BARNARD CASTLE. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 857 sheep. Hoggs lt to 133.9p av 122.6p; std to 136.4p av 124.8p; med to 133.3p av 127.5p; hvy to 130.4p av 124p. Cast sheep: Cont to £85; Mules to £66.50; Suff to £70; Swale to £45. Goats to £30. Tues. Fwd: 319 cattle. Lim hfr & Lim calf £880 E R Thompson. BB bulling hfr £580; Lim £500. Lim bulls £630; Char £665; Blonde £570. Char blks £625; Lim £710, Here £510; BB to £600; Blonde £680; Angus £430; Simm £590; Fries £470; Saler £550. Lim hfrs £725; Char £562; Blonde £670; BB to £555; Here £440; Simm £480; Angus £345. Bulling hfrs: J T Parkin £580, £555, £540, £500, £485. Feeding bulls: C R&J Stephenson £580; C & I Watson £455, £445; K Atkinson £645, £630, £580; J&K Metcalf & Son £570, £550, £535, £530; Mrs D Coggins & Son £665, £640, £635, £615, £610, £590, £565: D Smith £575, £565. Stores: J R Addison&Sons £635, £610, £502, £450; J D Mortimer £492, £448, £430; Mrs D Birkett&Son £520, £445; Dent Bros £470, £440; G S&S E Wilson £680, £472; G&W Turnball & Sons £590, £550, £540, £460, £440, £410; J W Heslop £590, £540, £502, £405; A & B Herworth £562, £522, £495, £435; J R & L Harding £510, £455, £430, £410; K Atkinson £500, £465; JJM Pickering & Son £725; G W Dent £600, £538 K Lind £710, £460, £450; CR Raine & Son £645, £640, £558; EW Guy & Sons £560, £490, £485, £455, £445; J&S E Bainbridge £670, £545, £542 C&E Gaskin £540, £505, £445, £430, £412; C R&J Stephenson £620, £632; J&MJ Walton £585, £580, £495; S Bayles & Sons £575, £552, £500 T B Law £515; JE High & Sons £625, £620, £605; J Collinson £635; G&JA Rigg £495, £442, £412; MW Elliot £600; E Knaggs £550, £520, £482, £430; N Medd & Sons £500, £485, £440, £428, £415, £412; J Buck £475, £410; J Walshaw & Sons £555, £400; J Richardson £478, £430; F &MP Allinson & Sons £660, £620, £585, £555, £545, £540, £505, £445; JL Wilkinson & Son £595, £508, £500, £452, £440, £400; DE Stones £462; JW Dent & Sons £575, £570, £550, £535, £505, £470, £452, £435; HH Barker& Sons £462, £448, £442; WB Rutter & Sons £640, £552, £512, £490; JF&F Hutchinson £650, £570, £555, £545, £490, £465; R Ward £570, £530, £495, £490.

DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last wk. Fwd: 386 cattle, 835 sheep. Cattle: Steers med to 119.5p and £621.40 av 106.33p; hvy to 143.5p and £802.60 av 101.87p; hfrs med to 130.5p and £584.68 av 105.5p; hvy to 140.5p and £828.95 av 105.13p. Young bulls lt to 98.5p and £438.33 av 89.49p; med to 106.5p and £579.98 av 90.51p; heavy to 128.5p and £870.20 av 100.45p. Sheep: hoggs lt to 137.6p and £53 av 123.87p; med to 137.5p and £60.80 av 127.03p; heavy to 138.4p and £69.20av 124.42p, overall av 125.24p. Cull ewes to £79 av £48.89p. Mon. Fwd: 246 store and breeding cattle, 9 rearing calves, plus 415 store hoggs and 23 ewes with twin and single lambs at foot. Steers, Lim to £670 JH Johnson, £660 (2) R Jones; £662, £620 F Davison & Son; £620, £580 PS Tindale; £588 P Brannen; £575 ML&W Bussey, M Gascoigne. Hfrs, Lim to £548 (2), £490, £485 A Gibson & Sons; £445 E Parsons. Blonde to £512, £490 JJ Walton. Hereford to £452, £444 JT Forster & Son. BB to £450 J Linsley. Bulls, Lim to £528 K Hodgson, R Jones; £470, £460 (2) K Buckle. Blonde to £512 EF Atkinson. Char to £488, £460 EF Atkinson. Simm to £460 K Buckle. BB to £455 K Buckle. Rearing calves, bull Lim to £205, £180, £160 KD Askwith, bull Fries to £95, £90, £85, £38. £35, £25 B Tweddle. Store hoggs, Texel to £59 JJ Stubbs; £56, £51.20 H Richardson; £54 J&A and OA Horn; £52.50 J Kelly, J Thompson. Suff to £50.50 D&EM Carter; £48.20 R Carter; £47.80 N Back; £46.50 A&B Herworth. Feeding tups to £50, £44.20 AW Sanderson. Ewes with lambs at foot: singles to £109, £72, £70, £68 AW Sanderson; £72 N Back; twins to £106, £95.50, £93 AW Sanderson.

