Special livestock sales

Prizes. - 1 P R E Marwood; 2 W F & J C Metcalf; 3 J & K Metcalf.

Prices. - Mule gimmer lambs £42, £35 W F & J C Metcalf; £41.50, £41, £39.50, £34 Souther; £41, £33 P R E & E Marwood; £41, £39.50, £34 H Stoddart; £40 G H Thomson; £37 M F N Courtley; £37, £34 J L Dixon; £37, £33.50 G W Hunt; £35 J S Foster & Son; £34 J & K Metcalf; £33 J C Thwaite. Mule shearlings to £48, £45 M McCoy; £32 M A Close. Charolais shearlings to £27 L E Harrison. Charolais ewes to £34 L E Harrison.

HAWES. - Mon. Fwd: 5,828 gimmer lambs. Third special sale of Mule and Masham gimmer lambs. Mules to £40 av £25.21 (up £3.15 on 1999); Mashams to £32 av £27.70 (up £7.46 on 1999).

Prices. - Mules: C R Thornborrow £40; R & R Gornall £35.50, £31; A Lodge £35, £32, £31 (x2); R & T Newhouse £35; N Caton £34 & £31.50; J M Beresford £34; A & R A Middleton £33.50. A G & C Gott & Son £33, £31.50; M J Alpe & Sons & W A Lambert & Son £33; D Middlemiss, J R Longstaff & Son, W J Towler and T & L M Goad £32.50. R & P E Hargreaves & Son £32, £31 (x2); B & A C Barnes, C T & J E Willoughby and A E Bell £32; A Haggas £31 (x2), £30.50. A E Bell, N & M E Wilson, J D Murfin, J A Davis, J W Parkinson (x2), D Pratt, S J Gardner and H White & Son £31; A Coates £30.50. Mashams: M A Suttill £32, £31, £30; Metcalfe Bros £32; A Lambert (FG) £30 (x2); J & K Metcalf £30; C T & J E Willoughby £29.50.

Swaledales fwd: 4,085 gimmer lambs, 569 gimmer shlgs. Lambs to £60 av £21.61 (down £2.72 on 1999); shlgs to £56 av £32.16p (down £5.42 on 1999).

Prizes. - White Hart challenge trophy: 1 K Brown, Barningham £58 to S A Raine, Settle; 2 C R Thornborrow, West Stonesdale £60 to J R & A E Airey, Elslack; 3 J W Porter & Sons, Gunnerside, £55 to H J D Grice, Bootle. Tunstall Tractors trophy: 1 J G Atkinson, Arkengarthdale, £56 to R Wood & Son, Aysgarth; 2 G Calvert & Sons, Hoggarths, £48 to J & T Simpson, Malham.

Prices. - Lambs: C R Thornborrow (WS) £60 & £47; Ken Brown £58; J W Porter & Sons £55; H B Capstick £49, £40; J R Rukin, J W Wearmouth £44; S A Raine £43; J T Dixon & Son £42 & £40; S Ewbank £41; J Clarkson, G K Hird & Sons & P D Kirk (x2) £40.

Leading prices, shlgs: J G Atkinson £56; E W Atkinson £50; M E & A D Coward £49 & £40; Shaw Farm £49 & £38; J B Harker & Sons £48 & £37; G Calvert & Sons £48; C R Thornborrow (WS) £43; T M Kitching £42 & £40; R & B Thornborrow £41 (x2); J R W Calvert & Sons and J W & J H Burton £40.

Dispersal of 760 Swaledale breeding ewes, av £47.52p.

Prices. - 2-shear ewes £210 to R Metcalfe & S A Raine; 4-shear £650 to R Haggas; 3-shear £520 to J Bradley; 5-shear £500 to K Brown; 2-shear £420 to J R & A Blades; 5-shear £400 to P Handley; shlg ewes £395, £300, £255 to R Metcalfe; 2-shear £320, £260 to B Collinson; gimmer lambs £185 to P Handley.

