BARNARD CASTLE. - Tues. Fwd: 18 feeding bulls, 99 stores. Bulls. - Char to £625; Lim to £575; BB Blue to £525. Steers. - Lim to £750; BB Blue to £690; Blonde to £575. Hfrs. - Char to £575; Lim to £578; BB Blue to £582. Fdg bulls: S Bayles & Son £440; JN Spedding £500, £372, £310; E Smith & Son £625; OM Wearmouth & Son £440; CA & J Kipling £575, £545; F Cartwright £430, £370, £355, £165. Store cattle: TB Law £562, £525; K Atkinson £568, £550, £540, £470, £465, £390; Sanderson & Bell £472, £415; B&JD Beadle £378, £355, £350; WK Lamb £750, £690, £650, £578, £540; D Hunnam £525, £515, £510; JC Cleasby £382; JF&F Hutchinson £545, £515, £470, £435; J&SE Bainbridge £482, £415; AM Walton £330; S Bayles & Son £565, £505; WB Rutter & Sons £575, £562, £545, £525, £520, £488; AA Walton & Son £440, £365, £352; JW Dent & Sons £655, £558, £480, £475, £460, £445; J Buck £465, £450; HH Barker & Son £582, £578, £560, £545, £525, £450; J&MJ Walton £550, £525, £520; S Teasdale & Son £445, £380, £355; TEJ Parkin £465, £440, £405, £330; PRE&E Marwood £575, £550, £502, £490; JE Dent £455, £428, £415, £365; G&MF Turnbull £640, £582, £500, £455, £370. Wed Fwd: 2,060 sheep. Lambs lt to 119p av 94.8p; std to 118p av 104.8p; med to 122p av 108.7p; heavy to 112p av 101.4p. Cast sheep: Cont £50; Suff £39.50; Mule £38; Swale £30; Leics £49.

DARLINGTON. - Mon. Fwd: 132 store & breeding cattle. Steers. - Saler: £610 (2) J R Campbell. BB: £625 J Walton. Lim: £562 (4) W&C Iceton; £412 E Parsons. Char: £440 EF Atkinson. Simm: £398 T Brooks. Hfrs. - Char: £575, £512 J Walton; £350 BR Routledge. Simm: £500 CS Whitfield; £428 E Parsons. Blonde: £418, £370, £345 E Parsons. Young bulls. - BB: £580 DE & I Lovegreen. Lim: £555 (3), £548, £535 (3), £530 GB Anderson; £545 J White. Rearing calves, Lim bulls £120 B Tweddle. Fries bulls £68, £65, £60, £54, £47, £40 B Tweddle. Store lambs. - Tex £51.20, £48 DE Stones; £46.50 T Hill; £44.50 RW Shann & Sons; £44 D Forster. Suff: £46.80 GS Sunter; £44.80 GS Bainbridge; £43.50 RH Blair. Char: £44.20 RH Blair. Fat lambs, std to 112.9p per kg/£43.50 J Butterfield av 109.1p; med to 112.8p/£47.80 JG Walton av 109.6p; heavy to 104.7p/£52.80 J&A Layfield av 103.96p; owt to 99.04p/ £52 T Lawan & Son av 99.01p; overall av 107.3p. Thurs of last wk. Fwd: 474 cattle, 977 sheep. Steers lt to 103.5p/ £424.35; med to 161.5p/ £864.03 av 121/5p; heavy to 459.5/ £2,779.98 av 121.5p; hfrs med to 147.5p/£708 av 110.5p; hvy to 167.5p/£1,021.75 av 111.6p; young bulls lt to 84.5p/£384.48 J C Simpson; med to 127.5p/£707.63 av 99.2p; hvy to 156.5p/£962.48 av 103.4p. Lambs lt to 112.1p/£42/50 av 105.27/ £39.61; med to 116.1p/£49.20 av 108.19/ £46.41p; heavy to 109.5p/ £52.80 av 102.12p/£49.14; overall av 106.19; cull ewes to £40 av £29.19.

