BARNARD CASTLE. Wed. Fwd: 1,679 sheep, 1,473 prime & ltwt lambs, 206 cast sheep. Lambs lt to 110p av 107.4p; std to 120.5p av 111.7p; med to 121p av 110.5p; hvy to 110.3p av 103.4p. Cast sheep Cont to £64; Suff to £49.50; Mule to £48; Swale to £36.50; leic to £62.
DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 326 cattle, 158 young bulls, 1,529 prime sheep, 77 cull ewes. Cattle. - Steers med to 134.5p or £655.38 av 109.6p; heavy to 113.5p or £774.90 av 102.1p; hfrs lt to 113.5p or £397.25 av 101.4p; med to 141.5p or £665.05 av 106.2p; heavy to 141.5 or £863.15 av 106.5p. Young bulls med to 127.5 or £701.25 av 94p; hvy to 126.5p or £846.30 av 106.7p. Sheep. - Lambs lt to 126.3p or £48 av 120.2p; med to 122p or £49.80 av 114.7p; heavy to 116.8p or £60.60 av 105.8p; cull ewes to £50 av £43.16. Mon. Fwd: 172 store & breeding cattle, 15 rearing calves, 289 store lambs, 305 prime lambs. Cattle. - BA bulls: £562, £530, £520 LR Hodge; Simm: £540 LW hugill. Steers. - Char: £588 HP Hutchinson; £545 J Tindale; Lim: £570 HP Hutchinson; £555 M Gascoigne. Hfrs. - Lim: £510 M Gascoigne; £490 ME Watts; £470 J Hurn. AA: £490 T Ham; Blonde: £490 H Hall; BB £475 NG Beveridge. Rearing calves, bull. - Sim: 3205 R Colledge; Lim: £155 Wilkinson & Son; Fries: £55 Wilkinson; £52 Wade Bros. Hfr. - Lim: £70 BE Dunn & Son. Cows & Calves £750 EF Atkinson. Sheep. - Store lambs. Texel: £45 R & W Todd; £44.50 RE Coatsworth; £42.80 D Forster. Suff: £44.20 Mrs A Bell, R & W Todd. Prime lambs med to 117.5p kg A & J Coatsworth av 116.4p; std to 116p JM Wise av 114.8p; heavy to 107.9p JT Gibson & Son av 104.2p.
HEXHAM. - Fri of last week. Fwd: 983 store cattle and suckled calves inc spring born hill calves for the final Bellingham sale of the season. Top price £785 for Lim x steer on Red from Lowes Fell. Steers on Red: Lim x to £785 Lowes Fell; BB x £685 Claywalls; Char x £690 West Deanraw; Blonde x £615 Claywalls. Steers on Blue: Lim x £705 Colwell Demesne; Sim x £640 Hay a Park; Hfd x £560 East Fourstones; AA x £640 Brackenthwaite; Blonde x £635 Homilton; Char x £690 Greenside; BB x £660 Watch Currock. Steers on Green: Lim x £672 Hazelton Rigg; AA x £490 Middle Newbiggin; Blonde x £578 High Knitsley; Char x £555 Junction House; BB x £500 Junction House. Hfrs: Lim x £630 East Shaftoe; Char x £618 Town Farm; Sim x £572 East Moor; BB x £560 Homilton; Blonde x £565 High Wiserley. Spring-born hfr calves: Lim x £400 Broomhope. Weekly sale for store & breeding sheep included final Bellingham sale of the season. Fwd: 2,237 head. Mule ewe lambs (av £59.12) to £70 Redesmouth; BF ewes (W) £32 Emblehope; BF ewes (UO) £23 Davyshield; BF ewe lamb £37 Redesmouth; Texel x £47 Follians. Feeding ewes: Mules £38 The Shield; BF £25 Burdonside; Swale £25 The Shield. Store lambs: Char x £50 Hindley; Suff x £49 Woodpark; Texel