BARNARD CASTLE. - Tues. Fwd: 214 cattle. Lim cows & bull calves to £690; Simm cows & hfr calves to £540; BB cows & bull calves to £980; BA cows & bull calves to £740. Bulls: BB £588; Lim £610; Char £575; Fries £430. Hfrs: BB £660; Lik £640; Char £550; AA £320; BA £630. Breeding cattle: G Scott £980; P&C Stephenson £690; GW Dent £630; P Cockburn £740, £700; Watson £545. Bulls: E Smith & Son £575, £485; T&G Lee £588, £578, £482, £430; K Atkinson £610, £540, £490; C&J Watson & Son £492, £470, £455, £405. Store cattle: T&MJ Walton £550, £530, £515; SM&F Donald £585; JE High & Son £630, £620, £590; R Hutchinson & Sons £525, £510, £472, £460; L Kidd £640, £530, £515; WAR Jopling & Son £460; H&S Richardson £535, £450; JF&F Hutchinson £640, £580, 3535, £532, £530, £525, £510, £508, £505; N Vipond £540, £530, £520; I&RA Watson £470, £405; D&M Brown £338; G&MF Turnbull £530, £522, £518, £485, £482, £475, £470, £455, £440; WB Rutter & Sons £740; DH Ettey & Son £548, £490, £475, £420; B Iceton £660, £478; JR Addison & Sons £600, £560, £540, £428; JL&GS Dixon £590, £490, £488, £425; OM Wearmouth & Son £360, £358; E Dickson £320; R Watson £518, £480, £465, £462. Wed. Fwd: 466 sheep. Mule ewes 7 twins to £121. Lt lambs to 137.1p av 130p; std to 135p av 131p; med to 143p av 135.5p; lt hoggs to 102p av 89.5p; std to 109p av 92.2p; med to 106p av 97.2p. Cast sheep: Cont £47; Mule £41.50; BF £32.50.

DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 442 cattle, 838 sheep. Steers med to 127.5p/£662.75 av 109.19p; heavy to 144.5p/£910.35 av 109.74p; overall steer av 110.94; hfrs med to 138.5p/£650.95 av 111.29p; heavy to 139.5/£828.30 av 113.82p; overall hfr av 114.84; young bulls lt to 99.5p/£447.5 av 96.47p; med to 111.5p/£607.68 av 97.11p; heavy to 127.5p/£925.45 av 108.95p; overall bull av 108.94. Lambs lt to 122.3p/£47 av 119.95p; med to 140.5p/£57.20 av 122.78p; heavy to 122p/£59.20 av 118.18p; overall lamb av 123.4p; cull ewes to £63 av £45.39. Mon. - Fwd: 178 store & breeding cattle, 56 ewes with lambs. Steers. - Lim: £670, £600, R Dodds & Son; £550, £450(2) N Vipond; £500, £410 FMR Gibson & Son; £500, £470 J Linsley; £480(2) J&F Hartley; £450, £410 EM Dickeson; £450, £442 A Spence; £400(6) R Gill & Son; £360 F Davison & Son. AA: £405 R Gill & Son. BA: £550, £540 R Richardson. Simm: £590 R Richardson; £500 J Linsley; £330 EM Dickeson. Hfrs. - Char: £590 T Nesbitt & Son; £500 PJ Wiper; £398 J Linsley; £352 BR Routledge; £315(2) £302, £295 GW Barr. BB: £542, £522, £420 JW Dent. BA: £455(2) £385 A Broadbent. Lim: £555, £532, £528, £330 R Dodds & Son, £532, £520 F Davison & Sons; £515, £508, £490, £458 W Robson. £512, £508(2); £240 A Broadbent; £470(2) £398(6) J Linsley; £400 A Spence; £352(2) BR Routledge; £345 FMR Gibson & Son; £300 Dawson Bros; £300 N Vipond; £265 EM Dickeson. Young bulls. - Lim: £540, £415 K Buckle, £498, £472, £470(2), £400 £395 WE Gilchrist; £475 Dawson