BARNARD CASTLE . - Wed. of last week. Fwd: 1520 sheep, Lt lambs to 90.2p av 88.6p; std 114p av 107.2p; med to 114 av 108.3p; heavy to 107p av 103.8p. Cast sheep: Cont £39; Suff £38.50; Mule £36; Swale £23.50. Tues. - Fwd: 104 cattle. Breeding cattle: Lim cow & calf £640; AA cow & calf £320. Feeding bulls: Simm £430; BB £400; Fries £350. Store cattle: Lim £585; BA £540; BB £530; AA £518; Herefd £500. Cows & calves: NN&RG Handley £640; J&V Bussey £640, £630, £580, £500, £470, £450, £420. Feeding bulls: J Buck £430, £415, £400, £375; R Tookey £350, £310. Store cattle. - NN&RG Handley £410, £295; WK Lamb £480, £468, £435; PRE&E Marwood £495, £460, £410; B&S Teasdale & Son £530, £490, £450; T&G Lee £495, £440; GA Day £585, £555, £500; Mrs D Coggins & Son £495, £485, £472, £455; P Dowson £440, £425, £422, £415, £385, £365; DA&AM Gill £540, £485, £445; JR&L Harding £518, £500, £490, £455; L Hunter £542, £525, £502, £475.

BORDERWAY. - Mon. Fwd: 162 cattle, 3,800 lambs. Bullocks: Lim to 113.5p; Char to 103.5p. Lim bulls to 116.5p(2). Lambs: Texel to £70; Beltex to £66; Suff to £58; Char to £52; Rouge to £51.40; Cheviot to £50.20; Zwartbles to £49; Greyface to £46.80; Herdwick to £44.90. Cast ewes & rams: Texel to £70; Char to £51.20; Cheviot to £50.20; Beltex £50.20; Suff to £48; Greyface to £42.20(2); Blackface to £27.20; Swale to £29.40. Fwd: 2,862 store & breeding sheep. Breeding sheep, ewes: Greyface to £74 Longrow Farm; Cheviot to £72 Longrow Farm. Shlg gimmers: Greyface to £75 Longwath; Texel to £72 Allerby Hall. Breeding rams: Texel to £170 Home Farm (Stockdale); Suff to £170 Allerby Hall. Store lambs: Texel to £50 Close Nook Farm; Dutch Texel to £47.50 High Fell; Zwartbles to £45 Faugh Head; Beltex to £42 Middle Horsleyhope Farm; Suff to £42 High Lovelady Shield; Cheviot to £40.20 Terrona; Gritstone to £40 Close Nook Farm; Char to £39.80 How Hill Farm; Rouge to £39 Acrewalls Farm; Greyface to £37 Riggwood; Swale to £30 Meadow Flatt Farm.

DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 302 cattle, 1,161 sheep. Steers med to 116.5p/ £646.58 av 106.78p/£496.02; heavy to 132.5p/£796.93 av 107.68p/£699.70; overall steer av 107.05p; hfrs med to 124.5p/ £568.80 av 111.25p/£504.98; heavy to 149.5p/£795.15 av 113.44p/£609.91; overall hfr av 113.11p; young bulls med to 114.5p/£618.30 av 100.34p/ £481.15; heavy to 122.5p/£876.90, av 103.20p; overall bull av 101.46. Lambs lt to 112.8p/£42.50 av 111.56p/£41; med to 114.6p/ £51.80 av 108.91p/£47.86; heavy to 113p/£54.80 av 105.81p/£51.54, overall av 107.72p; cull ewes to £60 av £25.62. Mon. - Fwd: 179 store & breeding cattle, 1,349 store & breeding sheep. Steers. - Lim: £585(2) RS Shann; £565 P Harrison. Herefd: £540, £525 J Williamson. BA: £515 N Swinbank. Hfrs. - Lim: £532(2) RL Walker; £410 RL&L Coatsworth. BA: £508 RL Walker. Simm: £345 BR Routledge. Bullocks. - Simm: £580(2), £545, £535 DW&A Appleton. Lim: £580, £570 DW&A Appleton; £578 NA Miller. BB: £495, £485 DW&A Appleton. Cows & calves. - BB: £930, £790, £740 HT&BJ Thornton-Berry. Simm: £720, £615 HT&BJ Thornton-Berry. AA: £660 J Kelly. Herefd: £560, £550 HT&BJ Thornton-Berry. Fries: £500 SM&CM Bewley. Store lambs: £45 F Davison; £43 CA&J Skidmore; £42.80 GW Dobson; £42.50 JWB Snaith, HR Wilkinson. Mule ewe lambs: £54 D Forster; £50, £49 T Blythman; £47.80, £44.20 A Wilson. Gimmer shlgs: Mule £69 Wharton Farms; Char X £66 CM&TF Seymour; Swale: £47.50, £45 Wharton Farms. Ewes. - Texel: £53 DI Tait; £49, £46.50 TR Fidell. Mule: £40.50, £37 IR Appleton. Shlg rams. - Suff: £250 MT Bulmer; £240, £225, £200(2) JR Campbell. Char: £200 GW Forster. Texel £200, £170 B&A Myers. Ram lambs. - Suff: £250, £220 MT Bulmer; £170 JT&E Midgley. Texel: £130 JM Wise; £120 M Robson.

Hawes. - Tues. - Fwd: 5 calves, 4,000 sheep inc annual 3rd sale of 933 unX Swaledale ewes. Corr Swale ewes to £91 av £49.50 (down £14.37 on 2003). Swale ewes: Colin Hird & Son £91, £80; EW Atkinson £90; JG Brunton £85, £80; K&G Whitehead £81; G Calvert & Sons £81(2), £77; T Metcalfe & Son (UG) £80, £64; H&EM Tiplady £70, £60; JE&M Kearton £73; CR Thornborrow (WS) £70, £62; DW Calvert & Co £70; B&GV Mudd £65; J&E Waggett £64 (2), £54; Owlands Farm £63, £54; TW Raw £50; BR Lawson & Son £50; A D Lambert £50. Calves: Lim hfrs to £124 JC Clarkson & Son, Bainbridge av £88; BB hfrs to £162 JF Bowe & Son, Hawes; Fries bulls to £96 FD&TW Chapman, Hawes. Lambs std to 123.5p av 98.9p; med to 110.2p av 100.3p; heavy to 108.5p av 98.5p; overall av 100p. Store lambs: Suff to £32.20 av £29.63; Cont to £33.90 av £29.21; Mule to £33.90 av £31.33; horned to £33 av £31.69. Ltwt lambs: Cont to 103.4p av 101.1p; Suff to 107.5p av 100p; Mule to 100p av 97.8p; horned to 100p av 93.4p. Cast ewes horned to £32 av £17.76; polled to £38 av £31.91; cast rams horned to £39 av £27.14.