x £43.80 Grindon Hill & Longlea; Mule £44 Woodpark; BF £34.50 Cottonshope; Swaledale £22.20 Ambling Gate; Chev £30.50 Cottonshope. Store & breeding sheep Fwd: 1,703 (870 Suff x & Texel x lambs av £41.13). Breeding sheep: BF gimmers to£44 Greenside; BF ewes (W) £22 Greenside; Swaledale ewes (W) £19.50 Stobbylea; Chev ewes (W) £25 Greenside; Mule ewe lambs £37 Greenside; Swaledale £33 Stobbylea; BF £28 White House. Feeding ewes: Mules £36 Capheaton Newhouses; Texel x £36 Capheaton Newhouses; BF £22 Demesne; Swaledale £17 Stobbylea. Store lambs: Texel x £47 Chirdon; Suff x £46.80 Barrasford Green; Mule £39.50 Chirdon; BF £32.50 Chirdon; Swaledale £18 Ouston; Cheviot x £28 Rochester House. Tues. Hvy steers to 99.5p av 96.5p; med hfr 99.5p av 97.8p; hvy to 105.5p av 97.7p. Fwd: 4,686 lambs: Suff x to £63.80; Texel x to £61.80; Mule to £58.80; BF to £48.50; Swaledale to £39.50; Cheviot x to £50; Char x to £48.90; Beltex to £48.60; HB to£48.50; Leicester to £48.50. Cast ewes & tups (651): Suff to £51.80; Texel to £47; Mule to £45; BF to £32; Swaledale to £31.80; Chev x to £31.80. Char tup £40; Leicester £38.50.
KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Tues of last week. Fwd: 2,407 lambs. Lambs 35kg or more: Texel x to £52.20; Beltex x to £50.80; Suffolk to £50; Mule to £50.50; Swaledale to £45.50; Scotch BF to £46.50. Lambs 34kg or less: Suff x to £37.20; Herdwick to £32; rough fell to £31. Ewes: BFL to £53; Mule to £44.50; Swaledale to £37; Herdwick to £26.50; rough fell to £35.80; Chev to £34. Rams: Suff to £51; BFL to £49; Swaledale to £36.
LEYBURN. - Wed. Fwd. 2,095 sheep. Lambs lt to 100p av 90p; Suff & Cont: std to 117.4p av 113.4p; med to 117p av 110.6p; heavy to 108.2p av 103.9p; o/w to 100.9p av 97.9p. Mule, Masham & Horned: std to 102.7p av 99.4p; med to 104.4p av 100.8p; heavy to 101p av 99p. Cont to £39.50. Mule to £34; Suff to £37; horned to £23 av £17.10. Rams: Cont to £35; BFL to£32; horned to £27. Suff & Cont lambs: Calvert & Hunter 117.4p, 116.8p; E Fairburn & Sons 117p, 116.6p; J R Amsden 116.3p; O J Kendall 116p; L E Hall 115.9p; PT Stephenson 115.7p; J Fawcett & Son 115.7p; R J Bailey £62, £51.60; MA Suttill £54.50; Bell Bros £54.20, £52.50. J A Dent & Son £52; JF Milner £51.20; JR Amsden £50. Masham: RW Wallis & Sons £47 (102.6p), MA Suttill 100.5p. Mule lambs: W J Metcalf & Ptnrs 102.7p; GK Hird & Sons 102.5p; G D & A R Barningham; 102.5p; JC&VA Lancaster; 102.4p R&PR Banks; 102.4p A & A J Lambert; 102.3p C&K Ellis; 102.3p TW Atkinson 102.3p. C&K Ellis £49; JD Ramsay £48; P&PJ Sayer £47.50; Owlands Farm £47.50; J C&VA Lancaster £46. Horned: Owlands Farm 100.5p; S&RD Parker £100; GK Hird & Sons 100p; JT Dixon & Sons 100p; R Spink 99.5p. Lambs lt: Cont JC&VA Lancaster 100p. Horned: JC&VA Lancaster 95.7p; JL&JA Sunter 94.3p; C&K Ellis 94.1p.
