BARNARD CASTLE. - Tues. Fwd: 124 breeding & store cattle, 757 store lambs. Lim cows & calf: £710, £670 P Dowson; £540 C Bell. Blue-grey cow & calf £560 C Bell; Lim hfr & calf £900 ER Thompson; AA hfr & calf £640 ER Thompson. Feeding bulls. - Char: £600 Watson. BA £590 J&K Metcalf; £575 BE Dunn & Son. Lim: £585, £570 Watson; £565, £560 T&D Allen & Son; £555 T&G Lee. BB: £580 T&G Lee; £570 JN&MA Spedding. Store bullocks. - Char: £640 WH&EE Thompson; £625 D W Ewin; £495 GI Armstrong. Saler: £620 DW Ewin. Shorthorn: £615 Mrs P Westgarth. BA: £582, £578 JR Longstaff & Son; £580, £530, £495 J&K Metcalf. Lim: £470, £460, £450, £410 I Watson. Hfrs. - Char: £600, £555, £535, £530 B&S Teasdale & Son; £570 WH&EE Thompson; £498, £470 P Dobinson; £465 P Dowson; £450 D Teasdale. BA: £588 J&SE Bainbridge; £565 BS Teasdale & Son; £465 J&K Metcalf. Lim: £485 B&S Teasdale & Son; £465, £460 D Teasdale. Simm: £460 B&L Robson. Store lambs. - Texel: £44.80, £42.50, £41.80, £41.50, 339.40 F&I Coulthard; £43.80 JS Luck & Son £41.80, £39.20 T Denham. Suff: £43.80, £38.50 WK Wilkinson & Son; £41.50, £38.20 WT Robinson & Son; £37 LE Harrison. Char: £41 WK Wilkinson & Son. Cont £37, £36.80, £33 G Eastwood; £34.20 K Holliday. Mule: £31.40 GW Hunt. Wed. - Fwd: 1,952 sheep. Lt lambs to 90p av 89.7p; std to 108p av 106.5p; med to 108p av 103.5p; heavy to 105.7p av 100p. Cast sheep: Cont to £40; Suff to £44; Mule to £41; Leics to £40; Swale to £26.50.

DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 228 cattle, 1,989 sheep. Steers med to 123.5p a kg or £654.55 each av 102.3p; heavy to 117.5p or £781.38 av 102.1p; hfrs med to 132.5p or £609.50 av 111.8p; heavy to 128.5p or £698.90 av 106.8p; young bulls med to 127.5p or £701.25 av 100.8p; heavy to 123.5 or £832.33 av 101.9p. Lambs lt to 113.7p a kg or £41.50 each av 109.3p; med to 117.7p or £51.80 av 107.6p; heavy to 117.3p or £56 av 107.8p; overall av 108.1p; cull ewes to £58 av £46. Mon. - Fwd: 177 cattle, 1,423 store & breeding sheep. Breeding cattle, cows & calves: £910, £740 Whins; £630, £580 West End. Store bulls. - BB: £535, £505, £490 Stainton Village; £460 Leven Fields; £365 Bowes. Lim: £508 Leven Fields; £430 Bowes; £415 Stoney Stoop; £380 Lynburn. Saler: £455 Leven Fields. Shorthorn: £315 Cheesemund. Fries £292 Red Barns. Hfrs. - Lim: £655, £640, £590 Village Farm; £468, £435 Paradise; £365 Bowes. BB: £550, £540 Winston; £452, £428 Great Coup House; £440 Mill Hill. Char: £445 Haughton House; £375 Wallworth. Herefd: £390 Mill Hill; £268 The Craggs. Simm: £390 Bluestone Grange. Bullocks. - Simm: £670, £630 Pallet Hill. BB: £610 Bogma Hall; £572, £510 Old Pitt; £450 Middleton. Lim: £595, £590 Ketton Lodge; £560 Ryall; £545 Haggerleazes. BA: £585 Ryall. AA: £580 Ryall. Store lambs. -Texel: £48.20, £47.20 Eastfield; £41 Streatlam Grange. Suff: £45.20, £43, £42.80 Low Copelaw; £43.80, £43 Field House; £42.50 Westernhopeburn; £42 Crake Scar; £40 Marshall Green. Mule: 36 Sandy Leas; £30.40 Low Ewecote. Breeding sheep. - Mule sheep £93 Whessoe Grange; £92, £90 Railway View. Cont shlgs: £66, £61 Ullswater Avenue. Mule 2-shear ewes: £100, £88, £86, £84 Whessoe Grange. Rams, Texel shlgs £210 Low Houses.

