BELLINGHAM. - Fri, Oct 4. Special sale of Blackface & Swaledale ewes, gimmers & ewe lambs. Fwd: 3,079 ewes, 1,130 gimmers, 915 ewe lambs.

Prices, ewes. - Blackface 6 yrs FW: Mrs V Armstrong, Carrick, £116 to RJ Coulson High Staward; £110, £70 Stewartshields; £95, £70 Rookland; £68 Pottdurtrees, Redesmouth; £61 The Duns £60, £58 Greenleighton; £60 Hazelton Rigg, Low Stokoe, High Thorneyburn, Hollin Hill; £56 Toft House. Swale: £50 Tarset Hall; £42, £38, £34 Low Bleakhope; £40 The Raw.

Gimmers. - Blackface: B Anderson, Brieredge, £270 to RJ Coulson, £190, £130 (70 av £201.42); £190, £140, £115, £95 Carrick; £125 Camphill; £110, £108, £104, £95 Hareshaw; £110 The Hott; £105 Hollin Hill; £100 High Thorneyburn; £98 Park House; £90 Hopefoot. Swale: £100 The Raw; £75, £72 Beacon Rigg.

Lambs. - Blackface ewes: £45 Park House, Whiteside (DC); £44, £40 Beacon Rigg ( Swale),; £44, £42 The Stobbs; £43 Yatesfield, £41 Cleughfoot; £40 The Hott, Troughend. Swale ewes: £34 The Brigg.

Hawes. - Tues of last week. - Annual show & sale of Swaledale rams & ram lambs. Fwd: 145 aged rams, 15 ram lambs. Aged rams to £3,500 av £469 (up £179 on 2000); ram lambs to £650 av £218 (up £37).

Prizes. - Aged ram, large breeder: 1 & champion P Hallain £700 to A Greenwood; 2 & res J Atkinson & Son £2,300 to C Gibson & Son; 3 P & E Huddleston £480 to W Harker. Small breeder: 1 AP Moore £460 to BS Simpson; 2 SD Robinson £100 to B Hutchinson; 3 T Hutchinson £420 to JL Umpleby. 2-shear ram: 1 JR&A Blades £2,200 to MJ&C Cockburn; 2&3 WA Dinsdale & Son £1,600 to AK Birbeck, £2,400 to TW. Cowperthwaite. Ram lamb, large breeder: 1& res champion C Nelson & Sons £650 to A Carter; 2 C Nelson & Son £240 to Weardale Estates. Small breeder: 1 & champion JJ&D Huddleston £280 to P Addyman & Son; 2 A&M Iveson £350 to T Natress.

Prices . - Aged rams: A Haggas £3,500; W Allison & Sons £2,900, £1,000; WA Dinsdale & Son £2,400, £1,600, £620; J Alkinson, & Son £2,300; J&A Blades £2,200, £700; E&RA Sowerby £2,000; P Handley £1,700. C Nelson & Son £1,200, £850, £650, £550, £500. G. Calvert & Sons £1,200, £900; JS Calvert £1,050; RS Harker £1,050; WM Iveson £1,000; Breck House Enterprises £l,000; B Thornborrow £950, £480; JC&E Pedley £900; J&JE Bradley £700; GK Hird & Sons £700; P Hallam £700, £550; P Addyman £680, £440. JE Cowperthwaite £650, £450; JF&PMC Milner £600; WS Alderson £600; JH&J Bland £600; Mossdale Farms £600; TW Cowperthwaite £580; JM&CJ Dawson £550; P Addyman & Son £520, £440; G Wilson £520; AH Birbeck £520; Ellis Bros £500; E&E Huddleston & Son £480; AP Moore £460; RMS Livestock £450; JH&J Ryder £450. Ram lambs: C Nelson & Son £650, £240; A&JA Iveson £350, £160; JJ&D Huddleston & Sons £280, £280, £80.

Sat. - Annual special show and sale of 4,278 Swaledale gimmer lambs & 589 gimmer shlgs. Gimmer Lambs to £170 av £34.80 (up £13.27 on 2000); shgls to £122 av £52.38 (up £20.22)

Prizes - Shlgs for Tunstall Tractors Trophy: 1 JG Atkinson, Arkengarthdale, £122 to JW. Wood, Crosby Ravensworth; 2 AD&P Coates, Aygill, Keld, £120 to Mrs Brogdon, Helbeck. Brough show for gimmer lambs for White Hart Hotel, Hawes, Challenge Trophy: 1 CR Thornborrow, West Stonesdale, £150 to EJ Wear, Hartsop; 2 M Porter, Oxnop, Gunnerside, £170 to FC&M Walker, Burnsall; 3 AD Sunter, Gayle, £80 to Oakbank Farm, Barras.

