BARNARD CASTLE. - Tues. Centenary sale for 44 feeding bulls, 257 store cattle. The ring was full, with buyers from Cumbria, Yorkshire and Northumberland and with very keen prices for all the cattle. Judges: GW Hammond & Son.

Prizes. - Single bullock: 1 & champion JP&R Ward, 12-m-o BA £680; 2 JW Dent & Sons, BB £668; 3 L Guy & Son, BB £645. Single hfr: 1 & res champion L Guy & Son, 19-m-o BB £570; 2 J&K Metcalfe, BA £675; 3 L Guy & Son, BB £575. Single bull: 1 JN Spedding, 15-m-o BB £575; 2 D Coggins & Son, 14-m-o Lim for £575. Pair hfrs: 1 JB Luck 17-m-o Lims £475; 2 J K Metcalfe, BAs £485.

Other leading prices, bullocks. - Lim: WK Lamb £660, £630, £605; JW Dent & Sons £640, £625, £580; GKS Wilson & Sons £640; JW Dent £605; GA Day £605. BA: JP&R Ward £655, £650, £600; RV Rutherford & Son £650, £630, £600; GKS Wilson & Sons £640, £595; JJ&GE Walton £620. BB: L Guy & Son £640; B Iceton £605; JB&GE Luck £580. Char: JW Dent & Sons £615; R Tookey £605. Hfrs. - BA: J&K Metcalfe £675, £485, £465, £460; JP&R Ward £530. BB: L Guy & Son £575, £570; JW Dent & Sons £480. Lim: JB Luck £475, £460. Char: N Medd & Son £458; G&MF Turnbull £450; J&SE Bainbridge £448. Bulls. - Lim: Watson £530, £515; JN&MA Spedding £510, £490; S Richardson £490; D Coggins & Son £470; D&S Simpson £470; Mrs Woodward £465. BB: JN&MA Spedding £575, £545, £510, £505, £490, £460. BA: J&SE Bainbridge £530, £525. Simm: S Richardson £500; TW Thompson £490. Char: Watson £495, £475. Breeding cattle: AA cow & Char bull calf £670 E Smith & Son; AA hfr & hfr calf £490 HR&J Barker.

NORTHALLERTON. - Wed. Prime show and sale of 154 store cattle and young bulls judged by Keith Metcalfe, Houghton le Side, and John Trenholm, Thirkleby. The £100 prize money had been given by a local retired farmer. Overall champion & best young bullock: CW Tate & Son, Crathorne, £740 to Geoff Horn, Cowpen Bewley; res champion & second prize bullock: CW Tate & Son, £730 also to Geoff Horn.

Other prizes. - Bullocks: 3 A&F Watson, Snilesworth, £565 to Keith Metcalfe, Houghton le Side. Hfr: 1 A&F Watson £470 to S Newcombe & Sons, Carthorpe; 2 A&F Watson £485 to Ian Armitage, Oswaldkirk; 3 A&F Watson £482 to Ian Armitage. Young bull: 1 L Dent & Sons, Osmotherley, £515 to F Todd & Sons, Thirsk; 2 L Dent & Sons £505 to F Todd & Sons; 3 L Dent & Sons £525 to D Trewhitt, Kirby Sigston.