BORDERWAY. - Wed, May 5. Fwd: 192 weaned calves. Lim bulls: £575, £470 Crofton Hall; £500 The Guards; £485(2) High Barns; £460 Askham Hall Farm; £455(2), £448(3) Midtown Farm; £440 The Beeches; £405(2) Birds Park Farm. Steers: £395(3) Todhillrigg. Hfrs: £360 Clachanpluck; £355(3) Croftlands; £345(4) Wickerfield. Parthenais: £550, £535, £532, £508, £500 Holmewrangle. BB bulls: £495 The Guards; £425(2) Askham Hall Farm; £400(2) Largs Farm; £395 Todhillrigg; £390 Westfield Ho; £380 Birds Park Farm. Steers: £402(4) Todhillrigg. Hfrs: £410, £335(3) Clachanpluck; £352(3) Wickerfield. AA bulls: £460(2) Quarry Ho. Hfrs: £285(4) Nelson Hill. Holstein/Fries bulls: £455(10) Wragmire Bank; £420(6) East Scales. Char bulls: £405 New Bampton Farm. Saler bulls: £388(3) Broom Farm. Herefd bulls: £340 The Howes. Other calves. - Lim bulls: £300 Lane End; £270 Espland Hill; £258 Bleaberry Rigg; £240, £235(2); £210 West End Farm; £215 Riggheads. Hfrs: £230, £150 Bleaberry Rigg; £150 Burton Ho Farm; £150 Lane End. BB bulls: £285, £280 Town Head; £245 Stone Flatts; £225 Riggheads; £200 Dykehead; £190 Espland Hill. Hfrs: £200 Burton Ho Farm; £195 Riggheads; £185, £150, £145 Stone Flatts; £170 Dyke Head; £168 Riddings Hills; £160 Bridge End. BA bulls: £235, £180 West Park. Hfrs: £128 West Park. Char hfrs: £190, £160 Dykehead. AA bulls: £185 Forrest Farm; £158, £125 Bramery; £120 Station Road. Hfrs: £70(2) Bridge End; £70 Bolton Park; £70 Cow Lane. Holstein/Fries bulls £160, £155, £125(2) The Harras; £140 Newton Field; £130 Station Road; £128 Riddings Hill.

DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 471 cattle, 609 sheep. Steers lt to 111.5p av 100.5p; med to 126.5p av 111.28p; heavy to 143.5p av 105.35p; overall steer av 107.1p; hfrs med to 133.5p av 106.18p; heavy to 135.5p av 111.12p; overall hfr av 110.93p; young bulls lt to 89.5p av 84.91p; med to 106.5p av 96.41p; heavy to 122.5p av 103.78p; overall bull av 103.36p. Lambs lt to 146p av 137.02p; med to 157.5p av 144.68p; heavy to 144.7p, av 141.42p; overall lambs 144.32p; hoggs lt to 112.6p av 99.79p; med to 120.8p av 115.81p; heavy to 129.7p av 117.68p; cull ewes to £58 av 36.79p. Mon. - Fwd: 168 store & breeding cattle, 20 store hoggs, 175 ewes & hoggs with lambs. Steers. - Lim: £550 F Davison & Sons; £530, £510 RE Williamson; £500, £465(2) W&C Iceton; £380(2), £300 EF Atkinson. BA: £580 N Basey & Son; £260 HR Wilkinson. Baz: £545, £455 NG Beveridge. Mont: £430 RE Will-iamson. Herefd: £490 EF Atkinson. Char: £428 EM Dickeson. BB: £315 GW Lee & Sons. Hfrs. - Lim: £500, £448 GS Bainbridge; £498, £430 HR Wilkinson; £442, £425(2), £380 J Linsley; £425, £410 PJ Wiper; £412(2) P Harrison; £398 W&C Iceton. BA: £495 PJ Wiper; £442(3), £425 J Linsley. BB: £485 GS Bainbridge; £450(2) EF Atkinson; £435, £418, £392 P Swinburne. Char: £482 GS Bainbridge; £380(2) DA Shepherd. Simm: £408, £392, £380(3) DA Shepherd. Young bulls. - Lim: £535, £505 Shepherd Farms; £528, £440, £435 J Hicks; £525(3), £480, £465, £445, £440(3), £395(2) W Robson; £508, £445, 405 K Buckle; £495 BN Kirby, £470 WM Reed & Sons; £450(4) W&D Findlay; £375(3) TJ Wick. BA: £638, £550(2) IR Appleton; £605 A Spence; £580 H Thompson; £480 K Buckle. Simm: £570 H Thompson. Char: £560 WA Steph-enson. BB: £530, £485 K Buckle, £472 W&D Findlay; £420 Shepherd Farms. AA: £450 W&D Findlay. Cows & calves, Lim: £710 SM&CM Bewley. Fries: £465 SM&CM Bewley. Herefd £400 JD Seymour. BA breeding bull £1,000 IR Appleton. Store hoggs. - Texel: £43.50, £38, £35.50 F Whitfield & Son. Breeding sheep, Mule hoggs & singles £116 TA Metcalfe; £97, £89 JN Spedding; £96 HS Hutchinson. 2-shear Mule ewes & Texel X lambs to £106, £104 GW Coggrave. Shlg & lamb £65 HB Nichols.