LEYBURN. - Wed last week. Annual show & sale of Swaledale and Dalesbred ewes, shlgs and gimmer lambs. Fwd: 3,482 Swaledale ewes. Swaledale ewes av £24.10 (down £2.40). Dalesbred ewes av £21.76 (up £2.10); Gimmer lambs av £14.90 (down £3.70)

Prices. - Swaledale ewes: J T Dixon & Sons to £65, £63, £48, £45, £42, £40, £37, £30; W M Iveson to £64, £41, £39, £32, £30, £27; E W Atkinson to £52,£40,£30,£26; R Simpson & Sons to £51, £49, £49, £40, £36, £31, £30; Walburn Hall Fms to £44,£29,£26; J Pearson & Sons to £40, £28, £27; M.Barker Farms to £36; G Lambert to £26. Dalesbred ewes: J C Lister to £40, £38, £29, £23, £22; R & A E Sayer £19. Swaledale gimmer lambs: L W Atkinson to £26; E Reynolds & Sons to £25; J Pearson & Sons to £24.50, £20.50, £20; J.T Dixon & Sons to £24.50; M W Wilkes to £22, £21. Swaledale stock sheep. - Shlgs: M W Wilkes to £36, E Reynolds & Sons to £35; 2-shear ewes: M.W Wilkes to £24, E Reynolds & Sons to £21; 3-shear ewes: J Frankland & Sons to £37; 4-shear ewes: J Frankland & Sons to £32.

Thurs. Annual show & sale of Teeswater sheep on behalf of the TSBA with catalogue entry of 130. Judges: Mr C W McAllister and Mr M Wilson.

Prizes. - champion: Bainbridge Bros, shearling ram; res: R W Wallis & Sons, ram lamb.

Prices. - Aged ram: 1 C Bell 145gns; 2 PC & M Longton 30gns; 3 N Jackson 130 gns. Shlg ram: 1 Bainbridge Bros 420gns; 2 R T Gibson & Son 210gns; 3 Bainbridge Bros 350gns. Ram lamb: 1 R W Wallis & Sons 270gns; 2 Bainbridge Bros 300gns; 3 A Fisher 50 gns. Ewes & Shlgs: I C T & J E Willoughby 130gn; 2 D & G C Newbould, not sold; 3 J H Nicholson & Ptns 85gns. Gimmer lamb: 1 Bainbridge Bros 130gns; 2 R W Wallis & Sons 90gns; 3 R T Gibson & Sons, not sold. Shlgs rams av 130gns; ram lambs av 94gns.

Fri last week. Fwd 80 calves, 6 dairy cattle, 1,558 breeding sheep. Mule gimmer lambs: 1 J D Murfin £38; 2 J J Scott £38.50; 3 F W Lawson £35.50. Gimmer lambs av £28 (up £4). Mule shlgs to £46 D B Hutchinson; £39,£38.50 J.T Bell & Sons. Calves: BB bull £152 av £128, BB hfr £140 av £55; Lim bull £140 av £84, Lim hfr £120 av £43; Simm bull £130 av £101, Simm hfr £62 av £26; Fries bull £88 av £49; Char hfr £46 av £33. BB hfr stirks to £148; Lim hfr stirks to £138; Fr bull stirks to £135; Angus bull stirks to £120; new calved hfrs to £370; in-calf hfrs to £380.

MIDDLETON IN TEESDALE. - Tues. Annual show and sale of bullocks and heifers. Fwd: 221 bullocks and heifers; championship, Mr M N Jewitt's BBX heifers.

Prices. - Lim X hfrs: £480 Toft House; £475 Lonton South; £405 High Gill; £380 Fellowship Farm; £375 East Friar House. Char X blks: £528 East Newhouses. Lim X blks: £502 Fellowship Farm; £490 Graces Farm, Little Burn Farm; £460 Greystones; £475 Toft House; £468 East Newhouses; £452 Park End. BBX hfrs: £375 Graces Farm, Hield House.

STOKESLEY. -Last Fri. Fwd: 926 horned breeding sheep, 642 store lambs.

Prices. - Correct ewes to £24, Cornforth Brothers, Scotland Farm; overall av up £1.97 on the year. Texel to £31, Nunthorpe. Sat. -Fwd: 986 mule gimmer lambs, av £29.04 up £6.15 on the year.

Prices. - £36.50, Burwarton Estates; £36, £30 (Breck House), £33, £32.50, £31, (Piethorn), £32, £30.50 (Codehall), £32, £25.50 (Wethercote), £31 (West Farm), £30.50 (Scotland Farm), £30 (Potter House and Dundale Beck), £29.50 (Ewecote), £29 (Arden and Cravengarth)