BARNARD CASTLE. - Tues. Fwd: 157 cattle, 450 store lambs. Rearing calves. - Herefd bulls: £112, £102, £98 M Cummings. BA bull: £90 WT Elstob. Cows & calves. - Lim: £645, £580, £440 JB&JA Fenwick; £400 R Hutchinson & Son. BA: £450 JB&JA Fenwick. BA hfr & calf £440, WT Elstob. Lim hfrs in calf: £535, £485, £475, £475 JB Fenwick & JA Fenwick. Feeding bulls. - Lim £565, £542 J Williamson, £555, £555, £550, £520 R Hutchinson & Son; £500, £500 D Alderson; £500 R Jones; £500, £500 C Watson; £472 S&MF Donald. Char: £530, £490 Sanderson. Store bullocks. - BA: £650, £650, £605, £580, £465, £440(3) East Mellwater Farms; £630, £630, £610 PRE Marwood; £570, £570, £495, £495, £438, £438(2) J&K Metcalf; £545 PRE Marwood. AA: £709, £670 R Jones, £465 East Mellwater Farms. Lim: £592, £592, £510(2), £430 W&C Iceton; £490(2), £470 R W Stobbs; £545 R Jones £430(3) L Hunter. Char: £565, £540, £455, £415 G & GM Blackburn; £525(2), £508(2) WH&EE Thompson; £440(2) J&K Metcalf. Simm: £420 R Jones £390(2) V Vipond. Store hfrs. - BA: £470, £390(2), £340 B&JD Beadle; £420(2), £350(4), £338 East Mellwater Farms. Lim: £545, £488 D Alderson; £488, £382, £382 W&C Iceton:£440, £405(2) JW Dent & Sons; £425(2) JR Addison & Sons: £422 L Hunter; £405, £400(2), £370 CI&MP Burnett; £405(2), £360(2) S Richardson; £360 RW Stobbs; Char: £460(3), £435, £410 JW Dent & Sons. Simm £522, £420, £405, S Richardson. AA: £365 WH&EE Thompson. Herefd: £348 D Hobson. Store lambs. - Texel: £36.20 JF Lincoln: £37 J Harland; £36, £34 J Holliday. Suff: £39.80, £35.50 J Harland. Wed. Fwd: 1,057 sheep. Prime lambs lt to 93.1p; std to 117.4p av 103.8p; med to 123.1p av 109.8p; heavy to 111.8p av 108.5. Cast ewes: Leics to £39; Cont to £40; Mule to £34; Swale to £28.50.

DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 21 cattle, 572 sheep. Heavy steers to 97.5p av 95.2p; med to 103.5p av 97.8p; heavy to 96.5p av 90.6p. Std lambs to 109.7p av 108.2p; med to 113.6p av 110.9p; heavy to 113.5p av 110.5p; ewes to £44.50 av £20.10.

HAWES. - Tues. Fwd: 13 calves, 1,545 sheep. Calves: Lim X bulls to £190 av £160; Fries bulls to £50 av £42. Prime lambs lt to 103.6p av 92.1p; std to 111.7p av 101.2p; med to 112.2p av 101.5p; heavy to 102.2p av 99.5p. overall av 101.1p. Cast ewes horned to £25 av £11.94; polled to £43.50 av £32.40; cast rams horned to £22.50 av £16.80. Store lambs: Suff & Cont to £26.40; Mules to £33.20 av £28.75; horned to £8.

