BARNARD CASTLE. - Tues. Fwd: 65 cattle. Cow & calf: Lim to £525 TG Brown & Son; AA to £505 GR&SF Wearmouth; Char to £410 P&J Coupland; Herefd to £405 TG Brown & Son. Feeding bulls. - Lim: £470 JS Luck & Son; £440, £435, £430, £425 T Allen; £432, £428, £420 JB&JA Fenwick; £410 K Hodgson; £395 JW&D Dent; £378 TG Brown & Son. Char: £353, £415 TJ&PJ Dixon; £520 JS Luck & Son; £432, £425, £420, £400 M Souter. BB: £382 JB&JA Fenwick. BA: £495 JS Luck & Son; £375 JW&D Dent. Simm: £405 C&E Gaskin. Stores: Lim hfrs to £395 JH Broughton; Simm hfrs to £420 C&E Gaskin. Wed - Fwd: 1,119 sheep. Std lambs to 86.5p av 83.3p; med to 89.5p av 84.9p; heavy to 87p av 82.6p. Cast ewes: Mule to £35.50; Cont to £33; horned to £10.50.
BISHOP AUCKLAND. - Wed of last week. Fwd 48 cattle, 241 sheep. Steers prem to 104.5p av 101.5p; prime to 98.5p av 95.4p; others to 90.5p av 85.4p. Lambs std to 86.2p av 84.6p; med to 86.2p av 84.4p; heavy to 84p av 82.8p; ewes & rams to £17 av £17.
DARLINGTON Monday:- Forward 55 calves, 5 dairy and breeding cattle, 30 young bulls, 72 store cattle. 35 store pigs. Calves: Limousin to £150; Blonde £148; Charolais £134, Belgian Blue £160,; Simmental £130. Dairy and breeding cattle: Newly calved cows £520. Young bulls: Limouson £535, Blonde £465; Charolais £410, Simmental £455. Other breeds £445. Store cattle steers: Blonde £455; Charolais £510. Others breeds £442. Store heifers: £452; Blonde £390; Charolais £368; Belgian Blue £362; Simmental £380; Other breeds £382. Store pigs: £37.50.
Hawes. - Tues. Fwd: 29 calves, 1,491 sheep. Calves: overall av £67.72; Lim bulls to £200 av. £112.93; hfrs to £39 av £31; BB bulls to£150; hfrs to £46 av £45; Simm bulls to £96; Fries bulls to £40 av £16.67. Summer calf show. - Lim bull: l & best in show D Raw, Gayle £200. BB bull: l C Hird, Low Row £150. Other Cont bull: 1 JM Fawcett, Hawes (Simm) £96. Dairy bull: JR Middleton, Dent £20. Cont hfrs: 1 JS Cloughton, Hawes, £44. Prime lambs std to 89.2p av 82.3p; med to 87.8p av 84.6p; overall av 83p. Cast ewes to £36 av £12.35; horned to £23.50 av £7.63; polled to £36 av £23.46. Lt export lambs to 89p av 76.2p.
HEXHAM. - Tues. Steers med to 89.5p av 87.7p; heavy to 101.5p av 94.6p; hfrs med to 97.5p av 89.8p; heavy to 91.5p av 89.5p; young bulls av 89.5p. Lambs prem to 94.1p av 90.3p; prime to 92.6p av 88.3p; comm to 89.1p av 84.2p; ewes & rams to £31.50.
KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Fwd: 1,732 sheep. Lt export type lambs to 92.86p avav 81.39p; store lambs to 95.83p av 82.57p; prem lambs to 95.83p av 89.83p; prime lambs to 85.53p av 82.92p; comm lambs to 80.76p av 77.29p; comm shlgs to 75.22p av 44.23p; ewes to £21.50 av £8.42; rams to £17 av £10.
LAZONBY. - Wed. Fwd: 419 sheep. Prime lambs to 91.49p av 90.49p; comm to 87.6p av 86.3p.