Prices. - Lambs: JW Porter & Sons £ 170, £94, £78, £64, £61, £50; CR Thornborrow (WS) £150, £82, £52, £48; RS Barker £134, £60, £50, £48; GK Hird & Sons £82, £52, £51; AD Sunter £80; Ken Brown £80; S Reynoldson & Son £78, £62, £54; JR Rukin £67, £57; JR&LA Capstick £64; JT Dixon & Sons £62, £60, £53, £50; P Hallam £61, £57, £50; Mrs DH Hesletine & JR Akrigg £60; JG Brunton £60(2). Mrs CM Porter £59; NW&RT Hunter £55; SA Raine £54; JS Cloughton (BP) £54;. DA&J Faraday £54, £51; M Metcalfe £54; GS Bowe & Sons £51; T&R Tiplady £50; GJ&JA Scarr £50, £48; M Metcalfe £50; J Allison & Sons £49; B Thornhorrow £49; A Hunter £48. Shlgs: JG Atkinson £122, £62; AD&P Coates £ 120, £61; DA&J Faraday £85; JR Rukin £80, £61, £55, £54; JG Brunton £76; SA Raine £71; RMS Livestock £71; G Calvert & Sons £70; 0J Amsden & Son £66; EW Atkinson £62; AH Birbeck £60; CR Thornborrow £59, £55; D&S Spence £57; J Allison & Sons £55, £54; B Thornborrow £55, £53; JG&D Middleton £55(2).

Mon. - Third special sale of 1,848 Mule & Masham gimmer lambs & 39 shls. Mule gimmer lambs to £64 av. £48.60 (up £26.99 on 2000); Mashams to £48 av £43,06 (up £13.06); Mule shlgs to £79 av £61.69 (up £30.53).

Prices. - Mule gimmer lambs: RA Busby & Son £64, £59, £55; NR&CS Hodgson £60, £56, £55, £52; W&D Lawson & Son £60; AA& RW Stanley £59; R Hunter £59; B Spence & Son £59; C Sutcliffe & Son £51, £57, £52; W&A Lambert & Son £58; S&RJ Calvert £57, £55. SB Harrison £57, £52; W&RW Mason £57, £56, £53; RW&MA Suttill £56, £54, £52; RG Lund £55; RT Gibson & Son £55; D&M Gibson £55; T&LM Goad £55, £53, £52; SJ&M Richardson £55, £54; JC Close £54, £53, £52; E Atkinson £54; JA Barnes £54, £52; R Middlemiss £53; WP&E Dobbing £53; AH Birbeck £53; TR Nicholson £53; WJ&E Harker & Son £53, £52; P&M Crackles £52; SJ Gardner £52; C&M Hugill £52; GG Allen £52; D Woof £52. Shlgs: C&M Hugill £79; SM Bell £69; T&A Hird £68 £65. Masham gimmer lambs: RT Gibson & Son £48 £44 £41; NJ Sunter £46 £40 RW Wallis & Sons £43.

HEXHAM. - Wed of last week. - Annual show & sale of Blue Faced Leicesters. Fwd: 21 aged rams, 105 shlg rams, 42 ram lambs, 62 females. Judge, aged rams shlgs & females: Robert Loughbridge, The Hill, Ballymoney; ram lambs: Alan Forster, Lowes Fell, Hexham. The top price of the day & record for this centre: lamb from Robin & Martyn Archer's Carry House flock, homebred sire £6,400 to M Roberts for his Myfyrian flock. The champion female from Newhill, a 3-crop ewe, realised £3,700, a breed record, to Alison Bastian's Cairnhill Dumfries Flock.

Prizes. - Aged rams: 1 A Walker, Newhill £1,700; 2 W Wearmouth & Son, Rosehill, £550; 3 TH Vickers & Sons, Thornley, £350. Shlgs: 1 RD Archer & Son, Carry House, £850; 2 A Walker £1,000; 3 RD Archer & Son £700. Ewes/gimmers: 1& female champion A Walker £3,700; 2&3 A Peart, Woodcroft (NS). Ewe lambs: 1 W Wearmouth & Son £100; 2 Mrs J Donnovan, Flossmoor, (NS); 3 A Walker £160. Ram lambs: 1 & champion M Jopling, Low Wiserley £2,000; 2 F Johnson, Ashes £3,500; 3 W Wearmouth & son £600.

