Prices at the markets

DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 242 cattle and sheep. Steers med to 108.5p a kg or £569.63 each av 96.8p or £534.86; heavy to 117.5p or £745.08 av 96.9p or £627.85. hfrs med to 121.5p or £554.30 av 103.6p or £501.26; heavy to 123.5p or £728.95 av 98.7p or £569.23; young bulls med to 98.5p or £514.25 av 91.2p or £496.14; heavy to 110.5p or £817.70 av 93.8p or £618.42. Hoggs med to 121.5p a kg or £55.30 each av 118.1p or £51.26; heavy to 122.4p or £65 av 117.8p or £61.67. cull ewes to £75 av £51.10. Mon. Fwd: 142 cattle, 6 calves, 101 store hoggets & ewes with lambs. Cattle. - Bulls: Lim to £448, £438 Great Burdon; Fries £395, £345 Great Burdon; AA £390 High Woodfield. Steers: Char £590, £560 Bolam Grange; Lim £562 Manor Farm, BB £535 Manor Farm, AA £492 Manor Farm, Fries £418 Blue Stone Farm, BB £432 Laylands. Hfrs. - BB: £440, £425 High Dalton; Char £475 Bolam Grange; Herefd £422, £415 Manor Richardson, BB £420 Blue Stone; Lim £362 Walworth. Calves. - Bull, Lim £180 High Woodfield; Hfr, Lim £138 High Woodfield. Breeding sheep, ewes with lambs, Mule shearlings with single lambs £111 Cockfield; two crop mile with twins £130 Cockfield, mule ewes with twins £108 The Garth.

Hawes. - Tues. Fwd: 276 hoggs, 30 cast ewes, rams, 4 pet lambs. Calves. - Lim bulls to £200 S Bell & Sons, Askrigg av £199; Lim hfrs to £70 A & W Hodgson, Raydaleside av £67; BA X bulls to £180 S Bell & Sons; Fr bulls to £105 H Kirkbride & Son, Askrigg; BBX hfrs to £90 A & W Hodgson. Hoggs lt to 113.5p a kg av 105.7p; std to 122.8p av 119.7p; med to 126.8p av 119.8p; heavy to 120.4p av 116.7p Overall av 11 7.3p/kg. Mules: RA Sowerby, Hawes 126.8p; horned K Metcalfe & Sons Hawes 122.8p. Mules: RA Sowerby £59.40; horned J Lambert, Askrigg £60. Cast ewes: horned to £48 av £26.26; polled to £60 av £45. Cast rams horned to £49 av £42.40. Pet lambs to £2.

HEXHAM. - Last Fri. Fwd 832 store cattle & suckled calves: Lim X to £720 Blackhalls, Sim X £652 Luns House, Char X £645 Luns House, BB X £680 High Trewitt. Steers on Blue. - Lim X £700 Lee Hall, Sim £675 West Uppertown, AA £648 & £625 Hedley West, Char X £648 & £640 Heugh, Blo X £685 Lee Hall, BB £640 Lee Hall, Sth Devon £598, £552 Haining Law. Steers on Green. - Lim X £625 & £620 Rose Cottage, Blo X £490 Cooper House & Wooden, Sth Devon £475 Haining Law, Blonde x Young Bull £480, £420 Cherry Tree. Hfrs: Lim x £642 Broxfield, Sim X £540 Carvoran, Cha X £540 Cooper House, Blo X £585 Shield Farm, BB X £555 & £528 Woodhouse. Beef breeding stock. - Lim X hfrs with bull calves at foot: to £1,230 Mirlaw House, Lim X hfrs with Hfr calves at foot: £1,100 High Toft Hill, Angus hfr with bull calf at foot: £1,080 Mirlaw House, Lim X cow (4th calver) & bull calf: £780 The Brocks, Sim X cow (6th calver) & bull calf £770 The Brock; Lim bull 22-m-o £1,900 Glebe farm; Lim bull 24-m-o £1,050 The Brocks. Store sheep. Blackface feeding ewes £35 Burnbank; Hoggs - Suff X ewe £60.50 Dewlaw, Mule ewe £47 Brinkburnhope, Suff X £54.50 Temperley Grange, Texel X £43.80 Dene House (KM), Mule £46 Whitchester (AS), Cheviot £52.50 Attonburn, Blackface £49, Swaledale £38 Whitchester. Tues. Cattle - Lim Hfrs 106.5p (2x) Lough Green. AA Steer 95.5p Braidley. Steers heavy to 95.5p, av 92.3p. Hfrs med to 92.5p av 92p; heavy 106.5p av 96.9p; ov av 94.8p. Hoggs - Suff X to £73.50 Hard Riding, Texel X £72 Rope Barn, Mule £67.80 Homilton, Blackface £58.80 Bridgeford, Swaledale £61.50 The Raw, Char X £59.80 New Acres, Half Bred £61.80 & 134.4p Middle Shipley, Jacob £51.80 & 126.3p Newton High House, Leics £66 White Hill. Cast ewes & rams - Suff £88 West Land Ends & West Uppertown, Texel £89 The Hawthorns, Mule £73 Claywalls, Leics £50 Blakelaw, Rouge £70 Newton High House, Beltex

