HEXHAM. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 646 spring-born suckled calves for annual "Bellingham" sale. Judge: Andrew Richardson, Low Bank End Farm, Appleby. Overall champion & Michael Walton Perpetual Silver Challenge Cup: Chris Hall, Whitchester, Haltwhistle, 7-m-o BB x BA steer, £580; res from Roy Coe, The Bungalow, Tyne Green, 8-m-o BB hfr, £410.

Prizes. - 4 Cont X steers; 1 FW&JI Hutchinson, Emley, £490; 2 JD Walton & Sons, Burnbank, £472. 4 Cont X hfrs: 1 JD Walton & Sons £335. Lim X steer: 1 D&M Scott, Redesmouth, £525; 2 Mrs VM Armstrong, Carrick, £490. Lim X hfr: 1 Swallow, High Edges Green, £435; 2 JD Walton & Sons £398. Other Cont X steer: 1 CA&JM Hall, Whitchester, £580; 2 FW&JI Hutchinson £540. Other Cont X hfr: 1 R Coe £410; 2 FW&JI Hutchinson £425.

Prices (non winners), spring-born steers, green CID. - AAX: £455 Grasslees; £432 The Brigg. BBX: £555 High Edges Green; £548 Redesmouth; £545 Broomhope; £475 Dale House. BAX: £485 Hepple Whitefield; £465 Burnbank; £405 Hepple Whitefield. Char X: £485 Emley. Lim X: £548, £535, £508 Cleughfoot; £540 Stone Stile; £535, £532, £530, £522 The Hole; £530, £480 The Duns; £525, £510, £498, £488, £485, £480(2) Broomhope; £525, £508, £490(2) Parmontley Hall; £508 High Edges Green; £502, £482 Grasslees; £500 Greencroft, £500 Ridley Stokoe; £498, £482 Chesterhope; £495, £485 Nilston Rigg; £485 The Brigg; £480 Carrick; £480 Burnbank. Simm X: £448, £445, £440, £430 Burdonside. Autumn-born Simm X steers (blue CID): £450, £448, £440 & £435 Burdonside. Spring-born hfrs. - BAX: £318 Emley; £315, £280(2) Hepple Whitefield; £310, £280 Burnbank. Char X: £390, £378, 3338 Townfoot; £340, £328, £320 Emley. Lim X: £410, £392, £378 Broomhope; £380 High Edges Green; £380 Sunsight; £370, £356, £342 The Hole, £370, £330(2) Parmontley Hall; £362, £355 Redesmouth; £362 Grasslees; £355, £345 Blackhalls; £350 Stone Stile; £345 The Laws, £342 Yatesfield; £340, 3330(2) Carrick; £335 Broomhope. Simm X: £380, £375, £365, £318 Burdonside; £345 Dale House.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Thurs of last week. SSBA C district ram sales, day 2, fwd: 590 shearlings. Av £1,147.96 (down £577.46).

Prizes. - Shlg ram: 1 & overall champion, P Hallam, Arnfield, £4,000 to T&RJ Tiplady; 2 & res T Robinson & Sons, Catlow, £10,000 to JR Addison & Sons; 3 P Hallam £6,500 to R Marwood & Son. Small breeders' shlg: 1 C Lowis, Waterside House, £12,000 to JR&A Blades; 2 TW Robinson, Catlow, £18,000 to W Richardson & Son; 3 D Sayer, Town Head, £10,000 to JH&J Bland & Son.

Prices. - £19,000, £2,800(2), £2,200 West Stonesdale; £18,000, £10,000, £5,000 Catlow; £12,000 Waterside House; £10,000, £2,000 Town Head Farm; £10,000, £5,000, £4,000, £3,200, £3,000(2), £2,800 Long Green; £9,000 Ravenseat; £7,000, £2,800 Murton Hall; £7,000, £2,500(2) Pry House; £6,800, £6,000(2), £4,000, £2,500 Stoneriggs; £6,500, £4,000 Arnfield; £6,000 Kisdon; £5,000 New Hall; £4,800 Well House; £4,500, £2,200 Rigg Farm; £4,100, £2,200 Outhwaite; £4,000, £2,500 Billingshield; £4,000 Kirkland Green; £4,000, £2,100 High Blackton Farm; £4,000 Ettersgill House; £3,900, £3,800, £2,500 Pennyghent; £3,500 High Stennerskeugh; £3,400 Aygill Farm; £3,000 Sealhouses; £2,800 Setmabanning; £2,800, £2,700 High Lane; £2,600, £2,000 Gillside; £2,600 Tailbert; £2,500, £2,000 Howe Green; £2,500, £2,000(2) Sleddale Hall; £2,500 Forest Hall, Stoneykeld; £2,000 Heather Bank, Poppin Cottage, Bull Ghyll, Stockdale Farm, Howith Farm, Gill Gate.

