BARNARD CASTLE. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 1,314 sheep. Lambs lt to 112.3p av 108.5p; std to 121.5p av 113.1p; med to 120p av 113p; heavy to 104.2p av 107.8p. Cast sheep: Mule to £55.50; Cont to £55.50; Swale to £34.50.

DARLINGTON. - Mon. Fwd: 197 cattle, 752 lambs. Bulls. - AA: £542, £530 NA Miller. BA: £520 JC Cleasby. Char: £518 JS Thompson; £500 R Stelling. Lim: £505 M Gallon. Hfrs. - Lim: £522 WE Gilchrist. Char: £505 R Stelling; £495 J Horn. Saler: £480 D Kemp. BA: £480 D Kemp. Steers. - Lim:£630 JH Johnston; £565 WC Iceton; £508 HR Wilkinson. Saler: £578 AF Brown & Sons. Rearing calves bulls. - BB: £165 B Tweddle. Lim:£138 B Tweddle. Cows & Calves: £500 R Gill & Son. Fries dairy heifers: £400 GF Tuer. Store lambs. - Suff: £50 S Katain; £48.20 R Armstrong; £45.80 Mrs A Bell; £45.50 JL Dixon. Texel: £46.50 J Thompson; £45.80 CA&J Skidmore; £45.50 RW Shann & Son. Prime lambs med to 119.5p a kg or £51.20 each av 116.64p; heavy to 115.6p or £60 av 115.1p.

HAWES. - Tues. Fwd: 2 calves, 2,541 sheep. Calves. - Fries bulls to £25 av £22.50. Christmas show for prime lambs. Judge: P Wilkinson, Quality Fare, Leyburn. Cont: 1 & champion: AM&HV Brown, Bedale, Beltex 55kg 221.8p a kg (£122 each) to P Wilkinson, Quality Fare, Leyburn; 2 AM&HV Brown, Beltex 42kg 214.2p (£90) to Dales Quality Meat Co; 3 F Dinsdale & Son, Leyburn, Beltex 40kg 145p (£58) to JF D Haig, Kirkby Stephen. Mule: 1 JS&D Cloughton & Son, Askrigg, 53kg 104.2p (£55.20); 2 FW Lawson, Leyburn, 48kg 107.9 (£51.80); 3 J Scarr & Son, Askrigg, 45kg 108.9p (£49). Masham: 1 CT&JE Willoughby, Redmire, 52kg 102.7p (£53.40); 2 CT & JE Willoughby 44kg 114.1p (£50.20). Swale: 1&2 D&M Iveson, Raydaleside, 52kg 106.2p (£55.20), 48kg 105.8p (£50.80); 3 GM Sedgwick, Sedburgh, 45kg 106.7p (£48) all to Dales Quality Meat Co. Prime lambs lt to 108.7p av 106.4p; std to 118.4p av 106.5p; med to 214.2p av 108.8p; heavy to 221.8p av 111.2p; overall av 108.1p. Lt lambs: Cont to 108.5p; Suff to 110.8p; Mule to 105.5p; horned to 107.1p. Store lambs: Cont to £35; Mule to £37 av £27.89; horned to £34.20 av £29.10. Cast ewes. - horned to £36.80 av £27.98; polled to £40 av £34.23; cast rams horned to £35 av £27.64; polled to £68 av £43.83.

HEXHAM. - Last Fri. Fwd: 911 cattle. Steers, red CID: Lim X to £690 Springwell Cottage; BAX to £600 Merryshields; Char X to £628 Croft House; AAX to £555 Brackenthwaite; Holstein to £402 Hillhead, Blue CID (18-21-m-o unless stated): Lim X to £700 Watch Currock; Char X to £672 Risehead; Herefd X to £568 Croft House; Simm X to £640 Low Farnham; AAX to £640 Brackenthwaite; Holstein Fries £to 402 Shieldykes; BBX to £580 Town Farm Glanton; BAX to £760 West Moor. Green CID: Lim X to £650 Newton High House (12m); Simm X to £570 Thrunton Lowfield (17m); AAX to £595 Peel Flatt. BBX bulls to £480 Bishopton; BAX to £620 Newton High House; Char X to £680 Risehead (18m). Hfrs: Lim to £660 Watch Currock; BAX to £630 Bavington Mount; Char X to £572 High Chibburn; Simm X to £565 Lords Lot; BBX to £545 Claywalls; AAX to £518 Shield Dykes. Spring-born hfr calves: Char X to £338 Foul Loaning; BAX to £375(3) Townfoot (AS); Simm X to £345 Three Farms; Lim X to £348 Quickening Cote. Fwd: 2,348 store sheep. Feeding ewes: Mule to £45.50 East Whitehill; Blackface Chaser to £40 The Brigg; Suff to £38.50 East Highridge; Blackface to £33.80 Greyside; Cheviot to £25 Biddlestone Townfoot. Store lambs: Texel X to £53 Beamwham; Suff X to £50.20 High Fotherley, China Hall; Beltex to £43 West Cocklaw; Mule to £48.20 Sunnyrigg; Blackface to £44.50 Townfoot; Cheviot X to £34.80 Biddlestone Townfoot; Swale to £31.50 Low Huntwell; Char X to £43 Low Yarridge.