BARNARD CASTLE. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 597 sheep. Show for ewes & hoggs with lambs. Mule hoggs & lambs: 1&2 M Hedley £140, £136. Mule shlgs & lambs: 1&2 P Coupland £128, £120. Swale ewes & lambs: 1 Raby Estates £80; 2 C Bell £60. Mules: hoggs & lambs to £140; shlgs & lambs to £128; ewes & lambs to £120; geld summe hoggs to £80. Cont sheep & lambs to £100. Swale ewes & twins to £80; geld hoggs to £53. Std lambs to 134.5p av 132p; med to 133.3p av 131.2p; std hoggs to 98.8p av 97.2p; med to 97.8p av 93.4p; heavy to 96p av 95.2p. Tues. - Fwd: 214 cattle. Lim hfrs & bull calves to £820; with hfr calves to £720; AA hfrs & hfr calves to £800; BA cows & bull calves to £800; with hfr calves to £700. Bulls: BB to £675; Lim to £645; Char to £585; Simm to £580. Steers: BB to £555; Lim to £765; Char to £690; Herefd to £490. Hfrs: BB to £520; Lim to £630; Char to £585; Simm to £642; BA to £642. Breeding cattle: ER Thompson £820, £720; JR Wilson & Son £820, £800. J Richmond £382, £350; DW Ewin £420, £375; P Cockburn £800, £700. Bulls: F&MP Allinson £630; JB&JA Fenwick £675, £620, £610; DW Ewin £555, £350; J&K Metcalf & Son £520, £490, £475, £460; K Atkinson £592, £585, £580, £575, £570, £430; JD&DG&E K Sanderson; £560, £490, £485, £480, £465, £450, £438, £435, £430, £420 JW Dent & Sons £645, £580. Store cattle: F&MP Allinson & Son £552, £445, £412; JR Addison & Sons £700, £640, £630, £615, £495, £465, £445, £420; J&K Metcalf & Son £585; WAR Jopling & Son £575, £522, £355, £300; TL Anderson £765, £700, £580; MW Elliott £460; JE High & Son £690, £555, £540, £505; EW Holmes £630, £478, £472, £470, £420, £418; C&E Gaskin £642, £560, £490; R Hutchinson & Sons £585, £555, £530, £495; Dent Bros £490, £480, £360; JJM Pickering & Son £625, £480; MC Dent £495; RM&AM Dixon £545; TB Walton £460, £420, £370, £355; J&JE Robson £360, £350; F Stobart & Sons £570, £490, £422; JW Dent & Sons (Naby) £520, £435, £410; J&BL Thompson £625, £575, £535; G&MF Turnbull & Sons £590, £570, £565, £555, £540, £535, £520, £495, £440, £420; TB Law £452, £442; S Bayles & Sons £520, £455, £450, £440; SG Hall £330, £322, £270; P Cockburn £575, £440, £365; JJ&GE Walton £508, £555, £460, £428, £425. Wed. - Fwd: 429 sheep. Mule hoggs 7 singles £130; with twins £124; Mule shlgs & lambs £90; Mule gimmer hoggs £60. Std lambs to 135.8p av 132.6p; med to 136.9p av 130.4p; heavy to 125p av 121.3p; std hoggs to 105.6p av 104.2p; med to 109.3p av 103.6p; heavy to 105.2p av 99.8p. Cast sheep: Cont £44; Mule £41; Leics £40; Swale £35.

DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 468 cattle, 625 sheep. Steers lt to 105.5p/£485.30 av 101.96p; med to 133.5p/£734.25 av 108.65p; heavy to 143.5p/£332.30 av 105.15p; overall steer av 107.1p; hfrs lt to 100.5p/£371.85 av 98.9p; med to 125.5p/£720.25 av 107.18p; heavy to 142.5p/£764.40 av 106.21p; overall av 107.8p; young bulls med to 117.5p/£634.50 av 99.84p; heavy to 132.5p/£833.63 av 106.9p; overall bull av 105.4p. Spring lambs lt to 155.8p/£60 av 146.12p; med to 151.3p/£66 av 141.47p; heavy to 142.3p/£67 av 140.54p; overall lamb av 143.5p; hoggs std to 108.1p/£41 av 96.58p; med to 117p/£48 av 102.02p; heavy to 113.5p/£54.50 av 104.1p; cull ewes to £56 av £36.08. Mon. - Fwd: 121 store & breeding cattle, 21 hoggs, 22 ewes & hoggs with twins & singles. Steers. - Lim: £660 J Linsley; £525, £500(2), £498(2) FMR Gibson & Son; £450(2) D Forster; £442 HR Wilkinson. BB: £568, £465, £375, £355 P Swinburne. Baz: £548, £510, £480, £440 D Forster. Fries: £330(3), £270(3) J&S Thompson. Hfrs. - Lim: £535 (2) J Linsley; £515, £408(2), £402(2) JW Dent; £500(4) M Gallon; £448, £400, £388, £382, £375 JJ Atkinson; £400(2) PJ Wiper; £395, £380 GW Nicholson; £385, £380, £360 M Bainbridge. Saler: £432 Rigel Pedigree. Young bulls. - Lim: £662, £645, £638 D Seymour & Sons; £400 EF Atkinson; £375 G Bulmer. AA: £585 D Seymour & Sons; £490, £435 BJ Magraw; £345 J&S Thompson. Char: £550 J&S Thompson. Saler: £390, £335 Rigel Pedigree. Cows & calves. - Baz: £540 JD Seymour. Char: £450 WA Stephenson. Store hoggs. - Mule gimmers to £65, £47 Edwards; Suff to £48, £45 J&S Thompson. Ewes with lambs: 4-shear & twins & singles to £100 NB Nicholls; hoggs & singles to £85, £78 R Clarkson.

Hawes. - Tues. Fwd: 4 calves, 210 sheep. Calves: BB bulls to £258 JR Thwaites, Askrigg; Holst bulls to £98 B&J Parks, Garsdale; Fries bulls to £80 JF Bowe & Son, Hawes. Spring lambs to 152.5p/£64.40 av 150.9p; hoggs std to 108.1p av 96.30p; med to 113.7p av 113.1p; overall av 91.8p. Cast ewes, horned to £32.80 av £18.07; polled to £46 av £42.50. Ewes with lambs at foot: Mule & twins to £110 RF&RD Kettlewell, Askrigg,av £103.66; with singles to £110 J Alderson, Low Row,av £92.75p; Cont & singles to £86 K Fawcett, Stainmore; Swale & twins to £134 GS Tiplady, Low Row, av £91.90; Swale & singles to £76 AF&BA Dawson, Kirkby Lonsdale, av £60.50.

HEXHAM. - Last Fri. Fwd: 1,252 store cattle & suckled calves. Steers, blue CID: Lim X to £750 Great Chesters; Simm X to £648 North High Moor; Char X to £688 Bishopton; BAX to £682 Brownsleazes; BBX to £665 Great Chesters; AAX to £480 Gallowhill; Herefd X to £455 Gallowhill; Brown Swiss £490 Horncastle; beef Shorthorn to £625 Biddlestone Home Farm. Green CID: Lim X to £665 Gallows Hill; AAX to £580 The Hole; BAX to £655. Hfrs: Lim X to £680 Holling Hill; Simm X to £580 Little Whittington; Pure Char to £645 Ouston Farms; Char X to £685 Great Chesters; Pure BA to £580 High Wooley; BAX to £518 High Wooley; BBX to £420 Steel Hall; AA £415 Spittalshield. Tues. - Lim hfrs to 118.5p. Spring lambs: Suff X to 155.8p; Texel X to 143.6p; Char X to 138.3p. Hoggs: Suff X to 116.3p; Texel X to 117.3p; Mule to 113.1p; Blackface to 118.5p; Swale to 105.7p; Cheviot X to 119.3p; Char X to 108p; Beltex to 114p. Cast ewes & rams: Suff ewes to £52; Suff