Special sales

Averages: 9 cows in milk £1,024.33; 41 hfrs in milk or calf £1,011.84; bull £1,050. Commercial dairy sale averages: 4 cows in milk £835; 5 hfrs in milk £784.

HEXHAM. - Last Fri. Fwd: 175 beef breeding cattle for special monthly sale inc dispersal of Newton herd of spring & autumn calving cows for WA Graham & Sons, Newton Farm, Rothbury. Top dispersal price: £920 AAX 3rd calver with autumn-born Char X steer calf.

Prices. - BBX cow carrying 5th calf to AA bull £740; 5-y-o Char bull £924; 3-y-o bull £651. Top prices (not dispersal). - Hfrs with calves at foot: Lim X & bull alf to £1,020 Morrow Edge; BBX & hfr to £1,020 Mirlaw House; Lim X & hfr to £940 Branton Middle Steads; Herefd X & bull calf to £800 Mirlaw House. In-calf hfrs: Lim X due Feb to £690 High End; Herefd X Fries due Feb £670 High End. Cows with calves at foot: Simm X & bull to £700 Annstead; Simm X & hfr to £580 Annstead, Lumley Moor; Shorthorn & bull to £520 Whitchester; Saler X & hfr to £550 Lumley Moor. In-calf cows: Lim X due May to £500(2) Mains Rigg; Lim X due April to £490 Ewesley. Lim X bulling hfrs to £450 Keepershield. 5-y-o Lim bull £1,050 The Brocks./

Averages: Autumn calvers with calves: 6 hfrs & 2nd calvers av £782; 11 3rd calvers av £752; 3 4th calvers av £793; 2 5th calvers av £765; 11 6th calvers av £675; 6 aged cows av £535. 39 autumn calvers with calves av £703. Spring calvers: 11 hfrs & 2nd calvers av: £623; 2 3rd calvers av £645; 3 4th calvers av £653; 5 5th calvers av £580; 6 6th calvers av £580; 20 aged cows av £373. 47 spring calvers av £509.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Tues. Fwd: 17 Cattle, 3,596 sheep for Christmas primestock show & sale. Judge: Paul Barker, Woodhead Bros, Colne. Champion beast & Raymond Brown Memorial Trophy, Kirkby Stephen Tradesmen Trophy for best hfr & Nelson Robinson Cup for the best beast from within 6 miles of mart: HW&J Birkbeck, Castle Hill. Champion prime lambs the Croglin Castle Trophy: Buckle, Buckles Farm.

Prizes. - Bullock: 1 G Sowerby, Terrys Farm, 130p to RI Brown, Kirkby Stephen; 2 R Balmer, Grassgill, 128p to Dales Quality Meats; 3 M Watson, Blandswath, 120p to Dales Quality Meats. Hfr: 1 HW&J Birkbeck, Castle Hill, 200p to N&J Dowding, Appleby; 2 AD&A Richardson, Low Bank End, 145p to JC&J White, Middleton in Teesdale; 3 JW Little, Row End, 165p to JE Hird, Kirkby Stephen. Lambs 35kg or more: Texel X: 1 Buckle, Buckles Farm, £71 to JF&D Haigh, Kirkby Stephen; 2 L Raine & Sons, Coach & Horses, £55 to RI Brown; 3 M Watson, Blandswath, £51.50 to H Morris. Beltex X: 1 GN Robinson & Son, Trainriggs, £56 to Woodhead Bros; 2 HR Hayton & Son, Asby Grange, £54.50 to H Morris; 3 Brass, Bridge End, £49.50 to Woodhead Bros. Mule: 1 WJ&PM Dargue, Smardale Hall, £46 to E Hall; 2 HR Hayton & Son £47 to GA Slack; 3 D&JH Richardson, Croft House, £43 to Woodhead Bros. Suff X: 1 G Sowerby £51.80 to Woodhead Bros; 2 J Ellis, Hawkrigg End, £45.80 to E Hall. Swale: 1WJ&PM Dargue £43 to G A Slack; 2 HR Hayton & Son £39.80 to GA Slack; 3 NR&CS Hodgson, Park House, £42.50 to G A Slack. Lt lambs. - Cont X: 1 Buckle £44.80 to Woodhead Bros; 2 GN Robinson & Son £48.50 to Woodhead Bros; 3 Allen, Grange House, £33.50 to E Hall. Swale: 1 H&SD Cleasby, Porthy Green, £38 to Woodhead Bros; 2 Allen £33.80 to Woodhead Bros. Polled ewes: 1 JW Little, Row End, £35 to N Iveson. Horned ewes: 1 WJ&PM Dargue £33.50 to Woodhead Bros; 2 D Curr & Son, Bowderdale, £25.80 to Woodhead Bros; 3 JC Frankland, Bowberhead £27.80 to Woodhead Bros.

