Prices at the markets

DARLINGTON. - Thurs. of last week. Fwd: 342 cattle, 1,476 sheep. Steers med to 144.5p/£773.08 av 106.7p; heavy to 133.5p/£834.75 av 104.9p; hfrs lt to 101.5p/£390.78; med to 139.5p/ £669.60 av 110.7p; heavy to 145.5p/ £838.10 av 108.7p; young bulls med to 127.5p/£669.38 av 101.4p; heavy to 126.5p/£900.60 av 108.5p. Lambs lt to 115.2p/£43.80 av 103.93p/£39.69; med to 109.3p/£48 av 101.61p/£43.98; heavy to 109.5p/£51.50 av 98.83p/ £47.60; overall av 100.63p; cull ewes to £49.50 av £34.34. Mon. - Fwd: 107 store cattle, 1,194 store & breeding sheep. Bulls. - Lim: £538 P Lanestaff; £445 N Miller. AA: £500, £475 RS Finlay. Char: £472 RS Finlay. Steers. - BA: £505 TW Thompson; £485 N Swinbank. Lim: £498(3) N Swinbank. Simm: £460 N Swinbank. Fries: £458 N Basey & Son. Hfrs. - Lim: £548 R Laws; £485(2) W&D Findlay. BA: £510 TW Thompson; £500, £495 W Laws. Store lambs. - Suff: £48.50, £47 A Wilson. Texel: £43.50, £42.50 A Wilson; £40.50 I Robertson. Ewe lambs. - Mule: £56, £52, £50 T Blythman; £49.50, £46.50 NG Nixon. Texel X: £48 M Firby. Shlg ewes. - Texel X: £56 Mrs A Bell. Mule: £51 RL&L Coatsworth; £47 JT Ford.

Hawes. - Tues. Fwd: 23 calves, 2,884 sheep. Sale of 337 Swaledale breeding ewes to £76 av £45.64 (down £8.98 on 2003). EW Atkinson £76; C Hird £73; S&RD Parker £65, £52, £51, £45; G Calvert & Sons (Hoggarths); £63, £56; TM Barras & Sons £61, £57, £55, £52, £50; J&F Waggett £60, £59, £49; D Hodgson £51, £41; T Metcalfe & Son (UG) £50, £45; Akrigg & Betton £48; JR Alderson £40. Calves: Lim bulls to £230 T&LM Goad, Dent av £155.69; hfrs to £90 JC Clarkson & Son, Bainbridge av £75.20; Simm bulls to £164 JR Thwaites, Askrigg; BB hfrs to £40 H Kirkbride & Son, Askrigg; Fries bulls to £30 FD&TW Chapman, Hawes. Lambs std to 108.7p av 98.1p; med to 112.8p av 99.3p; heavy to 106.5p av 98.4p, overall av 98.8p. Store lambs: Suff to £34.80 av £32.92; Mules to £32 av £27.19; horned to £29.40 av £24.57. Ltwt lambs: Cont to 104.5p av 100.2p; Suff to 104.6p av 104.6p; Mule to 97.4p av 96p; horned to 95.1p av 84.2p. Cast ewes horned to £29 av £10.80; polled to £46 av £30.65; cast rams horned to £9.50 av £8; polled to £50 av £44.

HEXHAM. - Tues. Fwd: 5,404 sheep. Med hfrs av 103.5p; heavy to 113.5p av 98.9p. Lambs: Suff X to 107.7p; Texel X to 119.8p; Mule to 101.6p Rusheylaw; Blackface to 97.3p; Cheviot X to 104.1p; Char X to 108.6p; Beltex to 110.2p; Leics £46. Tarset Hall. Cast sheep: Suff X to £49; Texel X to £47.50; Mule to £47; Leics to £28; HB to £37.20; Blackface to £30.50; Cheviot X to £35.50; Swale to £18.50; Char X to £22.50. Wed. - Fwd: 75 beef breeding cattle. Hfrs & calves: Lim X to £920 West Wharmley (hfr calf); BBX £820(2) Sleights House (hfr calves). Cows & calves: BBX to £850 Redburn (bull calf); Lim X to £640 Mains Rigg (hfr calf); BAX £560 Redburn. Incalf hfrs: AAX to £610 Rivergreen Mill; Lim X £600 Lynesack.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Sat. Fwd: 1,320 sheep. Lambs over 35kg: Swale to £38.50 av 98.84p; Mule to £48 av 93.73p; Beltex X to £43 av 105.28p; Rough Fell to £39.20; Suff X to £47 av 98.88p; Texel X to £49.20 av 98.95p; Cheviot X to £47.20 av 95.73p; Lleyn to £48.50 av 96p. Lambs to 35kg: Swale to £34.50 av 99.20p; Beltex X to £35 av 106p. Ewes: Swale to £23.80 av £16.46; Rough Fell £20; Blue-faced Leics to £24.50 av £22.50. Rams: Swale £19; BFL £22.50.