HEXHAM. - Last Fri. Fwd: 1,062 cattle inc opening sale of suckled calves. Calf judge: Douglas Bailes, Cole Hill Farm, Elwick Hartlepool. Overall champion & silver challenge rose bowl: BA 6-m-o steer, green CID, Eric Armstrong, Harlow Bower, Whitfield £660 to David Todd, Wragby; res & champion BB: 12-m-o hfr David & Sharon Robinson, Hawksteel, £660 Scottish & Northern Charolais Breeders' Association Cup, champion Charolais: 12-m-o steer Willie & Mark Longlands, Rusheylaw £720. 4 Char X steers: 1 W&JA Longlands £668; 2 FT Walton, Flotterton, £610. 4 Char X hfrs; 1 MA Robson, Ashcroft, £555. Char X steer: 1 W&JA Longlands £720; 2&3 FT Walton £620, £612. Char X hfr: 1&2 MA Robson £640, £630; 3 W&JA Longlands £600. BAX steer: 1 E Armstrong £660; 2&3 A Scott & Son, Townfoot £670, £685. BBX steer: 1&3 WI Weatherson, Edges Green £610, £480; 2 JD Yeats, Woodhouse £655. BBX hfr: 1 D&S Robinson £660; 2 E Armstrong £580; 3 WI Weatherson £450. Steers, red CID: AAX to £625 High Alderheads; Char X to £650 Woodhead; Lim X to £665 Merryshields, Blue CID: AAX £560 Dene House; BBX to £700(20m) Watling; BAX to £718 (18m) Rawfoot; Char X to £735 (18m) Rusheylaw; Lim X to £692 (16m) Grindon Hill; Simm X to £695 Watling. Green CID: Char X to £585 West View; Lim X to £530 Bishopton. Hfrs: BBX to £600(2) Little Swinburne; BAX to £385 Hepple Whitefield; Char X to £598 Tone Hall; Lim X to £578 Grindon Hill; Simm X to £450 Langley West House. Fwd: 2,019 store & breeding sheep. Breeding sheep: Texel X gimmers to £84 Smallburns; Mule gimmers to £73 Smallburns; Texel X ewe lambs to £40 Grange Farm. Feeding ewes: Mules to £34.20 Fell Lane; Blackface to £22 Gleedlee; Swale to £10 Edges Green. Store lambs: Texel X to £44 Grindon Hill; Suff X to £42.20 Burradon; Lleyn to £41 Brinkburn Middle Heugh; Mule to £38.20 Hepple Whitefield; Char X to £38.40 Moss House; Cheviot X to £43 Lonbrough; Blackface to £35.50 Lonbrough; Swale to £33.20 Whitelees. Tues. - Heavy steers to 91.5p av 90.8p; lt hfrs av 87.5p; med to 100.5p av 99.5p; heavy to 108.5p av 97.62p. Fwd: 6,069 lambs. Suff X to 111p; Texel X to 117.8p; Mule to 98.1p; Blackface to 96.8p; Cheviot X to 109.3p; Char X to 104.2p; Beltex to 117.4p; HB to 100.9p. Fwd: 741 cast ewes & rams. Leics to £43; Suff X to £47; Texel X to £53; Mule to £45.50; Blackface to £29; Swale to £24.80; Cheviot to £40.50.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Fwd: 4,405 lambs, inc show & sale of Texel-sired lambs, 668 cast & feeding ewes. Texel-sired lamb judge: J Holden. Champion: K&R Buckle, Buckles Farm, £58.50 to Dales Quality Meat Co, Hawes. Lambs (ex HB ewe): 1 & shampion K&R Buckle; 2 D Alderson, East Lowfield; 3 J&K Metcalf & Sons, Park House. Lambs (ex hill ewe): 1 DJ&S Dixon, Hartley Castle, 2 P Dixon, Rake Head; 3 P Nelson, Salterwath. Lambs 35kg up: Texel to £58.80; Beltex to £51.50; Suff to £52; Mule to £49.80; NC Cheviot to £45; Masham to £42. Lambs to 35kg: Texel X to £39.50; Suff to £36.50; Swale to £30.50; Rough Fell to £30.20; Herdwick to £32.20 Brockstones. Rams: Swale to £31; Rough Fell to £36; BFL to £36; Herdwick to £26.50. Ewes: Rough Fell to £28.20; Swale to £28; Texel to £41; Char to £43; Herdwick to £24.50; Masham to £38; NC Cheviot to £29.80; Mule to £36; BFL to £42.

LEYBURN. - Wed. Fwd: 2,352 sheep. Lambs Suff & Cont std 107.3p av 102.4p; med to 110p av 103.8p; heavy to 106.3p av 101.5p; owt to 99.6p av 99.3p; Mule, Masham & horned std to 98.5p av 94.1p; med to 100p av 96.7p; heavy to 100p av 98.6p; owt to 99.p av 90.8p. Cast ewes: Cont £38.50; Mule £37,50; horned £28.50. Horned rams £25.

