Prices at the markets

DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 231 cattle, 840 sheep. steers med to 93.5p a kg or £509.58 each av 90.1p or £481.56; heavy to 109.5p or £709.50 av 95.2p or £615.16; overall steer av 94.51p; hfrs med to 117.5p or £515.38 av 94.6p or £468.43; heavy to 111.5p or £685.73 av 92.7p or £516.86; overall hfr av 94.3p; young bulls med to 112.5p or £613.13 av 91.8p; heavy to 112.5p or £748.13 av 95p or £593.46; overall young bull av 94.3p. Hoggs med to 115.3p a kg or £52.50 each av 107.8p or £46.02; heavy to 115.2p or £57.50 av 107.47p or £55.39; overall av 107.63p; cull ewes to £57.50 av £43.20. Mon. - Fwd: 173 store breeding cattle, 6 rearing calves, 342 store lambs. Steers. - Lim: £655 Village Farm; £615, £568, £560 Manor Farm; £520 Cold Comfort Farm. BB: £552 Betty's Farm; £538 Manor. Herefd: £450, £420 Heighton Wood. AA: £450, £420 Manor. Fries: £445, £432, £428 Betty's. Hfrs. - Lim: £555, £530, £520 Oxen-le-Fields; £548, £500 High Dalton; £522 Baracks Farm; £498 Bolam Grange; £492, £428 Marshall Green. Simm: 508 Oxen-le-Fields; £470, £445 Chatterley; £382, £378 Wallworth. Char: £540 Holdsworth; £450 Baracks; £375 Low Houselope. BB: £465, £445 Betty's. Herefd: £382 Elton. Baz: £290 Low House. Bulls. - BA: £520 Holdsworth; £430 Neasham Springs. Baz: £470, £455, £445 Low House. Lim: £470, £468 Cold Comfort; £452 Pallet Hill; £430 Neasham Springs; £422 Millar House. BB: £520 New Leys; £438 Pallet Hill. Simm: £458 Cold Comfort; £418 Pallet Hill. Fries: £305 Newbiggin; £290 Red Barns. Rearing bull calves. - Lim: £142, £140 Askwith. BA: £148 Elstob. Lim hfr calf £70 Askwith. Store lambs. - Cont: £45.80 Blackley Hill. Suff: £40.20 Grove House; £40 West Highwood. Texel: £41.50, £41 Thornley Close. Mule: £39 Low Day Gill.

Hawes. - Tues. Fwd: 1 calf, 1,343 sheep. Lim bull calf: GS Bowe & Sons, Hawes £208. Prime hoggs lt to 105.8p av 99.2p; std to 112.6p av 104.1p; med to 113.3p av 107.1p; heavy to 110.8p av 105.1p; overall av to 104.3p. Store hoggs: Suff to £33.50 av £24.81; Mule to £41.50 av £24.31; Cast ewes horned to £42 av £29.96; polled to £55.50 av £52.35; cast rams horned to £42 av £22.50. In-lamb ewes: Cont to £78 av £52.50; Suff to £50; Mule to £70 av £47.45.

