HAWES. - Wed & Thurs of last week. Annual two-day show & sale of registered Swaledale shlg rams for Swaledale Sheep Breeders' Association (B district).

Wed . - Fwd: 279 rams to £20,000 av £1,928.99 (up £1,022.51 on 2000).

Prizes. - Large breeders: 1 & res champion: R Marwood & Son £17,000 to J&JE Bradley; 2 Mossdale Farms £20,000 to J Richardson; 3 E&RA Sowerby £6,000 to J Allison & Sons. Small breeders: 1 & champion: T M Iveson £15,000 to RW Clarkson & Son; 2 R&M Metcalf £12,000 to G E Harker; 3 Miss R Marwood £2000 to A Dean.

Prices. - Mossdale Farms £20,000 £10,000; DA&RCS Harker £18,000; R Marwood & Son £17,000, £15,000, £7,000(2), £4,500, £3,500; TM Iveson £15,000, £6,400; AD&P Coates £14,000, £6,500, £2,500; M&E M Wilson £14,000; BR Lawson & Son £14,000; RS Harker £13,000, £5,200, £4,800, £3,400; R&M Metcalfe £12,000; G Calvert & Sons £10,000, £5,400, £4,200, £3,900, £3,000; E&RA Sowerby £9,000, £6,000, £5,000; JF Coates & Sons £8,000; B Thornborrow £6,400, £3,800, £3,000; S Reynoldson & Son £6,000; JS Cloughton (BP) £6,000; MM&CL Whitehead £5,200; JT Dixon & Sons £5,000; EC Coates £5,000, £3,200; C&R Hutchinson £5,000; W Allison & Sons £4,600, £3,000; WA Dinsdale & Son £4,000; JC&E Pedley £3,400; FA Fothergill £3,200; R Metcalfe (CH) £3,000, £2,500; NW&RE Hunter £3,000; TW Cowperthwaite £2,500.

Thurs. - Fwd: 279 rams to £48,000 av £2,226.50 (up £1,262.74); overall two-day av £2,077.75 (up £1,190.35).

Prizes. - Large breeders: 1 & champion JR&A Blades £7,000 to G Calvert & Sons; 2 & res GJ Scarr £13,000 to R&E Cowperthwaite; 3 SW Porter £7,000 to C Gibson & Son. Small breeders: 1 TM Harrison £11,000 to R Bell; 2 TA Blades £11,000 to S Reynoldson & Son; 3 P Handley £1,100 to B Mudd.

Prices. - JR&A Blades £48,000, £11,000, £7,000, £5,000, £3,200; CR Thornborrow £35,000, £20,000, £7,000; JW Porter & Sons £33,000, £6,000, £4,000, £3,000; RM Dixon £17,000, £10,000; J Allison & Sons £17,000, £14,000, £8,500; K&RL Bradley £15,000, £3,800; P Hallam £13,000 £6,000; GJ&JM Scarr £13,000, £7,200, £7,000, £6,500, £3,800; GK Hird & Sons £12,000, £4,500; TA Blades £11,000; TM Harrison £11,000; K&G Whitehead £10,000, DA Robinson £9,000; PE&KA Sowerby £7,500; SW Porter £7,000, £3,400; JG Brunton £6,000; JR Rukin £5,000, £3,000; J&JE Bradley £5,000; A Haggas £4,000; S Ewbank £4,000, £3,000; WC Porter & Son £3,500; CJ&AJ Owen £3,500; T&RJ Tiplady £3,400; M Metcalfe £3,200(2) £2,700; T Metcalfe & Son £3,000.

KENDAL. - Thurs of last week. First pedigree sale of Black & White dairy females. Top price: 1,380gns WE&EM Robinson & Son, Newvalley, to M&EM Hunter & Son, Berrier. Champion & second top price: H Wright & Son, Berryholme Herd, 1,200gns to MJ&C Cockburn, South House. Also at 1,200gns, ELK Bland to GP Taylor, Swathbank. Averages: 9 cows £1053.50; 16 hfrs £819. Judge: Andrew Williamson, Inglewood.