Bros; £425(2) RL&L Coatsworth. BA: £590, £575 GA Swinbank; £415 K Buckle. BB: £490 K Buckle. Char: £425 GW Barr. AA: £390 K Buckle. Fries: £302(2) A Broadbent; £265(3), £250(3) JD Brannen. Ayrshire: £205 A Spence. Rearing calves, Lim bulls £230 KD Askwith, heifers £140, £128 KD Askwith. Cows with calves. - BB: £685 G W Barr; AA: £500 R Gill & Sons; Herefd £435, £415 EM Dickeson. Cows in calf. - AA: £435 R Gill & Sons; Lim £360 R Gill & Sons. In-calf hfrs: BB: £595, £485 JJ&M Lawson & Son, Herefd £455, £445; AA: £450; Char: £415; BA: £410, £370 EF Dickeson. Mule gimmers & twins £95 AW Sanderson; Mule 3-shear & twins £94 AW Sanderson. Mule/Beulah hoggs & singles £75, £70 AW Sanderson; Mule 2&3-shear & singles £70, £61 AW Sanderson; ule 5-shear & twins £78 AW Sanderson; Suff 2&3-shear & singles £90 JD Wick; Mule 2,3&4-shear & singles & twins £91 JD Wick; horned ewes 5-shear & singles £54 JD Wick.

Hawes. - Tues. Fwd: 28 cattle; 242 sheep. Beef breeding cattle & calves: Lim hfr & Lim bull calf to £1,080 J Scarr & Sons, Askrigg, av £980; Lim X hfr & Lim hfr calf to £900 JW&ME Taylor, Dent; BBX hfr & bull calf to £1,000 JR&A Blades, Hawes; BBX hfr & hfr calf to £920 JR&A Blades av £786.67; BAX cow & hfr calf to £830 JC Heseltine, Aysgarth. In calf hfrs: BBX to £710 G&G Schofield, Buckden; Lim X to £720 G&G Schofield. Calves: Lim bulls to £228 T&LM Goad, Dent; Fries/Holstein bulls to £66 T&LM Goad av £55; BB hfrs to £174 T&LM Goad av £160.67; Lim hfrs to £168 JC&J Clarkson, Bainbridge av £143.33. Spring lambs: lt to 125p; std to 129.1p av 126.3p; med to 138.5p av 132; overall av 129.24p; prime hoggs to 108.6p/£47 av 94.7p. Cast ewes: horned to £31 av £24.07; polled to £44.50 av £34. Horned cast rams to £26. Mule ewes & twins to £124 C Allen, Hawes av £106; Mule ewes & singles to £92 C Allen av £74.

HEXHAM. - Last Fri. Fwd: 587 store cattle & suckled calves. Steers, Red CID: Lim X to £718 Aydonshields; Char X to £660 Lunns House; AAX to £490 Aydonshields; BBX to £670 Aydonshields. Blue CID: Lim X to £735 Watch Trees; Char X to £742 White House (RHO); BAX to £680 High Knitsley; BBX to £750 Bankfoot; AAX to £455 Byreside. Green CID: Lim X to £625 Dotland Park; Char X to £575 Stone House; AAX to £510 Byreside; Mont X to £475 Stone House. Hfrs: Lim X to £590 Stone Stile; Char X to £595 Tenter House; BAX to £640 High Knitsley; BBX to £500 High Hedley Hope, Springwell Cottage.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Tues. Lambs, 35kg or more: Beltex to £58.50; Texel X to £54.20; Suff X to £55.20; Mule to £42. Ltwt lambs: Texel X to £44; Beltex to £38.50. Hoggs: Cont X to £47.50; Suff to £45. Ewes: Mule: to £39.50; Texel to £42; Rough Fell to £37; Swale to £30; Suff to £40; Blue-faced Leics to £40.50.

LEYBURN. - Wed. Fwd: 356 sheep. Lambs lt to 121.8p; std to 135.1p av 132.1p; med to 132.5p av 127.2p; heavy to 124.4p; hoggs to 99.5p av 78.2p; cat sheep to £31 av £18.

