BARNARD CASTLE. - Wed. Fwd: 1,240 prime sheep. Prime lambs std to 105.5p av 100.8p; med to 109.3p av 101.8p; heavy to 106.8p av 99.2p. Cast ewes: Suff to £42; Cont to £42; Mule to £34; horned to £28.80.

DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 29 cattle, 874 sheep. Heavy to 104.5p av 94.4p; med hfrs to 92.5p av 92.5p; heavy to 112.5p av 100.7p; med bulls to 111.5p av 90.9 p; heavy to 96.5p av 93.5p. std lambs to 107p av 103p; med to 113.8p av 106.1p; heavy to 112.3p av 107.4p; ewes to £52 av £36.20. Mon. - Fwd: 24 calves, 72 store cattle. Lim calves: £170 Longnewton Grange; £160 Street House. Simm calves: £140 Cote House. Cowes & calves: £590 Durhamfield Cottage. Lim bulls: £475 Coldstream. Store Steers. -Lim: £580 (Blue) Moor House. AA: £560 (Green) Croft House. BA: £520 (Blue) Furness Mill. BB: £518 (Red) Village Farm. Hfrs. - Lim: £482 Moor House; £420 Low West Thickley; £390, £370 Croft House; £382 Walworth Moor; BB; £450, £448 Village Farm.

HAWES. - Tues. Fwd:15 calves, 723 sheep. Calves: Lim X bulls to £185 av £183; hfrs to £125 av £105; Char X bulls to £178; BBX hfrs to £100 av £96; Fries bulls to £50 av £41.40. Prime lambs lt to 108p av 100.1p; std to 109.7p av 101.6p; med to 105.5p av 99.5p; heavy to 100p av 97.4p; overall av 101.2p; cast ewes horned to £27.20 av £11.59; polled to £35 av £26.75; cast rams horned to £21; polled to £40. Store lambs; Suff to £30; Texels to £26; horned to £20.

HEXHAM. - Tues. Fwd: 1,824 lambs, 132 ewes & tups. BBX hfr to 104.5p Lim X to 103.5p; BAX to 95.5p. Lambs: Suff X to 109.1p; Texel X to 112p; Char X to 106.8p; Mule 104.4p. Cast ewes & rams: Texel to £36; Mule to £32; Blue-faced Leics to £27; Blackface to £33; Cheviot to £30.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Fwd: 718 sheep the previous week. Top price Cont X 109.05p; lt lambs to 107.76p Texel X. Lambs to 34kg: Rough Fell to £27; Swale to £28; Cont X to £35.50; Suff X to £32.50. Over 34kg: Mule to £42.50; Rough Fell to £36.50; Suff X to £48.80; Texel X to £48.50; Beltex X to £48.80; Cheviot X to £48; Swale to £36.80. HB ewes to £39.50; horned ewes to £24.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 1 dairy cow, 83 calves & stirks. Newly calved cows: WK Wilkinson £670. Calves: BB bulls to £240 M&D Smith av £215; hfrs to £105 RG Johnson av £86; Lim bulls to £228 R Fawcett & Sons av £164; hfrs to £100 JR Middleton av £52; Char bulls to £196 A Sowray & son; Fries bulls to £120 M Burrill av £62; Simm hfrs to £83 JW&RJ Pounder av £57; AA hfrs to £45 RG Johnson. Wed. - Fwd: 936 sheep. Lt lambs to 101.1p av 97p; Suff & Cont to 105.1p av 102.2p; med to 106.2p av 102.2p; heavy to 102.1p av 100.4p; Mule & Masham med to 97.8p av 93.8p. Ewes: Suff & Cont to £38 av £27.30; Masham to £36; Mule to £34 av £28.10; horned to £26.50 av £16.80.

MIDDLETON-in-TEESDALE. - Wed. Fwd: 346 sheep. Prime lambs av 98.78p; comm av 94.69p; Texel X to £44.20; Swale to £33.80. Rams: polled rams to £35; horned to £25.50. Ewes: horned to £30.80; HB to £31.80; Suff to £40; Mule to £42.

THIRSK. - Thurs. Fwd; 201 cattle, 110 sheep, 354 pigs. Steers med to 112.5p av 99.6p; heavy to 116.5p a kg or £770.35 each av 101.6p; hfrs med to 116.5p av 96.7p; heavy to 115.5p or £657.23 each av 97.8p; bulls lt to 99.5p av 88.2p; heavy to 110.5p or £688.28 av 93.7. Lambs std to 112.6p av 104.2p; med to 114p av 104.7p; heavy to 102.2p a kg or £50 each av 96.7p; ewes lt to £21.50 av £14.82; heavy to £25 av £23.38. Porkers to 73p av 68.3p; cutters to 72p av 63.6p; baconers to 65p av 61.6p; sows/boars to 39p a kg or £122.50 each av 33.8p. Mon. - Collection centre, fwd: 48 cattle, inc 31 OTMS.

TOW LAW. - Mon. Lambs: Suff x to 107.4p; Texel X to 109.5p