HAWES. - Thurs of last week. Annual Show & sale of registered & unregistered Swaledale rams. Fwd: 86 aged rams to £500 av £85.06 (up £16.97 on 2000); 116 shlg rams to £9,000 av £182.51 (up £132.02).

Prizes . Aged rams: 1 J&A Lawson & Son £150 to BS Simpson; 2 RMS Livestock £45 to WA&A Booth; 3 L Raine & Sons £500 to BW&M Haygarth. Shlgs: 1 EC Coates £9,000 to Mossdale Farms; 2 JW Dent & Sons £320 to W&A Lambert & Son; 3 JR&A Blades £700 to JW Hall.

Prices.- Aged: L Raine & Sons £500(2), £220; WM Iveson £360; Metcalfe Bros £180; RW Clarkson & Son £170; JR Addison & Son £160(2), £150, £100; JC White £160; J&A Lawson & Son £150; WB Butter & Son £150; GA&J Allison £145; Bank House Farm £140; B Staveley £130; H Tunstall & Son £120; GC&PM Haygarth £120; GS Tiplady £110, £100; CR Thornborrow (Cray) £100; JB Fothergill £100(2). Shlgs: EC Coates £9,000, £180; JR&A Blades £700, £420; S Reynoldson & Son £700; G Calvert & Sons £340, £120; JW Dent & Sons £320; RS Harker £300; AD&P Coates £280; JC&E Pedley £270; TW&K Hutchinson £210; AH Birbeck £200; J& E Wagget £200; T Metcalfe & Son £160; J Handley £150; A&JA Iveson £150, £140, D Robinson £130; JW Brown £110; RW Calrkson & Son £100; JF Coates £100; T&RJ Tiplady £100; WM Iveson £100.

HEXHAM. - Sat. Final "Bellingham" sale of season . Fwd: 6,186 breeding, feeding & store sheep of all classes.

Prices, Blackface. - Gimmers: £92 Harbottle Castle; £90 Brieredge; £70 Holling Hill; £69 High Thorneyburn; £58 Rawcliffe. Ewes 6y W: £47 Bygate Hall; £38 Featherwood; £36 The Yett; Rookland; £35 High Thorneyburn; £34 Featherwood, Cottonshope; £32 Redesdale, Bridgeford; £31 Stewartshield, Featherwood; £30 Redesdale. Ewes (mixed ages): £37 Redesdale; £35 Philhope, Redesdale; £34, £32 Cottonshope; £34 Philhope. Ewes UO: £32 Bygate Hall; £25.50 Derwent Grange; £25 Carrick; £24 Townfoot; £23.50 Low Carriteth; £23 Ealingham; £22.50 Cottonshope, Whiskershiel; £22 The Dunns, Whiskershiel. Feeding ewes: £22 Rookland; £20 Scrainwood Cottage. Ewe lambs: £50 Toft House; Yatesfield; £46, £43 The Stobbs; £40, £38 Burnbank; £38 Yatesfield; £34 Burdonside. Swale. - Gimmers: £58 The Raw. Stock ewes (mixed ages): £48, £47, £34 Landieu Farm. Ewes: £40, £39, £35 Toft House (6Y); £32 High Shaw (6Y); £32 Harwood Shield (6Y); £34 Whitelee (5Y). Ewes UO & feeeders: £20.50 Landieu; £19 Derwent Grange; £18.50 Ravenscleugh; £18 Deadwater. Ewe lambs: £40 High Shaw;; £30 Redesdale. Cheviot. - Gimmers: £48, £47 Wholehope; £44 Redesdale; £43 Wholehope; £42 Shilmoor. Mixed ages: £31, £30 Shilmoor. 6Y: £28 Shilmoor. Suff X 1-crop ewe: £60 High Thorneyburn. Mules. - Gimmers: £77 The Raw. Ewes 1&2-crop: £58 Ravenscleugh. Ewe lambs: £69 The Deans; £65 Cavoran; £62 Demesne (Bell); £61 The Hole; £58 Brownleazes; £56 Demesne, Burnbank; £55 The Stobbs; £54 Brownleazes, Grasslees, The Hole, The Stobbs; £53 Demesne, Ealingham; £52 Low Carriteth, Demesne; £51 Broomhope, Cranberry Brow, The Stobbs, The Deans, Low Carriteth; £50 Broomhope, Cranberry Brow, Low Carriteth, Moatlaw.