HEXHAM. - Last Fri. Fwd: 512 store cattle & suckled calves. Steers, red CID: Lim x £675 Luns House, BAX £642 Old Ravensworth; Simm X £640 Low Hedgeley. Blue CID: Lim X £700 High Warden (20m); Char X £655 Tenter House (18m); Sim X £672 The Monk. Green CID: Lim X £620 Murton Whitehouse; BBX £500 Over Acres. Hfrs: Lim X £645 Paradise; Char X £620 Sunniside; Simm X to £568 The Monk; BBX to £580 Roseden; BAX to £635 Roseden. Fwd: 1,512 store & breeding sheep. In-lamb: Mule gimmers to £85 Whinfield; Mule ewes 3-4 crop W to £72 Cornhills; Texel gimmers run with Texel to £59 Wydon; Texel X ewes UO to £52 Firtree; Mule ewes 4-crop W to £64 Wallhouses; Suff X ewes 4-crop W to £54 Wallhouses. Ewe hoggs: Suff X to £54 Winfield; Cheviot X to £40.50 Winfield; Leics X to £47 Winfield; Mule to £58 Wainrigg; Swale to £41 Lintzgarth. Swale stock gimmers to £56 Lintzgarth; Swale stock 3-4 shear ewes to £30 Linztgarth; Mule ewes feeders to £21 Hagwood; BF ewes feeders to £17 Shitlington Hall. Store hoggs: Texel X to £50.50 Ridley; Suff X to £47.20 East Highridge; Mule to £47.20 Hallington High; Blackface to £35 Ealingham. Tues. - Fwd: 3,321 sheep. Suff X to 115.8p; Texel X to 119p; Mule to 113.6p; Blackface to 113.4p; Swale to 109.7p; Cheviot X to 115.7p; Char X to 115.9p; Leics to 99.6p; Hampshire X to 111.6p.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Mon. Fwd: 137 store cattle. All crosses. - Lim bullocks: £608, £595 Soulby Grange; £600 Enterber. Lim hfrs: £565 Smardale Hall; £535 Halfpenny House; £525, £502 Croft House; £515 Enterber; £508, £500 Peatgates. Char bullocks: £662(2), £640(2), £632, £620, £600; Abbey Park. Char hfrs: £595, £592, £560, £545 Abbey Park; £555, £550 Smardale Hall, £535 Peatgates. BB bullocks: £540, £525, £520 Gillses Farm; £525, £515 Southwaite. BB hfrs: £445 (3) Halfpenny House. BA bullocks: £580 Musgrave House; £490 Rudd Hills; £472 Third Sunbiggins. BA hfrs: £438 Third Sunbiggins. AA bullocks: £615, £560 Musgrave House. AA hfrs: £372 High Whitber. Simm hfrs: £518 Abbey Park. Fries bullocks: £422, £380 Prospect Farm.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 2 dairy cows, 62 calves & stirks, 205 store cattle & feeding bulls. Calved cows: N&AD Boynton £610; JC Heseltine £530. Calves: BB bulls to £224 FJ Dent av £213; hfrs to£144 P Ashbridge av £103; BA bulls to £225 JD&J Ford av £203; Lim bulls to £200 CB&R Taylor av £181; hfrs to £138 J&JH Whaley av £84; Simm bulls to £190 EP&J Robertshaw av £185; AA bulls to £90 EP&J Robertshaw; hfrs to £40 EP&J Robertshaw; Fries bulls to £90 W Denham av £55. Show & sale of store cattle, judge John Fieldson, Lincolnshire. Prizes: 1&2 GK Hird & Sons, BB bullocks £640, £550; 3 AJ&OJ Kendall, Lim hfr £555. Feeding bulls. - Char: R&F Stephenson & Son £490, £480, £445; J White £485. Lim: DT Dinsdale £490; Broadley Farms £468; AJ&OJ Kendall £455. Simm: Broadley Farms £490, £458. BB: Broadley Farms £458; AA: Broadley Farms £442, £365. Herefd: J White £395. Fries: DT Dinsdale £362. Bullocks. - BB: T W Brown £690, £685, £670, £665, £608; G K Hird & Sons £640, £550, £545, £540. Simm: A Harker & Son £640, £560; B R Fawcett £600, £575, £565; GL&SM Thompson £575; Thornton-Berry £505, £470, £455. Lim: JE Atkinson £618; GH&J Wallis & Son £592, £560; JT Dixon & Sons £588, £538, £528; BR Fawcett £570, £560, £555, £535; C Metcalfe & Son £560; CA Kitching £555; T Dent & Son £552; GK Hird & Sons £535; J Fawcett & Son £530, £528, £525. BA: S Reynoldson & Son £605, £568, £520; JT Dixon & Sons £505, £480. Char: DW Calvert & Co £565, £455, £415; Thornton-Berry £495, £450. Fries: CT&JE Willoughby £480. Hfrs. - Lim: JE Atkinson £568; AJ&OJ Kendall £560, £530, £500, £482; GH&J Wallis & Son £555, £545, £538, £510, £475, £470; WJ Smith & Son £550, £500; RL&CM Tuer £528, £490, £485; C Gregg £510; CG Barker £488, £470; JT Dixon & Sons £480. Baz: KW&S F Loadman £560, £500, £430. Simm: CH Fawcett & Sons £500; AG Dent & Ptnrs £480; A Harker & Son £435; JW Pounder £410. BA: JD & J Ford £455, £430. Wed. - Fwd: 1,175 prime sheep. Hoggs lt to 109.3p av 95.3p. Suff & Cont std to 120.5p av 111.6p; med to 119p av 114.7p; heavy to 115.2p av 111.3p; Mule, Masham & horned std to 105.4p av 100p; med to 107.5p av 101.8p; heavy to 106.8p av 104.8p. Ewes: Mule to £56; Cont to £55.50; BFL to £44.50; horned to £32 av £22.30. Rams: BFL to £50; Cont to £50; horned to £23.50.

