BARNARD CASTLE. - Tues. Fwd: 98 cattle. Cows & calves: D Smith £730; CR Nicholson £570; A Tarn £640, £640, £600, £530, £520, £450; F Lee £600(3); J Oulton £530, £380, £365. Lim bulls: J Wood £615; MC Dent & Son £435; K Hodgson £410. Lim bullocks: A Fletcher £590; JL Dixon £590, £468; Mrs J Wood £565; I&RA Watson £570, £442; B&JD Beadle £470, £422. Herefd bullocks: Dent Bros £425, £145. Fries bullocks: Dent Bros £425, £345. Lim hfrs: D Coggins & Son £530, £498, £485; AC Walton £492, £490; A Fletcher £430; I&RA Watson £465, £428, £410, £395. BA hfrs: PRE Marwood £460, £455. Char hfrs: WK Walker £460. BB hfrs: R Routledge £345, £335.

DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 63 cattle, 878 sheep. Med steers to 110.5p av 96.8p; heavy bulls to 117.5p av 96.3p; med hfrs to 111.5p av 97.6p; heavy to 110.5p av 90.8p; med lambs to 110.4p av 102.2p; heavy to 104.9p av 100.1p; owt to 98.7p av 96.1p; ewes to £40.50 av £29.50. Mon. - Fwd: 12 calves, 5 dairy & breeding cattle, 92 bulls & store cattle, 147 breeding & store sheep. Lim calves £148 Street House Farm; cows & calves £700 Eastfield Farm. Char bulls £455 Middridge Mill; Lim bull £435 Kirkley West Thorn; Char steers £530 Blackhall; Simm steers £518 Blackhall. Hfrs. - Char: £435, £425 Croft House; £435, £390 Blackhall. Simm: £375 Blackhall. Lim: £368 Croft House. Texel shlg rams £175 Layton Crest; Mule ewes £72 Glebe View; store lambs £42.50 Carthagena.

HAWES. - Tues. Fwd: 1 calf, 3,390 sheep. Fries bull calf £48. Prime lambs lt to 103.3p av 85.1p; std to 103.7p av 90.1p; med to 102.9p av 92.8p; heavy to 102.4p av 93.5p, overall av 92.1p. Store lambs: Suff & Cont to £31.40; Mules to £27.80 av £26.92; horned to £20.20. Cast & feeding ewes: horned to £26 av £11.15; polled to £29.50 av £23.43. Cast rams, horned to £21.60 av £14.05p; polled to £42 av £33. Breeding sheep, correct Swaledale & Dalesbred ewes & gimmer lambs. Fwd: 1,484. Swale ewes to £87 av £35.89 (up £15.81 on 2000); Swale gimmer lambs to £50 av £41.29. Ewes: EW Atkinson £87; CR Thornborrow (WS) £81, £60; RMS Livestock £63, £6; WS Alderson £63; CR Thornborrow (Cray) £60, £55, £54, £51, £49, £48, £47, £47, £46; C Hird £57, £51; PD Marsh £56; J&E Waggett £56, £48; BR Lawson & Son £54; CH Allen £54; OJ Amsden & Son £51, £49, £48; B Thornborrow £50, £50; TM Barrass & Son £49; W&JC Alderson £48; NW&RE Hunter £47, £45; Owlands Farm £45; Akrigg & Betton £45; EW&JR Parkinson £45. Gimmer lambs: CR Thornborrow (Cray) £50, £41, £41, £38, £38.