Store lambs. - Texel X: £42 Butterknowes; £37.50 Burnbank; £36.80 Scrainwood Cottage; £36.20 Stone House; £35, £34.80 Whitelees; £34.50 Carrycoats; £34 Whitelees. Suff X: £41.50 Middle White Hill; £37.20 Billerley; £37 Scrainwood Cottage; £36.50 Whiskershiel; £36.20 Burdonside; £35 Woodpark (2), Middle Whitehill. Mule: £37.50 Grasslees; £36.20 Whiskershiel; £34.50 The Raw; £33.80 Scrainwood Cottage; £33.50 Middle Whitehill, Grottington; £33 The Raw; £32 Whiskershiel, Bygate Hall; £30.20 Light Pipe; £30 Sneep. Cheviot: £33 Carrick; £29.20 Bellshiel; £28 Carrick. Blackface: £34.50 Yatesfield; £29 The Sneep; £28.50 Bygate Hall; £28 Brieredge; £27 Carrick, Whiskershiel; £26.50 Brieredge; £26.20 Bygate Hall; £25.20 The Duns; £24.50 Carrick; £24.20 Hopefoot, Puncherton.

Mon. - Final sale for rams of all classes, 383 fwd. Prizes. - Blackface aged (judge: Robert Mackay): 1 Allensgreen; 2&3 Townfoot. Cheviot (judge: M Aynsley): 1,2&3 Flotterton. Swale: (judge: D Hall): 1 Hazelton Rigg; 2 Randalholme; 3 Low Leam.

Prices. - Top price: Edgar Charlton, Greenlees, £1,900, 3-shear Blackface, to Ken Shield, Tecket. Blackface shlgs £400 Park House; £380, £320 Clennel; £250 Townfoot; £220 Clennel, Park House; £200 Allensgreen, The Hole, Park House. Blackface 2-shear: £350 Greenlees.; Blackface 3-shear: £1,900 Greenlees; £700 Allensgreen. Swale shlgs: £420, £320 Low Leam (Mrs S Scott); £300 Randalholme, Hazelton Rigg; £280 £260, £220 Low Leam; £200 Coldshield. Cheviot shlgs: £720, £580, £420 Flotterton; £500, £420, £400(4), £380, £340, £320, £300, £220, £200; £300, £210 Blakehope. Cheviot 2-shear: £400 Humbleheugh. Cheviot 3-shear: £360, £220 Humbleheugh. Blue-faced Leics 2-shear: £460, £440 Clennel; £360 Brandon Eastyside; £310 Spittalshield; £270, £220 Eddis Bridge; £240 Brownleazes. BFL lambs: £200 Woodhhouse. Texel shlg: £560, £450, £410, £400, £280 West Mill Hills; £270 Ridley Stokoe; £260 Hedley Park, Emley; £240, £230 Hedley Park; £230 Niston Rigg; £220 Hedley Park, West Mill Hills, Emley; £210 Hedley Park, Ridley Stokoe, Newsham Hagg; £200 Nilston Rigg. Texel 2-shear: £200 Aydon North, Hawthornside. Texel 3-shear: £230, £190, £180 Westerhouses. Texel 4-shear: £180 Emley. Suff shlgs: £380(2), £350 Flotterton; £270, £260 Yetlington Lane (N Matthewson); £260 Attonburn, Roseden (2); £200 Scarlett Hall; £200 Bent House, Bensons Fell, Henlaw. Suff 2-shear: £170, £120 Scarlett Hall. Lleyn 4-shear: £110 Westerhouses. Char shlg: £180, £130, £100 Fishwick Mains. Beltex X shlg: £130 Glebe Farm. Beltex lamb: £80 Glebe Farm. BFL shlgs: £300 Roseden; £290, £280, £220 East Benridge; £280 Glebe Farm; £270 Whitehill; £250, £210 West Cocklaw; £240 Roseden. BFL 3-shear: £270 £220 Spittalshield. Females. - Top price: J Walton & Sons, Preston Mains, 330gns "Tweed" bred Texel gimmer. Suff (major reduction of Cornhills flock from R Thornton & Sons to 230gns, gimmer by Birness Express and scanned carrying twins to Roseden Zenith Cornhill). Prices in gns. - Gimmers: 235, 220, 175, 170.1-crop ewes: 210, 180, 140(2). 3-crop: 140. 4 crop: 130. 5-crop: 150. 20 ewes av £166.42.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Mon. Fwd: 685 suckled calves for annual sale. Overall av £421.92 (up £100.15 on 2000); steer av £500.38; hfr av £334.25. Judge: Richard Critchley, Hutton, Preston. Supreme championship & Stan Davis Silver Cup, British Belgian Blue Cattle Society rosette and tankard for best calf sired by BB bull: HR Hayton & Son, Asby Grange, BBX steer £700 to JL Gray & Son, Grindale. Res: G&KM Atkinson & Son, Green Farm, BBX steer, £670 to J Dent and Sons, Bolton, Appleby. Champion Lim-sired calf & silver plate from North-West Limousin Breeders' Club: KA Brown, Asby Hall, steer £600 to AD&A Richardson, Low Bank End Farm, Appleby. Top price: Dodd, Flakebridge Farm, Char steer £740 to Wison, Scorton, North Yorkshire.

