Special sales

Prices: J&SE Bainbridge £83, £70, £66, £62, £59; G&JA Rigg £55; R&F Longstaff £76, £62, £51; Mrs A Dent £67, £60; EW Guy & Sons £90, £70, £68, £64, £63, £62, £61, £59, £57; CA&J Kipling £68, £65, £56, £54, £53, £52; C&J Stephenson £54; JS Luck & Son £78, £70, £66, £65; K Lind £70, £58, £48, £38; JW Dent & Sons £110, £108, £100, £98, £86, £84, £74, £72, £70, £69, £68, £66, £64, £62, £61, £54, £52; WF&JC Metcalf £82, £68, £62, £60; JL&GS Dixon £60, £52, £54; J&MJ Walton £85, £76, £66, £58, £50; WB Rutter & Sons £80,£52,£50; JB Luck £104, £82, £81, £61; JF&F Hutchinson £84, £74, £70, £65, £60, £52, £51; GS&S Wilson £76, £62, £60, £56, £55, £52; NB&R Hird £150, £120, £104, £76, £72, £68, £66, £61; JV Oliver £60, £54, £50; PRE Marwood £93, £68, £55; D Alderson £102, £70, £60; DG Birkett £60, £52, £51, £48.

HAWES. - Mon. Second show & sale of 7,379 Mule gimmer lambs, gimmer shlgs & Cont X gimmer lambs. Fwd: 7,334 Mule gimmer lambs to £96 av £62.66 (up £1.66 on 2003), 23 Cont X gimmer lambs to £66 av £61.43 (up £11.78), 22 Mule gimmer shlgs to £98 av £83.55 (up £3.69).

Prizes. - Mule gimmers: 1 & Chester Kneller Memorial Cup: JW&ME Taylor & Sons, Dent, £86 to A Burgess, Daventry, Northants; 2 JW&JH Burton & Son, Gayle, £75 to HH Smith, Staithes; 3 GH&J Wallis & Son, Marske, £85 to Martin Brown, Newton le Willows.

Prices. - Mule gimmer lambs: J Caton £96, £90, £80; JW&ME Taylor & Sons £86, £71; GH&J Wallis & Son £85; K Calvert £90; KA Fawcett & Sons £79, £68(2); R Mudd & Sons £79; RA Busby & Son £77, £70, £68; DA&MA Brown & Son £76; CT&JE Willoughby £76; JW&JH Burton & Sons £75; S&RJ Calvert £75; G&HR Shields £75, £68; GG Allen £74, £70; JS&D Cloughton & Son £74; FW Lawson £74; W&A Lambert & Son £74; J&S Millman £74, £70; RW&MA Suttill £74; W Sutcliffe & Sons £74, £71; A Batty & Son £73; JA Harper £73, £72; GR&JE Akrigg £72(2); J&G Huck £72; A&AJ Lambert £72; GM&M Preece £72; AB Pratt £72; AA&RW Stanley £72; H White & Son £72; TR&JA Harper £71; RG Lund £71; JL&JA Sunter £71; HE&G White £71; W Allen £70, £68; TM Barrass & Sons £70, £69; Mrs LA Booth £70; CR Greenwood & Son £70; Mrs T Newhouse £70, £68; GR Scarr £70; IC Scarr & Son £70; N White £70; E Atkinson £69; R Jackson & Son £69; WJ Metcalfe & Ptnr £69; Oakbank Farm £69, £68; Bank House Farms £68; J Metcalfe & Sons £68; D Middlemiss £68; PT Mudd £68; JC&E Pedley £68; J&T Simpson £68; A Spence £68. Mule gimmer shlgs: H Moore & Sons £98; K Raw £92, £86; J&S Millman £91; JC Heseltine £88; AB Pratt £85; R&R Gornall £76; D&JH Richardson £76, £65. Cont X gimmer lambsMrs WM Hall (Char) £66; R Mudd & Sons (Cheviot) £61.