LAZONBY. - Wed. Fwd: 2,048 store sheep, 114 feeding ewes. Store sheep. - Cont X: £40.50, £39 Foul Loaning; £40, £38.20, £37.50 Town Head; £39 Knaresdale Hall. Suff X: £29.50 Town Head; £37.50 Bertram Hill; £36 Milescott. Mule wethers: £38.20(2) Hesley Well; £38.50 Milescott; £38.20 Town Head, West Foreshield; £38 The Breaks; £37.50 Foul Loaning, Glassonby Beck; £37.20 Scarrowmanwick; £37 Whitewall, Davygill. Swale wethers: £30.20 Bullshill; £39.50 Hesley Well; £39.20 Grassfield; £38.80 Milescott, Bertram Hill; £38.50 The Breaks; £27.20 Foul Laning; £27 Rotherhope, Shield Hill Top; £25.50 Howburn; £25.20 Town Head (Ivinson). Feeding ewes. - Scotch Blackface: £20 Croft House; £13 Whitehall. Mule: £34 Foul Loaning; £30 Whitehall. Swale: £15 The Breaks; £14.50 Croft House; £13 Mill Cottage.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 5 dairy cattle, 103 calves & stirks, 1,028 breeding & store sheep, 162 store cattle. Calved hfrs: GA Verity £500; calved cows: GA Verity £575; in-calf hfrs: D Sanderson £530. Calves: BB bulls to £180 J Sunter & Sons av £141; hfrs to £135 R Wood & Son av £100; Lim bulls to £152 WC Porter & Son av £116; hfrs to £145 JD&PJ Brown av £89; Simm bulls to £152 JA Dent & Son; Char bulls to £148 DN Verity; hfrs to £112 DN Verity; BA bulls to £152 JR&DW Craggs; Herefd bulls to £120 E Holmes & Son; Fries bulls to £116 PG Simpson; Ayrshire bulls to £25 JW&RJ Pounder; AA hfrs to £25 JW&RJ Pounder. Fries bull stirks: C Graham £188. Store bulls. - BB: G Lobley £480; JK Wilkinson £470; NJ Sunter £360. Lim: JMW Brown & Son £540; Nicholson £525; FD Graham £502; JK Wilkinson £425. Fries: Bell Bros £422. BA: JK Wilkinson & Ptns £370; RA Wintersgill £370. AA: Bell Bros £325; Char: JL Harker £302. Steers. - Lim: R Hunter £495; RF Lambert £488; WH Harker £465; A Fawcett & Sons £462; C&K Ellis £440. Herefd: Mrs DM Poulter & Son £468. BB: KW Ward £465; IE&M Kearton £445. Fries: GS Tiplady £430. AA: KW Ward £265. Hfrs. - Lim: JMW Brown & Son £565; D Alderson £492. BA: DB&SA Lawson £530; RA Wintersgill £410; CG&S Wilson £405; WH Harker £385. Simm: AD Lambert £398; CG&S Wilson £380. Here: JC Close £312. AA: CG&S Wilson £295. Breeding sheep. - Swale shlg: LS Stones & Son £48; Swale ewes: LS Stones & Son £37; LW Atkinson £36; MW Stephenson £30. Swale gimmer lambs: Coverhead Farms £30; Cont X ewes: RMS Livestock £62; Mule gimmer lambs: GK Hird & Sons £38. Store lambs: Suff: SJ Horner £39; Cont: OJ Amsden & Son £39.50; Mule: GW Gill £34.20; Cheviot: T Kitchen £31.80; Swale: T Harker & Son £24. Wed. - Fwd: 2,153 sheep. Lambs: Suff & Cont std to 107.1p av 103.4p; med to 109.7p av 105.6p; heavy to 110.6p av 100.9p; owt to 100p av 98.4p; Mule, Masham & horned std to 94.6p av 92.1p; med to 97.2p av 95.7p; heavy to 100p av 96.4p; owt to 89.6p av 88.9p. Cast ewes: Tees £44.20; Cont £44; Masham £42; Mule £36.50; horned £30.50. Texel rams £42; horned rams £40.

