BARNARD CASTLE. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 1531 sheep, Lt lambs to 103p av 92.5p; std to 117p av 111.4p; med to 115p av 111p; heavy to 111p av 108.4p. Cast sheep: Cont to £45; Leics to £39; Mule to £37.50; Suff to £45; Swale to £20.

DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 252 cattle, 1,337 sheep. Steers lt to 108.5p/£482.83 av 94.93p/£424.79; med to 128.5p/£713.18 av 110.1p/£568.46; heavy to 144.5p/£932.75 av 112.75p/£692.35; overall steer av 111.28p; hfrs med to 135.5p/£643.63 av 113.41p/£507.35; heavy to 148.5p/£919.75 av 119.91p/£643.37; overall hfr av 117.31p; young bulls med to 113.5p/£569.53 av 100.75p/£517.48; heavy to 133.5p/£924.83 av 113.1p/£722.79; overall bull av 112.26p. Lambs lt to 106.25p/£34; med to 131.9p/£50.80 av 117.24p/£44.25; heavy to 125.9p/£53.80 av 117.89p/ £49.55; overall lamb av 117.77p; cull ewes to £54 av £37.38. Mon. - Fwd: 132 store & breeding cattle, 1,142 store lambs, 96 ewes, 84 shlgs, 50 gimmer lambs, 20 ewes & lambs, 10 shlgs with lambs. Steers. - Lim: £590, £550, £465, £460, £440 P Tindale; £545, £530, £518, £500, £470 S&RT Lawson; £450, £405 EM Dickeson, M Hutchinson; £450 J Linsley & £395 A Clement. AA: £496(2) J Lowrie; £352 A Clement. Simm: £450(2) EF Atkinson; £450 J Linsley. Char: £450(2) EF Atkinson, £340 M Hutchinson. Hfrs. - Lim: £578, £550(2), £482, £450, £420 P Tindale; £498, £465 S Dobinson & Son; £435 JR Mann; £380(2), £375(2), £350(4) GS Bainbridge; £355(5) BR Routledge; £340, £230 M Hutchinson; £340 PJ Wiper; £275 A Clement; £270(4) EM Dickeson. BB: £405 P Tindale. BA: £432, £372, £370 JR Mann; £402, £380, £345, £310 D Kemp. Char: £540 PJ Wiper; £400 EF Atkinson; £280 E M Dickeson. Young bulls. - Saler: £595, £555, £380 Rigel Pedigree. Simm: £590, £530, £472, £402 M Parker. AA: £528 J Lowrie, £480 EF Atkinson. Lim: £518 M Parker; £395 J Linsley. Cows & calves: Simm. £540 EF Atkinson; AA £460 EF Atkinson. Store lambs. - Texel: £58, £48.20 A Wilson; £44.20 P Tindale; £42 J Kelly; I Robertson; £38.50 M Airey; £38 D Cadman, B Lawson; £36 RL&C Coatsworth; £35 LJ Wick; £34 GA&J Allison; £34, £29.50 DE&I Lovegreen. Suff: £46, £42.50 JW Fell; £46 A Wilson; £43.60, £40 D Featherstone; £43 BJ Walton; £41 P Tindale; £40.80 TH Johnson; £39, £38 A&B Herworth; £38.50 CE Smith, £36.20 G Wall. Ewes. - Mule £79 JH&E Smith; £75 TA Metcalfe & Son; £70, £34, £30 R Clarkson. Shlgs. - Mule: £86, £85(2) TA Metcalfe & Son; £80 JH&E Smith. HB: £55 LJ Wick. Ewes & Lambs: Mules & twins £85, £82 R Harrop; shlgs & singles £120 BD Hetherington.

Hawes. - Tues. Fwd: 9 calves, 2,643 sheep. Calves: Sim X bulls to £170 JR Thwaites, Askrigg; hfrs to £48 JR Thwaites; Lim X bulls to £168 WJ&CM Lambert, Hawes, av £157.33; hfrs to £120 JF Bowe & Son, Hawes, av £101; BBX hfrs to £96 JR Thwaites; Fries bulls to £58 K Nicholson, Kirkby Stephen. Lambs std to 118.9p av 109.2p; med to 120p av 111p; heavy to 113.1p av 107.9p; overall 110.2p. Lt wt lambs: Cont to 110.2p av 107.5p; Suff to 106p av 102p; Mule to 109.3p av 105.4p; horned to 103.3p av 98.3p. Store lambs: Cont to £36.80 av £32.35; Suff to 31.80 av £29.22; Mule to £34 av £32.68. Cast ewes horned to £25 av £14.67; polled to £44 av £39.40; cast rams horned to £26.50 av £20.10.