HEXHAM. - Wed of last week. Fwd: catalogued entry of 338 Suff & 293 Texel rams for annual special show & sale, also 36 Texel females. Suff judge: James Herdman, Edlingham Newtown. Overall Suff champion & James Johnson Perpetual Challenge Cup: D Robertson, Walwick Hall, lamb £500; res: HH Turnbull & Sons, Cookstead, shlg £900. Texel judges: Colin & Kevin Sparke, Little Swinburne. Champion Texel, WH Davison & Sons, Lough Green, shlg, £1,750 (centre record for Cont ram) to Mrs Anne Hunter of Brinkburn Newhouses; res: A Walker, Newbiggin Hill, lamb £280 to the judges.

Suff prizes. - Shlgs: 1 Cookstead £900; 2 Black Heddon (RJ Bradbury) £400; 3 Reavely Greens £700. Ram lambs: 1 Walwick Hall £500; 2 Portgate (RM&HJ Lewis) £320; 3 East Learmouth £330.

Prices (non-winners), Suff. - Shlgs: £880, £800, £700, £580, 3550 Cookstead; £800, £750, £580, £550 Newlands Haugh; £710, £620 Yetlington; £650 Reaveley Greens; £600 Black Heddon (RJB); £550 Yetlington (BL). Ram lambs: £450 Walwick Hall; £410, £400, £380, £360(3), £350(2) Brompton; £350(2) Low Struthers.

Flock averages. - Shlgs: Cookstead 12 av £595; Yetlington 4 av £557.50; Reaveley Greens 7 av £485.71; Newlands Haugh 25 av £468.80; West Morralee 2 av £450. Ram lambs: Brompton 14 av £341.42; Low Struthers 5 av £328; Walwick Hall 9 av £308.89.

Texel prizes. - Shlgs: 1 WH Davison & Sons, Lough Green; 2 AC Tweddle, Wydon Flock, Irthing House; 3 R Thornton & Son, Cornhills. Lambs: 1, 2&3 A Walker, Newbiggin Hill.

Prices. - Shlgs: £1,750 Lough Green; £860 Brinkburn New Houses (AH); £800, £600, £580, £550, £500(3) Lough Green; £700, £620 Cornhills; £600, £580, £540 Bensons Fell; £600 Kiln Cottage; £580(2), £550, £500 Wydon Flock; £570 Stable Yard; £540, £480 Dotland Park; £540 West Morralee (JAB); £540, £520, £480 Edlingham Demesne; £520, £500, £480 Brinkburn Newhouses (AH); £500, Newton High House; £500 West Heddon; £480 Bolton Post Office; £480Shortmoor. Lambs: Prices: £280, £220, £200(2) Newbiggin Hill.

Flock averages: Lough Green 10 av £680; Cornhills 7 av £484; Brinkburn New Houses (AH) 9 av £476; Bolton Post Office 3 av £446; Edlingham Demesne (KY) 6 av £423; Newton High House (JM) 6 av £410; Newton High House (ET) 7 £405; Wydon Flock 12 (ACT) 12 av £392; Dotland Park 9 av £391; Yatesfield 2 £390; Bensons Fell 14 av £376; Loanend 4 £365; Burntongues 2 £365; Lumby Law 6 £350; Black Heddon (RJB) 6 £323

Texel gimmers, prices: £320, £310, £240, £220, £205, £180, £170, £150(2) Wydon Flock; £155, £145, £120 Swarland Old Hall; £155, £150, £130(3), £125 Loanend. Averages: Wydon Flock 15 av £158; Swarland Old Hall 7 av £118; Loanend 12 av £123.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 98 elite crowned Swaledale ewes & gimmer lambs for inaugural evening sale. Overall ewe av £425.31.

Prices. - JR&A Blades, Scarr House: £1,600 to TH Harrison & Sons, Sleddale Hall. M&EM Wilson, Arngill House: £1,300 to LN Nutter, Sabden Old Hall, £500 to TM Nutter, Lower Houses Farm. R Marwood & Son, Long Green: £1,000 to T Brogden, Helbeck, £950 to Lightfoot, Gillside, £750 to P Dixon, East House, £700 to C Raine, Stanhopegate, £650 to Tunstall, Prospect House, £500 to Nelson, Priorsdale, £420 to F Bainbridge, West Friar House, £400 to Pedley, Oak Tree. MN&CL Whitehead, Kisdon: £1,000 to W Brogden, Helbeck. G Harker & Son, Punchard: £900 to P Dixon, East House, £700, £650 to GM Sibson, Burnside Park. R Hutchinson & Sons, Valley Farm: £700 to G Cartmel, Loweswater, £400 to D Birbeck, Villa Park.

