BARNARD CASTLE. - Tues. Fwd: 231 cattle. Lim cows & bull calves to £890 M&K Toward; with hfr calves to £530 M&K Toward. Bulls: Char £635; Lim £615; BB £605; Simm £590. Steers: Char £635; Lim £750; BB £700; Simm £585. Hfrs: BA £625; Lim £650; BB £650. Feeding bulls: C Graham £595; Mrs D Coggins & Sons £625, £605, £560; G Robinson £615, £525, £505; J&SE Bainbridge £620, £545, £540, £515, £495; JN Spedding £535, £445; T&G Lee £615, £605, £425; N Medd & Son £620, £595, £580, £575, £570, £550, £515, £490; JH Oulton £590, £550, £545, £490, £485; K Atkinson £625, £620, £555; F Bainbridge £575, £555, £540, £535, £340. Store cattle: EW Guy & Son £635, £600, £592, £570, £560, £505, £440; GW Dent £438, £410; R Grice £625, £570, £480; TB Walton £525, £480, £430, £400; JP&R Ward £630, £600, £585, £560; JW Dent & Sons £585, £570, £445; C Graham £595; R Hutchinson & Sons £700, £635, £600, £610, £565; S&SJ Pickering £578, £490, £430; MW Elliott £425, £385; TL Anderson £750, £700, £600, £530; G&MF Turnbull £600, £585, £578, £530, £500, £570; CR&J Stephenson £550, £535, £510; AA Walton & Sons £485, £470; D Anderson £335; L Guy & Son £650, £568, £540; R Tookey £430; S Richardson £580, £570, £460; WG Walton £545, £420; D Alderson £560, £540, £520, £482; E Knaggs £572, £465, £455; JV&MA Oliver £650, £640, £630; JB&JA Fenwick £60, £590, £565, £470. Wed. - Fwd: 426 sheep. Pet lambs to £7.50; store hoggs to £40; lt to 148.3p av 123.8p; med to 145p av 136.6p; heavy to 123.9p av 115.8p. Cast sheep: Cont £85; Suff £66; Mule £60; Swale £35.

DARLINGTON. - Wed. of last week. Fwd: 226 cattle. Steers med to 118.5p/£651.75 av 103.72p; heavy to 116.5p/£757.88 av 104.9p; overall steers av 105.1p; hfrs lt to 112.5p/£410./63 av 111.2p; med to 129.5p/£608.65 av 106.85p; heavy to 134.5p/£715.50 av 105.22p; overall hfr av 106.7p; young bulls med to 122.5p/ £667.63 av 96.16p; heavy to 118.5p/£868 av 106.45p, overall bull av 104.91p. Spring lambs lt to 166.6p/£65; med to 176.6p/ £74.20; overall lamb av 162.41p. Hoggs lt to 132.8p/£59.80 av 129.73p; med to 136.5p/£71 av 130.69p; heavy to 133.3p/£72 av 130.64p, overall hogg av 131.42p. Cull ewes to £75, av £51.

Hawes. - Tues. Fwd: 25 calves, 23 store cattle, 379 sheep. Calves - Spring show of rearing calves for Thompson Trophy. Judge: Derek Atkinson, Stillington. Champion calf & 1st prize BB bull: JF Bowe & Son, Hawes, £300 to IE&M Kearton. Res & 1st prize Lim bull: FD&TW Chapman, Hawes, £288 to W Thompson. Other prices: BB bulls to £300 JF Bowe & Son, Hawes av £250.60; hfrs to £240 T&LM Goad, Dent av £223.33; Lim bulls to £288 FD&TW Chapman, Hawes av £241.67; hfrs to £138 JM Fawcett & Son, Hawes av £110.29; Simm hfrs to £102 JM Fawcett & Son; Holstein Fries to £170 FD&TW Chapman av £130; AA hfrs to £90 JF Bowe & Son. Store cattle. - Lim bullocks to £662 AW&R Sharples, Hawes av £490; hfrs to £478 RA Sowerby, Hawes av £373; Char bullocks to £655 AW&R Sharples; Holstein bulls to £354 AT Lambert, Hawes av £312. Prime hoggs lt to 132.5p av 128.6p; std to 153.8p av 127.6p; med to 141p av 128p; heavy to 125.5p av 122.4p; overall av 128p. Lt wt hoggs: horned to 130.5p; Suff to 124.7p; Mules to 110.2p. Cast ewes: horned to £65 av £33.24; polled to £80 av £65.56. Cast rams: polled to £62.50 av £40. Ewes & twins: Swale to £102 av £76; Mule to £102 av £98.50; Suff to £100 av £91.25.

