BARNARD CASTLE. - Tues. Fwd: 160 cattle. Cows & calves: WT Elstob & Son £610; N Manners & Co £560; M&P Wilson £490; W Peat £530, £425; WT Robinson & Son £600. Ped Lim cattle, WT Robinson & Son, Ovington Grange (in gns). - Cows & calves 1,280, 1,250, 1,100, 730, 620, 590, 560. Incalf cows: 900, 820, 580. Incalf hfrs: 1,050, 680, 605. Bulling hfrs: 500, 400. Bull stirks: 480, 460. Bulls. - Lim: WB Rutter & Sons £490; LE Harrison £368; C&I Watson £415, £345; Watson £430, £390; D Alderson £370. Char: WB Rutter & Sons £540. Bullocks. - Lim: JG Dent £652, £590, £550, £540(2) £480; Dowson & Sartin £485, £422; LE Harrison £540, £535, £505; RB Watson £525, £510; JN Swinbank £460; Watson £365. Char: C Simpson £660, £555, £532, £528, £505. BB: C Simpson £582; Dowson& Satin £540, £445, £432, £422. BA: JG Dent £548, £545, £520; PRE Marwood £485, £475, £425; J&K Metcalf & Son £565, £488, £430. Simm: LE Harrison £608; RA Hutchinson £462. AA £455, £420 East Mellwaters Farm. Hfrs. - Lim: D Hunnam £555, £510, £510; HH Barker & Son £535, £470, £450; J Woodward £525, £498, £495; D Alderson £430; JN Swinbank £460, £450, £428; Watson £320; RB Watson £385, £368; CA Kipling £445, £395, £390, £335; JL Dixon £360, £305; NN&RG Handley £380. BA: PRE Marwood £475, £425, £360. Simm: C&. Gaskin £470, £442, £440, £420, £395; BB hfrs: NN&RG Handley £478. Mule ewes JL Dixon £49. Tups: Leics J Luck £120; Texel: CJ Simpson £100; Suff: JG Dent £100, £80. Store lambs: JG Dent £39, £38.60, £36, £34, £33.40; P&S Wood £36, £35.50; N Wilkinson £42.80; CJ Simpson £35.80, £33.20, £28; MA Close £36.20, £30, £25; P Mulley £37.80; MR Moss £40, £33.80. Wed. Fwd: 1,088 sheep. Lambs lt to 93.2p av 89.6p; std to 103.5p av 88.8p; med to 106.5p av 97.8p; heavy to 105.7p av 94.3p. Cast ewes: Cont to £58; Mule to £46.50; horned to £36; Suff to £53; Leics to £51.Caste tups: Swale to £36.50; Cont to £47.

DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 64 cattle, 985 sheep. Heavy steers to 96.5p av 90.3p; med 109.5p; heavy hfrs to 136.5p av 105.9p; med to 121.5p av 101.9p; heavy bulls to 109.5p av 90.8p; med to 111.5p av 90.6p. Heavy lambs to 98.9p av 94.2p; med to 100.6p av 95.1p; std to 100p av 92.7p; ewes to £42 av £30. Mon. - Fwd: 18 breeding cattle, 92 store cattle, 372 store lambs. Cows & calves: £700 Hopper House; £6290 The Whins. Hfrs in calf: £575, £560m The Whins. Lim bulls £500 White House. BB hfrs £472 Willow Cottage. BB hfrs £515 Cedar Villas. Lim steers: £585 Village Farm; £555 Furness Mill; £515 Well House. Suff lambs: £39.80 Ketton Lodge; £39.20 Crake Scar. Texel lambs: £42.50 Calf Close.

HAWES. - Tues. Fwd: 10 calves, 4,013 sheep. Calves: Lim X bulls to £212 av £196; BBX bulls to £210; Lim hfrs to £100 av £61; Fries bulls to £60. Prime lambs lt to 103.2p av 79p; std to 101.8p av 85.1p; med to 100.5p av 88.8p; heavy to 97.6p av 89p. Store lambs: Suff and Con to £33.20 av £28.54; Mules to £30.80 av £27.28; horned to £23 av £18.03; cast ewes horned to £35 av £15; polled to £53 av £41.26p; cast rams horned to £26.70 av £26.48; polled to £58 av £42.20. Breeding ewes: corr to £62 av £43.10; BM to £50 av £26.51. Swale: S Reynoldson & Son £62; AD&P Coates £60; T&RJ Tiplady £57; J Alcorn £51, £43, £42; Whitfield Estate Trust £50(3), £49(2), £48(3), £47, £46, £40; TM Barrass & Son £50, £49; Coates Bros £50, £45; J Alderson £47; DW Calvert & Co £45; Dalesbred: SR Metcalfe £30. Mule gimmer lambs: to £67 av £52.21; J Scarr & Sons £67; TM Barrass & Son £66; Mrs WM Hall £66, £45; A Lambert £61; E Atkinson £60, £56; Owlands Farm £60, £41; JR Thornborrow £59; GC Ellison & Son £58; JC Fawcett £58; W Allison & Sons £57; JM Fawcett & Son £56, £44; T&LM Goad £56; SJ Gardner £55; R& Gornall £55, £45; C R Thornborrow £54; PR&J Woof £50; J&L Metcalf £50; WS Alderson £41; JR Davidson & Son £41. Cont X to £51 av £36.79; GC Ellison & Son (Tex X) £51, £44; JR Thornborrow (Chev) £50, £41, £35. Swale to £45 av £31.67; AJ&B Mickle £45, £35(2), £34, £33, £30; CF&L Clarkson £43; GS Tiplady £42, £31; WS Alderson £42; S&RJ Calvert £41, £38(2), £35, £32; RW Clarkson & Son £40, £31; DW Calvert & Co £39, £38, £36, £33, £31(2); W&JC Alderson £38, £36; R&R Gornall £36; CR Thornborrow £33; W&RW Mason £32.