£75 Newton High House, Blackface £59 Lowes Fell, Swaledale £51.50 Whitehill.

LEYBURN. - Wed. Fwd: 605 sheep. Hoggs lt to 125p av 113.9p. Suff & Cont std to 123.4p av 117.8p; med to 131.5p av 124.8p; heavy to 128.4p av 121.3p. Mule & horned std to 116.8p av 115.1p; med to 114.6p av 110.8p; heavy to 116.3p av 105.7p. Ewes. - Cont £65, Mule £69; Masham £60; BFL £64; horned £40.20 av £37.60. Rams: Cont £48; Swale £45. Last Fri. Fwd: 3 Dairy Cattle, 76 Calves, 217 store cattle and feeding bulls. Calved cows: H & EM Tiplady £760, £560; H Raw & Son £720. Calves: BB bulls to £265 C Hird av £184; hfrs to £136 KE & KL Nicholson av £106; Lim bulls to £260 KE & KL Nicholson av £206; hfrs to £132 KE & KL Nicholson av £103; char bulls to £185 DN Verity; Fries bulls to £148 C & SB Whitelock av £67. Show and sale of store cattle. Judged David Dick, Northallerton. Prizes: 1 & 3 GK Hird & Sons; BB bullocks & hfr £530, £450; 2 Walburn Hall Farms, Lim Bullock £560. Bulls: 1 KO Stones BB £590; 2 JW Wilkinson BB £545. Prices, bulls. - Lim: JM & SP Cooper £630, £610; CT Akrigg £478, £460, £455. BB: KO Stones £590, £530, £450; JW Wilkinson £545. A & CA Stelling £478, £465, £432, £430, £405, £400. Char: R Simpson & Sons £550, £530, £505, £490. Simm: SJ Horner £485, £460. BA: KO Stones £450. Fries: J M Swales £320, £318, £310. Bullocks. - Lim: FW Lawson £685, £592; TR & FH Easby £620, £590, £565; SB Harrison £575; N Harker £570; CH Fawcett & Sons £565, £550, £545, £540; Walburn Hall Farms £560, £530, £525, £510; R Metcalfe £540; J Duffus & Son £525; K Sowerby £520. CAHr: E Loadman £660; MJ Suthill £515; Thornton Berry £435. Simm: E Loadman £640. BB: GK Hird & Sons £530; W Stanger £520; R Hunter £495, £475. Fries: CC & TH Pounder £432. Hfrs. - Lim: Thornton Berry £520; SB Harrison £485; JS & D Cloughton £475; BR Fawcett £465; J Duffus & Son £5458; K Whitehead £455, £430. GK Hird & Sons £445, £440, £428, £412; WJ Smith & Son £430, K Sowerby £428; MJ Suttill £422; JJ Scott £418; Wealburn Hall Farms £412; A Batty & Son £410. Char: R & F Stephenson & Son £480, £430, £385; MJ Suttill £405£345; Thornton Berry £402, £365. BB: GK Hird & Sons £450, £412; CG & S Wilson £435, £432, £430, £495, £390, £345; B Dale & Sons £410, £370. BA: RMS Livestock £378, £372, £335. Fries: A Gregg £255. AA: A Gregg £228.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 100 cattle, 947 sheep. Cattle - steers med to 93.5p av 90.11p; heavy to 96.5p av 89.47p, overall av 89.58p; young bulls med to 102.5p av 86.34p; heavy to 103.5p av 91.56p, overall av 89.42p, total cattle av 91.9p. Sheep, hoggets lt to 120.3p av 103.74; std to 137.10p av 127.84, overall av 125.18p; heavy to 125.6p av 121.03p; owt to 123p av 118.72p, total hogget av 122.74p; rams to £73 av £56.50. Wed. Fwd: 65 cattle, 82 sheep with lambs. Cattle - Bulls Fries £545, Lim £438, Char £410, Simm £360, BB £305; breeding cattle, Lim in calf hfr £525, Simm cow with calf £370; hfrs Lim £512, Char £512, Simm £498, BB £350, AA £285; bullocks Simm £558, Char £555, Lim £520, BB £472. Sheep, store hoggets Cont £40.50; ewes with lambs Correct to £113, BMCB £110. Private sales March 24-28 totalled 78 cattle inc OTMs & 140 sheep & pigs.

