BARNARD CASTLE. - Wed. Fwd: 431 sheep. Lim hfr calf £60. Pet lambs to £5; Texel Ewes & twins to £130; Mule hoggs & singles to £120; Mule shlgs & lambs to £124; Mule ewes & twins to £94; Swale ewes & twins to £50. Std lambs to 178.4p av 177.9p; med to 186.5p av 184.4p; heavy to 174p; lt hoggs to 136.7p av 131.2p; std to 134.7p av 123.2p; med to 150p av 130.2p; heavy to 153.1p av 136.9p; owt to 150p. Cast sheep: Leics to $65; Suff to £77; Cont to £66; Mule to £57; Swale to £47.

DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 331 cattle, 586 sheep. Steers lt to 110.5p a kg or £685.13 each av 104.9p; med to 107.5p or £597.50 av 93.1p; heavy to 114.5p or £934.85 av 92.8p; hfrs lt to 112.5p or £656.20 av 94.9p; med to 115.5p or £590.20 av 97.7p; heavy to 118.5p or £627.73 av 94p; young bulls med to 113.5p or £590.20 av 89.1p; heavy to 110.5p or £743.23 av 93.2p. Lambs med to 228.5p a kg or £80 each av 182.35, heavy to 198.7p or £84 av 175.4p; hoggets med to 159.1p or £68 av 141.6p; heavy to 163.5p or £85.50 av 147.26p; cull ewes to £88.50 av £62.66.

Hawes. - Tues. Fwd: 6 calves, 204 sheep. Calves: Lim X bulls to £205 GS Bowe & Sons, Hawes, av £184; Lim X hfrs to £84 GS Bowe & Sons av £81; AAX bulls to £58 FW Woof, Dent. Prime lambs to 191p; prime hoggs to 138.3p; cast ewes horned to £29 av £15.38; polled to £43 av £31.38. cast rams horned to £43 av £38.33; polled to £60 av £34.67. Ewes with lambs at foot: Mule shlgs & twins to £141 WM&JE Shuttleworth, Barbon; with singles to £101 WM&JE Shuttleworth; Swale ewes & twins to £128 WC Stones & Son, Arkengarthdale, av £95.63; with singles to £76 WC Stones & Son av £58.36.

HEXHAM. - Fri of last week. Fwd: 1,096 store cattle & suckled calves. Steers, red CID: Char X to £675 Lunns Houses; Lim X to £675 Fairnley; BB to £658 Claywalls; BAX to £600 Rising Sun; Simm X to £610 Stoop Rigg. Blue CID: Char X: £722 West Nubbock; Lim X to £720 Nettlesworth West House; BB to £580 Ouston Farms; BAX: to £718 Brownleazes; AAX to £585 Ouston Farms; Simm X to £732 Ouston Farms. Green CID: Char to £555 Bishopton; Lim X to £580 Bishopton; BB to £450 Hareshaw; BAX to £592 Barlow East; Brahman £580 Bishopton. Hfrs: Char X to £675 West Nubbock; Lim X to £598 Tedcastle; BB to £565 Bank Top; BAX to £528 Ovington Hall; AA to £430 Bank Top; Simm X to £612 Ouston Farms. Tues. - Lim hfrs to 97.5p; Char hfrs to 95.5p(2). Spring lambs: Suff X to 192.3p; Texel X to 189.5p. Hoggs: Suff X to 167p; Texel X to 163.4p; Mule to 163.3p; Blackface to 153.5p; Swale to 143.6p; milk sheep to 154.8p; Chev X to 153.7p; Leics to 141.7p. Cast ewes & tups: Suff to £60; Texel to £66; Mule to £54; Blackface to £41; Swale to £48. Fwd: 61 ewes with lambs at foot. Mule gimmers & twins to £135 Greensyke; 3-crop Suff X ewes & twin Suff X lambs to £125 Blackhouse; 3-crop Mule ewes & twin Suff X lambs to £118 Blackhouse; 3-crop Mule ewes & singles to £75 Blackhouse; geld hoggs to £72 Woodhouse.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Tues. Fwd: 444 sheep, all crosses. Spring lambs: Texel to £83.50; Suff to £83.50; Hoggs 35kg & over: Cont to £86.50; Suff to £81.50; Swale to £71; Rough Fell to £70; Blue-faced Leics to £61. 34kg or less: Rough Fell to £48.80; Swale to £46.50; Herdwick to £38.50. Ewes polled to £55; horned to £44.50; rams polled to £59; horned to £40.