Prices at the markets

DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 221 cattle, 904 sheep. Steers med to 115.5p a kg or £606.38 each av 97.5p or £565.83; heavy to 108.5p or £725.63 av 96.9p or £646.32; hfrs med to 114.5p or £526.70 av 93.4p or £452.61; heavy to 115.5p or £669.83 av 95.6p or £532.64; young bulls, med to 112.5p or £624.38 av 91.36p or £508.36; heavy to 114.5p or £721.35 av 95.4p or £603.27. Hoggs med to 130.6 a kg or £57.20 each av 119.6p or £50.74; heavy to 127.8p or £66 av 119.8p or £61.82; cull ewes to £33 av £26.42. Mon. - Fwd: 149 store & breeding cattle, 3 rearing calves, 507 store & breeding sheep. Steers. - BA: £470, £455 Bluestone. Fries: £455, £450, £432 Bluestone. Herefd: £462, £452 Manor Farm. Simm: £502 Manor Farm. Char: £340 Eggleston. Lim: £470, £452 Manor Farm; £565 Furness Mill. Hfrs. - BB: £420 Houghton House; £410 Glower o'er Him. Lim: £415 Houghton House; £370, £360 Murton Moor; £365, £300 Wolsingham; £418, £375 Woodburn Farm; £470 Furness Mill Farm. Bulls. - Lim: £620 Valley Terrace. Lim X: £430, £428, £420 Cold Comfort Farm £430, Pallet Hill; £430, £420 Low Walworth. AA: £318 Lonton South. BB: £385 Stainton Village. Lim hfr calves: £90, £78 Bromakin Grange. Breeding sheep: £110, £108, £106 Cote Hill; £80 East Holling. Hoggets. - Suff: £46 Old Hall Farm; £47 Newsham Grange; £44 Manor Farm. Texel: £45 Manor Farm; £40 Thornley Close. Swale: £24 Sledwich Cottage; £22, £18 Manor Farm.

HAWES. - Tues. Fwd: 2 calves, 536 sheep, Calves. - Lim hfrs £91 AE Luffman, Sedbergh; Fries bulls £80 S Bell & Son, Askrigg. Hoggs lt to 114p av 103.3p; std to 121.7p av 112.9p; med to 120.5p av 113.7p; heavy to 108.6p, overall av 111.1p. Cast ewes horned to £37 av £28.68; polled to £60.50 av £53.44; cast rams horned to £55 av £35.71; polled to £75 av £51.50.