Prizes. - Lim X steer: 1 KA Brown & Sons; 2 NW&EM Mason, Needle House. Lim X hfr: 1 JW Dent & Son, Naby View; 2 SF&AR Greenhaugh, Heggarscales. BBX steers: 1 G&KM Atkinson & Son, 2 HR Hayton & Son. BB hfrs 1&2 G&KM Atkinson & Son. Other breed steer: 1 HR Hayton & Son (BA); 2 N Dodd, Flakebridge House (Char). Other breed hfr: 1&2 KA Brown & Son (BA). Haltered steer(not in any other class): 1 HR Hayton & Son (BB); 2 D&JH Richardson, Croft House (BB).

Prices (all crosses):- BB bullocks: £700, £620, £615 Asby Grange; £670 Green Farm; £665, £640 Naby View; £625 Grange Hall; £600 Croft House. BB bulls: £462 Ashfield. BB hfrs: £560 Grange Hall; £500 Rutherford Farm; £485 Bents Farm; £472, £460 Green Farm; £470 Naby View; £460 The Gills. BA bullocks: £570, £540 Third Sunbiggin Farm; £558, £555, £550 & £545 Asby Grange; £555 Asby Hall; £540 Bents Farm; £540 Flakebridge Farm. BA hfrs: £440, £428 Asby Hall; £415 Flakebridge Farm; £405 Asby Grange. Lim bullocks: £610, £595 Naby View; £600 Asby Hall; £575, £560 Ash Garth; £560 Asby Mill; £555 The Gills; £555 Garnthwaite Farm; £550 Smardale Hall. Lim bulls: £472, £432 Ashfield; £450 Sawbridge Hall. Lim hfrs: £482 Garnthwaite Farm; £452 River View; £448 High Stennerskeugh; £445 Valley Farm; £440 Grange Hall. Char bullocks: £740 Flakebridge Farm; £610 Naby View; £530 Smardale Hall; £498, £490 Garnthwaite Farm. Char bulls: £370 Edge Farm. Char hfrs: £322 Garnthwaite Farm. Simm bulls: £450, £400 High Whitber. Simm hfrs: £310, £250 Gill Hall.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: Middleham Moor fair show & sale of 255 store cattle & feeding bulls. Judge: Bruce Jackson, Alne.

