BARNARD CASTLE. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 2,496 sheep. Lt hoggs to 117p av 95.8p; std to 121p av 107.8p; med to 119p av 110.5p; heavy to 111p av 104.6p. Cast sheep: Mule £39; Leics £39.50; Cont £42; Masham £38.50; Swale £34. Top price per kg 121p.

DARLINGTON. - Thurs. of last week. Fwd: 227 cattle, 1,167 sheep. Steers med to 111.5p /£596.53 av 104.17p; heavy to 126.5p/£828.58 av 108.5p; overall steer av 107.96p; hfrs med to 135.5p/£650.40 av 111.71p; heavy to 138.5p/£789.45 av 111.12p; overall hfr av 112.12p; young bulls med to 119.5p/ £597.50 av 98.54p; heavy to 122.5p/£824.40 av 108.54p; overall bull av 106.38p. Hoggets lt to 127.5p/£48 av 123.09p; med to 132.1p/£55 av 114.84p; heavy to 119.1p/£56 av 110.27p; overall av 113.26p; cull ewes to £48 av £34.71. Mon. - Fwd: 182 store & breeding cattle, 418 store hoggs. Steers. - Lim: £590 A Clement; £415 R&W Todd. Hfrs. - Lim: £540 JW Dent; £452 J Thompson. BB: £525(3), £520 G&A Gibson & Sons; £475, £458 J&D Gibson. Char: £455 E Parsons. Baz: £452 J Thompson. Young bulls. - BB: £530(2), £500, £495, £480 GF Tuer. Lim: £415(2) JA Robinson. BA: £420 TD&I Allen. Cows & calves. - BB hfr calves: £562, £535 MH Metcalfe. Simm: £560 R Gill & Son. Lim: £440 R Gill & Son. Store hoggs. - Suff: £47.80, £47.20; A Martin & Co £45, £41.80; JJ Kemp & Son £43.80; D&EM Carter £42.80; G Swinbank & Sons £42.50, £41.80; GC Sunter & Sons. Texel: £44.80 GB Anderson; £43 NG Nixon. Fat hoggs std to 122.6p/£47 av 119.9p/£46.21; med to 116.8p/ £52 av 114.9/£51.09; heavy to 112.5p/£54.80 av 110.19/£53.36; owt to 103.7/£55 av 103.2p/£54.

Hawes. - Tues. Fwd: 5 calves, 1,771 sheep. Calves: Lim bulls to £170 JH&TR Fawcett, Askrigg av £160; hfrs to £112 WJ&CM Lambert, Hawes; BB hfrs to £102 B&J Park, Garsdale; Holstein bulls to £16 B&J Park. Hoggs lt to 113.7p av 101.8p; std to 124.1p av 109.2p; med to 132.5p av 110p; heavy to 108.1p av 102.8p, overall av 109.1p. Ltwt hoggs: Cont to 123.7p av 110.6p; Suff to 102.3p av 100.7p; Mule to 109.6p av 104.2p; horned to 105.8p av 99.6p. Cast ewes horned to £35 av £15.60; polled to £39.50 av £33.35; cast rams horned to £22 av £15.21; polled to £34 av £29.20.

