BARNARD CASTLE. - Wed. Fwd: 2,353 sheep. Lambs lt to 129p av 98.8p; std to 118p av 103.6p; med to 117.2p av 109.5p; heavy to 112.3p av 105.5p. Cast sheep: Suff £47; Cont £45.50; Mule £44; Swale £24; Leics £40.

DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 418 cattle, 1,842 sheep. Steers med to 107.50/£580.50 av 100.64p; heavy to 127.5p;£770.35 av 104.9p; hfrs med to 127.5p/£612 av 103.4p; heavy to 145.5p/£807.53 av 105.1p; young bulls med to 109.5p/£591.30 av 87.9p; heavy to 132.5p/£866.13 av 103.4p. Lambs lt to 118.8p/£44.50 av 111.98p; med to 118.5p/£52 av 109.4p; heavy to 110.42p/£54 av 103.1p; cull ewes to £44 av £35.20. Mon. - Fwd: 128 store & breeding cattle, 894 store lambs, 176 store & breeding ewes, 419 prime lambs. Steers. - Saler: £685 (2), £630 (2) AF Brown & Sons. Travol: £655 RW Shann & Sons. Lim: £647 RW Shann & Sons; £588 JW Dent. Simm: £638, £600 H&P Hutchinson. BB: £610 RW Shann & Sons. Hfrs. - Lim: £470, £438 G&A Gibson & Sons; £430(2) GS Tempest; £350(2) G Swinbank & Sons. BA: £348, £530 £500, £495, £485(2) E Parsons. In-calf cows. - AA: £475 W Brass & Sons. BB: £350 W Brass & Sons. Store lambs. - Texel: £51, £48.50, £44 JN Spedding; £44 Mrs M Dawson, JW Heslop; £43.50 A&J Coatsworth. Suff: £44.50 AS&SM Kemp; £44.20 CP Brown. Store ewes, horned: £24, £19, £18.50 P Webster. Mule ewes: £19 A&J Coatsworth. Prime lambs lt to 114p/£43.50; med to 112p/£49; heavy to 106p/£51; owt to 102.9p/£57.50.

HAWES. - Tues. Fwd: 3,359 sheep. Lambs lt to 109.3p av 95.9p; std to 115.3p av 100.1p; med to 128.1p av 104.5p; heavy to 111.7p av 102.4p; overall av 102.7p. Ltwt lambs: Cont to 111.4p av 103.3p; Suff to 101p av 100.8p; Mule to 103.7p av 100.8p; horned to 103.2p av 94.2p. Store lambs: Cont to £48 B Lowes, Ayside av £37.26. Cast ewes: horned to £27.80 av £20.72; polled to £47 av £35. Cast rams: horned to £31 av £20.87; polled to £46.50 av £35.38.

HEXHAM. - Last Fri. Fwd: 758 store cattle & suckled calves. Spring-born steer calves: BAX to £485 Crindledykes; Char X to £555 High Staward; Lim X to £545 Hedley West Riding. Spring-born hfr calves: Lim X to £325(2) Crindledykes. Steers, red CID: AAX to £525 Burn House; BBX to £680 The Holme; CharX to £680 Throstle Nest; Lim X to £685(2) Merryshields. Blue CID: AAX to £540 Hedley West Riding; BAX to £540 Buteland; Char X to £745 West Wharmley; Lim X to £680 High Highlaws. Green CID: AAX to £450 Bishopton; Char X to £625 Bishopton; Lim X to £570 Hawick. Hfrs BBX to £500 Plankey Mill; Char X to £585 Glanton Town Farm; Lim X to £550 Watch Currock. Fwd: 3,015 store & breeding sheep. Feeding ewes: Blackface to £22 South Bradford; Cheviot to £31 Greyside; Mule to £33 Settlingstones; Suff: to £37.50 South Bradford; Swale to £20 East Greenridge; Texel to £25.50 Harewalls. Store lambs: Suff X to £49 Piatroon av £41.48; Texel X to £48 Brooms Farm av £41.07; Mule to £43.80 Catreen av £36.80; Blackface to £36.80 High Staward av £28.39; Cheviot & Cheviot X to £43 Greyside; Char X to £44.10 Brinkburn Middle Heugh; Lleyn X to£42.20 Coal Houses; Swale to £25.50 Buckshot. Tues. - Fwd: 24 cattle, 4,791 sheep. Heavy steers to 96.5p av 89.8p; heavy hfrs to 110.5p av: 97.8p. Lambs: Suff X to 128.5p; Texel X to 120p; Mule to 109.1p; Blackface to 109.1p; Swale to 108.2p; Cheviot X to 115.7p; Char X to 113.7p; Beltex to 122.8p; Leics to 106.4p;BdM to 110.2p. Cast ewes & rams: Suff X £48.50; Texel X to £51; Mule to £37; Blackface to £28; Swale to £24.20; Cheviot X to £28; Char X to £39; Leics to £39.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Mon. Fwd: 73 store & breeding cattle. BBX hfe & hfr calf £750 High Laining. Lim X:hfrs: £550 Beechwood House; £455 Coupland Beck. Lim bullocks: £570 Rudd Hills; £558 Helbeck Farm. BBX hfrs: £530 Abbey Park; £515 Beechwood House. BAX hfrs £430 Beechwood House. Fries bullocks: £435 High Griseburn.

