BARNARD CASTLE. - Tues of last week. Fwd: Christmas sale of 712 store cattle, 39 feeding bulls. Champion & res: JW Dent & Sons, £860, £780, both to S Hibberd.

Prizes. - Single BB bullock: 1 G Marwood & Son; 2 JW Dent & Sons. Hfr: 1 JW Dent (Moory Lea); 2 Watson. Single Char bullock: 1 JW Dent & Sons; 2 Watson. Hfr: 1&2 JW Dent & Sons. Single Lim bullock: 1 JW Dent & Sons; 2 AE Iceton & Sons. Hfr: 1 P Coupland; 2 ER Thompson. Single bull: 1 Watson; 2 T&DI Allen. Four bullocks: 1 JW Dent & Sons; 2 GK&SE Wilson. Four hfrs: 1&2 Watson.

Prices. - Bulls: Lim to £705; Char to £645; BA to £575. Steers: Lim to £860; BA to £750; Char to £725; BB to £715; Sim to £490. Hfrs: Char to £780; Lim to £770; BB to £655; Char to £635; Simm to £452. Bulls: JW Dent & Sons £705; C&I Watson £445; E Smith & Son £600, £595; T&DI Allen & Son £570, £565, £540, £525, £500; Watson £645, £630, £620, £605, £570, £550, £545, £510, £470, £460, £415, £410; K Atkinson £560, £540, £510; N Medd & Son £575, £545, £530, £430, £320; F Cartwright £620. Store cattle: DE Stones £600, £555, £530; HH Barker & Son £655, £525, £460; J Harland £395, £294; WG Foster £540, £538, £505, £500, £445, £415; JW Dent £555, £550, £545, £505, £485, £438, £435, £395; Mrs D Coggins & Sons £500, £422; P Coupland £655, £648, £645, £642, £600, £592, £590, £580, £575, £572, £558, £550, £530, £528, £518, £475. TM Bellas & Son £670, £628, £535, £520, £460; B&L Robson £490, £485, £430; R Hutchinson & Sons £610, £565, £530, £390; R Marwood & Son £625, £570, £440; GS&SE Wilson £595, £520; RL Walker £745, £390, £670, £535; JV&MA Oliver £520; T&DA Allen £505, £470, £468, £440, £430, £395; R Tookey £655, £628, £622, £595, £545, £540, £525, £515, £495; RW&H Atkinson £550, £544, £540, £445; Mrs D Birkett £635, £605, £595, £562, £525, £520, £450, £440, £350; J&SE Bainbridge £502, £495, £575, £472, £460, £534; N Medd & Son £390, £370, £310; CW Tunstall £650, £575, £565, £520, £512, £440; DM&ML Littlefair £455, £452, £432, £410, £405; S Bayles & Sons £575, £540, £535, £520; F&MP Allinson & Son £660, £645, £585, £522, £435; G Eastwood £460, £315, £312, £300; D Hunham £660, £590, £585, £562, £560, £515; JL & GS Dixon £598, £510, £490; G&MF Turnbull & Sons £450, £445, £426, £425, £398; JR Longstaff & Son £575, £558, £480, £455; R&F Longstaff £630, £565, £530, £498, £470, £450; C&JA Moffett £532, £470, £455, £428; NN&RG Handley £500, £442, £350; EM&JD Donald £750, £745, £730, £725, £665, £660, £635, £590, £565, £550, £545, £532, £515, £470, £455, £350; JW Dent & Sons £860, £780, £720, £725, £700, £690, £685, £680, £668, £665, £655, £650, £645, £638, £635, £628, £625, £620, £618, £605, £595, £585, £582, £458, £430; L Guy & Son £550, £482; CA & J Kipling £580, £565; ER Thompson £670, £668, £575, £558, £545, £435, £430, £375; LC & D Wearmouth £620, £600, £582, £560, £520, £428; AE Iceton & Sons £638, £562, £545, £440, £410; WB Rutter & Sons £645, £625, £620, £600; MR Souter £390; EW Guy & Sons £635, £625, £590, £565, £525, £450, £430; B Bell £455; A Bell £740, £435, £380; RM&AM Dixon £630, £525; Messrs Watson £655, £650, £640, £625, £600, £590, £580, £578, £572, £565, £550, £535, £530, £522, £520, £508, £500, £490, £485, £470, £468, £450, £440, £402, £400, £398, £395, £388, £340, £280; EW Holmes £480, £382, £360, £340; JM Sayer £715, £635, £620, £530, £508, £495, £475, £400; A&CA Stanwix £525, £438, £400; J&MJ Walton £700, £680, £660, £655, £640, £620, £530; J Collinson £585, £550, £530, £485; B&S Teasdale & Son £650, £645, £640, £630, £585, £570, £578, £565, £560, £555, £550, £545, £518, £515, £470, £430; JF&F Hutchinson £730, £572, £570, £565, £562, £555, £550, £545, £540, £538, £505, £470.

