BARNARD CASTLE. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 457 suckled calves & store cattle. Champion: C&JM Kearton, Char X steer, £615; res: JJ&JE Walton, BAX steer £520.

Prizes. - Lim steers 1 RE Williamson; 2&3 JW Dent & Sons. Lim hfr: 1 C&JM Kearton; 2 JW Dent & Sons; 3 JJ&JE Walton. Char steer: 1&2 C&JM Kearton; 3 JW Dent & Sons. Char hfr: 1 C&JM Kearton. Bull: 1&2 CR Raine & Son; 3 WH Brown & Son. AOB steer: 1 JJ&JE Walton; 2 JW Dent & Sons; 3 R&J Teesdale. AOB hfr: 1&2 B&JD Beadle.

Prices, feeding bulls. - Char: £430 JR&FM Longstaff. Lim: £468, £445, £440, £435, £432 CR Raine & Son; £435 PC Langstaff. BA: £508, £500, £472, £465, £458 B&JD Beadle. Sucklers & store cattle. - Lim steers: £550, £500, £480 JW Dent & Sons; £495 F&MP Allinson & Son. Lim hfrs: £380 L Guy & Son; £370 J Kearton; £370 CL Morris; £370, £360, £350 JJ&GE Walton; £315, £310 F&MP Allinson; £330 AE Iceton & Sons; £320 JW Dent & Sons; £320 L Guy & Son. Char steers: £615, £505, £500 C&JM Kearton; £520, £498, £490, £485 JW Dent & Sons; £490 JR&FM Longstaff. Char hfrs: £380 J Kearton; £320 RM&AM Dixon; £320 TJ&PS Dixon. BA hfrs: £335 B&JD Beadle; £320 JJ&GR Walton; £305 J&SE Bainbridge. BA steer: £520 JJ&GR Walton. BB hfr: £340 CL Morris. BB steers: £530, £495, £475 JW Dent & Sons; £503 CL Morris.

MASHAM. - Tues of last week. Fwd: 648 store lambs for Christmas prize show and sale.

Prizes. - Masham: 1&2 FW Graham; 3 KD Barker. Cont/DX: 1 JR Bell; 2 E Harrison; 3 C Taylor.

Prices. - Suff X lambs to £26.80; Texel X to £24.40; Char X to £31.50; Mule X to £20; Mule gimmers to £24.20; Masham wethers to £31; Suff in lamb ewes to £41; Masham geld ewes to £27.80; horned ewes to £14. Tues. - Christmas show & sale. Fwd: 56 store cattle.

Prizes: 1 A Fisher £508; 2 JR Bell £555; 3 JW&MJ Croft £495. Prices,bullocks: BB to £508, Lim to £555, Char to £495, Fries to £328. Lim bulls to £345. Hfrs: BA to £220; Lim to £338; Char to £432; Simm to £320.

MIDDLETON in TEESDALE. - Wed. Special show & sale of 1,101 bullocks, hfrs & bull suckled calves.

Prizes. - Lim X bullocks: 1 MC Dent & Son, Wythes Hill; 2 GC White & Son, Rigg Farm. Hfrs: 1&2 GC White & Son. BBX bullocks: 1 JW Dent & Sons, Naby View; 2 GC White & Son. Hfrs: 1 B Hodger & Son, Brockersgill; 2 JW Dent & Son. AOB bullock: 1 JJ Walton, Rowfield; 2 Mrs R Teward & Sons, Hillgill. Hfr: 1 JW Dent & Sons. Bulls: 1 Mrs R Teward & Sons; 2 I&RA Watson, West Hinedon. Overall champion, NatWest bank cup, bullock & Pikestone rosebowl, champion Lim bullock or hfr, MC Dent & Son; NatWest bank cup, hfr: GC White & Son.

Prices , hfrs. - Lim: £920, £455, £460, £440 Rigg Farm; £435, Battle Hill; £405 Step Ends; £410 Lane Head (Wallace). BA: £400 High Beck Head. BB: £570, £510 Naby View; £540 Rigg Farm; £405 Long Green. Char: £570 Naby View. Bullocks. - Lim: £1,080, £570, £560 Wythes Hill (champion); £505 Rose Tree; £510, £505 Shotley Hall; £560, £515, £530, £600 Rigg Farm; £505 Pikestone; £500 Parrick House; £535 Birch Bush; £555 Lane Head (Walton); £585. £525 Hillgill; £635, £620(2) Lane Head (Wallace); £585, £505, £635 £500(2) Cold Comfort Farm; £575, £525, £535(2) Naby View; £520 Ettersgill House; £500(3) Greenhills; £540 High Bank Head; £540 Blunt House. BB bullocks: £515, £500 Long Green; £730, £560, £550 Rigg Farm; £520 Cold Comfort Farm; £600, £540, £700, £500, £605 Naby View. BA: £545 Hillgill; £550, £570, £505 Bowfield; £525 Nova Scotia. Char: £620 Nova Scotia; £520 Bail Hill., £540 Naby View.

TOW LAW. - Thurs of last week. Sale of store cattle, suckled calves & special sale of beef breeding cattle, catalogued entry of 378 head.

Prices. - Store cattle & suckled calves. - Lim X bullocks: £440 Brasses Houses; £422, £400 High Wiserley; £420 Newlands Hall; £415, £392, £375 Westgate; £390, £360 Thornley Hall; £355 South Shields; £345, £300 Nettlesworth West House. Simm X bullocks: £415, £412, £395 Fulforth. Char X bullocks: £408 South Shields; £372, £370 Hollybush. BAX bullocks: £358 Nettlesworth West House. Lim X hfrs: £382 Thornley Hall; £362, £300 Chatterley; £355, £325 Hecklewood Neuk. Char X hfrs: £340 Chatterley; £290 Hollybush; £212 Butsfield Abbey; £268 Black Thatch. Simm X hfrs: £308 Fulforth. BBX hfrs: £285 South Shields. Bulling hfrs. - Lim X: £445 Low Shipley; £370, £335 Chatterley. Cows & calves. - Lim X & BA bull calves: £760, £725, £676, £630 High & Middle Fawnlees. Simm X & BA bull calves: £605 High & Middle Fawnlees. Lim X & Lim bull calves: £595, £545 High Hedleyhope. Simm X & Simm X bull calves: £505 North Rodddymoor. Simm X & BA hfr calves: £725 High & Middle Fawnlees. Lim x hfrs & BA bull calves: £500 High & Middle Fawnlees. In calf cows. - BBX: £510 Allotment Farm. Lim X: £410 South Park; £400 High & Middle Fawnlees; £385, £380 High Hedleyhope. In calf hfrs. - Lim X: £680 Leazes; £420 High & Middle Fawnlees; £400 High Hedleyhope. Herefd X: £400 Hollinside. Bulls. - BA: £2,500 High & Middle Fawlees. Lim: £1,300 Low Shipley