Prices. - Steers: 130p Terrys Farm; 128p Grassgill; 120p Blandswath; av 125.78p. Hfrs: 200p, 168p, 145p Castle Hill; 165p Row End; 145p Low Bank End; 144p Grassgill; 132p Starrah Farm; 130p Trainriggs; 130p, 125p Terrys Farm; 110p Blandswath; av 135.49p. Lambs 35kg or more. - Texel: £71 Buckles Farm; £55 Coach & Horses, Salterwath; £54 Keld Farm; £52.80 Musgrave House, Hartley Castle; £52.50 Southwaite; £52.20 Roans Farm; £52 Lansmere; £51.80 Wharton Hall; £51.50 Blandswath, Gatehouse; £51.20 Bridge End; £51, 40 South Road; £50.80 Argill House; £50.20 New Hall; £50 Chapel House, Intake Bottom; av 115.38p. Beltex X: £58.50 Asby Grange; £56 Trainriggs; £54.50 Riverdale; £53.50 Woodside Farm; £53.20 Rakehead; £52.50 Hawkrigg End; av 124.97p. Suff: £54.50 White House; £52 Hallgarth; £51.80 Terrys Farm; av 108.98p. Mule: £53.80 Musgrave House; £52.50 Tan Hill; £52.20 Keisley Farm, Smardale Hall; £50.50 Whingill; av 102.35p. Cheviot X: £55 Salterwath; £48.20 New Hall; £49.50 Porthy Green; av 111.94p. Char: £49.20 Gateside; av 115.28p. Swale: £43 Smardale Hall, Whitewall; £42.80 Bowderdale; £42.50 Park House (Hodgson); £41.50 High Stennerskeugh; £40 Cranberry, Argill House; av 98.04p. Rough Fell: £41 Gatehouse; £40.20 Steppes Farm; £40 Low Wilkinson; av 98.76p. Scotch Blackface: £42.80 Wharton Hall; av 101.93p. Blue-faced Leics: £51.50 The Birches; £50 High Stennerskeugh; av 97.60p. Lambs 34 kg or less. - Beltex X: £48.50 Trainriggs; £45 Grange House; £44.80 Buckles Farm; av 133.63p. Texel X: £42 Rawcroft Farm; av 113.56p. Swale: £32.80 Ellergill (Steadman); £32.50 Stoneygarth, Low Whin Howe; £32 Cranberry, Gilts, Porthy Green, Espland; £31.80 Grange House, Gaisgill Row; £31.50 11 High Street; £31.20 Whingill; £31 Dale Forge; av 94.89p. Rough Fell: £34.50 Rayne Farm; £33 Waterhouses; £32 Town Head; £30 Archer Hill; av 90.92p. Lleyn: £35 Whingill; av 106p. Mule: £36.80 Espland; av 114.19p. Ewes. - Rough Fell: £33.50 Smardale Hall; £28.50 Raisgill Hall; £32.50 Bowberhead; av £25.51. Cheviot X: £35.80 New Hall; av £32.46. Swale: £27 Bowderdale; £25 Moor End (Bruce); £24 Smardale Hall; av £20.76. Mule: £35 Row End; av £20.76. Texel: £42.50 Heronwood; av £33.58; av £27.41. Suff: £43 Hawkrigg Farm; av £37.50. Blue-faced Leics: £33.80 Heronwood. Masham: £35 8 Station Road. Scotch Blackface: £20.80 High Lodore. Herdwick: £21.50 Cornfield House; av £19.09. Rams. - Suff: £46.50 Whingill; £39.50 Low Chapel; av £40.77. Scotch Blackface: £29.50 Old Smithy. Texel: £41.50 Low Chapel; av £36.83. Swale: £29.50 Oak Tree; av £25.06. Herdwick: £30.50 Brockstones; av £23.50. Blue-faced Leics: £41.80 Wythes Hill; av £24.50.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 15 dairy & beef breeding cattle, 97 calves & stirks, 403 store cattle. Christmas show & sale of store cattle. Judge: Stephen Hibberd, Sheffield. Champion & res: Jim Wilkinson, Leyburn BBX hfr; £1,050 & BBX steer £800, both to Quality Fare (United Co-op) Leyburn. J Duffus Cup for the best Lim beast: Jim Wilkinson.

Prizes. - BBX steer: 1 Jim Wilkinson; 2&3 GK Hird & Sons, Swaledale, £675, £660. BBX hfr: 1 Jim Wilkinson; 2&3 GK Hird & Sons £610, £640. Any other steer (heavy): 1 Jim Wilkinson £690; 2 Walburn Hall Farms, Richmond £605; 3 RW Wallis & Sons, Richmond £610. Any other steer (lt): 1 G Lambert, Braidley £600; 2 Robson House Farms, Swaledale, £600; 3 RW&MA Suttill, Coverdale, £580. Any other hfr (heavy): 1 J Wilkinson £675; 1 RL&CM Tuer, Bishopdale, £625; 3 MA Suttill, Coverham, £525. Any other hfr (lt): 1 WA Dinsdale & Son £548; 2&3 Coverhead Farms, Coverdale, £485, £538. Feeding bull: 1 Armstrong Ptnrs £518; 2 SJ Raw, Aysgarth £430.