Hawes. - Tues. Fwd: 18 cattle, 78 store cattle, 2 calves, 2,672 sheep. Christmas show of prime cattle. Judge: B Glaves, Scarborough.

Prizes. - Steer: 1 & champion W&M Orme, Stalling Busk, Lim X 170p (£1,186.50; 2 W&M Orme 166p (£1,166.78); 3 J Wilkinson, Leyburn 132p (£907.35). Hfrs: 1 & res champion W&M Orme, 174p (£1075.70); 2 HW Birbeck, Kirkby Stephen, 144p (£731.85); 3 AT Pratt, Burtersett, 135p (£699.40). All prizewinners sold to Quality Fare.

Christmas show of store cattle. Judge: B Glaves, Scarborough. Champion and Crown Hotel, Hawes, Trophy, JR&A Blades, Hawes, BBX hfr £500 to JE Burrows, Kirkby Malham; res: JR Rukin, Keld, BBX bullock £546 to MGK Thompson, Long Preston.

Prices: Lim X bullocks to £760 av £474; hfrs to £546 av £401; BBX bullocks to £580 av £476; hfrs to £575 av £458; BAX bullocks to £444 av £415; Simm X bullocks to £650 av £618; Fries hfrs to £315. Lim X bullocks: T Metcalfe & Son (UG) £760; J&E Waggett £645, £506(2); JC Fawcett £638, £582, £550, £540; J Scarr & Sons £585, £545. Lim X hfrs: G&P Middleton £546, £420, £415; J&E Waggett £488, £418; JR Rukin £462; A Hill £454; HW Bell £440, £432, £420; K&G Whitehead £435. BBX bullocks: JR&A Blades £580; JR Rukin £546, £452, £428; K&G Whitehead £455, £445; C Metcalfe & Sons £424. BB hfrs: RW Mason £575; JR Rukin £508, £440; JR&A Blades £500. BAX bullocks: C Metcalfe & Sons £444, £400(2). Simm X bullocks: JC Fawcett £650, £585. Sussex bullocks: IC Scarr £425. Prime lambs lt to 93.8p av 92.3p; std to 111.5p av 98.2p; med to 121.4p av 102.4p; heavy to 111.7p av 102.8p; overall av 100.9p. Lt wt lambs: Suff to 102.5p av 96.6p; Mules to 99.1p av 98.6p; horned to 99.5p av 98.6p. Store lambs horned to £22 av £20.58. Cast ewes horned to £25.40 av £15.13; polled to £31.50 av £25.46; cast rams horned to £23.80 av £17.13; polled to £30 av £29.75.

NORTHALLERTON. - Wed. Fwd: 1,040 store lambs for show & sale.

Prizes. - Suff lambs: 1 D Rutter £45; 2 J Hugill £44.80. Texel X: 1 CH Phelp £47.80; 2 Mrs EJ Wood £43.50.

Prices. - Suff: £46.50 BA Smith; £45.80 JL Mason; £44.50 J Judson-Smith; £43.50, £41.20, £36 D Sanderson; £41.20, £39.80, £36 JL Cook; £40.80, £38 D&R Reed. Texel X: £43.50 D Rutter, L Hugill; £40.80 DA Wood; £39.20 J Pybus; £37 Mrs Wood. Char: £41.20, £38.80 J Pybus. Cont X: £40 W Brass; £44.80, £43 J Hugill. Mule: £46 J Broomhead; £34 F Jackson; £33.20, £31.50 B Garbutt; £32.20, £22.50 D Alderson.

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