HAWES. - Tues. Fwd: 124 cattle. Spring show & sale of store cattle. Champion & Barclays Bank Challenge Trophy RA Sowerby, Thwaite Bridge, 14-m-o Lim hfr, £610 to J Little, Penrith; res: J R & A Blades, Muker, 9-m-o BB bullock, £600 to J Wilkinson, Leyburn.

Prices. - Lim bulls: RA Sowerby £555(2), £485, £435, £432. Lim bullocks: T Metcalfe & Son (UG) £592, £572, £562(2), £548, £540, £530(2); R Metcalfe (CH) £570; J&E Waggett £558, £528. Lim hfrs: RA Sowerby £610, £510; K Metcalfe & Sons £485; R&D Waggett £472, £465; J&M Newbould £385(2); JG&RM Hall £365. Simm hfrs: J&M Newbould £445(2), £435(3), £430(2), £402(2), £398.

Summary: Lim bullocks to £592 av £528.72; bulls to £555 av £492.40; hfrs to £610 av £391.43p. BB bullocks to £600; hfrs to £478 av £444.54p. BA bullocks to £555 av £450.20; hfrs to £395 av £382.50p; Simm hfrs to £445 av £392.09.

Beef breeding cattle: AA cow & BB hfr calf £520; Lim X cow & BB bull calf £705; BBX hfr in calf to BA £700. Calves: Fries to £92 JC&J Clarkson, Bainbridge, av £83; Lim hfrs to £98 JH&TR Fawcett, Marsett.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Wed of last week. Fwd for show & sale: 84 crowned in-lamb Swaledale ewes & gimmer hoggs, also 372 association flock books, for Swaledale Sheep Breeders' Association. Champion: Administrator of the late C Harker, Pry House, 3-shear ewe, £2,500 to GA Slack, Stoneriggs. Overall av £768.18 (up £37.39 on year); ewes av £750; shlgs av £802.27; gimmer hoggs av £736.36.

Prizes. - Ewes: 1 champion; 2 JW Porter & Sons, Low Oxnop, £900 to WJ Gill; 3 DA Robinson, Hesleden, £350 to GA Slack. Shlgs: 1 DA Robinson £1,600 to RW Emmott; 2 admin C Harker £1,800 to CR Raine & Sons; 3 MW Skidmore & Sons, Wolfcleugh, £900 to I Collinson. Gimmer hoggs: 1 & res BR Lawson & Son, Buddle House, £1,800 to WF Gill; 2&3 admin C Harker £1,300 to GA Slack, £500 to A&L Fawbert.

Prices. - Ewes: £2,500, £1,200, £1,000 Pry House; £1,800(2) Thwaite Bridge; £1,400 Morsdale Farm; £900 Low Oxnop. Shlgs: £1,800, £1,000 Pry House; £1,700, £900 Morsdale Farm; £1,600 Hesleden; £1,200 2 Reading Room; £1,200, £1,100 Penyghent Farm; £900, £800 Wolfcleugh. Gimmer hoggs: £1,800 Buddle House; £1,700, £1,300 Pry House; £800 Low Oxnop.

Flock books: 1925 £580; 1924 £500; 1932 & 1933 £360, £280; 1926 £260; 1933 & 1935 £220; 1934, 1935 £180; 1929 £170; 1936 & 1938 (vol 1) £160; 1930 £160; 1930-31 £160; 1970-79 £150; 1930-31 £130; 1941-1942 £130; 1938-1939 £130; 1939 £125; 1929 £110; 1945-1949 £110; 1927 £100.