DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 331 cattle, 1,286 sheep. Steers med to 150.5p a kg or £827.75 each av 117.3p; hvy to 115.5p or £802.90 av 104.8p; hfrs lt to 115.5p or £456.23; med to 136.5p or £641.55 av 108.9p; hvy to 130.5p or £743.78 av 107.3p; young bulls med to 117.5p or £652.13 av 95.1p; hvy to 122.5p or £850.85 av 104.5p. Lambs med to 120.5p or £54.20 av 108.4p; hvy to 121.4p or £64.50 av 104.9p; cull ewes to £47.50 av £38.42. Mon. Fwd: 147 store & breeding cattle, 526 store lambs, 316 prime lambs. Bulls: Lim: £498, £480 M Gallon; £490 A Swinbank. Simm: £495, £485 R & J Carter. Char: £428 J White. Fries: £345 L Wilson. Steers: BA: £530 J & J Bradwell. Lim: £492 T & W Richardson. Hfrs: Lim: £548 C Hunter; £522 J Horn; £480 JH Johnson. Char: £512 J Horn. Simm: £388 J Horn; £482 A Armstrong. BA: £478 PJ Wiper. Cows & Calves £670 R & J Carter. Store lambs: Char: £50.20 HT Davies & Ptnrs; £43 Lumsden. Suff: £49.50 P Tindale; £47.80 F Whitehead; £45.80 NG Nixon. Texel: £47.80 HE Jewitt. In lamb ewes. Mule: £69.68 Wharton Farms. Cont: £65 Wharton farms. Prime lambs med to £49 av 110.2p; hvy to 110.8p a kg/£60.50 each av 109.7p.

HAWES. - Tues. Fwd: 6 calves, 2,090 sheep. Calves. - BB hfr to £148 S Bell & Sons, Askrigg; Lim hfrs to £140 S Bell & Sons av £117.33; Fries bulls to £100 S Bell & Sons av £87.50. Prime lambs lt to 109.6p av 107.1p; std to 117.5p av 106.4p; med to 118p av 108.1p; hvy to 106.5p av 101.3p; overall av 107.2p. Lt lambs: Cont to 112.5p RAW Dinsdale & Dinsdale, Carperby av 107.9p; Suff to 115.6p JH & TR Fawcett, Askrigg av 113.4p; Mules to 108.6p CH Fawcett & Sons, Askrigg av 105.9p; Horned to 103.5p CR Thornborrow, (WS), Keld av 98.3p. Store lambs: Cont to £37 av £33.39; Mules to £41 av £33.81; Horned to £30 av £27.14. Cast ewes: Horned to £36 av £21.39; Polled to £60.20 av £47.25; Cast rams: Horned to £46 av £39; Polled to £71 av £48.73. Round bale barley straw £7 a bale.

