BARNARD CASTLE. Wed of last week. Christmas show & sale of 1,681 sheep. Champion lambs: T Denham £60 to Cleveland Meat Co.

Prizes. - Suff lambs: 1 JK Thompson £42.50; 2 K&RE Robson £41.80. Cont lambs, 1 champion; 2 TM Bellas & Son £46; 3 Maj WK Trotter. Mule lambs: 1 EW Guy & Sons £48; 2 JR Longstaff & Son; 3 JW Dent & Sons. Swale lambs: 1 JF Hutchinson £40; 2 Tarn Bros £41.80; 3 F&JS Gargett £39. Cast ewes: 1&2 J&B Stanwix & Son £50, £49.50. Prices. Cast sheep: Cont to £67.50; Mule to £50; Swale to £32.

* The following class result was omitted from the report submitted for Tow Law Christmas fatstock show on Monday, December 8. - Suff lambs: 1 C Moralee & Sons, Blackburn Farm; 2 G&JH Tomlinson & Son, Sunnyside Farm.

MASHAM. - Christmas primestock show of 1,723 sheep (record entry). Judge: Andrew Atkinson, Hampsthwaite. Champion pen: AM & MV Brown, Newton-le-Willows, Bedale, Beltex-X lambs £108 each (263p a kg) mart record to Andrew Seed, manager of Dalesfresh Ltd; res: AM & MV Brown to R&J Catering, Kirby Malzeard. Ernest Thackray Memorial Trophy for Mashams: W&R Verity, Middlesmoor.

Also fwd for first Christmas show for cattle, 43 entries. Judges: Peter Wilkinson, Quality Fare, & Robert Atkinson of R&J Catering Meats, Kirby Malzeard. Supreme champion: BG Simpson, Heathfield, Pateley Bridge, BB hfr 615kg, 300p to judge Peter Wilkinson, one of the show judges, for 300p/kg; res: BG Simpson, BB hfr 650kg 185p to Quality Fare 185p.

Prizes. - Lim hfrs: 1 S Newcombe & Sons, Bedale, 152p to Beavers Butchers, Masham; 2 S Newcombe & Sons 136p to Rossendale Wholesale Meats; 3 M Falshaw, Swinton, 130p to J.Penny & Sons, Rawdon. Lim steers: 1 AR Abel, Littlethorpe, 128p to A Seed, Dalesfresh Ltd; 2 AR Abel 117p to J Thompson, Witton-le-Wear, Co Durham; 3 W Wardman, Yearby, 114p Woodhead Bros, Colne. BB hfrs: 1&2 BG Simpson 300p, 185p to Quality Fare; 3 S Newcombe & Sons 145p to R&J Catering Meats, Kirby Malzeard. BB steers: 1 AR Abel 108p to Woodhead Bros. Cont steers: 1 M Falshaw, Swinton, 175p to Quality Fare; 2 D Fall & Sons, Middleham, 110p to Woodhead Bros; 3 D Fall & Sons 110p to Woodhead Bros. Cont bulls: 1 AR Abel 113p to J.Thompson; 2 NJR Kettlewell, Masham, 115p to Rossendale Wholesale Meats; 3 A Stelling, Grewelthorpe, 114p to J.Thompson.

SCOTS GAP - Wed of last week. Christmas prime sheep show of 1,014 prime lambs and cast ewes. Judge: R Johnson, Johnson & Watson Meat Wholesalers, Newcastle. Champion pen: P Dickinson, Rugley Walls, Texel X lambs 44kg £57.50 each (130.7p a kg) to F Machin & Sons, Brandsby, North Yorks; res: GH Heron & Sons, Brinkburnhope, Hexham-type Blackface lambs 44kg £48.20 (109.6p) to W Dodd for Whitley Bay Meat Co. Overall av: 43.3kg per head 108.4p or £46.96.

Prizes. - Texel x lambs: 1 Rugeley Walls; 2 Thornton Tower. Suff X: 1 Cornhills (ex Texel X); 2 Cornhills (ex-HB). Mule lambs: 1 Brinkburnhope (ex Blackface).

Prices, lambs: Suff X to £54.20 Bolam West House; £54 Cheviot; to £53.80 Ingoe Low Hall, Brinkburn New Houses; Texel X to £57.50 Rugley Walls; Mule to £50.50 Blackaburn; Blackface to £48.20 Brinkburnhope