Hawes. - Tues. Fwd: 7 calves, 446 sheep. Calves: BB bulls £246 A&W Hodgson, Marsett; Lim bulls £182 WJ& C Lambert, Hawes; Fries bulls £82 FD & TW Chapman, Hawes av £54; Lim hfrs £112 WJ&CJ Lambert. Prime hoggs lt to 118.7p av 113.7p; std to 127p av 115p; med to 125p av 116.3p; hvy to 116.6p av 112p, ov av 115.1p. Hoggs lt wt: Cont 116.6p av 110.7p; Suff 115p av 112p; Mules 118.8p av 118p; horned 123.1p av 116.3p. Swale gimmer hoggs £65 GR Scarr, Askrigg av £51.83. Cast ewes, horned £37 av £25.86p. Cast rams, horned £34.50 av £28.75; polled to £69 av £59.50.

HEXHAM. - Last Fri. Fwd: 1,290 store cattle and suckled calves. John Davison Millenium Cup for the champion beast to Robin & Martin Archer, Wark, 10mo Lim x steer on Blue, £950 to Julie Sedgewick, Binchester Hall Farm, Bp Auckland. Res: Archers' 10mo Lim x steer on Blue, £900 to Jonathon Craggs, Glower-Oer-Him, Sedgefield. Leading prices: Steers on Red: Lim x £750; Sim x £710; BB x £652; Char x £712; Holstein £420. Steers on Blue: Lim x £800; Char x £805; Sim x £730; AA x £710; Blonde x £725; BB £690. Steers on Green: Lim x £760; BB £805; Char £645.Hfrs: Lim x £705; Blonde £695; BB x £645; Char x £585. Fwd: 795 sheep. Feeding ewes: Mules £40; Texel £39.50; Blkfce £27.50. Store hoggs: Texel x £57; Suff x £55; Mule £51; Blckfce £47.50; Swaledale £34.80; Cheviot £40.20; Charr £48. Tues Lim hfrs 112.5p;, Char 103.5p. Hoggs: Suff x £67; Texel x: £69.50; Mule: £65; Swaledale £63.50.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Tues. Fwd: 1,204 store and light hoggs, 116 ewes in lamb or with lambs at foot. Breeding sheep: in-lamb Mule shearlings £105; Swaledale ewes £43; Mule shearlings with twin Texel lambs £48/life; Mule ewes with twin Texel £42/life; Texel ewes with twin Texel £43/life; Gritstone ewes with twin Texel £32/life; Mule ewes with single Texel £38/life; Swaledale geld hoggs £40. Hoggs store: Cont x £60.50; Suff x £58.50; Mule £54.80. Lt Suff £43; Swaledale £41.20; Cont x £40.50; rough fell £38.20. Cast ewes: Suff £68; Mule £57; Char £56; Texel £54; Dorset £54; Swaledale £34.Rams: BFL £70; rough fell £55.50; Suff £52; Swaledale £38.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 1 dairy, 49 calves and stirks, 52 breeding and store sheep. Calved hfrs R Hunter £700. Calves: BB bulls to £270 NJ Ward av £228 overall; BB hfrs to £136 NW&M Vasey & Son av £104; Lim bulls to £225 JR Middleton av £188; Lim hfrs to £122 JC Brown & Son av £93; Simm bulls to £198 JA Dent & Sons av £195; Simm hfrs to £95 DN Verity av £93; Angus bulls to £138 KDPL&GW Hodgson; Angus hfrs to £45 JW&RJ Pounder; Fries bulls to £118 S S & EA Guy av £81. Stirks: Fries bulls C&M Burnett £172. Ewes and lambs: 2-shear Mule ewes with twins Robson House Farms £122 and £120. Correct Mule ewes CG Wilson £112. Mule hogg in lamb Robson House Farm £58. BFL Gimmer hoggs J &C Peacock £53; Mule Gimmer hoggs Robson House Farms £52; W Stanger £50; J&C Peacock £47. Store & feeding sheep: Mule hoggs J&C Peacock £48; CH Fawcett & Sons £44.20; Swale ewes CH Fawcett & Sons £15. Wed. Fwd: 909 sheep. Hoggs lt to 129.3p av 120.6p. Suff & Cont std to 128.5p av 126.4p; med to 131.7p av 126.5p; hvy to 135.8p av 126.7p; ow to 124p av 114.2p. Mule & horned std to 122.7p av 120.2p; med to 122.6p av 120.4p; hvy to 119.5p av 116.5p; ow to 99.2p Ewes: BFL to £65; Mule to £62; Cont to £48; Jac to £30; horned to £39.50 av £17.30. Rams: BFL to £48; Cont to £45. Suff & Cont lambs: Falshaw Ptns 135.8, 135.1, 134.2, 132.6; J T Bell & Sons 131.7, 130.9, 130.4, 130.2; W Anderson Fms 128.7p; K W & S F Loadman 127.3, 126.1; Falshaw Ptns £67, £66.20, £65.20; F W Pybus & Son £67; R J Bailey £67; G W Gill £65; JT Bell & Sons £62, £61.50. Mules: J Metcalfe&Sons 122.6p; M&R A Dent 122.5p; RE Phillips & Son 122.3p, 122.2p, 120.7p; RJ Pratt 119.7p; H Avison 119.1p; P Metcalfe 118.7p; RJ Bailey 118.1p; H& EM Tiplady £59.50; H Avison £57.20, £53.80; P Metcalfe £57; JF&PM C Milner £56; RE Phillips & Son £55, £54.20; J Metcalfe & Sons £51.50. Horned hoggs: WH Brown 122.7p; H&EM Tiplady 120p; JF &PMC Milner 119.5p; WA Dinsdale & Son 116.6p; R&PR Banks 116.6p; JT Dixon & Sons 114.7p; R Marwood & Son £55; JT Dixon&Sons £52.80; JF& PMC Milner £47.80. Light Suff & Cont: Armstrong Ptns 128.8pp, 127.2p; RJ Pratt 124.4p; WH Brown 118.7p. Lt horned: WH Brown 128.6p; R&PR Banks 122.5p; WM Iveson 122.2p; RJ Pratt 121.8p, 119.4p; G Lambert 121.08p. Lt mules: JF& PMC Milner 129.3p; MW Stephenson 121.8p; R&PR Banks 121.6p; J Metcalfe & Sons 120p.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 150 cattle, 1,246 sheep. Steers med 97.5p and £519.75 av 95.92 and £501.19p; hvy 114.5p and £761.48, av 95.83p and £635.24, ov av 95.84p; hfrs med 130.5p and £613.35, av 109.19 and £492.82p; hvy 128.5p and £688.50, av 105.75p and £549.57, ov av 107.33p. Young bulls lt 87.5p and £363.13; med 118.5p and £612.58, av 97p and £492.96; hvy 115.5p and £751.40 av 100.08p and £608.56; ov av 98.82p, total cattle av 103.05p.Hoggs std 133.3p and £52, av 126.34p and £47.34p; med 141.2p and £58.80, av 128.72p and £54.28p, ov av 128.21p; hvy 128.2p and £63.80, av 121.3p and £58.77p; o/w 125.4p and £69 av 111.64p and £62.40; total hogg av 124.89p; cull ewes £62 av £51.98p; rams £62.50 av £54.33p. Wed. Fwd: 204 cattle, 30 sheep. Bulls: Lim £398, £380, £360, £310 R Jones; £335 C Wilkinson; £310 P J