Also last Fri. - Fwd: 1,528 Mule & other breed gimmer lambs for second show & sale inc show for NEMSA members' lambs. Judge: Mr Merrin, Thirsk. Overall av £54.20 (down £5.72 on year).

Prizes: 1 & HSBC Trophy DJ&S Atkinson, Abbey Park, £74 to GN Robinson; 2 A&R Birbeck, Windy Hill, £67 to judge; 3 IR Cousin, Rookby, £65 to judge.

Prices. - Mule: £74, £63, £60 Abbey Park; £67 Windy Hill Farm; £65, £60 Rookby; £64, £60 High Plains, £64, 111 High Street; £63 Ivy Cottage; £61 Asby Grange, Intake Bottom, Needle House, Gaythorne Hall; £60 Dale Forge, Bleathgill. (Cheviot X) Mule: £50, £49 The Lane Farm. Masham: £51 Crooksbeck.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 2,576 Mule gimmer lambs for second special sale. Judges: Charles Ashbridge, Thirsk, & Robert Wilson, Darlington. Mule gimmer lambs av £65.90 (up £6.70).

Prizes: 1 David & Mary Brown, Marske, £92; 2 J Fawcett & Son, Marske £95; 3 Bainbridge Bros, Marrick £86.

Prizes: H&EM Tiplady £77; LV&N Croft £77; D&EM Brown £76; G Lambert £75; J T Dixon & Sons £75; Bainbridge Bros £74; BR Lawson & Son £73; J Fawcett & Son £73.

Show for Blue-faced Leics sheep. Judge: Rodger Hird. Ram lamb: 1 Alan Edgar £180; 2 Alan Bainbridge £320; 3 Neil Sutcliffe £260. Shlg or older ram: 1,2&3 WM Iveson £310, £260, £240. Champion: W M Iveson.

MIDDLETON in TEESDALE - Last Fri. 750 X & unX Swaledale ewes, 75 rams all breeds for annual sale. Ewes av £33.73 (up £6.65 on year); rams av £222.07 (down £24.29).

Prices. - Corr Swale ewes: £55, £47, £46 Wemmergill; £46 High Corn Park; £46, £44 Valance Lodge; £43, £40 Birkdale; £43 Knott Hill; £42 Dirt Pit; £41, £40 Heild House; £40 Underhurth. BM Swale ewes: £33 Newton Lodge; £30 Dousgill. Rams. - Blue-faced Leics shlg: £700, £380 Huller Bush; £420 West Shotton; £320 Lane Head; £300, £260 Marshall Street; £240 Dousgill; £220, £200 Pallet Stone Farm; £200 Howgill Grange. BFL lambs: £450 The Pry; £410 Wythes Hill; £400, £250 Lane Head. Aged BFL: £500 Huller Bush; £250 West Shotton. Texel shlgs: £230 Dent Gate; £170 (2) Howgill Foot. Texel lambs: £110 Common Top.

PATELEY BRIDGE. - Sat, Sept 18. Fwd: 833 Scotch wether lambs & store lambs for show & sale. Judge: M Hewitt, Austwick.

Prizes. - Dalesbred wether lambs: 1 JH Graham, Lofthouse £33.80 each, to M Hewitt; 2 S Church, Lofthouse, £30 to R Naylor. Swale wether lambs: 1 AA Firth, Middlesmoor, £28.80 to R Naylor; 2 Stephen Harker, Lofthouse, £28.80 to G Church.

Prices. - Store lambs: Texel to £37; Suff to £38; Mule to £37; Masham to £35.50; tup to £33.80.

Sat. - Annual show & sale of Mule & Masham gimmers. Judges: B Ridsdale, Penrith and B Watchorn, Newark, (Mule); C Ryder, Blubberhouses, (Masham).

Prizes. - Mule gimmer lambs: 1 R&KA Burley & Son, Wath, £120 each to D&R Sandham; 2 B S Simpson, Heathfield, £113 to JR Barnett; 3 K Fawcett, Barden, £115 to D&R Sandham. Masham gimmer lambs: 1 W&R Verity, Stean, £190 to JB Liddle; 2 W&R Verity £141 to C Bosomworth; 3 Jas Church £88 to Martin.