HEXHAM. - Last Fri. Store cattle. - Red Lim X steers: £655, £650. £635, £605 Linden Hillhead; £642, £628 Low Butterknowle; £642 Nunwick Hall. Char X: £660 Watling; £648, £560 Nunwick Hall; £648 Brandon, Tosson Glebe, £562 Low Butterknowle. Steers close to second claim. - Char X: £642 Brandon, £605 Low Butterknowle. Lim X: £642 Low Butterknowle, £625 Watling. BAX: £605 Ushaw College. Simm X: £640, £625, £620 Watling. Simm X Fries: £560, £552, £525 North High Moor. BB: £615 Homilton, £605 Watling. Char X steers, green CID: £690 Thrunton Lowfield. Hfrs. - Char X: £615 Rusheylaw, £545 Low Butterknowle, £530 Brandon, £490 Sunnyrigg; £490, £478 Esh Winning. Lim X: £542, £430 Scarlett Hall; £470(2) Rusheylaw; £460 Esh Winning. Fwd: 268 store sheep. Suff X lambs: £38.10 Brunton Quarry, Texel X hill lambs: £29.80, £27 The Haining; £23 Girsonfield. Blackfaced lambs: £21.80 Girsonfield, £18.80 The Haining. Feeding ewes. - Mules: £24 Girsonfield; £17.50 Bellshiel. Blackfaced: £22.20, £16.80 Girsonfield; £19.50, £15 Cleughbrae, Bellshiel; £16 East Highbridge.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 1,020 breeding sheep, rams & store rams & store lambs, 5 dairy cattle, 94 calves & stirks. Dairy cattle. - Calved cows: R Hunter £800. Calved hfrs: D Spence, Dalton £500; JW Bostock £395. Calves: BB bulls to £235 M&RA Dent av £206; hfrs to £118 M Bell & Son av £100; Lim bulls to £210 GR Scarr av £184; hfrs to £130 JR&I Lambert av £72; Smm bulls to £182 EP&J Robertshaw av £179; hfrs to £82 EP&J Robershaw; BA bulls to £180 MJ Broadley av £179; hfrs to £85 MJ Broadley; AA bulls to £125 RG Johnson; hfrs to £45 GL&SM Thompson; Fries bulls to £58 B Spence & Sons av £28. Lim bull stirks to £220 WK Wilkinson & Son; Fries bull stirks to £165 WK Wilkinson & Son; Lim hfr stirks to £120 WK Wilkinson & Son. Breeding sheep. - Swale ewes: J Brunton £31; G Lambert £30. Swale gimmer Lambs: JC Brown £50, £24; Mule gimmer lambs: GN Clarke £50; W &J&E Harker £42(2), £37. Mule shlgs: P&P Lofthouse £52, £50. 2-shear Mule ewes: JS Robinson £74, £73, £69, £66. Rams (all in gns). - Texel shlg: LG Plews 410, 380; DE Poulter 400,380; J Metcalfe & Son 220(2), 200. Suff shlg: R&P Kitson 255, 220(2); H Avison £215. Suff lambs:180, 170(2), 160 H Avison 170. Store lambs. - Suff: R White £36.50. Cont: G Lambert £34, £32. Mule: JW Bostock £29.80. Wed. Fwd: 1,155 sheep. Lambs lt to 96p av 84.5p; Suff & Cont, std to 104.7p av 99.1p; med to 107p av 101.2p; heavy to 102.1p av 99.4p; Mule, Masham & horned std to 90.7p av 85.3p; med to 90.9p av 86.5p; heavy to 95.4p av 87.8p. Ewes: BFL to £36.50; Mule to £35; Masham to £33.50; horned to £24 av £13.80. Horned rams to £30.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 843 prime sheep. Lambs to 109.4p av 106.3p; Suff to £53; Texel to £49.80. Mule ewes to £34.50. Wed. - Fwd: 186 store & breeding cattle, 988 store lambs, 1,180 breeding sheep. Fries bull calves to £140 Laverick. Bulls: Lim £442 Spence, Simm £400 Humpleby, Fries £340 Bell. Bullocks. - Lim: £620 Marley; £580 Warren; £560 Watsons; £552 Simpsons; £490 Dent & Sons; £425 Dawkes; £368 Tinkler & Son. Simm: £610 Marley. Char: £532 Stockil. BB: £572 Stockill. Hfrs. - Lim: £545 Marley; £515 Phelp; £475 Warren; £450 Dowson; £425 Whorlton; £402 Scurr. Char: £480 Moore. BB: £470 Watsons. Simm: £445 Farming. Store lambs. - Char X: £44 Horseman. Suff: £43.20 Prestons; £42.20 Davidson; £42 Wall & Sons; £41.50 Garbutt. Texel: £41.20 Seymours. Mule: £32 Walls & Son. Swale: £16.50 Featherstone. Breeding sheep. - Gimmer lambs, Mule: £54, £53 Wood. Texel: £46, £45, £44.50 Hunter. Shlgs, Mule: £91, £86 Flintoft; £88, £79 Wall; £81 Allinson; £78 Watson. Ewes, Mule 1-crop: £67 Dunn; £79, £78, £76 Dick; £66 Humphrey. 2-crop: £74, £70 Dunn. 3 & 4-crop: £60, £57 Dunn. Masham 3-crop: £56, £49 Parlour. Swale 3-crop: £46, £44, £43 Wood. Rams (all in gns). - Suff: 295 Harper; 150 Avison. Beltex: 210 Peacock. Blue-faced Leics: 50 Smiths. Shls. - Suff: 375 Teasdale; 340 Kitson; 250 Oneholmes; 160 Alderson; 150 Dowson; 140 Harper. Char: 280 Hall; 180 Peacock. Texel: 220 Oneholmes. Blue-faced Leics 180 Adams.

PATELEY BRIDGE. - Sat. Second gimmer lamb sale. Fwd: 155 gimmer lambs, also 272 store lambs, 5 breeding rams. Lambs: Mule gimmer to £49; Masham gimmer to £38; Suff to £37.50; Texel to £37.20; Mule wether to £34.50; Masham wether to £33.20; Scotch horned to £16.20. Rams: Suff shlg £195; Texel shlg £100; Swale 6-shear £33.

PENRITH. - Mon. Fwd: 35 prime cattle. Bulls: Lim to 106.5p; BA to 103.5p; BB to 114.5p. Hfrs: Lim to 121.5p; Char to 106.5p; BB 101.5p. Wed. - Fwd: 3,198 prime sheep. Beltex lambs to £53; Cont X to £52; Suff X to £48; HB to £48; Cheviot to £46.20; Char X to £46.80; Mule to £45; Blackfaced to £39.80; Swale to £37.50; Herdwick to £30.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 182 cattle, 1,421 sheep, 334 pigs. Steers lt to 90.5p av 78p; med to 102.5p av 85.2p; heavy to 101.5p a kg or £678.05 each av 87.3p; hfrs lt to 97.5p av 79.3p; med to 117.5p av 89.9p; heavy to 125.5p or £671.43 av 97.8p; young bulls med to 100.5p av 89p; heavy to 108.5p or £727.75 av 87.9p. Lambs std to 110p av 105.3p; med to 113.3p av 100.4p; heavy to 106.5p a kg or £50 each av 98.3p; owt to 96.2 or £51 av 91.3p; ewes lt to £28.50 av £16.07; heavy to £40 av £31.39. Porkers to 75p av 63.1p; cutters to 69p av 62.7p; baconers to 64p av 61.2p; owt to 57p av 56.3p; sows/boars to 37p a kg or £125.93 each av 34.1p.