Last Fri. - Third day, fwd: 590 shearling rams. Av £1,850.83 (up £246.61). Two-day av for 1,180 shlgs £1,480.70 (down £186.01).

Prizes. - Shlg ram: 1 & overall champion W Richardson & Son, Ghyll House, £20,000 to J Ireland; 2 & res J Nelson & Son, Bull & Cave, £20,000 to Lightfoot & Wear; 3 G Harker & Son, Punchard House, £5,000 to D Raine. Small breeders' shlg ram: 1 M Wearmouth, Gillses, £28,000 to R Marwood & Son, Long Green; 2 P Sowerby, Mossdale Farm, £3,000 to Mossdale; 3 TA Blades, Scarr House, £5,000 to JS Cloughton.

Prices. - £28,000 Gillses Farm; £20,000, £14,000, £11,000, £7,000, £6,500, £5,000, £4,000, £3,500, £3,200(2), £2,800, £2,500, £2,000 Ghyll House; £20,000, £7,000, £6,000, £3,000(2), £2,000(2) Bull & Cave; £20,000, £11,000, £10,000, £6,500, £3,400, £2,800, £2,000 Mossdale Farms; £20,000 Beck Head; £15,000, £5,000, £4,000(2), £3,800, £2,200 Stanhopegate; £14,000, £4,000, £3,300 Naby View; £10,000 Home Farm; £10,000, £2,500, £2,200 Redgate; £9,000 Valley Farm; £8,000, £5,000 Scarr House; £8,000 Easegill Head; £6,000 Lowgill; £5,800, £4,200, £3,400, £2,000 Overthwaite; £5,000, £4,000, £3,000 West Briscoe; £5,000 Low Oxnop, Haltcliffe, Low Faggergill; £5,000(2), £4,000, £3,500(2), £3,000 Punchard House; £5,000, £4,000 Barras Farm; £5,000, £3,500, £2,800 Villa Farm; £4,500, £2,800 Deepdale Hall; £4,000, £2,500 Frith Holme; £4,000 East Shittlehopeside; £3,800 Hoggarths; £3,700 Hartley Castle; £3,200(2) Hollins Farm; £3,000 Mossdale Farm; £2,800, £2,500, £2,200 Garnthwaite; £2,500 Yoad Pot; £2,200 Battle Hill, Rakehead, Rakefoot; £2,000(2) Coach & Horses, Browna Paddocks.

PENRITH. - Mon. Fwd: 750 cattle, with annual show and sale of suckled calves. Judge: Maurice Bowman, Crindledyke, Kirkoswald. Champion suckler: Braithwaite, Scales, BBX bullock, £740 to AM Bowman; res: WL Grainger, Eamont Bridge, Baz X bullock £665 to D Anderson.

Prizes. - BB: 1 champion; 2 WL Grainger £665 to D Anderson; 3 CR&HM Atkinson, High Howe, £550 to JL Gray & Son. Lim, BA, other breed bullock or bull: 1 res champion; 2 WL Grainger £625 to D Anderson (Baz X); 3 JL Potter & Son £518 to AM Bowman (BAX). BBX hfr: 1 CR&HM Atkinson £530 to D Barker. Lim X, BA or AOB hfr: 1 JB Holliday & Sons, Langwathby, Lim X £550 to Little; 2&3 JL Potter & Sons, Long Marton, BAX £480, £495 both to Little.

