BARNARD CASTLE. - Tues of last week. Fwd: 155 store cattle. Bulls: Lim £580 G Williamson; BB £585 T&G Lee; Char £545 WK Walker; BA £440 J&SE Bainbridge. Bullocks: Char £730 WB Rutter & Sons; Lim £730 WB Rutter & Sons; BA £640 J&MJ Walton; BB £630 JW Dent & Sons; Simm £500 B&L Robson. Hfrs: Lim: £595 P&J Coupland; Char £548 WB Rutter & Sons; BA £545 JR Longstaff & Son; Simm £452 B&L Robson. Wed of last week. - Fwd: 1,902 sheep. Lt hoggs to 119.4p av 112.9p; std to 121.7p av 112.2p; med to 120.9p av 111.6p; heavy to 110.6p av 104.4p.Cast sheep: Cont to £76; Mules to £72; Leics to £65; horned to £47. Goats to £25.

DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 358 cattle, 1,429 prime sheep. Steers med to 122.5p a kg or £667.83 each av 115.7p; heavy to 122.5p or £806.25 av 106.9p; hfrs lt to 124.5p or £491.78 av 107.8p; med to 133.5p or £607.43 av 106.9p; heavy to 139.5p or £803.20 av 110.4p; young bulls med to 121.5p or £656.10 av 101.4p; heavy to 122.5p or £870.53 av 105.3p. Hoggs lt to 125.4p a kg or £47 each av 115.5p; med to 124.7p or £55 av 115.7p; heavy to 113.5p or £59 av 108.9p; cull ewes to £75 av £59.62. Mon. - Fwd: 248 store & breeding cattle, 451 store hoggs, 312 fat hoggs, 150 in-lamb ewes. Bulls. - Lim: £550(2) W&D Findlay; £535, £520 W Robson; £532 T&DI Allen & Son; £518(2) M Gallon. Char: £538 R Stelling. BA: £535, £528 IR Appleton. Steers. - Lim: £580(2) W&C Iceton; £5489(2) I&RA Watson. BB: £575 I&RA Watson; £542(2) J Elsdon & Son. BA: £568(2) TW Thompson. Fries: £562 J Elsdon & Son. Hfrs. - Lim: £575(2) M&E Walton; £545(2) J Elsdon & Son; £518 R Dodds & Son; £518 W&C Iceton; £515 NG Beveridge. Simm: £590, £582, £562 JN Spink. Simm dairy hfr: £350 EF Atkinson. Store hoggs. - Suff: £50 J Hird; £49 TM Bellas & Son; WI Studdes & Son; £48 H Thompson; £47.50 T Rutter. Texel: £49.20 J Hird; £48 GW Dobson; £46 TM Bellas & Son; F Whitfield; £45.50 F Davidson & Sons. Breeding sheep. - In-lamb Swale ewes: £47, £43, £42, £39, £38(3), £37, £24 Wharton farms. Fat hoggets std to £43.50(2) av 115.8p; med to £49.50 JC Johnson av 109.91p; heavy to £55.80 av 109.44p; owt to £59.20 av 104.95p; overall av 110.2p.

Hawes. - Tues. Fwd: 9 calves, 1,813 sheep. Calves: Lim bulls to £240 DJ&S Stainton, Howgill, av £203.25; hfrs to £130 WJ&CM Lambert, Hawes, av £126; Fries bulls to £106 DJ&S Stainton, av £90.25. Hoggs lt to 119.3p av 101p; std to 112.9p av 103.5p; med to 117.5p av 103.7p; heavy to 107.3p av 100.3p, overall av 103.3p. Lt wt hoggs: Cont to 122.5p av 109.5p; Suff to 108.7p av 94.9p; Mules to 105.5p; horned to 106.6p av 97.2p. Store hoggs: Cont to £37.80; Suff to £40.40; Mules to £39; horned to £30.80. Cast ewes horned to £36.80 av £25.80; polled £71 av £41; cast rams horned to £33.50 av £22.64; polled to £49 av £41.20.