Prices . - Shlgs: £2,400 by Nunscleugh sire, Brownsleazes, £2,400 to GH Walton & Son, Greyside; Carry House £1,700 to W Johnson & Son, Blackhalls, £1,600 to D Cruickshank, Dumfries; £1,100, £1,000, £95, £850(2); Newhill £1,000; Brownsleazes £900, £800; Branton £800(2); Woodcroft £780. Aged rams: 2-shear by Carry House sire, Newhill, £1,700 to JH Mitchell, Doune, Perthshire; Pine Dene £650 (2sh); Rosehill £550 (2sh); Thornley Hall £500 (3sh); Carry House £420 (2sh). Lambs: male champion by Woodcroft sire, M Jopling, £2,000 to F Johnson, The Ashes; Carry House £6,400 to M Roberts; The Ashes £3,500, by Rossiebank sire to DW Henderson, Burndale Flock; £3,200 & £2,800, £1,000 Carry House, £2,200 Low Wiserley, £1,800, $1,300 Carry House; The Ashes £1,800, £1,300; Shirlaw £1,000, Redburn £1,000(3). Females (inc dispersal of Alan Walker's Newhill flock): Newhill £3,700, £750 (2-crop), £550, £500 (3-crop), £550 gimmer, £500 5-crop, £480 gimmer; Pine Dene £300 (2-crop); West Cocklaw £330 gimmer. Ewe lambs:£100 Rose Hill.

Averages: shlg: Brownsleazes 4 av £1,212.50; Carry House 16 av £884.37; Branton 2 av £800; Newhill 4 av £625; Woodcroft 7 av £525.71p. Ram lambs: Ashes 5 av £1,620; Wiserley 4 av £1,175; Carry House 19 av £1,163.15; Redburn 4 av £950; Shirlaw 2 av £825.

Last Fri. - Special show & sale of Char X & Cont X calves other than Lim. Judge: John Quickfall, Retford, Notts. Silver Challenge Rosebowl, overall champion, & Scottish & Northern Charolais Breeders' Association Cup: Tony Watson, West Newlands, Wolsingham, 12 month old steer, £620 to John Otterburn, Helmsley, York.

Prizes. - 4 Char X steers: 1&2 Harle Bros, Errington Hillhead, both £620. 4 Char X hfrs: 1 T Watson £515; 2 W&JA Longlands, Rusheylaw, £532. Single Char X steer: 1 T Watson £620; 2 MA Robson, Ashcroft, £630; 3 Harle Bros £580. Single Char X hfr: 1 T Watson £570; 2&, 3 Harle Bros Errington Hillhead £588. Champion Char calf: T Watson, West Newlands (steer); res: T Watson (hfr). Simm X calf: 1 W Parker, Spittalshield £572; 2 Alcan Farms £565. BBX: 1&2 R Carr Homilton £555, £518. Overall champion calf: T Watson £620.

Other prices: - Char steer calves 10-17-m-o, blue CID: £630 West Newlands, South Houghton; £620 Hammershield, Errington Hillhead; £615 Thrunton Lowfield; £610 Ashcroft; £600 Errington Hillhead, South Houghton; £595 Hammershield; £592 Edlingham Demesne, Hammershield; £588 Thrunton Lowfield; £585 Errington Hillhead(2), Thrunton Lowfield; £582, £580(2) Errington Hillhead; £578 Edlingham Demesne, Errington Hillhead; £575 Ashcroft, Edlingham Demesne(2), Hillhead; £562 Thrunton Redhouse; £560 Hammershield, Edlingham Demesne. Char X hfr calves, 10-17-m-o: £558 South Houghton; £548, £532 Rusheylaw; £530 Thrunton Lowfield; £525 Rusheylaw; £518 Thrunton Lowfield; £515 West Newlands; £510 Thrunton Lowfield; £508 Ashcroft; £505(4) Thrunton Lowfield; £500 West Newlands; £488 Errington Hillhead; £480 Byerside; £478 West Newlands, Rusheylaw; £470 West Newlands; £468 Rusheylaw, Edlingham Demesne; £465 Edlingham Demesne, Errington Hillhead, £460 West Newlands, Thrunton Redhouse, Errington Hillhead; £458 Edlingham Demesne; £452 Ashcroft, Edlingham Demesne; £442 Grottington; £440(20, £438 West Newlands; £430 Edlingham Demesne.