Prizes. - Cows: 1 & champion H Wright & Son, Berryholme; 2 JW&D Robinson & Sons, Hollins Nook; 3 WE&EM Robinson, Dove House. Hfrs: 1 & res & 2 RT Gibson, Low Audlands; 3 JW&D Robinson.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Last Fri. Annual Luke Fair sale of 4,235 Swaledale, Cheviot & Mule ewes, gimmers & wether lambs, 174 rams of all breeds. Averages: Swale ewes £44.03 (up £22.25); Swale gimmer lambs £38.15 (up £15.85); Mule gimmer lambs £53.21 (up £27.91); Blue-faced Leics rams £238.57 (up £121); Cheviot rams £121.02 (no change); Suff rams £140 (up £50); Texel rams £182.69 (up £102); Swale rams £77.63 (up £39.56).

Prices, rams. - Aged BFL: £300 East View (Scott); £170 Warren Wood. BFL shlgs: £550 Seal Houses. BFL lambs: £250 The Birches. Aged Texel: £400 Dykes Hill House; £320 Birks Head; £270 House Farm. Texel shlgs: £380 New Hill Farm; £200 West Hope. Texel lambs: £320 Galloper Park; £300 Haltcliffe. Swale shlgs: £320 Arngill House; £180 Sleddale View; £150 New Hall; £140 High Birkhatt; £130 Aisgill Farm. Aged Cheviot: £220 House Farm. Cheviot shlgs: £120 Burthwaite. Aged Swale: £100 Lane Farm. Suff lambs: £140 Lockholme Hall.

Mule wether lambs: £30 Low Thornberry.

Females. - Swale ewes (correct): £102 Aygill; £100 Hoggarths; £96 West Stonesdale; £70 Seal Houses, Cotegarth; £82 Frith Holme; £58 Punchard House; £57 Pry House. Swale lambs: £60 Seal Houses; £58 Sutherford Farm; £56 Firth Holme; £54 Pry House. Texel ewes: £100 Birks Head. Texel X lambs: £51 Croft House; £50 Warren Wood. Mule shlgs: £70 Low Thornberry; £70 Birks Head; £64 Croft House. Mule lambs: £62 Hill House; £58 Ashfield; £57 Stoneykeld, Windy Hill Farm; £56 Low Thornberry; £54 Low Nook. BFL lambs: £70 Landieu. Swale ewes (correct/broken mouthed): £45 Spartan; £43 Shaw Paddock. Swale shlgs: £67 Aygill. Cheviot ewes: £50 House Farm. Cheviot shlgs: £61 House Farm.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 59 beef breeding cattle inc show & sale for North-East Limousin Breeders' Club, 2 dairy cattle, 71 calves & stirks, 302 breeding & store sheep. Catalogued entry of 30 purebred Lim cattle, judge: F Fairburn. Top price JM&SP Cooper, Tomschoice Opalfruit, with bull calf 1,440gns. Champion: JM&SP Cooper, 1,200gns 7-y-o cow Stoneleigh Lucywith hfr calf at foot; res: G&RJ Dickinson, 7-y-o in-calf cow Oakroyd Mine.

Prizes: Cow & calf: 1&2 JM&SP Cooper 1,200gns, 1,120 gns; 3 G&RJ Dickinson 1,040 gns. In calf cows: 1 G&RJ Dickinson 920gns; 2&3 H&A Isherwood 560gns, 640gns. Maiden hfr: 1 JCP Ellwood 450gns. Bulls: 1 D&MLP Woolhouse 1,110gns; 2 P Goldsborough res; 3 M Darley 640gns.

Prices (in gns). - Cows & calves: G&RJ Dickinson 1,140, 1,040 , R Baxter 1,000, 840. In-calf cows: H & A Isherwood 620. Bulls: G P Robinson & Ptners 950.

Crossbred beef breeding cattle. - Cont cows & calves: KO Stones £850; S&GA Potter £670, £660, £640; R Baxter £610. AA cows & calves: S&GA Potter £640. In-calf hfrs: S Pickles & Son £600; TL Carlisle £540, £520, £510. Bulling hfrs: B&A Myers & daughter £510. Calved dairy cattle: WK Wilkinson & Son £810; JW Bostock £520. Calves: BB bulls to £260 GFW Walton & Sons av £224; hfrs to £130 Walton & Sons av £97; Lim bulls to £242 WD&MM Moor av £202; Lim hfrs to £108 D N Verity av £89; Simm bulls to £180 EP&J Robertshaw; Simm hfrs to £100 EP&J Robertshaw av £95; AA bulls £170 G F W Walton & Sons; Fries bulls to £105 N J Ward av £44; BA hfrs to £85 J D & J Ford av £84. Sheep. - Suff ram lambs: JL Hunter £150; Char shlgs: JD&J Ford £110; Scotch HB ewes (CB) JD&J Ford £36. Mule gimmer lambs: M Edwards £45; GM Firby £43. Cont & Suff store lambs: R White & Son £35.80; D&JW Banks £35.50. Mule lambs: D&JW Banks £31.80. Swale feeding ewes: RMS Livestock £15.

