BARNARD CASTLE. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 1,985 sheep. Lt lambs to 100p av 90.62p; std to 111.6p av 101.2p; med to 112.2p av 102.7p; heavy to 100p av 96p. Cast sheep. - cont to £55; Suff to £38; Mule to £43; Swale to £32.

DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 269 cattle, 1,196 sheep. Steers heavy to 116.5p a kg or £798.03 ea av 102.5p; hfrs med to 126.5p or £594.55 av 103.9p; heavy to 128.5p or £698.78 av 104p; young bulls med to 111.5p or £618.83 av 96.54p; heavy to 118.5p or £822.50 av 101.8p. Lambs to 113.7p a kg or £43.20 ea av 105.8p; med to 113.7p or £49.20 av 106.8p; heavy to 111.9p or £51.50 av 100.9p; cull ewes to £65 av £38.63. Mon. - Fwd: 251 prime sheep, 708 store sheep, 91 store & breeding cattle. Steers: BA £615 TW Thompson; BB £600 N Basey & Son; Lim £500 NG Beveridge, RW Todd. Hfrs: Lim £500 NG Beveridge; Simm £485 JJ Atkinson & Ptnrs. Young bulls: BA £450 R Vaux; AA £442 DE&I Lovegreen; Lim £420 H Emerson. Rearing bull calves: Lim £155 Wilkinson & Son; BB £150 Wilkinson & Son; Fries £100. BB hfr calves £70 IF&CM Herring & Son. Lambs med to 109.5p; heavy to 109p av 108.41p; owt to 105.2p av 103.4p; ewes to £40 av £37.48 . Store sheep. - Suff: £45, £43 RE Emerson; £41 AW Sanderson; £40.20 JR Mann. Texel: £41.20 D Forster; £39.50 RL&L Coatsworth, JT Dunn. Mule gimmer lambs: 353 CA&J Kipling; £46 TR Fidell. Suff rams £100 JT Dunn.

HAWES. - Tues. Fwd: 1 calf, 14 beef breeding cattle, 7 suckler calves, 2,041 sheep. Lim hfr calf £132 JR Thwaites, Bainbridge. Suckler calves: Lim X bulls to £345 LC Scarr& Sons av £331.50; Simm X bull £465 AD Lambert; Lim X hfrs to £30 FA Fothergill av £302. Beef breeding cattle: Lim X hfrs & bull calves to £1,080 J Scarr & Sons av £884; with hfr calves to £900 J Scarr & Sons av £790; BBX cow & bull calf £600 JR&A Blades; Lim X cow & hfr calf £490 AT Pratt. Lambs lt to 93.5p av 86.4p; std to 106.6p av 95.5p; med to 106.6p av 94.7p; heavy to 97.8p av 91.5p; overall av 946p.Store lambs: cont to £34.40 av £33.77; Suff to £34.20; Mule to £37.40 av £32.33; horned to £30 av £24.20. Lt lambs: cont to 103.1p av 99.3p; Suff to 100.5p av 100.2p; Mule to 96.3p av 93.1p; horned to 95.3p av 88.7p. Cast ewes horned to £42 av £17.57; polled to £38.50 av £33.24; cast rams horned to £37.50 av £33.50.

