BARNARD CASTLE. - Tues. Christmas show & sale of 500 feeding bulls & store cattle. Judge: Stephen Hibbert, Doncaster.

Prizes. - Champion beast: 18m home bred BB steer, JW Dent & Sons, Naby View, Lartington, £830 to Robert Jones, Butterknowle; res: Lim bullock, F&MP Allinson & Son, West Briscoe, Cotherstone, £655 to JS Hibberd & Son, Sheffield. Cup for four bullocks: JW Dent & Sons, £650 to H A Overton, Great Yarmouth. Single bullocks: 1&3 JW Dent & Sons, £830, £760; 2 F&MP Allinson & Son £655. Single hfr: 1 F&MP Allinson & Son £720 to KK Brown & Sons, Great Asby; 2 GS Wilson, £645 to JS Hibberd; 3 JW Dent & Sons, £610 to JS Hibberd. Single Bull: 1 R Iceton (Lim) £710 to PC Langstaff, Woodland; 2 MW Skidmore (BB) £595 to JS Hibberd; 3 D Amsden (Lim) £640 to Wagstaff Bros, Sutton-on-the-Forest, York. Four bullocks: 1 JW Dent & Sons £650; 2 F&MP Allinson & Son £585 to GW Hammond, Northallerton.

Prices. - Bulls: R Iceton £710, £650; MW Skidmore £595, £470, £380, £370; OJ Amsden & Son £665, £640, £600, £480; SG Hall £350; Watson £510, £495, £485, £470, £465, £440; WT Robinson & Son £570, £535, £520, £485, £440; PJ Dixon £365; L Guy & Son £710; E Smith & Son £545, £485; JD Mortimer £345; JN Swinbank £465, £415, £345; JE & A J Mitchell £515. Bullocks: JW Dent & Sons £830, £760, ££650, £645, £640, £625, £620, £605, £585, £580, £575, £570, £565, £560, £555, £545, £530, £510; F&MP Allinson & Son £655, £650, £620, £585; JV Oliver £640, £610, £600, £590, £520, £515; WK Lamb £660, £605, £600, £595, £590, £545; F&J Clement £575, £490, £475; D Hunnam £670, £660, £620, £555; AC Walton £625, £605, £590, £550, £500, £485; GS&SE Wilson £605, £585, £540, £520; AE Iceton £610, £590, £520; SN Bell £655, £595, £525; NN&RG Handley £565, £545, £530, £515, £500; JG Dent £545; S Bayles & Sons £590, £525, £510, £505, £495; PJ Dixon £600, £555, £480, £465, £460, £458; EM&JD Donald £690, £680, £645, £635, £615, £610, £530, £515, £502; A Stanwix £480 £428; JN Swinbank £475, £405, £400; DA Gill £655, £640, £610, £585; D&AM Bayles £560; A Tunstall £640, £610, £590, £580; R Tookey £600, £578, £565; JE Tallentire & Sons £530, £505, £495, £485; GA Day £555; J&MJ Walton £700, £590, £580, £570, £550, £520, £485, £450; RV Rutherford & Son £670, £635, £600; JB Fenwick £670, £550; B&S Teasdale & Son £625, £610, £590, £570, £565, £530, £480; EW Guy & Sons £585, £415; DE Stones £625, £590, £555, £515; W G Foster £570, £530, £525, £515; DG Birkett & Son £610, £600; R Iceton £480. Hfrs: F&MP Allinson & Son £720, £600; JW Dent & Sons £610, £530, £475, £470; PJ Dixon £442; L Guy & Son £560, £530; F&J Clement £435, £415, £375; Watson £455, £420, £385; S Bayles & Sons £530, £520, £485, £480, £460, £455; JS Foster & Son £500, £470, £455, £445, £440; OJ Amsden & Son £442; F&JS Gargett £605, £575; B&J Bainbridge £378, £332; JR&L Harding £485, £470, £465, £445; JA Willkomm £440, £398, £390; T&DI Allen & Son £550, £410; EW Holmes £520, £475, £460, £440, £405; R Iceton £505, £465; DG Birkett & Son £520, £480; EW Guy & Sons £470; B&S Teasdale & Son £635, £465, £395; JB Fenwick £480; GA Day £520; R Tookey £455, £408; D&AM Bayles £435; DA Gill £470, £465, £450, £410; EM&JD Donald £615, £580, £500, £470, £450, £445; PJ Dixon £360; SN Bell £430; GS Wilson £645, £595, £560; AC Walton £520, £435; D Hunnam £460.

Hawes. - Tues. Fwd: 9 dairy cattle. Christmas show of dairy cattle. Judge: A Kirkbride, Askrigg.

Prizes. - Champion, HSBC trophy & Wensleydale Dairy Products' prize: newly calved hfr, K Raw Dent, £880 to Robinson & Fell, Millom; res, Carrs Billington Agriculture tankard & Wenselydale Dairy Products' prize: hfr: JS Cloughton Hawes, £890 to JC & VA Lancaster Thoralby.

Prices. - Other newly calved hfrs: JS Cloughton £890; K Raw £750. In calf Fries hfrs: JR Metcalfe & Son £590, £500, £490 (3).

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Mon. Annual sale of 475 breeding & store cattle. Cows with calves at foot to £1,180 av £719.77 (up £139.22 on 2000); hfrs with calves at foot to £1,400 av £724.64 (up £144.19); in calf cows to £635 av £505.64 (up £136.88); in calf hfrs to £870 av £706.18 (up £254.53); store bullocks to £590 av £474.07; store & bulling hfrs to £502 av £444.84.

