BARNARD CASTLE. - Tues. Fwd: 221 store cattle. Lim hfr & hfr calf: £900, £750 L Cooper & Sons. Feeding bulls. - Lim: £540, £510, £500, £485, £460 A&B Herworth; £520 MW Elliot, T&G Lee; £480 D Coggons & Son; £450 ER Thomson; BA: £485; £430; £425; £420 J&K Metcalf. Char bulls to £480 J&K Metcalf. Store steers. - Lim: £660, £620 TL Anderson; £660; £655, £650 WB Rutter & Sons; £585, £475; £562; £555 G&MF Turnbull; £575; £550 JR Addison & Son. Char: £645, £620 A&B Herworth; £565, £555 JE High & Son; £555 JR&L Harding. BB: £565 JW Dent & Sons. Hfrs. - BB: £545 ER Thomson. Char: £532, £470 WB Rutter & Sons; £500 JW Dent & Sons; £490 A&B Herworth; £482 L Guy & Son; £480 J Barker, G&MF Turnbull. BA: £498, £470 J&K Metcalf; £495, £480 PRE&E Marwood. Lim: £488 E R Thompson; £480 K&RE Robson; £470 J HB Brougham; £465 J W Dent & Sons. Wed. - Fwd: 785 sheep. Hoggs lt to 128.8p av 116.7p; std to 135.5p av 123.3p; med to 140.4p av 123.4p; heavy to 121.3p av 114.6p; owt to 112.5p av 107.8p. Cast sheep: Cont to £67; Mule to £66; Leics to £67.50; Suff to £75; Swale to £54.

DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 210 cattle, 615 sheep. Steers med to 104.5p a kg or £564.30 each av 95.6p or £518.62; heavy to 120.5p or £759.15 av 98.5p or £653.23; hfrs med to 123.5p or £561.93 av 96.4p or £484.83; heavy to 125.5p or £671.43 av 96.8p or £540.86; young bulls med to 118.5p or £561.93 av 90.8p or £501.26; heavy to 125.5p or £809.48 av 98.3p or £636.24. Hoggs lt to 124.3p a kg or £48.50 each av 121.3p or £46.32; med to 124.4p or £56 av 116.3p; heavy to 121.3p or £63 av 116p or £58.96; cull ewes to £66.50 av £51.26. Mon. - Fwd: 10 store cattle, 247 store hoggets. Lim bulls £372 Home Farm; Highland £360, £330 West Moor; Lim hfrs £345, £305 West Moor. Hoggets. - Suff X: £43.50 Manor Farm; £44 High House; £40.50 Woodlands. Mule: £41.50 Manor Farm. Swale: £18 Manor Farm.

Hawes. - Tues. Fwd: 16 calves, 362 sheep. Calves: BAX bulls to £192 S Bell & Sons, Askrigg; Lim bulls to £166 S Bell & Sons av £123; Lim hfrs to £142 JR Thwaites, Askrigg, av £101; Fries bulls to £102 FD&TW Chapman, Hawes, av £23. Hoggs lt to 115.6p av 106.6p; std to 118.6p av 111.9p; med to 133.3p av 118.3p; heavy to 115.7p av 112p; overall av 112.1p. Cast ewes horned to £34 av £24.70; polled to £52.50 av £34.70.

HEXHAM. - Last Fri. Fwd: 464 store sheep. Cast ewes: Mule to £42 Brokenheugh; Blackface £28 Thockrington. Hoggs: Trexel X to £50.20 Prospect Hill; Suff X to £50 Prospect Hill; Char X to £47.60 Thornley Hall; Vendeen to £42 Dilston Haugh; Mule to £43 Thornley Hall; Blackface to £37.20 Newbiggin; Cheviot X to £41.50 Thockrington. Tues. - Fwd: 34 cattle, 1297 hoggs, 227 cast ewes & rams. Steers heavy to 96.5p av 93.6p; hfrs med to 94.5p av 90p; heavy to 109.5p av 90.6p; overall av 91.7p. Hoggs: Suff X to 142.9; Texel X to 135.9p; Mule to 126.5p; Blackface to 128.2p; Swale to 125p; Cheviot X to 128.8p; Char X to 131.5p; Jacob to 109p. Cast ewes & rams: Suff to £60; Texel to £49; Mule to £57; Leics to £52; Blackface to £53; Cheviot to £53.50; Swale to £39.50.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Tues. Fwd: 1,243 sheep. Hoggs, all crosses. -35kg or more: Cont to £59; Suff to £57; Swale to £55.50; Scotch Blackface to £55.20; Rough Fell to £56; Hill Cheviot to £47. 34kg or less: Cont to £41; Suff to £38.20; Mule to £35.50; Cheviot to £44.50; Swale to £38.80; Rough Fell to £39.50; Scotch Blackface to £38. Wether shlgs to £39.50. Ewes: Suff to £77.50; Texel to £58.30; Blue-faced Leics to £69.50; Mule to £45.50; Cheviot to £30; Rough Fell to £44; Swale to £32.50. Rams: Swale to £44.50; Grains-o-Beck to £39; Cheviot to £70; Texel to £58.50. Suff ewes with Beltex lambs at foot £40 per life Stamp Hill Farm.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 3 dairy cattle, 76 calves & stirks. Calved cow: PF Donaldson £865, £605; calved hfrs: H Raw & Son £860. Calves: BB bulls to £248 JC Heseltine av £207; hfrs to £148 WP&E Dobbin av £86; Lim bulls to £242 A Backhouse av £182; hfrs to £108 H Harrison & Son av £70; Simm bulls to £190 Rand Grange Farms; Fries bulls to £162 B&A Myers & Daughter av £88; Herefd bulls to £155 DN Verity; AA bulls to £90 M Bell & Son. Stirks: Lim bulls £265; Fries bulls £118; BB hfrs £200. Wed. - Fwd: 658 sheep. Hoggs lt to 132.2p av 114.3p; Suff & Cont std to 140p av 128.7p; med to 135.2p av 127.8p; heavy to 125.5p av 122.4p; Mule & horned std to 120p av 116.6p; med to 120p av 113.1p; heavy to 117p av 115.1p. Ewes: Cont to £78; Masham to £68; Mule to £55; horned to £40 av £35.80. Rams: Cont to £70; Suff to £65.50; BFL to £49; Swale to £43.