HEXHAM. - Last Fri. Fwd: 1,199 store & breeding sheep. Ewes: Mule 2-crop to £57 Parkside; Mule UO to £28 Derwent Grange; Suff to £42 The Hawthorns.Feeding ewes: Mule to £31.50 The Struthers; Texel to £36.50 The Struthers; Swale to £26.50 High Edges Green; Blackface to £24.50 The Heigh. Ewe lambs: Mule to £56 Parkside; Texel to £53 Huntershield; Suff X ex Mule to £48 Flotterton. Store lambs: Suff X to £43.30 Grindon Hill; Texel X to £41.80 High Yarridge; Mule to £36 Snabdough; Blackface to £30.30 Davyshield; Swale to £18 Ouston. Fwd: 825 store cattle. Steers, red CID: Lim X to £702 Low Staples; BB to £622 Fairley; Char X to £655 Newlands Haugh. Blue: Lim X to £730 High Highlaws (20m); Char to £680 East Shaftoe (17m); BAX to £730 Low Staples (20m); Simm X to £630 Watling (20m); AAX to £552 Watling (15m). Green: Lim X to £600 West Haydon (18m); Lim Y/B to £470 The Glebe (6-7m); Simm X to £675 Thrunton Lowfield, (16-17m); Char X to £655 Struthers (17m); BAX to £675 Redburn (7-12m); Hfrs: Lim X to £640 East Newham; Char X to £642 The Raw; Simm to £500 Thrunton Lowfield; AAX to £478 Thrunton Lowfield; BBX to £500 Shortmoor; BAX to £570 Redburn. Tues. - Lim hfrs to 121.5p. Lambs: Suff X to 125.8p; Texel X to 118.5p; Mule to to 102.9p; Blackface to 101.5p; Swale to 88.2p; Cheviot X to 110.8p; Leics to 95.5p; Vendeen to 99.6p. Cast sheep: overall av £32.68; Suff to £56 av £41.20; Texel to £49.80 av £41.60; Bleu du Maine to £52; Beltex to £46; Leics to £47 av £41; Mule to £46.80 av £36.60; Masham to £44.50; Cheviot to £41; Blackface to £35.80 av £26.18; Swale to £33 av £23.40.

LAZONBY. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 4,505 sheep. Mule gimmer lambs: £70, £67, £64 Hole House (Sibson); £69 Kentmere Hall; £67 Kaber; £66 The Bog; £65 Randalholme; £65 High Town; £65 Dyke Farm; £65 Temperance Farm (Golightly); £64 Harbour Flatt; £64 Amos Hill; £63 Broomhills. Texel: £48 Melmerby Town Foot. Blue-faced Leics females: £330 The Dyke; £320, £200 Low Craig. BFL rams: £500 Laypool; £300 Hesleywell; £280, £250 Hole House (Sibson); £250 Softley; £270, £250 Woodhead, £250(2) Low Craig. Texel rams to £140. Swale ewes (correct): £71, £66, £51 Dyke Farm; £52, £50 Parson Shield; £51 Hesley Well; £48 Pry Hill; £46 Wintershield; £44 Hill Farm; £40 Dyke Row. Swale ale ewes (NCM): £38 Hesleywell; £35(2), £34, £33, £32, £31 High Crossgill; £28 Hill Farm, Old Parks, Wintershield, Parsonshield; £26 Helmcroft; £25 The Bog, Hammershield, Dyke Row. Swale gimmer lambs: £56, £52 Close House (Ewin); £53 Watgarth; £52 Whitewall; £51, £44 Temperance Farm (Golightly); £50, £45 Hesleywell; £46 Coatlith Hill. Store lambs. - Mule: £38.50 The Bog; £36.80 Meadow View; £35 Bow Hill; £35 Newsham Farm; £32.50 Chapel Farm. Suff: £38 Field Garth. Texel: £36 Field Garth. Swale: £28.50 Bow Hill; £19 Softley; £19 Temperance (Smith).

LEYBURN. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 2,431 sheep. Lambs lt to 96.6p av 81.5p; Suff & cont std to 117.7p av 109.9p; med to 113.7p av 106.6p; heavy to 103.9p av 97.6p; owt to 106.4p av 98.6p; Mule, Masham & horned std to 90.8p av 87.2p; med to 99.1p av 88.9p; heavy to 90.2p av 87.1p; owt to 87.5p av 80.6p. Ewes: cont £44; Mule £36; horned £24 av £15.50. Rams: Teeswater £41.50; Jacob £33; horned £24.50. Wed. - Fwd: 1,823 sheep, 104 cattle. Lambs lt to 99.4p av 86.9p; Suff & cont std to 111.8p av 104.5p; med to 111.7p av 105.7p; heavy to 101.2p av 97.7p; owt to 98.2p av 95.6p; Mule, Masham & horned std to 94.2p av 88.8p; med to 91.8p av 90.1p; heavy to 96.1p av 90.8p; owt to 87.7p. Ewes: Cont £45.50; Mule £44; Suff £44; horned £23 av £16.60. Suff rams £36; horned £30.