MIDDLETON IN TEESDALE. - Mon. Fwd: 551 sheep. Leading prices (all crosses):- Texel £46.80 Barningham House, £46.20 White Kirkley, £45.80 East Newhouses, £45 Summary Hill. Mule £47.50 English Hill, £45.80 White Kirkley, £45 Pallet Stone, £44.50 Summary Hill. Suffolk £43 Cockfield Hall, £42.80 East Newhouses. Swaledale £39.80 White Kinkley, £35.80 Summary Hill, £35.50 Broadeip Gate, £31.80 Step Ends. Swaledale ewes £23.20 Pallet Stone; rams £26 Step Ends, Texel rams £30.50 Sayer Hill.
NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 140 cattle, 477 sheep. Cattle: Steers med to 105.5p and £569.70, av 103.99p and £566.72p; heavy to 110.5p and £762.45, av 93.86p and £612.68, overall av 94.58p. Hfrs, med to 132.5p and £602.88, av 109.74p and £496.83p; heavy to 122.5p and £741.15, av 105.84p and £560.27, overall av 107.3p. Young bulls med to 115.5p and £641.03, av 87.36p and £457.53p; heavy to 114.5p and £784.33, av 94.39p and £583.17p, overall av 93.01p. Total cattle av 100.74p. Sheep: Lambs std to 120p and £46.80 av 111.68p and £42.95; med to 123.1p and £50.50 av 115.62p and £48.34p, overall av 114.76p; heavy to 113p and £53.50, av 107.48, and £50.84, o/w to 105.2p and £55.80. Total lamb av 112.77p. Cull ewes to £43.50 av £32.15p. Wed. Fwd: 131 store & breeding cattle, 983 store lambs. Cattle. - Bulls Blonde: £640, £635, £480, £450 RB Atkinson; Belgian Blue: £585, £530 SR Garnett; £390 HJ Thompson; Limousin: £590, £560, £540, £538, £415, £410 C & E Pickering; £535, £475, £455, £395, £295 PM Robinson; £530, £522, £495 LS Flintoff; £505 B Fountain; £398 HJ Thomson; £375 JB Stephenson. Sim: £402 JB Stephenson. SH: £345 Middlesborough council. Hfrs. - Lim: £475, £380 FC Jackson; £340, £325 BA Heseltine; £330, £308, £272 JW Hoyle; £328 J King; £325 B Fountain; £320, £298, £215 PM Robinson; £250, £170 CL Barker. Sim: £468, £428 KF Pearson; £380, £365 FC Jackson; £365, £302, £250 FH Jackson; £358 JB Stephenson. Blonde: £398 KF Pearson. AB Angus £328, £175 J King. Bullocks. - Lim: £650, £648, £595, £592, £582 CH Phelp; £572 IM Cook; £560, £550, £502 P Christon; £532 W Brass; £460, £335 R Humphreys. Char: £660 IM Cook; £560 P Christon. Bel Blue: £558 IM Cook. Sim: £582, £432 IM Cook £550, £520 D Cowper. AB Angus: £548, £512 IM Cook. Holst: £460 W Brass; SH: £355 Middlesborough Council. Breeding cattle. - Lim hfrs with calf £900 PW Ashbridge; £690 CA Ashbridge; £410, £400 WF Kay & Son. Lim heifer in calf £445, £440, £435, £400 R Humphreys. Sim cow with calf £710 J Weatherhead & Son; Lim cow with calf 580 AR Dennis. Store lambs Suffolk x £48 I Kippax; £46 C Gregg; £44.80 WA Nunn; £43.80 F Coates; £45 D Horseman; £42.50 B Garbutt, G Smith; £44.20, £36 R Muir; £41.80 JL Mason; £40.50 E Woodhouse; £40 D Sanderson; £39.80 T Taylor; £39 A Spence; £38.50 JJ Wilson; £37 RR Garbutt; £33.50 W Ramsay; £34.50 E Peacock. Texel x: £47 CH Phelp; £46, £41.20 Mrs Lopez; £44.20, £38.80 G Smith; £37.20 Mrs Coatsworth. Cont x: £40 E Woodhouse. Char x: £44.20, £35.50, £26.50 F Coates; £37.20, £20.20 A Spence. Mule: £37.50 C Gragg; £37.20 £36.20 RS Flintoff; £36.20 RR Garbutt. Swale: £31, £20 R Muir. Private sales Nov 24-28: 138 fat cattle inc OTMS and 60 fat sheep.
