: £44.80, £41.50 A&B Herworth; £43.20, £42 WK Wilkinson & Son. Tex: £43 RE Coatsworth; £42, £41.80 RL & L Coatsworth; £41.80 JJ Stubbs. Char: £44.20 GW Dobson; £42.50 CA & J Skidmore. Fat lambs, std to £42.30 M J Hutchinson; med to £46.80 T Lawson & Son; heavy to £53.20 J&A Layfield; owt £56 W&A Richardson; overall av 106.8p.

HEXHAM. - Fri of last week. Fwd: 572 store cattle and suckled calves, 2743 sheep. Spring-born steer calves: AA X £492 Tows Bank; Char X £562 Hedley West Riding; Here X £475 Tows Bank; Lim X £545 Hedley West Riding; PA X £460 Bishopton; Sim X £438 Dene House. Steers red: AA X £520 Stoop Rigg; Lim X £572 Stoop Rigg; SA X £548 Broxfield; Sim X £555 Stoop Rigg. On blue: AA X £598 Junction House; BA X £660 (x2) Eltringham; BB X £650 Eighton Banks; Char X £688 Townfoot; Here X £598 Junction House; Lim X £680 Ealingham; Sim X £655 (2) Thrunton Lowfield. Hfrs: BA X £485 Eltringham; BB X £555 Healey Estates; Char X £435 Chipchase; Lim X £630 Wagtail; Sim X £550 Greenland. Feeding ewes: Tex X £32.50 Duddo Hill; Suff X £35 Capheaton New Houses; Mule £31 East Cocklaw; BF £17.80 Kielder Dam; Swld £16.20 Grange Farm. Store lambs: Suff X £45.20 Dud-do Hill; Tex X £43.50 Riverside Cottage; Char X £45.20 Star Inn; Beltex X £42.20 Middle Horsleyhope; Mule £42.50 Ealingham; HB £32.50 Chesterhope; Chev & Chev X £42.50 The Brigg; BF £37 Low Carriteth.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Tues. Fwd: 3,200 sheep. Lambs - 35 kilos or more: lambs over 35kgs: Texel £53; Suffolk £57; Beltex £53.80; Charollais £51.20; Swaledale £40 Barras; Mule £54.80; Cheviot X £48.80; Rough Fell £48. Lambs 35kgs or less: Texel X £39.50; Swaledale £34.80; Rough Fell £32; Herdwick £31.50. Ewes: Texel £38; Rough Fell £27.20; Mule £31.50; Swaledale £22; BFL £30. Rams: Rough Fell £28; Swaledale £23.50.

