BARNARD CASTLE. - Wed. Fwd: 1,765 sheep. Lambs lt to 103.2p av 95.8p; std to 113.7p av 100.9p; med to 107.8p av 100.8p; heavy to 102.6p av 98.4p. Cast ewes: Cont to £51.50; Mule to £46.50; horned to £29; Suff to £55.

DARLINGTON. -Thurs of last week. Fwd: 101 cattle, 617 sheep. Heavy steers to 102.5p av 99.5p; heavy hfrs to 119.5p av 94.7p; med to 119.5p av 93.2p; heavy bulls to 116.5p av 99p; med to 111.5p av 92.9p; lt to 111.5p av 106p. Heavy lambs to 106.9 av 101.2p; med to 108.2 av 102p; std to 103.4p av 98.8; ewes to £48 av £35. Mon. - Fwd: 21 calves, 59 bulls & store cattle, 376 store lambs. Bull calves £202 Carrs FArm. BA bulls £498 Bewley Hill; Lim bulls £450 Highling Close; AA steers £540 Primrose Hill; BB hfrs £472 Primrose Hill; Lim hfrs £450 Bogglebeck; Simm hfrs £415 Bogglebeck. Store lambs. - £38 High Faverdale, Newsham Grange; £37 Elstob Hill, Houghton House.

HAWES. - Tues. Fwd: 8 calves, 2,284 sheep. Calves: Lim bulls to £214 av £207; hfrs to £96 av £82; Fries bulls to £80 av £64; Char hfrs to £50. Lambs lt to 100.6p av 90.1p; std to 100p av 90.6p; med to 100.5p av 90.5p; heavy to 97.4p av 89.5p; overall av 90.4p. Store Lambs: Suff & Cont to £33.20 av £27.56; Mules to £33 av £29.20; horned to £27 av £21.23. Cast & feeding ewes horned to £29 av £17.17; polled to £35 av £33.08; cast rams horned to £22.50 av £19.83; polled to £46 av £25.44.

HEXHAM. - Last Fri .Fwd: 1,006 store sheep, 889 store cattle & suckled calves. Suff X to £46.50 Town Farm; Texel X to £46.40 Follions; Char X to £45 Hindley; Mule to £38.60 Agars Hill. Lambs: Blackface ewes to £30 Pottsdurtrees; Blackface to £27 Yatesfield; Swale ewes to £27 Ouston; Swale to £27.50 Whitehill. Feeding ewes & rams: Texel rams to £45 Buckland Cott; Mule ewes to £29.20 Follions; Swale ewes to £17 Eddis Bridge. Store steers, red CID: Lim X to £675 Low Barns; Char X to £675; BAX to £622. Blue CID: Lim X to £665 Catcherside; Char X to £652 (18-19-m-o) Tenter House; Sim X to £652 (19m) East Moor; BAX to £620 (18) Townfoot; BBX to £522(2) Triermain; AAX to £470 Pontop Hall. Green CID: Lim X to £558 (18-20m) Hay a Park; Char X to £650 (15m) West Causey Hill; BAX to £470 (7m) Frost Hall; BBX £488 (12m) Junction House; AAX to £608 (15m) West Causey Hill. Hfrs: Lim X to £620 (18mo) Fallowfield; Char X to £545 Tenter House; BAX to £505 Pontop Hall; BBX to £540 Lowleam; AAX to £448 Richmond Hill; Simm X to £522 Pontop Hall. Spring-born hfrs: Char X to £250 Nilston Rigg; BAX to £265 Hepple Whitefield; BBX to £258 Ouston; Lim X to £325 Birtley Shield. Tues. - Fwd: 32 cattle, 4,572 sheep. Lim hfrs to 107.5p; BAX to 92.5p; Lim X steers to 99.5p; BBX to 95.5p. Suff X to 109.1p; Texel X to 115.5p; Mule to 98.7p; Blackface to 96.5p; Swale to 81.1p; Chev X to 92.6p; Char X to 107p; Leics to 92.7p; HB to 100.5p. Ewes & Rams: Suff X to £43; Texel X to £39.50; Mule to £35; Cheviot to £46; HB to £34.80; Leics to £34; Blackface to £32; Swale to £22.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Tues of last week. Fwd: 1,520 sheep. Lambs to 34kg: Swale to £30.20; Texel to £29.50; Suff to £25.50. Lambs over 34kg: Texel to £50; Beltex to £49.50; Suff to £48.50; Mule to £47.20; Swale £40.80; Rough Fell to £45; Blackface to £38.20. Polled ewes to £44; horned to £30.50.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 6 dairy cttle, 78 calves & stirks, 162 store cattle. Calved dairy cattle: D Spence, Thirsk £685; D&PH Brown £640; JW Bostock £450; JR Middleton £630, £620, £580. Calves: BB bulls to £260 D&S Spence av £199; hfrs to £135 JC Brown & Son av £115; Lim bulls to £235 CB&R Taylor av £193; hfrs to £144 A Backhouse av £117; Fries bulls to £150 NJ Ward av £66; AA bulls to £145 RG Johnson av £108; Simm bulls to £165 EP&J Robertshaw; hfrs to £90 EP&J Robertshaw. Cont bulls: Dales Calves Ltd to £182, £165. East Witton show & sale of store cattle: 1&3 WM Iveson £705, £575; 2 Robson House Farms £540. Feeding bulls. - BB: RW Wallis & Sons £570, £540, D&JL Middlemiss £490, £470; WH Brown £490, £485; PF Donaldson £448, £335. Lim: RW Wallis & Sons £558; WH Brown £475, £450; A&JA Iveson £440. BA: J Metcalfe & Sons £432, £408. AA: D&JL Middlemiss £365. Bullocks. - Lim: WM Iveson £705, £610, 582, £575, £570, £555, £552; T Harker & Son £570, £525; RW Wallis & Sons £568; J Fawcett & Son £568, £550; LV&N Croft £562, £550; CT Akrigg £560; Robson House Farms £540, £535. BB: WM Iveson £578; IE&M Kearton £465. Char: RW&MA Suttill £555, £490. BA: Mrs JE Bottomley £470, £450. Hfrs. - Lim: R&PR Banks £538, £468, £450; BR Fawcett £530, £440, £420, £412; CT Akrigg £495; £455; W Allison & Sons £490; WH Brown £458; JR Calvert £445; JC Brown £430; J Fawcett & Son £412; MA Suttill £405. BA: W Allison & Sons £500. BB: KE&KL Nicholson £465; PH Bowes £445, £428; WH Brown £435, £348, £340; JC Lancaster £362. Char: J Fawcett & Son £448, £398, £370; RW&MA Suttill £355. AA: JS Walton & Co £435: W&SL Robinson £325. Simm: JC Lancaster £428; PH Bowes £385. Wed. - Fwd: 1,470 sheep. Lambs lt to 99.4p av 92.1p. Suff & Cont std to 106.1p av 105.7p; med to 108p av 104.1p; heavy to 104.3p av 100.9p. Mule, Masham & horned std to 95.4p av 90.8p; med to 93.7p av 90.2p; heavy to 93.3p av 90.6p. Ewes: Suff to £49; Cont to £32.50; Mule to £44; BFL to £50.50; horned to £26 av £16. Rams: Cont to £62; horned to £29.50; Tees to £39.

