Prices at the markets

DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 363 cattle, 1,688 sheep. Steers med to 125.5p/£640.75 av 101.8p; heavy to 124.5p/£802.03 av 103.8p; hfrs lt to 116.5p/ £454.35 av 103.2p; med to 131.5p/£618.05 av 105.1p; heavy to 147/6p/£819.38 av 108.3p; young bulls med to 108.5p/£596.75 av 98.4p; heavy to 129.5p/£900.60 av 103.1p. Lambs lt to 108.9p/ £42.50 av 102.79p; med to 116.1p/£50.20 av 104.61; heavy to 112.6p/£54.80 av 102.56p; overall av 103.44p; cull ewes to £41 av £24.51. Mon. - Fwd: 132 store cattle, 1,666 store lambs & breeding sheep. Bull stirks. - BB: £450(2) T&G Lee. Simm: £425, £420 JW Richardson. Char: £425, £408, £400(2) JN Watson. BA: £410 W Brass. Steers. - BA: £505(2) I Thompson; £500 TW Thompson. Hfrs. - BB: £485(2) DM Warden; £410 J Linsley. Simm: £465 DM Warden. Lim: £445 J Linsley; £400 (4) RI&I Coatsworth. AA: £395 JE Alderson. Fries bull calves: £40, £28 Houghall Farm. Fat lambs to £47.77, overall av 105p. Store lambs: £44.80 A&J Coatsworth; £44.50, £44 J Thompson; £44.20 R&W Todd; £44 RF Coatsworth; £43.50 D&FM Carter; £43 NR Thompson; £42.80 RA Farrow. Mule ewe lambs: £44 CA&J Kipling, £43.50, £41.50 RG Hutchinson. Mule ewes: £31, £30, £29.50 J Gray.

Hawes. - Tues. - Fwd: 9 calves, 25 beef breeding cattle, 16 suckler calves, 2,233 sheep, 41.9 units LFA suckler cow quota. Calves: Lim bulls to £205 S Bell & Sons, Askrigg av £173.33; hfrs to £88 JC Clarkson & Son, Bainbridge av £77.50; Holstein bulls to £44 JC Clarkson & Son, Bainbridge. Suckler calves. - Prizes: 1 & champion Lim, RA Sowerby, Hawes £480; 2 IC Starr, Bainbridge, £480; 3 & champion Simm, NJ Sunter £340. Simm X hfr calves to £312 AD Lambert, Askrigg; bulls to £340 AD Lambert, Askrigg and NJ Sunter, Hawes; Lim X bulls to £480 RA Sowerby, Hawes and IC Scarr & Son, Bainbridge; hfrs to £300 FA Fothergill, Hawes. Beef breeding cattle. - Lim X hfrs & bull calves to £780 J Sunter & Sons (RG) av £653; with hfr calves to £680 J Scarr & Sons av £610; BBX hfr & bull calf to £690 J Sunter & Sons (RG) £653; with hfr calves to £820 D&M Iveson av £602; Lim X cow with bull calves to £850 JR&A Blades av £613; with hfr calf to £510 LC Scarr av £441. Lambs std to 112p av 105p; med to 115.8p av 108p; heavy to 114.7p av 106p, overall av 107.4p. Store lambs: Cont to £22.80; Suff to £31 av £30.28; Mule to £30 av £27.09; horned to £35 av £22.60. Ltwt lambs: Cont to 115p av 109.4p; Suff to 102.1p; Mule to 105.5p av 101.3p; horned to 104.4p av 101.3p; cast ewes horned to £34.40 av £16; polled to £43.80 av £33; cast rams horned to £34.40 av £16; polled to £43.80 av £33. Suckler cow quota: LFA sale to £120/unit; LFA lease to £125/unit av £123/unit.