HEXHAM. - Tues. Fwd: 858 hoggs, 17 loads hay & straw. Heavy hfrs to 112.5p av 105.2p. Hoggs: Suff X to 133.3p; Texel X to 134.6p; Mule to 128p; Blackface to 130.5p; Swale to 125.7p; Cheviot X to 139.7p; Char X to 124p; Jacob to 113.2p. Cast sheep: av £46.53; Suff X to £76; Texel X to £76; Mule to £63; Blackface to £53; Swale to £40. Round bale hay: £14/bale; mini Heston barley straw £8; round bale barley straw to £8; round bale wheat straw (inside) £5; outside to £6. First ewes & lambs of season: Texel X & singles to £101; BM Suff X & twins to £94.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Tues. Fwd: 706 sheep. Texel x ewes & lambs to £47 per life Havera; Swale ewes BM & twins to £37 per life Dalehead; Suff ewes & doubles £40 Gillses. Spring lambs: overall av 181.66p; Suff X to £78; Beltex X to £77; Dorset to £73.50. Store/prime hoggs: Rough Fell to £63.20; Texel X to £61.50; Suff X to £60.80; NCC X to £60; Mule to £58.50; Swale to £57.50; Char to £57.50; Scotch Blackface to £57. Ltwt (34kg or less): Swale to £48; Rough Fell to £46; Texel X to £46.50; Scotch Blackface to £45.80; Suff X ato £45.80. Cast ewes: Texel X to £79; NCC X to £73; Suff X to £70; Mule to £70; Rough Fell to £62; Swale to £47.50. Rams: Suff X to £85; Blue-faced Leics to £73; Texel to £68; NCC to £66.50; Swale to £49.50.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 3 dairy cattle, 59 calves, 105 breeding & store sheep. Calved hfrs: PF Donaldson £710, £580; calved cows: TS Lawson & Son £480. Calves: BB bulls to £300 SH&NJ Whitaker av £264 overall; hfrs to £185 SH&NJ Whitaker av £152; Lim bulls to £270 W&D Scaife Son av £235; hfrs to £295 W&D Scaife Son av £176; Simm bulls to £278 EP&J Robertshaw Ltd av £248; AA bulls to £170 JC&AV Lancaster av £148; hfrs to £100 SH Gatenby; Fries bulls to £165 W&D Scaife & Son av £88; hfrs to £100 W&D Scaife & Son. Breeding sheep. - Pure Texel (Mark Robson): 2-shear & twins £158; shlg & single £145; hogg & single £130, £90. Other sheep & lambs. - Mule ewes & twins: J&JC Ashbridge (4-crop) £138, C Gregg (CB) £122. Horned ewes & Cont twins: IE&M Kearton £78, with Cont singles £63; with Mule twins MW Stephenson £60; with Mule singles £50. Mule gimmer hoggs: JJ Scott £71; feeding hoggs: JD Spensley £53; feeding ewes: IE&M Kearton £19. Wed. - Fwd: 807 sheep. Hoggs lt to 139.6p av 130.6p; Suff & Cont std to 146.8p av 141.2p; med to 165p av 143.2p; heavy to 137p av 122.8p; owt to 122.7p av 113.4p; Mule & horned std to 139.1p av 127.9p; med to 136.7p av 125.1p; heavy to 113.6p av 101.2p; owt to 119p av 107.9p. Ewes: Tees £73.50; Mule £71; Cont £69.50; horned £55 av £31.60.