BARNARD CASTLE. - Wed. Fwd: 1,202 prime sheep. Prime lambs std to 110.05p av 101.7p; med to 110.2p av 103.8p; heavy to 105.2p av 100.4p. Cast ewes: Suff to £29.50; Cont to £32; Mule to £30; horned to £20.

DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 38 cattle, 671 sheep. Heavy steers to 96.5p av 91.5p; heavy hfrs to 93.5pv 88.6p; med bulls to 107.5p av 90.8; heavy to 118.5p av 92.1p. Std lambs to 108.9p av 105.4p; med to 110.8p av 107.4p; heavy to 110.8p av 107.1p; ewes to £33 av £24.90. Mon. - Fwd: 26 calves, 73 cattle. Lim calves: £180, £160 Longnewton Grange. Lim bulls: £445, £440 Calf Close. Lim steers: £505 Station House. Hfrs. - BA: £462 Furness Mill. Char £400 Foggarthwaite. Lim £350 Walworth Moor; £342 Backstone Bank.

HAWES. - Tues Fwd: 12 Calves, 1,150 sheep. Calves: Lim X bullls to £186 av £156; hfrs to £88 av £68; BBX hfrs to £92; Fries bulls to £144 av £50. Prime lambs lt to 109.7p av 93.1p; std to 107.3p av 100.2p; med to 104.1p av 98.5p; heavy to 100p av 93.4p; overall 98.7p/kg; cast ewes horned to £33 av £11.94; polled to £40 a £26.59; cast rams horned to £28 av £19.01; polled to £44 av £34; Mule store lambs £29.80; Texel to £27.80.

HEXHAM. - Tues. Char X hfrs to 105.5p; Lim X hfrs to 100.5p; Lim X steers to 97.5p. Texel X lambs to 109.7p; Suff X to 104.7p; Mule to 99.5p; Blackface to 96.6p; Chev X to 103.4p; Char X to 101.8p; HB to 101p; Leics to 93.2p. Fwd: 217 cast ewes and tups. Suff X to £31; Texel X to £30.50; Char X to £31; Mule to £28; Blackface to £31; Swale to £29.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Mon. Store & breeding cattle. Lim cow & bull calf £590; feeding bulls £475 High Lane; BBX hfrs £420; Lim X bullocks £400; hfrs to £435; BAX bullocks £482; hfrs £402; Char X hfrs £365. Tues. - Fwd: 803 sheep. Lt & store lambs to 106.92 av 90.32p; prem lambs to 107.32p av 105.10p; prime to 105p av 98.22p; comm to 100p av 96.5p; ewes to £34.50 av £14.30.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 8 dairy cattle, 64 calves & stirks, 22 breeding sheep. Newly calved hfrs: R Hunter £640. Newly calved cows: J&JH Whaley £650 £570(2); JH&ME Grainger £500; N&L Trewhitt & Son £450; R Hunter £440. Calves: BB bulls to £248 M&D Smith av £222; hfrs to £128 RG Johnson av £106; BA bulls to £242 J Metcalfe & Sons av £238; hfrs to £125 J Metcalfe & Sons; Lim bulls to £240 WD&MM Moor av £220:hfrs to £120 J Pearson & Sons av £98; Simm bulls to £200 JH&DS Kirkham; Herefd bulls to £175 PW Broadley; Fries bulls to £132 A Lambert av £97; AA bulls to £100 RG Johnson; hfrs to £60 RG Johnson av £48. Fries bull stirks: £180 C Allen; £170 WH Dunn & Son. Breeding sheep: 3-shear Suff rams AF&D Teasdale 190 gns; Suff shlg rams AF&D Teasdale 185 gns; 3-shear Char rams AF&D Teasdale 160 gns; 3-shear Suff ewes AC Bailey £51; 4-5-shear Suff ewes K Anderson £45; Chev shlgs AC Bailey £33; 5-6-shear Mule ewes AC Bailey £30. Wed. - Fwd: 1,066 sheep. Lambs lt to 104.9p av 94.8p; Suff & Cont std to 106.1p av 102.1p; med to 106p av 102.8p; heavy to 97.9p av 93.6p; Mule & Masham std to 95p av 93.4p; med to 101.3p av 98.8p; heavy to 98.9p av 98.3p; hoggs to 67p av 57p. Ewes: Suff to £40; Masham to £40; North Country Cheviot to £39.80; Cont to £31.50; Mule to £33.50; horned to £32.50 av £14.30. Rams: NCC to £46; Teeswater to £44; Blue-faced Leics to £39.50.

MIDDLETON in TEESDALE. - Wed. Fwd: 259 sheep. Prime lambs to 106.83p av 101p; prem av 105.5p; comm av 95p; lt & store av 81.78; ewes to £41 av £23.03; rams to £41.50 av £26.

PENRITH. - Wed of last week. Texel X lambs to £49.50; Suff X to £48. Wed. - Prime sheep. Overall av 106.1p. Std lambs to 107.18p av 106.54p; med to 108.64p av 106.45p; heavy to 104p av 102.88p; lt to 100p av 92.65p; ewes to £28 av £19.14.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 204 cattle, 962 sheep, 266 pigs. Steers med to 111.5p av 106p; heavy to 117.5p a kg or £763.75 each av 95.3p; hfrs med to 114.5p av 98.7p; heavy to 120.5p or £596.75 av 86.2p; bulls lt to 104.5p av 83.2p; med to 106.5p av 86.5p; heavy to 100.5p or £661.38 av 88.2p. Lambs lt to 77.8p; std to 107.6p av 101.7p; med to 115.6p av 104.9p; heavy to 113.2p a kg or £56.20 each av 106.7p; owt to 106.4p; ewes lt to £26.20 av £16.63; heavy to £52.80 av £36.08. Porkers to 70p av 64.7p; cutters to 68.5p av 64p; baconers to 70p av 62.8p; sows/boars to 38p a kg or £137.94 each av 34.4p. Mon. - Collection centre, fwd: 32 Otms.

TOW LAW. - Mon. Suff X lambs to 106.8p(2); Texel X to 109.2p; Mule to 100.5p; Char X to 104p