HEXHAM. - Last Fri. Fwd: 3,051 sheep. Cast ewes & rams: Leics ram £54 Redburn; Mule ewes to £50 Low Carriteth; Texel ewes to £49 Struthers; Suff ewe £45 Healey; Swale ewes to £33.50 West Greenridge; BF to £33 South Chareheads. Store lambs: Suff X to £49.20 Whitton Dene av £40.04; Texel X to £48.20 Sandilands av £40.37; Mule to £43 Whiskershiel; Char to £43 South Bradford; BF to £39.20 Dunterley; Swale to £23.20 Greenleycleugh. Fwd: 705 store cattle & suckled calves. Steers, Red CID: Lim X to £600 Townshields; BBX to £575 Croft House. Blue CID: Lim X to £750 Low Farm; Sim X to £685 Townshields; Char X to £670 Homer Hill. Green CID: Lim X to £525 Middle Newbiggen; Sim X to £590 Struthers; Char X to £590 Struthers; BBX to £515 Milfield Demesne. Bulls on Green: Lim X to £372 Bishopton; Fries to £300 Bishopton. Hfrs: Lim X to £620 Watch Currock; Char X to £590 Dewlaw; Sim X to £515 Dewlaw; BAX to £568 West Fenwick. Spring hfrs: Lim X to £398 Redhouse; BBX to £415 Wolfhills. Tues. - Hvy steers to 103.5p av 99.5p; med hfr to 111.5p av 99.5p; heavy hfrs to 109.5p av 99.5p. Lambs: Suff X to 124.9p; Texel X to 130p; Mule to 114.1p Channel Well; Blackface to 110p; Swale to 102.4p; Cheviot to 119p; Char to 115.8p; Beltex to 122p. Cast ewes: Texel X TO £63; Mule to £57.50; Cheviot to £57; Hexham-tType BF to £52; Swale to £33; Leics to £44. Leics tups to £54.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Tues. Fwd: 2,535 sheep. Lambs to 34kg: Beltex X £38.50; Texel X £37.80; Suffolk X £37; Cheviot X; Swaledale £35.50; Rough Fell, £34.80; Herdwick £33.20 57. Over 35kg: Suffolk X £55.50; Cheviot X £51; Texel X £51.50; Beltex X £50.20; Mule £49.80; Swaledale £48.50; Charollais X £47.80; Blackface £41.50. Ewes: Suffolk £53; Texel £45; Mule £52; Cheviot £38; Swaledale £35.50; Rough Fell £38; Blackface £30.50; Herdwick £31. Rams: Swaledale £43.50; Texel £33.50.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 4 dairy cattle, 84 calves, 107 store cattle. Dairy cattle: Calved hfrs: D&PH Brown £670, £630; PF Donaldson £520. Calved cows: PF Donaldson £540. Calves: BB bulls to £266 A Sowray & Sons av £226 overall; hfrs to £118 A Sowray & Sons av £93; Lim bulls to £220 JD&E Clarkson av £159; hfrs to £125 JW Guy & Son av £83; Char bulls to £200 A Sowray & Sons; Simm bulls to £178 JA Dent & Sons; hfrs to £60 JA Dent & Sons av £50; BA bulls to £102 JW Broadwith & Son; hfrs to £38 JW Broadwith & Son; Fries bulls to £84 J Pearson & Sons av £44; AA hfrs to £32 JW Broadwith & Son av £21. Bulls: Char: R Simpson & Sons £600, £585. Fries: TL Carlisle £575 W Stanger £300. BB JF&PMC Milner £508; A & CA Stelling £498, £485, £480, £430. Lim: JF&PMC Milner; JS&NJ Sunter £385; W Stanger £360. Strs: Lim: SB Harrison £660; D & EM Oliver £620, £565; GK Hird & Sons £578, £510, £495; RL&CM Tuer £575, £570, £530; WJ Smith & Son £558, £550, £500; TW Raw £490, £452. BA: D&EM Oliver £650. Char: RW&MA Suttill £605, £530; D & EM Oliver £590. BB: R Hunter £600; T&RJ Tiplady £595, £562, £535 GK Hird & Sons £558; N&RJ Sunter £555. Baz: RH Brown £600. AA: R Hunter £480. Fries: W Stanger £445, £425, £380; C Metcalfe & Sons £355, £350. BB hfrs: T &RJ Tiplady £610, £490; GK Hird & Sons £465, £442. Simm: JN&JM Fawcett £535; AG Dent & Ptn £472, £400. Lim: GK Hird & Sons £520, £500, £490, £475; CH Fawcett & Sons £512, £465; N&RJ Sunter £470; JN&JM Fawcett £468; BR Fawcett £465; A Batty & Son £462; KO Stones £460; F Thwaites £445. Char: RW&MA Suttill £495, £370; R Simpson & Sons £460, £382. Baz: RH Brown £400. AA: AG Dent & Ptns £380. Wed. Fwd: 1,390 sheep,1 goat, 14 prime & 58 otm cattle. Lambs lt to 112.9p av 104.3p. Suff & Cont std to 115.7p av 112.3p; med to 116.5p av 111.4p; hvy to 112.5p av 109.5p; owt to 106.7p av 102.4p. Mule, Mash & Horned 110p av 105.6p; med to 111.4p av 103.6p; hvy to 105.1p av 101.2p; owt to 90.4p. Ewes Cont £65.50; Mule £55; SC Chev £46.50; Mash £46; Horned £36.50 av £24.30. Rams: Cont to £64; BFL £52; Horned £33. Suff & Cont lambs: E Fairburn & Sons 116.5p & 115.2p; RH Brown 116.5p & 115.7p; R & D Garth 115.7p; Calvert & Hunter 114.5p; LE Hall 114.3p; AE Clarkson 114.2p; AF Dinsdale £60.50, £59.80; JM Pickard £59.80, £54; LE Hall £54; R & D Garth & J Metcalfe & Son £53.80; J Duffus&Son £53.50. Mule lambs: JW Banks 108.8p; J Fawcett & Son 107p; JH&ME Grainger 106.9p; R&PR Banks 106.7p; GD&AR Barningham & WN Avison & Son 106.6p; WA Dinsdale £50.80; JD Ramsat £49.50; JA Dent & Sons £49.40. Horned lambs: H Raw & Son 110p; SS&EA Guy 108.5p; JT Dixon & Sons 108.4p; CS Utley & Sons 108p; PR Banks 107.5p. Mash lambs: JW&MJ Croft 111.4p; RW Wallis & Sons 107.1p; Ltw:Cont: Raw & Dinsdale 112.9p; Hor-ned: JL&JA Sunter 107.2p; R Marwood & Son 103.1p; JC Lanaster; GD&AR Barningham & JC Brown & Son 103p.