MIDDLETON in TEESDALE. - Tues. Fwd: 737 sheep. Lambs 35kg & up: Cont X to £50; Suff to £42; Blue-faced Leics to £44; Mule to £45; Swale to £40; NC Cheviot to £46.80. Lambs to 34kg: Swale to £30.50; Mule to £30. Ewes: BFL to £45; Swale to £16.50. Rams: Swale to £16; Texel to £32; BFL to £25.50.

NORTHALLERTON. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 237 store & breeding cattle. Bulls. - Lim: £650 D Peckitt; £540 TC Mortimer; £410 Bell. BB: £520 Bell; £500 HJ Thomson. Simm: £425 Bell. Holstein: £345, £310 TC Mortimer; £312, £285, £250, £235 Bell; £300 HJ Thomson. Hfrs. - Lim: £620 Mrs D Wise; £525, £460, £370 LN Taylor; £498, £462 D Blackburn; £470, £462, £458, £442, £440, £430, £420, £408, £395, £390, £368 N Wilson; £450, £390 P Dowson; £400, £398, £300 Mrs P Agar; £382 D Clark; £348, £210 C Bowser; £288 C Ramsay; £240, £200 K Wheldon. AA: £472 NL Trewitt; £410, £358 A Fawcett. Char: £470 D Blackburn; £415, £408 N Wilson; £265 C Bowser. Saler: £470, £442, £430, £422, £390 N Wilson. BB: £480 Mrs D Wise; £428(5), £368 Mrs P Agar; £385, £332 D Clark; £332(4), £265 C Bowser; £275 K Wheldon. Herefd: £305, £290, £275 Broadley Farms. Bullocks. - BA: £670, £665(2), £650, £642, £595, £585(2), £580, £552(2), £538, £505 MJ Marley; £618, £612 GM Simpson; £500(2) W Lamb. Lim: £648, £565, £555 JW Guy; £550 G Simpson; £485, £465(2), £425(2), £410, £375 W Lamb; £480(2), £420 R Barker; £388 D Clark. Simm: £645, £602, £582(3), £570, £558, £535, £500 JMB Farming; £490, £435(3) W Lamb; £468 Mrs R Broadley, BB: £610 G Simpson; £590 S Watson; £480(4) W Lamb; £415 D Clark. Char: £602 S Watson; £528 A Fawcett; £470(4) W Lamb. AA: £515 NL Trewitt; £455, £440 W Lamb. Holst: £445, £360 JL Gill; £442 R Barker; £390, £345 W Lamb; £370 Mrs R Broadley. Breeding cattle: Ped Simm stock bull £525 CE Bowser. Lim hfr & calf: £470 N Wilson; Holstein hfr & calf: £380 N Wilson. Private sales Oct 11-15: 87 fat cattle inc OTMS, 109 fat sheep. Tues. - Fwd: 188 cattle, 900 sheep. Steers med to 113.5p/£629.93 av 103.43/£548.20; heavy to 122.5p/£777.48 av 97.46p/ £638.74; overall steer av 98.4p; hfrs lt to 97.5p/£331.50; med to 119.5p/£561.65 av 101.86p/£468.25; heavy to 120.5p/ £752.50 av 99.84p/£538.69; overall hfr av 100.44p; young bulls lt to 65.5p /£298.03 av 62.8p/£281.02; med to 105.5p/£574.43 av 85.14p/£437.34; heavy to 106.5p/£672.75 av 93.06p/ £548.43; overall bull av 88.22; total cattle av 96.63p. Lambs std to 111p/£42.20 av 105.04p/£40.30; med to 113.4p/ £48.80 av 102.8p/£43.92; overall av 103p; heavy to 111.8p/£54.80 av 98.97p/£46.82; owt 97.73p/£51.80; overall lamb av 101.9p; cull ewes to £44 av £24.86.