MASHAM. - Tues of last week. Fwd: 102 store cattle. Red CID: Lim X steers to £605 av £532; BBX steers to £558 av £530; BAX steers to £525 av £495; B&W steers to £440. Blue CID: Lim X steers to £662 av £477; Shorthorn steers to £580 av £473; Sim X steer £488; BBX steers to £620 av £439. Green CID: B&W steer £405; BAX bulls to £360 av £356. Hfrs: BBX to £578 av £465; Lim X to £530 av £427; Shorthorn X to £442 av £355; Herefd X £300; Simm X to £325 av £304.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 75 sheep. Steers med to 94.5p a kg or £500.85 each av 86.44p or £457.41; heavy to 99.5p or £699.30 av 91.03 or £605.66; overall steer av 89.98p; hfrs med to 112.5p or £528.75 av 99.93 or £461.36; heavy to 107.5p or £575.13 av 94.14p or £494.03; overall hfr av 95.53; young bulls lt to 73.5p or £338.10; med to 106.5p or £559.13 av 91.92p or £463.07; heavy to 99.5p or £626.45 av 92.04p or £549.96; overall young bull av 91.23p; total cattle av 92.59p. Hoggets std to 133p a a kg or £52 each av 122.5p or £46.46; med to 137p or £58.20 av 124.64p or £52.97; overall av 123.97p ; heavy to 128.6p or £61.50 av 120.17p or £58.27; owt to 117.3p or £66 av 113.6p or £62.77; total hogget av 120.94p; cull ewes to £62 av £48; ram to £66. Wed. - Fwd: 119 store & breeding cattle, 125 hoggets & ewes with lambs. Bulls. - BA £540 Buchanan. Lim: £465 Cormeck; £438, £378 Peckitt; £450, £408, £375, £372 Dent; £400 Kitching; £275 Houlston. Fries: £370, £342 Bell; £315 Sayer; £300 Andrew; £248 Houlston. BB: £295 Houlston. Hfrs. - BB: £482, £420 Wilkinson; £365, £300 Hugill; £240 Houlston. Lim: £442, £418, £398 Ward; £416 Walton; £402, £365, £315, £305 Brass; £392 Atkinson; £362, £300, £270 Garbutt; £320 Nicholson; £318 Cook; £272 Hugill. Char: £412 Craggs. Herefd: £405 Wilkinson; £290, £242 Souter. Simm: £250 Souter. Young bulls. - Char: £650 Tate. Lim: £645, £602 Tate; £632 C W Tete; £635, £608, £580 Kitching; £555, £515 Harland; £458 Sayer; £450 Hall. Fries: £375 Craggs; £362, £340 Cook. Simm: £575 Harland; £550, £540 Pearson; £528, £522 F Pearson. BB: £562, £558, £555 Holdsworth; £500, £480 Harland; £452 Hall. Herefd: £550, £465 Wilkinson. AA: £448 Hall. Fries: £440 Kitching. Calves. - BB bulls: £236, £220. AA bulls: £100. Hfrs: £80, £52, all Laverick. Breeding cattle: Fries cow with calf £495, £360 Wood. Hoggets. - Cont X: £48.50, £47.50 Blythman. Mule: £26, £17.50 Smith. Ewes with lambs, BMCB: £129 Thompson, £82 Metcalfe. Correct: £115, £113, £107 Nelson, £100 Platts, £90 Metcalfe. Private sales March 17-21: 78 fat cattle inc OTMs, 142 fat sheep & pigs.