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 135 cattle, 1,125 sheep. Steers heavy to 113.5p/£788.83 av 101.33p/£654.74; hfrs lt to 134.5p/£504.39; med to 140.5p/ £614.10 av 111.88p/£509.73; heavy to 140.5p/£730.60 av 110.65p/£589.04; overall av 111.33p; bulls med to 113.5p/ £607.23 av 94.37/£501.15; heavy to 115.5p/£679.58 av 96.92p/ £577.59, overall bull av 96.11p; total cattle av 105.22p. Lambs std to 191p/£74.50 av 173.67/£67.02; med to 188.7p/£77.50 av 174.49p/£71.65; overall lamb av 174.25p; hoggets to 144.1p/ £56.20 av 134.36/£50.33; med to 149.5p/£62.80 av 135.59p/£58.62, overall av 135.38p; heavy to 139.5p/£69.50 av 128.87p/ £62.89; owt to 125p/£71.50 av 119.1p/£67.03; total hogget av 128.42p; total sheep av 130.96p; cull ewes to £59.50 av £49.98. Wed. - Fwd: 206 store & breeding cattle, 24 breeding sheep. Bull. - Lim: £540, £530 BW Peirson; £500, £495, £480 Mrs J Allen; £495, £375, £350 R Jones; £440 J Linsley; £432 F Todd; £418 HJ Thomson. Simm: £448 T&RW Coates. Fries. - £390 D Evans; £305 T Coates; £282, £269 HJ Thomson. BB. - £348 R Jones. Hfrs. - Lim: £540 P Leggott; £485, £440, £382, £310 C Bainbridge; £472, £460 L Dent; £440, £418, £402 JH Clark; £434, £340 TH Souter; £425, £350 R Pattison; £410 CH Bentley; £378 J&R Bullock; £368 J&A Pattison; £345, £288 A Jopling. Simm: £528 Mrs E A Jopling; £515 A Fawcett; £385, £370, £345 J&A Pattison; £370 TA Garbutt; £340 R Pattison. BA: £525, £522, £505 A Fawcett; £400, £360 W Brass. BB: £492 TH Souter; £435 J Pattison; £428, £355 R Pattison; £395 Mrs Broadley. Char: £515 TH Souter; £322 PA Jopling. Fries: £470 CH Bentley. AA: £355 D Evans. Hereford: £262, £208 BA Cook. Bullocks. - Lim: £700, £635, £505 TR Simpson; £590 R Jones; £570, £560, £538, £530 P Leggott; £492 IW Stobart; £450, £435, £432, £398 H L Ward; £448 Mrs R Broadley; £432 WS Moore; £395 IM Cook; £318 BA Cook. Char: £668 MV Dale; £598 IM Cook; £565 R Jones; £558 W S Moore; £490, £485, £465 Mrs R Broadley; £488 IM Cook. BB: £620, £602, £528 R Robson; £500 IM Cook; £448 WS Moore. BA: £512 I W Stobart; £500 W Brass; £460 WS Moore. Holstein: £472 R Robson; £415 IM Cook; £320 WS Moore; £258 BA Cook. Simm: £468, £422 Mrs R Broadley. Herefd: £432 WS Moore; £310 BA Cook. AA: £418, £405 B Milburn. Breeding cattle. - Ped Lim stock bull £840 SC Barron. Lim cow & calf £550 Mrs S Dennis. BB cow & calf £550 Mrs S Dennis. Ewes & lambs. - Texel: BM £146, £137, £132 H Thompson; Mule 2-shear £147, £140 B Holliday; Swale, BM £66 RW Hebden. Private sales from April 12-16: 31 fat cattle inc OTMS, 24 fat sheep & pigs.