HEXHAM. - Last Fri. Fwd: 902 store cattle & suckled calves. Lim X steers, red CID to £550(2) Hetherington. Blue CID: AAX to £555 Nookton; BAX to £595 East Moor (15m); BBX £645 Redesmouth (14m); Char X to £718 Tenter House; Lim X to £735 High Highlaws; Mont X to £505 High Chibburn; Saler X to £502 Nookton; Simm X to £590 East Moor. Green CID: BAX to £485 Cooper House; Lim X (spring-born) to £482 Parkside. Hfrs: AAX to £395 Thrunton Lowfield; BAX to £535 Aydon North; BBX to £498 Little Swinburne; Char X to £590 Huntershield; Lim X to £645(2) Low Houses; Simm X to £450 Low Staples. Fwd: 2,247 store & breeding sheep. Feeding ewes: Texel X to £28 Girsonfield; Mule to £30 Hepple Whitefield; Blackface to £25 Laings Hill; Cheviot to £30 Meldon Lane House; Swale to £19 Hepple Whitefield. Store lambs. - Suff X to £47 Meldon Lane House; Texel X to £47 Lorbottle Steads; Mule to £43 Meldon Lane House; Blackface to £39 The Brigg; Cheviot & Cheviot X to £41.50 Meldon Lane House; Swale £33 Buckshot. Tues. - Hfrs: Lim to 111.5p(2); BAX to 104.5p; Simm to 102.5p. Lim steers to 101.5p. Fwd: 5,305 sheep. Lambs: Suff X to 112.1p; Texel X to 125.1p; Mule to 106.3p; Blackface to 103.2p; Cheviot X to 114.3p; Char X to 117.1p; Beltex to 123.8p; Swale to 105.6p; Leics to 106p; BdM to 111.2p. Cast ewes & rams: Suff X to £41; Texel X to £45; Mule to £33; Blackface to £35; Swale to £24; Cheviot X to £30.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Tues. Fwd: 3,651 sheep. Lambs 35kg & over: Texel to £54 av 109.8p; Beltex to £54 av 113.67p; Suff to £55 av 108.9p; Mule to £49 av 98.67p; Char to £49 av 107.18p; Cheviot X to £51 av 107.50p; Scotch Blackface to £43 av 100p; Blue-faced Leics to £50 av 90.16p; Swale to £39.50 av 97.06p; Rough Fell to £43 av 95.56p; Masham to £47.50 av 96.14p. Lambs to 34kg: Texel/Cont to £39.50 av 102.75p; Swale to £33.50 av 94.27p; Rough Fell to £34 av 92.79p; Herdwick to £28 av 90.66p; Cheviot to £33 av 95.10p; Scotch Blackface to £29 av 94p. Cast rams: BFL to £53 av £34.56; NC Cheviot £27; Swale to £22 av £18.42; Gritstone £27. Ewes: Scotch Blackface to £18.50 av £16.13; BFL to £44 av £39.29; NC Cheviot to £33 av £24.82; Mule to £35 av £28.85; Herdwick to £15 av £12.78; Rough Fell to £26.50 av £20.13; Swale to £21 av £14.79; Texel to £46 av £34.50.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 3 dairy cattle, 96 calves, 421 sheep. Calved hfrs JH Pounder & Son £650; calved cows JW Bostock £540; in-calf hfrs JJ Bell £475, £445. Calves: BB bulls £260 NJ Ward av £194 overall; hfrs £140 G Sanderson & Son av £115; Char bulls £220 A Sowray & Sons; Lim bulls £210 WD&MM Moor av £155; hfrs to £102 K Mason av £72; Simm bulls to £145 JA Dent & Son; hfrs to £90 JA Dent & Son; Fries bulls £135 A Tunstall av £52; Ayrshire bulls £15 JW&RJ Pounder av £52. Store lambs. - Cont: H Petty £38; Mrs M Dawson £37.80. Suff: SJ Horner £36.20; Hagg Farm £32. Masham: JL Harker £34.80. Mule: SJ Horner £33; G Lambert £33. Wed. - Fwd: 1,859 sheep. Lambs: Suff & Cont std to 113.3p av 106.9p; med to 113.1p av 108.3p; heavy to 108.9p av 104.4p; owt to 104.6p av 97.9p; Mule, Masham & horned std to 107.7p av 92.3p; med to 105.5p av 100.7p; heavy to 102.1p av 98.8p; owt to 94.4pp av 87p; lt wt to 102.3p av 85.2p. Cast ewes: Suff £49.50; Mule £43.50; BFL £38; Cont £37.50; horned £21.50. Cast Swale rams: £37.50.