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 3 dairy cattle, 167 calves & stirks, 454 store sheep. Calved cows: D & PH Brown £740 (2), £500. Christmas show of rearing calves. Judges: Chris Manners & Brian Rutherford. BB bull: 1 & champion M&D Smith £340; 2 & res M&D Smith £310; 3 SH&N Whitaker £270. BB hfr: 1 M&D Smith £300; 2 SH&N Whitaker £175; 3 D Pratt £195. Other Cont bull: 1 B&A Myers & Daughters £255; 2 WD&M Moor £242; 3 JR&I Lambert £232. Other Cont hfr: 1&3 J Dinsdale £140, £145; 2 WD&M Moor £140. Fries bull: 1&2 JD&E Clarkson £90, £60. Calves. - BB bulls to £340 M&D Smith av £237 overall; hfrs to £300 M&D Smith av £149; Lim bulls to £255 B&A Myers & Daughters av £169; hfrs to £145 J Dinsdale av £102; Mont bulls to £255 HM Dent & Sons av £217; Char bulls to £220 A Sowray & Sons; BA bulls to £195 MM Dowson av £139; Simm bulls to £185 A Sowray & Sons av £151; hfrs to £92 JW Tuer & Sons av £86; Fries bulls to £130 D&S Spence av £47; AA bulls to £178 B Spence & Sons; MRI £ 78 WD Richardson. Lim bull stirks: TW Atkinson & Son £298; Lim hfr stirks: TW Atkinson & Son £180. Christmas show for store lambs. Judge: Les Hall, Bedale. Cont lambs: 1&2 G Sidgwick £46.20, £44.20; Swaledale lambs: 1 A&CA Stelling £30. Other store lambs, Cont: Countess of Swinton £46.50; G Sidgwick £44; C Slee £40.20; JC Lancaster £36.80; C Alderson £36.50; PF Goodall £36.20. Suff: JC Ellwood £45.20; W Stanger £40.80; AC Ward £40.50. Mule: R Hogg & Son £39.20, £37; JC Peacock £37.80 A & CA Stelling £37. Jacob: PF Goodall £30. Wed. - Fwd: 2, 169 sheep, 24 prime, 61 OTM cattle. Christmas show for prime lambs. Judges: Malcolm Metcalfe & Andrew Atkinson. Cont X: 1 & champion E Fairburn & Sons 54kg Beltex X £110 to Quality Fare; 2 E Fairburn & Son 48kg £78; 3 BR Lawson & Son 45kg £60. Suff X: SE Scrope 43kg £49.20; 2 H Avison 45kg £52; 3 RW&BA Coates 55kg £59.50. Mule: JF&PMC Milner 54kg £51; 2 Wallburn Hall Farms 51kg £48.50; 3 E Fairburn & Sons 52kg £49.50. Masham: 1&2 RW Wallis & Sons 45 & 47kg both £46; 3 JW&MJ Croft 45kg £45. Horned: JF&PMC Milner 44kg £45; 2 JT Dixon & Sons 46kg £45; 3 SS&EA Guy 38kg £41. Lambs lt to 106.5p av 92.9p; Suff & Cont std to 113.8p av 108.7p; med to 133.3p av 110p; heavy to 162.5p av 104.5p owt to 203.7p av 121.6p. Mule, Masham & horned std to 100.5p av 98.4p; med to 102.2p av 96.9p; heavy to 98.7p av 95p; owt to 94.4p. Ewes: Mule £51.50; Cont £55.50; BFL £58; Masham £44; Suff £42; horned £27; av £17.50. Rams: Cont £58; horned £30.50.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 176 cattle, 647 sheep. Steers med to 97.5p a kg or £531.38 each av 91.23p or £486.55; heavy to 100.5p or £688.43 av 92.46p or £590.56; overall steer av 92.21p; hfrs med to 125.5p or £602.40 av 106p or £477.67; heavy to 124.5p or £676.28 av 102.1p or £543.60; overall hfr av 103.7p; young bulls lt to 54.5p or £250.70; med to 108.5p or £585.88 av 86.14 or £449.19; heavy to 112.5p or £748.25p av 93.35p or £565.75; overall young bull av 88.77p; total cattle av 97.54p. Lambs std to 126.9p a kg or £49.50 each av 117.97p or £45.29; med to 123p or £51.80 