DARLINGTON. - Mon. Fwd: 171 store & breeding cattle, 2 rearing calves, 308 store lambs, 301 fat lambs, 140 in-lamb shlgs. Steers: Lim £505, £412 JJ&JW Cook; BB £595(2) J Elsdon & Son; Char £538 JT Dunn; Fries £400 J Elsdon. Hfrs. - Lim: £550(2), £525(2) JA&DA Horn. Simm: £532 J&A&DA Horn. BB: £440, £398(2), £390 I&RA Watson. BA: £392 BL Routledge; £360(2) J Linsley. Bulls. - BB: £568, £550, £535 S&J Dent & Son. BA: £555 S&J Dent & Son; £495 JE Braithwaite. Lim: £490, £470 A Wilson; £468, £462(2) M Gallon. Fries: £438, £308, £290 N&DA Brass & Son. Cows & calves. - Lim: £370 R Gill & Son. BB: £475 R Gill & Son. Fries: £380 SM&CM Bewley. Lim hfrs calves: £82, £88 KD Askwith. Store lambs. - Texel: £44.20 J Thompson; £41.80 JW Dent; £46 JH&R Bainbridge. Suff: £48.80 RW Dalton; £46.80 J Thompson; £40.50 WI Suddes & Son. In-lamb shlgs: £83, £80, £78(2), £76, £75 Wharton Farms. Fat hoggets med to 115.7p av 113p.

Hawes. - Sat. Fwd: 246 sheep. Hoggs lt to 119.6p av 113.5p; std to 121.5p av 111p; med to 115.5p av 108.5p; heavy to 110p av 108.5p; overall av 110.5p. Cast ewes horned to £17.40 av £14.92; polled to £50 av £36.50. Tues. - Fwd: 7 calves, 1,444 sheep. Fries bull calves to £91 FD&TW Chapman, Hawes, av £68. Hoggs lt to 120p av 108.2p; std to 118.9p av 110p; med to 120.9p av 11.7p; heavy to 113.9p av 110; overall av 110.8p. Lt wt hoggs: Cont to 117.1p av 117p; Mules to 109.4p; horned to 112.7p av 207.4p. Store hoggs: Suff to £37 MW Taylor, Hawes av £36.60; Mule to £37 K&A Woof, Marsett. Cast ewes horned to £45.80 av £31.15; polled to £57.50 av £51.21; cast rams horned to £44 av £35.63; polled to £55 av £49.25.

HEXHAM. - Tues of last week. Fwd: 8 cattle, 2,621 sheep. Lim hfrs to 126.5p; Char hfrs to 117.5p; overall av 126.5p. Lambs: Suff X to 124.7p; Texel X to 134.6p; Mule to 112.2p; Blackface to 113.7p; Swale to 109.7p; Cheviot X to 120p; Char X to 118.8p; Cast sheep: overall av £40.56; Suff to £67; Mule to £60.50; Blackface to £42; Cheviot to £56.50; Swale to £30. Tues. - Heavy steers to 95.5p av 93p; med hfr 110.5p; heavy hfrs to 121.5p av 107.31p. Hoggs: Suff X to 123.6p; Texel X to 138.3p; Mule to 119p; Char X to 114p; Vendeen to 117.7p; Swale to 112.5p; Leics to 104.6p; Blackface to 115.4p. Cast ewes: av £42.16; Texel X to £69; Mule ewes to £63.50; Suff to £61; Texel to £69; Mule to £63.50; Blackface to £46; Char to £58; Cheviot to £50.20; Swale to £35.50.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Tues of last week. Fwd: 2,597 lambs, 252 cast ewes, rams & goats.Lambs 35kg or over: Suff X to £57.50; Rough Fell to £57.80 Smardale Hall; Texel X to £56.80; Mule to £55.20; Smardale Hall, Blue-faced Leics to £50.80; Cheviot X to £53; Char X to £46.80; Scotch Blackface to £47; Gritstone to £39.50; Herdwick to £37.20 Raby Cottage. Lambs 34kg or less: Cont X to £42.20; Cheviot to £38.80; Suff to £37.20; Swale to £36.80; Herdwick to £34.20; Scotch Blackface to £33.20; Rough Fell to £32.80. Cast rams: Texel to £49; Swale to £42.50; BFL to £40. Ewes: BFL to £66; Mule to £60; Rough Fell to £43; Swale to £36; Herdwick to £22.50. Goats to £35 Toddygill. Tues. - Fwd: 3,076 hoggetts, 212 cast ewes & rams. Hoggetts 35kg or over: Suff x to £65; Texel X to £58; Char X to £57.80; Swale to £54.50; Mule to £54.50; Beltex X to £53.80; Scotch Blackface to £49.50. 34 kg or less: Texel X to £41.80; Char to £40.20; Mule to £37; Rough Fell to £36.50. Lt hoggs: Swale to £38. Ewes: Texel X to £62; Lleyn to £61.50; Mule to £59; Suff X to £58.50; Cheviot to £43; Scotch Blackface to £39; Rough Fell to £39.50; Swale to £35. Wether shlgs to £41. Rams: Texel to £72; Suff to £71; Blue-faced Leics to £70; Cheviot to £60; Scotch Blackface to £55; Swale to £51; Rough Fell to £45.