PATELEY BRIDGE. - Sat. Fwd: 39 store cattle, 512 feeding ewes. Lim hfrs to £525; steers to £645. BA hfrs to £395; bullocks to £420; Char bullocks to £615; Simm bullocks to £435; Lim bull to £320. Shlg wethers to £27; Blue-faced Leics ewes to £29; Dalesbred ewes to £22; Swale ewes to £21.50.

PENRITH. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 5,692 sheep. Lambs: Cont X to £57; Suff X to £57.50; Kendal Rough to £38; Swale to £35. Ewes: Cont to £50; Suff to £50; Cheviot to £47; Blue-faced Leics to £46; Mule to £44; Kendal Rough to £29; Swale to £29.50. Cont rams to £49. Tues. - Fwd: 1,115 store sheep. Lambs. - Texel X: £39 Town Head (Lambert); £37.80 High Dykes; £37 Seathwaite. Mule: £40 Ulcatrow; £37 Seathwaite; £35 Newsham. Suff X: £37 Town Head (Lambert); £36.80 Causeway Foot; £35.50 Westernhopeburn. Cont X: £36 Fold Farm, Fair Hill. Cheviot: £36 The Grange. Swale: £23.30 Croft Farm. Scotch Blackface: £23.20 Lonscale Farm. Herdwick: £19.50 Noran Bank; £18 Penfold. Wed. - Fwd: 5,579 sheep. Cont X lambs to £60; Suff X to £54.50; Cheviot to £52; Mule to £46; Swale to £40.50. Ewes: Cont to £45; HB to £45; Suff to £44; Cheviot to £37; Blue-faced Leics to £35. Cont rams to £46.

SCOTS GAP. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 2,117 lambs. Suff X to 103.6p; Texel X to 109.8p; Mule to 93.7p; Blackface to £38.60; HB to £46. Mon. Fwd: 91 cattle. Hfrs: Lim to 139.5p; BB to 122.5p; Char to 114.5p; BA to 113.5p. BA steers to 117.5p. Bulls: Lim bulls to 119.5p; BA to 116.5p; BB to 107.5p; AA to 102.5p; MRI to 93.5p.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 498 cattle, 1,485 sheep, 171 pigs. Steers med to 121.5p/£643.95 av 99.8p; heavy to 125.5p/£791.18 av 98.1p; hfrs lt to 122.5p/£477.75 av 108.2p; med to 143.5p/£667.28 av 107.7p; heavy to 136.5p/£778.05 av 103.1p; young bulls lt to 79.5p/£365.70 av 66.7p; med to 116.5p/£618.83 av 83.4p; heavy to 121.5p/£860.63 av 95.6p. Lambs std to 105.1p/£41 av 101.3p; med to 111.8p/ £50 av 100.8p; heavy to 108.7p/£56.20 av 96.2p; owt to 96.4p/£58 av 93.1p; shlgs to 47.2p/£30.20p; ewes lt to £34 av £21.75; heavy to £45 av £32.85p. Porkers to 90p/£67.95 av 89.5p; cutters to 90p/£72 av 82.3p; baconers to 81p/£77.49 av 75.9p; sows to 56.5p/ £166.32 av 52.8p; boars to 49.5p/ £156.15 av 46p. Tues. - Fwd: 226 cattle, 4 cows & calves, 207 store & breeding sheep. Steers, green CID: Lim to £570. Blue CID: BB to £585; Lim to £555; Saler to £510; BA to £500; Fries to £435. Red CID: Fries to £395. Hfrs 14-24 mths; Lim to £518; BB to £495; BA to £435; Simm to £435; Char X to £428. Young bulls, green CID: 6-11 mths, AA to £375; Lim to £350; Fries to £300. Lim cows & bull calves to £540. Rams: Texel shlgs to £170; Suff shlgs to £140; Suff lambs to £125. Ewes: Texel shlgs to £76; Texel 2-3 crop to £63; Mule shlgs to £81; 2-shear to £76; BM to £39. Store lambs: Suff X to £45; Jacob X to £43.50; Ryland X to £35; Char X to £32.50.