Prices. - 1,931 Mule gimmer lambs £59.53; 292 Masham gimmer lambs to £66.88. Mules: S Newbould £72; A Firth £76; E&AM Simpson £78, £76; D Middlemiss £100, £90, £76, £72; D Leeming £72; J Rayner & Son £80; B Simpson £82, £72, £75, £71; R Burley £70; W Furniss & Son £124, £90. Masham: V Verity & Sons £75; Braudshaw Farms £86; S Church £88.

PENRITH. - Tues. Fwd: 8,304 unX & X Swaledale & Herdwick ewes, shglg & gimmer lambs for annual sale (6,513 corr Swale & Herdwick ewes & gimmer shlgs, 546 Swaledale & Herdwick ewes NCM, 1,245 Swale & Herdwick gimmer lambs).

Prices. - Swale ewes: £93, £80 Howe Green; £92, £90, £80 Low Row; £86 Swindale (Whitfield); £85, £81, £70 Gillside; £81, £70 High Hullock Howe; £80, £76 Grove Farm; £80, £73 Undercragg; £80 Deepdale Hall; £79 Low Mill (Fleming & Wilson); £76 Side Farm; £72 The Faulds; £70 Setmabanning, Sleddale Hall, Haw Bank. Swale gimmer shlgs: £88, £71, £65 Low Row; £85, £74 Raby Cottage; £79, £73, £71 Stoneriggs; £76, £66 Gillside; £76, £65 The Ash; £65 Low Mill (Fleming & Wilson), Naddle. Swale gimmer lambs: £55, £46 Stoneriggs; £48 Low Mill (Fleming & Wilson).

THIRSK. - Tues. Fwd: 629 shearlings, 70 gimmer lambs, 210 ewes, 58 rams, 291 store lambs for special sale of breeding sheep. Prices. Shlgs: Mule to £84 JR Thompson, Cullingworth, & J Bell, York av £79.79; Texel to £99 LW&J Coverdale, Bedenthshaw & WW Cawkwell, Knaresborough, av £82.10; Suff X to £69. Gimmer lambs: Lleyn to £57.50 Ford, Retford; Texel X to £51.50; Masham to £40. Breeding ewes: Mule correct to £53; Mule BM to £40; Texel 3-4-crop to £70. Rams. - Char shlgs to £395 R Alderson, Carthorpe; Char lambs to £300; Suff shlgs to £300; Suff lambs to £180; Texel shlgs to £225; Texel lambs to £200. Store lambs: Suff X to £41.50 WA Thompson, Thirsk X to £39.80; Mule to £32.40.

TOW LAW. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: catalogued entry of 6,250 Mule gimmer lambs for show & sale for NEMSA. Av up £1.10 on year. Top price (centre record) £150 for 1st prize pen, Ian Potts, Redburn, Rookhope. Judge: Julie Sedgewick, Binchester Hall, Bishop Auckland.

Prizes: 1 & GW Robinson Perpetual Rose Bowl I Potts £150 to FL Hedley, Burn Farm; 2&3 M&B Coulthard, Bridge End, £85 to CW&M Smith, Swinside Hall, £86 to G&M Strickland, Renny Farm.

Prices. - Flock avs: Hullerbush 47 £78.30; Stockley Burn 286 £77.13; Morley Hill 80 £72.69; Boltsburn 39 £72.54; Redburn 270 £71.47; Bridge End 238 £71.46; North Hanging Wells 300 £71.02; Allotment 170 £70.38; Ambling Gate £69.65. Leading prices: £150, £92, £82, £80, £75 Redburn, £110, £98(2), £92, £90, £80 Stockley Burn, £91, £80, £78 Hullerbush, £90, £86, £85, £75 Bridge End; £85, £80, £78, £75 Allotment; £85, £82, £78, £76 Lands Farm; £85 Warden Hill, £85, £82, £75 North Hanging Wells; £84, £81, £79 Ambling Gate, £82 Smailsburn; £82 Home Farm; £80 Pease Myers, £80 Harwood Shield; £79 Wolsingham Park Farms; £79 Allergill, £78 Spittalshield, £76 Sunderland Cleugh, £76 West Biggens, £75 Glebe Farm; £75Boltsburn