LEYBURN. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 1,047 sheep. Lambs lt to 114.1p av 105.7p; Suff & Cont std to 118.4p av 114.8p; med to 121p av 112.3p; heavy to 110.8p av 103.6p; Mule, Masham & horned std to 111.4p av 107.8p; med to 108.3 av 103.6p; heavy to 98p. Ewes: Suff £74; Cont £69; Mule £69; Cheviot £57; Masham £53; horned £32 av £25.30. Last Fri. - Fwd: 104 calves & stirks, 23 store sheep. Calves. - BB bulls to £298 M&D Smith av £231 overall; hfrs £150 D&S Spence av £130; Lim bulls to £220 W Denham av £173; hfrs to £135 A&AJ Lambert av £113; Simm bulls to £240 G Sidgwick av £221; hfrs to £135 G Sidgwick av £117; Baz bulls to £190 EP&J Robertshaw; Fries bulls to £150 WC Porter & Son av £69; AA hfrs £78 JH Simpson & Co. Stirks: Fries bulls. - AE Wilkes £320, £310. Shorthorn: AE Wilkes £290. Store lambs. - Cont: R Hunter £45.50, £40.50; PF Goodall £40.50. Cheviot: PF Goodall £39. Mule: R Hunter £37. Wed. - Fwd: 1,814 sheep & goats. Lambs lt to 113.7p av 108.6p; Suff & Cont std to 127.8p av 119.2p; med to 125.5p av 117.9p; heavy to 119.5p av 109.4p; owt to 110.3p av 105.1p; Mule, Masham & horned std to 114.4p av 112p; med to 113.4p av 107p; heavy to 104.3p av 102.2p; owt to 100p av 93.9p. Ewes: Suff £72.50; Cont £70; Mule £63.50; Masham £60; Cheviot £55; BFL £53; horned £40; overall av £29.30; goat £30.

MIDDLETON in TEESDALE. - Mon. Fwd: 396 sheep. Lambs (all crosses): Suff to £47; Texel to £47; Mule to £46; Blue-faced Leics to £45; Swale to £42.50. Ewes & rams (all crosses): BFL to £45; Suff to £38.50.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 145 cattle, 836 sheep. Steers lt to 104.5p a kg or £480.70 each av 103.05p or £456.04; med to 106.5p or £569.78 av 102.45p or £555.77; heavy to 115.5p or £768.08 av 104.1p or £654.64; overall steer av 103.8p; hfrs med to 131.5p or £615.13 av 112.35p or £512.94; heavy to 130.5p or £841.73 av 113.08p or £588.34, overall av 112.82p; young bulls med to 110.5p or £607.75 av 84.84p or £450.42; heavy to 113.5p or £828.75 av 95.33p or £585.02; overall young bull av 91.1p, total cattle av 104.77p. Hoggets std to 125p a kg or £48.80 av 122.09 or £46.84; med to 122.5p or £51.80 av 114.83p or £48.97; overall av 115.29p; heavy to 111.8p or £56.50 av 105.47p or £51.30; owt to 105.5p or £58 av 103.82p or £56.61; total hogget av 111.41p; cull ewes to £53.80 av £42.21; rams to £49.50 av £42.90. Wed. - Fwd: 61 store cattle, 123 store sheep. Bulls. - Lim: £520 D Henry; £355 HJ Thomson. Holstein: £362 D Henry; £280 HJ Thomson; £220 JM Bell. BB: £362 HJ Thomson. Fries: £282 JB Gill. Hfrs. - Lim: £500 B Jefferson; £535, £498 Mrs J Wood; £462, £445, £432 D Easton; £400, £388, £375 B Routledge; £375, £335 TH Souter; £225, £135 JC Foster. BB: £445, £392, £382, £378 E Garvey. Bullocks. - Simm: £610, £592, £560 C&D Harland. Lim: £572 R Barker; £525, £515 TR Simpson; £490, £460 TH Souter; BB £605 R Barker; £560, £532 TH Souter; £345 TR Simpson. AA: £548 R Barker. Private sales from Jan 5-9: 170 fat cattle, 184 fat sheep & pigs. Sheep. - Suff X: £46.20 Amsden, £44.50 Mrs Starkey, £33.80 L Bainbridge. Beltex: £43.20 Amsden. Texel: £45.20 GI Tate. Mule: £41.80 D Alderson.