Hawes. - Tues. Fwd: 5 calves, 1,106 sheep. Calves: BB bulls to £262 JF Bowe & Son, Hawes; Lim X bulls to £246 FD&TW Chapman, Hawes av £173. Prime hoggs lt to 110.9p av 109.9p; std to 98.3p av 97.4p; med to 110.1p av 106p; overall av 105.3p. Lt wt hoggs to 100p. Cast ewes, horned to £30 av £20.39; polled to £54 av £38.63. Cast rams, polled to £45 av £36.25. Ewes & lambs: Mule & twins to £135 IR Cousin, Kirkby Stephen, av £108.65; with singles to £88 SM Towler, Malham Moor, av £72.40. Cont & twins to £80 TA Blades, Hawes; with singles to £93 TA Blades; Swale & twins to £132 G S Tiplady, Low Row, av £70.44; with singles to £91 GS Tiplady av £48.66. Gimmer hoggs: Swale to £84 D Gardner, Caton, av £58.74; Mule to £70 K Metcalfe & Sons, Hawes, av £61.64; Cheviot to £46 LC Scarr & Son, Bainbridge, av £35. Gimmer shlgs Swale to £54 JA Davis, Kirkby Stephen, av £51.04.

HEXHAM. - Last Fri. Fwd: 1,710 store cattle & suckled calves. Steers, Red CID: Lim X to £700 Fairnley; Char X to £730 Woodhead; Simm X to £630 Stoop Rigg; BAX to £638 Toft Ho (SAR); BBX to £660 Aydonshields, Claywalls (2); Longhorn X £470 Newlands Haugh. Blue: Lim X to £765 Elilaw, Great Chesters; Simm X to £705 Hedley West Riding; Char X to £790 Bellion; BAX to £605 Watch Currock; BBX to £675 Camphill; AAX to £570 Bunker Hill; Herefd X to £545 Park End Farms. Green: Lim X to £610 Kirkheaton South; Char X to £660 Mount View; BBX to £615 Broomhope; BAX to £625. Young BBX bulls on green to £700 Glendue. Hfrs. - Lim X to £715 Great Chesters; Simm X to £560 Low Farnham; Char X to £560 Bishopton; BAX to £610 Eltringham; BBX to £560 Woodhouse; AA £535 Wydon; AAX £348 Burmoor; Herefd X £540 Burmoor. Tues. - Fwd: 2,213 sheep. Heavy hfrs to 113.5p av 100.05p. Spring lambs: Suff X to 150.2p; Texel X to 147.2p; Char X to 151.7p. Hoggs: Suff X to 108.4p; Texel X to 113p(2); Mule to 100p; Blackface to 114.6p; Cheviot X to 110.5p; Char X to 110.4p; Beltex to 109.4p; HB to 100.9p. Cast ewes & rams: Suff X to £57.50; Texel X to £55; Mule to £41.80; Leics to £63.50; Vendeen to £42; HB to £42; BdM to £63.50; Blackface to £47; Cheviot to £39; Swale to £30 Wydon. Hoggs & singles: Mule to £132 Rennington South; Suff X to £120(2) Brandon Hall; Texel to £126 Brandon Hall; Hoggs & twins: Mule to £132 Newbiggen Hill; Suff X to £130 Brandon Hall. Gimmers & lambs: Mule to £134 Carrholme; Suff X to £130 (twins) Woodyclose, £115 (singles) Woodyclose. Ewes & lambs: Mule to £115 East Fourstones (BM & triplets), £107 Whitton Dene (-crop & twins); £104 East Fourstones (BM & twins); £74 East Fourstones (BM & singles); Suff X to £188 Cooks Ho (-crop & twins); Texel X to £90 Cooks Ho (-crop & singles); Blackface to £75 Middle Whitehill (BM & Mule twins); Swale to £45 Cooks Ho (BM & singles).

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Tues. Fwd: 1,143 sheep. Spring lambs: Cont X to £56; Suff X to £53.20. Hoggs: Cont X to £58; Suff X to £51; Rough Fell to £46; Swale to £50; Cheviot X to £44.80; Scotch Blackface to £47. Ltwt hoggs: Swale to £34.50; Cheviot to £38. Cast ewes: Mule to £47; BFL to £52; Swale to £34.50; Texel to £53.50; Scotch Blackface to £34.50; Cheviot to £37.50.