Hawes. - Tues. Fwd: 22 calves, 2,231 sheep. Calves: Lim bulls to £230 JC & J Clarkson, Bainbridge, av £160.30; BB bull to £250 JC&J Clarkson av £186; BB hfrs to £155 JC&J Clarkson av £147.50; Fries Holstein bulls to £70 JC&J Clarkson av £47.67; Simm hfrs to £70 JM Fawcett & Sons, Hawes. Lambs lt to 93.1p av 91.3p; std to 107.6p av 97.9p; med to 109.5p av 98.4p; overall av 97.9p. Store lambs. - Suff to £38.80 av £36.45; Mule to £34 av £32.11. Ltwt lambs. - Cont to 115.4p av 108.1p; Mule to 99.5p av 98.2p; horned to 93.8p av 87.9p. Cast ewes horned to £27.60 av £14.83; polled to £50.50 av £36.56; cast rams horned to £25.80 av £20.31.

HEXHAM. - Tues. Fwd: 5,982 lambs, 654 ewes. Heavy steers to 99.5p av 99.5p; med hfrs to 94.5p av 93.8p; heavy hfrs to 113.5p av 104.7p. Show of Texel & Texel X lambs (judge: JG Curle, Norham): 1 & champion JW Davison, Lough Green, £54.50 (46kg) to Woodhead Bros; 2 GR Scott & Son, Corneyside, £55 (47kg) to M Lomax Milnthorpe; 3 H Davison, Latterford, £54 (43kg) to Woodhead Bros. Suff to 114.4p; Texel X to 125.6p; Mule to 101.1p; Blackface to 103.5p; Cheviot to 106.7p; Char X to 111.6p; Beltex to 114.2p; HB to 102.2p. Cast sheep: Suff X to £33; Texel to £57; Mule to £40.20; HB to £45.50; Leics to £58; Blackface to £30; Cheviot to £36; Swale to £23.20.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 5 dairy cattle, 75 calves, 6 breeding cattle, 620 store lambs. Dairy cattle. - Calved hfrs; PF Donaldson £1,010, £800, £1,020, £710. In calf hfr: N R Metcalf £590. Calves: Lim bulls to £292 B&A Myers av £195 overall; hfrs to £128 WD&MM Moor av £86; BB bulls to £238 JD&E Clarkson av £195; BB hfrs to £158 WD&MM Moor av £122; BA bulls to £192 J Pratt & Sons; Simm bulls to £180 JW Tuer & Sons; hfrs to £115 JW Tuer & Sons av £98; Char bulls to £170 JW Tuer & Sons; Fries bulls to £114 TW&SH Gatenby av £75; AA bulls £112 TW&SH Gatenby av £91; hfrs to £48 B Spence & sons. Beef breeding cattle. - Lim hfr & calf M Barker farms £910. BB hfr & calf M Barker Farms £800. Lim cows & calves: JL Umpleby £700, £660, £640, £630. Store lambs. - Suff: JCP Ellwood £39.20; SJ Horner £38.40; G Lambert £37.20; M Horner £37. Cont: E Fairburn & Sons £38.40; R Hunter £37.50; J&PS Ellerton £37.20; J Chandler & son £35.60. Mule: JW Bostock £33.40; RL&CM Tuer £32.50; G Lambert £32.20. Wed. - Fwd: 2,448 sheep. Lambs lt to 90p av 81.8p; Suff & Cont std to 105.7p av 100.8p; med to 106.2p av 102p; heavy to 103.4p av 99p. Mule, Masham & horned std to 88.6p av 83.5p; med to 95.6p av 86.8p; heavy to 97.1p av 91.6p. Ewes: Mule £40; Cont £40; Mash £36; BFL £44; horned £27 av £17.70. Swale rams £30.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 111 cattle, 999 sheep. Steers med to 105.5p a kg or £580.25 each av 104.5p or £569.52; heavy to 109.5p or £702.90 av 97.75 or £620.45; overall steer av 98.89p; hfrs lt to 107.5p or £416.73 av 105.81 or £412.67; med to 130.5p or £564.75 av 110.6p or £487.06; heavy to 114.5p or £651.53 av 103.95p or £542.63; overall hfr av 107.06p. young bulls lt to 90p or £414; med to 110.5p or £585.65 av 90.72 or £468.80; heavy to 111.5p or £711.75 av 97.98p or £594.80; overall young bull av 94.53p; total cattle av 101.07p. Lambs std to 114.8p a kg or £44.80 each av 107.45p or £41.47; med to 111.5p or £48.50 av 105.69 or £44.69; overall av 106.12p; heavy to 116.4p or £58.50 av 104.13p or £50.37; owt to 60p or £33; total lamb av 105.48p; cull ewes to £53 av £34.57; rams to £43.50. Wed. - Fwd: 71 store cattle. Bulls. - Lim: £580 AG&S Frank. Char: £580 AG&S Frank. Holstein: £280 WS Cunningham; £268, £242, £235, £202 MJ Lowcock. Hfrs. - Char: £475, £345 AG&S Frank; £435 JG Ward & Son. BB: £458, £390 JG Ward & Son; £455, £365, £362, £360 TW&J Allcock; £390 JG Ward & Son; £378 B Lightfoot. Bullocks. - Lim: £592, £495 C&D Harland; £582, £565, £562, £550 CH Phelp; £568, £542, £530 Mrs P Webster; £498 C&J Hunton; £428 WG&M Ainsley. Char: £580 C&D Harland. Simm: £572 C&D Harland; £550, £460, £438, £382 JD&G Hugill. Gall: £352 JD&G Hugill. BA: £388 CG Hunton. Fries: £342 CG Hunton. Holstein bull calf £34 PA Crosby. Private sales Sept 1-5: 87 fat cattle, inc OTMs, 165 fat sheep & pigs.

