Prices from the Christmas fatstock sales

Prizes. -Cont lambs: 1 JR Tiplady; 2 F&JS Gargett; 3 J&S Stanwix. Suff lambs: 1 JW Dent & Sons; 2 DG&MG Littlefair; 3 J&B Stanwix. Mule ewes: 1 J&B Stanwix; 2 Woodencroft Farms. Horned ewes: 1 HH Barker & Son; 2 JW Dent & Sons.

Prices. - Prime lambs std to 95.3p av 88.2p; med to 111.2p av 91.8p; heavy to 91.3p av 88.6p. Suff store lambs to £35.50. Cast ewes: Mule to £26.50; Cont to £30; Swale to £20.20; Suff to £25.50. Bull calves to £82; hfrs to £22.

BISHOP AUCKLAND. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 101 cattle, 569 sheep at Christmas show. Judge: Willis Piper. Champion beast: TA Metcalfe, Whessoe Grange, 710kg BB hfr, 140p to Yorkshire Butchers, Bradford; res: TA Metcalfe, 620kg BB hfr 124p to W Piper (Butchers); 3 FW Walton, Low Hail, 590kg Lim hfr 119p to Northern Counties, Doncaster. Best steer: GA Raw, Toft Hill Hall, 560kg BB to W Piper. Champion lambs and second prize, RH Thompson, The Whins, £44.80, £43 to JA Jewitt, Spennymoor.

Darlington. - Thurs of last week. Fwd at Christmas show: 370 cattle, 2,256 sheep, 167 pigs. Judges: cattle, S Hibberd, Doncaster; sheep, Mike Todd. Champion beast: JK Metcalf, Blue House Farm, 475kg BB hfr 235p (£1,113) to judge; res & opposite sex champion: JK Metcalfe, 625kg Lim steer 195p (£1,215) to H Taylor & Sons, Darlington. Champion lambs: Ricky Alder, Kirkley West Thorne., 42.5kg Texels £60 to Woodhead Bros, Colne.

Prizes. - Lim or BA steer 550 kg or over: 1&2 W Dods & Son 164.5p, 149.5 both to A Kitson; 3 G&E Walton 131.5p to W Piper. Under 550kg: 1 M Robinson 161.5p to A Kitson; 2 W Dods & Son 163.5p to Cleveland Meats; 3 G&E Walton 137.5p to W Piper. Any weight: 1 G&E Walton 154.5p to Cleveland Meats; 2 JT Gibson 145.5p to S Hibberd; 3 W Dods & Son 147.5p to W Pipe. Other Cont steer over 550kg: 1 JK Metcalfe 194.5p to HH Taylor & Son; 2 W Dods & Son 69.5p to A Kitson; 3 G&E Walton 167.5p to HH Taylor & Son. Under 550kg: 1 D&J Harrison 154.5p to Cleveland Meats; 2&3 W Dods & Son 147.5p, 161.5p both to P Honeyman. Other Cont hfr over 500kg: 1,2&3 G&E Walton 169.5p to S Hibberd, 157.5p to J Penny & Sons, 139.5p to P Honeyman. Under 500kg: 1 J&K Metcalfe 234.5p to S Hibberd; 2 M Robinson 169.5p to J Penny & Son; 3 G&E Walton 159.5p to W Piper. Cont bull over 550kg: 1 P Hodgson 113.5p to S Hibberd; 2 R Alderson 111.5p to JA Jewitt; 3 R Harle & Sons 117.5p to J Penny & Son. Under 550kg: 1&2 C Skidmore 123.5p to J Penny & Son, 117.5p to S Hibberd; 3 P Hogson, 108.5p to J Penny & Son.

