BARNARD CASTLE. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 1,950 sheep. Store lambs to £31.50; lt lambs to 103p av 98.4p; std to 110p av 105.2p; med to 115p av 108.6p; heavy to 117p av 105.5p. Cast sheep: Cont to £49.50; Suff to £43.50; Masham to £40.50; Mule to £35.50; Leics to £46.50; Swale to £23.50.

CARLISLE. - Last Fri. Beef breeding cattle. Hfrs with calves at foot: BB to £1,450 Keskadale; Lim to £1,400 Prior Hall; Saler to £1,050 Keskadale; Cont to £880 Broomhills; AA to £820 Low Rough Hill; Simm to £820 Sleightholme Farm; Parth to £600 Keskadale. Cows with calves at foot: Lim to £1,120 High Edges Green Farm; AA to £750 Moreen; BB to £750 Chalk Lodge;, BA to £620 Ringstones; Char to £500 Beck Farm. Cows in calf: Lim to £850 Maxton House; Char to £760 Maxton House; BB to £680 Burn House; AA to £490 Maxton House. Hfrs in calf: Lim to £800 The Flatt; AA to £650 Barrowling. Bulling hfrs: Lim to £680(3) Middle Farm; BB to £640(3) Stockastead; AA to £460 Collin Bank; BA to £445 Townhead Farm.

DARLINGTON. - Thurs. of last week. Fwd: 353 cattle, 1,969 sheep. Steers med to 94.5p/£505.58 av 92.64p; heavy to 122.5p/£765.63 av 98.64p; hfrs med to 126.8p/£600.88 av 105.4p; heavy to 137.5p/£831.88 av 106.9p; young bulls med to 111.5p/£618.83 av 85.98p; heavy to 127.5p/£822.38 av 100.4p. Lambs lt to 116.8p/£45 av 106.2p/£39.98; med to 112.4p/£49 av 105.6p/£45.10; heavy to 116.1p/£57.50 av 103.2p/£49.84; overall av 105.1p; cull ewes to £60.50 av £32.69. Mon. - Fwd: 133 store & breeding cattle, 943 store lambs & breeding sheep. Bull stirks. - AA: £522, £512(2) K Buckle. Lim: £500 K Buckle. £475 J White; £472 E Simpson. Char: £500 J White. Steers. - Lim: £600, £550(2) TA Alderson. AA: £555 JE Holliday; £548, £525, £508 TR Farrow. Herefd: £475 TA Alderson. Hfrs. - Lim: £568 E Simpson; £425, £400 J Linsley. Char: £500, £452 JR Howard. BB: £500 J Linsley. Baz: £415, £388, £385 D Forster. Cows & calves. - AA: £425, £400 D Tait. Store lambs: £46 G&A Gibson; £44 A Wilson; £43.50 AS Kemp; £43 GW Dobson, ND Simpson; £42.80 J&D Gibson; £42.50 RA Farrow, R&W Todd; £42 J Oulton. Ewe lambs: Mule £58 I Chapman. Texel: £48 I Chapman. Ewes: £42.50, £38 G&A Gibson; £31.50 J&D Gibson; £25.50 JI Hutchinson.

Hawes. - Tues. Fwd: 2 newly calved hfrs, 8 calves, 2,685 sheep. Christmas show of dairy cattle, judge J Scarr, Coleby Hall, Askrigg. Hfr: 1 & champion, HSBC trophy & Wensleydale Dairy Products special prize: E Jobling, £850 to B Gibson, Kendal; 2 E Jobling £800 to B Gibson. Calves: BBX bulls to £180 JR Thwaites, Askrigg; BAX bulls to£128 DH, DK & W Nicholson, RSD; Lim X hfrs to £94 WJ & CM Lambert, Hawes av £82; Fries bulls to £60 JF Bowe & Son, Hawes av £52.50. Lambs lt to 106p av 101p; std to 110.2p av 98.9p; med to 122.5p av 102.3p; heavy to 108.5p av 99.8p; overall av 101.4p. Lt wt lambs: Cont 102.6p av 101.7p; Suff 97.4p av 92.8p; Mules 98.1p 93.5p; horned 98.3p av 89.9p. Cast ewes: horned to £26 av £18.30; polled to £40 av £37.54. Cast rams: horned to £22.50 av £18.43; polled to £43 av £31.97.