HEXHAM. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 1,548 Blackface ewe lambs to £74 Greenleighton. Fwd: 1,100 store lambs. Texel X to £46 Girsonfield; Suff X to £40 Parkside; Mule to £37.20 Carrick; Blackface to £38.20. Last Fri. - Fwd: 615 store cattle & suckled calves. Steers, red CID: AAX to £608 Fairley; BBX to £570 Breckon Hill; BAX to £635 Merryshields; Lim X to £700 High Wiserley; Simm X to £650 Thrunton Lowfield. Blue CID: BBX to £670 Rugley Walls; BAX to £610 Bavington Mount; Char X to £665 Hay-a-Park; Lim X to £740 Newbiggin Hill; Sim X to £665 Hay-a-Park. Green CID: Char X to £675Strothers; Lim X to £625 Hay-a-Park. Hfrs: BBX to £532 East Whygate; Char X to £635 Holly Hill West; Lim X to £655 Ewart. Fwd: 545 store & breeding sheep, inc former Rothbury sale for top Suff X ewe lambs. Suff X ewe lambs ex Mule ewes to £71 Branton East Side; Suff X ewe lambs ex HB ewes to £60 Warton. Lambs: Texel X to £42.20 Brunton Quarry; Suff X to £41.80 Brunton Quarry; Mule to £37.20 Glendue. Tues. - Hfrs: Lim to 130.5p; BAX to 119.5p; Char X to 105.5p; Lim X to 108.5p. Lim steers to 110.5p. Lambs: Suff X to 118.1p; Texel X to 125.1p; Mule to 111.3p; Blackface to 111.6p; Cheviot X to 113.5p; Char X to 112.9p; cross to 112.4p; Beltex to 115.2p; BdM to 116.8p. Cast ewes & rams: Suff X to £48; Texel X to £47; Mule to £39.20; Leics to £44.50; Blackface to £46.50; Swale to £27.80; Cheviot X to £37.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Tues. Fwd: 4,548 sheep. Lambs 35 kg & up: Texel X to £52.50; Beltex X to £50.50; Suff to £52; Char to £51; Mule to £49.50; Lleyn to £49.20; Swale to £45; Jacob to £41.50. Lambs 34kg or less: Texel X to £36; Beltex to £39.50; Swale to £33.80; Rough Fell to £35.20; Shetland to £33.50; NC Cheviot X to £35.80; Scotch Blackface to £31.80. Rams: Blackface to £41 Whitewall; Swale to £25. Ewes: Lleyn to £30.50; Char to £38; Mule to £35; Swale to £23.50; Rough Fell to £23.50; Texel X to £32.50; NC Cheviot X to £29.50.

