DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 149 cattle, 670 sheep. Steers lt to 97.5p a kg or £530.75 each, av 91.38p; heavy to 114.5p or £725.63, av 95.5p, overall av 95.01p; hfrs med to 116.5p or £553.38 av 101.74p; heavy to 120.5p or £848.25p av 99.97p, overall av 100.32p; young bulls heavy to 113.5p or £732.08 av 99.65p. Hoggets lt to 110.7p a kg or £43.20 each av 106.94p; med to 112.3p or £50 av 108.75p; heavy to 115.3p or £58 av 107.25p; overall av 107.65p; cull ewes to £50 av £42.85p. Mon. - Fwd: 53 store & breeding cattle, 11 rearing calves, 471 stores & breeding sheep. BA bulls: £445, £442, £438 High Crows House.; Hfrs. - BA: £388, £375 Wallworth. BB: £372 Wallworth. Fries bullocks: £348, £322 Houselope Grange. Rearing calves: BA bulls £200 Low Hulam; Fries £28 Low Hulam; Lim £130, £125 Longnewton; Lim hfrs £132 Catkins. Breeding sheep: Mule shlgs in lamb £81 Gibson. Store lambs. - Suff: £45 Lodge House; £41 Moralea. Texel: £44.50 Calf Close. Char: £36 Tuttabeck.

Hawes. - Tues. Fwd: 7 calves, 1,845 sheep. Calves: Lim bulls to £235 GS Bowe & Sons, Hawes, av £188.25; Fries bulls to £100 JH&TR Fawcett, Askrigg, av £64. Prime hoggs lt to 105.6p av 90.5p; std to 120p av 103.2p; med to 121.4p av 109.9p; heavy to 112.3p av 109.5p; overall av 103.4p. Cast ewes horned to £32 av £15.82; polled to £23 av £19; cast rams horned to £40 av £20.890; polled to £52 av £31.67.

HEXHAM. - Tues of last week. Fwd: 1,567 lambs & 182 ewes. Suff to 113.9p; Texel X to 116.8p; Mule to 109.3p; Blackface to 110.3p; Swale to 104.3p; Char X to 109.6p. Cast ewes & tups: Suff X to £37; Texel X to £41; Mule to £39.50; Blackface to £35.50; Swale to £26.50; Cheviot X to £36.80. Last Fri. - Fwd: 2003 store cattle. Steers, blue CID: Lim X to £610 Spittal Shield; Char X to £510 Scouts Farm. Hfrs: Sim X to £455 Spittal Shield; Lim X to £422 Merryshield. Store hoggs: Texel X to £47.20 Low Carriteth; Suff X to £40 Southlands; Mule to £41.80 Low Carriteth; Blackface to £36.50 Low Carriteth. Tues. - Fwd: 32 cattle, 3,693 hoggs. Steers heavy to 105.5p av 97.8p; hfrs med to 97.5p av 96.5p; heavy to 116.5p av 100p. Suff hoggs to £66; Cheviot to 119.8p; Texel X to 125.1p; Mule to 115.3p; Blackface to 116.7p; Swale to 107.9p; Cheviot X to 118.2p; Char X to 119.5p; Leics to 102.5p; Bleu du Maine to 115p. Opening sale of cast ewes: overall av £42.83; Suff X to £68; Texel X to £61; Mule to £55.50; Cheviot to £46.50; Leics to £53; Blackface to £51.50; Swale to £42.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 5 dairy cattle, 92 calves & stirks, 152 store sheep. Calved hfrs: WK Wilkinson & Son £600, J&JH Whaley £590. Calved cows: J&JH Whaley £560;AA Kirk £400;JC Heseltine £400. Calves: BB bulls to £270 M&D Smith av £229; hfrs to £148 SH&NJ Whitaker av £105; Lim bulls to £240 A Backhouse av £183; hfrs to £130 B&A Myers & Daughters av £99; Simm bulls to £216 SH&NJ Whitaker av £191; hfrs to £92 EP&J Robertshaw av £76; BA bulls to £175 JW Broadwith & Son; Fries bulls to £152 W&D Scaife & Son av £67; AA bulls to £88 JA Dent & Sons av £84; hfrs to £114 B&A Myers & Daughters av £70. Store hoggs. - Cont X: JH Simpson & Co £44.20; D&JW Banks £40.50, £40; PF Donaldson £38.40. Suff X: D&JW Banks £43. Mule: D&JW Banks £38. Wed. Fwd: 1,873 prime sheep. Hoggs lt to 106.4p av 94.3p; Suff & Cont std to 120.9p av 115.1p; med to 120p av 115.2p; heavy to 122.5p av 111.8p. Mule, Masham & horned std to 106.4p av 102.8p; med to 110.6p av 104.4p; heavy to 100p av 95.8p. Ewes: Tees to £61.50; Mule to £53.50; BFL to £50; horned to £35; Suff to £58.50; Cont to £50 av £22.90. Rams: BFL to £62; Tees to £60; Cont to £45; horned to £40.50.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 67 cattle, 1,212 sheep. Steers med to 95.5p a kg or £515.70 each av 93.06p or £490.89; heavy to 95.5p or £563.45; overall av 93.93p; hfrs lt to 111.5p or £440.43; med to 105.5p or £443.10 av 89.05p or £387.38; heavy to 114.5p or £652.65 av 102.48p or £541.86; overall av 100.47p; young bulls med to 103.5p or £574.43 av 89.74p or £487.16; heavy to 111.5p or £788.40 av 94.35p or £586.08; overall av 93.47p. Hoggets lt to 100p a kg or £32 each; std to 125.1p or £48.80 av 114.61p or £43.79; med to 120.9p or £53.20 av 113.19p or £48.25; overall av 113.19p; heavy to 115.9p or £56.80 av 110.2p or £52.75; owt to 101.8p or £54 av 100p or £54; cull ewes to £50 av £33.40. Wed. - Fwd: 63 store cattle, 302 store lambs. Bulls: Lim £560, £420 Wood; Simm £560 Atkinson; AA £422 Lumley;. Fries to £380 Thomson. Hfrs: Char £532 Peacock, £450 Clark; Simm to £505 Peacock; BB £442 Ward, £332 Souter; Lim £410 Brass, £385 Souter, £182 Gill; AA £392 Graham. Young bulls: Char £540 Clark; Lim £525 Garbutt, £475 Atkinson, £440 Brass. Bull calves to £220; hfrs to £64 Hugill. Lambs. - Suff X: £41.20 Guthie; £40.80 Watson; £38.80 Sutcliffe; £37.50 Jackson. Cont: £42.20 Sutcliffe; £40.80 Jackson. Mule: £37.80 Guthie; £37 Watson. Private sales January 6-10: 169 fat cattle including OTMs, 498 fat lambs & fat pigs.