HEXHAM. - Last Fri. Fwd: 787 store cattle & suckled calves. Lim X steers, red CID to £665 Hallington High. Blue CID: AAX to £575(2) Bolton Grange; BAX to £698 East Moor; BBX to £595 Camphill; Char X to £702 Tenter House; Lim X to £712 High Highlaws; Mont X to £545 Aydon North Farm; Simm X to £600 East Moor. Green CID: Char X to £460 West View; Lim X to £520 Keepershield. Hfs: AAX to £485 Stoop Rigg; BAX to £530 Bishopton; BBX to £560 Catcherside; Char X to £580 Tenter House; Lim X to £640 Keepwick; Simm X to £508 Stoop Rigg. Fwd: 2,053 store sheep. Feeding ewes: Mule to £30 Settlingstones; Blackface to £27 Bellshiel; Swale to £18 Toll Cottage. Store lambs: Suff X to £44.80 Barrasford Green; Texel X to £47.50 Toll Cottage; Mule to £39.50 Toll Cottage; Blackface to £38.50 The Brigg; Cheviot & Cheviot X to £37.50 Colt Crag; Swale to £28.80 Low Huntwell. Tues. - Heavy steers av 87.5p; med hfrs to 100.5p av 89.1p; heavy to 107.5p av 93.4p. Fwd: 6,346 sheep. Lambs: Suff X to 111.7p; Texel X to 118.2p; Mule to 105.7p; Blackface to 101.3p; Swale to 100.9p; Cheviot X to 109p; Char X to 107.1p; Beltex to 116.3p; Leics to 101p; Vendeen to 108.3p. Cast ewes & rams: overall av £24. Suff to £46.50; Texel to £50; Mule to £36; Blackface to £24.80; Swale to £21.20; Cheviot X to £39.50.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Tues. Fwd: 3,068 sheep. Lambs 35kg & over: Texel to £53; Suff to £50; Beltex to £49.20; Mule to £46.50; Blue-faced Leics to £49; Swale to £44.50; Cheviot X to £44; Rough Fell to £37.20; Masham to £36.80. Lambs 34kg or less: Beltex to £36.80; Scotch Blackface to £33.50; Cheviot X to £31.20; Mule to £33.20; Suff to £34; Swale to £31; Texel to £35.50. BFL cast rams to £29.50. Cast ewes: BFL to £36.80; Cheviot X to £38; Mule to £29.50; Herdwick to £22; Rough Fell to £18.50; Suff to £34; Swale to £22.20; Texel to £30.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 9 dairy cattle, 104 calves & stirks, 188 store cattle. Calved hfrs: JH Pounder & Son £830; GA Verity £830; D&P Brown £780, £760; S&J Dent & Son £560. Calved cows: GA Verity £780, £640. In-calf hfrs: D Sanderson £680, £610. Calves: BB bulls to £222 AF Dinsdale av £168 overall; hfrs to £150 D&S Spence av £128; Simm bulls to £218 DN Verity av £177; hfrs to £116 JR&DW Craggs; Lim bulls to £184 CH Allen av £158; hfrs to £115 TK Styan & Ptnrs av £94; Char bulls to £180 DN Verity av £164; hfrs to £160 DN Verity av £77; BA bulls to £150 TA&AJ Garbutt av £133; hfrs to £78 JW Broadwith & Son av £77; Fries bulls to £106 C Iveson Farms av £56; Mont bulls to £80 JW Broadwith & Son av £62; AA hfrs to £46 JR Amsden av £37. Bull stirks. - Char: JL Harker £250; Shorthorn: DW&SI Throup £238; Fries: ME Robinson & Sons £220; Jersey bulls: K Prestidge £150. Show & sale of store cattle, judge: Richard Lunn. Prizes: 1 RF Lambert Lim steer £575; 2&3 JT Dixon & Sons, Lim hfrs £475, £488. Bulls. - Lim: Nicholson £455; B Robson £400; JV Marsden £380. AA: TW Brown £435. Fries: Bell Bros £420. Simm: Bell Bros £315. Lim: WE Jameson & Co £666, £640, £635; J Elsdon & Son £590; DM Ellerton £588; JW & J Chandler £588; M Horner £568; W Allison & Sons £562; RW Wallis & Sons £560. Simm: W E Jameson & Co £598; AG Dent & Ptnr £588. BB: E Loadman £595; T Harker & Son £585, £570; PF Donaldson £500. Fries: W Stanger £488; M Horner £465; JS Walton & Co £420. BA: MJ Broadley £465. AA: JW Bostock £430. Hfrs. - WM Iveson £568, £520; W Allison & Sons £528; TW Brown £512; MA Suttill £510; JT Dixon & Sons £488. BB: JT Dixon & Sons £528; PF Donaldson £458. BA: A&M Brennand & Sons £525, £450; W Allison & Sons £495. Char: JT Dixon & Sons £485; AH Fawcett £420. AA: TL Carlisle £338. Wed. - Fwd: 2,305 sheep. Lambs: Suff & Cont std to 112.3p av 107.3p; med to 115.4p av 108.6p; heavy to 106.9p av 99.4p; owt to 94.5p av 94.2p. Mule, Masham & horned std to 94.9p av 90p; med to 101.7p av 96p; heavy to 97.9p av 95.1p; owt to 82.4p; lt wt to 113.7p av 88.4p.