NORTHALLERTON. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 145 store & breeding cattle, 28 sheep. Bulls. - Lim: £638, £485 JE Brown; £635 WE Anderson; £505 TC Mortimer; £408 PJ Tweddle; £405 T Coates; £325 C Wilkinson. BB: £535, £520, £510 TC Mortimer. Holstein: £470 WE Anderson; £335 JM Bell; £280 JW Thompson; £260 T Coates; £245, £222, £220 C Wilkinson. Char: £395 J Homes. AA: £310 JW Thompson. Hfrs. - Simm: £538, £505, £490 N Hobson; £478 JE Farrow. Lim: £492, £478 Mrs S Trewitt; £432, £355, £345 R Potts; £410 L Featherstone; £360, £305 B&C Clark; £320, £300 JB Gill; £235 C Wilkinson. Char: £488 A Fawcett; £480, £452 JE Farrow. Herefd: £478 A Fawcett. BA: £458 A Fawcett. Bullocks. - Lim: £657 FW Croft; £665, £528, £510 Mrs S Trewhitt; £530, £525, £518, £485, £480 R Potts; £505 JM Wilson; £440 B&C Clark. BB: £670, £615 CW Tate; £568 Mrs S Trewitt; £535 A Fawcett; £482 B&C Clark, WS Moore. Simm: £662, £648, £628, £600, £595 N Hobson; £588, £568, £560, £548 WS Moore. Breeding cattle: BB cow & calf £800, £660 Mrs S Dennis. Breeding sheep: Texel hoggs & lambs £77 I Holmes; Mule ewes (corr) & lambs £77, £60 JG Ward; BMCB £66, £45 JG Ward. Private sales, May 31-June 4: 52 fat cattle. inc OTMs. Tues. - Fwd: 208 cattle 361 sheep. Steers med to 119.5p/ £573.60, av 104.15p/£527.69; heavy to 124.5p/£964.88 av 101.69p/£628.19. overall steer av 101.96p; hfrs lt to 130.5p/£515.47 av 125.24p/£465.29; med to 139.5p/£625.43 av 115.94p/ £519.82. heavy to 137.5p/£738.48 av 110.1p/£574.30; overall hfr av 113.18p; young bulls med to 117.5p/£629.93, av 96.04p/£508.04; heavy to 120.5p/ £780.55 av 97.54p/£80.77; overall bull av 97.08p; total cattle av 104.53p. Lambs std to 141p/£55 av 132.68p/ £51.17; med to 139.5p/£58 av 127.15p/ £53.18; overall av 127.83p; total lambs av 126.96; heavy to 124p/ £60.90 av 119.28p/£57.09; hoggets owt to 95.37p/£57.20 av 85.21p/£53.40; total sheep av 126.29p; cull ewes to £47 av £34.44. Wed. - Fwd: 189 store & breeding cattle. Breeding cattle. - Lim cow & calf: £1,000, £940, £825 Mrs S Trewitt; £620 RW Henry. BB cow & calf: £805 Mrs S Trewitt. BB hfr & calf: £740, £490 RP Ward. Char hfr & calf: £450 RP Ward. Simm hfr & calf: £470 RP Ward. Char hfr & calf: £450 RP Ward. Ped Lim bull: £1,020 Mrs S Trewitt. Store bulls. - Lim: £548, £545, £455, £420, £380 A&M Wilson; £525 B Peirson; £488, £470 T Scaife; £305 R Robson. Simm: £455, £412, £388 FC Jackson. Holstein: £425, £325 A&M Wilson; £320 B Hornsey; £255 R Robson, Fries: £340, £290 NW Kitching; £305 R Robson; £250 JC Foster. Herefd: £265, £220 R Robson. Hfrs. - Holstein: £495 RW Henry. BB: £498 JE Farrow; £465 BC Clark; £395 Shepherd Farming. Lim: £528, £480 JE Farrow; £522, £450. £435 RP Ward; £488 R Humphreys; £485 BW Peirson, JL Cook; £458 £295 JR Wilkinson; £430, £410 Shepherd Farming; £406, £402, £398, £330, £325 WS Hewitson; £380, £375 A Spence. Simm: £488, £388 BC Clark; £398 Shepherd Farming; £370 D Johnson, W Hewitson. BA: £478, £462, £455 JS Greenbank. Char: £420, £395 Shepherd Farming; £370 W Hewitson; £340 A Spence. Herefd £438 JL Cook. Bullocks. - Lim: £768 R Kerr; £660 Miss Parlour; £632, £630, £482 RP Ward; £612 F&D Peirson. Lim: £575 P Braithwaite; £480 A&M Wilson; £450, £425 A Spence. Simm: £650 Miss J Parlour; £570 F&D Peirson; £425 C Hunton. AA: £632, £595, £590 RP Ward; £455 B Milburn. BA: £620 RJ Garbutt; £560 F&D Peirson. Holstein: £495, £378 A&M Wilson. BB: £348, £280 C Hunton. Private sales June 7-June 11: 42 fat cattle, inc OTMs, 56 fat sheep & pigs.

