BARNARD CASTLE. - Tues. Fwd: 83 breeding & store cattle, 46 store lambs. AA cow & calf £750 HJ Blackburn; Simm cow & calf £600, £530 C&E Gaskin. Feeding bulls. - Lim: £520 Dowson & Sartin; £500, £495; D Anderson; £500, £435; JL Dixon; £465 PW Richardson; £480 K Atkinson; £430, £425, £422 Sanderson. Marchigiana: £470, £452 Sanderson. BB: £445 Sanderson. Store bullocks. - BA: £575 SM&F Donald. Char: £525 WK Walker; £470 G&JM Blackburn. AA £385, £335, £330 P Dent. Hfrs. - Char: £565, £502 WK Walker; £450 JW Dent & Sons; £400 G&JM Blackburn. BB: £555 JW Dent & sons. Lim: £495, £440, £420 JW Dent & Sons; £448, £435, £405 D Alderson. Simm: £440, £410, £400 B&L Robson. Store lambs: Suff X to £41.50 LE Harrison; Texel to £41 LE Harrison. Wed. - Fwd: 1,297 sheep. Std lambs to 132.2p av 125.6p; med to 133.3p av 125.2p; heavy to 126.8p av 121.8p. Cast sheep: Suff to £53.50; Cont to £51; Mule to £47; Swale to £32.50.

DARLINGTON. - Thurs. of last week. Fwd: 256 cattle, 1,286 sheep. Steers med to 126.5p a kg or £623.70 each av 101.8p; heavy to 117.5p or £714.38 av 100.75p; hfrs med to 124.5p or £566 av 104.1p; heavy to 135.5p or £792.68 av 106.3p; young bulls med to 108.5p or £602.18 av 92.6p; heavy to 115.5p or £814.68 av 98.63p. Lambs to 142.4p a kg or £51 each av 114.9p; med to 134.4p or £55.80 av 115.3p; heavy to 117.3p or £57.50 av 114.69p; cull ewes to £49 av £37.24. Mon. - Fwd: 37 store & breeding cattle, 6 rearing calves, 286 store lambs. Bulls. - Lim: £400 Bowes. Fries: £380, £370 Neasham Springs. Hfrs. - Lim: £330 Butcher House. AA: £330 Butcher House. Bullocks. - Lim: £600, £565 Ketton Lodge; £560 Haggerleazes. AA: £555 Haggerleaes. Cows & calves: £710, £660 Middridge Grange. Store lambs. - Suff: £58, £50.50 Green Acres; £45.50, £43.50 High Faverdale. Char: £50 The Kennels. Cross £41 The Kennels; £39 High Westgarth. Mule: £33 Hill Top East.

HAWES. - Tues. Fwd: 6 calves, 1,478 sheep. Prime lambs lt to 122.5p av 120p; std to 125.7p av 118.94p; med to 127.1p av 118.6p; overall av 118.7p per kg. Store and lt wt lambs: Cont & Suff to £42.40 av £38; Mules to £44.80 av £35.40; horned to £41.60 av £34.25. Lt wt lambs: Cont & Suff to 121.1p av 118.6p; Mules to 119.2p av 111.5p; horned to 117.3p av 113.22p. Cast ewes: horned to £27.80 av £16.76; polled to £40 av £30.58.

