BARNARD CASTLE. - Tues. Fwd: 140 breeding & store cattle, 170 store lambs. Cows & calves: D Smith £850; NN&RQ Handley £440. Feeding bulls: HH Barker & Son £512, £500 (4); WF Shepherd £350. Bullocks: JV Oliver £690, £660, £658, £590; JL Dixon £565, £325. R Tookey £620, £475; D Hunnam £675, £640, £560; NN &RG Hadley £655; LE&AJ Mitchell £590 (2); AM Walton £440; AJ Taylor £572, £550, £462, £460, £450, £430. LE Harrison £510, £470, £460; PRE Marwood £518, £498; AA Walton & Son £508; J Foster £390; Dent Bros £480, £402, £360; FS Lee £390, £380. Hfrs: D Hunnam £565; JL Wilkinson £548; DG Colinson & Son £525, £450; J&SE Bainbridge £518, £495, £490, £490,455, £400; D Coggins & Son £472, £355; LK Brougham £485, £345; JC Cleasby £448; AA Walton & Son £462. PRE Marwood £468. AJ Taylor £462, £415, £400, £362; LE&AJ Mitchell £460; NN&RG Handley £392. HG Spensley & Son £455; LR Walton & Son £295; L Kidd £490, £480, £465, £412, £388, £368; JJ&JW Cook £460, £395, £370; T&G Lee £428; JJ Stubbs £390, £330; KA Willkomm £462, £395. Store lambs: SG Dent £40.80, £35; Edwards & Cadman £40.20, £35, £34.50; P Wilson £39.20, £35.50, £32, £27.50; J. Holliday £31; Mrs Heywood £42, £35.50, £31. Wed. Fwd: 1.702 sheep. Lambs lt to 97.5p av 92.6p; std to 110.7p av 103.2p; med to 115.1p av 104.8p; heavy to 106.3p av 101.9p. Sheep, Cont ewes to £54.50; Suff ewes to £47; Mule ewes to £45; Swale ewes to £34.

DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 130 cattle, 210 sheep. Cattle to £679.20 (Lim X blk); to 114.5kg, av 93.4p. Bulls to 113.5p, av 92p. Lambs to 111.8p av 104.8p; ewes to £46.50 av £35.82. Mon. Fwd: 49 store cattle, 2 in-calf cows, 9 rearing calves, 718 store lambs. Young bulls LimX £490 Neasham Springs, £485, £448 Paradise Farm. Blks: AA £502 Gibbsneese; Blonde X £595 High Cross House. Hfrs: BB £468 Primrose Hill; Lim £430 Newsholme; Simm £430, Hardstone; in-calf cows £305 Rodridge Hall. Rearing calves. Bulls: Lim £135; AA £100; Fries £60 all Oxclose. Hfrs: Lim £130 Hall Hill; Simm £118 Hall Hill. Store lambs. - Char X £48.50 Field House; £40.20 Tuttabeck; Suffolk £44 Ketton, Four Acres, £40.50 Westfield, Low Copelaw, £40 Greenways. Texel £44.50 Neasham Springs; Rouge £45 Haughton Grange, Mule 338, £35 Eastgate House.

HEXHAM. - Fri of last week. Fwd: 2079 store lambs. Cast ewes: Texel X £37. Mule £34. BF £27.20. Store lambs: Suffolk X £46.80 Heugh. Texel X £47 Follions. Mule £39.80 Agars Hill. BF £33.20 White House. Swaledale £32.50 Westburnhope. Fwd: 696 store cattle and suckled calves. Strs red: Lim X £650 Colwell Demesne. Char X £530 West Deanraw. Strs blue: Lim X £680 Low Stokoe. Char X £632 The Raw. Sim X £640 Allendale. BB X £640 Lynup Hill. AA X £470. Strs green: Char X £525 Howick Seahouses. Lim X £535 Dyke Nook. Sim X £420 Low Bishopton. Blnde X £478. AA X £342 Low Bishopton. Saler X £518 Low Bishopton. Hfrs: Char X £560 Townfoot. Lim X £610 Dotland Park. Sim X £542 East Moor. Blnde X £520 East Moor. BB X £540 Little Swinburne. Saler X £442 Wydon Eals. Breeding: bulling hfrs to £500, Angus, and Lim X Friesian, Whitchester; BB X Fr to £480 Houghton North. Hfrs & calves to £1,000 Lim x heifer with steer calf Well House(KR). Lim X hfrs with Lim x bull calf £860 West Wharmley & Brackenthwaite; Lim X hfrs & Lim x hfr calf £800 Brackenthwaite; BB X hfr & Lim bull calf £790 Mickley Moor; AA X hfr & Lim bull calf £820 Brackenthwaite; AA hfr & hfr calf £720 West Plenmellor. Cows with calves at foot: BB X 2nd calver & Lim bull calf £650 Mickley Moor. Incalf cows: Lim x5th calver due Feb £390 Manor Farm, Brafferton; Lim x4th calver due Feb £380 (3) Manor Farm; Lim x3rd calver due Feb £360 (3) Manor Farm.