Prizes: Char X store cattle: 1 MV Dale to £705; 2 W Allison & Sons to £470; 3 RI Graham to £452.

Prices. - Feeding bulls. - BA: J Metcalfe & Sons £552, £540, £505. Lim: J Chandler & Son £525, £438, £340, £320: JF&AR Harland £505, £485; JA&UM Fawcett £405. BB: JS Harker £515; D&JS Middlemiss £495, £450, £430. AA: R&F Stephenson & Son £412, £368. Fries: R&F Stephenson & Son £398, £368; J Metcalfe & Sons £360; PG Simpson £300. Bullocks. - Char: MV Dale £705; J Fawcett & Son £550, £535, £515. Lim: TE Walmsey £690, £565; NR Metcalfe £590, £570, £568, £540; J Fawcett & Son £575, £535; F Thwaites £570, £560, £490; TW Raw £555; CR Thornborrow £550, £540; M Horner £545; RW Wallis & Sons £538, £522. BB: T Harker & Son £670; RW Wallis & Sons £635; JS Walton & Co £550; PG Simpson £475, £430; Crathorne Farms £445, £365; JA Dent & Sons £440; KW&J Clarkson £440, £420, £400, £385. Simm: N&L Trewhitt & Son £600; JA Dent & Sons £560, £505; MW Walker £548, £530, £525; SJ Horner £445. BA: W Allison & Sons £520, £500, £480, £472, £450. AA: N&L Trewhitt & Son £485; R Hunter £395; JW Bostock £360, £55; Crathorne Farms £325, £288. Hfrs. - BB: KO Stones £605, £470; CG Barker £575; JS Walton & Co £420; JR Metcalfe & Son £832, £335; TL Carlisle £370; Crathorne Farms £325, £310. Lim: CG Barker £560, £550; GH Curtis £530, £405; JJ Scott £475; KO Stones £470; T Harker & son £460; PA Lawson £415; JR Metcalfe & Son £405, £402, £392, £378; TL Carlisle £390, £380; R Hunter £375; JJ Scott £370. BA: W Allison & Sons £448, £428; TL Carlisle £380, £370. Char: W Allison & Sons £470; RI Graham £425, £370; J Fawcett & Son £415. AA: R Hunter £320; Crathorne Farms £240, £230, £225.

TOW LAW. - Two-day show & sale of store cattle. Wed of last week, catalogued entry of 394. Judge: Ron Bowman, Westwick House, Roecliffe.

Prizes. - Steer: 1 S Gibson, Pennywell; 2 WS Thompson & Ptnrs, Allotment Farm. Hfr: 1 S Gibson; 2 GW Lee & Sons, Stockley Burn; 3 W Reed & Sons, Lands Farm. Champion & HH Mews Memorial Trophy: S Gibson, hfr £370 to the judge.

Prices. - Lim X steers (red CID): £535 Low House. Blue: £660 Low House; £652 Whitelea; £650 South Shields; £645 Bridgend; £630, £625 Rogerley Hall; £618Low House; £610 South Shields; £605 Lands Farm, South Shields; £600 Whitelea, South Shields; £595 Rogerley Hall; £590 Bridge End; £588, £582 Lands Farm; £580 Rogerley Hall, South Shields; £575 Nettlesworth West House; £572 Lands Farm; £570 Rogerley Hall, Bridge End, Lands Farm, Whitelea, South Shields, Nettlesworth West House. Lim hfrs: £545 Whitelea; £510 Bridge End; £505 Needless Hall; £500(2), £495(2), £470 Lands Farm;; £480 Chatterley; £470 Friarside; £465 Thornley Hall, Whitelea; £462 Rogerley; £458 Red House; £455 Needless Hall; £450(2), £455(2) Lands Farm; £442 Red House; £438(2) Thornley Hall; £432 Red House; £430 Chatterley; £425 Chatterley. Char X steers (blue CID): £495, £490 Thornley Hall. Char X hfr: Hfrs: £435 Whitelea, £395, £380, £375 Thornley Hall. BAX steers (blue CID): £745 Pennywell; £618 Jolly Body, Allotment Farm; £615 Bridge End, Stockley Burn; £612, £545, £540, £470 Wolsingham Park Farms; £610 £600, £570 Boltsburn; £510, £500, £485(2) Bridge End; £488 Nettlesworth West House; £465 Boltsburn. BAX hfrs: £730 Pennywell; £630 Stockley Burn; £585 Pennywell; £505, £485, £438, £430, £415, £405 Wolsingham Park Farms, £430 Stockley Burn; £392 Allotment Farm; £390 Boltsburn.