LAZONBY. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 400 store & breeding sheep. Mule: £41.80 The Breaks; £40 Swathburn, Glassonby Beck. Texel X: £40.20, £37 The Barn; £38.50, £37, £35 Crewgarth; £39, £35.50 Town Head. Char X: £35.20 Snowdrop Cottage. Horned: £33.80, £32.50 Town Head. Ewes: £13.50 The Breaks.

LEYBURN. - Wed. Fwd: 2,063 sheep. Lambs: Suff & Cont std to 118p av 113p; med to 118.5p av 109.9p; heavy to 108.6p av 102.9p; owt to 105.2p av 96.5p; Mule, Masham & horned std to 107.6p av 98.2p; med to 103.2p av 100.9p; heavy to 105.5p av 99.8p; lt wt to 109.3p av 96.2p. Cast ewes: Cont £47.50; Suff £43; Cheviot £40; Mule £38; horned £24. Cast rams: Char £39.50; BFL £37.50; Swale £27.

MIDDLETON in TEESDALE. - Sat. Fwd: 431 sheep. Lambs to 34kg: Mule to £36.20 av 101.68p; Swale to £34.50 av 95.65p; Texel to £38,20 av 107.81p. Lambs over 35 kg: Cheviot to £36.20 av 103.43p; Mule to £42.20 av 101.29p; Swale to £41 av 96.36p; Suff X to £46.80 av 107p; Texel X to £52.80 av 110p; Char X to £48.20 av 104.78p. Swale ewes £18.50.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 203 cattle. Steers lt to 130.5p/£593.78; med to 134.5p/£632.15 av 103.58p/£542.85; heavy to 154p/£1,054.90 av 102.92p/£650.96; overall steer av 103.46p; hfrs lt to 92.5p/£365.38; med to 145.5p/£698.40 av 112.23/£607.47; overall hfr av 109.05p; young bulls lt to 31p/£139.50 av 30.52p/£132.75; med to 114.5p/£618.30 av 83.4p/£441.23; heavy to 122p/£823.50 av 96.04/£592.95; overall bull av 90.57p; total cattle av 101.6p. Lambs std to 119.2p/£46.50 av 112.87p/£43.19; med to 251.1p/£108 av 115.15p/£48.10; overall av 114.86p; heavy to 118.7p/£57 av 105.43p/£50.77; owt to 108.3p/£58.50 av 102p/£55.25; total lamb av 111.02p. Cull ewes to £43 av £23.26; rams to £50 av £22.50. Wed. - Fwd: 174 store & breeding cattle, 823 store lambs. Bulls. - Lim: £528, £470, £400 J Stephenson; £470, £428 B Fountain; £465 W Anderson; £455, £240 C Bird; £418 E Graham; £378, £245 D Robson£365 Bell; £310, £285 P Tweddle; £292 F Jackson. BB: £525 F Jackson; £430, £375 G Tweddle; £338 Bell; £255, £165 LT Ransome. Char: £485 H Buckle. Simm: £440, £348 GP Simpson; £380 J Stephenson; £380, £330, £292 Bell; £295 CA Bird. Fries: £400, £345, £312, £300, £285, £235 D Eykes; £365 J Houseman; £342, £310 E Dennison; £340 E Anderson; £282 E Graham; £255 H Thomson; £240, £185 J Pratt; £192 Bell; £185 J Stephenson. AA: £175 T Simpson; £130 L Ransome. BA: £222 J Pratt. Hfrs. - Simm: £498 M Peacock; £355 C Bird. Lim: £468, £462, £448, £432 JG Ward; £435, £395 C Bird; £432 F Davison; £420, £372, £295 J Hugill; £322 M Collingwood; £302 B Fountain; £250 C Graham. Char: £500 M Peacock; £432 J Hugill; £420, £372 C Graham; £295, £265 H Langthorne. Saler: £392 D Bridge. Bullocks. - Lim: £615 JL Cook; £575 C Siswick; £570, £538 LG Plews; £472, £435, £428 L Dent. Simm: £600, £515 F Davison; £568, £468 Mrs Thomas; £562 W Philips. AA: £598 F Davison; £220 LT Ransome. BA: £518, £502 W S Moore; £348 P Henderson. BB: £545, £308 WH Philips. Char: £545 JL Cook; £450 WS Moore. Fries: £440 D Norfolk; £320 WH Philips. Herefd: £582 D Bridge; £515 WS Moore. Breeding cattle. - Char cow & calf: £345 JB Stephenson. Char cow in calf £375 W Brass. Lim cow in calf £380 W Brass. Store lambs. - Suff X: £45.80, £39.80, £34 DK Sanderson; £45.50 LG Laws; £45 C Allenson; £44.80 JL Mason; £44.50, £39.80, £37.80, £34.80, £19 RL Garbutt; £43.20 Mrs M Hall; £41.80 BA Smith; £40 L Featherstone; £35.80 C Cutler; £33.80 S Bellerby. Texel: £46.80, £43 JW Heslop; £46.20 CH Phalp; £36 DA Wood; Mrs M Hall. Cont: £43.50, £42.80 Moss; £28.50, £12 EA Hillary; £46.50, £46 RJ Umpleby; £45.20 DC Atkinson; £44.20, £35 A Wood; £22 D&R Reed; £14 BJ Garbutt. Mule: £40, £37.50 BJ Garbutt; £33 D Alderson. Masham: £32.50, £25.80 BJ Garbutt; £27.80 S Bellerby. Swale: £21.50, £17.50 D Alderson. Private sales Nov 29-Dec 3: 130 fat cattle inc OTMS, 31 fat sheep.