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 5 dairy cattle, 106 calves & stirks, 10 beef breeding cattle, 270 store cattle & feeding bulls. Calved hfrs: FD Graham £880, £870, £600. Calved cows: PF Donaldson £710, £580. Calves: BB bulls to £300 D&S Spence av £270; hfrs to £225 D&S Spence av £161; Lim bulls to £255 JJ&JL Sunter av £190; hfrs to £130 JD&PJ Brown av £109; Simm bulls to £205 G Sidgwick av £200; Fries bulls to £150 PW Broadley av £62; AA bulls to £150 EP&J Robertshaw; Jersey bulls to £50 W&D Scaife & Son. Fries bull stirks £250 D Brown. Beef breeding cattle. - Lim hfrs & calves: Michael Barker Farms £1,010, £860, £710; CS Utley & Sons £750, £680. BA hfrs & calves: JK Wilkinson & Son £900, £860, £750(2). Lim cows & calves: Michael Barker Farms £750. In calf lim hfrs: CS Utley & Sons £610, £580, £560. Show & sale of store cattle. Judge: Michael Bennett, York. Bullock & hfr:1 RW Clarkson & Son, BA Bullock £615; 2 JR&A Blades BB hfr £570; 3 JT Dixon & Sons Lim bullock £660. Bulls: 1&2 KO Stones BB & Lim £645, £585. Feeding bulls. - BB: KO Stones £645, £622, £575; S&J Dent & Son £530, £510; D&JL Middlemiss £510, £475, £368. Lim: PA Lawson £600, £500; KO Stones £585; RJ Bailey £552, £540, £535, £500; Bell Bros. £520; JMW Brown £498; GW Gill £485. Char: R&F Stephenson & Son £562, £555, £550, £532, £515; R Simpson & Sons £520, £500, £442. Fries: GE&M Stockill £535, £425, £388; D&JL Middlemiss £440; J Richmond £385, £370; DT Dinsdale £305, NW&M Vasey & Son £295, £280. Bullocks. - BB: GN Clarke £730; MJ Broadley £690, £580; JT Dixon & Sons £660; JR&A Blades £580, £575, £505; M&RA Dent £545. Lim: GN Clarke £710, £680; FW Lawson £620. JT Dixon & Sons £585, £560, £550, £535. RF Lambert £582; GD&A R Barningham £570, £530; Walburn Hall Farms £562, £535; RW Wallis & Sons £560; MA Sutthill £555, CR Thonborrow £545; JR&A Blades £545; GJ Scarr £535, £532; J Fawcett & Son £530, £525, £522. BA: RW Clarkson & Son £615, £540, £470; RA Wintersgill £445, £440. Hfrs. - Lim: J Allison & Sons £580, £572; BA Heslop £548, £500, £460; JT Dixon & Sons £545, £482; GD&AR Barningham £530; JMW Brown £518, £500; SB Harrison £498, £448; M A Sutthill £495; JA&UM Fawcett £490; A Spence £465; R Hunter £465; J Fawcett & Son £460; SD Thompson £455. BB: J Allison & Sons £570, £475; MJ Broadley £508; JG Houseman & Sons £505, £465; M&RA Dent £438. BA: BA Heslop £545; W Allison & Sons £505, £385, £335; JW Broadwith & Son £490, £382; RW Clarkson & Son £470, £410. Char: R Simpson & Sons £455, £400; W&K Buckle £405. AA: JG Houseman & Sons £40; JW Broadwith & Son. Wed. - Fwd: 30 sheep. Lambs std to 184.3p med to 192.5p av 181.4p; hoggs lt to 135.1p av 115.3p; Suff & Cont std to 135.8p; med to 138p av 125.5p; owt to 150.9p av 148.1p; Mule & horned med to 141.8p av 131.6p; heavy to 137.7p av 134.9p; owt to 150.9p av 146.4p. Ewes: BFL to £76.50; Cont to £70; Suff to £67; Mule to £62; Tees to £59.50; Horned to £44; overall av £"27. Rams: BFL to £59.50; Swale to £25.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 89 cattle, 422 sheep. Steers med to 95.5p a kg or £530.03 each; heavy to 87.5p or £575.23 av 82.86p or £497.15; overall steer av 84.83p; hfrs lt to 103.5p or £403.65 av 95.11p ot £366.17; med to 112.5p or £514.65 av 95.46p or £433.24; heavy to 118.5p or £574.73 av 95.23p or £490.45; overall hfr av 95.32p; young bulls med to 90.5p or £488.70 av 70.37p or £490.45; heavy to 95.5p or £604.13 av 82.01p or £491.81; overall young bull av 78.82p; total cattle av 85.95p. Lambs std to 194.5p a kg or £72,50 