HAWES. - Tues. Fwd: 6 calves, 2,621 sheep. Calves. - BB bulls to £172 B&J Park. Hfrs to £170 JF Bowe & Son av £144.67; BA hfrs to £122 D Middleton & Son av £106. Christmas show & sale for prime lambs, judge: M McIntyre, McIntyre Meats. Beltex: 1 & champion lambs: Messrs Buckle, Barras 43kg, 162.8p/£70 to JF&D Haig, K Stephen; 2 F Dinsdale & Son, Leyburn, 49kg, 142.9p/£70 to B&T Kitson, Stockton; 3 F Dinsdale & Son, 48kg, 140.6p/£67.50) to B&T Kitson, Stockton. Other Cont: 1 & reserve: Messrs Buckle, 40kg (Tex), 145p/£58 to B&T Kitson; 2 JD Murfin, Leyburn, 45kg (Tex), 116.4p/£52.40 to B&T Kitson; 3 AC Bailey, Leyburn, 45kg (Tex) 106.7p/£48 to Dales Quality Meats Co. Mules: 1 JS&D Cloughton & Son (CG), Askrigg, 59kg, 84.7p/£50; 2 RW Suttill, Coverdale, 55kg, 90.9p/£50; 3 D&M Iveson, Raydaleside, 52kg, 91.2p/£47.40. Mashams: 1 CT&JE Will-oughby, Redmire, 44kg, 105.5p/£46.40; 2 CT & JE Willoughby, Redmire, 44kg, 104.9p/£45.80. Swale: 1 D&M Iveson, Raydaleside, 52kg, 96.9p/£50.40; 2 D&M Iveson, Raydaleside, 53kg, 97p/ £51.40; 3 GM Sedgewick, Sedbergh, 48kg, 100p/£48. Rough Fell: 1 & RT Dent Trophy, AA & HM Capstick, Sedbergh, 45kg, 104.4p/£47; 2 AA & HM Capstick, 44kg, 102.3p/£45; 3 AA & HM Capstick, 45kg, 104p/ £46.80. Prime lambs lt to 102.5p av 97.7p; std to 115.3p av 100.1p; med to 162.8p av 103.3p; hvy to 142.8p av 101.32p, overall av 101.7p. Lambs lt Cont to 107.8p JC&E Pedley; Suff to 100p N Harker; Mules to 102p JS Cloughton (BP); horned to 98.5p R&D Waggett. Cast ewes, horned to £29 av £13.75; polled to £40 av £27.90. Cast rams, horned to £24 av £21.32; polled to £48 av £43.83.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Tues. Fwd: 2,795 sheep. Lambs: 35kgs+: Tex av 117.43, £57.50; Beltex X av 123.37, £54; Suff av 113.63, £51.20; Char av 107.30, £53.80; Chev X av 114.84, £50.80; Mule av 96.90, £45; Swale av 89.77, £40; Scotch BF av 94.74, £39.80. Under 35kgs: Beltex X av 117.44, £42; Tex X av 105.78, £42.50; Mule av 95.19, £33.50; Swale av 93.86, £31.80; Rough Fell av 90.98, £29.20; Herdwick av 90.45, £30.50. Ewes: Cont X av £35.20, £43; Suff av £55.50, £55.50; Swale av £20.33, £24.80; Rough Fell av £22.22, £26.80; Mule £30. Goat £19.80. Rams: Swale av £26.13, £31.50; BFL av £30.50, £37.50; Rough Fell av £28.35, £31.50; Tex av £39.67, £44.

