HEXHAM. - Last Fri. Special mid-March show & sale. Fwd: 1,169 store cattle & suckled calves. Judge: Robert Dickinson, High Knape, Askham. Overall champion: E Telfer & Son, Newton High House, Lim X hfr 12-m-o £850 to the judge; res: BBX hfr also Newton High House, £780.

Prizes. - Lim steer: 1 Rosehill £630; 2 Harlow Bower £630. Lim hfr: 1 Newton High House £850; 2 Haggate (n/s). Char hfr: 1&2 West Nubbuck £670, £680. BA steer: 1&2 Newton High House £700, £690. BA hfr: 1&2 Newton High House £800, £610. BBX steer: 1 Allenshields £640; 2 Sharplaw £610. BBX hfr: 1 Newton High House £780; 2 Allenshields £605. Champions: LimX Newton High House, hfr £850; Char X West Nubbuck, hfr £670; BA Newton High House, steer £700; BBX Newton High House, hfr £780.

Prices (not prize winners). - Steers, red CID: Lim X to £715 Halton Red House; Char X to £705 West Wharmley; BB to£660(2) Claywalls; BAX to £645 All Raredene; Simm X to £610 Allendale Farm. Blue CID: Lim X to £705 West Wharmley; Char X to £750 Loadman; BAX to £705 Brownsleazes; BB to £745 Quarry House; Simm X to £650 South Linden; AAX to £550 South Linden. Green CID: Lim X to £680(2) Midgeholm; Char X to £595 Junction House; BAX to £700 Newton High House; BB to £690Square House (12-13m). Hfrs: Lim X to £695 Wrangham East; Char X to £670 West Nubbock; BAX to £610 Newton High House; BB to £672 Wrangham East; Simm X to £530 Whittingham Grange; AAX to £400 Richmond Hill.

PENRITH. - Tues. Annual March show & sale of Cont X store cattle. Fwd: 622 predominantly suckler-bred store cattle. Judge: Chesterfield feeder, Ian Wildgoose. Champion: home-bred Lim X hfr W Richardson & Son, Ghyll House, Dufton, £1,050 to Neil Slack; res: home-bred BBX hfr W Richardson & Son, £1,500 to Neil Slack.

Prizes. - Lim X steer: 1 W Richardson & Son £620 to G Scott; 2 P Edmondson, Hunger Hill, £600 to CN&J Dodd & Sons. Lim X hfr: 1 W Richardson & Son £1,050 to N Slack; 2 JB Holliday & Son, Langwathby, £490 to D Barker. BBX steer: 1 W Richardson & Son £640 to G Scott; 2 VB Brownlee, Borrowdale, £645 to R Middleton. BBX hfr: 1&2 W Richardson & Son £1,500 to N Slack, £520 to JL Gray & Son. AOB steer: 1 R Harrison, Tailbert (BAX) £525 to S Holgate & Sons; 2 P&MR Carruthers, Raw Foot (Baz X) £475 to J Linsley. AOB hfr: 1 W&E Reed & Son, The Knarr, £545 to Little; 2 W&R Lawson, Stubbsgill, £378 to Davidson. Cont bull: 1 TB Parker, Pringle House, £590 to T Robinson & Sons; 2 J Birkett, Birk Howe, £510 to D Barker.

Prices , steers. - Lim X: £660, £655, £650, £625 Cragg House (Parkin); £640, £620 Ghyll House; £635 Hole House (Coulston); £630, £624 Skelling; £610 Eamont Bridge Farm; £608 Far Close; £600 Hunger Hill; £600 Town Head (Holliday); £595 Long Green. BBX: £640, £620 Ghyll House; £610 Eamont Bridge Farm; £600 Hole Farm; £590 Long Green. Fries Steers: £572 Little Blencowe; £488 Bennett Head; £480 Roans; £465 Low Row. AAX: £500 Low Row; £496 Burns (Cartmel); £490 Crosby Lodge; £465 Skirwith Abbey. BAX: £655 Hole House (Coulston); £545 Doddick; £530 Low Row. Char X: £590 Wetheriggs; £498 Forest Farm. MRI X: £420 Bennett Head. Baz X: £475 Raw Foot. Saler X steers: £440 Ghyll Bank.

Hfrs. - Lim X: £1,050 Ghyll House; £614 Well House; £602 Seat Farm; £580 Eamont Bridge Farm. Char X: £578, £472 Carleton Hall Farm. BBX: £1,500, £520 Ghyll House; £560, £530 Low Row. BAX: £545 The Knarr; £460 Low Row; £530 Harbour Flatt. Feeding bulls: Lim X: £510 Birk Howe Farm. BAX: £590 Pringle House. Piemontese X: £490 Bolton Mill.