Suff lambs 42kg or under: 1 A Hall £39 to J Penny & Son; 2 B Walker £35 to R Machin & Son; 3 R Elders £35 to Woodhead Bros. Over 42kg: 1 RH Raw £40 to J Penny & Son; 2 W Ramsay £40 to J Penny & Son. Cont lambs, 42kg or under: 1 JM Wise £45 to J Penny & Son; 2 W Ramsay £40 to J Penny & Son; 3 JA Earle £34 to R Machin & Son. Over 42kg: 1 R Alder £60 to Woodhead Bros; 2 JM Wise £51 to P Honeyman; 3 TB Earle £47 to JA Jewitt. Ewes: 1 JA Earle, £40.50 to Cleveland Meats.

Hawes. - Tues, Dec 5. Christmas show for rearing calves & weaned stirks. Judges: Raymond Jackson & Bill Thompson. Champion calf under 31 days & Raymond Jackson trophy: TM Moore, Hawes, BB bull; overall champion calf over 32 days & Amalgamated Farmers' tankard: HJ Thwaite, Burtersett, BB stirk.

Prices: BB bulls to £178 av £144.50p; hfrs to £63 av £47.67p; Lim bulls to £178 av £79.67; Lim hfrs to £23 av £12.64p; Fries bulls to £15 av £10.

Tues. - Christmas show for prime lambs. Judge: Mark Samuel, Hawes. Overall champion & BOCM Silcock trophy: E Fairburn & Sons, Thornton Steward, Beltex X, £44 (112.8p kg) to M Samuel.

Prizes. -Suffs: 1 D&HM Watson £39.50 (89.8p). Mule: 1 D&M Iveson, £38.80 (86.2p). Masham: 1 A Lambert (FG), £38.40 (89.3p). Horned: 1 & RT Dent trophy GM Sedgewick & Son, £39 (86.7p).

Prices. - Lambs std to 112.8p av 82.2p; med to 105p av 85p; heavy to 85.5p av 77p, overall av 82.8p. Top prices: Suff: T Iveson, Hawes, 95.6p. Cont: E Fairburn & Sons, Thornton Steward, 112.8p. Mules: F Dinsdale & Son, Coverdale, 92.7p; horned: GM Sedgewick & Son, Sedbergh, 86.7p. Lt export lambs to 93.7p av 78.3p. Top prices: Suff: CG Cloughton, Bainbridge, 93.7p; Cont: TG&B Todd, Garsdale, 93.1p. Mules: A Haggas, Otterburn, 86.3p. Horned lambs: J Allison & Sons, Arkengarthdale, 86.9p.

HEXHAM. - Tues of last week. Christmas show & sale, fwd: 95 cattle, 5,779 sheep. Judges: cattle, F Robson, South Farm, Ryal; sheep, Joe Traves, Escrick, York. Champion beast: W Longlands, Rusheylaw, Char steer £982.80 to I Robson, Meadowfield Foods; res: J Gibb, Jubilee Buildings, BA hfr £749 to WHM Farm Fresh Meat, Haydon Bridge. Champion sheep, Robson & Cowan trophy: S&M Pickworth, Dotland Park, Beltex-sired lambs out of Texel ewes £530 to GD Vivers & Son; res Matfen Home Farm, Texels, £53 to J Traves.

Prizes. - Lim steer: 1 F T Walton, Flotterton; 2 Mrs V Allgood, Nunwick. Char steer: 1 champion; 2 FT Walton. Other Cont steer: 1 Swallow High Edges Green. Lim hfr: 1&2 J Gibb. Char hfr: 1 J Gibb; 2 E Stobbs, High Dalton. Other Cont hfrs: 1 res champion; 2 E Telfer & Son, Newton High House.