LEYBURN. - Wed. Fwd: 554 sheep. Lambs std to 142.5p av 137.8p; med to 143.4p av 138.5p; heavy to 133p av 129.2p; owt 115p; hoggs lt to 84.3p av 68.3p; std to 108.9p av 77.9p; med to 106.6p av 98.1p; heavy to 106.3p av 87.7p; owt to 103.4p av 77.9p. Ewes: Cont £54; Mule £47.50; Tees £38; horned £36.50 av £22.60.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 175 cattle, 449 sheep. Steers med to 108.5p av 102.99p; heavy to 106.5p av 96.92; overall steer av 98.2p; hfrs med to 133.5p av 110.23p; heavy to 127.5p av 99.27; overall hfr av 104.16p; young bulls lt to 99.5p; med to 117.5p av 94.07p; heavy to 117.5p av 95.17p; overall bull av 94.92p; total cattle av 99.98p. Lambs std to 147.2p av 143.45p; med to 143.7p av 135.3p; overall av 136.74p; heavy to 138.2p av 132.37p; total lamb av 136.55p; hoggets std to 111.5p; med to 118.7p av 110.3p; overall av 110.34p; heavy to 120.8p av 114.5p; owt to 111.3p av 98.97p; total hogg av 109.71p; total sheep av 122.1p; cull ewes to £55 av £44.97. Wed. - Fwd: 211 store & breeding cattle plus calves, 43 breeding sheep. Bulls. - Lim: £720, £520, £492, £402 AG Frank; £490. £440 T Scaife; £430 D Johnson; £400 HJ Thomson; £380 RJ Garbutt; £365, £305 JB Stevenson. Char: £640 AG Frank. BB: £555 J Weatherhead, £462 AH Brass. Simm: £500 D Johnson; £432, £380, £368, £330, £280 FC Jackson; £425 J Stephenson. Holstein: £475 D Stockdale; £385 JA Homan; £355 HJ Thomson; £335 D Johnson; £305 R Watson. Fries: £460, £372 A Smith; £440, £400 J Stephenson. Hfrs. - Char: £592, £555, £548, £532, £488 JT Coxon; £462, £375 JS Wood; £425 M Harland; £350 B Routledge. Lim: £528 JT Coxon; £522, £498 A Smith; £512, £495 JL Cook; £508, £482, £475 KM Sayer; £488, £448 M Whorlton; £450 L Hugill; £440, £405, £390, £360 A Fawcett; £428, £390 WL Walker; £415, £370 D Easton; £405 J Stockill; £395, £370 L Featherstone; £380, £345 F Jackson; £350 B Routledge; £342 RJ Garbutt; £290 N Buckle. BB: £450 D Easton; £418 J Stockill; £365 KM Sayer. Simm: £462 A Fawcett; £418, £365 WL Walker; £368, £362 KM Sayer; £362, £348, £335 F Jackson; £358 B Routledge, £130 P Dowling. AA: £425 D Cormack; £390 M Harland; £335 A Smith. BA: £375 R Mortimer. Herefd: £420, £375 J Stockill. Bullocks. - Char: £685, £590, £545, £465 JT Oxon; £390 GA Chapman. Lim: £612, £595, £582 R Hugill; £570, £550, £490, £460 E Hill; £515, £512, £508, £460 M Whorlton; £470, £460 F Pearson; £248, £415 GA Chapman. AA: £592, £590 F Croft. BB: £420 GA Chapman. Holstein: £362, £295 P Hutchinson. Calves: Shorthorn bull £148; hfr £132; Simm hfr £170 all GH Laverick. Dexter cow & calf £200 P Dowling. Hoggs & lambs: £131, £124, £105 Hunter; £98 I Holmes. Texel shlgs & lambs: £118 Hunter; Mule ewes & lambs £97, £92 JC Ward; Mule ewes BCMB & lambs £83 JC Ward; Mule ewe 3-crop & lambs £50 RW Hebden. Private sales May 17-21: 3 fat cattle, inc OTMs, 52 fat sheep & pigs.

PENRITH. - Mon. Fwd: 72 cattle. Hfrs: Lim to 147.5p; BB to 127.5p; BA to 118.5p. Lim steers 130.5p. Bulls: BB to 118.5p; Lim to 117.5p; Char to 111.5p; BA to 108.5p; Baz to 103.5p; Fries to 90.5p. Wed. - Fwd: 1,582 sheep. Spring lambs to £82. Hoggs: Suff X to £63.50; Cont X to £59; Cheviot to £59; Swale to £53.50.

THIRSK. - Thurs. Fwd: 423 cattle, 951 sheep, 208 pigs. Steers med to 129.5p av 107.1p; heavy to 122.5p av 104.8p; hfrs lt 124.5p av 119.5p; med to 129.5p av 103.4p; heavy to 147.5p av 109.3p; young bulls lt to 89.5p av 79.2p; med to 121.5p av 93.5p; heavy to 118.5p av 101.4p. Lambs std to 150p av 143.6p; med to 152.3p av 138.1p; heavy to 134.8p; hoggets std to 115.8p av 108.3p; med to 116.7p av 108.5p; heavy to 117p av 108.8p; owt to 109.5p av 106.6p; shlgs lt to 92.3p av 81.9p; heavy to 78.8p av 75p; owt to 77.4p av 72.5p; ewes lt to £38 av £21.18; heavy to £48.50 av £38.09. Porkers to 90p av 83.7p; cutters to 96p av 85.8p; baconers to 86p av 79p; sows to 44.05p av 39.3; boars to 32.05p av 30.5p. Mon. - Collection centre. Fwd: 26 OTMs, 74 sows