BARNARD CASTLE. - Tues of last week. Fwd: 424 cattle. Lim cow & calf £650. Bulls: Lim to £645; Char to £605; BB to £590; BA to £578. Steers: Lim to £710; Char to £645; Saler to £638; Simm to £582. Hfrs: Lim to £598; Char to £585; BB to £522; BA to £592; AA to £310. Breeding cattle: J&VM Bussey £650, £300. Feeding bulls: Mrs D Coffins & Sons £572(2), £565, £555(2); F Bainbridge £605, £450, £435(2), £430, £400; JP&R Ward £505, £502, £492, £475, £462, £460; DW Ewin £498, £495(4), £390; J&VM Bussey £590, £555, £520, £470; JW Dent & Sons £540; JJ&GE Walton £578(3), £542, £515, £508, £498, £495. £475, £472(2), £448, £412; I&RA Watson £485, £478(3), £450, £400(3), £390, £370; K Atkinson £585, £582, £560, £520; C&JM Kearton £440(4), £375, £352, £350, £320; TM Bellas & Son £645; PJ Dixon £482. Store cattle: R Grice £668, £625, £582, £572, £540, £510, £500; JW Dent & Sons £552, £505, £475(2), £450(2); EW Guy & Sons £535, £525(2), £495, £448, £440, £350(2); GS&SE Wilson £615(2), £592, £538(2), £465, £440; JR Addison & Sons £608, £575, £552, £420(2); JF&F Hutchinson £548, £538, £522, £518(2), £495, £485, £455(2), £440(2); G&JA Rigg £395, £372(3), £358(2), £338(2); Mrs D Birkett & Son £688, £580, £532(3), £500, £465, £428(2), £385(3); G&MF Turnbull & Sons £648, £638, £570, £565; DA&AM Gill £592, £580, £560, £558, £452(2),£450, £442(2), £390(2); Mrs S Bayles & Sons £495(2), £482(2); ER Thompson £355(2), £340(2); GM&D Green £320(3), £245(2); JV&MA Oliver £665, £525; J Collinson £475, £458; TM Bellas & Son £570, £558(2), £460; J Buck £450(2), £442(5), £368(3); TB Walton £470(2), £370(2); AA Walton & Son £430,£400(2); J&MJ Walton £585, £580, £532(2); CR&J Stephenson £598, £590(2); JE High & Son £518, £475, £470; TB Law £405(2); B&S Teasdale & Son £645, £610, £605, £300, £590(2), £585(2), £580(2), £575, £570(4), £568(2), £535, £528, £495(2), £480, £450(3), £360; D Stafford £310(4), £295(2), £285(3), £210(2), £200(3); RW Dalton £645, £632, £598, £585, £558(3), £545, £492(2); CA&J Kipling £442, £432, £428; R&J Teasdale £350, £330(2); JR Longstaff & Son £595(2), £590, £585, £580(2), £578, £560(2), £535(2), £530(2), £470, £455, £440(2), £422, £385(2), £380; PJ Dixon £602, £470(2); M&P Wilson £602, £505; RL Walker £710, £642, £632; K&RE Robson £625 (2), £620; C&JM Kearton £632(2), £590, £570, £535(2), £505, £502(2), £492, £455(2), £440 (2), £372 (5); B&JD Beadle £510, £505, £440, £430, £385, £360, £330, £325, £310, £295; WB Rutter & Sons £590(2), £580(2), £565, £498(2); PRE&E Marwood £560, £510, £492, £472, £442; JL&M Wilkinson & Son £528, £510(2), £505, £498; A&B Herworth £520, £480(2), £425, £370. Wed of last week. - Fwd: 1,120 sheep. Lt hoggs to 122p av 99.4p; std to 121p av 109.1p; med to 119p av 107.2p; heavy to 118p av 100p. Cast sheep: Cont £45; Suff £39.50; Cheviot £43; Leics £39.50; Swale £27. Wed. Fwd: 1,382 sheep. Hoggs lt to 106p av 98.8p; std to 123p av 109.6p; med to 118p av 109.8p; heavy to 111p av 102.9p. Cast sheep: Cont £47; Mule £36; Leics £36.50; Suff £35; Swale £26.

