HAWES. - Breeding sheep, opening annual sale of uncrossed Swaledale ewes. Ewes to £81 av £57.74p (up £27.87 on 2000); gimmer shlgs to £91 av £57.68p.

Prices. - Ewes: JC Nelson & Son £81, £75, £71, £70, £64; S Bell & Sons £80, £70; WM&JE Shuttleworth £79, £75, £70; BR Lawson & Son £76, £73; IE&M Kearton £74; Walburn Hall Farm £72, £66; EW Atkinson £72; JR Rukin £71; W&JC Alderson £67; NW&RE Hunter £67; R Metcalfe £66; Mrs SL Pratt £65; G Calvert & Sons £64, £63, £62; S&RD Parker £63; A Hunter £62. Shlgs: JR Rukin £91, £72; JL Sedgewick £70, £61, £51; JW&E Woof & Sons £60, £45.

HEXHAM. - Thurs of last week. Texel show. Judges: John & Mark Henderson, Burntongues, Allendale.

Prizes. - Shlg: 1 & overall champion & 3 Neville Beresford, Bolton PO £750 to judges; 2&res West Heddon £580. Ram lambs: 1&2 Middle Dukesfield; 3 Hawthorns.

Prices. - Females: £650 (12 av £239.16) Swarland Old Hall. £350 East Loanend (10 av £257). Ewe lambs: £230, £170, £150 & £130 East Loanend. Shlg rams: £830 (12 av £622.50) Wydon; £800 Cornhill (4 av £637.50), £750(2) Bolton PO, Manor Farm, £700 Bolton PO, Low Farm, Birtley, £660 Swarland Old Hall, Edlingham Demesne (KY), East Loanend, Manor Farm, £60 East Loanend, Bensons Fell, West Heddon, £610 Lough Green.

Lambs: £440 (6 av £295) Middle Dukesfield, £300 Hawthorns, £280 Hawthorns.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Second special show & sale of 2,120 Mule gimmer lambs & other breeding sheep Mule gimmer lambs av £55 (up £27 on 2000).

Prizes. - Mule gimmer lambs: 1&3 Bainbridge Bros £98, £76; 2 F Dinsdale & Sons £88.

Prices: Bainbridge Bros £73; J Fawcett & Son £71; WM Iveson £70, £64; J Jefferson & Son £69; LV&N Croft £68, £63; TW Atkinson & Son £67, £65; GH&J Wallis & Son £65, £64; H&EM Tiplady £65(2), £61; FJ Stubbs £65; Walburn Hall Farms £64; T&ME Jackson £64; GK Hird & Sons £64; CS Utley & Sons £63; G Lambert £62.

Texel X gimmer lambs: Mrs RD Peacock £60; R Sunter £56, £42; JP Tunstill £53; J D Murfin £46, £44. Mule shlgs: A&AJ Lambert £70; BFL rams: G K Hird & Sons £250; W M Iveson £200. Store lambs: Calvert & Hunter £35, £32. Wed. - Annual show & sale of Swaledale & Dalesbred ewes, shearlings & gimmer lambs. Catalogued entry of 2,375. Judges: Colin Dent, Greenriggs & Andrew Avison, Melmerby.

Prizes. - Swale ewes: 1 JT Dixon & Sons £100; 2 WM Iveson £98; 3 R&J Dixon £90. Dalesbred ewes: 1&2 JC Lister £47, £37. Swale gimmer lambs: 1 KP Calvert £50; 2&3 Walburn Hall Farms £45, £46. Prices. - Swale ewes av £50 (up £26 on 2000); Dalesbred ewes £38 (up £16); gimmer lambs av £37.70 (up £22.80). Swale ewes: JT Dixon & Sons £100, £82, £76, £70, £65, £63; WM Iveson £98, £80, £76, £58, £56, £54; R Simpson & Sons £90, £76, £72, £66, £54, £52; R&J Dixon £90, £85, £80, £78, £70, £56; Walburn Hall Farms £78, £57, £55; EW Atkinson £71, £65; M Barker Farms £66, £53; J Pearson & Sons £65, £62, £58(2); LW Atkinson £54; J Duffus & Son £54; WM Scott £52. Dalesbred ewes: JC Lister £47, £45, £43, £41, £38. Swale gimmer lambs: KP Calvert £50, £36; J Pearson & Sons £50, £46, £45, £41; Walburn Hall Farms £46, £45, £43; PF Goodall £42; AL Dawes £36, £30. Swale shlgs: Thornton-Berry £60, £59(2), £54; WM Iveson £46.

MASHAM. - Tues of last week. Annual show and sale of Masham gimmer lambs. I'Anson Shield for best pen of lambs from Masham Sheep Breeders' Association member and supreme championship, JM Wilson & Son, Beckwithshaw, £100 to co-judge Chris Hagar, Lincolnshire. Tagged lambs averaged £51.20.

Prizes. - Open: 1 JM Wilson and Son; 2 WF Graham, Masham; 3 CT Willoughby, Redmire. Local: 1 WF Graham; 2 JW&MJ Croft, Masham; 3 DG&C Newbould, Dallowgill.

Prices: JM Wilson & Son £100; WF Graham £90; CT Willoughby, £84; JF&H Wilson £71; W&R Verity £70; P&M Smith and Son £68; DG&C Newbould, £62; RW Wallace, £61.

