BARNARD CASTLE. - Wed. Fwd: 723 sheep. Prime lambs std to 106.6p av 99.5p; med to 107.3p av 100.6p; heavy to 101.7p av 97.8p. Cast ewes: Cont to £36.50; Mule to £30; Swale to £22.

DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 28 cattle, 803 sheep. Heavy steers to 108.5p av 96p; heavy hfrs to 114.5p av 98.5p; med bulls to 99.5p av 94.5p; heavy bulls to 99.5p av 94.5p; heavy bulls to 106.5p av 100.2p. Lt lambs to 94.4p av 93.6p; Std to 94.2p av 92p; med to 103.4p av 98.3p; heavy lambs to 99p av 96.4p; ewes to £34 av £26. Mon. - Fwd: 38 bulls. Char bulls: £610 (R) South Farm. BB bulls: £510 (G) Low Hulam. Lim bullsL £442, £445 (G) Bewley Hill. Lim steers: £490, £478 (G) Beewley Hill; £475 (B) Cockleberry. Lim hfrs: £495, £405, £400 Cockleberry.

HAWES. - Tues. Fwd: 7 calves, 463 sheep. Calves: av 100.14p; Lim bulls to £175(2); Lim hfrs to £80; Fries bulls to £54 av £49.50; BB hfrs to £88 av £86. Prime lambs av 93.4p; lt to 92.4p; std to 97p av 93.6p; med to 95p av 93p. Cast sheep: horned ewes to £24 av £14.36; polled ewes to £39.40 av £18.67; horned tups to £15.50; polled tups to £38.50.

HEXHAM. - Tues. Steers heavy to 90.5p av 88.1p; hfrs med to 99.5p av 94.4p; heavy to 109.5p av 95.1p. Suff X lambs to 99.5p; Texel X to 106.6p; Char X to 97.7p; Cont X to 97.1p; Leics to 83.7p; Mule to 93.9p; Cheviot X to 99p; Suff X hoggs to 51.2p; Texel X to 52.8p; Jacob to 52.4p; Suff ewes & rams to £48.50; Texel X to £35.50; Mule to £35; Blackface to £26; Cheviot X to £32.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Tues. Fwd: 400-plus sheep. Lambs over 34kg: Suff to £42; Texel to £44.80; Char to £42 Sykeside; Rough Fell to £31 Cotegill. Lambs 34kg or under: Rough Fell to £27.20; Swale to £30.50. Polled ewes: Texel to £32; Mule to £33.50; Teeswater to £29; Hill Cheviot to £19.50. Horned ewes to £29.50; Rough Fell to £30. Rough Fell rams to £24.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 2 dairy cattle, 60 calves & stirks, 38 store cattle. Dairy cattle. - Newly calved hfrs: R Hunter £720, W&A White £700. Calves: Simm bulls to £210 JA Dent & Sons av £199; Lim bulls to £208 JW Wall & Son av £173; hfrs to £92 JW Wall & Son av £53; BB bulls to £200 JH&DS Kirkham av £185; hfrs to £102 FJ Dent av £94; Herefd bulls to £185 PW Broadley; Devon bulls to £160 WF Shepherd; BA bulls to £140 JD&J Ford; AA bulls to £102 WF Shepherd av £82; Fries bulls to 376 J Sunter & Sons av £55. Stirks: Fries bulls £292; BB bulls £260; BB hfrs £170, all GFW Walton & Sons. Store cattle. - Lim feeding bulls: A Newbould & Son £582, £565, £540; A&JA Iveson £530. Simm bullocks: J Sunter & Son £525. BB bullocks: PF Donaldson £450. Lim bullocks: S&RJ Calvert £400, £360. BB hfrs: High Mains Ptnrs £540; A&CA Sterling £375, £340, £320. Lim hfrs: High Mains Ptnrs £540; CT Akrigg £430, £420, £350; JW Ball £400. Wed. - Fwd: 650 sheep. Lambs lt to 97.1p av 94.3p. Suff & Cont std to 103.7p av 98.5p; med to 110p av 97.6p; heavy to 92.8p av 91.4p; Mule & Masham std to 96.3p av 94.9p; med to 98.2p av 95.6p; Suff & Cont ewes to £45 av £32.50; Mule to £35.20 av £31.10; horned to £22.20 av £19.30. Show for Charollais lambs, judge Peter Wilkinson, Quality Fare: 1 R Murray 40kg, £44; 2 I Booton 41kg, £42; 3 R W Wallis & Sons 42kg, £41. All bought by Quality Fare. Other prices. - Suff lambs: C Pounder £56.20 to John Simpson. Mule lambs: JL&JA Sunter 96.3p to A Ditta; lt lambs: R Murray 97.1p to Malcolm Metcalfe.