MIDDLETON-in-TEESDALE. - Wed of last week. Top price per kg 102p (Texel X lambs). Lambs 34kg or less: Texel to £32.50. Over 34kg: Texel to £46.50; Mule to £35.20; Suff to £33.20; Swale to £35.50. Polled ewes to £24; Swale to £16.80.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 934 sheep. Lt lambs to 105.7p a kg or £41.20 each av 98.22p; med to 107.5p or £47.80 av 102.2p; heavy to 104.1p or £51.80 av 99.73p; owt to 101.4p or £54.80 av 99.31p; overall av 101p. Ewes to £43 av £24.14; rams to £24. Wed. - Fwd: 195 store & breeding cattle, 1,039 store lambs, 76 breeding/feeding ewes. Cattle: Bulls. - Lim stock £650 Barron. BB: £630 Flintoft. Lim: £475 Thompson; £470 Allen; £170 Ashbridge; £132 Ward; £452 Fountain. Simm: £462 Allen; £420 Flintoft. Fries: £310 Anderson. Bullocks. - Char: £575 Dale. Lim: £575 Phalp, £552 Simpson; £465 Philips; £378 Moor; £368 Trewitt. Devon: £500 Weightman. Herefd: £245 Milburn. Hfrs. - Lim: £442 Frank; £400 Philips; £362 Oliver; £358 Kay; £338 Weightman; £280 Heslop; £250 Fountain; £145 Gill. Devon: £348 Weightman. AA: £280 Hope. Char: £265 Oliver. In-calf cows/hfrs - BB: £545 Barron; £450 Bailes. Char £530, Lim £500, £495, all Barron. Lim cow & calf £705 Barron. Char cow & calf: £640 Barron; £340 Proudley. Private sales Nov 18-22: 210 fat cattle, inc OTMs. Store lambs. - Suff: X £44.80 Garbutt; £44.20 Louther; £43.60 Mason; £43.20 Davison, Bainbridge; £42.20 Horn; £41.80 Featherstone; £41.50 Hugill; £39 Cook; £36.50 BJ Garbutt; £32.20 Bellerby. Cont X: £43.80 Horseman; £42 Horn; £41.20 Rickaby; £41 Smith; £40 Bainbridge; £37.80 Parker; £36.80 Frank; £33.80 Wall. Texel X: £41.20 Dixon; £37.50 Cook. Mule: £36.80 Rickaby; £26.50 Wall. Breeding ewes £42 Wilkinson. Feeding ewes £13.80 Wall.

PENRITH. - Mon. Fwd: 28 bulls, 44 clean cattle. Lim bulls to 111.5p; Lim steers to 107.5p; Lim hfrs to 126.5p. Wed. Fwd: 3,581 sheep.Lambs to 133.3p (Cont X); Cont X lambs to £56; Suff X to £50.20; Mule to £47; Scotch Blackfaced to £36. Ewes: Suff X to £35; Mule to £34.50; Kendal Rough to £23.50; Swale to £22.50; Herdwick to £15.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 403 cattle, 1,525 sheep, 369 pigs. Steers lt to 113.5p av 95.2p; med to 108.5p a kg or £692.25 each av 92p; hfrs lt to 108.5p av 100.5p; med to 123.5p av 95.7p; heavy to 124.5p or £675.63p av 99p; young bulls lt to 108.5p av 89.2p; med to 112.5p av 90.4p; heavy to 108.5p or £766.70 av 91.4p. Lambs std to 107.7p av 100.6p; med to 108.1p av 100.2p; heavy to 110.2p a kg or £56 av 95.7p; ewes lt to £27 av £16.29; heavy to £40 av £28.83. Porkers to 88p av 76.5p; cutters to 78.5p av 71.1p; baconers to 75p or 68.9p; owt to 67p av 59.7p; sows/boars to 40.5p a kg or £117 each av 34.8p. Mon. - Collection centre fwd: 32 OTMs, 6 cattle, 25 sows.

TOW LAW. - Mon. Fwd: 690 sheep. Suff X to 103.8p; Texel X to 105.4p; Char X to 100p; Mule to 96.1p