rams to £43.50; Texel to £44; Mule to £37.50; Leics ewes to £38.20; Leics rams to £56.50; Blackface to £30.80; Swale to £30.20; Cheviot X to £37.20; Char X to £34. Ewes & lambs: Mule gimmers & Suff X lambs to £144 East Fourstones; Scotch HB ewes, 2-crop, Texel x twins to £138 Doxford; Texel hoggs & Texel lambs to £130 Middle Dukesfield; Mule hoggs & singles to £128 Rennington South, White House (HSH); Texel X hoggs & twins to £120 Brandon Hall; with singles to £112 Brandon Hall; Suff X hoggs & singles to £123 Whitridge; with twins to £120 Brandon Hall; Mule ewes (W) 2-crop & twins to £128 East Fourstones; Mule ewes (BM) & triplets to £140, with twins to £98; with singles to £73 all East Fourstones; hill Cheviot ewes & twins to £85, with singles to £68 both Sherburn Tower; Blackface ewes (W) & twins to £80 Sherburn Tower; with singles to £53 Cooks House; Blackface ewes (BM) & twins to £68 Sherburn Tower; with singles to £50 Whiskershiel.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Tues Fwd: 863 sheep (record entry of 203 spring lambs, largest seen at this mart in May). Lambs: Cont X to £59.50; Suff X to £57.20. Hoggs: Cheviot to £48.50; Swale to £41.50; Mule to £51; Cont X to £49; Rough Fell to £49. Ewes: Mule to £46.50; Cont X to £52.50; Suff X to £59; Rough Fell to £33.50; Herdwick to £28; Swale to £34; Gritstone to £34.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 2 dairy cattle, 61 calves, 208 sheep & lambs & breeding sheep. Calves: BB bulls to £300 M&D Smith av £284 overall; hfrs to £200 D&S Spence av £177; Lim bulls to £292 A Fawcett & Sons av £227; hfrs to £175 WD&MM Moor av £136; Herefd bulls to £235 W&D Scaife & Son av £223; Simm bulls to £225 DN Verity av £220; hfrs to £130 JA Dent & Son; Fries bulls to £145 F&S Iveson av £107; AA hfrs to £130 JW Banks. Stirks. - Fries bulls: CH Allen £265. Mule sheep & lambs. - Hoggs & twins: Millican £142; with singles: PJ Coupland £142, £135; shlgs & twins: A Brown £142, £140, £138. Ewes 2-shear & twins: JS&NJ Sunter £112(2); SJ Raw £100. With singles: SJ Raw £78. 3-shear & twins: C&A Barningham £116; 4-shear £106. 3-4 shear & twins: SJ Raw £96. 4-shear & twins: C&A Barningham £120. Cont shlgs & twins: GH Curtis £102. Cont ewes 3-shear & twins: GH Curtis £94; 4-shear £88. Swale ewes (BM) & twins: A&CA Stelling £60; With singles: A&CA Stelling £39. Gimmer hoggs. - Swale: LW Atkinson £62; G Lambert £38; Cont: JD Spensley £55. Mule: G Lambert £47. Wed. - Fwd: 675 sheep. Lambs std to 142.1p av 134.9p; med to 140.2p av 132.7p; heavy to 131.2p av 130.4p; owt to 117.5p; hoggs std to 94.8p av 78.2p; med to 102.2p av 90.6p; heavy to 109.8p av 93.9p; owt to 87.7p av 71.5p; cast sheep to £43 av £2.50. Ewes: BFL £43; Cont £38; Mule £35; horned £19 av £15.60.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 165 cattle, 253 sheep. Steers med to 97p/£538.35 av 93.71p/ £499.81; heavy to 112.5p/£731.25 av 97.76p/£593.62; overall steer av 97.24p; hfrs lt to 127.5p/£497.25 av 102.85p/£383.97; med to 134.5p/ £638.88 av 114.67p/£518.83; heavy to 128.5p/£675.68 av 105.8p/ £551.02; overall hfr av 109.74p; young bulls lt to 107p/£486.85 av 89.13p/£392.17; med to 117.5p/ £616.88 av 90.87p/£474.68; heavy to 112.5p/£698.75, av 99.37/ £612.69; overall bull av 96.13p; total cattle av 103.01p. Lambs std to 