LEYBURN. Wed._Forward: 16 cattle, 920 prime lambs and ewes. Continental bulls medium 103.5p; heavy 101.5p, av 92.5p. Freisian bull 75.5p. Steers 82.5p. Heifers medium 87.5p; heavy 104.5p, av 82.6p. Suffolk and Continental lambs standard 88.2p, av 80.9p; medium 94.1p, av 82.2p; heavy 85.9p, av 84p. Suffolk lamb £44.50. Mule and Masham lambs medium 78.1p, av 77.3p. Ewes Leicester to 25.5p, Suffolk to 24.5p, Continental to 24.5p, Mule to £23, horned to £10.50.
MASHAM. - Tues. Simm X bullocks to £490; Char X bullocks to £500; Char X hfrs to £334. Suff X lambs to £32.60.
MIDDLETON in TEESDALE. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 443 sheep. Lt lambs av 82.45p; prem av 91.12p; prime av 87.53p; comm av 82.l9p; ewes av £10.12; rams to £24.80 av £18.60.
Northallerton. Tuesday:- Forward 252 prime cattle inc 114 young bulls, 1006 inc 60 ewes, 133 pigs inc 24 sows. Bullocks prem to 107.5p av 102.7p. Steers prime to 100.5p av 93.8p; comm to 93.5p av 84.6p. Heifers prem to 116.5p av 103.4p; prime to 1201.5p av 91.1p; comm to 90.5p av 83.9p; Bulls prem to 105.5p av 97.6p; prime to 94.5p av 88.8p; comm to 89.5p av 80.2p. Lambs std to 83.8p av 81.1p; med to 84.5p av 81.4p; heavy to 83.3p av 79.1p. Ewes to £25 per head av £15.91. Porkers to 85p av 83.8p; cutters to 85p av 80.6p; baconers to 82p av 79.1p. Sows to £130 per head av £95.86. Boars to £98.NORTHALLERTON Wed.- Forward: 288 home bred cattle, 44 young bulls, 5 cows with calves, 6 rearing calves, 504 store lambs. Home bred bullocks to £520, home bred heifers to £478. Young feeding bulls to £435, bullock and heifer stirks to £248, Belgian Blue cross heifer calves to £75, Friesian bull calves to £50, cows with single bull calves to £430. Sheep - It was the opening prize show and sale of 504 Down cross and Continental cross store lambs, which was judged by Alan Weighell of Morton-on-Swale. Best pen of Down cross lambs: 1st SR Furness and Son of Langton, £28.80 to RE Phillips and Son of Northallerton; 2nd J Pattison of East Harlsey, £27.50 to Hugill Partners of Danby Wiske. Continental cross lambs: 1st K Holtby of Newby, £26 to JG Phillips and Son of Leeming Bar; 2nd G Simpson of Catterick, £26 to Hugill Partners. Suffolk cross lambs to £28.80, av £26.83; Texel cross lambs to £26, av £25.20; Charolais cross lambs to £26; Continental cross lambs to £25; Mule lambs to £22.20. It was also the opening monthly auction sale of milkwater to Lease. There was an entry of 275,000 litres, three quarters of which was taken up. At 4.13 per cent butter fat, 3.7p per litre; at 4.01 per cent, 3.5p per litre; at 4 per cent, 3.65p; at 3.91 per cent, 3.5p; at 3.86 per cent, 3p; at 3.79 per cent, 3.1p. queries to 01609 772034
PENRITH. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 227 slaughter cattle. Young bulls to 113.5p (£595.88); bullocks to 111.5p (£652.28); hfrs to 113.5p (£567.50). Mon. - Fwd: 31 cattle, to 2, to705 sheep, to 12 pigs, to 39 calves. Prem steers sold to 121.5p av 117p; prem hfrs, to 129.5p av 121.12p; prime to 109.5p av 106.83p. Prem lambs to 97.67p av 96p; prime to 96p av 92.24p; comm to 91.02p av 88.85p; comm hoggets to £20.59 av £18.24; comm shlgs to £35.87 av £25.18; ewes, to £28 av £11.26; rams, to £25 av £18.50. Cutters to 90p av 82.02p; baconers to 74p av 74p. Rearing calves to £178 av £67.31. Tues. Fwd: 31 dairy cattle. Second calved cows to £600; calved hfrs to £630.