MIDDLETON IN TEESDALE. - Sat. Fwd: 1,086 sheep. Lambs over 35kg: kilos: Texel X to £52.50; Suff X to £52; Beltex X to £55; Swale to £34; Mule to £45. Lambs to 35kg: Swale to £31. Ewes: Texel X to £35.50; Mule to £34; BFL to £42; Swale to £23. Swale rams to £24.

NORTHALLERTON. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 199 store & breeding cattle & calves. Calves. - BB bulls £242 ST Hogg; £220, £205 GH Laverick. Holstein bulls: £52, £28 T Coates. Simm bulls: £180 ST Hogg. BB hfrs: £178(2) CH Laverick; £148, £125, £80, £58 ST Hogg. Simm hfr: £130 ST Hogg. Bulls. - Lim: £460, £455, £445, £435, £410 Mrs Allen; £445 J Revely; £435 HJ Thomson. AA: £370 JB Gill; £335 JW Thompson. BB: £428 JB Gill. Holstein: £382 WE Anderson; £270 JW Thompson; £258 HJ Thomson; £360 RA Abraham. BA: £200 RA Abraham. Hfrs. - BA: £565, £525 GM Simpson; £408 W Lamb; £315 C Siswick. Lim: £530 G Flintoft; £520, £510, £480, £435 GM Simpson; £490, £410, £395 D Clark; £482, £435 F&D Blackburn; £370 W Lamb; £332, £315 Mrs Allen; £242 BA Heseltine. Simm: £494, £412, £340 N Hobson; £485 G Flintoft; £400 J Stockil, J Hugill, A Fawcett, K Barthram; £360, £325 D Johnson; £240, £158 R Abraham. BB: £450, £405, £400 A Fawcett; £445, £444, £428 JC Ward; £382 C Siswick; £308 F&O Hugill. Char: £405, £400 K Barthram; £240 R Abraham. Saler: £408 W Lamb. AA: £432 L Warren. Bullocks. - BB: £680, £530 K Wheldon; £550 W Lamb; £480 R Broadley. Simm: £622 A Appleby; £460 RJ Umpleby; £442, £435 R Broadley; £440, £422, £378, £310 N Hobson; £400 AA Kirk. BA: £605, £510, £475, £450 W Lamb; £545, £490, £470, £445 AA Kirk. Lim: £502, £475, £425 W Lamb; £562 Miss Parlour; £545, £472, £470, £468, £410, £390, £380 AA Kirk; £512 F Pierson; £478, £420 DJ Clark; £458 R Umpleby; £430 K Wheldon; £422 R Broadley. AA: £585 H Trewitt; £458 L Warren; £425 W Lamb; £422 R Broadley; £415 D Norfolk; £320 L Warren. Char: £510 W Lamb; £445 A Kirk. Fries: £465 NL Trewitt; £460 L Warren; £402 R Umpleby; £400 D Norfolk; £395, £230 L Warren. Breeding cattle. - BB cow & calf £520 F Jackson. Lim cow & calf £490 WA Nunn. Private sales Oct 4-8: 63 fat cattle, inc OTMS, 110 fat sheep. Tues. Fwd: 147 cattle, 865 sheep. Steers med to 115.5p/ £565.95 av 100.16p/£511.65; heavy to 113.5p/£770.35 av 104.89p/£670.27, overall steer av 103.75p; hfrs med to 136.5p/ £613.35 av 113.7p/£522.76; heavy to 131.5p/£759.45 av 107.8p/ £581.38; overall hfr av 109.54p; bulls lt to 51.5p/£234.34 av 37.1p/£162.31; med to 108.5p/ £590.63 av 84.15p/£442.48; heavy to 109.5p/£710.50 av 95.47p/ £573.76; overall bull av 88.1p; total cattle av 99.39p. Lambs lt to 86.66p/£26; std to 105.2p/£40.50 av 103.6p/£40.25; med to 112.5p/ £49.50 av 102.87p/£43.94; overall av 102.87p; heavy to 108.6p/ £51.50 av 99.51p/£47.59p; owt to 95.84p/£50.80 av 94.1p/£50.39; total lamb av 101.05p; cull ewes to £41.50 av £27.28; rams to £20.50.

