Prices at the markets

DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 172 cattle, 1,283 sheep. Steers med to 120.5p a kg or £628.63 each av 102.1p; heavy to 114.5p or £738.53 av 99.8p; hfrs lt to 121.5p or £473.85 av 112.5p; med to 126.5p or £575.38 av 108.4p; heavy to 121.5p or £650.03 av 101.2p; young bulls lt to 106.5p or £489.90 av 96.7p; med to 106.5p or £569.78 av 95.3p; heavy to 119.5p or £800.65 av 101.8p. Lambs lt to 112.5p a kg or £39 each av 104.8p; med to 113.2p or £49 av 104.75p; heavy to 112.2p or £66 av 104.83p; overall av 104.8p; cull ewes to £49 av £35.32. Mon. - Fwd: 83 store & breeding cattle, 6 rearing calves, 722 store lambs, 241 breeding ewes & shlgs, 84 breeding rams. Steers. - BB: £590 P Swinburne. Lim: £540 R Gill & Son. Herefd: £500 R Gill & Son. Hfrs. - Lim: £385 K Mott; £372 DA Shepherd. Char. - £375 A Clement. Young bulls. - Sim: £390 J&M Atkinson. Breeding cattle. - AA cow with calf £690 EF Atkinson. Lim cow & calf: £610 EF Atkinson. Char cow with calf £580 JM Atkinson. Calves bull. - Fries: £172 B Tweddle; Montlo £160 B Tweddle. Lim hfr calves: £103 B Tweddle. Store lambs. - Suff: £47.80 MH Hodgson; £47 GW Dobson; £42.50 A&B Herworth; £42 JH Johnson. Texel: £44.80 MH Hodgson; £40.20 DJ Cadman. Mule £34 C Sanderson; £30 G Allison. Breeding sheep. - shlgs: £108, £99, £86 EG&S Bulman. Breeding ewes. - Suff X: £72 GW Gill & Sons; £67 MH Hodgson. Char X: £67 MH Hodgson. Texel: £57.50 JW&S Thompson. Breeding rams. - Suff: 400gns TJ Carr; 400 gns JT&E Midgley; £360 P Seagrove. Shlg rams. - Suff: 390 gns TM Bulmer; £290 JE Bedale & Son. Char: 320 gns JW Forster. Texel: £300 B&A Myers; £250 JM Wise.

Hawes. - Tues. Fwd: 18 calves, 2,031 sheep. Calves. - Lim bulls to £254 WJ&CM Lambert, Hawes av £210; hfrs to £130 S Bell & Sons, Askrigg, av £114; BA bulls to £180 D Middleton & Sons, Askrigg, av £176; BB bulls to £198 H Kirkbride & Son, Askrigg; hfrs £172 Dent, Kirkby Stephen; Fries bulls to £130 JC&J Clarkson, Bainbridge av £74; MRI bulls £132 WJ&CM Lambert, Hawes. Lambs lt to 103.1p av 86p; std to 104.1p av 93.4p; med to 107.4p av 96.3p; overall av 95p. Store lambs: Suff to £36.80 av £34.30; Texel to £34.80; Mule to £34.20 av £31.79; Rouge to £35; horned to £23 av £20.76. Ltwt lambs. - cont to 101p av 99.9p; Suff to 109.1p; Mule to 95.6p av 90.3; horned to 93.8p av 79.6. Cast ewes horned to £29 av £13.49; polled to £40 av £34.26; cast rams horned to £25 av £21.67; polled to £16.

HEXHAM. - Last Fri. Fwd: 765 store cattle & suckled calves. Steers, red CID; Lim X to £645 Merryshields. Blue CID: Lim X to £715 Barrasford Green; Char X to £690(2) Tenter House; pure Char to £615 Loadman; Simm X to £632 Bishopton; Saler X £575 Blackhalls; AAX to £540 Bishopton; Herefd X to £615(2) South Shields; BBX to £670 Westburnhope. Green CID: Lim X to £650 Hay-A-Park; Simm X to £655 Thrunton Lowfield; BAX to £515 Houxty; Char X to £678 Thrunton Lowfield. Parthenaise X £568 High Staward; Welsh Black £470 High Staward. Hfrs: Lim X to £618 Rothley East Shield; Char X to £700 South Farm (Hallington); pure Char to £695 South Farm (Hallington); BBX to £545 Thrunton Lowfield; Simm X to £488 Westburnhope; BAX to £578 Shillafield; AAX to £540 Thrunton Lowfield. Tues. - Fwd: 27 cattle, 4,349 sheep. Med steers to 85.5p av 80.5p; heavy to 99.5p av 94.12p; med hfrs to 112.5p av 93.57p. Lambs: Suff X to 107.8p; Texel X to 112.8p; Mule to 104.9p; Char X to 103.8p; BdM to 108.3p; Blackface to 102.1p; Cheviot X to 105.8p. Cast sheep: Suff X to £45; Char to £39.50; Blackface to £33.80 av £20.91; Leics to £40; Swale to £25av £16.34. Texel X to £61.50; Mule to £45.20; overall av £26.77.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 4 dairy cattle, 79 calves, 1,008 breeding sheep & store lambs. Dairy cattle. - calved hfr: W White £740; calved cows: PF Donaldson £800, £760, £650. Calves. - BB bulls to £252 K Sowerby av £201 overall; hfrs to £175 K Sowerby av £125; Lim bulls to £220 GR Scarr av £174; hfrs to £120 B&JA Muir av £78; Simm bulls to £200 G Sidgwick; hfrs to £72 JH&DS Kirkham; BA bull £195 J Pratt & Sons; Herefd bulls £172 JJ&AA McGregor; AA bulls £150 M Bell & Son; Fries to £145 JJ&AA McGregor av £55. Breeding sheep. - Mule shlgs: M&E Hall £124, £116, £110; JD Murfin £110 2, £108; W&JM Trewhitt £106, £98; J Jefferson & Son £94; D Alderson £94; Millington Grange £90. Texel X shlgs: JD Murfin £85. Cheviot shlgs: JE Lane & Son £70. 2-shear mules: Mrs P Teasdale £96, £92; T Tennant & Son £91, £88, £85. 3-shear Mules: Mrs P Teasdale £95, £88, £80. 4-shear Mules: JR Stanger £60. MV acc Beltex & Texel X 3&4-shear ewes from Kenton Foster: 98gns, 86gns, 80gns, 70gns. Store lambs. - Suff X: B&K Alderson £41.50; cont X: WK Williamson & Son £39.50; Mule: AG Dent & Ptnrs £31.40.