PENRITH. - Mon. Fwd: 55 cattle. Lim hfrs to 126.5p; BB hfrs to 111.5p; Lim steers to 105.5p(2); Lim bulls to 117.5p; BB bulls to 103.5p(2); Char bulls to 106.5p. Fwd: 225 store cattle, dairy cows & rearing calves. Newly calved Fries cows: £730, £720 Wellington Farm (Harrington). Bullocks. - BBX: £595 Hill Top (Bentley). Gelbvieh X: £490 Wetheriggs. MRI X: £380, £345 Bennethead. Lim X: £655, £642 Gate Ghyll; £625, £592Green Farm; £570 Howgill Castle; £535 Wetheriggs; £528 Hill Top (Bentley); £525 Woodfoot (Richards). Fries: £468 Burns (Cartmel); £395 Bennethead. Char X: £650, £622 Syke Side; £592, £585 Stoneriggs; £588, £575, £565 Tod Bank. BAX: £555, £522 Mount Clifton. Hfrs. - Char X: £472 Nook Farm; £470 Syke Side; £445 Mid Town ( Strong). BAX: £390Mount Clifton. BBX: £600 Long Green (Marwood); £588 Langwathby (Holliday); £470 Mount Clifton; £460 Woodclose. Lim X: £592, £535 Long Green (Marwood); £568, £558, £555 Langwathby (Holliday); £515, £478 Nook Farm; £495, £480 Sykeside. BAX: £390 Mount Clifton. Bulls. - Lim X: £502, £405 Firbank; £418 Ulcatrow. Char X: £462, £410 Noran Bank. Fries bulls: £300 Crewgarth (Noble).BBX rearing bull calves: £185, £180 Glebe Farm (Philipson).

SCOTS GAP. - Wed. Fwd: 431 hoggs & cast sheep. Suff hoggs to 113p; Texel X to 121p; Mule to £54; Blackface to £51.60.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 335 cattle, 1,890 sheep, 204 pigs. Steers med to 114.5p av 96.4p; heavy to 113.5p a kg or £752 each av 99.6p; hfrs med to 125.5p av 96.6p; heavy to 126.5p or £721.88 av 99.2p; bulls lt to 101.5p; med to 108.5p av 90.1p; heavy to 106.5p or £763.38 av 94.7p. Hoggets std to 121.7p av 111.2p; med to 112p av 109.6p; heavy to 112p a kg or £56 each av 104.5p; owt to 104.5p or £58 av 101.6p. Ewes lt to £40.50 av £31.67; heavy to £65 av £44.76p. Porkers to 78.5p av 74.5p; cutters to 74p av 66.8p; baconers to 64.5p av 62p; sows/boars to 31.5p a kg or £97.34 each av 29.7p.

TOW LAW. - Mon of last week. Prime lambs: Suff X to 114.3p; Texel X to 122.2p; Mule to 107.3p; Blackface to 100p; Swale to 101.1p. Mon. - Fwd: 584 hoggs and cast ewes. Hoggs: Suff X to 120p; Texel X to 125p; Mule to 117p