PENRITH. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 3,624 sheep. Lambs: Cont X lambs to £63; Suff X to £60; Mule to £54; Swale to £40.50. Ewes: Cont to £52; Mule to £37; Swale to £26; Scotch Blackfaced to £25.50. Cont rams £56. Mon. - Fwd: 500 store cattle. Bullocks. - Lim: £662, £610(3) Ploveriggs; £655(2) Beckside (Capstick); £648(3) Hardendale Hall; £632(5) Edenhall Estates; £628 Lambrig Head; £618 Blencarn Hall; £612, £615 Askham Gate. Fries: £475(3) Hewer Hill; £415(2) Millburn (Richardson); £382 (3) Newby (Skelton). Char: £665(2) Hardendale Hall; £615 Ploveriggs; £580 Milburn Grange. Herefd X: £500 Low Row. Brown Swiss: £548 Lambrigg Head. Saler X: £602(2), £582 Colstons; £488 Newsham. BAX: £575 Hardendale Hall. Normandie X: £560, £545 Moorside. AAX: £685(4), £668(4) Edenhall Estates; £540 Moorside; £540(2) Riggdyke. BBX: £635(4), £600(2) Milburn Grange; £615 Colstons; £608 Hewer Hill; £585 Edenhall Estates. Holstein: £482(2) Hewer Hill; £415 (2) Lingstubbs. Simm X: £555 Beckside (Capstick); £500 Milburn (Richardson). Hfrs. - Lim X: £615, £535 Birkett Mire; £570 Burthwaite; £542(2) Edenhall Esates. Char X: £490 Burthwaite. Saler X: £460 Newsham. BBX: £520 Milburn Grange; £510(2), £495(2) Lowther Low Moor. AAX: £538 Rigg Dyke; £518(4) Edenhall Estates. Herefd X: £432 Low Row. BAA: £448 Low Row. Bull stirks. - Lim: £550(4) Croft House (Armstrong); £445(3) Brackenslack, £440, £415 Melmerby (Lambert); £335(4) Brown Howe. Holstein Fries: £350(3) Brackenslack; £290 Oaker Lodge. BAX: £398(3) Claylands. BB: £412 Gatelands. Char X: £325 Gatelands. Ayrshire: £210(6), £205(5) Little Blencowe. Cont X bullock sucklers:£325 Sleetburn. Cont X hfr sucklers: £338(2) Sleetburn; £330 Hill Top (Thompson); £322 Town End (Wilson). BBX bull rearing calves: £150 Lamonby House. Fwd: 63 cattle. Lim hfrs to 143.5p; steers to 108.5p(2); Simm steers to 102.5p; BA to 125.5p. Bulls: Lim to 122.5p; BB to 107.5p; MRI to 108.5p; Fries to 96.5p; Simm to 103.5p.

SCOTS GAP. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 1,850 lambs. Av 46.7kg, 102.5p/£47.82. Suff to 115.2p; Texel to 115.5p; Mule to 98.6p; HB to 100.2p.