LAZONBY. - Wed. Fwd: 730 lambs, 23 ewes. Lambs. - Texel X: £44.50, £43.20 Whitehall; £39.80 Spencey Croft. Beltex X: £37.50 Pallet Hill. Suff X: £43.20 Ingledene; £40.80 Collene Croft; £38.50 Pallet Hill. Char X: £37 Snowdrop Cottage. Mule wethers: £39.50 The Bog Farm; £37.20 Dale House; £37 Whitehall; £36 Shield Hill Top; £35.80 Spencey Croft. Swale ewes £12.80, Herdwick ewes £10 both Beckside.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Special annual show & sale of 1,797 Mule shlgs plus other breeding sheep; weekly sale of 8 dairy cattle, 80 calves & stirks. Mule shlg judges: David Holland, Derbyshire & William Smith, Ripon. Prizes: 1&3 AM&HV Brown, Bedale, £205, £185; 2 JD&E Clarkson £100. Overall av £93 (down £8 to 2003). Other prices: AM&HV Brown £160, £145, £140, £135, £122, £118; W&JM Trewhitt £130, £126(2), £121, £108, £107; HH Smith & Son £126, £112, £97; AC&SA Hutchinson £110, £96; F Dinsdale & Sons £110, £102; J&P Metcalfe £102(2) £98; JMW Brown & Sons £102; JD&F Clarkson £98; Yorcot Farms Ptnrs £96(2). Other Mule breeding sheep. - 2-shear: A Brown £79; AC&SA Hutchinson £77. 3-shear: AC&SA Hutchinson £61; AC Bailey £61; A Brown £60. Texel shlgs; AC Bailey £77; AC&SA Hutchinson £67; JG Wilkin £68. Texel 2-3 shear: A C Bailey £65. New calved cows: GA Verity £525; JD Mortimer £480. In calf: D Sanderson £580. Calves: BB bulls to £230 DT Dinsdale av £212; hfrs to £160 KD,PL&GW Hodgson av £178; Lim bulls to £200 DT Dinsdale av £172; hfrs to £115 W Denham av £81; Herefd bulls to £200 PW Broadley; Char bulls to £170 DN Verity; hfrs to £110 DN Verity av £100; Simm hfrs to £68 JA Dent & Sons; Fries bulls to £106 JD&E Clarkson av £38; AA hfrs to £56 W&SL Robinson av £53. AA hfr stirks: KD,PL&GW Hodgson £190. Wed. - Fwd: 1,651 sheep. Lambs lt to 88.8p av 86.7p; Suff & Cont std to 112.3p av 108.5p; med to 112.5p av 108.5p; heavy to 110.8p av 105.8p; owt to 105.5p av 101.8p; Mule & Masham std to 102.5p av 99.4p; med to 105.7p av 103.2p; heavy to 106.p av 104.2p. Cast ewes: Suff to £46.50; Cont to £44; BFL to £40; Mule to £34; horned to £19.

MIDDLETON in TEESDALE. - Sat. Fwd: 987 sheep. Lambs over 35g: Texel X to £52; Swale to £41; Suff X to £48.50; Char X to £46.20; Mule to £47. Lambs to 34kg: Texel X to £37.50. Ewes: Blue-faced Leics £34.50; Cont X to £36.20; Mule to £30.80; Swale to £16.80. Swale rams to £17.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 152 cattle; 949 sheep. Steers med to 119.5p/£651.28 av 103.68p/£533.64; heavy to 118.5p/£771.80 av 106.92p/£639.39; overall steer 105.37p; hfrs med to 141.5p/£629.38 av 118.57p/£524.69; heavy to 130.5p/£652.50 av 112.31p/£575.20; overall hfr av 115.66p; young bulls med to 111.5p/£613.25 av 90.27p/£469.78; heavy to 117.5p/£728.50 av 102.4p/£610.49; overall bull av 96.63p/total cattle av 106.54p. Lambs std to 121.7p/£47.50 av 109.59p/£42.74; med to 121.9p/£51.80 av 100.25p/£47.35; overall av 110.17p; heavy to 112.5p/£55.20 av 106.88p/£50.97; owt to 101.5p/£53.80; total lamb av 109.51p; cull ewes to £41.50 av £28.27; hogget £42.20. Wed. - Fwd: 95 breeding & store cattle & calves. Holstein bulls: £445, D Henry; £255 A Jopling. Young bulls. - BA: £560 KT Wade. Lim: £655, £622, £582, £565, £538, £532 C Harland; £318, £285 G Worn. Simm: £585 A Appleby; £490 A Fawcett; £380 B Routledge. Fries: £470, £465, £445, £400, £345 GB Anderson; £360 G Worn. Hfrs. - Lim: £530, £485, £465, £438 C Siswick; £468 JG Ward; £420, £402, £385, £375 DG Blackburn; £375 T Souter; £358, £355 B Routledge; £258 P Tweddle. Char: £490, £305 C Siswick; £445 A Fawcett; £428 F Christon. Simm: £375, £380 JG Ward; £335 TH Souter. BB: £4672 LT Ransome; £435 JG Ward; £404 TH Souter; £340, £302. £300, £290 F Bulman. BA: £420 A Fawcett; £400 KT Wade; £360 B Routledge. AA: £338 G Worn. BB bull calf £250, hfr £180, both GH Laverick, Private sales from Sept 6-10: 68 fat cattle, inc OTMs, 34 fat sheep.