MIDDLETON in TEESDALE. - Mon. Fwed: 413 sheep.All crosses: Mule to £45; Texel to £44.80; Suff to £44.50; Swale to £39. Swale ewes to £20; Swale rams to £22.50.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 137 cattle, 602 sheep. Strs med to 109.5p/£596.75 av 103.74/ £539.46; hvy to 109.5p/£802.13 av 100.92p/ £688.17; overall av 101.83p; hfrs lt to 108.5p/ £417.73 av 106.2p/r £405.52; med to 129.5p/£608.65 av 114.08p/ £518.43; hvy to 128.5p/£687.48 av 107.26 /£562.59; overall hfr av 110.17p; young bulls med to 108.5p/£580.48 av 89.53p/ £469.51; hvy to 114.5p/ £7094.18 av 95.27p or £569.36; overall young bull av 93.23p; total cattle av 103.36p. Lambs std to 125.1p/£48.80 av 114.08p or £43.31; med to 119p/£50.80 av 112.19p/£47.42; overall av 112.66p; hvy to 108.9p/£53.80 av 107.73/ £50.36; owt to 105.2p/£57.50 av 103.49p/£55.88; total lamb av 110.07p; cull ewes to £49.50 av £40.40; ram £50.50. Wed. Fwd: 67 store & breeding cattle, 508 store lambs. Bulls: Lim: £542, £515, £425 R Jones; £485, £455 D Easton; £480 M Peacock; £350 F & O Hugill; BB: £530 W Anderson; SD: £520 A Trewitt. Char: £530, £430, £408 IW Stobart; £342 HJ Thomson; Fries: £300 HJ Thomson; Holst: £348, £330 W Amderson; £190, £148 F & O Hugill. Hfrs: SD: £380, £300, £250, £180 A Trewitt; Lim: £348 B Routledge; £322, £280, £260 A Spence; BB: £298 W Anderson. Young bulls: Lim: £640, £532 F & D Pierson; £538, £525, £498 CW Tate; £380 A Spence. Calves:BB bull: £240, £220, £170 GH Laverick. BB hfr: £165, £145 GH Laverick; AA bull: £48, £34, £30 A Raine; AA hfr: £20, £19 A Raine. Store lambs: Suff X: £43.50, £37.50 DJ Metcalfe; £43 C Gregg; £43, £37, £32 E Woodhouse; £42.80 G Dennis & Son; £42.50 Mrs Starkey; £41.50 JD Sanderson; £40.80 WA Nunn; £33 JG Pearson; £37.80 SR Featherstone. Texel X: £45 JH Phelp; £45.50 R Umpleby; £42.80 AJ Chatsworth; £42.20 J Stones; £41.80 DR Peacock; £41.20 C Gregg. Cont X: £42.80 J Frankland; £41.80 L Masterman; £39.50 L Bainbridge. Mule: £37.80 C Gregg. Private sales Dec 15-19: 111 fat cattle, otms &216 fat sheep and pigs.

PENRITH. - Mon. Fwd: 105 cattle. Hfrs: Lim to 129.5p; BA to 121.5p(2); BB to 106.5p. Steers: Lim to 132.5p; BA to 108.5p. Bulls: Lim to 116.5p; BB to 106.5p; Simm to 103.5p; Fries to 92.5p.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 549 cattle, 1,285 sheep, 278 pigs. Steers med to 121.5p/£629.10 av 102.6p; hvy to 125.5p/£815.75 av 105.4p; hfrs lt to 121.5p/£443.48 av 116.9p; med to 142.5p/£662.63 av 108.1p; hvy to 140.5p/£767.63 av 108.8p; young bulls med to 119.5p/ £639.33 av 86.81p; hvy to 117.5p/ £798.03 av 98.1p. Lambs std to 128.2p/£50 av 110.4p; med to 127.4p/ £53.50 av 109.1p; hvy to 110.4p/ £53 av 103.1p; owt to 102.7p/£57.50 av 100.1p; ewes lt to £32.50 av £21.99; hvy to £56.50 av £36.38. Porkers to 103.5p/£77.37 av 86.7p; cutters to 106p/£82.30 av 82.2p; baconers to 78.5p/£74.78 av 73.1p; owt to 70p/£84 av 62.1p; sows/boars to 48p/£114.92 av 31.6p. Mon. - Collection centre. Fwd: 44 OTMs, 56 sows.

TOW LAW. - Mon. Lambs: Suff X to 111.3p; Texel X 112.5p; Mule 109.5p; Swale 105.6p; Char X 108.8p; cross to 105.2p; Beltex 111.3p Rose Terrace; Leics to 106.1p.