BARNARD CASTLE. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 1, 496 sheep. Lt hoggs to 114.7p av 108.2p; std to 115.8p av 109.4p; med to 117p av 109.4p; heavy to 106.4p av 101.8p. Cast ewes. - Cont X to £72.50; Mule to £62. Swale to £40. Tues. - Fwd: 269 store cattle. BB hfr & calf £570 ER Thompson; Char cow & calf £470 MA Close. Feeding bulls: BB to £615 J Fenwick; Lim to £550 RL Walker; Char to £455 D Smith. Store cattle: BB bulls to £715 JW Dent & Sons; Char to £740 WB Rutter & Sons; Lim to £740 WK Lamb; AA to £670 HH Stoddart; BA to £680 DA Gill; Simm to £600 DA Gill. Hfrs: BB to £692 G Gibson; Char to £590 K Walker; Lim to £635 G Gibson; AA to £468 HH Stoddart; BA to £655 Metcalf Bros; Simm to £465 B&L Robson.

DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 213 cattle, 943 sheep. Steers med to 115.5p a kg or £635.25 each av 99.5p or £523.34; heavy to 118.5p or £791.25 av 101.25p or £665.50; hfrs med to 129.5p or £573.75 av 108.22p or £573.75; heavy to 141.5p or £813.63 av 103.68p or £559.85; young bulls med to 115.5p or £629.48 av 92.23p or £484.52; heavy to 122.5p or £866.38 av 102.29p or £646.60. Hoggs lt to 125.6p a kg or £49 av 121.66p or £46.50; med to 122.5p or £52.80 av 112.52p or £47.97; heavy to 114.7p or £56.50 av 105.66p or £50.38; cull ewes to £67 av £36.60. Mon. - Fwd: 191 store & breeding cattle, 789 store lambs, 189 breeding ewes, 2 goats, 276 prime hoggs. Steers. - Lim: £550, £485 WC Iceton; £542, £500 G Browell; £522 IRA Watson; £498 J Elsdon & Son. Hfrs. - Simm: £580, £542 JR Spink. Lim: £575 W Robson; £550 ME Walton; £480 C Hunter. BA: £490 W Robson. Young bulls. - BA: £540 JE Braithwaite & Son; £535 A Swinbank. AA: £505, £490 NA Miller. Lim: £492 CP Brown, WM Knaggs; £448 J&NN Simpson. Char: £470, £468 J White. Simm: £445 JN Spedding. Store hoggs. - Texel: £48.50 WJ Suddes & Son; £47 GC Sunters & Son. Suff: £48 GC Sunters & Son; £47.20 Mrs J Hird; £47 NB&R Hird; £46.80 J Butterfield & Son; £46 H Thompson. Breeding sheep: Swale shlgs in lamb £51; Swale ewes in lamb £43, both Wharton Farms. Prime hoggs med to 115.5p a kg or £49.20 each av 112.9p; heavy to 111.8p or £61 av 110.1p.

Hawes. - Tues. Fwd: 9 calves, 1,382 sheep. Final auction of ELFA sheep quota. Calves. - BA bull to £212 GS Bowe & Sons, Hawes; Lim bulls to £180 A&W Hodgson, Askrigg av £160; Fries bulls to £100 JH&TR Fawcett, Askrigg av £82.75; Lim hfrs to £75 A&W Hodgson av £73.50. Hoggs lt to 127.5p av 116.7p; std to 130.8p av 118.4p; med to 135p av 117.1p; heavy to 119.1p av 113.1p; overall av 117.7p. Ltwt hoggs. - Mule to 121.4p av 118.2p; horned to 122p av 117.1p. Horned breeding sheep (in lamb) to £51 av £41.63. Cast ewes horned to £49.50 av £30.31; polled to £72 av £52.58; cast rams horned to £39.50 av £32.83; polled to £70 av £55. ELFA sheep quota: 3,996 units leased to £3.80 av £3.10; 625 units sold to £4.60 av £4.20.