153.9p/£60 av 144.38p/£55.48; med to 147.5p/£62.50 av 138.11p/£57.46; overall av 139.09p; heavy to 136.4p/£68.20 av 135.02p/£64.39; total lamb av 138.73p; hoggs std to 112.8p/£44 av 108.55p/£42.33; med to 113p/£48.80 av 111.92p/£48.18; overall av 110.77p; heavy to 102.5p/£48.20 av 91.25p/£44.71; owt to 109p/£61.20 av 91.12p/ £54.01; total hogg av 102.3p; total sheep av 129.4p; cull ewes to £47.50 av £35.81; ram £46. Wed. - Fwd: 136 store & breeding cattle and calves, 90 breeding sheep. Bulls.- Holstein: £440, £350 RW Dennison; £420 JD Sanderson; £355, £308 JF Henry; £330 HJ Thompson. Char: £380 JD Sanderson. BB: £382, £348 C Bowman. Fries: £330 HJ Thompson. Hfrs. - Simm: £525, £500 JL Atkinson; £385, £350, £348 KM Sayer; £352 R Mortimer. Lim: £485, £482 DR Easton; £480, £352, £325 JH Sykes; £458 G&M Davison; £442 CD Hall; £300, £325 RI Pattison. BB: £458, £440, £425 AE Fawcett; £408 JD Stockill; £408, £400, £378 R Carter; £402 CH Bentley. BA: £428 R Carter; £418 G&M Davison; £372, £342 R Mortimer. AA: £300 CH Bentley. Herefd: £330 D Easton. Bullocks. - Simm: £690 KF Pearson; £668 £635 CW Tate; £620, £572, £558, £532 WS Moore; £495 F&D Pierson; £468 C Bowman. Char: £685 KF Pearson; £658 CW Tate; £600 JB Knight. BB: £670, £420 JB Knight. Lim: £558, £542, £495, £490 l Dent; £512, £508 GD Hall. AA: £435, £425 B Milburn. Pied: £442 C Bowman. Herefd: £260 WS Moore. BB hfr calf £172 J Hugill. Simm cows & bull calf: £815, £785 G&S Towers. Mule shlgs & lambs £122 KM Sayer; £119, £113 AJ Noble; Mule ewes & lambs £104, £75 JG Ward; Texel shlgs & lambs £116 AJ Noble; Texel 3-crop £101 AJ Noble. Ewes in lamb £42 CB Wilkinson. Suff gimmer lambs £54 Mrs Roberts. Private sales May 24-28: 77 fat cattle, inc OTMs.

PENRITH. - Mon. Fwd: 51 cattle. Hfrs: Lim to 137.5p; BA to 132.5p; BB to 130.5p. Bulls: Lim to 123.5p; BB to 103.5p; Char to 104.5p. Wed. - Fwd: 3,146 sheep. Spring lambs to £73. Hoggs: Cont X to £61; Suff X to £62; Cheviot to £59; Mule to £59; Swale to £53.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 453 cattle, 1,462 sheep, 129 pigs. Steers med to 122.5p/£661.50 av 106.4p; heavy to 130.5p/£827.45 av 106.4p; hfrs lt to 124.5p/£498; med to 133.5p/£624.64 av 109.4p; heavy to 139.5p/£740.93 av 108.3p; young bulls lt to 93.5p/£425.48 av 81.45p; med to 124.5p/£634.95 av 92.47p; heavy to 122.5p/£847.28 av 97.06p. Lambs std to 158.5p/£61.80 av 143p; med to 162.8p/£70 av 144.4p; heavy to 143.8p/£69 av 133.2p; hoggets med to 115p/ £48.50 av 105.7p; heavy to 114.1p /£56.50 av 105.6p; owt to 109.4p/ £59.50 av 106p; ewes lt to £33.50 av £13.01; heavy to £49.50 av £35.63. Porkers to 95p/£71.25 av 85.3p; cutters to 97p/£77.60 av 85.9p; baconers to 84p/£80.03 av 80.8p; sows to 50p/£146 av 41.5p; boars to 40p/£129.60 av 37.5p. - Fwd: 453 store cattle. Fries bulls: 23-m-o £480; 6-m-o £344. BB: £448. AA: £336. Steers, blue. - Simm X BA: £570; Lim X £438; BBX £555. Hfrs. - Lim: £482; Simm £468; Char £480; BB 12-m-o £400; 8-m-o £328. Store sheep. - Mule hoggs & singles to £111; Mule ewes correct & lambs to £84; Mule ewes BM & lambs to £89; Mule ewes 3-crop & singles to £97p. Suff shlgs & twins to £140; with singles to £107; WF ewes (3-crop) & twins to £131; with lambs to £120. WF hoggs & singles to £104; Char hoggs & singles to £92; geld Suff X hogg to £47.