HEXHAM. - Last Fri. Fwd: 410 store cattle & sucklers, 1,807 store sheep. Char X steers, green CID to £480 Bishopton. Blue CID: AAX to £642 Great Tosson; Char X to £528 West Shields; Lim X to £642 Barrasford Green. Red CID: BAX to £575 Watch Currock; BBX to £620 Watch Currock; Char X to £642 West Shields; Lim X to £662 Barrasford Green. Hfrs: BAX to £600 Bavington Mount; BBX to £555 East Newham, Greenland; Char X to £595 Woodhead; Lim X to £615 Bishopton. Rams: Suff to £41 Vicarage; Blackface to £31.50 Cottonshope. Feeding ewes: Mule to £33.50 Vicarage; Suff X to £27.50 Low Fotherley; Swale to £25.50 The Brigg; Blackface to £20 Greyside. Store lambs: Suff X to £49 Hamburn Hall; Texel X to £48.50 Fairnley; Mule to £44.50 Hamburn Hall; Cheviot & Cheviot X to £42.80 Linbriggs; Blackface to £30.50 Cranberry Brow; Swale to £29.20 Whitelees. Tues. - Fwd: 15 cattle, 3,661 sheep.Heavy steers to 114.5p av 109.5p; heavy hfrs 124.5p av 114.6p. Suff X to 125.7p; Texel X to 131.5p; Mule to 120.5p; Blackface to 120.5p; Swale to 116.8p; Cheviot X to 120.7p; Char X to 125.6p; Beltex to 118.6p. Cast ewes & rams: Suff X to £50.50; Texel X to £55; Mule to £38; Swale to £24; Leics to £43.80; Cheviot to £37.20; South Country Cheviot to £23.80; Char to £45.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Tues. Fwd: 2,012 sheep. Lambs 35kg & up: Texel to £53.80 av 113.50p; Beltex to £51 av 116.35p; Cheviot to £50.80 av 113.64p; Suff to £51.80 av 114.54p; Mule to £51 av 109.06p; Swale to £47.50 av 107.25p; Blue-faced Leics to £51 av 98.56p; Scotch Blackface to £43.20 av 110.77p. Lambs to 34kg: Beltex to £38 av 109.23p; Cheviot to £37.50 av 113.64p; Mule to £36.20 av 108.11p; Rough Fell top £35 av103.83p; Suff to £35 av 108.25p; Swale to £36.80 av 106.98p; Texel to £38.50 av 111.10p. Ewes: Scotch Blackface to £22; BFL to £35; Cheviot to £22; Mule to £31; Rough Fell to £20; Swale to £22; Texel to £35. Texel rams to £40.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 2 dairy cattle, 122 calves & stirks. Calved hfr W&A White £560; calved cow R Simpson & Son £740. Calves: Lim bulls to £200 WC Porter & Sons, A Sowray & Sons av £137 overall; hfrs to £150 A Sowray & Sons av £88; BB bulls to £198 M&D Smith av £161; hfrs to £150 A Sowray & Sons av £134; Simm bulls to £192 JW&RJ Pounder av £147; Char bulls to £168 DN Verity; Char hfrs to £140 A Sowray & Sons av £112; Fries bulls to £125 PW Broadley av £52; hfr £30 PW Broadley; Herefd bulls to £95 JR Elliot av £89; BA bulls to £85 J Pratt & Sons; hfrs to £32 J Pratt & Sons; AA bulls to £20 IR&JM Walton. Stirks: Lim bull JR Middleton £260; Simm hfr K Prestidge £260; Lim hfr JR Middleton £225. Feeding bulls. - Lim: OJ&AJ Kendall £568; JC Close £500; GM Simpson £490. BB: GM Simpson £460. Fries: RC Whitehead & Son £305. For store cattle see special sales. Wed. - Fwd: 1,700 sheep, 76 cattle. Suff 7 Cont hoggs std to 123.5p av 117.6p; med to 123.9p av 117.9p; heavy to 117.3p av 110.1p; owt to 104.1p av 95.4p; Mule & horned std to 112.1p av 107.9p; med to 113p av 108.8p; heavy to 106.2p av 100.8p; owt to 99.1p av 94.3p; ltwt to 110.6p av 90p. Cast ewes: Cont £45; Mule £44; Suf £43; horned £30. Swale rams £30.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 151 cattle, 1,091 sheep. Steers med to 137.5p/£703.53 av 119.33p/£633.32; heavy to 126.5p/£853.88 av 110.91p/ £703.81; overall av 112.5p; hfrs lt to 117.5p/£434.75; med to 137.5p/£660 av 124.02/£568.89; heavy to 146.5p/£849.70 av 120.03p/£635.18; overall hfr av 121.29p; bulls lt to 109.5p/ £503.70; med to 118.5p/£645.83 av 101.99p/£534.62; heavy to 131.5p/£822.40 av 111.22p/ £687.03; overall bull av 109.61p; total cattle av 116.58p. Hoggs lt to 116.2p/£37.20; std to 129.1p/ £47.80 av 121.46/£45.93; med to 128p/£56.20 av 116.6p/£50.12; overall av 116.95p; heavy to 124.4p/£58.50 av 107.6p/£52.24; owt to 105.1p/£56.80 av 100.68p/ £54; total hogget av 112.94p; cull ewes to £39 av £28.81. Wed. Fwd; 101 store cattle, 146 store hoggs & breeding sheep. Bulls. - Lim: £475, £470, £465, £458, £452, £412 JH Clark; £442, M Collingwood. Fries: £375 C&R Thompson. Holstein: £370, £290 JL Gill; £255 R Barker. Herefd: £368, £362, £295 A Fawcett. Hfrs. - Lim: £655, £572, £562, £490 AG Frank; £595 RR Garbutt; £510, £468, £452 R Stainthorpe; £475, £392, £255 LM Hart; £458, £422 JG Ward; £448m £445, £438, £430 JD Stockil; £290 D Humpleby. Simm: £608, £478, £458 R Mortimer; £520, £482, £455 L Hugill; £482 A Fawcett, Char: £570 A Fawcett; £498, £428 AG Frank; £288 H Langthorne. BB: £488, £470 JG Ward; £435, £418 JL Peacock. Bullocks. - Herefd: £635 T Coulthard. AA: £615 T Coulthard. Lim: £622, £590 RR Garbutt; £586, £470, £395 TR Simpson; £540 LM Hart; £535, £478 W Brass; £475, £460, £458, £448 £428, £420 Mrs R Bradley. Simm: £492, £452 R Barker. Char: £458 H Langthorne; £430 WS Moore. Fries: £325 WS Moore. Old English: £252, £240 WS Moore. Sheep. - Texel: £46.20, £44.80 E Fairbairn; £45.20 D Horseman; £40.50, £36.80, £35 R Shann; £40 J Beckett; £38.20 D Watson. Aged ewes run with ram: £37 J Beckett. Private sales Jan 10-14: 80 fat cattle, 101 fat sheep & pigs.