LEYBURN. - Wed. Fwd: 1,900 sheep. Lambs lt to 98.6p av 83.8p. Suff & Cont std to 112.3p av 105.9; med to 111.5p av 106.6p; heavy to 111.4p av 105.8p. Mule, Masham and horned std to 96.8p av 93.5p; med to 100p av 93.6p; heavy to 96.2p av 94.8p. Ewes Cont to £49.80; Mule to £42; Horned to £23.50; BFL rams to £45.20; Horned rams to £26.50; BFL ewes to £42; Masham to £40.50 av £14.70. Best prices: Cont lambs: E Fairburn & Sons 112.3p; K O Stones 111.5p; W P & E Dobbing £53.80. Suff lambs: R C Whitehead 107.7p; J M Pickard £58.80. Masham lambs: J W & M J Croft 100p. Mule lambs: J C & V A Lancaster 97.5p; E Fairburn & Sons £50.80. Swaledale lambs: K Whitehead 95.5p; J C & V A Lancaster £42.80. Dalesbred lambs: S S & E A Guy 94.4p. Light horned lambs: R Hunter & A C Bailey 87.8p.

MIDDLETON IN TEESDALE. -. Wed of last week. Fwd: 799 store lambs, ewes and rams. Lambs (all crosses): Suffolk £44 Scarr House; Texel £43.60 Hayberries, £43 Freir House, £41 West End; Mule £42 West End, £41.20 Allergill; Swaledale £36.50 Step End, £35 Hoggarth, £34 Toft House, £34 Pease Mire, £33 Scarr House, £32.50 Woodside, £32.50 Parrick House, £31.20 High Shipley, £31 Revely. Ewes: Swaledale £21 West End, £21 Brockergill. Rams: BFL £40. Swaledale £21.50.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 796 sheep. Light lambs to 114.8p and £44.80, av 111.29p; med to 116p and £49.80, av 108.64p; heavy to 112.5p and £54.50, av 106.61; owt to 97.81p and £53.80, av 97.82p. Ewes to £54, av £34.79. Wed. Fwd: 581 store sheep, 133 store and breeding cattle. Store lambs: Suffolk X to £42 Davison, Nunn; £41.50 Sunley; £40.20 Taylor; £39 Mason; £38.80 Simpson; £38.20 Fawcett; £35.80 Ward; £34.20 Sanderson; £32.20 Hart; £32 Cook. Cont X to £43.20 Phelp; £41.20 Coatsworth; £35 Sanderson; £34.80 Whinspear; £33.20 Hugill; £30 Rickaby. Texel to £39.80 Simpson. Mules to £26 Rickaby. Breeding sheep, Texel ewes to £45 Richardson. Cattle: Bullocks, Char to £650, £585 Tate. Belgian Blue to £645 Smith; Lim to £602 Smith; £545 Ashby. Blonde to £532 C D Tate. Fries to £492 Ashby; Simm to £402 Moore. Heifers, Char to £410 A W S M Farms; £238 Knowles. Simm to £365 Atkinson. Lim to £345 Atkinson, £310 Robinson, £195 Hoyle. Bulls, Lim to £442 A W S M, £385 Robinson, £360 Hugill, £330 Hoyle, £300 Pratt. Char to £440 Knowles. Simm to £438 Knowles, Saler to £432 Rigel. Fries to £398 Thompson, £295 Lowcock, £278 Hugill, £200 Pratt. Cows and calves: Aberdeen Angus with calf £295 Camphill Village Trust. Private sales for the week totalled 102 fat cattle including OTMS and 183 lambs and pigs.

ST JOHN'S CHAPEL. - Sat. Suffolk lambs £37 Fair Leaze, £33.50 Limerick Farm; Texel £36.50 Fair Leaze; Mule £35 Warden Hill, £32 Limerick Farm. Swale ewes £32 Billing Shield. Cows & calves £440 Billing Shield.

STOKESLEY. - Tues. Fwd: 534 store lambs, 83 store and breeding cattle. Lambs: Suff X £42 Fawcett, £38.60 Garbutt, £37.50 Fowler, Atkinson, £37 G Atkinson, £36.20 Bridge, £36 Beckett, £35 Alderson. Texel £45 Bridge, £43 Jopling, £40.20 Petch £31.50 Stones, £24.20 Sandersons. Cont X £27.20 Hillary, £18 M'bro Council. Bulls: Lim X £495 Wilson; Hereford X £240 Bridge; Fries £175 Cook. Blks: Char £490 Davison; Lim £475 Findley, £430 Moor, £418 Souter; Fries £200 Ransome. Hfrs: Lim £358 Routledge, £360 Wilson. Cows with calves: Lim with bull calf £670 and £615; Lim with hfr calf £500 all Wilson.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last wk. Fwd: 406 cattle, 1,214 sheep, 376 pigs. Steers med to 103.5p av 93.1p; heavy to 112.5 or £765 per head av 99.7p; hfrs lt to 106.5; med to 119.5 av 96.9p; heavy to 118.5 or £777.48 av 100.6. Young bulls lt to 113.5 av 103.8p; med to 117.5p av 96.6p; heavy to 114.5p or £801.13 av 95.4p. Lambs std to 108.6p av 103.4p;med to 112.2p av 104.4p; heavy to 110 or £52.80 av 102.2p; ewes lt to £31 av £20.53; heavy to 345 av £33.70; Conts £45, Suffs £41, Mules £36. Porkers to 81p av 69.7p; cutters to 79.5 av 67.2; baconers to 73 av 63.2; owt to 55p av 53.9p; sows/boars to 39p or £126.72 av 35.1p. Collection Centre Mon had forward 39 otms, 14 clean cattle and 45 sows.

TOW LAW. - Mon. Fwd: 498 lambs & 32 ewes. Lambs: Texel x to 111.4p; Suff x to 112.6p; Char to 105.1p. Ewes: Mule ewes to £33 West Shield; Leicester ewes to £32 High Wiserley; Swaledale Ewes to £20.50 Rose Hill.