HEXHAM. - Last Fri. Fwd: 29 breeding cattle, 1019 store sheep. BB hfr & hfr calf £1,380 Sleights House; with bull calf £1,300 Sleights House; Lim X hfr & hfr calf £1,100 Carry House, £1,020 Palm Struthers; with steer calf £1,020, £1,000 Carry House; cows & hfr calf £580(2) Slateyford; 2-y-o ped Lim bull 2,000gns Morrowedge. Fwd: 503 store cattle. Steers, Red CID: BB to £685 Rising Sun; Lim X to £645 Berwick Hill; Simm X to £630 Lunns House; Herefd to £525 Ffridd Farm; AAX to £490 Ffridd Farm; Char X to £615 Morrowfield; Welsh Black to £488 Ffridd Farm. Blue CID: Lim X to £665 East Farm (Philipson); Simm X to £642 Pontop Hall; BAX to £495 Wooden Farm; Char X to £660 Brakes Farm; South Devon to £630 Broom House. Green CID: Lim X to £530 Howick Seahouses; Hfrs: BAX to £640 Sunniside; Char X to £625 Sunniside; Lim X to £575 Fairley; Simm X to £570. Store ewes: Suff X to £49.50 Tunstall Cottages; Mule to £43.50 Throstle Nest, Brooms Farm; Blackface to £33 ADAS; Leics to £31.50 Greensyke. Store lambs: Suff X to £52 Throstle Nest; Texel X to £48.80 Grottington; Mule to £45 Gunnerton Fell; Cheviot X to £43.20 Thockrington; Blackface to £33 East Hot Bank. Tues. - Fwd: 25 cattle, 1,815 sheep. Steers heavy to 97.5p av 92.83p; hfrs med to 101.5p av 95.83p; heavy to 105.5p. Hoggs: Suff to 128.5p; Texel X to 132p; Mule to 124.5p; Blackface to 123p; Swale to 119.5p; Cheviot X to 124.9p. Cast ewes & rams: Suff to £73; Texel X to £54.50; Mule to £56.50; HB to £71; Leics to £58; Blackface to £44.50; Swale to £38.50.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Tues. Fwd: 1,383 sheep, all crosses. Hoggs. - 35kg or more: Cont to £60; Suff to £59.50; Cheviot to £53.20; Mule to £51.20; Swale to £54; Rough Fell to £51.80; Blue-faced Leics to £52.50. 34kg or less: Cont to £38.20; Mules to £32.20; Masham to £37.50; Swale to £37; Scotch Blackface to £33.20. Ewes: Blue-faced Leics to £60; Suff to £58; Texel to £54.50; Mules to £47; Rough Fell to £41; Swale £35. Rams:, Suff to £58; Teeswater to £54.50; Cheviot to £54; Texel to £40; Blue-faced Leics to £53; Rough Fell to £39; Swale to £38.80.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 7 dairy cattle, 83 calves & stirks, 221 store cattle & feeding bulls. Calved hfrs: H Raw & Son £730, £670, £590; IE&M Kearton £680, £630; R Hunter £640; S&J Dent & Son £590. Calves: BB bulls to £275 M&D Smith av £255; hfrs to £130 F&S Iveson av £116; Lim Bulls to £260 B&A Myers & Daughter av £192; hfrs to £140 B&JA Muir av £94; Simm bulls to £225 G Sidgwick av £166; hfrs to £92 E Holmes & Son av £82; Fries bulls to £165 B Spence & Sons; hfrs to £130 GE&M Stockhill av £78. Murray Grey hfr stirks £200. Show & sale of store cattle, judges: - George & Nick Marwood. Bullock: 1&3 NW&RE Hunter Lim X £565, £550; 2 GK Hird & Sons Lim X £520. Hfrs: 1&2 KO Stones BBX both £582. Champion: NW & RE Hunter. Bulls. - Lim: TW Brown £630; JE Atkinson £505, £500, £485, £470; JV Marsden £495, £470; DM&M Nelson & Sons £425. Simm: TW Brown £630, JE Atkinson £505, £500, £485, £470; JV Marsden £495, £470; DM&M Nelson & Sons £425. Simm: TW Brown £610; AD Lambert £480. BB: JW Wilkinson £550. Fries: RW Wallis & Sons £425; DM&M Nelson & Sons £350, £298, £275; R Hunter £350; JJ&AA McGregor £300, £270; G Lobley £265. Bullocks. - Lim: C Metcalfe & Son £670; WP&E Dobbing £640; TW Raw £625; FW Lawson £610, £565; SB Harrison £600, £590, £555; DM Ellerton £590, £570, £540; S Reynoldson & Son £580; Walburn Hall Farms £572, £552, £540; J Duffus & Son £555; GK Hird & Sons £570; NW&RE Hunter £565, £550; WJ Smith & Son £550, £548. Simm: AD Lambert £625, £575; AG Dent & Ptnr £620, £610; Thornton Berry £415. BB: RW Wallis & Sons £608, £540; TW Raw £570; FW Lawson £570; GK Hird & Sons £565, £530 N Iveson £505. BA: S Reynoldson & Son £555. Char: RW&MA Sutthill £550, Thornton Berry £450, £415, £388. Fries: W Stanger £410, £408. Hfrs. - BB: KO Stones £582; RW Wallis & Sons £530; Bainbridge Bros £478; GK Hird & Sons £475, £430 JT Dixon & Sons £410. Lim: JT Dixon & Sons £520, £410; J Duffus & Son £515, £500, £425; RW Wallis & Sons £488; A Harker & Son £470; C Metcalfe & Son £465, £430; Bainbridge Bros £440, £405, £400, £395; JV Marsden £438; WJ Smith & Son £435; A Batty & Son £430, £428; GK Hird & Sons £395. Fries: B&JA Muir £465. Char: RW&MA Suttill £445, £375, £365. Wed. - Fwd: 1,000 sheep. Hoggs lt to 115p av 105p; Suff & Cont std to 121p av 115.9p; med to 127.3p av 120.2p; heavy to 126p av 117.3p. Mule, Masham and horned std to 113.8p av 109.4p; med to 115.4p av 106.8p; heavy to 114.8p av 107.2p. Ewes: BFL to £70; Mule to £56; Suff to £59.50; Chev to £53.50; Cont to £38.50; horned to £41 av £25.10. Suff rams to £60.50.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 86 cattle, 1, 233 sheep. Steers lt to 75p a kg or £341.25 each; med to 87.5p or £455; heavy to 101.5p or £678.38 av 92.87p or £606.74; overall steer 91.86p; hfrs med to 112.5p or £540, av 99.68p or £462.40; heavy to 114.5p or £596.25 av 98.8p or £522.02; overall hfr av 99.02p; young bulls lt to 92.5p or £425.50; med to 93.5p or £514.25 av 85.75p or £453.80; heavy to 104.5p or £689.50 av 90.7p or £545.45; heavy to 104.5p or £698.50 av 90.7p or £545.45; overall young bull av 89.09p; total cattle av 93.18p. Hoggets std to 126.9p a kg or £49.50 each av 120.58 or £45.02; med to 126.8p or £55.80 av 119.04p or £51.07; overall av 119.39p; heavy to 124.7p or £61.20 av 117.52 or £55.91; owt to 115.7p or £62.50 av 109.7p and £60.34; total hogg av 93.18p; cull ewes to £54.50 av £33.95. Wed. - Fwd: 100 store cattle & calves, 110 store hoggs & ewes with lambs. Bulls. - Simm: £548, £490, £472 Birkbeck; £562, £448 Atkinson. Lim: £560, £555, £552, £502, £485 Cowton; £518 Anderson; £398, £348 Piggott; £376, £348 Nicholson. Fries: £380 Bell. Char: £348, £340 Craggs. BB: £295 Flintoft. Hfrs. - BB: £532 , £498, £472, £468, £460 Muir. Lim: £452, £438 Cook; £442, £420 Eyles; £455 Wood; £428 Bowman; £374, £354, £350, £348 Stockill; £330 Cook, Jefferson; £368, £342 E J Wood; £300 Piggott; £284 Douter. Char: £435, £408 Wood. Simm: £408 Jefferson; £332 Turnbull. Herefd: £312, £262 Douter. Bullocks. - Char: £595, £528 Wood; £555, £545 Tate; £530 Birbeck. Lim: £568, £558 Wood; £530, £490, £480, £475 Greenbank; £495, £438 Stockill; £455, £450 Bray; £450, £425 Cook. Herefd: £462 Birkbeck. Calves, Fries £142, £86 Hugill. Hoggets: Suff X: £45, £40 Duffus; Masham £31; Swale £9 Ainsley. Ewes with lambs, BMCB: £95 Thompson; £78 Platts; £73, £71, £63 Peacock; £72, £70 Reed. Corr: £90 Platts. Private sales Feb 24-28: £75 fat cattle inc OTMS, 249 fat sheep & pigs.

