BARNARD CASTLE. - Tues of last week.

Fwd: 237 cattle. Breeding cattle: AA & Char cows & calves £740 E Smith & Son; Lim hfrs in calf £620 £615 CI&MP Burnett; Lim bulling hfrs £502, £470, £450 JS Foster & Son; Herefd bulling hfrs £340 JS Holliday; Fries bulling hfrs £350 JS Holliday; Lim breeding bulls £1,150 £750 WT Robinson & Son. Feeding bulls. - Lim: £530 £520 WB Rutter & Sons; £492 WT Robinson & Son; £488, £485, £480, £470, £445, £400,£300 Watson; £460,£452,£450, £448 D Alderson; £460 JA Wilkomm; £445 R Hutchinson & Son. Char: £495, £492, £480, £475, £470 K Atkinson; £485, £442 Watson. Simmm: £420 G Eastwood. Holstein: £260 G Eastwood. Steers. - Lim: 3680, £625, £605, £590, £560, £510 JW Dent & Sons; £628, £585. £500, £488 EW Holmes; £595 WB Rutter & Sons; £550 AC Walton; £505 B Iceton; £500, £475 L Guy & Son; £480 T Atkinson; £475 JJ&M Pickering & Son. Char: £655, £605, £595 JW Dent & Sons; £595, £590, £585, £570, £550, £540, £530, £515, £505 B&S Teasdale & Son; £570, £512 WB Rutter & Sons. BB: £700 JW Dent & Sons; £532 WB Rutter & Sons. BA: £535, £490 EW Guy & Sons. Hfrs. - Lim: £562 DE Stones; £518, £460 JJ&M Pickering; £490 JS Foster & Son; £460, 3410 JW Dent & Sons; £448, £412, R Hutchinson & Son; £445 JS Foster & Son; £440, £435, £395, £365 JR Longstaff & Son; £440, £372, £335 TB Law; £435 EW Holmes; £370 T Atkinson. BA: £458, £448, £382, £325 EW Guy & Sons; £458 B&S Teasdale & Son; £438 EW Guy & Son. BB: £435 JW Dent &Sons.

HAWES. - Tues. Fwd: 9 calves, 907 sheep. Calves: Lim bulls to £155; Simm bulls to £140; Fries bulls to £64; Lim hfrs to £20; Simm hfrs to £15; av £44.50. Prime hoggs: lt to 95.7p av 87.4p; std to 108.1p av 95.6p; med to 107.1p av 100.5p; heavy to 96.6p av 86.6p, overall av 96.1p. Cast ewes, horned to £35 av £24.54; polled to £61.50 av £39.35; cast rams, horned to £39.50 av £28.63; polled to £68.50 av £55.50.

HEXHAM. - Tues of last week. Fwd: 1,584 hoggs, 187 ewes, 21 cattle. BAX hfrs to 99.5p; Char hfrs to 97.5p; Lim hfrs to 95.5p; Lim steers to 95.5p. Prem hoggs to 111.1p av 107.3p; prime to 108.6p av 102.8p; comm to 101.9p av 99.3p; Suff ewes to £40.50; Texel X to £46; Mule to £37.50; Blackface to £32.20; Swaledale to £25; Cheviot to £36. Last Fri. - Fwd: 386 store & breeding cattle. Steers (red CID): Char X to £660; Lim X to £630; BAX to £655. Blue: Char X to £550; Lim X to £650; BA to £535; Pied X to £660; Fries to £410. Green: Lim X to £605. Hfrs: Char X to £545; Lim X to £545; Simm X to £532; BAX to £530; BBX to £488. Breeding stock: Lim X cows & bull calves to £1,000; Lim cow & hfr calf to £640; Simm cow (aged) & bull calf to £500; Herefd cow with bull calf to £650; Simm incalf hfr to £540; Herefd X hfr to £490. Tues. - Fwd: 25 cattle, 1,917 hoggs, 239 ewes & rams. Steers med av 95.5p; heavy to 38.5p av 32.2p; hfrs med to 104.5p av 102p; heavy to 106.5p av 98.5p. Hoggs prem to 112p av 109.1p; prime to 109.6p av 103.9p; comm to 102.1p av 100.1p; 239 cast ewes & tups av £21.53; Suff X to £32.50; Texel X to £38.50; Mule to £33.20; Leics to £21.20; Blackface to £17.50; Swaledale to £15.50.