HEXHAM. - Last Fri. Fwd: 2,434 store & breeding sheep, 706 store cattle & suckled calves. Mule ewes UO to £80 Comb Hill; Swale ewes W to £46 Intake Farm; Swale ewes UO to £30 Intake Farm; Blackface ewe hoggs to £34 Hareshaw. Feeding ewes: Leics to £51 Foul Loaning; Texel to £49 East Cocklaw; Mule to £46 China Hall; Suff X to £38 Southlands; Swale to £29.50 Foul Loaning. Store hoggs: Suff X to £49.50 Gladstone Terrace; Texel X to £48 Ealingham; Mule to £44.60 Gunnerton Fell; Blackface to £39.20 West Todholes; Swale to £31.80 Broadgates. Steers, red CID: Lim X to £685 Fairley; Simm X to £675 Lunns House; BAX to £655 Houselope Grange; BBX to £595 Low Old Shield. Blue CID: Lim X to £665 Tenter House; Simm X to £660 Ingoe Low Hall; AAX to £538 Haggwood; Char X to £725 Tenter House; S Devon X to £700 High Fallowfield; BBX to £645 Camphill. Green CID: Lim X to £600 Bullshill, School House (2); AAX to £500 Middle Newbiggen; BBX to £540 Bulls Hill. Hfrs: Lim X to £625 Airy Holm; Sim X to £552 West Uppertown; AAX to £568 Greencroft; Char X to £620 Old Hall; BAX to £635 Ingoe Low Hall; S Devon X to £690 High Fallowfield; BBX to £635 Haggwood. Tues. - Fwd: 3,012 sheep. Hfrs: Lim to 112.5p; BB to 107.5p; Char to 108.5p. Hoggs: Suff X to 131.5p; Texel X to 135.5p; Mule to 120.5p; Blackface to 118.4p; Swale to 118.9p; Cheviot X to 125p; Char to 132.5p; Vendeen to 127p. Cast ewes & tups: Suff to £74.50; Texel to £67.50; Mule to £61; Leics to £59; Blackface to £47.50; Swale to £39.50; Cheviot to £46.50(2).

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Tues. Fwd: 2,846 sheep. Hoggets 35kg or more: Texel X to £68.50; Char X to £60; Suff to £58.50; Rough Fell to £55; Mule to £54.80; Scotch Blackface to £51.80; Swale to £51.50; Blue-faced Leics to £51; Beltex to £50.50: Cheviot X to £48; Herdwick to £43. 34kg or less (ltwt): Cont X to £42.20; Swale to £39.80; Rough Fell to £38.80; Mule to £44; Scotch Blackface to £38.50; Cheviot to £38.80; Herdwick to £36.50. Ewes: Suff to £66; Texel to £65; Mule to £56; Blue-faced Leics to £56; Cheviot to £55.50; Rough Fell to £45.50; Swale to £35; Scotch Blackface to £35; Herdwick to £32.80. Rams: Blue-faced Leics to £58; Texel to £55; Rough Fell to £52 Swale to £38.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 4 dairy cattle, 74 calves, 107 store & breeding sheep. Calved hfrs: PF Donaldson £710; R Hunter £700, £660. Calved cows: D Spence £450. Calves. - BB Bulls to £275 JW Tuer & Sons av £234 overall; hfrs to £175 GL&SM Thompson av £151; Lim bulls to £245 WC Porter & Son av £158; hfrs to £210 B&A Myers & Daughters av £99; Char bulls to £195 A Sowray & Sons; Simm hfrs to £160 G Sidgwick av £138; Fries bulls to £112 W&SL Robinson av £59; AA hfrs to £48 SH Gatenby av £45. In lamb ewes: PF Goodall; Mule £61; Masham £60; Teeswater £52; Cheviot £32; Mule gimmer hogg £46. Store lambs: Masham £41; Cont £40.50 both D Gregg. Feeding ewes: £32. Wed. - Fwd: 1,882 sheep. Hoggs lt to 118.7p av 112.8p; Suff & Cont std to 126.3p av 120.4p; med to 126.2p av 122.1p; heavy to 117.3p av 112.7p; owt to 111.6p av 108.3p. Mule, Masham & horned std to 118.8p av 116.1p; med to 119.5p av 114.5p; heavy to 108.6p av 106.3p; owt to 106p. Ewes: Cont £62.50; Suff £56.50; Mule £56; horned £47; av 126.1p. Rams: BFL £60; Cont £55; Swale £46.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 142 cattle, 744 sheep. Steers lt to 95.5p a kg or £439.30 each; med to 101.5p or £558.25 av 91.63p or £479.21; heavy to 107.5p or £753.38 av 98.99p or £650.35; overall steer av 96.83p; hfrs med to 120.5p or £564 av 97.82p or £446.38; heavy to 131.5p or £674.33p av 102.94 or £536.19p; overall hfr av 101.68p; bulls med to 108.5p or £558.78 av 87.36p or £456.68; heavy to 103.5p or £683.10 av 88.27p or £542.18; overall bull av 87.97p; total cattle av 97.89p. Hoggs std to 127.5p a kg or £47.80 each av 123.76p or £45.93; med to 130.4p or £56.80 av 121.58p or £51.28; overall av 121.86p; heavy to 121.7p or £59.80 av 115.02p or £55.36; owt to 108.9p or £61 av 108.03 or £59.91; total sheep av 119.51p; cull ewes to £56 av £49.81; rams to £73.50 av £71.75.