each av 183.28p or £69,92; med to 194.1p or £84 av 183.43p or £75.85; heavy to 188p or £86.50 av 183.33p or £86,17; overall lamb av 183.4p; hoggets std to 142.3p or £55.50 av 116.25p or £44.31; med to 167p or £73.50 av 138.78p or £58,38; overall av 134.68; heavy to 163.8p or £77av 151.74p or £71.71; owt to 158.6p or £92.50 av 143.87p or £85.67; total hogget av 140.54p; total sheep av 158.09p; cull ewes to £78.50 av £53.88. Wed. - Fwd: 197 store/breeding cattle, 110 ewes with 162 lambs. Bullocks. - Char: £675, £648, £630 JT Coxon; £468 R Blair; £418 JS Wood; £440 G Stevenson. BB: £642, £618, £590, £570 JT Coxon. Lim: £578 JT Coxon; £575, £565 WS Moore; £565, £560 C Harland; £545, £530, £522 CW Tate; £465 D Clark; £450 TH Cook; £430, £410 K Sayer; £425, £402 W Brass. Fries: £495 C Harland; £452 C Cooper; £415 D Clark; £390 CD Hall, TH Cook. AA: £380 CD Hall. Hfrs. - BB: £538 JH Lupton; £488 J Hutchinson; £425, £348 R Pattison; £410 CW Tate; £368, £352 J Sykes; £332 A Hamilton. Lim: £488 JT Coxon; £472, £440 JH Lupton; £455, £430, £422, £415 J Farrow; £442 P Leggott; £430 D Cowper; £400, £390, £372, £368 L Dent; £410, £390 B Garbutt; £380, £352, £345 J Pattison; £355 CW Tate; £350, £348 JC Smith; £350 A Thornton; £340, £305, £240 A Hamilton. Char: £448, £360 P Leggott; £372 JS Wood. AA: £438, £430, £418 C Cooper; £430 J Hutchinson; £402 R Blair; £310 A Thornton. Fries: £340 J Craggs, £334 J Hutchinson. Bulls. - Simm: £580 E Atkinson; £485 D Sanderson. Lim: £522, £480, £465 JE Brown; £500, £448 R Blair. Char: £495, £485, £472 R Stephenson; £480, £470 D Sanderson; £400 B Knight. BB: £472 R Blair; £392 B Knight; £402 L Flintoft. Fries: £380, £370, £340 L Flintoft. Cows & calves. - Lim cow & calf: £1,000 J Ashbridge. Lim hfrs & calf: £700, £655, £565, £490, £450 P Leggott. BB hfr & calf: £630 R Carter. Hoggs & lambs: £157, £136, £130 AC Hutchinson; £151, £140 Johnson; £66 B Knight. 2-shear & lambs: £130, £115 D Smith; £136 AJ Mortley. 3-shear: £128, £109 Mortley. BMCB & lambs: £129 P Dowson. Corr & lambs: £90, £84, £81, £72 B Knight. Private sales May 5-9: 58 fat cattle inc OTMs, 178 fat sheep & pigs.

PENRITH. - Tues. Ewes & lambs & store sheep. Mule shlgs & doubles: £45.50 Oak Field Farm; £44.50 Stamp Hill. Suff X ewes & singles: £39 Oak Field Farm. Cheviot ewes & singles: £35 Oak Field Farm. Texel X geld gimmer hoggs: £68 Snowdrop Cottage. Wed. Fwd: 3,006 sheep. Spring lambs to £85. Hoggs: Cont X to £100; Suff X to £100; Cheviot to £83; Mule to £82; Scotch Blackface to £76.50; Swale to £78; Herdwick to £73; HB to £80. Ewes: Suff to £68; Cont to £64. Rams: Suff to £70; Blue-faced Leics to £67; Cheviot to £62.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 504 cattle, 2,241 sheep, 278 pigs. Steers med to 99.5p av 92.1p; heavy to 114.5p a kg or £701.58 each av 93.8p; hfrs med to 126.5p av 99.2p, heavy to 133.5p or £754.78 av 99.9p; bulls lt to 89.5p; med to 98.5p av 80.4p; heavy to 106.5p or £694.93 av 86p. Lambs std to 202.8p av 181.7p; med to 194.6p av 180p; heavy to 191.3p av 184.8p; owt to 163.6p a kg or £93 each; hoggets lt to 143.3p; std to 184.2p av 154.8p; med to 162.2p av 152.4p; heavy to 163.5p av 151.3p; owt to 153.6p or £84.50 av 144.4p; ewes lt to £63 av £27.92; heavy to £78.50 av £52.47. Porkers to 92p av 84.1p; cutters to 98p av 88.7p; baconers to 95p av 84.2p; owt 77p; sows/boars to 48.5p a kg or £148.57 each av 40.7p. Mon. - Collection Centre fwd: 76 sows.