LEYBURN. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 205 store cattle: 1, 2 & 3 GK Hird & Sons, BB bullocks, £630, £630, £595. Breeding bulls: JCP Ellwood £1,000. Feeding bulls: JCP Ellwood £680, £660, £620, £590; A Gregg £575, £565, £540, £525, £510, £480; JD&CE Nelson £415, £410; C Gregg £400; S&RD Parker £355. Bullocks. - BB: CG&S Wilson £685; RH Brown £670, £625; FW Lawson £655; GK Hird & Sons £630 (2), £595, £580, £535. Lim: N Iveson £610, £545; FW Lawson £596; RW Wallis & Sons £585; GK Hird & Sons £585, £555, £540; MA Suttill £580, £555, £550, £540; RL&CM Tuer £575, £560; J Duffus & Son £575. BA: FW Lawson £585; RMS Livestock £580, £465, £445, £430, £370; JA&VA Robinson £550; W Allison & Sons £375. Fries: B&J Thwaites £402. Simmm: N Harker £370, £340; J & J H Whaley £345, £320. BB hfrs: R&PR Banks £590, £570. Hfrs. - Lim: RW Wallis & Sons £570, £535, £470; N Iveson £560, £510; CH Fawcett & Sons £522, £520; R&PR Banks £495, £485; MA Suttill £485, £482, £465, £460; FW Lawson £475, £445, £435; GH Curtis £425; DM Ellerton £425; RJ Bailey £425. Char hfrs: W Allison & Sons £468, £445; Thornton-Berry £270. Fri of last week. - Fwd: 38 calves, 11 stirks. Calves: Char bulls to £245; BB bulls to £252 av £180; Lim hfrs to £145 av £94; Fries bulls to £95 av £59; Angus hfrs to £70. Lim bull stirks to £235 av £216; Lim hfr stirks to £195 av £159; Fries bull stirks to £180 av £95.

MIDDLETON in TEESDALE. - Mon of last week. Fwd: 130 breeding cattle, bullocks, hfrs & feeding bulls. BBX hfrs in calf: £750 Osmond Flatt. Lim X hfrs in calf: £720 Osmond Flatt. Lim X feeding bulls: £470 Littleburn Farm; £442 Horse Market. Lim X hfrs: £510 Pikestone; £480 Village Farm; £470 Pallett Stone. BBX hfrs: £525 Toft House. Bullocks. - Lim X: £605 Stotley Hall; £545 Hayberries; £515 Woolpitts; £500 Littleburn Farm. Char X: £520 Lane Head. BBX: £635 Stotley Hall.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 52 cattle, 532 sheep. Steers med to 99.5 av 97.2p; heavy to 97.5p av 93.2p; med bulls to 98.5p av 90.4p; heavy to 101.5p av 90.1p; hfrs lt to 95.5p av 90.5p; med to 92.5p av 86.3p; heavy to 104.5p av 91.6p. Hoggets std to 109.5p av 103.2p; med to 104.3p av 100.2p; heavy to 96.2p av 91.8p; ewes to £44.50 av £32.33; rams to £28 av £26.20. Wed. - Fwd: 154 home-bred cattle, 21 young bulls, two rearing calves. Cont bullocks to £630; Cont bulls to £508; Fries bulls to £470; home-bred hfrs to £470; AA hfr calves to £428.

PENRITH. - Mon. First catalogued store cattle sale. Hfrs. - BB: £570 Scales Farm; £528 High Howe; £460 The Green. Lim X: £510 Bassenthwaite Hall; £490 Low Moor; £475 Kentmere Hall. Bullocks. - AA: £560 Cold Harbour Farm; £445 Douthwaite Head. BB: £558 The Green; £480 High Howe. Lim X: £550 Bassenthwaite Hall; £540 Bridge House. Char X bullock: £560 Cockham. Simmm: £550 Bridge House. Lim cross feeding bulls: £520 Kentmere Hall; £515 High Howe Farm (Nevinson); £490 Town Head Farm.

STOKESLEY. - Sat. Fwd: 72 store cattle. Young bulls: Lim to £532 Bogmahall; AA to £458 Ewecote; £410 Crathorne Farms; Saler to £390 Leven Fields; Swiss Brown to £442 Cleveland House. Bullocks. - Lim: £510 Hall Farm; £492 Oxclose. Fries: £400 Bogmahall; £375 Whitehouse. Herefd to £445 Whitehouse. Hfrs: Simmm to £415; Lim to £388; Belgian Blue to £385 (all Oxclose).

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 72 cattle, 1,196 sheep, 214 pigs. Steers med to 106.5p av 101.5p; heavy to 109.6p av 99.7p; hfrs med to 102.5p av 98.2p; heavy to 115.5p av 98.7p; bulls med to 104.5p av 91.3p; heavy to 110.5p av 97.9p. Hoggets std to 110.5p av 104.6p; med to 115.1p av 106.4p; heavy to 112.7p av 100.9p; owt to 100p av 93.6p; sheep owt to 68.4p; ewes lt to £39.56 av £26.40; heavy to £50 av £40.14. Porkers to 75p av 74.6p; cutters to 60p; baconers to 63p av 60.6p; owt to 62p av 55.4p; sows/boars to 33.5p av 28.1p.

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