HEXHAM. - Last Fri. Fwd: 665 store cattle & suckled calves. Steers, red CID: Lim X to £665 Fairley; Char X to £640 Fairley. Blue CID: Lim X to £700 White Kirkley (15m-o); Simm X to £652 Little Whittington (16-18m-o); Char X to £660 Hall Hill (18-20m-o); BXB to £565 Bank Top (17m-o) BAX to £715(2) Eltringham (20-21m-o). Green CID: Lim X to £595 Woodcroft (11m-o). Hfrs: Simm X to £650 Errington Red House; Lim X to £648 High Hedley Hope; Char X to £600 Lunns House; BAX to £615 East Moor; AAX £410 Linacres. Fwd: 2,904 store & breeding sheep, inc annual sale of cast rams & ewes. Ewes run with ram: Bleu du Maine X (UO) £68 Lough Green; Texel (W) £66 West Wharmley; Mule (UO) to £60 Lough Green; Texel (UO) £60 West Wharmley. Mule ewe hoggs £58 West Raw. Store sheep, cast rams: Suff to £55 The Shield; Texel to £47 Crooked Oak, Burdonside; Leics to £49 Gleedlee; Blackface to £34.50 Emblehope; Swale to £40.50 Cleughbrae. Ewes: Suff X to £60 Greyside; Leics to £55.50 Tunstall Cottage; Texel to £50 Pit House; Blackface to £40 Cleughbrae; Swale to £37 The Raw. Store hoggs: Suff X to £49.20 Piatroon; Texel X to £49 Todburn, Ewesley; Cheviot to £45 Greyside; Mule to £44 Piatroon; Blackface to £41.80 Ealingham; Swale to £36 Buckshott. Tues. - Med hfrs to 97.5p av 96.5p; heavy to 118.5p av 107.7p. Hoggs: Suff X to 126.3p; Texel X to 128.9p; Mule to 115.1p; Blackface to 112.7p; Swale to 109.2p; Cheviot X to 121.6p; Char to 123.3p; Cast ewes & tups: Suff to £70 av £49.98; Texel to £72 av £51.90; Mule to £57 av £46.61; Leics to £58 av £41.57; Blackface to £44.80 av £34.09; Swale to £43.50 av £32.15; Cheviot to £52 av £34.37.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Tues. Fwd: 2,353 hoggs, 310 cast & feeding ewes. Hoggs 35kg or over: Suff to £59; Cont X to £57.20; Mule to £53.80; Cheviot X to £51.80; Scotch Blackface to £50.20; Swale to £48; Rough Fell to £43.20. 34kg or less: Cont X to £39; Suff to £36.80; Swale to £35.20; Mule to £35.80; Rough Fell to £31.80. Ewes: Texel to £61.50; Blue-faced Leics to £53; Mule to £54; Swale to £37.50; Rough Fell to £37.50. Rams: Texel to £63; Suff to £59; Blue-faced Leics to £57.50; Swale to £42.50.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 7 dairy cattle, 126 calves & stirks, 330 store cattle. New Year show & sale of store cattle. Judge: Brian Hough, Pontefract. Steer: 1 & champion: Walburn Hall Farms Lim £622; 2 GK Hird & Sons BB £578; 3 N Iveson BA £655. Hfrs: 1&2 BR Lawson & Son Lim £675, £610; 3 WA Dinsdale & Son £580. Feeding bull: 1&2 JV Marsden £502, £498. Other prices, bulls. - Lim: OJ&AJ Kendall £552, £532, £480; JV Marsden £540; JK Wilkinson & Ptnrs £530, £488; J Weatherhead & Son £525; GM Simpson £500; WC Stones £485. BB bulls: A&CA Stelling £540, £512, £492, £445, £440; J Weatherhead & Son £502, £498, £420. Bulls. - Char: DW Calvert & Co £480, £455; GM Simpson £472. AA: FD Graham £490. Fries: JK Wilkinson & Ptnrs £300; CH Allen £280. Steers. - BB: JW Wilkinson £805; Robson House Farms £665; RW Wallis & Sons £648; D&EM Oliver £628; JS Walton & Co £590; TW Raw £590; GK Hird & Sons £578; RW&MA Suttill £570; BR Lawson & Son £560; Thornton Berry £550. Lim: JW Wilkinson £760; LG Plews & Son £670; D&EM Oliver £670; K Metcalfe & Sons £670, £645; CS Utley & Sons £662, £660; GH&J Wallis & Son £655; JJ&J Woof £645; SB Harrison £645. BA: GH&J Wallis & Son £670, £655, £638, £595, £550; D&EM Oliver £598; N Iveson £590, £565. Shorthorn: JS&D Cloughton £590. Fries: PJ Middleton & Son £588, £565, £490; TW Raw £448. Simm: AG Dent & Ptnrs £572, £565, £505. AA: JS Walton & Co £560; Char: RW&MA Suttill £535, £525, £520; Thornton Berry £520, £450. Hfrs. - Lim: BR Lawson & Son £675, £610, £568; OJ&AJ Kendall £575, £665; N & RJ Sunter £590, £585; WA Dinsdale & Son £580, £570; J Fawcett & Son £570; Walburn Hall Farms £565. BB: DA&MA Brown & Son £650, £585, £555, £542; JS Walton & Co £602; MJ Croft £595, £562. RW Wallis & Sons £540; RE Stainthorpe & Son £480, £475. BA: BR Lawson & Son £625; GH&J Wallis & Son £540, £535, £470, £460; DA&MA Brown & Son £520; S Reynoldson £475, £462. Char: J Fawcett & Son £475; DW Calvert & Co £402; RW&MA Suttill £368. AA: JS Walton & Co £495. Hereford: DW Calvert & Co £350. Calved hfrs: R Hunter £660; JE Johnson & Son £600, £440, £420. Calved cows: FW Pybus £440. Calves. - BB Bulls to £278 M&D Smith av £235 overall; hfr to £126 M&D Smith av £94; Lim bulls to £218 WD&MM Moor av £151; hfrs to £138 WD&MM Moor av £63; BA bulls to £200 J Pratt & Son; Char bulls to £195 M&D Smith; Simm bulls to £185 EP&J Robertshaw; hfrs to £130 JW&RJ Pounder av £101; Fries bulls to £180 TW Atkinson & Son av £46; AA bulls to £90 A Finkill & Son £72; hfrs to £42 JW&RJ Pounder av £31. Shorthorn. - Stirks: AE Wilkes £260. Wed. - Fwd: 1,227 sheep & goats. Lambs lt to 111.7p av 103.4p; Suff & Cont std to 118.3p av 111.8p; med to 118p av 111.2p; heavy to 108.6p av 104.9p; owt to 107.1p av 101.3p; Mule, Masham & horned std to 107p av 103.3p; med to 106.5p av 101.3p; heavy to 100p av 96.6p. Ewes. - Cont: £59; Scotch HB £52; Mule £50; Wensleydale £46; Masham £45.50; Suff £37.50; horned £33 av £17.50. Goat £30.