PATELEY BRIDGE. - Sat. Fwd: Store Cattle. Lim Steers to £432; BB hfrs to £435; Lim hfrs to £428.

PENRITH. - Mon. Fwd 67 cattle. Lim hfrs 124.5p, 114.5p Haltciffe Bridge, BB hfrs 112.5p Stanger Hill, Blonde hfrs 102.5p Waterside House, Lim steers 104.5p Widewath, BB steers 101.5p Widewath, Blonde bulls 113.5p Low Hullock Howe, Lim bulls 108.5p Low Hullock Howe, AA bulls 95.5p, 94.5p Home Farm (Wheatley), Fries bulls 84.5p (2), 82.5p Cannerheugh. Wed. Fwd: 4583 sheep. Hoggs - Cont X £68.50 Sunny Slack; Suff X £77.50 Staingills; Cheviot £69 Edenhall Grange; Mule £62 Waterside House; Swaledale: £59.50 Wreay Hall; Scotch Blackface £60.50 Edenhall Grange; Halfbred £64 Sockbridge Hall. Ewes - Suff X £94 Stamp Hill; £77 BFL £83 Fog Close; Cont X £77 Underwood; Mule £63 Lower Gate; Cheviot £63 Sunny Slack; Scotch Blackface £46 Black Leases; Swaledale £46.50 Black Leases. Rams - Suff £84 Street House (Slee); Cheviot £77 High Knipe; BFL £81 Grassfield; Herdwick £46 Laithes (Beaty); Swaledale £48 Waterside House; Cont £69 Scales (Wilson).

STOKESLEY. - Tues. Fwd: 106 cattle, 49 hoggets. Cattle - bulls Char £512, Lim £489, Fries £265; hfrs Lim £395, BB £358, Blonde £335, Simm £382, Herefd £228; young bulls, AA £558, Herefd £450, Lim £438, Char £432, Simm £425, Mont £370, Fries £345. Hoggets, Cont X £29.50, Suff X £25.50, Swale £12.50.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 401 cattle; 3,235 sheep, 335 pigs. Cattle - steers med to 122.5p av 101.7p; heavy to 126.5p av 109.5p; hfrs med to 129.5p av 102.2p; med to 132.5p av 103.7p; bulls med to 113.5p av 88.5p; heavy to 108.5p av 95.1p. Sheep - hoggets lt to 142.2p av 118.5p; std to 131.6p av 122.1p; med to 139.3p av 123.1p; heavy to 128.3p av 118.4p; owts to 118.9p av 110.5p; ewes lt to £39.50 av £30.32; heavy to £111 av £67.71; Suff; X to £111; Cont to £79; Mule to £70; Swale £39.50; Welsh £23. Pigs, porkers to 95p av 89.7p; cutters to 90p av 83.4p; baconers to 85p av 77.9p; sows & boars to 45p av 41.7p. Collection Centre - Mon. Fwd: 23 OTMs & 66 sows.

TOW LAW. - Mon. Suff X to £68.20 Baal Hill; Texel X £62.80 East Park Farm; Mule £63.60 Burn Mill; Swaledale £53 Low Wiserely; Leics £61 & 117.3p Allotment Farm