PENRITH. - Mon. Fwd: 43 cattle. Hfrs: Lim to 137.5p; BA to 117.5p; BB to 105.5p; Char to 116.5p. Lim steers to 109.5p. Bulls: Lim to 124.5p; BA to 113.5p; MRI to 95.5p; Fries to 87.5p. Wed. - Fwd: 3,198 sheep. Hoggs: Cont X to £66; Suff X to £64; Cheviot to £58.50; Mule to £56; Swale to £49; Scotch Blackface to £50.20. Ewes: Cont to £45; Suff to £45; Cheviot to £42.50; Masham to £36; Mule to £38; Swale to £28.50; Kendal Rough to £27.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 348 cattle, 1,118 sheep, 215 pigs. Steers med to 104.5p/ £559.08 av 98.9p; heavy to 132.5p/£886.20 (106.5p); hfrs med to 145.5p/£662.03 av 116.4p; heavy to 142.5p/£811.73 av 114.8p; young bulls lt to 91.5p/£407.18 av 86.8p; med to 120.5p/£656.73 av 91.4p; heavy to 116.5p/£821.25 av 95.6p; hoggets lt to 106.5p/£33 av 102.1p; std to 130p/£48.60 av 114.1p; med to 129.8p/£53.20 av 109.9p; heavy to 117.4p/£54 av 102.4p; owt to 109.1p/£60 av 98.4p; ewes lt to £34.77 av £19.18; heavy to £51 av £29.97. Porkers to 78p/£55.77 av 70.9p; cutters to 80.5p/£67.68 av 74.8p; baconers to 75p/£71.55 av 68.9p; owt to 59.5p/£65.45 av 59.2p; sows/boars to 51p/£162.68 av 47.8p. Tues. - Fwd: 15 store cattle, 11 store sheep. Steers: Simm X 9-m-o to £298; Lim X 12-m-o to £368. Hfrs. BBX 19-23-m-o £398; BAX 8-9-m-o £322. Young bulls: Fries X Holstein 12-14-m-o £220; BBX 8-m-o £302; Lim X 15-m-o £355. Char & Suff X lt store hoggs to £35.50.

TOW LAW. - Mon. Fwd: 532 lambs. Suff X to 117.4p; Texel X to 118.3p; Mule to 109.1p(2); Char X to 118.6p; Swale to 106.2p