MIDDLETON in TEESDALE. - Sat. Fwd: 871 sheep. Lambs 35kg or more: Texel to £52.50; Blue-faced Leics to £51; Suff to £40; Swale to £37.80; Mule to £41.50. 34kg or less: Swale to £30.50; Texel to £35; Cheviot X to £29.80. Ewes: Blue-faced Leics to £33.50; Mule to £29; Swale to £21.50. Rams: Swale to £29.80; Texel to £24.50.

NORTHALLERTON. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 146 store & breeding cattle. Bulls. - Simm: £528, £430 R Mortimer; £490 B Hornsey; £470 T Holmes. BA: £470, £400 R Mortimer. Lim: £412 R Jones. BB: £372 JB Gill. Fries: £300 JB Gill; £280 JH Thomson. Holstein: £335 B Hornsey; £305 R Mortimer. Hfrs. - Lim: £538, £480, £478 L Dent; £452, £392 K Wheldon; £420 CM Simpson; £395, £392, £388 JG Ward; £385 JD Stockil; £328 EG Graham; £265 DJ Clark; £232, £202 GF Turner. BB: £525, £420 GM Simpson; £492 K Wheldon; £458, £452, £418 K Pearson; £442 CW Tate; £418, £385 J Stockil; £340 D Clark; £330, £280 G Tuer. Char: £462 C Birkbeck; £325 MW Cook. BA: £435, £432 G Simpson; £385, £325, £315 EG Graham; £372 R Mortimer. Simm: £372 R Mortimer; £365, £292, £235 J McIntyre; £275 DA Wood; £210 G Tuer. AA: £292, £185 J McIntyre. Bullocks. - BA: £692, £650, £642, £640, £608, £575 MB Peckitt; £620 F Peckitt. Lim: £635, £610, £590, £560, £535 CH Phelp; £575 L Dent; £490 CW Tate; £488 JD Stockil; £458, £448 M Simpson; £450, £375, £370 Mrs R Broadley; £428 T Holmes. Simm: £580, £495, £452, £425 DA Wood. Fries: £458 CW Tate; £428 HL Trewitt. BB: £455, £440, £402 Mrs R Broadley. Herefd: £478, £472, £468, £438, £370 T Holmes. AA: £448 J Stockil. Calves, Fries bull £134 I Foster. Private sales Nov 1-5 63 fat cattle, inc 63 OTMS. Tues. - Fwd: 198 cattle, 762 sheep. Steers med to 127.5p/£629.93 av 108.6p/£567/81; heavy to 118.5p/£744.98 av 95.26p/ £602.11; overall steer av 96.57p; hfrs lt to 128.5p/£507.58; med to 127.5p/£586.63 av 104.76p/ £470.79; heavy to 123.5p/£675.68 av 99.88p/£527.07; overall hfr av 102.2p; young bulls med to 100.5p/£547.73 av 77.59p/ £405.69; heavy to 114.5p/£801.50 av 92.58p/£566.43; overall bull av 88.59p; total cattle av 96.86p. Lambs std to 105.1p/£41 av 103.66p/£39.49; med to 116.5p/ £51 av 106.26p/£45.61; overall av 106.06p; heavy to 106.9p/£53.20 av 98.82p/£47.80; owt to 101.8p/£55 av 98.78p/£53.34; total lamb av 103.53p; cull ewes to £38 av £30.69; ram £23.50. Wed. - Fwd: 118 store & breeding cattle. Bulls. - Lim: £480, £375 JA Houseman; £428, £395 D R Easton; £392, £338, £280, £265 PJ Tweddle; £385 AD Smith; £355, £330 M Collingwood. BB: £380 A Dzierzek. AA: £410 D Easton. Fries: £328, £245 H Thomson; £310, £285, £275 A Smith; £298 J Craggs; £278 B Lightfoot. Hfrs. - Lim: £552 C W Tate; £460 L Dent; £438, £380 J Stockil, WH Philips; £420 D Sayer; £380, £328, £320, £275 B Hawkswell; £332, £328, £302 D Sayer; £282, £272 J C Hugill; £210 A Smith. AA: £452 C W Tate; £415 HL Trewitt; £225 A Smith. BB: £438 WH Phillips; £400 C Tate, A Fawcett; £350 B Hawkswell. Simm: £415, £405 B Jefferson; £365 A Fawcett. Fries: £380 H L Trewitt; £392 A Fawcett. Bullocks. - BB: £635, £530 G M Simpson; £550 R Tate; £540, £420, £388 R Umpleby. BA: £540, £450 GM Simpson. Lim: £580 GM Simpson; £570, £540, £535 L Debt; £455, £410 J Stockil. Simm: £520 R Tate. Fries: £532 C Siswick. Herefd: £365 W H Philips. Breeding cattle, AA hfr with calf: £560 C Siswick. Lim cows with calf: £520, £350 R Gill. Simm cow & calf: £530 R Gull. BW cow with calf: £400 R Gill. Private sales Nov 8-12: 144 fat cattle inc OTMS, 106 fat sheep & pigs.

