Prices at the markets

DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 236 cattle, 1,387 sheep. Steers med to 112.5p a kg or £725.63 each av 101.3p; hfrs med to 123.5p or £571.05 av 109.4p; heavy to 125.5p or £777.23 av 107.8p; young bulls med to 110.5p or £585.83 av 95.7p; heavy to 124.5p or £837.68 av 98.47. Lambs lt to 112.7p a kg or £49.80 each av 105.7p; med to 108.4p or £52.50 av 104.3p; heavy to 105.4p or £54.50 av 103.4p; overall av 104.4p; cull ewes to £48 av £37. Mon. - Fwd: 186 store & breeding cattle, 941 store lambs & breeding sheep. Young bulls. - BA: £582, £550, £530 BE Dunn; £468 GA Swinbank. BB: £468 K Hodgson. Lim: £460, £455 Mrs D Earl. Steers. - Lim: £690, £680, £660 M Dent. BB: £610 Betty's Farm. Herefd: £570 Betty's Farm. Hfrs. - Lim: £485 M Dent; £450 Bowes, £435 Cold Comfort. BB: £480, £460 GE Knaggs. Saler: £440 Rigel Pedigree. Baz: £432 Low Houselope. Char: £410 Low Houselope. Cows & calves: £600 Pallet Hill; £525 White House. Rearing calves. - Lim bull: £192 G Beadle; £180 Wade Bros. Lim hfr: £100 Wade Bros. Store lambs. - Suff: £45.20 GS Kidd; £41 B Lowson; £38.20 JJ&M Lawson. Texel: £44 W Brass & Sons; £41.50 RL Coatsworth; £38.50 LE Harrison, A Lumsdon. Mule: £35.20 W Brass & Sons; £31 GA&J Allinson. Mule shlgs: £90 Whessoe Grange. Mule 2-shear ewes: £82.80 Whessoe Grange. Char ram £180; Beltex £265 both D Swinbank.