PENRITH. - Wed. Fwd: 5,206 sheep. Lambs: Cont X to £66; Suff X to £59.50; Cheviot to £53; Mule to £52; Swale to £43. Ewes: Cont to £44; Cheviot to £40; Mule to £36; Suff to £40; Swale to £27; Scotch Blackfaced to £26; Kendal Rough to £24.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 436 cattle, 1,151 sheep, 318 pig s. Steers lt to 115.15p/£502.43; med to 107.5p/£558.90 av 89p; heavy to 130.5p/£868 av 103.4p; hfrs lt to 102.5p/£384.38 av 90.2p; med to 136.5p/£634.73 av 105.9p; heavy to 143.5p/£746.20 av 105.4p; bulls lt to 70.5p/£327.83 av 59.1p; med to 107.5p/£585.88 av 81.2p; heavy to 112.5p/£727.43 av 88.6p. Lambs lt to 105p/£31.50 av 109.3p; med to 119p/£50.80 av 108.1p; heavy to 115.6p/£55.50 av 104.6p; owt to 98.2p/£55 av 96.8p; ewes lt to £21.50 av £17.43; heavy to £39.50 av £30.68. Porkers to 81.5p/£61.13 av 67.8p; cutters to 90p/£74.70 av 80.2p; baconers to 85p/£76.22 av 74.3p; owt to 55p/£64.35 av 44.1p; sows/boars to 57p/£180.12 av 54.9p. Mon. - Collection centre. Fwd: 40 OTMS. Tues. Fwd: 131 store cattle, 26 store lambs. Steers, green CID 12-m-o & up: Fries to £212; Lim to £398. Blue CID 14 to 20-m-o: Lim to £512. AA to £462. Hfrs 12- to 20-m-o: Lim X to £428; AAX to £430. Young bulls, green CID 6 to 11-m-o: BB to £458; Lim to £500; Fries to £370. Cows with autumn-born calves; 1- to 2-m-o: AA cow & Lim bull calf to £490; Lim X cow & Lim bull calf to £410; Char X cow & Lim bull calf to £400; BBX cow & Lim hfr calf to £500. Store lambs: Suff X to £43.80; Texel to £43.80.

TOW LAW. - Fwd: 624 lambs. Suff X to 106.1p; Texel X to 108.1p; Mule to 104.9p; Leics to 101.3p.