Darlington. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 493 cattle, 880 sheep. Steers lt to 122.5p/£563.50 av 110.8p; med to 123.5p/£765.70 av 108.19p; heavy to 139.5p/£938.85 av 108.1p; hfrs med to 127.5p/£663 av 109.2p; heavy to 135.5p/£955.28 av 107.8p; young bulls med to 127.5p/£663 av 101.4; heavy to 131.5p/£887.70 av 109.4p. Hoggs lt to 118.6p/£43.20 av 114.09; med to 128.4p/£56.50 av 117.09p/ heavy to 122.1p/£56.20 av 107.38p; overall av 111.78p; cull ewes to £49 av £35.55. Mon. Fwd: 226 cattle, 210 sheep, 180 prime hoggs. Steers. - Lim: £585, £550, £450 M Dent; £535, £500 N Basey & Son; £450, £402 K Holliday; £450 HR Wilkinson; £440 (4) TJ Ball; £410 (3) R Gill & Son; £385, £360 GS Tempest; £370 A Lumsdon; £340, £335 (2) EM Dickeson. Shorthorn: £452, £425 (2), £400, £395 J&EM Lawson. Char: £490 (3) TJ Ball; £458 M Airey. Hfrs. - Lim: £625, £485, £452 M Jackson; £535 (2), £490 M&E Walton; £485 M Dent; £435, £430, £425 (2) G Beadle; £435 JD & MS Mortimer; £423 (3) TJ Ball; £520 WR & AM Sayer. Char: £460 RG Hutchinson; £440 R Gill & Son. BB: £482, £475 (2), £458, £450 S&J Dent; £482, £445, £420 RJ Muir; £450, £405 (2) TM Adams & Son. Young bulls. - Lim: £590, £520, £505 RJ Muir; £560, £548, £500 Dr G M Adams; £558, £532, £500, £492, £475 PS Tindale; £530, £520 P Tindale; £515 A Spence; £498, £460 W Robson; £488 EM Dickeson; £480, £470, £462, £460 E Parsons; £482 K Holliday; £468 (2) GS Bainbridge; £455 K Buckle. Saler: £555 (3) Rigel Pedigree, Blonde £535 (2) K Buckle. Sheep. - Store lambs: £43, £32.50, £29.50 D&EM Carter; £42.80, £33 JR Wilson; £42, £36.20 L Kidd; £40.50 Mrs J Hird; £27.50, £20.50 N Brown. Ewes with lambs: £100, £90 M J Simpson; £68, £59 G Anderson; £52 D&R Reed. Prime hoggs, std to 117.5p/£43.50 M Parker av 116p; med to 118.1p/£52.50 WF Dove av 115.97p; heavy to 108.4p/£52 WF Dove av 107.9p; overall av 114.64p.

HEXHAM. - Tues. Prime cattle: heifers, Lim to 114.5p; Angus to 105.5p; BB to 105.5p; Char to 104.5p; steers, BB to 103.5p; Lim to 107.5p; BB to £714.15. Heavy steers to 107.5p av 97.7p; heavy heifers to 114.5p av 102.5p. Fwd: 2,139 prime hoggs. Suff X £54.80; Texel X £55; Mule £54.60; Blackface £50; Swale £47.50;Chev X £55; Char X £47.40; Beltex £47.80; Rouge £53. Fwd: 444 cast ewes & rams. Suff X £55; Texel X £45; Mule £33; BF £23; Swale £20.2;Leicester £35.