LEYBURN. - Fri of last week. Fwd: 3 dairy cattle, 97 calves & stirks, 157 store cattle. Calved hfrs: D&P Brown £660; SJ Dent & Son £620; In-calf hfr: D Sanderson £480. Calves: Lim bulls to £236 WD & MM Moor av £149 ov; hfrs to £100 J Dinsdale av £80; BB bulls to £218 W&SL Robinson av £167; hfrs to £142 DN Verity; Fries bulls £115 R Fawcett & Sons av £36; Blonde to £125 JR & DW Craggs; Angus to £48 IR & JM Walton; Simm hfrs to £86 JA Dent & Sons av £79. Stirks: BB bulls TM Driffield £170; Fries AE Wilkes £168; BB hfrs TM Driffield £105. Store cattle. - Lim bulls: R&AE Sayer £480; FW Pybus & Son £468, £425; C Gregg £465, £455; AL Dawes £415; Here bulls: W&D Scaife & Son £432; Fries: GE & M Stockil £400; Angus: GE & M Stockil £360; R&F Stephenson & Son £348; Lim steers: CR Thornborrow £625, £620; SB Harrison £590; RM Ewbank £585; BR Fawcett £580; J Elsdon & Son £572; CS Utley & Sons £545; T Dent & Son £540; C Metcalfe & Sons £525. Char steers: R Simpson & Sons £625, £495 RW&MA Suttill £480; BB: J Elsdon & Son £605, £575; JL&JA Sunter £490; Simm: AG Dent & Ptners £560; TW Raw £490; JW Ball £402; Fries: J Elsdon & Son £470, £405; T Dent & Son £425; C Metcalfe & Sons £345; Blonde: W Allison & Sons £460; RA Wintersgill £450; Angus: R Hunter £450; NW&M Vasey & Son £445, £390. Lim hfrs: J Fawcett & Son £565, £450; CS Utley & Sons £500; Robson House Farms £485, £478; RW Wallis & Sons £460; BR Fawcett £460, £450; JL &JA Sunter £455; R Simpson & Sons £440. Char: R&F Stephenson & Son £462, £395; R Simpson & Sons £435; RW&MA Suttill £430; BB: JL&JA Sunter £440. Wed. Fwd: 1,921 sheep. Lambs: Suff & Cont std 115.3p av 111.2p; med 118p av 109.6p; hvy 111p av 103.5p; owt 85.2. Mule & horned std 104.5p av 95.7p; med 104.3p av 100.6p; hvy 102.1p av 100.3p; ow to 82.7p; lt 122.8p av 93.1p. Cast ewes: Cont £45; Mule £40.50; Suff £39.50; BFL £39; Chev £34; horned £28. Rams: Cont £43; BFL £38; horned £27.

MIDDLETON IN TEESDALE. - Sat. Fwd: 485 prime sheep. Lambs to 34kgs: Tex X av 1112 p, £35 Low Trough Farm House; £34.50 Rose Cottage. Swale av 102p, £35 Step Ends; £33 Mizzies; £31.50 Billingshield; £30.80 East Carnigill. Lambs 35kgs+: Mule av 101.75, £46.20 Mayland Hall; £41.20 Palletstone Farm; £41 Intake Farm. Tex X av 111p, £46.20 East Newhouses. Suff av 108p, £47.20 East Newhouses Farm; £46.80 Pikestone. Swale av 95p, £42.20 Pease Myre; £41.80 Step Ends; £36 Pikestone. Texel rams £41 The Oaks; BFL ewes £26 Pease Myre; rams £27.50 Step Ends; Swale ewes £22.50 Step Ends; £17 Intake Farm.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 227 cattle. Steers med to 104.5p/£548.83 av 96.64p/£504.12; hvy to 113.5p/£748.13 av 90.91p/ £585.01; ov av 92.03p. Hfrs lt 115.5p/ £444.38 av 113.95p/£435.87; med 135.5p/ £616.80 av 104.85p/£480.96; hvy 139.5p/ £693.25 av 96.88p/ £519.83, overall av 99.87p. Bulls lt 80.5p/£358.23 av 66.88/ £303.17; med 87.5p/£441.88 av 71.5p /£375.15; hvy 108/5p£716.40 av 85.63/ £524.38; ov av 81.72p; cattle av 93.21p. Lambs std 133.3p/ £52 av 113.94p/ £41.61p; med 124.2p/£53 av 111.68p/ £47.36; ovl av 112.17p; hvy 114.4p/ £53.80 av 105.33/£50.48; owt 105.5p/ £57 av 98.07; lamb av 109.42p; cull ewes to £36.50 av £23.98p. Wed. Fwd: 140 store cattle, 491 store lambs. Bulls: Lim £670, £470, £378 P Goldsbrough; £415 R Umpleby; £370, £220 M Collingwood. Simm £530 P Goldsbrough; £438, £415 R Umpleby. AA: £532, £425 