Prices. - Cont X bull sucklers: £590, £570, £540 Langwathby (Holliday); £588, £580, £560 Langton Gate; £555 Setmabanning; £520 Ulcatrow; £518 Town Head (Potter); £512 Lonning Head. Bullock sucklers. - BBX: £740 Scales; £665, £560 Eamont Bridge Farm; £570 Brow Farm (Swinbank); £550, £508 High Howe; £530 Crosby Lodge. Baz X: £665, £625 Eamont Bridge. Lim X: £665, £595, £550 Green Farm (Hodgson); £655 Bolton Mill; £640 Bybeck; £585 Crosby Lodge; £580 Stoneriggs; £575 High Beckside; £575 Fawcett Park; £550 Ghyll Bank; £545 Eamont Bridge Farm. Char: £452 Eamont Bridge Farm. Simm X: £490(7) Langwathby Hall. BAX: £585 Fawcett Park; £500 Swarth Beck. Hfr sucklers. - BBX: £530 High Howe; £445 Asby Mill. BAX: £575 Fawcett Park; £538 Town Head (Potter). Char: £475 Home Farm (Metcalfe). Lim X: £585 Setmabanning; £508 Home Farm (Metcalfe).

Store bullocks. - Lim: £668 The Green; £652, £598 Gill Head (Wilson); £635, £598 Oddendale Old Hall; £625 Cross Dormont; £620(4) Cragg House (Parkin); £620(2), £550 The Cottage (Robinson); £615 Prospect House; £580 Moor End (Chapman). BBX: £658, £618(2) The Green; £615, £605 Bells View. BAX: £562 Raby Cottage. Herefd X: £482(2) Longlands; £458(2), White House (Thwaites). Fries: £402(2), £400(2) Friendship Farm. Simm: £518 Bells View. Char X: £602 Crook-A-Fleet; £550 Gill Head (Wilson). Lim X: £605 Fawcett Park; £600, £560 High Bank Hill; £588, £540, £530 Oddendale Old Hall; £545 Sandriggs; £58 Askham Gate. Hfrs. - BBX: £585 Stonethwaite; £558 Town End (Mounsey); £550 Scales (Braithwaite. Bax: £595 Stonethwaite; £570 Fawcett Park; £520, £510 Sleddale Hall. AAX heifers: £468(4) Edenhall Estates. Calving hfrs: £500 Wetheriggs. Cows & hfr calves: £580 Manor Farm (Irving); £540 Barnskew; £500 Windy Hill. With bull calves: £850 Nuncote Nook. Rearing bull calves: BB: £175 Rookby (Walton). Holstein bulls: £60 Yanwath Woodhouse. Lim X: £138 Basco Dyke. Fries: £88, £78 Causeway Foot. Bull stirks. - Holstein: £218(3)Brown Howe. Herefd: £442 Dyke Nook. Friesian: £310 Sleagill House.

Tues. - Fwd: 2,642 store sheep of all classes, 63 rams of all breeds for special sale.

Prices. - Mule gimmer lambs: £46 Burns Farm , The Lea; £45 Low Beckside. Texel X gimmer lambs: £44 Dalehead Farming Co. Mule gimmer shlgs: £66 Bank End Mill. Cheviot ewes: £35 Millbeck Hall. Lambs. - Texel: £40 Highgate; £39.50 Ross Side; £39 Westernhopeburn, Town Head (Lambert); £38.50 Rydal Farm. BdM: £41 Rydal Farm. Beltex: £40.50 Rydal Farm. Suff: £39.80 Newsham; £39 Rydal Farm; £38.50 Ross Side. Cheviot: £39 Rydal Farm. Cont: £38 Crops Hall. Mule: £39.20, £38.20 Rydal Farm; £37.50 Newsham; £36.80 Low Mill (Benn); £36.20 The Cottage; £36 Ross Side, Manesty Farm. Swale: £29 Wallthwaite; £25.50 Dalehead Farming Co; £24.50 Westernhopeburn; £24 Manesty Farm. Rams. - Texel: £320 The Green; £270 Hewer Hill; £200 Yew Tree (Parsons). Blue-faced Leics: £210, £200 Branthwaite (Hope); £200 Kiln Croft. Suff: £200(2) Hollins