HEXHAM. - Last Fri. Steers, red CID: BB to £670 Grange Farm; BAX to £670 Merryshields; Lim X to £642 Fairley Farm; Montbeliarde to £622 Peppermoor; Char X to £590; Welsh Black to £430 Bellridge; AA to £530 Ffridd Farm. Blue CID: Lim X to £750 Portgate; Char to £600 Low Ardley; South Devon to £600 The Heigh; Simm to £690 Linacres; AAX to £590 Linacres; BAX to £468 The Heigh. Green CID: Lim X to £640 The Reenes; BB to £615 The Fawns; Herefd X to £462 High Park Farm. Hfrs: Char X to £560 Low Ardley; Lim X to £555 Bishopton; BB to £538 The Fawns; South Devon X to £490 East Whygate; AAX to £520 Glenhill; Herefd X to £425 Glenhill; Simm X to £545 Grange Farm. Tues. - Steers heavy to 131.5p av 111.5p; hfrs lt to 98.5p av 93.8p; heavy to 116.5p av 103.9p Fwd: 3,022 lambs, 430 ewes. Suff X to 131.8p; Texel X to 135.9p; Mule to 121.8p; Blackface to 115.1p; Cheviot X to 121.4p; Char X to 127.3p; Beltex to 139.5p; Leics to 119.6p Vendeen to 122.6p. Cast sheep: Suff X to £50.50; Mule to £49; Leics to £49; Char to £50; Cheviot to £47.50; Blackface to £36; Swale to £31.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Tues. Fwd: 2,268 sheep. All crosses. Lambs to 34kg: Beltex to £43.20; Suff to £42; Texel to £41.80; Rough Fell to £38; Cheviot to £37.80; Mule to £38; Swale £37.20; 35kg & over: Texel to £60.80; Suff to £59; Beltex to £56.50; Mule to £55.80; Swale to £50.20; Rough Fell to £44; Herdwick to £43.50. Ewes: Blue-faced Leics to £58; Texel to £51; Mule to £41.50; Rough Fell to £28.50; Swale to £27; Blackface to £25. Rams: Swale to £24.50; Blackface to £23.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 3 dairy cattle, 136 calves & stirks, 84 store lambs. Calved cows: PF Donaldson £860, £810. Calved hfr: S&J Dent £500. Calves: BB bulls to £265 WP&E Dobbing av £182 overall; hfrs to £145 D Pratt av £118; Lim bulls to £260 MR&C Burnett av £190; hfrs to £155 B&JA Muir av £93; Simm bulls to £195 E Holmes & Son av £146; hfrs to £98 E Holmes & Son av £97; BA bulls to £240 MM Dowson; hfrs to £145 Sayer Ellenor Partnership av £86; Fries bulls to £160 K Sowerby av £64; hfrs to £30 A&AJ Lambert; Baz hfr £120 WH Dunn & Son. Stirks: Lim bulls to £325, £270; Fries bulls to £160; AA hfrs to £130; BB hfrs to £195; Lim hfrs to £145. Store lambs. - Cont: £38.80 G Lambert av £38.20; Suff: £39 R Capstick av £37.64. Wed. - Fwd: 1,248 sheep. Lambs lt to 125.1p av 118.3p; Suff & Cont std to 126.4p av 123.8p; med to 126.5p av 121p; heavy to 120.4 av 117p; Mule Masham & horned std to 117.1p av 114.1p; med to 115.2p av 114.6p; heavy to 110.8p. Ewes: Cont £56; BFL £49.50; Masham £48; Mule £44.50; Suff £44.50; horned £27.20 av £12.80. Rams: Teeswater £60; BFL £53.80.

MIDDLETON IN TEESDALE. - Mon. Lambs 17-34kg to 122.5p av 120.67p; 34.1-39kg to 124p av 118.86p; 39.1-45.6kg to 121p av 119.72p; 45.6-52kg to 120p av 118.21p; Mule ewes to £40 av £38.50; Swale ewes to £28 av £20.84.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 89 cattle, 407 sheep. Steers lt to 104.5p a kg or £454.50 each av 101.42p or £453.84; med to 103.5p or £538.20 av 96.04p or £496.99; heavy to 103.5p or £656.70 av 96.14p or £590.69; overall steer av 96.82p; heifers med to 126.5p or £569.20 av 106.89p or £481.43; heavy to 114.5p or £600.80 av 99.07p or £533.53. overall hfr av 102.22p; bullocks lt to 103.5p or £465.70; med to 106.5p or £580.40 av 92.19p or £490.67; heavy to 107.5p or £728.50 av 90.19p or £586.67; overall bullock av 91.45p; total cattle av 98.61p. Lambs std to 138.9p or £52.80 av 123.09p or £47.21; med to 133p or £57.20 av 120.74p or £50.65; overall av 121.32p; heavy to 126.6p or £60.80 av 116.91p or £55.55; total lamb av 120.79p; cull ewes to £48.50 av £34.75. Wed. - Fwd: 46 store & breeding cattle. Bulls. - Lim: £535, £525, £515, £510, £430 AG&S Frank. BB: £500, £475 RW Dennison & Son. Herefd: £480 TC Mortimer & Son. Holstein: £400, £365, £340 TC Mortimer & Son. Hfrs: BB £618 FB&GS Watson. Char: £488, £470, £445, £420 AH&MA Wilson. Simm: £445 AH&MA Wilson, £400 R Mortimer. Store bullocks. - BB: £630 FB&GA Watson. Char: £585, £558, £550, £540, £528 AH&MA Wilson. Lim: £520 AH&MA Wilson; £485 AG&S Frank. Breeding cattle. - AA cows & hfr calf £440, £400, £370 EJ&D Smith. Private sales, Aug 4-8: 33 fat cattle, inc OTMs, 133 fat sheep & pigs.