PENRITH. - Mon. Fwd: 74 cattle. Hfrs: BB to 136.5p; Lim to 129.5p; BA to 125.5p. Steers: Lim to 107.5p; Char to 106.5p; Lim to 127.5p. Bulls: BA to 120.5p; BB to 114.5p; Fries to 96.5p. Fwd: 285 store cattle. Lim X hfr & bull calves £1,150 Low Row; Char X hfr & hfr calves £620 Bridge End (Robinson); BB X hfr & hfr calves £750 Low Row; Lim X cows & hfr calves £790 Raw Foot. Bullocks. - Lim X: £860, £720 Ghyll House; £705, £622 Slakes; £698 Birkett Mire; £622, £580 Underwood; £620 Wetheriggs. BBX: £810 Ghyll House; £638 The Bank. Baz: £542 Raw Foot. Herefd X bullocks: £575, £565 White House. AAX: £640(2), £612, £592 Red House. Holstein: £535, £475 Greengill Bank. Hfrs. - Lim X: £690 Ghyll House; £625(2) The Bank; £618 Birkett Mire; £590 Slakes; £588(2) Birk Howe; £575 Ghyll Bank; £570(5), £505(4) Murton Hall. Wed. - Fwd: 1,801 sheep. Cont lambs to £69; Suff lambs to £69.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 561 cattle, 988 sheep, 188 pigs. Steers lt to 95.5p/£429.75 av 94p; med to 125.5p/£696.53 av 106.5p; heavy to 127.5p/£907.13 av 109.6p; overall steer av 109p; hfrs lt to 118.5p/ £468.08 av 114.1p; med to 139.5p/£669.60 av 113.1p; heavy to 137.5p/£745.88 av 114.1p; overall hfr av 113.8p; young bulls lt to 98.5p/£433.50 av 80.03p; med to 116.5p/£629,93 av 91.88p; heavy to 123.5p/ £793.95 av 100.51p; overall bull av 94.89p. Lambs std to 128.9p/£49.80 av 122.9p; med to 135.7p/£57.50 av 123.1p; heavy to 119.1p/£60 av 118.8p; owt to 119.1p/ £65.50; hoggets lt to 98.4p/ £31.50 av 92.1p; std to 91.6p/£34.80 av 86.5p; med to 96.1p/£43 av 89.4p; heavy to 100p/£51 av 97.8p; owt to 96.3p/£52 av 89.8p; shlgs lt to 75p.£27 av 62,1p; heavy to 70.8p.£34 av 67.5p; owt to 66.1p/£37; lt ewes to £35 av £20.21; heavy to £58 av £37.79. Porkers to 93p/ £70.31 av 80.7p; cutters to 94p/£73.42 av 79.3p; baconers to 77p/£71.80 av 73p; owt to 61p/£71.37; sows to 60.5p/£162.93 av 46.9p; boars to 41.5p £106.66 av 40.3p.