av 115.42p or £48.75; overall av 115.73p; heavy to 113.2p or £55.50 av 109.07p or £51.74; owt to 104p or £59.80 av 101.7p or £57.14; total lamb av 114.07p; cull ewes to £45 av £39.22. Wed. - Fwd: 128 store & breeding cattle, 745 store lambs. Bulls. - Lim: £570, £472 IW Stobart; £475, £455, £448 Mrs LN Taylor; £380, £355 D Easton; £370 BA Heseltine; £358, £280, £222 F & O Hugill; £150 MA Horner. BB: £492 Mrs LN Taylor; £382, £370 Mrs JR Allen; £290 TM Driffield. BA: £445 IW Stobart; £370 JC Driffield. Holstein: £452 D Stockdale; £378 JA Houseman; £158, £110, £70 F&O Hugill; Fries: £235 CL Barker. Hfrs. - BA: £532, £528, £378, £370, £352, £240 JS Greenbank. BB: £420 E&R Garvey; £312, £275 I Oliver. Simm: £470, £430, £358, £342, £275, £248 FC Jackson; £312, £300, £298, £290, £275, £233 I Oliver. Lim: £458, £335, £312 FC Jackson; £398, £388 L Dent & Son; £440 JL Cook; £310, £222 JC Hugill; £285 B Fountain; £240, £155 Mrs JR Allen; £190 I Oliver; £145 MA Horner. Char: £338, £295 I Oliver. Shorthorns: £162 Middlesbrough Leisure. Young bulls. - Lim: £628, £590 W Ramsay & Son; £578 F&D Peirson; £472 BA Heseltine. Holstein: £492, £440, £432 P Hutchinson. AA: £482, £458 TR Simpson. BA: £405 JS Greenbank. Shorthorn: £275 Middlesbrough Leisure. Store lambs. - Suff X: £45.20 GG Cooper; £44.20 TH Cook; £43, £37 Dent Bros; £43.20 WA Nunn; £42.80 JD Sanderson; £41.80 JG Pearson; £41.20 J Ashbridge; £39.80 Garbutt Farms; £36.80, £36.20, £33 E Woodhouse; £37.50 E Bulman; £34, £30 JJ Wilson; £32 M Sunley; £31.50 BJ Garbutt; £38.50 D Mawer; £31.20 JL Mason. Texel X: £46.20 CH Phelp; £44.80 D Muir; £42.80 DR Peacock; £38.80, £35, £33 W Brass & Son. Cont X: £44.80, £40.20 E Bulman; £40 J Richardson; £31.80, £31.20 E Woodhouse. Mule: £44.80, £41.50 E Bulman; £39.50 JL Mason. Private sales Dec 8-12: 193 fat cattle inc OTMs, 218 fat sheep & pigs.

PENRITH. - Mon. Fwd: 204 store cattle. Bullocks. - Lim X: £640 Countess Farm; £638 Edenhall Home Farm; £615 Scales (Wilson); £598 Bank Farm (Mason); £588 Scales (Braithwaite); £580 Crown Farm. BBX: £580 Edenhall Home Farm; £568 Scales (Braithwaite); £565 Kettleside. BAX: £565 Dubside; £492 Sleddale Hall. Char X: £555 Dubside. Parthenaise X: £548 Kettleside. Simm X: £625 Dubside. AAX: £545, £530 Skirwith Abbey. Hfrs. - Lim X: £615 Scales (Wilson); £592 Howgill Castle; £540 Barnskew; £522 Highgate (Smith); £512, £510 Providence House. BBX: £488 Nook Farm. BAX: £492 Sleddale Hall. Simm X: £532, £500 Barnskew; £448 Howgill Castle. Feeding bulls. - Cont X: £555 Ghyll House; £532 Stamp Hill. Fries: £280, £258 Crown Farm. Herefd X: £440 Stamp Hill. Calves. - Lim X: £184 Brougham House; £170 Lowca. Fries bulls: £190, £174 Low Moor Dyke. Cows & calves: £750 Ghyll House; £630 Dallan Bank. Calving cows: £570 Highgate (Smith). Tues. - Fwd: 1,634 store sheep. Lambs. - Texel X: £47 Yew Tree (Parsons); £46 Burblethwaite; £45.80 Town Head (Richardson); £45.50 The Green; £45 Rydal Farm, Oak House; £44 Silverbank; £43.80 Hardendale (Kipling), Seatoller; £42 Town Head (Lambert), Millrigg. Suff X: £47 Millrigg; £46.50 Thorneyscale. Cheviot X: £39.50 Salterwath; £38 Town Head (Lambert). Mule: £46 Beck Grange; £44.20 Burblethwaite; £43.50 Rydal Farm; £41.20 Allundale; £41 Oak House. Swale: £30.50 Rydal Farm; £29.80 West Dowgill; £29 Glencoyne; £25.50 Croft House (Stagg); £25 Step Ends Farm, Low Beckside. Herdwick: £26 Step Ends Farm