PENRITH. - Mon. Fwd: 54 cattle. Hfrs: Lim to 137.5p; BA hfrs to 135.5p; Lim steers to 108.5p; Fries bulls to 95.5p. Fwd: 235 store cattle.Bullocks. - Lim X: £675, £650 Gate Ghyll; £648, £630 Edenhall (Metcalfe); £608, £565 Blencarn Hall; £605, £598(4) Kettleside; £598 High Barn; £565 Wreay; £540 Smardale Mill. Baz X: £485, £465 Raw Foot. Char: £620 Kettleside. BBX: £638 Smardale Mill; £578 (4) Kettleside. Fries: £560 Lingstubbs; £515, £475 High Barn. MRI X: £545, £542 Wreay. AAX: £600, £592 Wickerslack; £498 Sandford Hall. Simm: £618 Wreay. Hfrs. - Lim X: £615 Edenhall (Metcalfe); £592, £578 Moss Dyke; £540 Gate Ghyll. Baz X: £465, £420 Raw Foot. BBX £542 Barnskew; £508 Nook Farm. BAX: £535 Winter Cragg. Simm X: £488, £465 Barnskew. Feeding bulls. - BBX: £425 Roadway. AAX: £440 Street House (Strong), £365 Tongue House. Fries (green CID): £350, £320 Grassgill (Balmer). Fries (red CID): £258 Ravenstonedale (Nicholson); £190 Selsmire. Lim (green CID): £465, £422 etc Sandford Hall; £430, £425 Ulcatrow. Lim (red CID): £375, £358 Tongue House. Rearing calves: Lim X: £210 Sleagill House. BBX: £210, £165 Lamonby House. Fries: £100 (2) Sleagill House.Herefd X: £172(2) Sleagill House. Tues. - Texel gimmer lambs: £51 Beck Houses; £48 Tod Bank; £47 Meadow Bank; £45.50 Nook Farm (Jackson); £44 Greengill Bank. Texel X wether lambs: £49.50 Beck Houses; £46.20 Brackenburgh; £46 Meadow Bank; £45 High Moor Park; £44.50 Greengill Bank. Suff X lambs: £47.20 High Moor Park; £45.50 Brackenburgh. Mule lambs: £43.50 Swathburn; £41.80 Beck Grange. Swale lambs: £33.50 Low Beckside. Scotch Blackface: £44.50 Wallthwaite. Herdwick gimmer lambs: £29 Nook Farm (Jackson). Mule wether shlgs: £49 Wallthwaite. Wed. - Fwd; 5,123 sheep. Lambs: Cont X to £62.50; Suff X to £61; Mule to £62; Swale to £53. Ewes: Cont to £75; Blue-faced Leics to £79; Suff to £70; Cheviot to £68.50; Mule to £65.50; Swale to £47; Scotch Blackface to £44; Masham to £55.50.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 156 cattle, 600 sheep. Steers lt to 116.5p a kg or £629.10 each, av 102.1p; heavy to 115.5p or £763.82 av 100.8p; hfrs med to 124.5p or £578.40 av 103.9p; heavy to 130.5p or £691.30 av 105.6p; bulls med to 111.5p or £612.80 av 88.6p; heavy to 112.5p or £762.44 av 96.2p. Sheep std to 123.6p a kg or £48.20 each, av 116.6p; med to 138p or £57.80 av 121.8p; heavy to 121.4p or £60.20 av 113.9p; owt to 114.5p or £64.80 av 109.9p; ewes lt to £54 av £29.67; heavy to £70 av £48.84.

TOW LAW. - Mon. Hoggs: Suff X to 111.1p; Texel X to 114.9p; Mule to 109.5p Swale to 109.1p; Char X to 108.7p