Texel X lambs: 1 res champion; 2 J&A Ridley, Aydon North, £26.60 to Woodhead Bros. Suff X lambs: 1 J&A Moralee, Hard Riding £47 to J Traves; 2 R Carr, Homilton, £43.80 to Woodhead Bros. Other Cont: 1 M&S Pickworth, Dotland Park (Beltex) £50 to GD Vivers; 2 FT Walton, Flotterton (Char X), £43.40 to Woodhead Bros. Mule: 1 FT Walton, £40.20 to Northern Counties Meat; 2 J Smith-Jackson, High Town, £39 to R Vevers. Blackface: 1 JA Bousfield & Son, Low Stokoe, £35.80 to M Lomax; 2 L Forster & Son, West Nubbuck, £38.50 to M Lomax. Swale lambs: 1&2 A&A Matthews, East Bog, £37 to R Vevers, £38.20 to R Johnson. Cheviot & Chev X: 1 FT Walton £40 to Northern Counties Meat. Lowland ewes: 1&2 W&JA Longlands, Rusheylaw, £40 to R Vevers. Hill bred ewes: 1 W&JA Longlands, £26 to R Vevers; 2 J Reed & Son, High Eshells, £24 to R Vevers.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Christmas show for rearing calves, 116 fwd. Champion & res: both BB bulls, SH&N Whitaker, Wenby, £280, £245.

Prizes. - BB bulls: 1&2 champion & res; 3 BB Pratt £242. BB hfr: 1 J Pearson & Sons £65; 2 SH&N Whitaker £68. Any other Cont bull: 1 B Spence &Sons (Lim) £140; 2 C Hird (Lim) £142. Fries bull: 1 JW Bostock £40; 2 JW Broadwith & Son £54; 3 JJ&A McGregor £42.

Averages. - BB bulls to £280 av £139; hfrs to £68 av £40; Simm bulls to £165 av £108; hfrs to £44 av £37; Lim bulls to £ 145 av £85; hfrs to £72 av £34; Char bulls to £140; hfrs to £20; Fries bulls to £75 av £29; AA bulls to £70 av £33; hfrs to £22; BA bulls to £60.

MIDDLETON in TEESDALE. - Wed of last week. Christmas show & sale of sheep.

Prizes. - Swaledale horned lambs: 1 Tarn Bros 42kg £36.80; 2 A I Watson & Son 42kg £35.50. Mule lambs: 1 MJ&SM Wallace & Son to 44 kg £39.50; 2 JB&G Luck 44kg £38.80. Cont X lambs: 1 J Jopling 49kg £42; 2 Burncroft Farms 38kg £34.20. Lt lambs: 1 M&ME Wilson 30gk £24.80; 2 M&ME Wilson 30kg £24. Lt Swaledales: 1 MJ&SM Wallace & Son 31kg £20.

Prices. - Texel X: £43 Parrick House; £42 Low Craig; £42 East Park House; £39 White Leases; £40 Greta View; £37.80 Buddle House. Suff X: £42 Green Head; £38.20 Scarr House; £39.20 Lonton; £38.80 Mill House Farm; £35.80 Thackham. Mule: £39.50 Lane Head; £38.80 Milestone House; £38.50 High House; £38.20 Rise Head; £38.80 Hunterwell. Horned: £36.80 Toft House; £35.50 Aukside; £34.80 Stanhope Gate; £31.80 Buddle House; £31 Boltsgate. Ewes: Cheviot to £22.50; horned to £16.20 Revelin; Blue-faced Leics to £24.80 Wythes Hill; Mule to £22.50 Stanhope Gate. Blue-faced Leics tups to £24.50 Hope.

PATELEY BRIDGE. - Sat, Dec 2. Fwd: 74 store cattle for Christmas show & sale. Judge: D Mawer, Ripon.

Prizes. - Pair hfrs: 1 D&RJ Leeming, Ramsgill, Lim £454 to G Watson; 2 E Simpson & Son, Heathfield, Lim £356 to SG White. Pair steers: 1 A Firth, Middlesmoor, Char, blue CID £526 to D Hills; 2 JAS Church, Lofthouse, Lim, blue CID £562 to R Cropper; 3 TB Martin, Heathfield, Lim £415 to R Cropper.

Other prices: BB steers, blue CID to £392; BB hfr to £320.