Tweddle; £298 J C Foster. Fries £275 HJ Thomson; £270 J C Foster; £260 J Pratt; £150 S Wilkinson; £270 AS Donaldson. Here £228 S Wilkinson. Hfrs, Lim £600, £556 JL Cook; £555, £510, £485 B Jefferson; £540, £510, £470, £440, £420 H Kitching; £535, £525 P Leggott; £485, £460 J Pattison; £452, £432 P Hutchinson; £438, £375 CD Hall; £432, £408 J Stockill; £428 R Bullock; £390 J Linsley; £365 JG Ward; £320 W Flintoft; £240 C Wilkinson. BB £562 J Linsley; £425, £410, £395 R Watson. Char £525, £325 TH Cook; £512, £484, £482 JS Wood; £408 J Stockill. Blonde £460 J Pattison, J S Ward; £452, £432 P Hutchinson; £402, £365 W Brass; £325 R Carter, A S Donaldson. AA £465 B Jefferson; £432 P Hutchinson; £430 J G Ward. Here £428 S Wilkinson. Simm £428, £405 K M Sayers; £400 H Kitching; £302 A S Donaldson. Blks, Lim £720, £685, £665, £600, £590, £585 P Leggott; £710, £680, £675 RR Garbutt; £640, £630 C W Tate; £600 P Dowson; £575, £565, £515 I M Cook; £565 P Hutchinson; £565, £552, £505 L Dent; £562, £558 J Linsley; £485 G Hall. Simm £665, £645 R Tate; £585, £520 P Dowson; £580 KM Sayer. BB £635, £562 J Linsley. Char £650 JS Wood; £512, £510, £465 IM Cook. Here £565, £528 S Wilkinson; £525 DJ Norfolk. Blonde £640 J S Wood; £520 I M Cook; £508, £470 W Brass. Ewes with lambs: Mule with lambs sh 136 RL Phillips; Tex with lambs 134, 111, 107 JR Campbell; Mule with lambs £92 MJ Simpson; £88 K Duffus. Private sales from March 15-19 totalled 104 fat cattle incl OTMS.

PATELEY BRIDGE. - Sat. Fwd: 34 store cattle. Lim steers, blue CID, to £600, S Church, Lofthouse; Lim X hfrs to £544, C Swiers&Son, Pateley Bridge; Lim hfrs (11 mths) to £504, P & M Smith & Son, Lofthouse; BB steer, blue CID, to £610, FM Dodsworth & Son; BB hfr to £450 D&M Middlemiss, Ramsgill; Char steer to £655 AH Firt, Middlesmoor.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last wk. Fwd: 3,274 stock. Steers med 110.5p and £602.18 av 94.3p; hvy 127.5p and £828.58p av 103.5p; hfrs lt 96.5p and £381.18; med 134.5p and £640.80 av 113.2p; hvy 147.5p and £790.88p av 105.9p. Young bulls lt 88.5p and £376.13 av 80.94p; med 106.5p and £591.08 av 89.21p; hvy 125.5p and £823.23 av 97.2p. Hoggets lt 116.7p av £35 av 113.2p; std 136.4p and £53.20 av 130.9p; med 148.8p and £61 av 125.2p; hvy 141.3p and £65 av 117p; o/w 134.3p and £72.50 av 111.6p. Ewes to £45.50 av £26.29; hvy to £70 av £50.57. Suff £70. Texel £69. Mules £54.50. Swales £31.50. Porkers 86p av 82.9p; cutters 85.9p av 85.6p; baconers to 97.5p av 84.8p; ow 77p av 74.9p; boars to 34p av 32p. Collection Centre Mon. Fwd: 33 OTMS.

TOW LAW. - Mon. Fwd: 530 sheep. Suffolk x £63; Texel x £59.20; Mule £58.50; Swaledale £51.60; Char x £58.60.