PENRITH. - Mon. Fwd: 36 prime cattle, 288 store cattle. Lim hfrs to 134.5p(2); BB to 103.5p; Lim steers to 123.5p; Lim bulls to 120.5p; BA to 107.5p; Char to 107.5p; Fries to 91.5p. Store bullocks. - BAX: £695, £602(2) Mount Clifton; £608, £548 Town Head (Potter). Char X: £680 Town Foot (Martin); £638 Dale House. AAX: £628(2) Wickerslack; £590, £545 Far Close; £580 Lisco. Lim X: £708, £660, £625 Hall Beck; £675, £645 Town Foot (Martin); £670 Bennett Head; £655, £595 Far Close; £650, £648(2) Melmerby Mill; £640 Berrier End; £625 Five Oaks; £625(2) Wickerslack; £615 Old Vicarage; £608 Green Farm (Hodgson). Herefd X: £575 Fremington; £562(4) Brackenslack; £498 Longlands. BBX: £725 Dale House (Hammond); £668(2) Wickerslack; £658 Fremington; £600 Lisco. MRI X: £590(4) Bennett Head. Hfrs. - Lim X: £648, £612 Bunkers Hil; £568(3), £520(2) Bennett Head; £555 Town Foot (Martin); £552, £530(4) Low Row; £550 Gate Ghyll; £525(2), £518, £510(2) Melmerby Mill. BBX: £572 Town Head (Potter); £550, £522(4) Low Row. AAX: £460(4) Carthanet. Char X: £562 Low Row. Herefd X hfrs: £438 Fremington. Feeding bulls. - BAX: £545 Swindale. Char X: £472 Whitbysteads. Simm X: £438(2) Stamp Hill. BBX: £542 Kirkbarrow; £505, £490 Stamp Hill. MRI X: £410, £385 Stamp Hill. Fries: £460, £405(4) Town End (Mounsey); £368 Crewgarth (Noble); £368(6), £348(6) Kirkbarrow; £360(8) Stamp Hill. Lim: £588(2) Old Vicarage; £465 Langrigg; £450(3) Stamp Hill; £392 Crewgarth (Noble). Rearing calves. - Simm X bulls: £315(2) Stamp Hill. BBX hfrs: £134, £118 Lamonby House. MRI X bulls: £320, £278(3) Stamp Hill. Lim X bulls: £200, £160 Knock Cross. Tues. - Store sheep. Mule shlgs & double: £44 Mellgates. Mule ewes & doubles: £41.50 Mellgates. Cont ewes & singles: £41 Mellgates. Cont ewes & doubles: £39 Mellgates. Wed. Fwd: 4,002 prime sheep. Spring lambs £74. Hoggs: Cont X to £78; Cheviot to £64.80; Suff X to £64.80; Scotch Blackfaced to £60; Mule to £61; Swale to £60.80; Kendal Rough to £58.50; Masham to £57.80. Ewes: Suff to £93; Cont to £77.50; Blue-faced Leics to £74.50; Cheviot to £70.50; HB to £69; Mule to £64.50; Swale to £60; Kendal Rough to £47.50. Rams: Blue-faced Leics to £70; Cont to £69.

THIRSK. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 95 cattle, 1,031 sheep, 93 pigs. Steers med to 119.5p/ £657.25; heavy to 115.5p/ £879.63 av 100.3p; hfrs med to 130.5p/£562.88 av 105.5p; heavy to 122.5p/£694.40 av 105.5p; young bulls lt to 92.5p/£420.88 av 82.5p; med to 107.5p/£574.75 av 89.02p; heavy to 109.5p/£800.08 av 99.63p. Lambs std to 180.3p/ £70.20 av 180.1p; med to 179.8p/ £76 av 176p; heavy to 160.9p/£74; hoggets lt to 140.7p/£45; std to 145.9p/£56.20; av 138p; med to 148p/£60.80 av 134.8p; heavy to 131.4p/£67 av 124.4p; owt to 122.6p/£70 av 115.7p; ewes lt to £44.20 av £33.42; heavy to £74 av £57.21. Porkers to 92p/£66.50 av 86.2p; cutters to 69p/£77.95 av 89.2p; baconers to 81p/£76.46 av 71.2p; owt to 58p/£69.60; sows to 48p/£134.78 av 44.9p