DARLINGTON. - Mon. Fwd: 68 store cattle, 18 rearing calves, 565 store sheep. Young bulls, Simm £470 Hillcross; Lim £418 Skipbridge. Blks. - Lim £635 Sunniside, £630 Rise Slowly, £610, £600, £588, £560, £540 all Bogmahall. Simm £490 Black Hall £475, £458 Hillcross, Here £448, £445 Betty's Farm, Friesian £370, £352 Manor Farm. Hfrs. - Char £500, £460 Calf Close, Simm £400 Low Coalsgarth, BB £395 Village Farm, £370, £362, £355 Betty's Farm. Rearing calves. - Bull calves, Lim £120 Manor Farm; Friesian £75, £65, £58 White House £58, £52 Low Holem, BB £115 West Rounton. Hfr calves, Lim X £120 Manor Farm; BB £65 Low Holem. Lambs. - Suffs £43 Ketton Lodge, £42.50 Blackhall, £42.20 Blackeley hill, £40 North Bracken Hill. Char X £40.80 Tutta Beck, Mules £40 Wearview.

MIDDLETON IN TEESDALE. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 523 sheep. Lambs: Tex £45 Village Farm, £43 Allergill, £40.20 Woodside. Mule £44 Beckhead, £40 Peasmire, £39.20 Allergill, £39 Parrick House, £39 Village Farm. Suff £42 Allergill, £41.50 Peasmire. Swale £38 Side Head Farm, £33.80 Rigg Farm, £33.50 Woodside, £32 Valley Farm, £30.50 Beck Head. Ewes: BFL £34.20 Beck Head, £31.20 New Park. Suff £31.20 New Park, also Mule: £27.80.

NORTHALLERTON. - Wed. Fwd: 97 store cattle, 435 store lambs. Cattle. - Bulls, Lim to £525 Brown, £455 Lees, £392 Bowser. Simm to £458 Brown. Fries to £398 Thompson, £285 Hugill. BB to £380 Hugill. Blks, Lim to £475 Brass, £378 Barron. BB to £460 Brass. Aberdeen Angus to £450 Pinkney. Friesian Richardson. Char to £370 Barron. Hfrs, Blonde to £595, £575 Douglas. Char to £508 Peckitt, £452 Clarke. Simm to £530 Greenbank. Lim to £482 Greenbank, £400 Heseltine, £418 Peckitt. BB to £470 Richardson, £398 Clarke, £232 Dennis. AA to £262 Bowser. Calves to £200 Laverick. Here cows with calf to £320 Camphill. Lambs. - Suff X to £40.50 Abel, £39.80 Wilson, £39 Gregg, £38 Sanderson, £35.20 Broomhead, £34.50 Burton Farms. Cont to £36.80 Broomhead, £28.50 Winspear, £28 Stones. Tex to £36.50 Cook, £36 Hall, £35.20 Burton Farms. Mule to £33.80 Wilson. Jacob to £14.50 Gregg. Private sales Dec 9-Dec 13 had fwd: 161 fat cattle including OTMs and 286 fat sheep and pigs.

PENRITH. - Mon. Fwd: 40 cattle. Lim heifers to 127.5p; Lim steers to 105.5p. Bulls: BB to 114.5p; Lim to 113.5p; Char to 99.5p. Fwd: 237 store and breeding cattle. Lim blks: £695 Gill Head (Wilson). Char: £500 Tod Bank. Blonde X: £540 Hill Top (Bentley). Simml X: £528 Tod Bank. MRI Frs: £462, £438 Bennethead. BB: £550 Ormside Lodge; £422 Tod Bank. Hfrs: Char X: £658, £535 The Row. Lim X: £545 Crosby Lodge; £535 Millbeck (Woof). Blonde X: £445 Whitchester Farm. Hfrs & calves: £850, £830, £800 Langrigg (Bousfield); £535, £505 Blencarn Hall. Frs bull stirks: £370, £335, £328 Kirkbarrow (Atkinson); £265 Wydon Eals. Shorthorn: £270 Hoff Row. Cont X rearing calves: £250 Wood End (Todhunter). AA X hfr calves: £150, £120 Blackford (Lindsay). Calving hfrs: £600 Ashfield. Angus X feeding bulls: £392, £372 Kirkbarrow (Atkinson). Fris & Shorthorn rearing calves: £90 Blackford (Lindsay); £86 Bank View (Walton). Fwd: 850 store sheep. Cont X: £36, £35 Home Farm. Mule: £39 Hunger Hill. Swaledale: £30.20 Hole House Farm; £25 Hebblethwaite Hall; £22.50 Home Farm. Herdwick: £22.20 Home Farm. Suff X shearlings run with Beltex ram: £69, £67 (2), £66 Stoneriggs. Swale ewes run with BFL ram: £60, £57, £51 Stoneriggs. Swale ewes NCM run with BFL ram: £41 (2), £37, £36 Stoneriggs. Tex X gimmer lambs in lamb to Char ram: £66, £59 Low Gill. Suff X ewes in lamb to Char ram: £60 Low Gill. Cont X ewes scanned in lamb to Tex ram: £50, £49, £48, £47 (2) Home Farm.

THIRSK. - Thurs. Fwd: 485 cattle, 1,477 sheep, 479 pigs. Steers med to 165p per kg and £888 per hd av 99.8p; heavy to 158p and £1,000.13 av 102.7p. Hfrs lt to 112.5p av 90p; med to 158 and £708.75 and 104p; heavy to 280 and £1,946 av 107.3p. Bulls lt to 109.5p av 94p; med to 113.5p av 92.8p; heavy to 118p and £782.78p av 95.4p. Lambs std to 113.2p av 102.9p; med to 238.1p av 106.3p; heavy to 154.9p and £79 av 101.7p. O/W to 100.4p and £55 av 96.8p. Ewes lt to £25.50 av £12.04; heavy to £50 av £30.02. Conts to £50; Suff to £44; Mules to £35, Swales to £18.50. Porkers to 101p av 74.8p; cutters to 107p av 75.5p; baconers to 105p av 68.1p; O/W to 65p; sows and boars to 34.5p and £109.53 av 31.5p. Collection Centre, Mon Fwd 43 OTM's, 46 sows.