HEXHAM. - Last Fri. Store cattle. Steers red CID: Lim X to £650 Ealingham. Blue CID: Char X to £632 Hedley West; Lim X to £635; Simm to £590 Bishopton; AAX to £600 Bishopton. Green CID: Lim X to £590 Leadgate. Hfrs: Lim X to £625 Bulls Hill; BBX to £498; Simm X to £455. Tues. - Steers med to 110.5p av 95.83p; heavy to 109.5p av 95.38p; hfrs heavy to 87.5p av 85.83p. Lambs: Suff X to 115.9p; Texel X to 125.8p; Mule to 106.5p; Blackface to 105.9p(2); Swale to 98.1p; Cheviot X to 115p; Char X to 116.3p; Beltex to 123.2p; Leics to 103.9p; Vendeen to 101p. Cast sheep: Suff to £40; Texel to £52; Mule to £44.20; Leics to £40.50; Blackface £38; Cheviot to £34.20; Swale to £26.20.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Tues of last weeek. Fwd: 2,059 sheep inc show for Texel sired lambs for Solway and Tyne Texel Breeders' Club. Judge: Paul Barker, Woodhead Bros Meat Co. Lambs ex lowland ewe: 1 & champion JW Little, Row End; 2 L Raine & Son, Coach & Horses; 3 MJ&C Cockburn, South House. Ex hill ewe: 1 E Bousfield, Cranberry; 2 F Allen, Hill House. All crosses. - Cont: £51 Row End; £50 Bridge End (Brass); £48.50 South House; £48.20 Coach & Horses; £45 Keld Farm; £43.80 Home Farm; £43.50 Stripes; £43 Halbeck; £43 Lockholme Hall; £42.50 Bank View; £42.20 Mill Moor; £42 Roans Farm; £42 East Melwaters. Suff: £44.50 East Melwaters; £44 Goodlie Farm; £43 Home Farm. Lleyn: £45 Low Hall. Mule £42 East Lowfield; £40 Gilmonby; £39 Lockholme Hall; £37 Waterhouses. Cheviot: £42 Lowstead. Kerry Hill: £36.50 Dowthwaite Head. Horned: £40 Old Smithy, £35.50 Garnthwaite. Lambs 34kg or less: Cont to £40.50; Suff to £34; Rough Fell to £34; Swale to £32.50; Whingill, £30.20 Ravenspark, £30 Lockholme Hall. Herdwick to £28.50. Ewes: Blue-faced Leics to £41; Mule to £39.80; Texel to £36; Rough Fell to £24.80; Swale to £25.50; Herdwick to £23.50. Rams: Swale to £23.50; Dalesbred to £25.50. Tues. - Fwd: 2,977 lambs, all crosses. Texel to £53; Beltex to £52; Suff to £51; Char to £52; Mule to £49. 34kg or less: Cont to £39.50; Suff to £32; Swale to £30; Rough Fell to £29.80; Herdwick to £31.20. Ewes: Texel to £45; Blue-faced Leics to £45; Mule to £46.50; Cont to £307; Rough Fell to £32; Swale to £26.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 1 dairy heifer, 70 calves & stirks, 105 store cattle, 220 store lambs. In calf hfr: N&RJ Sunter £490. Calves: BB bulls to £260 D&S Spence av £226 overall; hfrs to £175 B Williamson av £125; Lim bulls to £240 A Fawcett & Sons av £186; hfrs to £105 A Fawcett & Sons av £71; AA bulls to £158 W&SL Robinson av £141; hfrs to £50 JW & RJ Pounder av £47; Fries bulls to £110 JD&CE Nelson av £50; Simm hfrs to £70 JA Dent & Sons av £67. Simm bull stirks £170. Store bulls. - BB: JD Wood £520; KW &J Clarkson £505; OJ Kendall £420. Lim: G Lobley £475, £450; JD Wood £448, £410; C&M Burnett £440; JC Close £418, £405. Simm: OJ&AJ Kendall £423, £405. Fries: H Raw & Son £430, £335; DM&M Nelson & Sons £372; KS Bowe £350; RW Wallis & Sons £340. Brit White: JC Close £418. Herefd: PW Broadley £382, £350. Steers. - Char: RW&MA Suttill £635; E Loadman £602, £500. Lim: JD Wood £608; A Harker & Son £532, £502; A&AJ Iveson £495, £482; G Lambert £430. Simm: A&AJ Iveson £540. AA: N&L Trewhitt £530, £458. Hfrs. - Char: E Loadman £580, £490, £462; RW&MA Suttill £400. BB: JG Houseman & Sons £520, £515, £465, £442. AA: N&L Trewhitt £455, £410; JG Houseman & Sons £450, £415. Lim: KS Bowe £428; G Lambert £380; A Harker & Son £332. Saler: RW&MA Suttill £390. Store lambs. - Suff X: JW Ball £36.60; B&K Alderson £36.60; M Edwards £34. Cont X: M Edwards £34.50; W Stanger £34.20; Calvert & Hunter £30.80. Mule: JW Bostock £33.80; GW Gill £33.20. Wed. - Fwd: 2,177 sheep. Lambs lt to 108.6p av 98.9p; Suff & cont std to 111p av 108.3p; med to 111.2p av 106.5p; heavy to 105.7p av 101p; owt to 99.1p av 98.9p; Mule, Masham & horned std to 101p av 97.2p; med to 99p av 96.1p; heavy to 100p av 98.3p. Ewes: cont £47.50; Mule £46; Masham £36.80; Suff £35; horned £30; av £17.90.