Spring-born Char steer calves, 6-8-m-o, green CID: £610 Rusheylaw; £575, £565, £560 Emley. Hfrs 6-8-m-o: £335 Emley. Simm steer calves 12/15m Blue £575 East Moor, £572, £555, £552 Spittalshield. BBX steer calves, 12-15-m-o, blue CID: £558, £555, £518, £508 Homilton; £522 Spittalshield. BAX steer calves 11-5-m-o, blue CID £578, £560, £550 East Moor; £485 Hepple Whitefield. BAX hfrs: £408, £405, £388, £378 Hepple Whitefield.

MIDDLETON-in-TEESDALE. - Last Fri. Annual Swaledale Sheep Breeders' Association A District ram sale. Fwd: 74 aged rams, 187 shlgs. Aged rams av £354.13 (up £186.84 on 2000); shlgs av £655.27 (up £273.27).

Prizes: - Aged rams (large breeders): 1 MF&KC Stobbart, Grains o' Beck, £650 to Fisher; 2 MJ&SM Wallace, Lanehead, £900 to Smith; 3 J&SF Bainbridge, Crumma, £150 to Walton. Small breeders: 1 MB Fletcher, Friar House, £600 to Garbutt; 2 MW Dent, Wythes Hill, £700 to Nevin; 3 R&F Longstaff, Low Houses, £1,000 to Tarn Bros. 2-shear rams (large breeders): 1 & champion RM Dixon, Garthwaite, £850 to Breck House; 2 & res Bayles Bros, West Hope, £1,200 to Weardale Estates; 3 Dawson & Seatin, Battle Hill, £900 to J Nattrass. Small breeders: 1 S Tully, Burncroft, £150 to C Atkinson; 2 C&JC Stephenson, Pikestone, £280 to Wood; 3 C&JC Stephenson, Pikestone £180 to Wood. Shlg rams (large breeders): 1 res champion shlg A&J Harrison, Beckhead, £2,500 to Dawson & Seaton; 2 P Raine, Park End, £3,000 to AT Bainbridge; 3 JW Dent, Naby View, £600 to M&EM Wilson. Small breeders: 1 & champion & overall champion Dent Bros, Naby View, £3,400 to R Hutchinson & Son; 2 Dent Bros, Naby View, £6,200 to R Marwood & Son; 3 Wallace, Lanehead, £4,200 to W Cockbain.

Prices:- Aged rams £1,200 West Hope; £1,000West Farm; £900(2) Lanehead Farm; £900, £600 Battle Hill; £ 850 Garnthwaite; £850 Park House (Walton); £700 Wythes Hill; £650, £380 Grove Farm; £650 Grains o' Beck; £600 Friar House Farm; £350 Parrick House; £320 High Shipley Farm. Shlg rams: £6,200, £3,400, £2,100 Naby View; £5,000, £3,500, £2,500, £2,000, £1,800 Beck Head; £4m200 Lane Head Farm; £3,000, £1,900, £1,000 Park End; £2,200, £1,100 Burncroft Farm; £2,100, £1,200 Birch Farm; £1,300, £1,000 Cronkley; £1m300 Brownlees Farm; £1m100 Rigg Farm; £1,100 Stoney Hill; £1,000 High Beck Flatt; £1,000 Dirt Pitt; £1,000 Dale View Farm; £1000 Stoney Keld.

PENRITH. - Mon. Special mid-October sale of store cattle, 130 fwd.

Prices , steers. - Lim X: £620, £548 Cragg House; £568 Burns (Lamb); £560 Cobble Hall; £555 Cross Dormont; £532 Watendlath; £512 Sandford Hall; £510 Crown Farm. BBX: £498 Sandford Hall; £468 Plum Tree House. AAX steers: £530 Red House. Normandie X: £518 Red House. Fries bullock stirks: £315 Crown Farm. Feeding bulls: £398 Sandford Hall. Hfrs. - Lim X: £485, £430 Well House; £435 Cross Dormont; £400 Friendship Farm. BAX: £368 Ormside Lodge. Normandie X: £415 Red House. BBX hfrs: £420 Plum Tree House.

Tues. - Special sale of breeding & feeding sheep & store lambs. Fwd: 1,501 Mule & Cont X gimmer lambs, 522 Mule & Cont X ewes & shlgs, 1,464 store lambs.

