Special livestock sales

Prizes. - Mule ewes: 1 T Addison £72; 2 DTJ Metcalfe £80; 3 JP Coatsworth £56. Mule shlgs: 1 WT Robinson £108; 2&3 M McCoy £98, £100. Acc Suff tup lambs: 1 WT Robinson 200gns. Acc cont tup lambs: 1 WT Robinson 220gns. Acc cont shlgs: 1&2 T Bell 300, 200 gns; 3 GW Forster 220gns; Non-acc Suff tup lambs: 1 JP Coatsworth 460gns; 2 R Williamson n/s; 3 Tarn Bros 200gns. Non-acc Suff shlgs: 1,2&3 S Poulter 820, 650, 440gns.Non-acc Texel shlgs: 1&2 T Denham 400, 410gns; 3 KO Stones 320gns.

Prices . - Mule ewes: T Addison £72, £62, £55, £54, £52; DTJ Metcalfe £80, £68; F&I Coulthard £70, £65, £61, £60, £59, £55, £50; JP Coatsworth £56, £51, £50; PW Richardson £70, £65, £64, £56, £54; F Bainbridge £56, £68 (Texel), £66 (Suff); GM Storr £52; PC Langstaff £32. Mule shlgs: WT Robinson £108, £96; M McCoy £100, £98, £96, £94, £92, £90, £88; JG Dent £98, £96; WB Rutter & Sons £94, £92; DTJ Metcalfe £90, £86, £85; JH&RF Bainbridge (Texel) £90, £84, £75; GM Storr £78, £56; PW Richardson £82, £72; GW Hunt £66.

Tups, all in gns. Acc Texel: T Bell 300, 210, 200, 190; R Stevenson 280, 260, 230, 200. Char: GW Forster 220, 200; WT Robinson 220. Non-acc Suff: JP Coatsworth 480, 210; R Williamson 180, 160; S Poulter 820, 660, 650, 540, 440; Tarn Bros 200, 120; KO Stones 200; JG Dent 270, 240, 120. Non-acc Texel: JW Dent & Sons £170; T Denham 600, 420, 410, 400, 350, 320, 300, 260, 210, 200, 180; Mrs I Coulthard 300, 200; KO Stones 500, 320; Tarn bros 280, 150, 120; PW Richardson (char) 240, 200, 150, 145.

BELLINGHAM. - Thurs of last week. Show & sale of 3,957 Mule ewe lambs for North of England Mule Sheep Association. Judge: Harry Birnie, Maud, Peterhead.

Prizes. - Champion pen: R Carr, Homilton, £83 to J Bell, East Wingates; 2 A Murray & Son, Craberry Brow, £75 to RA Patterson; 3 J Browell & Sons, Quarry House, £82 to A&D Proctor Swarland Old Hall.

Averages:Quarry House 191 av £78.12; The Steel 205 av £74.39; Carry House 150 av £73.16; Low Leam 200 av £73; Rusheylaw 69 av £72.97; Yatesfield 75 av £72.66.

Also fwd: 2,047 Blackface ewe lambs to £74 Greenleighton.

HEXHAM. - Last Fri. Fwd: 580 ewe lambs for special sale of Suff & Texel X ewe lambs, incorporating Rothbury sale. Judge: Charles Thornally. Texel X ewe lambs sold to £80 for a pen of -bred Texels from Hallington Newhouses.

Prizes. - Edward Jackson Silver Challenge Cup: J&D Longlands, Tonehall, pen of Suff X Mule ewe lambs, £84. Suff X (ex Mule): 1 J&D Longlands £84; 2 GD Herdman, Edlingham Demesne, £70; 3 J Charlton, Hillend, £71. Suff X (ex Scotch HB): 1 M Davy, Warton, £66; 2 AJ&H Gordon, Old Deanham, £68.

Other prices. - Suff X Mule: £73, £70 Hollin Hill. Suff X: £66, £62 East Trewick. Feeding ewes (123): lean Mule to £25 Fallowfield; Scottish Blackface to £18.50 Redesdale. Texel X store lambs: £37 Townfoot, Slaley.

NORTHALLERTON. - Wed. Show & sale of 1,545 store lambs.

Prizes: 1 Texel: £42, £41.20, £40 HL Kitching; 2 Suff X: £43.50, £41.80, £41, £40 JW Firby.