Sat. - Christmas show & sale of prime cattle, prime sheep & store lambs. Judges: cattle, Robert Atkinson; sheep, C Iveson. Champion & best YFC, M Grayson, Worsill, BB steer, £825 to R&J Atkinson, butchers; res: TB Martin, Heathfield, £655 to Ian Weatherhead, butcher. Champion sheep: S Poulter, Risplith, Texel lambs £55 to Robinsons, butchers, Grassington; res: W&R Verity, Middlesmoor, Mashams, £40 to A Atkinson.

Prizes. - Hfrs: 1 JA Stoney, Bewerley, Lim X hfr £820 to Mill Stones restaurant; 2 JAS Church, Lofthouse, £575 to Ian Weatherhead. . Masham lambs: 1 res champion; 2 JA Stoney £34 to A Atkinson. Mule lambs: 1&2 JAS Church £37.50, £35 to A Atkinson. Dalesbred lambs: JA Stoney £30 to A Atkinson; 2 S Church £25 to A Atkinson. Ewes: 1 S Church £16 to C Iveson; 2 JAS Church £14.50 to C Iveson. SC wether lambs: JA Stoney £24.80 to C Iveson; 2 D Coates £21.60 to C Iveson. Mule wether lambs: 1 S Church £30.40 to A Atkinson; 2 Ned Simpson £30 each to M Hewitt.

PENRITH. - Mon of last week. Christmas show of prime lambs and ewes. Judge: F Irving. Champion: J Lawson, Kirkland, Mealsgate, Carlisle 46kg Texels £52; res: P Lightfoot, Gillside, Glendenning, 45kg Cheviot £50.

Prices. - Cont X: £52 Kirkland Green; £50 Town End (Sayer); £47 Kirkbarrow. Suff X: £45 Kirkbarrow; £43 Bank House (Elliot); £42.80 The Green. Cheviot: £50 Gillside; £44 Kirkbarrow; £41.80 Ploveriggs. Swale: £36 Low Row; £35 Undercragg; £28.50 Swindale. Greyfaced: £41 Low Row; £40 Town End (Sayer); £39.20 Hall Garth. Scotch Blackface: £38 Highrigg; £37 Slosh; £32 Town End (Sayer). Herdwick: £35 Fawcett Park; £33.80 Penfold; £33.50 Nook Farm. Blue-faced Leicester: £38 Ingledene; £36 Waterside House; £35.50 Chapel House.

SCOTS GAP. - Wed of last week. Christmas show & sale of sheep. Judge: Michael Lomax, Bolton. Champion: GH Heron & Son, Brinkburnhope, Longframlington, Suff X lambs bred from Mule ewes, 53k to Traves, meat wholesalers, Escrick, York, £46.20 (top price of day); res: J Foggin, Tosson Tower, Rothbury, Texel X lambs, 41k, 91.7p. Lambs overall av 88.1p.

Prizes. - Suff X up to 42kg: 1 Whitton Hill Head. Over 42k: 1 Brinkburnhope; 2 Cornhills. Cont X: 1 Tosson Tower; 2 Cornhills. Mule: 1 Highlaws; 2 Bavington Hill Head. Blackface: 1 Blagdon Burn. Ewes: 1 Highlaws; 2 Tuthill.

Thirsk. - Thurs of last week. Christmas show & sale. Fwd: 356 cattle, 1,883 sheep, 1,017 pigs. Judges: cattle, J Moxon, Sheffield; sheep, C Iveson, Hawes. Champion beast, William Wood cup, Crown Chemical cup for best hfr & John Smith challenge cup for best butchers beast: AT Cooper, Thirsk, BBX hfr 510kg, 192p to L Brown & Son, Lincoln; res; W.H. Barker & Son, Scotton, hfr 485kg, 154p to H Lee, Thirsk.

Champion lambs, Midland Bank challenge cup: AC Hutchinson, Kirby Wiske, Cont X lambs 43kg, £58 to L. Brown & Co, Lincoln; Res: A Harper & Son, Beadlam, Cont lambs 48kg, 47p to E. Jackson Wheatley Hill.