PATELEY BRIDGE. - Sat. Fwd: 2,107 Mule & Masham gimmer lambs for annual show & sale Judges: Brian Ridsdale, Penrith (Mule), R G Johnson (Masham). 211 Mashams av £54.53; 1,896 Mules av £57.31.

Prizes. - Mule: 1 W Furniss & Son, Dacre,£210 to JR Barnett; 2 R Burley, Wath, £100 to D&R Sandham; 3 L Simpson & Sons, Pateley Bridge, £78 to D&R Sandham. Masham: 1 W&R Verity, Middlesmoor, £95 to JB Liddle; 2 W&R Verity £60 to Miss Sysson; 3 Bradshaw Farms, Felliscliffe, £65 to A Stubbs.

PENRITH. - Mon. Show & sale of 329 store cattle. Judge: A Richardson, Bank End Farm, Appleby.

Prizes. - Cont X bullock: 1 CR&HM Atkinson, High Howe, £690 to D Barker, Scarborough; 2 WJ&R Atkinson, Nook Farm, £600 to J Dent & Son, Bolton; 3 JB Bowness, Bank Farm, £455 to C Holmes, Appleby. Cont X hfrs: 1 & champion W Story, Calthwaite, £540 to F&A Richardson & Sons, Appleby; 2 & res Braithwaite, Scales Farm, £460 to Gray, Bridlington; 3 WJ&R Atkinson £550 to A Barnett, Shap.

Prices, bullocks. - Lim X: £645 Well House; £608 Croft Ends; £605 Dalebottom; £598 Low Row; £588 Peter House; £555 Wetheriggs. Char X: £540 Low Row. Fries: £415 Low Row, Little Strickland Hall; £398 Grove Foot. BBX: £695 HIgh Howe; £675 Peter House; £600 Nook Farm (Atkinson).

Hfrs. - BBX: £550 Nook Farm (Atkinson); £532 Scales Farm. BAX: £472 The Bank. Lim X hfrs: £512 Fort Putnam; £500 Howtown Hotel; £488 Bassenthwaite Hall. Char X hfrs: £495 Fort Putnam; £468 Rake Foot.

Cont X feeding bulls: £522 Bedland Gates; £515 Burns (Cartmell); £482 High Lane (Capstick); £465 River Croft.

Rearing calves : £155, £148 Causeway Foot; £130 Tarn Hill. Weaned bull calves: £228, £222 Cobble Hall. Weaned hfr calves: £125, £120 Cobble Hall.

Tues. - Fwd: 4,340 uncrossed & crossed Swaledale & Herdwick ewes, shlgs & gimmer lambs.

Prices. - Swale ewes: £87, £86 High Hullock Howe; £77, £70, £62 Undercragg; £74 Low Row; £70, £60 Low Mill (Fleming & Wilson); £69 Swindale (Whitfield); £61 Gate Ghyll, Glencoyne; £60, £59 Gillside; £58 Wesco, Naddle; £56 Side Farm; overall av £45. Gimmer shlgs: £85, £71(2) Low Row; £60, £56 Sleddale Hall; £60 Glenridding (Pitchford). Herdwick Ewes: £42 Nook Farm (Jackson). Gimmer lambs: £58 Low Milll (Fleming & Wilson); £56 High Beckside; £45 Hollins Farm; £43 Sleddale Hall. Ewes NCM: £33 Deepdale Hall; £28 Side Farm; £27 Naddle.

Herdwick gimmer lambs: £29 Thrang Cragg; £24 Hollins Farm.

STOKESLEY. - Annual show & sale of horned breeding sheep. Judge: Mr Chris Metcalfe, Bransdale.

Prizes. - Uncrossed Swale ewes: 1 & Moorland Association Rosebowl Stuart Wood, High Wethercote Farm, Bilsdale, £47 to Geoff Featherstone, Wilton, Pickering.

Other prices for uncrossed swale ewes: £47, £42 High Wethercote, £38 Billerea, £34.50 Piethorne, £28 Ryehill.

ST JOHN'S CHAPEL. - Last Fri. Annual sale of 3084 uncrossed and crossed Swaledale ewes, gimmer shearlings, gimmer lambs, also wether lambs and rams.

Prices. - Feeding ewes to £27.50 av £19; crossed Swale ewes to £50 av £35,;uncrossed Swale ewes to £65 av £48; Swale gimmer shlgs to £100 av £76; Swale gimmer lambs to £62 av £32.97; store lambs to £42.20 av £31.28.

Ewes - Crossed Swale: £50, £48, £41 & £40 Billingshield. Uncrossed: £65, £62 Glenwelt; £65, £57 Smailesburn; £57 Dyke Nook Farm; £55 Ireshope Plains; £53 White Hills; £52 High Rowan Tree Foot. Swale gimmer shlgs: £100, £85 Hill Farm; £85, £72 White Hills, £76, £74, £70 Ireshope Plains. Swale gimmer lambs: £62, £50, £42, £41, £40(2) Billingshield; £50, £46 Pinfold; £47, £42, £40 White Hills; £44 Manor Farm; £44 Low Huntwell. Feeding ewes: Mule £27.50 Earnwell; Swale £19.50 Ireshope.

Wether lambs - Suff X: £42.20, £40.20 Westernhopeburn; £39.50 Riggside; £36 New Park. Texel X: £39.28 Longdale. Mule: £34.80 New Park; £34.50 Riggside. Swale: £21.50 Billingshield.

Texel 2-shear ram £300 High Rowan Till Foot.