MIDDLETON-in-TEESDALE. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 403 sheep. Lambs: Cont to £55.20; Mule to £52; Swale to £43.50. Ewes: HB to £39; Swale ewes £27. Rams: polled to £38; Swale to £30. Tues. - Fwd: Catalogued entry of 72 store cattle. All crosses. - Lim bullocks: £550, £535, £498 Wythes Hill; £540, £505, £495 East Underhurth; £505, £480 Parrick House; £488 Toft House. Lim hfrs: £470, £440 Friar House; £435, £430 Parrick House; £425 Bowlees. BB bullocks: £500 Hayberries. BB hfrs: £475, £430 Hayberries. Char bullocks: £498 Greta Farm; £482 Revelin Farm; £480 Toff House. Char hfrs: £335 Revelin Farm. BA bullocks: £460 Bail Hill. BA hfrs: £335, £330 Bail Hill.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 117 cattle, 982 sheep. Steers lt to 90.5p a kg or £407.25 each; heavy to 101.5p or £709.28 av 90.79p or £582.09; overall steer av 90.77p; hfrs med to 116.5p or £535.90p av 94.86p ot £430.7; heavy to 110.5p or £661.85 av 88.77p or £469.23; overall hfr av 89.96p; young bulls med to 98.5p or £531.90 av 82.77p or £439.36; heavy to 97.5p or £580.13 av 84.53p or £502.22; overall young bull av 83.97p; total av 88.19p. Hoggets std to 121.7p a kg or £47.50 each av 112.94p or £43.10; med to 123.3p or £53.80 av 116.36p or £49.81; overall av 115.77; heavy to 116.5p or £57 av 112.06p or £54.32; owt to 109.8p or £61.50 av 108.32p or £58.33; cull ewes to £53.50 av £33.59. Wed. - Fwd: 101 store & breeding cattle, 430 store & breeding sheep. Bulls. - Lim: £625, £585 Flintoft; £490 Leggott; £472 Stephenson. BB: £448, £290 Houlston; £225 Pratt; £200 Blackett. Hfrs. - Lim: £568, £565, £560, £550, £542 Watson; £438 Stephenson; £425 Fountain; £302 Thomson, Dowkes; £292 Garbutt; £255 Reveley. Simm: £445 Jackson; £245 Reveley. BB: £275 Wood. AA: £262 Stephenson. Bullocks. - Char: £545 Clark. Simm: £538 Cook; £445 Trewitt. Lim: £530, £512 Leggott; £395 Garbutt. Breeding cattle. - BB hfrs & bull calves to £452, £390 Blackett. Store lambs. - Suff X: £46.20, £43 Dent Bros; £42 Wilson; £40.80 Davison; £40 Nunn; £35.20 Robinson; £33.80 Garbutt; £31 Sunley. Cont: £38.80 Phelp. Swale: £17 Sayer; £10 Garbutt. Ewes & lambs. - Suff X: £101 Hutchinson; £92 Peacock. Mule: £80 Hutchinson. In-lamb ewes,. - Mule: £79 Peacock; £73, £64 Brass; £61 Hornsey. Texel: £76 Peacock. Cont X: £76 Peacock. Blue-faced Leics: £59 Easton. Private sales January 27 to 31 totalled 115 fat cattle, including OTMs & 250 fat sheep & pigs.

