Hawes. Tues. Fwd: 12 cattle, 70 store cattle, 1,998 sheep. Christmas show of cattle judged by JF Haig, Kirkby Stephen. Steer champion, Lim x, F&B Smith, Westhouse 220p/kg £1452; 2 W & M Orme, Stalling Busk 158p; 3 R & R Gornall, Dent 127p. Hfrs: 1 AT Pratt, Burtersett 142p; 2 AT Pratt 131p; 3 W&M Orme 146p. Christmas show of store cattle, judge: JF Haig, Kirkby Stephen. The champion for the Crown Hotel, Hawes, Trophy was a Lim x bullock from JR&A Blades, Hawes which made £585; res was a BA heifer from A&RA Middleton, Cowan Bridge, £575. Lim x blks to £635 av £512; hfrs to £615 av £476.50; BBX blks to £562 av £493; BAX blks to £720; hfrs to £575 av £521; sim X blks to £600 av £555; hfrs to £368 av £304; CHX blks to £570 av £530; hfrs to £330. Leading prices. - Lim x bull J Scarr & Sons £635, £620; G & P Middleton £612; JR & A Blades £585; T Metcalfe & Son (UG) £565, £554, £530, £514; JR Rukin £550; R Metcalfe (CH) £548; S Reynoldson & Son £534; C Metcalfe & Son £530; J & E Waggett £516, £510; A Hill £516. Lim x hfrs: J & E Waggett £615, £490, £488; T Metcalfe & Son (UG) £498; A&NJ Heseltine £398; G & P Middleton £370. BB x bulls: LC Scarr & Son £562, £498; JR Rukin £550; SJ & M Richardson £490; JR&A Blades £430; C Metcalfe & Sons £428. BA X bulls: A&RA Middleton £720. BA x hfr: A&RA Middleton £575; S Reynoldson & Son £560; SJ&M Richardson £428. Sim x bulls: JC Fawcett £600, £590(2), £585(2), £580(3), £560(2), £525; LC Scarr £545, £535, £510. Sim x hfrs: AD Lambert £368, £340, £260, £248. Ch x bulls: RW & MA Suttill £570, £490. Ch x hfrs: RW & MA Suttill £330. Lambs lt to 104.3p av 101.4p; std to 125p av 107.6p; med to 119p av 108.8p; heavy to 108.3p av 106p; overall av 108.3p. Top price per kg Cont 125p Oakbank farms Ptns, Barras; Suff 117p RF Lambert, Bainbridge; Mules 111p RMS Livestock, Redmire; horned 110p K & G Whitehead, Muker. Top prices/head: Cont: J&J Postlethwaite, Howgill £54; Suff JL & JA Sunter, Downholme £50.40; Mules JC Nelson & Son, Clapham £51; horned F Dinsdale & Sons, Carlton £42. Ltwt lambs. - Cont 127.8p LV Prince, Hawes av 111.5p; Suff 106.8p R&AE Sayer, Bishopdale av 105.8p; Mules 106.8p FD & TW Chapman, Hawes av 105.6p; horned 102.p Askrigg & Betton, Hawes av 98.8p. Store lambs Cont to £45 av £37.87; Suff to £39 av £37.68; Mules to £39 av £33.35; horned to £23 av £19.26.Cast ewes horned to £30 av £20.81; polled to £58 av £29.53. Cast rams horned to £30 av £26.25; polled to £46 av £37.50.

LEYBURN. - Fri. Fwd: 16 dairy cattle, 93 calves, 305 sheep. Christmas show & sale of dairy cattle judged by Peter and Sean Sowray, Bishop Thonrton. Calved cow: 1 & 3 PF Donaldson £780, £800; 2 IR & JM Walton £830. Calved hfr: 1 IR & JM Walton £960; 2 PF Donaldson £820; D & PH Brown £740. In-calf hfr: 1 & 2 JH & ME Grainger £400 & reserved. Champion: IR & JM Walton hfr, res PF Donaldson hfr. Other calved cows: D & PH Brown £780; PF Donaldson £650, £640. Other calved hfrs: D & PH Brown £700. Other in calf hfrs: JH & ME Grainger £400. Calves. - BB bulls £235 M Bell & Son av £200 overall; BB hfrs £175 JC Thwaite & Son av £114; lim bulls £225 A Spence av £176; lim hfrs £160 A Sowray & Sons av £106; Fr bulls £102 WK Wilkinson & Son av £42; simm hfr £90 G Sidgwick av £83; AA hfr £38 JW & RJ Pounder. Store sheep. - suff: AJG Davy £43.50; Mrs M Dawson £40.20; cont: G Sidgwick £42; Mrs M Dawson £39; mule: AJG Davy £35.50; R Hogg & Son £34.50; GH & J Wallis & Son £34; J Jefferson & Son £34; swale: GH & J Wallis & Son £26.50; Hagg Farm £21.