MIDDLETON in TEESDALE. - Mon. Fwd: 614 sheep.Lambs: Texel to £47; Suff to £44; Swale to £30.20. Ewes: HB to £32; Swale to £16.20. Swale rams £22.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 129 cattle, 821 sheep.Steers med to 100.5p a kg or £542.70 each av 93.82 or £494.12; heavy to 101.5p or £675.50 av 91.44 or £591.31; overall steer av 91.84p; hfrs lt to 94.5p or £359.10 av 92.47 or £356.03; med to 126.5p or £564.75 av 105.18 av £477.03; heavy to 125.5p or £641.13 av 99.98p or £524.75; overall hfr av 101.7p; bulls med to 109.5p or £585.90 av 92.29p or £482.50; heavy to 109.5p or £696.30 ac 95.95p or £582.16; overall bull av 94.39p; total cattle av 97.15p. Lambs std to 108.9p a kg or £42.20 each av 107.42p or £41.57; med to 112.7p or £49.60 av 106.41 or £45.06; overall av 106.5p; heavy to 104.6p or £50.80 av 99.45p or £47.46; total lamb av 104.12p; cull ewes to £45.50 av £35.43; rams to £32 av £17.25. Wed. - Fwd: 176 cattle, 709 sheep. Bulls. - Holstein: £448, £290, £270 JA Houseman; £405 D Stockdalel £170 GW Houlston. Fries: £402 D Stockdale, £272 WL Kitching. AA: £330 WL Kitching; £185 GW Houlston. Lim:£185 G W Houlston. Hfrs. -BB: £490 A Wood; £480, £447, £420 LH Taylor; £388 JD Stockill; £305 E Bowes; £180 Mrs S Dennis. Herefd: £470 A Wood; £385, £345, £300 TR Coulthard. Simm: £452, £442, £438, £368 RA Corner; £425 A Wood; £420 GG Cooper; £415, £378, £375 J&D Robertshaw; £372, £332, £295 E Bowes. BA £454, £368 RA Corner; £430 E Bowes. Char: £450 JG Ward. Lim: £435, £398 G Flintoff; £430, £338 E Bowes; £400, £290 DA Wood, £400 Mrs Allen; £392, £358, £352, £340 IM Cook; £390 JG Ward; £375, £350 J Stockill; £356, £355, £348 B Routledge; £335 JB Gill; £280, £275, £255 G D Hall; £230 Mrs S Dennis. AA £335 B Routledge; £240 Mrs S Dennis. Bullocks.- Lim: £642, £638, £632, £602, £572 WE Jameson; £628, £595 W Chapman; £610, £548 IM Cook; £498 DA Wood; £490 Mrs P Webster; £440 GD Hall. Simm: £595, £580, £570, £535, £510 RA Corner; £562, £530 Mrs P Webster; £515 GG Cooper. AA £590, £545, £485 IM Cook; £518, £442 Mrs C Webster; £448 D Norfolk. Fries: £565, £488, £480 IM Cook; £435, £468 GG Cooper; £462, £400 R Umpleby; £435 GD Hall. BA: £540 RA Corner; £470, £465 IM Cook. Holstein: £480, £470 IM Cook; £445 B Umpleby. Herefd: £458 D Norfolk. BB: £440 GD Hall. WB: £400 Mrs P Webster. Calves. - Holstein: £50, £40, £20 DJ Clark. Cow & calf £680 A Wood. Store lambs. - Suff X: £44.80 TH Cook; £44.20 JL Mason, B Garbutt; £43.80, £31.20 T Swinbank; £43.50 P Tweddle; £43, £41.80 A Rickaby; £43.20 D Horseman; £43 B Shipton; £39.20 J Bullock; £38.50 E Peacock; £38.20 L Bainbridge; £37.50 B Fountain; £37.20, £35.50, £27 CM Prest; £34.50 Garbutt Farms; £34.20 A Wood; £32.20 R Richardson; £29 RF Todd. Texel X: £45.80 CH Phalp; £43 TH Cook, A Rickaby; £41.20 E Peacock; £39 JL Cook. Cont X: £44, £41 P Tweddle; £42 BW Shipton. Mule: £36.80 WH Philips; £35, £20 GM Prest; £30 RF Todd. Leics: £37.80 A Wood. Gimmer lambs £71 B Plews. Private sales Nov 3-7: 116 fat cattle, inc OTMs, 262 fat sheep & pigs.