Prices. - Newly calved cow: JH Pounder & Son £730. Calves: BB bulls to £182 TW Atkinson & Son av £141 overall; hfrs to £138 JC&VA Lancaster av £111; Lim bulls to £180 WF Shepherd av £136; hfrs to £108 R Wood & Son av £68; Simm bulls to £160 RC&PA Graham; hfrs to £90 RC&PA Graham av £79; BA bulls to £148 TA&AJ Garbutt; hfrs to £82 TA&AJ Garbutt; Fries bulls to £94 WT Elstob & Son av £47; Herefd hfrs to £88 JW& RJ Pounder; AA hfrs to £76 M Bell & Son av £61. Stirks.- Lim bulls: C&M Burnett £300; K Prestidge £190. Fries bulls: JD&IW Sayer £142. BB hfrs: K Prestidge £170; Lim hfrs: K Prestidge £165. BB steers: JW Wilkinson £800; JT Dixon & Sons £725; JR Rukin £720; GK Hird & Sons £680; JS Walton & Co £640; NW&RE Hunter £640; K Whitehead £630; Gary Atkinson £630. BB hfrs: GK Hird & Sons £620, £600, £590(2); K Whitehead £555; KE&KL Nicholson £540. Lim steers: SB Harrison £770, £695; WM Walker £745; BR Fawcett £740, £725, £720; WM Iveson £738, £720; R Simpson & Sons £710, £700; WA Dinsdale & Son £698; CS Utley & Sons £685. Lim hfrs: JS&D Cloughton £622, £535; BR Fawcett £595, £548; WA Dinsdale & Son £570, £548, £555; CS Utley & Sons £550; RW Wallis & Sons £545; Armstrong Ptns £540; JL&JA Sunter £530; MA Suttill £525. Char steers: E Loadman £745; R Simpson & Sons £735, £718, £640; RW&MA Suttill £580, £565. Char hfrs: RW&MA Suttill £540, £505; R Simpson & Sons £530, £510, £470. Simm steers: AG Dent & Ptnrs £555, £550. AA steers: JS Walton & Co £550; R Hunter £478. AA hfrs: JC Heseltine £418. BA steers: MJ Broadley £475, £455; BA: A&M Brennand & Sons £675, £600, £580, £552 W Allison & Sons £535, £495. Fries: J Elsdon & Son £390, £380 JW Bostock £349. Gall steer: A&M Brennand & Sons £540. Feeding bulls. - Lim: Fishburn Bros £560; Armstrong Ptnrs £518; SJ Raw £515. BB: Fishburn Bros £545. AA: JL & GJ Tweddle £512.

Also last Fri. - Christmas show & sale of beef breeding cattle. Judge: Stephen Dixon, Stainton. 1&2 CT JE Willoughby Lim hfr with calf £1,150; BB hfr with calf £980; 3 CS Utley & Sons Lim hfr with calf £650.

MASHAM. - Last Fri. Fwd: 123 cattle (record entry) Christmas show & sale. Judge: John Fitton, Oldham. Champion: S Newcombe & Sons, Sycamore Farm, Carthorpe, Bedale, Char X hfr, £1,296/240p to Peter Wilkinson, Quality Fare, Leyburn; res: Falshaw Ptnrs, Shaws Farm, Swinton, Ripon, BBX hfr £892/187p to Robert Atkinson, R& J Catering Butchers, Kirkby Malzeard. First prize Lim hfr, S Newcombe & Sons, £1,104/196p to John Robertshaw, Keelham Hall Farm Shop, Thornton, Bradford. Top-priced bull, William Wardman, Yearby, Stokesley, £792/116p to the judge.

MIDDLETON in TEESDALE. Tues. Fwd: 168 beef breeding cattle for annual show & sale. Judge: D Allinson, West Briscoe.

Prizes. - Cow or hfr with calf: 1 WM Skidmore & Son, Hanging Wells, £1,400 to JW Watson; 2 JS&JO Dodd, West View, £1,400 to Gass.