HEXHAM. - Wed of last week. - Hfrs with bull calves at foot to £1,140; hfrs with hfr calves to £1,000(2); stock cows to £940; in-calf hfrs to £680. 1-crop Mule ewes to £64; 2-crop to £61; 3-crop to £50; Mule ewes UO to £32.50.

LEYBURN. - Wed. Fwd: 1,308 sheep. Lambs lt to 96.3p av 81.8p. Suff & Cont std to 102.1p av 100.6p; med to 103.4p av 98.6p; heavy to 97.9p av 92.9p. Mule, Masham & horned std to 88.1p av 84.9p; med to 87.3p av 83.7p; heavy to 86.7p av 85.8p. Ewes: Cont to £48.20; Mule to £46.60; BFL to £46; horned to £26.20 av £15.10. Rams: horned to £26; BFL to £43.

NORTHALLERTON. - Sat. - Annual sale of Cont heifers for J Hornshaw, leading prices: £480, £440, £400. Tues. - Fwd: 534 prime lambs, 66 ewes. Lambs lt to 102.5p av 98.6p; med to 105.5p av 100.2p; heavy to 101.7p av 98.4p; overall av 99.6p; ewes to £38.50 av £30.85. Wed. - Fwd: 172 store cattle, 17 breeding cattle, 3 calves, 967 store lambs, 30 breeding sheep. Bulls. - Simm: £572 Tweddle. Lim: £440 Scott; £385 Coates; £328 Gill; £448 Thompson. BB: £412 Sheelforth; £410 Carter. Fries: £228 Coates. Fries hfr calf £50. Cows & calves: £140 Kirk; £400 Sheelforth. Steers.- Simm: £615 Farming. BB £515 Peckitt. Lim: £568 Webster; £562 Dodsworth; £530 Dale; £528 Browell; £525 JL Cook. Hfrs. - Char: £502 Peckitt, £495 Bowset. Simm: £480 Farming. Lim: £428 Clarke Cooper; £422 Parlour; £416 Jopling; £400 Cook. Herefd £322 Coulthard. Store lambs - Suff X: £43 Horseman; £42.20 Bellerby; £40.20 Wilson; £40 BA Smith, B Garbutt; £39.20 B Garbutt. Texel X: £42.80 Phelp; £37.50 RL Garbutt; £27 Dunn. Char X: £29 Spence. Cont X: £39.50 Brass; £36 Wall. Mule: £36.50 Wheldon; £32.50 Mason. Breeding sheep. - Mule shlgs: £61 W Wood; £49 Dunn. Mule ewes: £48 Dunn. Rams, Suff X £46 Watson.

PATELEY BRIDGE. - Sat. Store lambs: Suff to £36; Texel to £29; Scotch wethers to £25.20; Mule wethers to £31.20; Mule gimmers to £27.

PENRITH. - Mon. Fwd: 15 prime bulls, 22 clean cattle. Lim bulls to 103.5p(2); BA bulls to 96.5p; Lim steers to 96.5p; AA to 95.5p; Lim hfrs to 123.5p; BB to 103.5p. Wed. - Fwd: 3,501 sheep. Prime lambs: Cont X to £51.20; Suff X to £47; Mule to £50; Swale to £35.50; Blackfaced to £32. Ewes: Cont X to £52; Suff X to £51; Mule to £46; Masham to £45; Blue-faced Leics to £43; Cheviot to £37; Scotch Blackfaced to £29; Swale to £26.

ST JOHN'S CHAPEL. - Sat. Fwd: 1,002 store lambs & ewes. Lambs (all X). - Texel: £41 Langdale Grove; £34.80 Crowberry Farm; £34.20 Weeds Farm; £32.20, £30.20 Gate House Farm. Suff: £40.20 Langdale Grove; £34.80, £33 Weeds Farm; £30.50 New Meadows. Mule: £36 Low Houses; £35 Buckshot; £32 Meadow Cottage. Ewes: Blue-faced Leics to £35.50 Ling Riggs; Mule to £28 High Rowantree Farm; horned ewes to £20.50 High Rowantree Farm.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 223 cattle, 1,385 sheep, 235 pigs. Steers med to 109.5p av 97.5p; heavy to 103.5p a kg or £699.98 each av 92.7p; hfrs med to 123.5p av 96.1p; heavy to 125.5p or £705.08 av 97.7p; young bulls lt to 93.5p; med to 107.5p av 88.9p; heavy to 109.5p or £767.18p av 92p. Lambs std to 103.8p av 103.3p; med to 111.1p av 101.5p; heavy to 104.3p a kg or £50.50 each av 97.9p; owt to 101.5p or £54.80 av 93.7p; ewes lt to £31.50 av £22.26p; heavy to £52.50 av £43.56p. Porkers to 64p av 63.4p; cutters to 69p av 64.7p; baconers to 68.5p av 60.6p; sows/boars to 38p a kg or £120.31p each av 34.2p. Mon. - Collection Centre fwd: 34 OTMS, 7 clean cattle, 34 sows