Thurs of last week. - Fwd: catalogued entry of 796 suckled calves. Top price: K Mitchelson, Dene House, steer, £850. Judge: J Gibb, Jubilee Buildings, Broomley, Hexham.

Prizes. - Steer: 1 K Mitchelson; 2 I Potts, Redburn; 3 Everitt & Son, Kirkley House. Hfr: 1 K Mitchelson; 2 I Spedding, Harelaw; 3 I Potts. Champion & Colin Mitchelson Memorial Plate & Tow Law Rose Bowl: K Mitchelson, hfr, £680 to J Craggs, Glower O'er Him; res: K Michelson, steer, £850 to B Hough, Pontefact.

Prices. - Lim X steers (green CID): £850, £580 Dene House; £590, £585, £565, £560, £555, £500, £540, £530 Baal Hill; £575(2), £550, £548 Binchester Hall; £560 Halfway House; £548 Rogerley Hall; £545(2) Rosehill; £544 White Kirkley, Halfway House; £540 Thornley Pit House; £535 Sunderland Cleugh; £532 Bridge End. Blue: £600, £598, £575 Halfway House; £580 Miln House, Haggate; £570, £552, £548, £545, £542(2), £530 White Kirkley; £558, £542, £540, £530, £520 Rogerley Hall; £535 West Biggins, £535, £530 Bridge End; £528, £520 West Biggins, £520 Whitelea, & Halfway House. Lim hfrs: £680, £525 Dene House;; £470 Allergill £462; White Kirkley; £460, £438, £425 West Biggins, Low House; £452(2), £440 Rogerley Hall, Whitelea; £435 Allergill; £425 Whitelea, Rogerley Hall; £420 White Kirkley, Dene House, Halfway House; £418(2) Binchester Hall; £400 China Hall; £395 Bridge End, Rogerley Hall. Char X steers (green): £460 Whitelea. Blue: £532, £515(2), £505, £480 Whitelea; £440 Thornley Hall. BBX Steers (green): £620 Allotment Farm; £610(JS), £600(IS), £570(JS) Harelaw; £552 Redburn; £530, £505, £500, £490 Allotment Farm; £460 Low Wiserley. Blue: £525 Haggate; £520 £480 Allergill; £475 Haggate; £470 West Biggins, Allotment Farm. BBX hfrs: £735(JS), £590 (IS), £530(JS), £475(IS) Harelaw; £495 Low Wiserley; £455 Allotment Farm; £440 Redburn; £415(IS), £400(JS) Harelaw; £410 Gordon House; £390, £370 Allotment Farm. BA steers (green): £620, £610, £600, £598, £580 Redburn; £565, £555, £550, £545, £542, £540 Gordon House; £545 £530, £502 Jolly Body; £512 Kirkley House; £500 Bridge End, Gordon House; £480 Redburn. Blue: £568, £562, £560, £555, £550, £515, £505 Kirkley House; £542 Jolly Body. BAX hfr: £462 Gordon House; £458 Kirkley House; £450 Mayfield; £430 Redburn; £410 Kirkley House; £400, £390 Gordon House; £362 Redburn; £350 Kirkley House. Simm X steers (green): £555, £510 Gordon House. Simm hfr: £315 Gordon House