MIDDLETON in TEESDALE. - Mon. Fwd: 305 sheep. Lambs (all crosses): Texel to £46; Mule to £45; Swale to £36.80. Ewes & rams (all crosses): Swale to £27. Tues. - Fwd: 75 store bullocks & hfrs. Lim X bullocks: £600, £575, £570, £535(3), £545, £525 Newton Lodge; £585, £580, £550, £538 Summery Hill; £520, £505 High Cross; £515 East Friar House; £515, £512, £500 Force Garth; £510 Toft House. Lim X hfrs: £505 Summery Hill; £410 Force Garth; £405 Friar House. Char X bullocks: £540, £538 Revelin.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 130 cattle, 987 sheep. Steers med to 89.5p a kg or £487.78 each av 89.01p or £473.99; heavy to 108.5p or £745.50 av 98.77p or £647.70; overall steer av 98.04p; hfrs lt to 100.5p or £366.83; med to 127.5p or £602.40 av 106.45p or £482.51; heavy to 127.5p or £741.15 av 103.6p or £548.14; overall hfr av 104.99p; bulls med to 107.5p or £596.63 av 89.11p or £475.65; heavy to 111.5p or £674.58 av 90.38p or £564; overall bull av 89.74p; total cattle av 100.75p. Hoggs std to 117p or £45 av 111.99p or £42.24; med to 121.9p or £50.80 av 111.3p or £46.58; overall av 111.35p; heavy to 107.6p or £53.80 av 102.85p or £49.04; owt to 100.9p or £50.20 av 99.42p or £54.98; overall sheep av 108.6p; cull ewes to £60 av £38.19; rams to £49.50 av £43.25. Wed. - Fwd: 126 store & breeing cattle. Bulls. - Lim: £550, £532, £518, £505 WA Raine; £518, £500 R Jones; £450 MM Collingwood; £335 HS Thompson. BB: £468, £465, £428, £375 J Weatherhead. Simm: £490, £410 D Johnson & Sons. Holstein: £378, £298, £290 W Smith; £345 D Johnson, JA Houseman. Hfrs. - Lim: £602 JB Richmond; £598, £565 P Leggott; £538, £460 RG Flintoff; £485, £462, £445 B Jefferson; £469 RL Garbutt; £465, £445, £440 JE Brown; £440, £425 £360 P Dowson; £435, £340 JD Stockill; £335, £2445 JB Gill; £320 WF Kay; £288, £282 B Fountain. Simm: £550, £415 AD Thornton; £450, £410 JD Sotckill; £450, £370 D Cowper; £180 J Reveley. Char: £535, £492 SE Fawcett; £330 TH Cook; £198, £130 J Reveley. BA: £492 B Jefferson; £400 W Brass. BB: £475 JD Stockill; £375 AD Thornton. Bullocks. - Lim: £655, £595 JL Cook; £575, £560 Mrs C Webster; £560, £548 RL Garbutt; £535 P&K Dowson; £490, £488, £475 J&R Bullock; £418, £335 C&G Hunton. Char: £592, £480 Mrs C Webster; £445 TH Cook. BA: £510, £462, £450 W Brass & Son. AA: £400 C&G Hunton. Calves: Simm hfr £110 T Hugill; Fries bull £48.45 T Hugill. Store sheep. - Suff X: £43 W Pattison; £42.20, £36.50 Dent Bros; £41.20 K Duffus; £41.80, £37.80 DJ Metcalfe; £40.80 W Nunn; £40.39 F Davison; £39.80 R&J Myers; £39.50 LW Hugill; £35.80 D Alderson; £29 L&J Featherstone. Texel: £37 J Stones. Cont X: £35.20, £21 Amsden; £36 JM Bell. Mule: £34.50 R&J Myers; £34.80, £27.80 EJ Smith. Swale: £21 R&J Myers. In-lamb Mule ewes, 2nd crop: £100, £96 G Simpson. In lamb Masham ewes: £86 G Simpson. Private sales, Jan 12-Jan 16: 140 fat cattle, inc OTMs, 105 fat sheep & pigs.