PENRITH. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 3,260 sheep. Lambs: Cont X to £60; Suff X to £60.20; Cheviot to £59.50; Mule to £52.80; Scotch Blackface to £49.20; Swale to £49.20; Herdwick to £45.20. Ewes: Suff X to £58; HB to £50.50; Cheviot to £53; Masham £47.50; Mule to £47.50. Mon. - Fwd: 91 cattle. Lim hfrs to 132.5p; BA hfrs to 116.5p; Lim steers to 100.5p; gelb bulls to 109.5p; BA bulls to 108.5p; BB bulls to 107.5; Lim bulls to 106.5p; Fries bulls to 87.5p. Wed. - Fwd: 3,500 sheep. Prime lambs:Cont X to £56; Suff X cross lambs to £56; Cheviot to £57.50; Mule to £55; Swale to £50.50; Scotch Blackface to £46.20. Suff rams to £64. Ewes: Suff X to £59; Cont X to £57; HB to £55.50; Mule to £50; Scotch Blackface £32; Swale to £29.50; Cheviot to £43.

SKIPTON. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 352 Cattle. Young bulls, no claim: Lim to £575 av £417; BB to £545 av £438; BA to £460 av £427; Sim to £368. Claimed: Lim to £548 av £471; BB to £545 av £498; Char to £35 av £446; BA to £520 av £478; Fries to £332 av £325. Steers no claim: Lim to £534 av £515. 1 claim: Lim to £598 av £506; BA to £462 av £439; Char to £458 av £423. 2 claims: AA to £590; Red poll to £360. Hfrs: Lim to £645 av £368; BB to £575 av £436; BA to £560 av £424; Char to £492; Simm to £548 av £423; Saler to £480 av £470; AA to £358; Fries to £448. Mon. - Fwd: 1,537 sheep, 5 dairy cattle, 56 calves. Hoggs 32kg to 114p av 108.9p; to 39kg to 121p av 112.4p; to 45kg to 118p av 110.2p; to 52kg to 114p av 110.5p; over 52kg to 105p av 104p; overall av 110.9p. Ewes: Mule to £51; Swale to £30; Texel to £60.50; Leics to £40. Dairy: in calf hfrs to £730 av £725. Calves to £261 av 96.89. Bull calves: Lim to £232 av £176; BB to £220 av £169; Simm to £261 av £215; Herefd to £135 av £126; AA to £172 av £146; Fries to £72 av £28.24. Hfrs Lim to £88 av £45; BB to £100 av £63 Herefd to £65. Produce fwd: 145,030 tonnes (24 loads). Big bale barley straw to £40 av £38.75; big bale wheat to £32 av £30; big bale hay to £60 av £55; big bale haylage £12; small bale hay to £2 av £1.95.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 465 cattle, 1,979 sheep, 243 pigs. Steers med to 107.5p av 92.7p; heavy to 117.5p a kg or £782.64 each av 95.2p; hfrs med to 129.5p av 95.2p; heavy to 122.5p or £694.58 av 93.4p; bulls med to 116.5p av 84.3p; heavy to 107.5p; av 84.3p; heavy to 107.5p or £650.10 av 89.3p. Hoggets std to 116.7p av 110.8p; med to 125p av 112.7p; heavy to 121.7p a kg or £58.20 each av 110.5p; owt to 111.7p or £59.20 av 103.1p; ewes lt to £36.50 av £19.80; heavy to £62 av £39.47. Porkers to 89p av 80.9p; cutters to 88p av 78.7p; baconers to 82p av 78.5p.sows/boars to 38p a kg or £139.40 each av 32.7p. Mon. - Collection centre, fwd: 38 OTMs, 84 sows, 12 pigs.

TOW LAW. - Mon. Lambs: Suff X to 121.1p; Texel X to 118.3p; Mule to 113p; Swale to 100p; Char X to 100p. Ewes: Mule to £32.50; Suff to £32; Texel X to £30; Leics to £28.50.