Prices , gimmer lambs. - Mule: £64.60, £57, £56 Bank Heads Farm; £61, £60, £58 Hollins Farm; £57 Buckles Farm, Cross Dormont; £56 Old Parks. Masham: £52 Thornthwaite Hall. Texel X: £48 Buckles Fam. Swale: £30 Low Beckside. Mule: £72(2) Countess Farm; £70, £69, £68, £67 Oakfield; £69 Burns Farm; £67 Cross Dormont. Ewes. - Mule: £58 Oakfield. Texel: £62 Mile Brow Farm; £59 Third Sunbiggin Farm. Store lambs. - Bleu du Maine: £42.50, £41, £37 Rydal Farm. Texel X: £38.50 Todd Farm; £38 Thorneythwaite; £37.50 Rydal Farm; £35 Leeming Farm; £35.50 Fairhill Road; £34 Thrang Cragg. Suff X: £38.50 Thrang Cragg. Mule: £37.50 Town Head (Ivinson); £36.50 Rydal Farm; £36 Thrang Cragg; £35.50 Todd Farm, Thorneythwaite, Bybeck; £35 Bridge End (Bedale). Swale: £24.50 Swindale Farm; £22.50 High Glenridding, Croft House Farm; £21 Thrang Cragg. Herdwick: £21 Noran Bank; £20 Croft House Farm. Cheviot X: £34(2), £33.50 Maxton House Farms; £30.50 High Glenridding ; £30 Noran Bank.

ST JOHN'S CHAPEL. - Sat. Special sale of 1,526 store lambs Wether lambs: Cheviot to £29.80 av £25.20; Mule to £38.50 av £31.65; Suff to £46.80 av £36.60; Swale to £30.80 av £21.12; Texel to £37.20 av £30.73.

Prices:- Suffolk: £46.80 Dry House; £35 Lynnshield; £33.80 Westernhopeburn Farm; £32 Burtree Farm. Texel: £37.20 Earswell; £32.80 High Rowantree Farm. Mule: £38.50 Ling Riggs; £33.50 Westernhopeburn Farm; £32 Six Dargue. Swale: £30.80 High Rowantree Farm; £30 Low House Farm; £26 Six Dargue; £25.20 Warden Hill; £24.50 Ireshope Plains; £21.80 Crowberry Farm. Cheviot: £29.80 Dry House.

Mon. - Opening day of Swaledale Sheep Breeders' D District ram sale. Fwd: 130 aged rams, 5 shlg rams. Aged rams av £371.03; shlg rams av £150

Prizes. - Aged rams (large breeders): 1& res champion Exor GA Jopling, Billingshield, £1,200 to Middleton; 2 JT Golighitly, Silswood, £600 to Scott; 3 W Watson, Saunders Close, £350 to White. 2-shear rams: 1 & overall champion Exor GA Jopling £2,200 to JR Dalton; 2 Exor GA Jopling £1,800 to JR Dalton; 3 L Smith, Roachburn £450 to Woof. Shlg rams: 1&2 W Nattrass, Shield Hill Top, £250, £120 both to RW Gibson; 3 D Brown, Rowantreetop, £80 to J Carrick.

Prices: £2,200, £1,800, £1,200, £550(2), £520, £350 Billingshield; £1,200, £1,000, £600, £480 Spittal Shield; £1,000, £350, £320 West Biggins; £950 Lonnen Cottage; £800 The Raw; £650, £420, £350 Ousten; £620 Shield Hill Top; £600 Lilswood; £550 Hargill House; £550 Williamston; £550, £500 Low Ramshaw; £550, £500 Harwood Shield; £520, £380, £350 Saunders Close; £450 Priorsdale; £450 Garrety Shield; £450 Emley; £450, £350 Merry Knowe; £450 Roachburn; £420 Rigg Farm; £420 Antis Hill; £420 High Rowantreefoot; £400 South Wellhope; £400 East Greenridge; £350 Round Meadows; £350 Wolf Hills.

Farm stock sale

BUTTERKNOWLE. - Broadley & Coulson held a farm stock sale at Gill Bank Farm, Butterknowle on behalf of Mr & Mrs A Marlet. Lim X cows & hfr calf £800; AAX cow & bull calf £800; Fries cow & hfr calf £500; AAX hfr & calf £700; BB hfr calves to £250; AA hfr calves to £610; bulling hfrs to £480.