PENRITH. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 3,736 sheep. Lambs: Cont X to £62.20; Suff X lambs to £58.50; Cheviot to £56; Mule to £53.50; Swale to £47; Herdwick to £43. Ewes: Cont to £66; Blue-faced Leics to £59; Suff to £59.50; Cheviot to £57; Mule to £52; Swale to £40. Mon Fwd: 73 cattle. Hfrs: Lim to 129.5p; BA to 125.5p; Char to 105.5p(2); Baz to 101.5p. Lim steers to 110.5p. Bulls: Lim to 122.5p; Montbliarde to 111.5p; AA to 99.5p; Fries to 89.5p. Wed. - Fwd: 4,709 sheep. Hoggs: Cont X to £63; Suff X to £61.80; Mule to £59.50; Cheviot to £55; Masham to £57; Kendal Rough to £48; Swale to £52; Herdwick to £44.20. Ewes: Cont £66; Mule £56; Swale £39; Herdwick £34.

SCOTS GAP. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 337 sheep. Overall av 109.5p. Texel X to 117.2p; Suff X to 117.3p; Mule to 105.5p; Blackface to 106.6p.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 509 cattle, 1,043 sheep, 1,265 pigs. Steers lt to 96.5p a kg or £443.90 each; med to 118.5p or £618.58 av 104p; heavy to 128.5p or £825.38 av 105.1p; hfrs med to 119.5p or £564 av 103.1p; heavy to 133.5p or £722.68 av 103.7p; bulls med to 102.5p or £445.88 av 93.9p; med to 109.5p or £574.43 av 87.83p; heavy to 122.5p or £991.70 av 93.93p. Hoggets lt to 111.9p a kg or £35.80 each; std to 123.1p or £48 av 114.8p; med to 122.5p or £51.20 av 110.3p; heavy to 109.1p or £54 av 104.2p; owt to 105.3p or £58.80 av 102.1p; ewes lt to £49 av £31.20; heavy to £57 av £48.53. Porkers to 67p a kg or £50.12 each av 64.3p; cutters to 74p or £61.92 av 68.3p; baconers to 70.5p or £68.74 av 64p; owt to 53p or £60.95; sows/boars to 48p or £96.38 av 27.9p.

TOW LAW. - Mon. Fwd: 388 hoggs. Suff X to 120p; Texel X to 122.6p; Mule to 117.6p; Swale to 109.1p; Char X to 50.80p