MIDDLETON in TEESDALE. - Mon. Fwd: 784 sheep. Lambs 17-34kg to 103p av 84.79p; 34.1-39kg to 101p av 90.92p; 39.1-45.6kg to 102p av 97.60p; 45.6-52kg to 100p av 98.52p; ewes to £28.20 av £17.56; rams to £18 av £17.50.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 72 cattle, 583 sheep. Steers med to 85p a kg av £471.75 each; heavy to 104.5p or £712.25 av 95.45p or £606.14; overall steer av 94.61p; hfrs med to 122.5p or £526.75 av 108.19 or £481.43; heavy to 114.5p or £613.03 av 102.32 or £533.88; overall hfr av 104.45p; young bulls med to 103.5p or £517.40 av 84.17p or £425.07; heavy to 106.5p or £643.20 av 95.8p or £574.37; overall young bull av 92.78p; total cattle av 99.76p. Lambs std to 115.7p a kg or £44.20 each av 109.64p or £41.75; med to 115.9p or £51 av 109.08p or £45.99; overall av 109.13p; heavy to 116.9p or £53.80 av 108.32p or £50.91; owt to 104.6p or £57 av 104.04 or £56.60; total lamb av 108.95p; cull ewes to £48 av £30.36. Wed. - Fwd: 119 store & breeding cattle, 29 rams & 844 breeding sheep for show & sale. Bulls. - Lim: £625 D Humpleby. Simm: £430, £370 CA Bird. Bullocks. - Simm: £612, £600, £558, £555, £490 C&D Harland; £595 IM Cook. Lim: £592 C&D Harland; £580 IM Cook; £578, £445 R Jones; £565, £510, £505 D Peckitt; £555, £538 Mrs P Webster; £540, £470, £445, £435 L Dent; £528, £515 PB Hill; £482, £445, £425 Miss J Parlour; £475 DJ Clark; £292 AT Cooper. BA: £520 Mrs P Webster; £480, £440, £418 W Brass; £480, £355, £300 S Bellersby. BB: £530 DJ Clark; £438 D Humpleby. Char: £435 Mrs P Webster; £385 AT Cooper; £438 D Humpleby. AA: £425 Miss J Parlour. Fries: £398 DJ Clarke; £292, £100 CG Ramsey. Hfrs. - Simm: £548, £462, £390 RA Corner; £375 CA Bird. Lim: £502 L&J Featherstone; £485, £445 R Jones; £425, £412, £340, £285, £270 Miss J Parlour; £395 DG Blackburn; £392, £300 DA Wood; £390, £320, £250 W Barr; £385 D Peckitt. BB: £480, £420 DG Blackburn; £330 Miss EF Atkinson. BA: £465 D Peckitt; £402 RA Corner; £395 D Blackburn; £392, £228 S Bellersby. Calves. - Simm bulls: £240, £230, £190; Holstein bulls: £95, £94; Simm hfr £75 all T&RW Coates. Breeding cattle. - AA hfrs & calf: £575, £390, £365 Camphill Trust. Show & sale of rams: 1 P Lupton Suff £370, £320. Other Suff: £370, £350, £300, £280, £260, £240 R&P Kitson; £300, £250, £230, £210 RM Teasdale; £280 Miss S Broadwith. Texel: £250, £200 GM Buckton; £240, £195, £175, £115, £105 M Prudham; £160 Miss F Campbell. Char: £200, £185 D Dennis. Suff: £140 Miss F Campbell. Breeding sheep. Shlgs: 1 £104, £100 MV Dale, 2 £97, £90, £81 DH Dick & Son; £97 H Hall & Son; £96, £94, £93 TW Walls; £91, £90, £89, £88, £87, £84 Thornton estates; £90, £89, £86 WJ&T Pattison; £88 JG Wilkin; £86, £83, £72 G Browell; £90, £89, £81, £78 G Bailes; £80, £81, £79, £69 L Ransome; £79, £74, £73 AA Kirk; £61 EJ Smith. Gimmer lambs: 1 D Williams Texel £61. Others: £39, £37, £36 BA Cook. Texel shlgs: £94, £89, £88 AA Kirk. Suff shlgs: £95 J Greenbank; £82 Thornton estates; £70 WA Almeck; £63 E Smith; £58 ME Peacock. Mule ewes, 2-shear £82, £80 JG Wilkin. Correct: £61, £60, £56 S Munro. 4-shear £55, £54 P Houlston. Suff ewes 3-shear: £74 J Greenbank; 4-shear £45 D Humpleby. Aged: £44 I Kippex. Char ewes: £65, £64 WA Almack. Mule BMCB: £36 Hugill Ptnrs; £32, £27 D Williams. Private sales Sept 15-19 137 fat cattle inc OTMs, 143 fat sheep & pigs.

PATELEY BRIDGE. - Sat. Fwd: 30 store cattle. Steers, blue CID: Lim to £515; BA to £525; Holstein/Fries £406; Simm to £472; Char to £600. Hfrs: Lim to £513; AA £310; Simm 2-y-o to £435; BB 2-y-o to £415.