Prices. - Other Texel: £40.50, £35 D Williams; £41.50, £40.50 Simpsons; £40.20 JL Mason; £39.20 B Fountain; £38.80 WE Preston; £42 P Dowson; £37.80 S Sanderson; £38.80 DA Wood; £39.80, £38.20, £38, £37.80 M Exelby; £39.20 A Percy; £40.20 A Waller; £39.80 BA Smith; £38.80 D Thompson; £37.80 Mrs GM Prest; £37 F Jackson; £30.80 WG Ainsley. Texel x: £39.20 Mrs GM Prest; £38.80 A Percy; £38, £37.80 M Exelby; £30.80 JG Wells. Cont X: £40.20 A Waller. Mules: £32.20 Mrs GM Prest; £31.20 D Easton; £31 JG Wells, £30 WG Ainsley. Private sales Sept 8-12: 120 fat cattle, inc OTMs, 246 fat sheep & pigs.

PATELEY BRIDGE. - Sat. Fwd: 653 store lambs for show & sale. Judge: M Hewitt, Austwick.

Prizes. - Suff X Texel lambs: 1 LA Wiseman, Summerbridge, £44.50 to A Atkinson; 2 E&AM Simpson & Son, Heathfield £40.50 to A Atkinson. Mule lambs: 1 S Church, Lofthouse, £36.50 to M Hewitt; 2 E&AM Simpson £34.50 to M Hewitt. Masham lambs: 1 S Church £36 to M Hewitt.

PENRITH. - Wed. Special sale of 4,005 Mule & cont gimmer shlgs. at Penrith mart on Wednesday. Judge: John Fell, Stanger Hill, Wigton. Overall av £85.93 (large increase on year).

Prizes. - 1 & champion pen: J Lawson, Kirkland Green, £205 (top prices of day) to M Burke, Melton Mowbray; 2 WL Grainger, Eamont Bridge Farm, £122 to judge; 3 J Powley, Blands Farm, £100 to A Jenkinson, Clifton Moor.

Prices. - Mule: £205, £94(2) Kirkland Green; £122, £110, £104 Eamont Bridge Farm; £103, £97, £95 Town End (Mounsey); £102, £95, £91 South View; £100, £98, £90 Blands Farm; £96, £90 Low Moor Dyke; £94 Briggle; £93 Hewer Hill; £91(4), £90 Gill Head. Texel: £90 Brownrigg House; £77 Town Head (Holliday); £75 Howslacks. Suff:: £80 Highrigg.

SKIPTON. - Wed. Fwd: 7,245 Mule gimmers for North of England Mule Sheep Breeders Association. Judges. - pens of 10: Ian Marsden, Hoyland Swaine, Sheffield, & Cecil Hutchinson, Kirby Wiske, Thirsk; pens of 20: Brian Watchorn, Newark, & Robert Fox, Clitheroe.

Prizes. - Pen of 10: Richard Ellis, Cragg House Farm, Addingham Moorside, Keighley, £140 each to Sandham Bros, Carlton, Yeadon; 2 Ashley Caton, Otterburn, 3 David & Robin Booth, Feizor. Pen of 20: Ashley Caton, Otterburn Lodge Farm, Otterburn, Skipton, £115 to JH Jackson, Goosnargh, Preston; 2 David & Robin Booth, 3 Ellis Bros.

ST JOHN'S CHAPEL. - Last Fri. Secial sale of 1534 store lambs. Averages up on last year; 575 more sheep sold.

Prices (all crosses). - Texel: £44 West Wing Farm; £42 Earnwell; £41.20 Dales Farm; £40.20 Six Dargue; £39.50 High Rowantree Farm; £34.80 High House Farm; £32.20 Crowberry Farm. Suff: £41.20 Burtree Farm; £40.50 Dales Farm; £40 High House; £37.50 The Bungalow. Mule: £39 High Rowan Tree Foot; £36.20 Six Dargue; £35.80 Goldenlands; £35 Fairleas Farm; £33.50 Burtree Farm; £33.20 The Bungalow. Cheviot: £38.50. Swaledale £26 Pinfold House; £20.80 Cornfield House; £19.80 Six Dargue; £19.20 Crowberry Farm; £18.50 High Rowan Tree Foot; £18.50 Warden Hill; £18 Softley Farm. Mule wether shlgs: £35.20 High Rowan Tree Foot. Texel feeding ewes: £31.50 High Rowan Tree Foot. Swale £22.80 Warden Hill