Prices (all crosses), store cattle. - Lim bullocks: £590 House Farm; £530 Cotegill; £512 Owlet Hall. Hfrs: £500 Lady Ing; £462, £455 Stripes; £450 Walburn Hall. BB bullocks: £565 Beechwood Farm. Hfrs: £502 Beechwood Farm; £500 Croft Ends. Char bullocks: £560 Moor House. Simm hfrs: £490 Lady Ing. Breeding cattle. - Lim stock bull £1,200 Helm Croft. Lim hfrs & bull calves: £1,150 Prospect Farm; £1,150 Hillside; £1,000 Stripes; £900 Easegill Head; £810 Roseleigh. With hfr calves: £850 Tarn House; £850 Prospect Farm; £800 Thorney Gate. BB hfrs & bull calves: £1,180 Woodend; £860 Riddings; £860 Bents. With hfr calves: £900 Bents; £880 Langrigg. Lim cows & bull calves: £980 Stripes; £960 Thorn Bush Farm; £920 Bents; £870 Helm Croft; £820 Windy Hill Farm; £800 Stennerskeugh. With hfr calf £920 Bents. BB cow & bull calf £1,400 Woodend. Cows in calf: Lim £635 Ringstones; BA £565 Ringstones; BB £555 Ringstones; Simm £820 Stennerskeugh, £550 Ringstones. Hfrs in calf. - Lim: £865 Penyghent; £760 Jacques Farm; £720 Riddings. BB: £870 Jacques Farm; £810 Penyghent.

MASHAM. - Tues of last week. Christmas show & sale of 48 store cattle on Tues. Judge: David Lister, Clint. The top price of the day was £660 for a 19-month-old BBX Steer, also from Andrew Fisher, Pateley Bridge.

Prizes. - Champion: 19-month-old Lim steer, Andrew Fisher, of Pateley Bridge, £560; res, hfr, Andrew Fisher. Steer: 1 A Fisher; 2 AC Ward, Grantley; 3 T Martin, Pateley Bridge. Hfr: 1&3 A Fisher; 2 T Martin.

Prices. - Steers, blue CID: Char X to £525 av £501; BBX to £485 av £460; Lim X to £660 av £527; AAX to £398. BAX steers, red CID, to £428. Hfrs: Char X to £382 av £335; BBX to £580 av £423; Lim X to £518 av £405; Simm X to £398 av £328;, Herefd X to £322; black & white hfrs to £366.

MIDDLETON-in-TEESDALE. - Tues of last week. Show & sale of 1,290 suckled calves. Overall av £423.58 (up £91.56 on 2000). Judge: S Haugh, Castleford.

Prizes. - Overall champion, perpetual silver cup; champion Lim calf, Pikestone Rose Bowl; champion bullock, National Westminster Bank Cup, and champion heifer, National Westminster Bank Cup, all JC White, Rigg Farm. Lim bullocks: 1&2 JC White £920, £620, both to B Haugh. Lim hfrs: 1 JC White £750 to B Haugh; 2 MC Dent & Son, Wythes Hill, £395 to JG&M Little. BB bullocks: 1 JC White £660 to R Jones; 2 G Guy, Home Farm, £555 to B Haugh. BB hfr: 1 G Guy £465 to P&B Hodgson; 2 SB Hooper & Son, Brockersgill, £380 to Askwith. Bullock AOB: 1 JW Dent & Son, Naby, £620 to R Jones; 2 JJ Walton, Bowfield, £540 to T Hetherington. Heifer AOB: 1 JW Dent & Son £470 to JG&M Little; 2 JJ Walton £390 to AT Cooper.

Prices (all crosses). - Lim bullocks: £920 Rigg Farm; £595 Naby View; £595 Mayland Hall; £580 Cold Comfort Farm; £580 Pikestone; £575 Friar House Farm; £570 Ettersgill House; £570 Ash Dub; £565 Battle Hill; £560 Lane Head; £560 Warden Hill; £560 Stanhope Gate; £555 Lane Side; £555 The Pry; £550 Birch; £548 Market Place; £545 East Thorngarth Hill; £545 Stotley; £545 Cronkley; £545 Grains o' Beck; £540 Littleburn; £540 Blunt House; £540 Parrick House; £535 Dereham Cottage; £525 Green Hills; £525 Step Ends. Lim hfrs: £460 The Pry; £445 Warden Hill; £430 Littleburn; £428 Step Ends; £425 Dereham Cottage; £425 Stanhope Gate; £420 Battle Hill. BB bullocks: £660 Rigg Farm; £555 Home Farm; £545 Brockersgill; £525 Lynesack Hall. BB hfrs: £630 Naby View; £490 Battle Hill; £405 Home Farm; £420 Lynesack Hall. Char bullocks: £620 Naby View; £530 Bail Hill; £520 Howgill. Char hfrs: £490 Lynesack Hall; £470 Naby View. BA bullocks: £550 Nova Scotia; £540 Littleburn; £540 Bowfield; £525 Newhouse Farm. BA hfrs: £550 Nova Scotia. Baz bullocks: £500 Newhouse Farm. AA bullocks: £440 Newhouse Farm. Saler bullock: £415 Sayer Hill