HAWES. - Sat. Annual show & sale of individual Blue-faced Leics females for Blue-faced Leicester Sheep Breeders' Assn. Fwd 43 sheep. Overall av £480.06; gimmer hoggs to £2,000 av £452.26 (down £85.74 on 2003); gimmer shlgs to £600 av £550 (up £43); ewes to £850 av £626 (up £203). Champion: gimmer hogg, Lord £2,000 to R Emmott;

Prizes. - Ewes & gimmer shlgs: 1 & res champion GT Davies & Son £850 to MW Skidmore & Sons; 2 JC Throup £600 to A Haggas; 3 Ellis Bros £800 to J Allen. Gimmer hoggs: 1 champion; 2 J White & Sons £450 to DA Swinbank; 3 AJ Mason £300 to H Gass.

Prices. - Gimmer hoggs: Lord £2,000, £1,400; G Rawsthorne £1,110(2), £420, £400, £300(2), £200(3); Ellis Bros £1,000; WA&A Booth £900, £200; J Wight & Sons £450, £200(2); GT Davies & Son £400, £300, £250, £200; AJ Mason £300, £250; DA&MA Brown £300, £200; JC Throup £200, £180. Gimmer shlgs: JC Throup £600; J White £500; WA&A Booth £500. Ewes: GT Davies & Sons £850, £450; Ellis Bros £800; J Wight & Sons £580; DA&MA Brown £450.

Also Sat. - Annual show & sale of individual registered Swaledale ewes, gimmer shearlings & hoggs on behalf of the Swaledale Sheep Breeders'Association (B district). Fwd 33 sheep. Overall av £599.70; gimmer hoggs to £1,500 av £638 (up £244 on 2003); gimmer shlgs to £1,800 av £850 (up £291); ewes to £1,200 av £536.96 (down £198.08). Champion: gimmer shlg JS Cloughton (BP) £1,400 to R Metcalfe.

Prizes. - Ewes: 1 JS Cloughton (BP) £1,200 to C Allison; 2 C Nelson & Sons £700 to S Calvert; 3 P Hallam £400 to M Cartmel. Gimmer shlgs: 1 champion; 2 & res J&S Tennant £1,800 to D Handson; 3 JR&A Blades £900 to W Gill. Gimmer hoggs: 1 NJ Bland £700 to J Addyman; 2 JR&A Blades £1,500 to W Gill; 3 M Burnop £340 to D Hanson.

Prices. - Gimmer hoggs: JR&A Blades £1,500, £500; NJ Bland £700, £150; M Burnop £340. Gimmer shlgs: J&S Tennant £1,800; JS Cloughton (BP) £1.400; JR&A Blades £900; T&RJ Tiplady £500; RA Sowerby £450. Ewes: JS Cloughton (BP) £1,200, £650; C Nelson & Sons £1,000, £700, £500, £450; T&RJ Tiplady £1,000, £550; J Bland (Crowden) £700, £450, £320; RA Sowerby £700, £300; JR&A Blades £550, £500, £400; P Hallam £500, £400.

Thirsk. - Tues. Opening fortnightly sale of store cattle, sheep & produce. Fwd: 236 cattle, 4 lots produce, 224 sheep. Judge: D Bailes, Elwick. Champion: Diane Whiteley, Scawton, steer £710.

Prizes. - Steer: 1 champion; 2 D Whiteley £705. Hfr: 1 & res D&M Cormack, Thirsk £585; 2 Penty Farming, Burneston £590. Bull: 1&2 R Baxter, Nawton, £625, £600.

Prices. - Wheat straw (Mini Heston) to £26/tonne; round bale silage to £11 bale. Store sheep. - Texel shlgs scanned in lamb to £95.50; Suff 2-shear scanned in lamb to £92. Feeding hoggets: Suff to £49; Cont X to £45.50; Swale to £36. Young bulls (2 claims rem):Lim to £625; Fries to £315. No claims: Lim to £365; Char to £365. Steers (1 claim rem): Char to £720; Lim to £700; BB to £634; BA to £585; AA to £575; Simm to £572; Herefd X to £552. Two claims rem: Lim to £690; Char to £620; BB to £528. Hfrs. - Lim to £590; BB to £575; Char to £508; Simm to £508; AA to £498; BA to £448.