PENRITH. - Mon. Fwd: 300 store cattle, 71 prime cattle. Bullocks. - Lim X: £702 Ploveriggs; £648 Croft View (Douthwaite); £642 Scales (Braithwaite); £625 Blencarn Hall; £622 Oddendale Old Hall; £578 Bells View, Dacre Banks; £560 Scales Farm (Wilson); £540 Scotby Shields, Shaw House. Char X: £715 Ploveriggs; £645 Tod Bank; £560 Moor End. Fries: £485 Burns (Cartmel); £465 Blencarn Hall; £445, £438 Moor End. Simm: £628, £560 Shaw House; £518 Moor End. Herefd X : £582, £558 White House; £498, £470 Sleagill House. BBX: £615, £300 Hole Farm; £578, £560 Blencarn Hall; £528 Shaw House. AAX: £550 Burns (Cartmel); £462 Cooper House. Saler: £508, £490 Newsham. Hfrs. - Lim X: £578 Brownrigg House; £522, £492 Bank End Farm; £498 Ghyll Bank. Simm X: £500, £498 Moor End; £478, £455 Shaw House; £452 Wordsworth Street; £440 Crosby Lodge. BBX : £545 Burns (Cartmel). BAX: £620 Brownrigg House; £615 Hill Top (Thompson); £465 Mount Clifton. Char: £490 Low Row; £470 Shaw House. AA: £442 Ghyll Bank; £428 Low Row. Feeding bulls. - Lim: £545 Stamp Hill. BB: £560 Stamp Hill. Fries: £415 Stamp Hill; £340 Askham Hall. Cows & calves: £710 Shaw House. Rearing bull calves. - Simm X: £160, £155 Moorside; £105 Highgate. AA: £72, £62 Moorside. Normandie X: £80, £70 Moorside. Fries: £126 Low Moor Dyke; £118 Causeway Foot. Lim X hfrs: £80 Causeway Foot. Prime cattle: Lim hfrs to 129.5p; steers to 113.5p; bulls to 109.5p; BA hfrs to 115.5p, bulls to 101.5p; Baz bulls: to 100.5p. Wed. - Fwd: 5,374 sheep. Lambs: Cont X to £57; Suff X to £54; Cheviot to £47.50; Mule to £46.20. Ewes: Cont to £48; Cheviot to £48; HB to £45; Mule to £41.50; Suff to £43.50; Swale to £27.50.

THIRSK. - Thurs last week. Fwd: 366 cattle, 1,552 sheep, 231 pigs. Steers lt to 97.5p; med to 125.5p av 97.5p; heavy to 134.5p a kg or £772.88 each av 100.8p; hfrs lt to 105.5p; med to 133.5p av 108p; heavy to 139.5p or £775.13 av 108.4p; bulls med to 108.5p av 91.2p; heavy to 113.5p or £822.88 av 98.6p. Lambs std to 114.5p av 110.1p; med to 118.2p av 110.4p; heavy to 125.7p a kg or £62.50 av 110.1p; owt to 109.5p or £60.20; ewes lt to £41 av £17.09; heavy to £63 av £42.90. Porkers to 95.5p av 86.8p; cutters to 98p av 88p; baconers to 82.5p av 77.2p; owt to 47.5p; sows/boars to 47.5p a kg £154.16 each av 39.8p.