MIDDLETON IN TEESDALE. - Tues. Fwd: 72 store cattle. Lim X blks: £575 Parrick House; £550, £500 Heild House; £532 Grains O Beck; £528 (2), £505 Bowlees; £528 Billingshield. Char X: £505 Grove Farm; £500 Revelin. Lim X hfrs: £462 Palletstone Farm; £438, £425, £410 Fellowship Farm; £430 (3) High Cross; £412 Heild House, Grains O Beck. Char X: £410, £400 Revelin.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 228 cattle, 966 prime sheep. Steers lt to 101.5p/£416.15; med to 114.5p/£629.75 av 101.51p/£546.71; heavy to 114.5p/£727.95 av 97.69/£616.78p; overall av 98.47p. Hfrs lt to 124.5p/£485.55 av 108.65p/£421.93; med to 131.5p/£585.18 av 105.32p/£476.91; heavy to 134.5p/£780.10p av 102.12p/£544.96p; overall av 103.15p. Bulls lt to 25p/£103.75; med to 114.5p/£595.40 av 85.46p/£447.63; heavy to 112.5p/£703.13 av 87.96p/£526.08; overall av 86.05; total cattle av 97.28p. Lambs std to 123.5p/£48.20 av 111.74p/£43.03; med to 125.7p/£52.80 av 109.11p/£46.57; overall av 109.48p; heavy to 110.4p/£53.50 av 102.01p/£48.17; owt to 94.54p/£56 av 92.96p;£52.93p; total lamb av 106.4p; cull ewes to £38 av £26.33p; ram £22.50. Wed Fwd: 187 calves, store & breeding cattle, 426 store lambs. Bulls. - Fries: £522, £472 LW Hugill; £415, £345 D Stockdale; £255, £250 RW Dennison; £228 HJ Thompson; £182, £155 JR Craggs. BB: £468 RW Dennison; £452, £385 P Ellis; £265 C Houlston. Pied: £465, £350, £338 P Ellis. SD: £475 H Jobling. Lim: £430 D Stockdale; £410, £380 B Fountain; £380, £338 PM Robinson; £275 N Buckle. Blonde: £398, £348 EG Graham; £238 JR Craggs; £230 JM Bell. Char: £370 PM Robinson; £368 N Buckle. Jer: £380, £338, £165 PM Robinson; AA: £230 JM Bell. Simm: £255, £220 JR Craggs. Hfrs. - BB: £500 WH Philips; £495, £480 H Longthorne; £398 R Umpleby; £398, £385 Mrs R Bradley. Lim: £532, £448, £418, £408, £380 Scarlett Hall; £462, £385, £330 L Dent; £460 D Easton; £432 F Davison; £422, £420, £395, £350 JW Furness; £395, £335 R Umpleby; £265 B Fountain; £255 PM Robinson. Char: £392 W Brass. Blonde: £330, £280 W Brass. Here: £245, £180 Broadley Farms. Blks. - Lim: £658, £598, £585, £548, £465 Mrs M Worsley; £562 L G Plews; £550, £515 J L Cook; £540, £468 E Thomas; £530 P Hutchinson; £455 G S Watson; £400 L Dent. Char: £648, £552, £525 F Davison; £515 GS Watson; £415, £310 TH Cook. BB: £630, £610, £572 W Carvey; £510 GS Watson; £432 W Brass. AA: £618 P Hutchinson; £555 F Davison; £515 GS Watson. Simm: £610 WH Philips; £485 E Thomas. Sal: £560 W Carvey. Fries: £462, £448 JL Gill; £360 TH Cook. Sh: £328, £302 AM Bell. Sal: £578, £475 W Carvey. Calves. - BB: £190, £82, £74, £68 TM Driffield. AA: £130 TM Driffield. Store lambs. - Suff X: £45.20 WA Nunn; £43.20 JO Brewis; £41.50 D Watson; £37.80, £37.20 BJ Garbutt; £34.80, £17.50 A Wood; £31.50, £30 G Norminton; £28.80 D Muir. Cont X: £45 J Ormston; £41.20, £35 Mrs C Robinson; £39 J O Brewis; £34, £25, £19 R F Todd. Tex X: £42 J O Brewis; £30.50 D Muir. Private sales from Dec 6-10 totalled 160 fat cattle include OTMS and 139 fat sheep.

PENRITH. - Mon. Fwd: 79 prime cattle. Lim hfrs to 142.5p; Blonde 109.5p; BB 108.5p; Char 104.5p; Galloway 103.5p; Lim steers 105.5p BB 105.5p; Char 103.5p; Lim bulls 113.5p; Blonde 112.5p; Char 110.5p.

SCOTS GAP. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 793 sheep. Lambs: Suff X to 102.7p; Texel X to 111.9p; Mule to 98.7p; BF to 93.2p; Char X to 105p.

THIRSK. - Thurs. Fwd: 480 cattle, 1,014 sheep, 239 pigs. Steers med to 116.5p/£617.34 av 89.3p; heavy to 123.5p/£838.13 av 102.1p; hfrs lt to 115.5p/£450.45 av 73.3p; med to 127.5p/£597.60 av 107.5p; heavy to 145.5p/£796.38 av 108.3p; young bulls lt to 101.5p/£451.68 av 83.2p; med to 114.5p/£607.75 av 82.8p; heavy to 114.5p/£658.38 av 89.7p. Lambs std to 111.8p/£43.60 av 107.4p; med to 120.5p/£53 av 106p; heavy to 106.5p/£51.80 av 101.2p; owt to 99.1p/£55 av 92.2p. Ewes lt to £33 av £21.41; heavy to £39.50 av £28.65. Suff £39.50; Tex £38; Mule £29; horned £23.80. Porkers to 85p av 81.3p; cutters to 90p av 82.6p; baconers to 78p av 74p; owt to 68.5p av 64.1p; sows to 56.5p av 53.5p; boars to 45p av 44.2p. Collection cenre, Mon Fwd 40 OTMS