PENRITH. - Mon. Fwd: 52 prime cattle, 324 store cattle. Lim hfrs to 136.5p; BA hfrs to 129.5p; Lim bulls to 107.5p; Baz bulls to 105.5p; BA bulls to 104.5p; Longhorn bulls to 85.5p. Low Brow. Store bullocks. - Lim: £668, £620, £618 Cragg House; £665, £640, £628 Howtown Hotel; £545, £635 Ploveriggs; £610, £600 Hole House (Coulston); £600 Hole Farm; £585 Oddendale Old Hall. Simm: £615 Red House. Herefd X: £565, £548 White House; £488 Longlands. BBX: £622, £608 Hole Farm (Mark); £590 Smardale Mill; £520 Lane End. Fries: £415 Mill Farm (Digedan). Ayrshire: £350 Trainlands. Char: £598, £568, £562 Rake Foot; £565 Cragg House. Normandie: £540 Red House. BAX: £625, £595 Mount Clifton; £575 Hole House (Coulston). AA: £410 Red House; £398 Cobble Hall. Saler X: £598, £550 Colstons; £505 Newsham. Hfrs. - Lim X: £655, £570 Grange House; £580, £552 Well House; £508 Howtown Hotel; £470 Carthanet. Char: £565, £515 Grange House; £445 Well House; £418 Lane End. BB hfrs: £545, £478 Lankaber. BAX: £392 Lane End. AA: £468 Carthanet. Saler cross hfrs: £402 Colstons. Herefd: £375 Longlands; £338 Askham Hall. Bulls. - Cont X: £492, £458 Kirkbarrow; £410 Oaker Lodge. Fries: £380, £360 Kirkbarrow; £355, £340 Askham Hall; £290 Gatelands; £278, £270 Yanwath Hall. AAX: £435 Oaker Lodge; £382 Kirkbarrow. Calves. -Lim X bulls: £145(2), £138 Springs Farm. Lim X hfr calves: £78 Springs Farm. Newly calved dairy cows: £690, £650, £620 Askrigg Hall. Lim X bullock suckled calves: £368 Sleetburn; £342 Town Head (Lambert). Lim X hfr suckled calves: £410 Hill Top (Thompson); £385, £315 Town Head (Lambert). Wed. - Fwd: 6,534 sheep Lambs: Cont X to £58.50; Suff X: £56.80; Mule to £48.80; Swale to £45. Ewes: Cont to £50; Cheviot to £45; Mule to £42.50; Blue-aced Leics to £41.

SCOTS GAP. - Wed of last week. Lambs: Suff X to 110.7p; Texel X to 112.7p; Mule to 101.4p; Blackface to 98.5p; Char X to 102.1p; Beltex to 110.0p; HB to 102.0p.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 408 cattle, 1,461 sheep, 276 pigs. Steers med to 100.5p a kg av 90.1p; heavy to 104.5p a kg or £721.03 each av 87.5p; hfrs lt to 117.5p av 98.4p; med to 128.5p av 103.7p; heavy to 134.5p or £722.63 av 101p; bulls lt to 80.5p av 63p; med to 102.5p av 78.7p; heavy to 108.5p or £699.35 av 87.5p. Lambs std to 110.3p av 106.2p; med to 101.1p av 103.1p; heavy to 109.8p a kg or £55 each av 103.4p; owt to 105.4p or £60 av 101.9p; ewes lt to£29 av £17.95; heavy to £44 av £34.18. Porkers to 89p av 81.2p; cutters to 90.5p av 77.9p; baconers to 87p a kg or £78.59 each av 73.4p; owts to 48.5p av 45.6p; sows/boars to 41.5p or £142.80 av 37.3p. Mon. - Collection centre, fwd: 26 OTMs.

TOW LAW. - Thurs of last week. Store sheep Suff X: £40.80, £40.40, £38 Snapegate; £40.40 Buckshot; £40, £37.80 Thornley Pit House; £39.80 The Cleugh; £39.60 Binchester Hall, Hill Top; £39.20 Westgate; £39, £38.80 Unthank; £38 Red House; £37.80 Littlewhite, £37.00 Newbiggen. Texel X: £41.10, £38.70 Westgate; £40 Noahs Ark, £37.60 Snapegate, £37.20, £35 Thornley Pit House, £35.60 Old Park. Mule: £36.40 Loadman, £35.80 Low House, £35, £30.50 Newbiggen, £32.80 Noahs Ark, £30.80 Thornley Park. Char X: £40.20, £37.50 Brotherlee. Blackface: £34 Thornley Pit House. Swale: £20.50 Thornley Park. Mon. - Fwd: 1,453 sheep. Suff X to 106.3p; Texel X to 108.3p; Mule to 103.6p; Char X to 106.2p