HEXHAM. - Last Fri. Fwd: 305 store cattle & suckled calves. Steers on red CIDs: Lim X to £690; Char X to £585; Simm X to £635. Blue CID: Char X to £705; Simm X to£645; BA to £595; Lim X to £615. Green CID: Lim X to £630; BA to £570; Hfrs: Char X to £590; Lim X to £540; BA X to £565; BB to £530.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 3 dairy cattle, 70 calves & stirks, 4 beef breeding cattle, 153 store lambs. Store lambs. - Suff: Calvert & Hunter £38, £35; JL Harker £29. Cont: Calvert & Hunter £37, £36.80, £36.40, £36.20; JL Harker £28.60. Calves: BB bulls to £235 WP&E Dobbing av £168; hfrs to £112 WP&E Dobbing av £94; Lim bulls to £220 JJ&JL Sunter av £160; hfrs to £112 PA Lawson av £80; BA bulls to £188 J Pratt & Sons av £184; Simm bulls to £178 EP&J Robertshaw; AA bulls to £162 GL&SM Thompson; hfrs to £75 GL&SM Thompson; Char bulls to £145 DN Verity; Fries bulls to £115 PA Lawson av £52; Brown Swiss to £92 EP&J Robertshaw. Fries bull stirks to £308; Lim to £170. Beef breeding cattle: Simm cow & calf: L Booton £540; Lim cow & calf: L Booton £525; AA bulling hfrs: B&A Myers £430. Wed. - Fwd: 1101 sheep. Lambs lt 103.6p av 94p; Suff & Cont std to 115.4p av 109.2p; med to 112.2 av 108.8p; heavy to 110.6p av 108.5p; Mule & Masham std to 97.4 av 94.5p; med to 100.4 av 97.6p; heavy to 101.0 av 100p. Ewes: Cont to £40.50; BFL to £39; Mule to £36; Masham to £35; horned to £29.50 av £20. Swale rams to £30.50.

MIDDLETON in TEESDALE. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 511 sheep.Prime lambs to 105.26p av 100p;.prem av 104.25p; comm av 93p; lt & store lambs to 99.38 av 90p. Swale ewes to £24.80; Swale rams to £22.50; HB ewes to £32.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 404 prime sheep. Prime lambs to 118p av 111.4p; lambs lt to 107.3 av 105.4p; std to 116.2p av 111.7p; med to 118.4p av 110.8p; ewes to £45 av £34.10. Wed. Fwd: 102 store & breeding cattle, 763 store lambs, 1,184 shlgs, breeding ewes & rams. Young bulls. - Lim X: £475 Lovesome Hill; £470 Maltby Grange. Fries: £380, £355 Maltby Grange. Bullocks. - Lim: £562, £515 Castle Farm, £545 Kirby Sigston. BA: £530 New Pilfitt. Saler: £295 Leven fields. Cows & calves (all from Scotland Farm). - Char & bull calves £800, £730; Lim & bull £750, £730; Char & hfrs £705; Lim & hfr £660. Store lambs. - Suff: £41.80 Piethorn; £41.50 Courtgreen. Texel:£43 Courtgreen; £39.50 Springwell. Char X: £43.20 Courtgreen. Shlgs. - Mule: £93 Danby Wiske; £91 Ugthorpe; £83 Fencote. Suff X £80 Watkinson. Masham £76 Ugthorpe. 2-crop ewes, Mule: £102, £99, £89, £88 Great Fencote; £75 Galphay. 3 or 4 crop ewes: £66, £66 Fencote. Suff shlg rams to 280gns S Broadwith.

PENRITH. - Wed. Fwd: 3,228 slaughter sheep (Farmers' Action Group first sale in conjunction with PF&K) Top price was £62 each or132p a kg; overall av 112p. Cont X lambs to £62; Suff X to £55; Mule to £46.20; Swale to £45; Cheviot X to £47.50. Ewes: Mule to £32.50; Cont X to £48; Blue-faced Leics to £34; Kendal Rough to £26.50 Swale to £21. Cont rams to £33. Lt lambs: Cont to £38; Mule to £35.80; Swale to £33.

SCOTS GAP. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 1,257 prime sheep. Suff X to 107.2p; Texel X to 114.5p; Mule to £49; Blackface to £42.80.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 196 cattle, 1,229 sheep; 204 pigs. Steers med to 112.5p av 99.5p; heavy to 108.5p a kg or £743.23 each av 101.3p; hfrs med to 121.5p or £628.88 av 99.2; young bulls lt to 88.5p av 83.3p; med to 108.5p av 93.p; heavy to 113.5p or £748.25 av 92.4p. Lambs std to 109.7 av 105.5p; med to 123.3p a kg or £53.50 each av 107p; heavy to 115.2p or £55 av 107.7p; ewes lt to £21.50 av £14.70; heavy to £38.50 av £31.40. Porkers to 68p; cutters to 73p av 69.4p; baconers to 73p av 69.3p; owt to 64.5p av 64.1p; sows/boars to 45.5 a kg or £129 each av 37.3p.

TOW LAW. - Mon. Fwd: 1,070 prime lambs. Suff X to £57.80; Texel X to £50.80; Mule to £54.