PENRITH. - Mon. Fwd: 170 store cattle, 45 prime cattle. Bullocks. - Lim: £605, £530 Trainriggs; £560 Theakston Grange; £462 Lyndhurst; £458 Field Gate; £450 Raw Foot. BB: £590, £580 The Bank; £435 Firbank. BA: £635 Leeming Farm; £580 Eamont Bridge Farm. Holstein: £378 Low Moor. Normandie X: £608 Red House. Herefd: £645 Woodfoot (Bousfield); £595, £580, £540 White House. Baz: £488, £485 Rawfoot. Char X: £538 Theakston Grange; £515, £505 Home Farm. AA: £612 Red House. Feeding bulls. - Lim: £575, £562 Abbott Park; £520, £435 Tow Foot; £488 Crown Farm; £422 (Red) School Hill. AA: £418 Crown Farm. Fries: £330 Street House (Strong). Hfrs. - Lim: £610 The Bank; £540, £470 Seat Farm; £515, £485 Mid Town (Strong). BA: £512 Leeming Farm; £488 Town Head ( Potter); £428 Cobble Hall. Simm: £485 The Bank. BB: £605, £510 Midtown (Strong); £578 Moor End; £535 Town Head (Potter). AA: £508 Red House. Char: £475, £470 Town Head (Potter). Baz: £440 Raw Foot. Calves. - Fries bulls: £172, £160 Low Moor Dyke; £130 Kaberfold. Simm bulls: £135 Highgate. Simm hfrs: £78, £72 Highgate. Lim hfrs to 135.5p; BA hfrs to 103.5p; Lim steers to 121.5p; Lim bulls to 110.5p; BA bulls to 109.5p; Baz bulls to 100.5p; BB bulls to 102.5p. Wed. - Fwd: 2,523 sheep. Lambs: Cont X to £62; Suff X to £67.50; Mule to £53.50; lt Swale to £40. Ewes: Cont to £59; Mule to £45.50; Cheviot to £37.50.

THIRSK. - Thurs. of last week. Fwd: 396 cattle, 1,438 sheep, 321 pigs. Steers lt to 102.5p; med to 121.5p av 99.1p; heavy to 121.5p a kg or £798.03 each av 99.6p; hfrs lt to 114.5p av 106.4p; med to 124.5p av 104.4p; heavy to 133.5p or £754.28 av 104.2p; bulls lt to 90.5p av 84p; med to 103.5p av 86.65p; heavy to 106.5p or £796.42 av 90.9p. Lambs std to 131.1p av 120.1p; med to 134.4p av 117.2p; heavy to 122.8p a kg or £61 each av 116.4p; owt to 111.7p or £59.50 av 109.3p; ewes lt to £34.20 av £21.55; heavy to £61 av £42.12. Porkers to 90p av 84.1p; cutters to 90.5p av 75.7p; baconers to 85p av 72.1p; owt to 55p av 47.3p. Sows/boars to 40p a kg or £132.13 each or 36.4p. Mon. - Collection Centre. Fwd: 30 OTMs, 76 sows.

TOW LAW. - Mon. Fwd: 593 lambs. Suff X to 124.3p; Texel X to 124.4p; Mule to 118.5p; Char X to 120p.