Prizes. - Thirsk YFC trophy, non-Cont bull, C Hunton, Snilesworth, 540kg, 87.5p to E Jackson, Wheatley Hill. Lloyds TSB trophy, cereal fed young bull: LB Holliday, Thirlby, 455kg, 118p to Northern Counties Meats Sunderland. Cont X young bulls to 555kg: 1 & 2 LB Holliday 87.5p, 104.5p; 3 WH Orton, Hopperton 103.5p. 560kg & over: 1&2 RJ Dickinson, Grafton, 106.5p, 104.5p; 3 C. Swiers, Cundall, 106.5p. Cereal-fed bull AOB: 1&3 C Hunton at 87.5p, 84.5p; 2 AS&SM Kemp, Co Durham, 86.5p. Cont X bullocks up to 525kg: 1 WH Barker & Son 150p; 2 AT Cooper 140p; 3 Falshaw Ptnrs, Masham, 102.5p. 530kg & over: 1&3 R Bowman, Roecliffe, 151p, 145p; 2 WH Barker 116p. Cont X hfr up to 500kg: 1 res champion; 2 C. Swiers 137p; 3 R Bowman 130p. 505kg & over: 1 champion; 2 AT Cooper at 147p; 3 R Bowman at 124p.

Down lambs to 39kg: 1 GC Thornton, Carlton Husthwaite, £40.50; 2 A Harper & Son £37.50. 40-46kg: 1,2&3 A Harper & Son £45.50, £43, £42.50. 47kg & over: 1 Bentley Bros, Old Byland, £47; 2 A Harper & Son at £44; 3 SA Hutchinson, Kirby Wiske, £48. Cont bred lambs to 42kg: 1 KD Morrison, Myton, £44; 2 PJ Turnbull, Coxwold, £38.50. 43kg & over: 1 champion pen; 2 res champions; 3 A Houseman, Arkendale, at £43. Prime ewes: 1&2 I Woodhead, Felixkirk, £40.

Prices. - Steers med to 154p av 109.9p; heavy to 145p av 101.3p; hfrs lt to 129.5p av 92.2p; med to 137p av 95.9p; heavy to 192p av 97.9p; young bulls lt to 118p av 94.4p; med to 106.5p av 80.4p; heavy to 109.5p av 95.3p. Lambs lt to 82.8p av 82p; std to 103.8p av 88.2p; med to 134.9p av 89.4p; heavy to 100p av 89.1p; ewes lt to £20 av £9.14; heavy to £40 av £23.54. Porkers to 105p av 91.5p; cutters to 93p av 81.6p; baconers to 96.5p av 78.4p; owt to 93.5p av 83.7p; sows/boars to 56p av 44.6p.

TOW LAW. - Tues. 92nd Christmas show & sale of prime sheep, fwd: 1,320. Overall champion: P&EB Robson, Middle Horsehope, Beltex X lambs; res: G&JH Tomlinson & Son, Sunniside Farm.

Prices. - Beltex X: 113.1p kg (£49.80) Middle Horsleyhope. Texel XL 100p Brotherlee, East Broomshiels, 97.6p Satley Farm; 95p Airyholm Farm, 94.9p North Farm, 94.5p Rose Hill, 92.8p South Farm, 92.5p Knitsley Grange, 92.4p Lanchester, 92.3p Baal Hill. Suff X: 96.3p Satley Farm, 95.7p Houselope Grange, 940p McNeil, Sunniside, 92.5p Airyholm Farm, 92.3p Rare Dean, Knitsley Grange, 92.2p South Farm. Char X: 105p (£42) Brother Lee. Mule lambs: 88.4p Mus-champ House, 87.5p Thornley Hall, 86.3p Baal Hill & Rose Hill. Mule ewes: £27 Houselope Grange, North Farm.

Summary. - Lambs lt to 84.4p av 73.7p; std to 100p av 88.4p; med to 113.1p av 91.7p; heavy to 95.7p.