PATELEY BRIDGE. - Sat. Fwd: 11 store cattle, 270 store sheep. BA steers, blue CID to £605; Lim bullocks, green CID to £485; AA steers, red CID to £300; AA hfrs to £225; Lim hfrs to £345. Mule wether lambs to £37.80; Texel lambs to £38; Welsh lambs to £10; feeding ewes to £15.

PENRITH. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 5,002 sheep. Lambs: Cont X to £60; Suff X to £58.80; Mule to £46.80; Blue-faced Leics to £50; Swale to £42. Ewes: Suff to £48; Cont to £46.50; Blue-faced Leics to £46; Cheviot to £42; Mule to £37; Swale to £25. Mon. - Fwd: 76 cattle. Hfrs: Lim to 144.5p; BB to 119.5p; Char to 113.5p; BA to 104.5p. Lim steers to 124.5p. Bulls: BB to 118.5p; Lim to 116.5p; BA to 109.5p; Char to 108.5p; MRI to 96.5p; Fries to 85.5p. Fwd: 378 store cattle. Breeding cattle. - Cows & hfrs & bull calves: £1,200, £1,060 Low Row; £590 Rattlingate Farm. Calving cows: £475, £455 Manor Farm (Irving). Cows & hfr calves: £1,050, £900 Low Row; £520 Crewgarth. Fries bulling hfrs: £395(4), £355(2) Bomby. Young bulls. - Lim X: £602 Ghyll House; £532 Low Scales (Kipling); £475, £470 Ulcatrow. BBX: £368(2) Mount Clifton; BAX: £360 Mount Clifton. Fries: £300 Sleagill House. Holstein: £282 Town End (Mounsey); £280(3) Blunderfield. Simm X: £402(3) Blunderfield. Lim X bull calves: £152, £150, £140 Orton Hall Farm. Bullocks. - Lim: £702, £68 Trainriggs (Robinson); £675 Blandwath; £665, £662 The Green; £662 Ploveriggs; £650, £632, £620 Ghyll House; £648 Cross Dormont; £640, £575 Burthwaite; £625(3) Beckside (Capstick); £598 Providence House; £588 Stonethwaite; £585 Barbon Fell House. BBX: £690 Ghyll House; £672 The Green; £582, £580 Scales (Braithwaite). Simm X: £538, £510(3) Millrigg; £472 Red House. BAX: £595 Trainriggs (Robinson). Herefd: £455 Low Row. Char: £700, £688 Ploveriggs. Normandie X: £635, £570, £565 Red House. Fries: £565 Providence House; £488, £450 Blandswath; £488(2), £445(2), £435(3) Bank Farm. AAX: £492 Low Row. Hfrs. - Lim X: £585, £500 Dalemain Estates; £562, £548(2) Home Farm (Metcalfe); £560, £538, £532 High Bank Hill; £522 Barbon Fell House; £510 Home Farm (Buckle); £505 Burthwaite. BBX: £575 Stonethwaite; £500(2) Home Farm (Metcalfe); £500 Provindence House. Char X: £422 Home Farm (Buckle). Herefd X: £420 Sleagill House. BAX: £685, £480 Dalemain Estates; £510(2) Town Head (Potter). Tues. - Fwd: 1,940 store sheep. Lmabs. - Texel X: £44.50 Galloper Park; £42 Crops Hall; £40.80 Colstons; £39 Rigg Side; £38.20 High Portinscale; £38 Thrang Cragg. Suff X: £42.80 Newsham; £42 Galloper Park; £40.20 White House (Thwaytes). Mule: £39 Tod Farm; £36.50 Whitbysteads; £36.20 Weternhopeburn. Swale: £30 Low Row; £28.20 Thrang Cragg; £28 Croft House (Stag), Hill Farm (Green); £26.50 Swindale (Whitfield); £25.80 Thornthwaite Hall. Herdwick: £29 Croft House (Stagg). Mule gimmer: £40.50 Westernhopeburn. Swale gimmer: £30 Low Row; £29.50 Ulcatrow. Rams. - Blue-faced Leics 4-shear: £460 Burblethwaite. Suff lambs: £220 Hollins; £200 Nixon Terrace. Suff shlgs: £180 Nixon Terrace. Texel shlgs: £170 Woodside.