PENRITH. - Mon. Fwd: 34 cattle, 23 bulls. Lim hfrs to 136.5p; Blonde to 107.5p; Lim steers to 118.5p; Char steers: 107.5p; Lim bulls to 120.5p; BB bulls to 104.5p; Friesian bulls to 94.5p. Fwd: 285 bullocks and heifers, 35 feeding bulls, 30 cows and heifers with calves at foot and 15 rearing calves. Bullocks: Lim x £675 The Green (Holmes); Sim x: £528 Tod Bank; Angus x £595 Smardale Mill; BB x £590 Hardendale Hall; MRI x £495 Bennett Head. Char x £660 Gill Head (Wilson). Friesian £468 Kitridding; Hereford x £442 Askham Hall; Devon £580 Low Harker Farm. Hfrs: Lim x £612 Nook Farm (Atkinson); BB x £575 Nook Farm; Blonde x: £478 Mount Clifton. Char £598 Gill Head (Wilson). Bulls: Lim x £555 Ulcatrow; Friesian: £370 Askham Hall; Roans; £308 Brackenslack. Angus: £408 Storch View. Breeding cattle. - Cows & calves: £910 Ghyll House; calving hfrs £560 Kelmore Hills. Hfr & bull calves: £770 Lambrigg Head; hfrs & hfr calves: £800 Widewath. Rearing calves: Char x bulls: £130 Low Brow; Sim x bulls: £105 Lamonby House; Lim x hfrs £115 Causeway Foot. Wed. Fwd: 3,995 lambs, 662 cast ewes and rams. Lambs: Cont x to £61.20; Suff x to £70; Mule to £53.50; Swaledale to £46.80; Masham to £45.50. Ewes: Suff to £63; BFL to £54; Cont to £50; Mule to £43; Kendal Rough to £31; Scotch BF to £28. Fortnightly sale of 2,070 store sheep. Mule gimmer lambs to £59 Howgill Castle; Texel x to £46.80 Hardendale (Kipling); Cheviot to £46 Paragon Veterinary Group; Suff x to £45.80 Wintershield; Mule to £42.50 Burblethwaite; Swaledale to £28.80 Yeat House Farm.
SCOTS GAP. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 1,356 sheep. Suff x lambs to £57 and 119.8p; Texel x to £62 and 126.9p; Mule to £46.20 and 110.6p; BF to £49.80 and 104.5p; Leicester to £51.80 and 99.6p.
THIRSK. - Thurs. Fwd: 443 cattle, inc 159 young bulls, 1,356 sheep, inc 128 ewes, 342 pigs inc 127 sows & boars. Cattle. - Steers med to 125.5p a kg or £690.25 each av 103.5p; heavy to 128.5p or £822.03 av 107.8p; hfrs lt to 130.5p or £522; med to 132.5p or £615.13 av 108p; heavy to 133.5p or £789.28 av 109.9p. Young bulls med to 123.5p or £654.55 av 93.5p; heavy to 130.5p or £853.03 av 101.6p. Sheep std to 117.9p or £45.50 av 114.3p; med to 125.6p or £52.50 av 112.9p; heavy to 109.1p or £52.50 av 103.6p; owts to 100p or £54. Ewes lt to £41.50 av £28.90; heavy to £49 av £41.02; Suff £49; cont £47; Mules £45; Dorsets £41.50; horned £31.50. Pigs. - Porkers to £80.5p or £60.70 av 70.6p; cutters to 80p or £63.20 av 71.1p; baconers to 78p or £76.96 av 70.6p; owt to 76p or £87.32 av 58.7p; sows/boars to 47p or £162.29 av 45.1p. Collection centre. Mon. - Fwd: 38 otms.
TOW LAW. - Mon. Fwd: 737 prime & cast sheep. Suff x to £51.50 Sunniside; Texel x to £53.20 Willow Green; Mule to £47.70; Char x to £47.80 Houselope Grange; Beltex to £43 Middle Horsleyhope Farm; Leicester to £43 Rosehill
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article