PENRITH. - Mon. Fwd: 60 cattle. Hfrs: Lim to 139.5p; BA to 134.5. Lim steers to 119.5p. Bulls: Lim to 116.5p; Char to 114.5p(2); BA to 109.5p; BB to 104.5p; Fries to 94.5p. Wed. Fwd: 5,260 sheep, inc show & sale for Solway & Tyne Texel Breeders' Association. Judge: JG Little, Market Arcade. Champion pen: AH Ritson, Ireby Hall, £61/135.6p (highest price) to judge; res: R Skelton, Sunnyslack, £63 to judge. Texel lambs ex lowland ewe: 1 & champion AH Ritson; 2 R Skelton; 3 LH Seymour, Brackenslack. Ex hill-bred ewe: 1 R Skelton; 2 Westgarth, Setterah Park; 3 T Trafford, Peterhouse. Lambs. - Cont: £63 Sunnyslack; £61 Ireby Hall; £59.50 Hill Top (Bentley); £59 Bromley Green; £58.50 Oaklands; £57 Low Row, The Green; £56.80 Whygill Head; £56 Sunnyslack Farm, Colstons; £55.80 Castle Bank; £55.20 Reagill Grange; £55 Staingills, Villa Farm; £54.80 Setterah Park; £54.50 Far Broom; £54 Crosby Lodge. Suff X: £56 Low Row, Villa Farm; £55 Reagill Grange, Stoneybeck, Manor Farm (Marrs); £54 Bank House (Elliott); £53.20 Staingills; £53 Elm House (Dent), Low Howgill; £52.80 Park Head (Hird), Highrigg; £52.50 Kiln Gate, Lime Tree. Mule: £51 Greenhow, Peterhouse; £49.80 Low Buildings; £49.50 Hollins; £49.20 Low Garth (Richardson); £49 Well House; £48.80 The Faulds; £48 Waterside House; £47 Cannerheugh; £46.50 Newlands (Slack); £46.20 Haresceugh Castle; £46 High Side (Moore). Cheviot lambs: £51 Ploveriggs, Grayrigg (Allonby).

ST JOHN'S CHAPEL. - Last Fri. Fwd: 395 store lambs & feeding ewes. Mule lambs: £38.50, £35.20 Six Dargue; £38.50, £34 Pinfold House; £34 Cornfield. Texel X lambs: £46, £38.20 Lane Head; £40 Six Dargue. Swale feeding ewes: £13 Six Dargue.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 325 cattle, 853 sheep, 220 pigs. Steers lt to 101.5p/£451.68; med to 127.5p/£707.63 av 97.5p; heavy to 137.5p/£854.25 av 107.9p; hfrs lt to 133.5p/£534 av 93.7p; med to 138.5p/£644.03 av 116.8p; heavy to 138.5p/£825 av 117.8p; young bulls lt to 94.5p/£430.13 av 86.8p; med to 123.5p/£685.43 av 94.4p; heavy to 119.5p/£889.53 av 103.8p. Lambs std to 117.9p/£46 av 110.5p; med to 119.6p/£53.80 av 111.2p; heavy to 119.1p/£54.80 av 110.5p; sh;gs to 54.8p/£28.50; ewes lt to £28 av £22.14; heavy to £37 av £32.11. Porkers to 83p/£63.08; cutters to 83p/£68.75 av 74.7p; baconers to 77.5p/£68.15 av 69.3p; owt to 65p/£122.10 av 55.9p; sows to 53p/£166.77 av 50.2p; boars to 45p/£120.80 av 40.8p. Tues. Fwd: 40 store cattle, 50 store lambs. Steers, red CID 24-m-o: Lim X £550; Fries £410. Hfrs 18-24-m-o: BBX £432; Simm £430; Lim X £412; AAX £485. Lambs: Suff X £37.40; Texel X £37.50.

TOW LAW. - Mon. Fwd: 917 sheep. Lambs: Suff X to 113.5p; Texel X to 117.8p; Mule to 107.7p. Cast ewes to £47