KIRKBY STEPHEN - Tues. Fwd: 1,313 prime, lightweight & store sheep, 236 cast & feeding ewes & rams. Old season lambs 35kg & up: Texel X to £51.50 av 107.57p; Suff to £48 av 104.45p; Mule to £50.50 av 102.19p; Scotch BF to £44.20 av 104.67p; Swale to £47 av 99.94p; Rough Fell to £46.50 av 93.47p. 34kg or less: Cont X to £36 av 105.08p; Chev X to £34 av 107.36p; Mule to £34 av 100p) £34 Asby Hall; Swale to £35 av 95.26p; Rough Fell to £33 av 93.19p; Scotch BF to £33.50 av 100.89p. Cast rams: Chev to £33.50 av £21.88; Rough Fell £19.50; Swale to £21 av £16.13p; Texel to £36 av £30.95p. Ewes: Scotch BF to £24.20 av £21.96; BFL to £40 av £17.03; Cheviot to £25 av £19.03; Mule to £28 av £25.43; Rough Fell to £25 av £15.86; Suff X £23; Swale to £25.80 av £16.52. Mon. Fwd: 370 store & breeding cattle. Breeding cattle: Lim hfr & bull calf £1,020;with hfr calf £850; BB hfr & bull calf £760; with hfr calf £1,020; BB cow & bull calf £1,100; Lim cow & steer calf £740; in-calf Blonde Aquitaine hfr £600; in-calf BB X hfr £410. Store bullocks: AA £505; Blonde X £670; BB X £688; Char X £580; Hols/Fries £298; Lim X £728; Shorthorn £590; Simm £525. Store heifers: AA X £340; Blonde X £490; BB X £588; Char £485; Lim £595. Feeding bulls: AA £402;Here £408; Lim £518.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 6 dairy cattle, 97 calves & stirks, 328 store cattle. Show for store cattle sponsored by Robert Blackburn, Accountants. Judge: John Dods, Darlington. BB steer: 1 & 2 JR&A Blades, reserved £555; 3 AC Hutchinson £600. BB hfr: 1 JR&A Blades, reserved; 2 J Allison & Sons £650; 3 CT Akrigg £475. Any other steer: 1&2 Walburn Hall Farms, Lim £575; 3 N Iveson, Blonde, £530. Any other hfr: 1 KO Stones, Lim £575; 2 JR&A Blades, Blonde, £500; 3 N Iveson, Blonde, £588. Feeding bull: 1, 2 & 3 KO Stones, £560, £605, £535. Champion: KO Stones, Lim hfr. Calved hfrs: PF Donaldson £860; in-calf hfr: S&J Dent & Son £560, £460. Calves: BB bulls £200 M&D Smith av £167; hfrs £165 D&S Spence av £130; Lim bulls £200 C&M Burnett av £127; hfrs £150 JW Tuer & Sons av £95; Simm bulls £172 E Holmes & Son av £166; hfrs £142 E Holmes & Son av £112; Blonde bulls £138 MM Dowson; hfrs £80 MM Dowson av £77; Angus bulls £120 JR Middleton; Char bulls £118 DN Verity av £99; Fries bulls £118 PW Broadley av £50; Hereford bulls £95 JR Elliot; hfrs £76 JR Elliot av £67. Stirks: Fries bulls: CH Allen £170; Lim bulls: JC Brown & Son £140; Lim hfrs: KD, PL & GW Hodgson £250. Store cattle. - Lim steers: JL & JA Sunter £660, £645, £640; CH Fawcett & Sons £608, £555; J Duffus & Son £560; Walburn Hall Farms £555, £535; WJ Smith & Sons £548; JS&D Cloughton £525, £520; TW Raw £520. BB steers: AC Hutchinson £600, £525; T&RJ Tiplady £558, £462; JR&A Blades £555. Blonde steers: N Iveson £570, £530; RW Clarkson & Son £500, £450; RMS Livestock £475, £455; TR&FH Easby £460. Simm steers: TW Raw £570; WJ Smith & Son £500. Angus steers: TR&FH Easby £492, £480, £378; DM&M Nelson £460, £440; Bell Bros £310. Char steers: MJ Suttill £460, £455; Fries steers: Bell Bros £340; Here steers: JL Harker £290. BB hfrs: J Allison & Sons £650, £590, £575; High Mains £542; T&RJ Tiplady £485, £465, £450; C T Akrigg £475; GK Hird & Sons £450, £442, £438 Robson House Farms; £445, £435 R&VJ Brown £410. Blonde hfrs: J Allison & Sons £600; N Iveson £588, £480 KN Wyrill; £512, £500 JR&A Blades £500; RW Clarkson & Son £452; RMS Livestock £387. Lim hfrs: JL&JA Sunter £592; KO Stones £575; RM Ewbank £555, £452; A Batty & Son £490; K Metcalfe & Sons £478; WJ Smith & Son £470, £468; WH Harker £470; GP Robinson & Ptners £465; LW Atkinson £465; CT Akrigg £460; J Elsdon & Son £450; AL Dawes £450. Char hfrs: High Mains £562, £450. Simm hfrs: JF Gibson & Son £490, £465. Angus hfrs: DM&M Nelson & Sons £398, £388. BB bulls: A&AC Stelling £610, £605, £545; KO Stones £605, £555, £535; High Mains £595; FG&AM Falshaw & Son £428, £415; R&VJ Brown £420. Lim bulls: FG&AM Falshaw & Son £578, £555; KO Stones £560; JR Amsden £545, £465; RJ Bailey £522, £490; N&RJ Sunter £520; JA&UM Fawcett £520, £495, £482; R&VJ Brown £468. Blonde bulls: N Iveson £430, £398. Wed. -. Fwd: 1,135 sheep, 48 cattle. Hoggs: Suff & Cont std to 125.6p av 104.1p; med to 126.8p av 113.8p; heavy to 119.5p av 108.1p; Mule & horned std to 102.1p av 98p; med to 103p av 100.8p; heavy to 103.8p av 98p; lt wt 98.4p av 91p. Cast ewes: Cont £34, Suff £35, Mule £34.20, Mas £36, horned £32.