RIPON. Wed._Forward: 183 prime cattle including 87 young bulls, 945 prime sheep including 842 lambs and 103 ewes, 488 prime pigs including 18 sows and boars. Steers medium to 123.5p, av 108.1p; heavy to 123.5p, av 110.1p. Heifers light to 95.5p, av 85.8p; medium to 131.5p, av 106.6p; heavy to 118.5p, av 102p. Young bulls light to 107.5p, av 89.4p; medium to 110.5p, av 89.6p; heavy to 109.5p, av 94.8p. Lambs standard to 95.4p, av 82.4p; medium to 99.5p, av 80.5p; heavy to 85.8p, av 78.6p. Ewes to £29.80, av £20.50. Porkers to 86.5p, av 81p; cutters to 84.5p, av 80p; baconers to 83.5p, av 78.8p; overweights to 85.5p, av 79.6p. Sows/boars to £134.50, av £97.70.
STOKESLEY Tues:- Forward 185 fat cattle inc 63 young bulls, 912 fat sheep inc 784 lambs, 128 ewes, 64 fat pigs inc 14 sows and boars. Steers lt to 113.5p av 1004p; med to 108.5p av 101.7p; heavy to 106.5p av 97.3p; heifers lt to 120.5p av 102.1p; med to 124.5p av 103.7p; heavy to 118.5p av 99.6p. Bulls lt to 111.5p av 100.1p; med to 108.5p av 98.7p; heavy to 118.5p av 100.7p. Lambs std to 90.8p av 83.27p; med to 91.11p av 82.4p; heavy to 88.7p av 79.5p; ewes to £25 per head av £17.02. Pigs: Cutters to 82p av 77.11p; baconers to 76p av 73.8p; sows/boars to £115 av £91.63.
THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 203 cattle, 1,737 sheep, 948 pigs. Steers med to 112.5p av 99.1p; heavy to 126.5p av 101.9p; hfrs med to 121.5p av 96.6p; heavy to 123.5p av 101.3p; young bulls med to 106p av 94.4p; heavy to 101p av 92.4p. Lambs std to 94.4p av 85.8p; med to 85.9p av 88.9p; heavy to 92.4p av 89.1p; owt to 86.4p av 84.5p; ewes lt to £15.50 av £12.37; heavy to £29 av £20.68. Porkers to 89p av 83.1p; cutters to 89p av 82.6p; baconers to 86.5p av 81p; owt 76.5p; sows/boars to 48p av 41.6p.
TOW LAW. - Tues. Fwd: 534 sheep. Lambs lt 100.6p; std to 94.7p av 86.8p; med to 92.6p av 88.1p; heavy 87.8p; ewes lt to £20.50 av £14.66.
YORK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 190 cattle, 409 store pigs. Dairy cattle: Fries hfrs newly calven to £530; Lim cow & calf to £465; Lim cow & calf to £770; ped Lim hfr in calf to £700. Store cattle: Char to £530. Stirks to 20 weeks to £131; stirks over 20 weeks to £500; Char to £350; Lim to £325; BB to £500; BA to £315. Calves: Char hfrs £55; Simm bulls to £152 av £52; hfrs to £50 av £30; Fries bulls to £30 av £10; Herefd bulls to £5; AA bulls to £98 av £57; Lim bulls to £115 av £76; hfrs to £82 av £37; BB bulls to £88 av £57; hfrs to £110 av £46; Swiss brown bulls to £135. Store pigs 8-10 weeks to £19.50 av £13.45; 10-12 weeks to £44.80 av £38.54p; over 12 weeks to £60 av £46.40p. Mon. - Fwd: 391 cattle, 1,409 sheep, 930 pigs. Cont young bulls to 119.5p av 97.2p; others to 95.5p av 85.8p; steers lt to 123.5p av 96.7p; med to 115.5p av 105.5p; heavy to 121.5p av 99.7p; hfrs lt to 121.5p av 90.6p; med to 123.5p av 98.1p; heavy to 127.5p av 95.8p, overall av 96.6p. Spring lambs, std to £37 each or 94.9p a kg av 85.5p; med to £44.50 or 98.9p av 90p; heavy to £47.50 or 99p av 89.5p. Porkers to 86.2p av 81.6p; cutters to 87p av 81.3p; baconers to 84.2p av 80.5p; others to 79.2p av 79.2p; sows to £147.74 each or 52p kg av 41.9p; boars to £104 or 28p av 24.8p.
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