MIDDLETON in TEESDALE. - Fwd: 500 sheep. Lambs: Suff to £47; Texel to £48; Mule to £40; Char X to £45; Swale to £33. Mule ewes to £34.80; Swale rams to £27.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 127 cattle, 760 sheep. Steers med to 120.5p/£566.35 av 112.07p/£539.81; heavy to 108.5p /£656.43 av 90.89/£568.52; overall hfr av 102.13p; young bulls med to 105.5p/£574.98 av 79.83p/ £422.61; heavy to 113.5p/£688.28 av 93.62p/£569.25; overall bull av 89.04p; total cattle av 96.44p. Lambs std to 117.4p/£45.80 av 113.96p/£44.40; med to 118p/ £49.50 av 111.45p/£47.31; overall av 111.93p; heavy to 107.6p/ £54.50 av 104p/£50.24; owt to 101.8p/£57.50, av 100p/£56.27; total lamb av 109.85p; cull ewes to £40 av £25.12; rams to £43.50 av £29.43. Wed. - Fwd: 174 store & breeding cattle & calves. Bulls. - Simm: £425 GP Simpson; £465, £410, £405, £390, £375, £275, £215 FC Jackson; £430 Duell Ptners; £518, £492, £470 B Fountain; £365 H Thomson. Baz: £468 JB Gill. BB: £375 R Craggs. Herefd: £298 JB Gill. Fries: £250 HJ Thomson; £220 W Smith; £242, £195 J Craggs; £145 EC Graham. Hfrs. - BB: £530 D Easton; £480, £472, £455 R Umpleby; £300 W Brass. Char: £545, £508 TH Cook; £455 N Wilson; £380, £345 P Henderson. Lim: £510, £482, £432 L Dent; £488, £455, £452, £440, £438, £432, £428, £425, £395. £390, £365, £360, £356, £200 N Wilson; £480, £470, £430 D Easton; £475 L Hugill; £180 TJ Holmes. Simm: £545, £525 L Hugill; £255, £220 J Craggs; £250 Duell Ptnrs. BA: £390, £350 W Brass. AA: £350 J Stockil. Herefd: £275, £188 T J Holmes. Saler: £452, £440 N Wilson. Bullocks. - Lim: £542, £520 F&D Pierson; £470, £435 RL Garbutt; £410 J Stockil; £318 TJ Holmes. Simm: £550 J Stockil; £410, £315 DA Wood. AA: £478, £455 N Trewitt. Herefd: £330, £318 TJ Holmes. Char: £320 TH Cook. Breeding cattle. - AA cow & calf £345, £250 G Norminton. Calves: Fries bull £40 M Lowcock. Lim hfr £34 M Lowcock. Private sales Nov 15-19: 141 fat cattle inc OTMS, 103 fat sheep.

PENRITH. - Mon Fwd; 90 cattle. Hfrs: Lim to 135.5p; BB to 123.5p; BA to 104.5p. Bulls: Lim to 115.5p; BB to 103.5p; Fries to 86.5p. Wed. - Fwd: 4,485 sheep. Lambs: Cont X to £61; Suff X to £58; Mule to £53; Swale to £44;Kendall Rough to £40.50. Ewes: Cont to £45.50; Suff to £43; Cheviot to £44; Mule to £38.50. Cheviot rams £45.

SCOTS GAP. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 974 lambs. Suff X to 108.3p; Texel X to 112.8p; Mule to 106.5p; Blackface to 101.8p; Cheviot X to 104.2p; HB to 102p.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 510 cattle, 817 sheep, 215 pigs. Steers lt to 86.5p/£380.60 av 71.7p; med to 106.5p/£564.43 av 89.5p; heavy to 118.5p/£788.03 av 98.9p; hfrs lt to 102.5p/£410 av 72.4p; med to 124.5p/£585.15 av 98.1p; heavy to 139.5p/£746.13 av 101.6p; young bulls lt to 103.5p/ £476.10 av 82.2p; med to 110.5p/ £564.30 av 82.3p; heavy to 111.5p/ £779.03 av 88.1p. Lambs std to 111.1p/£42.20 av 106.8p; med to 122.1p/£52.50p av 106.3p; heavy to 113.2p/£54 av 100.4p; owt to 100.9p/£55.50 av 92.8p; ewes lt to £30 av £19.79; heavy to £42 av £30.71. Porkers to 75p/£55.75 av 72p; cutters to 82p/£68.80 av 75.6p; baconers to 84p/£76.19 av 74.4p; owt to 64p/£100.80 av 61.8p; sows to 55p/£173.31 av 52.2p; boars to 40p/£191.10 av 46.2p. Mon. - Collection centre. Fwd: 40 OTMS. Tues. - Fwd: 44 store cattle, 162 store & breeding sheep. Steers, blue CID: Char X (14-m-o) to £452 PM Webster; Lim X (24-m-o) to £380 J Ashby. Hfrs. - 14-24-m-o: Lim X to £438 K Rodney; Char X to £378 J Ashby; AAX to £345 J Ashby. AA hfrs 7-m-o to £188 S&J Green. Young bulls, 4-m-o, green CID: AA to £248 S&J Green; Fries to £145 S&J Green. Mule ewes BM, r/w Suff to £29.50 R Barker; Mule ewes, feeders to £29 R Barker. Store lambs: Suff to £41.80 TA Broderick; Texel to £40.80 T A Broderick. Mule X to £37 TA Broderick.

TOW LAW. - Sat. Fwd: 583 lambs. Suff X to 107.6p; Texel X to 111.9p; Mule to 98.8p; Char X to 107.1p