PENRITH. - Mon. Fwd: 74 cattle. Lim hfrs to 141.5p; Lim steers to 107.5p. Bulls: Lim to 119.5p; Gelbvieh to 116.5p; BB to 114.5p; Fries to 84.5p; Longhorn to 84.5p; Danish Red to 84.5p. Wed. - Fwd: 5,749 sheep. Lambs: Cont X to £57.20; Suff X to £63.50; Highrigg; £56.80 Reagill Grange; £54 Croft Head (Todd); £53.20 HB to £51; Cheviot to £49; Mule to £50; Swale to £44.20; Kendal Rough to £41. Ewes: Blue-faced Leics to £60; Cont to £59; Suff to £59; Cheviot to £59; HB to £56; Mule to £43.50; Scotch Blackface to £36; Swale to £26.50; Kendal Rough to £30.50. Rams: Suff to £58; BFL to £56.

SCOTS GAP. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 834 sheep. Overall av 45kg, 100.3p a kg, £45.17 each. Suff X to 110.7p; Texel to 112.3p; Mule to 97.7p; Blackface to 87.5p.

ST JOHN'S CHAPEL. - Sat. Fwd: 753 feeding lambs, breeding & feeding ewes & rams. Store lambs. - Texel X: £37.80, £32 Whitehall; £34.50 Fairlees; £33.50 18 Marshall Street. Suff X: £37.20 Fairlees; £37 Burtreeford;£36 Stewartshield Meadows. Mule: £34.20 Fairlees; £33 Stewartshield Meadows; £32 West End; £31.50 Burtreeford; £30 Whitehall, Cornfield. Cheviot X: £30 Burtreeford. Swale: £25.20 Bucksholt; £23.20 Peasemire; £21.50 Hesley Well. Swale gimmer shlgs: £46, £42 Woodclose. Swale feeding ewes: £20 Warden Hill. Cont X wether shlgs: £34 Earnwell. Blue-faced Leics aged rams: £100, £80 Warden Hill.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 401 cattle, 1,632 sheep, 328 pigs. Steers med to 124.5p a kg or £678.53 each av 102p; heavy to 121.5p or £759.38 av 100.1p; hfrs lt to 210.5p or £436.48; med to 127.5p or £589.85 av 102.4p; heavy to 130.5p or £776.48 av 103.8p; young bulls lt to 102.5p or £456.13 av 98.5p; med to 112.5p pr £601.88 av 87.5p; heavy to 114.5p or £864.68 av 94.1p. Lambs std to 120p a kg or £46.80 each av 112.1p; med to 114.6p or £50 av 106.1p; heavy to 115.9p or £56.80 av 98.7p; owt to 99.1p or £55 av 94.1p; ewes lt to £36.50 or £17.72; heavy to £49 av £36.43. Porkers to 106p a kg or £72.04 each av 87.8p; cutters to 100p or £78.67 av 81.9p; baconers to 99p or £88.50 av 80.7p; owt to 65p or £96.66p av 53.5p; sows/boars to 55p av £151.79p av 43p.

TOW LAW. - Mon. Fwd: 695 lambs, 8 cast ewes. Lambs: Suff X to 101p; Texel X to 112p; Mule to 102p; Swale to 88.8p; Char X to 102p