Prices, bulling hfrs. - AA: £345 Foggy Gill; av £301.67. BBX £485 Mayland Hall. Lim cross: £570 North Hanging Wells; av £525. Simm X: £420 Ivy Cottage. Lim stock bulls: £1,200 Pikestone; £800 Naby View; av £1,000. Cows & calves. - AA: £350 Helm Croft. BAX: £470 Helm Croft. BBX: £1,880, £1,400 North Hanging Wells; £610 Lyndale House; av £1,296,67. Lim X: £1,500 West View; £680 Lyndale House; av £603.33. Hfrs & calves: BAX: £680 Bogg House. BBX: £1,420, £850 Lyndale House; £1,380 Keskadale; av £1,216.67. Lim X: £1,400 West View; £1,350, £1,250, £1,150, £1,000(2), £850 Needless Hall; £1,220, £750 Lyndale House; £1,180, £1,100, £950, £750 Stone Close; £950 Low Rough Hill; £950, £740 Bogg House; £840, £660 Keskadale; £820 Riddings; av £995. In-calf cows & hfrs. - Lim cow: £350 Low Rigg. BBX hfr: £1,000, £700 Needless Hall; £860., £830, £760 Lyndale House; av £830. Herefd X hfr: £390 Manor Farm. Lim X: £1,150(2), £1,000, £910, £900 Needless Hall; £960, £880, £840, £750, £720, £690, £630, £620 West Barnley Farm; £700, £620, £600 Stone Close; £670 Abbey Farm; av £688.67.

Northallerton. - Tues. Christmas show & sale. Steer & hfr judge: Paul Barker; young bull judge: E Greenwood; lamb judge: W Ardlington. Overall champion beast: WM Caine, Trenholme Bar, Lim hfr 555kgs 340p/£1,887 to Quality Fare, Richmond; res: W Bainbridge, Stokesley, BB hfr 530kgs, 190p to J Thompson. Lamb champion: GI Tate, pen of 5, 43kg, 251p/£108 to Quality Fare.

Prizes. - Butcher's Lim hfr: 1 champion; 2 JR&A Newcombe, East Harlsey, 580kgs, 145p to J Thompson, Northallerton. Butcher's BB hfr: 1 res champion; 2 Miss E Wilson, Scorton, 525kgs, 155p to J Thompson. Butchers hfr (AOB): 1 W Bainbridge, 525kgs, 133p to Jackson's Wholesale Meats, Wheatley Hill; 2 J Newcombe, East Harlsey, 580kgs, 120p to Woodhead Bros, Colne. Butcher's Lim steer: 1 W Bainbridge & Sons, 685 kgs, 154p to Quality Fare; 2 JR&A Newcombe, 585kgs, 130p to Woodhead Bros. Butcher's BB steer: 1 Miss E Wilson, 715kg, 140p to Quality Fare; 2 P&E Ellis, Welbury, 640kg, 133p to J Penny & Sons, Leeds. Butchers steer (AOB): 1 FH&J Fairburn, Helmsley, 655kg, 128p to Woodhead Bros; 2 FH&J Fairburn, 590kg, 136p to J Penny & Sons. Young Cont bull: 1 AG Watson & Sons, Rushyford, 675kg, 122p to Jackson's Wholesale Meats; 2 K&EA Hogg, Harrogate, 575kg, 122p to J Penny & Sons. Young Fries bull: 1 CH Duffus, Thrintoft, 565kg, at 94p to Kurpas Meats, Manchester; 2 S Watson, Scorton, 550kg 85.5p to Jacksons.

Down X lambs 43kgs & under: 1 MJ Simpson, 43kg, 116p/£49.80 to J Thompson; 2 MJ Simpson, 36kg, 108p/£39 to A Atkinson, Harrogate. 44kgs & over: 1 R&D Harland, 54kg 106.5p/£57.50 to J Thompson; 2 ML Atkinson, 54kg, 94.5p/£51 to A Atkinson. Lambs (AOB) to 43kgs: 1 champion pen; 2 GI Tate, 41kg, 161p/£66 to J Thompson. 44kgs and over: 1 GI Tate, 44kg, 138.5p/£61 to Quality Fare; 2 EP&J Hutchinson, 48kg, 119p/£57 to J Penny & Sons.

PATELEY BRIDGE. - Sat. Christmas show & sale. Fwd: 70 beef store cattle. Judges: Ben & Richard Winn, Whixley.

Prizes. - Pair steers: 1 D&FJ Leeming & Son, Ramsgill, Lim steers £570 each to R Winn; 2 AH Firth, Middlesmoor, Char bullocks, £742 each to G Faulshaw; 3 S Church, Lofthouse, Lim bullocks £715 each to M Kettlewell. Pair hfrs: 1 E&AM Simpson & Son, Heathfield, Lim £575 each to H Barker; 2 D&FJ Leeming & Son, Lim hfrs £490 each to S G White; 3 W&R Verity Steam, BB £300 each to B Dunkley.

Prices. - AH Firth, Middlesmoor Char steers £768, £720. S Church, Lofthouse, BA steer £700. T Martin, Heathfield, Lim steer £645. JA Stones, Bewerley, BB hfr £455.