MIDDLETON in TEESDALE. - Wed. Fwd: 148 prime sheep. Lambs: Texel X to £43.20; Suff X to £38.50; Mule to £39.80; Swale to £31.20. Swale ram hoggs to £23; cast rams to £39; HB ewes to £40.80; Swale ewes to £25.50.

PENRITH. - Mon. Store cattle. Bullocks. - Lim X (blue CID): £562, £550, £530 Grove Foot Farm. Lim X (red): £548 Grove Foot Farm. AA: £548 (blue) Grove Foot Farm; £398 West View. BB: £275 West View (blue). Fries: £395 (blue) Woodclose.Simm bull: £350 (green) Bridge House. Hfrs. - Lim X: £265 Bridge House. BB: £200 Wood Close. Fwd: 35 rearing calves. Bulls. - Lim: £75 Helm Farm. Fries: £26 Tarn Hill Farm; £20 Thorneyscale; £18 Helm Farm. BB: £150 Tarn Hill House; £125, £120 Waitby Farm. Lim X hfrs: £10 Waitby Farm. Wed. - Prime sheep. Lambs av 100p; top price 102p;Suff to £46.80; Texel to £42.80; Char to £43.80; Rouge de l'Ouest to £37.50. Lt lambs to 93p; Cheviot to £26. Ewes: Blue-faced Leics to £31.50; Suff X to £31; Hill Cheviot to £29; Swale to £20; Scotch Blackfaced to £17.50; Herdwick to £18.50 Noran Bank Farm.

STOKESLEY. - Tues. Fwd: 139 store & breeding cattle. Cows with calves at foot: £710, £680, £555 per group, Meynall Hall; £660, £560 Brierton Farm. Store cattle, young bulls. - BB: £570 Wydon Eals. Lim: £560, £540, £520 Wydon Eals; £540 Freehouse; £540, £515 Newholme; £460 Laureldean. Char: £530, £510 Burwarton: £530, £510 (Newholme. Hereford: £365, Summerfield. Hfrs. - Lim: £422, £410 Scarth Lees. Char: £328, £312 Burwarton; £300 Brierton Farm.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 176 cattle,1273 sheep, 250 pigs. Steers lt to 108.5p; med to 108.5p av 93.7p; heavy to 115.5p a kg or £762.03 each av 97p; hfrs med to 114.5p av 99.6p; heavy to 128.5p or £710.78 av 100.3p; bulls lt to 105.5p; med to 107.58p av 88.4p; heavy to 106.5p or £706.45 av 89.3p. Lambs lt to 83.9p; std to 107.7p av 94.8p; med to 111.6p a kg or £49 each av 97.1p; heavy to 95.2p av 93.4p; owt to 75.9p; ewes lt to £24 av £17.17; heavy to £40 av £28.79. Porkers to 85p av 79.3p; cutters to 82p av 78.1p; baconers to 79.5 av 75.5; sows/boars to 55p a kg or 3129.60 each av 35.2p. Mon. - Collection centre, fwd: 35 cattle, 44 OTMS.

TOW LAW. - Mon. Suff X lambs to 97.7p; Texel X to 99p.