PATELEY BRIDGE. - Sat. Fwd: 39 store cattle. Char steers, blue CID to £650; Char hfrs forward condition to £479; Lim steers, blue CID to £680; Lim hfrs to £544; BB hfrs to £437; Lim bull, green CID to £355.

PENRITH. - Mon. Fwd: 81 cattle. Lim hfrs to 120.5p; BA to 122.5p; BB hfrs: to 110.5p; Lim steers to 108.5p; BA bulls to 117.5p; Fries bulls to 84.5p. TOW LAW. - Mon. Fwd: 765 sheep. Suff X to 120.9p; Texel X to 124.5p; Mule to 123.8p; Swale to 117.5p; Char X to 114.6p. Wed. - Fwd: 3,529 sheep. Lambs: Suff X £67.20; Cont X to £63; Cheviot to £59.50; Mule to £59; Swale to £56.20; Scotch Blackface to £56.Ewes: Blue-faced Leics £63; Cont X £56; Mule £49; Scotch Blackface to £40; Swale to £39. Rams: Cont X to £67; Suff £60.

SKIPTON. - Mon. Fwd: 981 sheep, 159.310 tonnes (22 loads) produce. Hoggs to 32kg to 122p av 115.5p; to 39kg to 124p av 115.5p; to 45kg to 129p av 115.4p; to 52kg 116p av 111p; over 52kg to 113p av 106.2p; Suff to 121p av 115.9p; Texel to 129p av 116.2p; Mule to 117p av 110.3p; Swale to 121p av 113.5p. Ewes & rams: to £60 av £32.47. Bull calves: Lim to £172; BB to £243 av £174; BA to £180 av £132; Simm to £241 av £227; Brown Swiss to £58; Fries to £130 av £50.06. Hfr calves: Lim to £49 av £28; BB to £74 av £61; BA to £60; Simm to £85 av £71; overall calf av £78.63. Produce: big bale wheat straw to £28.50 av £27.50 or £8 a bale; big bale barley straw to £49 av £44.50 or £8 a bale; big bale hay to £61; small bale hay to £2.30 av £2.20; haylage to £7.50. Wed. - Young bulls, no claim: Lim to £520 av £435; BB to £485 av £391; BA to £385 av £370; Simm to £430; Fries to £298 av £240. One claim: Lim to £500 av £401; BB to £642 av £451; Char to £480 av £410; Simm to £420 av £389; BA to £490 av £413; Saler to £390; Herefd to £302 av £281; Fries to £378 av £251. Steers, no claim: Lim to £660 av £533; BB to £530 av £444; Simm to £388; AA to £315; Fries to £295. One claim: Lim to £600 av £505; BB to £542 av £534; Simm to £420 av £365; Char to £535; BA to £480 av £445; AA to £488; Fries to £408. Two claims: Lim to £585 av £531; Char to £595 av £548; BA to £450. Hfrs: Lim to £538 av £ 320; BB to £595 av £392; BA to £485 av £391; Simm to £470 av £357; Char to £350 av £317; Saler to £362; AA to £415; Herefd to £290.

STOKESLEY. - Tues. Fwd: 44 store cattle & calves, 208 store hoggets & ewes with lambs. BB bulls: £500, £450 Welford. Hfrs. - BB: £445, £400, £382 Carter. Lim: £416, £360, £358 Dowson; £344, £342, £340, £328 Bainbridge. Young bulls. - Simm: £555, £545 Warrens. Fries: £440 Warrens. Char: £438, £382, £355 Cook. Fries calves: £158, £136 Blackett. Store hoggs. - Suff X: £40, £37 Taylor; £30.80 Cook. Texel: £40 J L Cook; £38, £31.80 Stones; £28.20 Petch. Mule: £37 Wren. Swale: £19.20 Cook; £17 Jackson; £15.90 Wren. Scot: £12.20 Atkinson.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 368 cattle, 4,279 sheep, 163 pigs. Steers med to 97.5p av 94.3p; heavy to 124.5p a kg or £784 each av 96.7p; hfrs med to 133.5p av 94.7p; heavy to 130.5p or £704.70 av 97.6p; young bulls lt to 93.5p; med to 103.5p av 86p; heavy to 110.5p or £828.75 av 90.9p. Hoggets lt to 117.2p a kg or £37.50 each av 113.1p; std to 130.3p or £50.80 av 119p; med to 131.2p or £65.80 av 118.1p; owt to 121.7p av £67 av 112.2p; ewes lt to £35 av £21.08; heavy to £58 av £43.66. Porkers to 91p av 79.6p; cutters to 91p av 79.8p; baconers to 88p av 79p; owt to 74p; sows/boars to 48p a kg or £167.44 each av 42.1p. Mon. - Collection Centre. Fwd: 23 OTMs, 163 sows.