PENRITH. - Mon. Fwd; 350 cattle for annual show & sale of suckled calves, plus special section for beef breeding cattle, dairy cows & calves. Suckler judge: Neil Slack, Newby.

Prizes, sucklers. - BA or Lim bullocks: 1 & overall champion JL Potter & Sons, Long Marton, £690 to John Gray, Driffield; 2 JL Potter & Sons £620. BBX bullock: 1 Braithwaite, Heltondale, to £610 to John Gray, Driffield; 2 Braithwaite to £595 to G Chapman. BA or Lim hfr: 1 & res Teasdale, Low Side, to £600 to D Barker, Scarborough; 2 Teasdale, Low Side, £440 to John Gray, Driffield. BBX hfr 1 Holmes, Sleagill, £490 to Little.

Prices. - Cows & hfrs with calves: £1,100, £1,080, £840 Nuncote Nook; £940, £710 Island Farm. Calving hfrs: £640, £630, £600 Town Head (Bainbridge). Fries new calved cows: £600 Briggle. Char X steers: £690, £628 Pringle House; £685, £642 The Row. BBX steers: £610, £595 Scales (Braithwaite). Feeding bulls. - Cont X: £498, £490 Low Cockhow; £472 Old Mill Flatt; £415 Winter Cragg. Shorthorn: £338 Fir Banks . Hfrs. - Lim X: £570 Well House; £552 Ulcatrow; £550 Howgill Castle. Gelbvieh X: £538 High Drybarrows. Simm X: £440, £418 Barnskew. Herefd X: £320 Tilery. Char X: £450 The Row. BAX: £430 Mount Clifton. BBX: £510 Scales Farm. Herefd X bullock stirks: £340 Milescott. Steers. - Lim X: £678 Well House; £648 Pringle House; £610 Brow Farm; £525 The Green. BAX: £690 Town Head (Potter); £550 Winter Cragg; £520 Mount Clifton. Simm X: £588, £562, £555 Mill Rigg; £508 Langwathby Hall; £460 Braesteads.

Store sheep and rams. - Fwd: 2,030 030 store sheep of all classes, 92 rams of all breeds.

Prices. - Mule ewes: £56 Cold Harbour; £52 Green Bank. Mule gimmer lambs: £69 Far Close; £48 Highgate. Swale gimmer shlgs: £63 Hawbank. Swale ewes: £43 Milbeck House. Swale ewes NCM: £36, £34 Swindale Farm. Swale gimmer lambs: £37 Hill Top; £366 Brockstones, Hollins Farm. Suff ewes: £55 Green Bank. Lonk ewes: £51 Cold Harbour. North Country Cheviot gimmer lambs: £44 Hill Top. HB gimmer lambs: £43 Hill Top. Store lambs. - Cont X: £42 Highgate; £41 Todd Farm; £40.50 Rydal Farm; £38.50 Hartsop Hall. Suff X: £36 Rydal Farm; £35.80 Lodge Farm; £35 Lazonby Estates. Mule: £38 Low Nook; £35 Todd Farm; £33 Mountain View; £32 Hartsop Hall. Cheviot: £33.50 Maxton House. Swale: £23.50 Swindale Farm, Thornthwaite Hall. Herdwick: £20 Highgate; £19 Thrang Cragg. Rams. - Texel: £300, £240, £200 Bank Hey Farm; £300 Low Greenside; £220, £200 Hewer Hill; £200(3) Oakfield. Suff: £280, £240 Oakfield; £210, £200 Seafield Pedigree; £210, £200 Maxton House. BFL: £240, £180 High Street; £200, £170 Old Parks; £170 Woodside. North Country Cheviot: £175 Hill Top.