ST JOHN'S CHAPEL. - Sat. Fwd: 863 store lambs & feeding ewes. Mule wether lambs: £43 Whitehall; £35.50 Earnwell, Pry House; £32 Six Dargue. Texel X wether lambs: £35 Longdale Grove; £34.50 Low House; £34.20 Earnwell; £34 Six Dargue. Swale lambs: £27.50 Ireshope Plains; £26.80 Low House; £24 West End; £23.80 Cornfield Housel. Suff X lambs: £38.20 Pry House; £33.80 Low House. Cheviot X lambs: £34.20 Beckside. Swale feeding ewes: £19.80 Warden Hill; £16 Pinfold House. HB feeding ewes: £20 Pry House.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 405 cattle, 1,060 sheep, 231 pigs. Steers lt to 111.5p/£518.42 av 95.8p; med to 137.5p/£721.88 av 100.2p; heavy to 131.5p/£788.03 av 103.6p; hfrs lt to 79.5p/£302.10; med to 128.5p/£616 av 108.5p; heavy to 144.5p/£854 av 108.9p; young bulls lt to 102.5p/£466.38 av 82.4p; med 114.5p/£629.75 av 87.6p; heavy 118.5p/£788.03 av 97.9p. Lambs std to 131.7p.£44 av 108.3p; med to 115.1p/£48.80 av 108.2p; heavy to 113.2p/£57 av 105.8p; owt to 102.7p/£57.50 av 98.9p; ewes lt to £32 av £22.77; heavy to £41 av £33.31. Porkers to 75p/£55.35 av 66.9p; cutters to 81p/ £69.01 av 75.1p; baconers to 75p/£74.68 av 66p; owt to 63p/£71.52 av 58.7p; sows to 55p/£177.12 av 52.3p; boars to 46p/£140.76 av 45.8p. Mon. - Collection centre. Fwd 36OTMS.

TOW LAW. - Thurs of last week. ewes: Swale £50(2-3 shear), £21(5-y-o) Littlewood. Swale UO: £20.50 Buckshot; £19 High Shipley; £18 Littlewood; £17 Noahs Ark. Mule 2,3&4-shear £63, £60(2), £58, £39 Littlewood. Mule UO: £39 Nettlesworth West; £38(x2) Satley Farm; £38 Nettlesworth West; £36 Boltsburn. Char X: £43 Littlewood. Mule gimmer shlgs: £86, £83, £81 Glebe Farm; £85, £83, £82, £81, £80(4), £76 Whessoe Grange; £72 Boltsburn. Mule ewe lambs: £73 Birkside; £70(2) Stockley Burn; £68, £61, £58 Thornley Hall; £63, £59, £58(2) Redburn; £63, £61 Noahs Ark; £62, £60 Newbiggen; £58 Ambling Gate; £58 Glebe Farm. Swale gimmer lambs: £25, £20 Stewartshields; £24, £23(2) Ambling Gate. Store lambs. - Suff X: £41.20 Holywell; £40.80 Pease Myers; £39.20, £37 Newlands Hall; £39.20, £36.50 Bents Farm; £39.20, £37.20 Barracks Farm; £39 West End; £38.50 Newbiggen. Texel X: £41, £39.20, 338 Woodburn; £39.80, £39.50, £35.50 Low Wiserley; £39 Pease Myers; £38.80 Lydgate House; £38.50 High Shipley; £36 Old. Mule: £40, £35 Pease Myers; £39.80 Redburn; £35.20, £34.80 Allotment Farm; £35 Newbiggen; £34 West End. £34 Stewartshields. Char X: £38.80 Newlands Hall. Cross £36(2), £35.80 East Parks Farm. Rams & ram lambs. - Suff shlgs: £340, £200(2) Wellfield; £220 East Lodge. Suff ram lamb: £220 Castle Hill; £160 Littleburn. Texel shlgs: £230; £150, £130 Low Hedgeley; £120 East Lodge, £120 Woodlands Place. Mon. - Fwd: 1,233 sheep. Lambs: Suff to 108p; Texel to 109.8p; Char to 104p. Ewes: Suff to £40.50; Texel to £39; Mule to £36.

* Some special sale reports have had to be held over, owing to lack of space