MIDDLETON IN TEESDALE. - Mon. Fwd: 699 sheep. Lambs 17-34kg to 83.33p av 81.69p; 34.1-39kg to 101p av 87.23p; 39.1-45.6kg to 103p av 99.56p; 45.6-52kg to 101p av 100p; ewes to £30.50 av £17.40; rams to £20 av £18.57.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 112 cattle, 612 sheep. Steers med to 104.5p a kg or £512.05 each av 89.91p or £448.42; heavy to 103.5p or £628.88 av 92.36p or £593.09; overall steer av 91.61p; hfrs lt to 95.5p or £353.53; med to 125.5p or £572.70 av 98.76 or £443.55; heavy to 106.5p or £550.88 av 95.16p or £501.25; overall hfr av 97.18p; young bulls lt to 100.5p or £407.03; med to 98.5p or £522.05 av 83.29 or £435.70; heavy to 107.5p or £634.35 av 91.94 or £542.45; overall young bull av 88.27p; total cattle av 93.63p. Lambs lt to 60p a kg or £18 each; std to 107.3p or £40.80 av 101.44p or £38.31; med to 114.2p or £48 av 104.01p or £43.53; overall av 103.29p; heavy to 112.6p or £55.20 av 104.44 or £49.72; owt to 98.11p or £54 av 85.23p or £50.74; total lamb av 102.71p; cull ewes to £46 av £31.50. Wed. - Fwd: 96 store & breeding cattle,. Bulls. - Lim: £570 SC Barron; £495, £422 JE Brown; £410, £408 FC Jackson; £395, £380, £352 JB Gill. BA: £460, £458, £455, £402 K Cowton. Fries: £396 D Stockdale; £215 D & R Reed. Hereford: £238 D & R Reed. Bullocks. - Lim: £665, £618, £610, £605, £592, £555 WE Jameson; £560 KW Weldon; £515, £440 D Johnson;£468 C & G Hunton; £380 AS Dowkes. Hfrs. - BA: £590, £518, £402, £392, £368, £310 K Cowton; £330, £315, £295 W Brass; £235 AS Dowkes. BB £500, £475 K Wheldon. Lim: £448 K Wheldon; £370 SC Barron; £345, B Routledge; £342, £282 D Johnson; £280, £200 BA Heseltine; £258 JH Tippling. Char: £345 B Routledge; £310 SC Barron; £295, £275 TH Cook. Cows & calves. - Char: £530, £375 SC Barron; £400 AW Smith. Calves, hfr £100 JC Foster.

PENRITH. - Mon. Fwd: 75 cattle. Lim hfrs to 129.5p; Char hfrs to 108.5p; Lim bulls to 106.5p; BA bulls to 104.5p. Wed. - Fwd: 3,942 sheep. Lambs: cont X to £62; Suff X to £58; Mule to £51.80. Ewes: cont to £59; Suff to £56; Cheviot to £49.50; Mule to £39.

SCOTS GAP. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 2,128 sheep. Lambs: Suff X to 109.8p; Texel X to 130p(2); Mule to 102.4p; Blackface to 96.5p; HB to 102.2p.

THIRSK. - Thurs. Fwd: 384 cattle, 1,649 sheep, 279 pigs. Steers lt to 103.5p av 99.2p; med to 110.5p av 94.5p; heavy to 122.5p a kg or £806.63 each av 99.8p; hfrs lt to 116.5p av 107.8p; med to 133.5p av 106.8p; heavy to 130.5p or £749.98 av 104.6p; bulls lt to 94p av 83.4p; med to 114.4p av 88.36p; heavy to 122.5p or £762.49 av 92.48p. Lambs std to 108.2p av 105p; med to 110p av 104.8p; heavy to 107.1p av 101.3p; owt to 103.8p a kg or £58 each; ewes lt to £38 av £120.62; heavy to £42 av £34.51. Porkers to 90p av 81.1p; cutters to 89p av 78.7p; baconers to 81p av 74.5p; owts to 70p av 63.7p; sows/boars to 42p a kg or £137.78 each av 39.8p. Mon. - Collection centre. Fwd: 47 sows.

TOW LAW. - Mon. Fwd: 915 sheep. Lambs: Suff X to 106.2p; Texel X to 107.1p; Char X to 102.5p; Mule to 99.6p