PENRITH. - Mon. Fwd: 81 cattle. Hfrs: Lim to 140.5p; BA to 124.5p; Baz to 113.5p. Steers: Lim to 143.5p; BA to 108.5p. Bulls: Lim to 123.5p; Char to 113.5p; Fries to 91.5p.

SCOTS GAP. - Fwd: 1,017 sheep. Suff X to 122.5p; Texel X to 128.8p; Mule to 112.8p; Blackface to 111.2p.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 524 cattle, 1,917 sheep, 290 pigs. Steers med to 109.5p a kg or £574.75 each av 99.2p; heavy to 126.5p or £819.18 av 103.6p; hfrs med to 127.5p or £605.63 av 107p; heavy to 127.5p or £776.18 av 106.6p; bulls lt to 94.5p or £439.43 av 81.3p; med to 123.5p or £648.38 av 91.4p; heavy to 117.5p or £954.78 av 97.2p. Hoggets lt to 106.4p a kg or £29.80 each; std to 121p or £46 av 111.1p; med to 121.5p or £52 av 107.2p; heavy to 116.3p or £54.20 av 100.6p; owt to 105.7p or £56 av 96.8p; ewes lt to £48 av £30.83; heavy to £71 av £49.28. Porkers to 64p a kg or £43.52 each; cutters to 87p or £73.52 av 76.9p; baconers to 84.5p or £80.84 av 76.7p; sows/boars to 40p or £135.26 av 34.4p. Mon. - Collection centre. Fwd: 21 OTMs, 12 cutters.

TOW LAW. - Mon. Fwd: 786 sheep. Suff X to 113.2p; Texel X to 116.1p; Mule to 110.9p; Swale to 107.3p; Char X to 110.6p.