D Lumley; £438 R Umpleby; £160 MH Walker. Blonde £450, £430, £375 M Peckitt; BB £415 P Goldsbrough. Here £402 N Buckle. Fries: £210 H Thomson; SD £468 H Jobling; Holst £330 R Watson; £245 H Thomson; £235, £168 M H Walker. Hfrs:Simm £565 L Warren; £475 N Peacock; Lim £540, £498 C Siswick; £492, £432, £398 J Stockil; £452 D Blackburn; £448 JL Peacock; £415 FB Watson; £280 C Siswick; Char £458 D Blackburn; £458, £430 M Peacock; £230 H Langthorne; BB £470 M Peacock; £310 P Tweddle; SD £448 JL Peacock; Blonde £362 B Dowkes; AA £312 W Brass, £140 MH Walker; Here £358, £290 W Brass. Blks: Lim £662, £565, £525, £505 FW Walton; £568 R Umpleby; £565 P Hutchinson. Char £595, £515 FW Welton, £390 PB Hill. Here £482 P Hutchinson. Blonde £605 W Carvey; £442, £415, £405, £400 B Dowkes. BB: £660, £590, £575 W Carvey; £528 FW Walton; £450, £300 PB Hill. AA £562 F Pierson; £300 PB Hill. Fries £460 JL Peacock, £432 D Norfolk; Sh £482 P Hutchinson. Calves: BB hfrs £172, £170, £168 GH Laverick; £80 TM Driffield. Lim £95. AA: £40, £16; Holst £58, £44 all TM Driffield. Store lambs: Suff X £45, £36 J L Mason; £44.50 L Featherstone; £43.80 LG Laws; £43.50, £41 J Heslop; £42.50 J Peerson; £41.20 D Watson; £40 A Hugill; £29.20, £16.50 B Dowkes; £28 D A Wood. Tex £45.50 R W Shean; £45.20 J Ormston. Cont X £45.80 B Fountain; £38.80, £33.20, £30 D Sanderson. Mule £39 J Gregg. Private sales Dec 13-17 153 fat cattle inc OTMS, 95 sheep, pigs.

THIRSK. - Tues. Fwd: 101 cattle, 81 sheep. Best steer: 1&2 Mrs Wilson, Arkendale, £502, £495; 3 JJ Ryder & Son, Ripon £252. Best hfr: 1 H Garside & Son, Huddersfield £600; 2&3 R Watson & Son £430. Cattle judge: P Newcombe, Carthorpe. Young bulls R: BBX to £690; G, Lim X to £438; BBX to £380; Fries to £382. Steers B, Lim X to £502, Fries to £252. Hfrs 6-12 mths, BB to £600, Lim X £282, 12-20 mths BB to £430; Fries X to £258. Suff ewes 3 crop, R W Char Sept to £70; Tex X 3 crop, R W Char Sept to £71; Tex X shlgs R W Char Sept to £65; Tex X store lambs to £38. Thurs of last wk. Fwd: 527 cattle, 1,001 sheep, 328 pigs. Steers lt to 129.5p/£556; med 156p/£772 av 124.1p; heavy 160p/£944 av 110.5p; hfrs lt 112.5p/£438 av 100.4p; med 154p/£731 av 120.4p; heavy 350p/ £1,837 av 117.1p; young bulls lt 104.5p/ £438.90 av 81.1p; med 128.5p/£680.40 av 87.5p; hvy 127.5p/ £892.50 av 93p. Lambs lt 107.8p/ £34.50; std 114.3p/ £43.80 av 107.6p; med to 222p/£100 av 109.6p; owt to 120.4p/£65 av 97.1p; ewes lt £35 av £20.25; heavy £42 av £33.25. Suff X £42; Mule £36. Porkers 85p/£63.61 av 70.9p; cutters 100p/ £85.57 av 80.8p; baconers 84.5p/ £77.18 av 74.5p; owt 83p/£94.37; sows 53p/£137.46 av 48p; boars 44p/£189.20 av 42.4p. Collect Mon: Fwd 40 OTMS.

TOW LAW. - Mon/ Fwd: 566 prime lambs. Suff X £54 South Cornsay, £53 Friarside, £52.60 West Newlands, £50.80 Springwell, £50.60 Rare Dene, £49.50 Lodge House, £49 Friarside, £48.80 Houselope Grange, £48.60 Shorthorns, £48.40 Baal Hill, £48 Springwell. Tex X £51.70 Baal Hill, £51.40 Rare Dene & Shorthorns, £50 South Cornsay, £49.20 West Shields, £49 Springwell, £48.80 Holywell, £48.40 Shorthorns, £48.20 South Cornsay, £47.20 Springwell, £47 Friarside, £46 Nettlesworth West & Friarside, £45 West Shields. Mule £50 West Newlands, £48 Baal Hill, £46 Bridge End, £44.40 Willow Avenue, £42.60 Rosehill. Cast ewes: £33 & £32 Low House(Leic), £25 Holywell(Mule), £24.50 Springwell(Mule).