ST JOHN'S CHAPEL. - Sat. AA Bull £272 Hawkwell Head; AA hfr £202 Hawkwell Head. Store lambs. - Texel: £34.20 High Rowantree; £32.50 New Meadows. Swale £21.50, £21 Ambling Gate. Suff: £32.20 New Meadows. Mule: £28 Earnwell.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 341 cattle, 1,193 sheep, 255 pigs. Steers med to 127.5p/ £650.70 av 104.6p; heavy to 127.5p/£841.35 av 104p; hfrs lt to 118.5p/£462.15 av 93.6p; med to 137.5p/£653.13 av 113.6p; heavy to 139.5p/£786.88 av 111.1p; young bulls lt to 95.5p/£429.75 av 86.5p; med to 109.5p/£602.25 av 89.6p; heavy to 111.5p/£810.30 av 98.5p. Lambs lt to 78.6p/£22; std to 110.8p/£42.20 av 100.3p; med to 114p/£49 av 102.8p; heavy to 113p/£54 av 98.9p; owt to 92.6p/£52 av 87.1p; ewes lt to £29 av £15.73; heavy to £35 av £28.05. Porkers to 85p/£64.60 av 77.2p; cutters to 94p/£74.82 av 79.5p; baconers to 81p/£73.39 av 74.2p; owt to 65p/£91.65 av 62.8p; sows to 60p/£179.30 av 53.2p; boars to 46p/£150.88 av 45.2p. Mon. - Collection centre. Fwd: 60 OTMS.

TOW LAW. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 1,190 store sheep, 10 breeding cattle. Mule ewes UO: £38 Hill Top; £30 Bents Farm. Lambs. - Suff X: £42, £41.80 Barracks Farm; £42, £41 Whins Farm; £41.80 North Farm; £37.50 Red House; £36.50 Eastgate House; £34.50 Stuartfield Cottage; £34(2) Bents Farm. Texel X: £42.50, £39 Westgate Farm; £40 North Farm. Mule: £40, £37.50 Ambling Gate, £37.80, £35 Low House; £36.50, £30 Westgate Farm; £36.50 Red House; £31 Littlewood. Swale: £20 Westgate Farm. Char X: £38.20, £37.20 Littlewood; £37 Whins Farm. Lim X 2nd calvers & bull calf: £560, £530 Dicken House Farm. Lim X hfr & bull calf: £490 East Rackwood Hill. Mon. - Fwd: 816 lambs. forward. Lambs: Suff X to 108.8p; Texel X to 112p; Mule to 100p; Char X to 106.2p; Beltex to 107p; Leics £49.20. Cast ewes & rams: Suff to £30; Texel to £33; Mule to £34.