PENRITH. - Mon. Fwd: 76 cattle. Lim hfrs to 123.5p; BA hfrs to 103.5p; BB steers to 108.5p; Lim steers to 105.5p; Lim bulls to 111.5p; Fries bulls to 81.5p; AA bulls to 92.5p. Tues. - Store sheep. Suff X ewes & singles: £48 Sandriggs; with doubles: £42, £40.50 Sandriggs. Texel X shlgs due April to Suff ram: £66, £65 Askew Rigg; £61 Shap Lodge. Swale ewes scanned in lamb to BFL: £57 Town Head (Baxter). Swale ewes NCM scanned in lamb to BFL: £56 Town Head (Baxter). Texel gimmer hoggs: £56 Shap Lodge. Wed. - Fwd: 4,648 sheep. Hoggs: Cont X to £66.80; Suff X to £68.50; Cheviot to £63; Mule to £63; Swale to £57; Herdwick to £58; Scotch Blackface to £56.80 Masham to £59; Kendal Rough to £54.80. Ewes: Teeswater to £82; Suff to £79; Blue-faced Leics to £73; Cheviot: to £66; Mule to £69; Swale to £45.50; Scotch Blackface to £45. Rams: Cheviot to £68; Cont to £62; Blue-faced Leics to £59; Swale to £58; Herdwick to £49.

SKIPTON. - Wed of last week. -Fwd: 34 suckler breeding cattle. Lim X hfr & Lim bull calf £800; BB cow & AA bull calf £675; BB cow & AA hfr calf £625; BB cow & Lim hfr calf £625; in-calf BB hfr £630; Lim hfr £565 Lim cow £565; pure-bred Lim Bull 4-y-o £600. Mon. - Fwd: 25 cattle, 804 sheep, 21 loads (130.18 tonnes) produce. Opening sale of prime cattle, judges Dick Binns & John Whiteside. Champion: JM Townsend, Laneshawbridge, 28-m-o BAX hfr 148p to RC Binns, Saltaire; res: P Fawcett, Long Preston, BB hfr 133p. Prizes. - Cont X hfr: 1&3 JM Townsend; 2 P Fawcett. BB hfr: 1 P Fawcett; 2 JM Townsend. Cont X steer: 1 JM Townsend; 2&3 J Ward, York. Steers lt to 124p; med to 103p av 100p; heavy to 109p av 105.6p; hfrs med to 135p av 122.6p; heavy to 148p av 110p/kg. Sheep to 32kg to 119p av 112.8p; to 39kg to 123p 112.3p; to 45kg to 127p av 114p; to 52kg to 121p av 113.4p. Cull ewes: horned to £26.50; Mule to £53; Suff to £41; Cont to £60. Rams to £61. Spring show & sale of farmers' calves, judge: JK Otterburn. Champion: DL Leeming, Burnt Yates, BB bull calf, £238 to P Lambert, Bedale; res M&K Ayrton, Drebley, Lim X bull £238. Prizes. - BB bull: 1 DL Leeming; 2 S&PE Bowker, Colne; 3 B Lund, Hebden Bridge. BB hfr: 1 AJ Ogden, Cowling; 2 RL Wright, Airton; 3 B Lund. Lim bull: 1 M&K Ayrton; 2&3 B Mellin, Bracewell. Lim hfr: 1 JR Dinsdale, Colne; 2 RC Marginson, Burnley. AO Cont bull: 1 M&K Ayrton; 2 Bargh Bros, Bracewell; 3 T Harrison, Elslack. AO Cont X hfr: 1&2 T Harrison. Fries bull: 1&2 P Henfry, Hebden. Bull: BB to £238 av £196; Lim to £238 av £207; Char to £230 av £158; Sim to £240 av £177; AA to £158 av £153;, Fries to £954 av £40.85. Hfrs: BB to £103 av £79,; Lim to £108 av £85; Lim to £93; AA to £50. Store sheep: Mule ewes & twins ti £100; with singles to £75 Tex ewes BM & twins to £94; with triplets to £113. Produce: big bale barley to £40 av £35 or £9; big bale wheat to £33.50; big hay to £11; small bale hay to £2.15 or £1.52; silage to £7.50 av £6.50

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 401 cattle, 3,450 sheep, 295 pigs. Steers lt to 104.5p; med to 114.5p av 98.1p; heavy to 119.5p a kg or £746.88p each av 98.6; hfrs med to 128.5p av 96.9p; heavy to 144.5p or £742.88p av 98.3p; bulls med to 86.5p av 83.8p; heavy to 105.5p or £677.93p av 91.9p. Hoggets lt to 109.4p av 108.1p; std to 130.6p av 120.7p; med to 140.5p a kg or £57.80 each av 121.1p; heavy to 128.3p or £61.50 av 116.3p; owt to 121.7p or £65 each av 106.7p; ewes lt to £41 av £30.15; heavy to £73 av £48.90. Porkers to 90p av 83.1p; cutters to 97p av 85.61p; baconers to 93p av 81.2p; owt to 60p; sows/boars to 52p a kg or £157.14p each, av 45.6p. Mon. - Collection centre, fwd: 40 OTMs, 126 sows