MIDDLETON IN TEESDALE. - Tues. Fwd: 164 store bullocks, heifers and feeding bulls. Lim X blks £608, £590, £500 South Wellhope; £560 (2) Laneside; £510 Palletstone; £510, £500 Fair View; £500 Bowes Close; hfrs £430 Toft House; £405 Step Ends; Lim X feeding bulls £480, £420 Billingshield; £405 Palletstone; Longhorn £290 Skears; Char X blks £470 (2), £450 Revelin; heifers £360 Grove Farm; Blonde X hfrs £485 Beck Foot; Simm X hfrs £312 Mayland Hall; BB X blks £450 (2) Summery Hill.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 175 cattle, 1,049 sheep. Steers, lt to 123.5p/£543.40 av 86.21p/£377.19; med to 125.5p/£690.25 av 102.6p£535.25p; heavy to 131.5p/£802.15p av 103.48p/£646.13; overall av 102.55p; hfrs lt to 141.5p/£551.85; med to 143.5p/£645.60, av 114.64p/£521.62; heavy to 136.5p/£722.48 av 105.46p/£573.97p; overall av 108.16p; bulls lt to 96.5p/£439.08; med to 111.5p/£613.25p av 90.89p/£472.16; heavy to 114.5p/£778.60 av 102.64p/£632.03; overall av 98.68; total cattle av 103.99p. Hoggs, std to 117.9p/£46 av 115.99p/£44.40; med to 122.7p/£54 av 112.71p/£48.64; overall av 112.91p; heavy to 116.3p/£55.80 av 104.76p/£51.09p; owt to 107.9p/£59.80 av 97.9p/£54.01; total hogg av 106.12p; cull ewes to £46 av £26.49; rams to £37 av £35. Wed. Fwd: 162 cattle, 140 store & breeding sheep. Bulls. - BB: £650, £520, £415, £405 J Weatherhead; £375 C Bentley. Lim: £635 S G Clark; £600 CH Phalp; £562 W Fenwick; £385 J Ashbridge; £375 JH Clark; £370 GD Clark; £245 GT Barker. Simm: £635 N Peacock; £575, £435, £430, £420 AD Guthe. Holst: £368, £355, £335, £330, £260 N Lowcock; £210 JH Clark; £115 GT Barker. Saler: £3452 M Trewitt. Hfrs. - Lim: £545, £492 RR Garbutt; £540, £528 H Harrison; £460, £428 JD Stockil; £440 JC Ward; £418 EG Graham; £390 B Lightfoot; £370, £352 JG Ward; £370 W Fenwick; £368 C Hunton; £340 P Dowson; £180 GT Barker. Blonde: £545 JS Wood; £398 J Craggs; £390 EG Graham; £338 W Brass. Simm: £468, £455, £442 J Craggs; £400, £392 D Cowper; £395 JD Stockil; £340 JW Thompson. Char: £478 JS Wood; £428, £340 N Buckle; £385 C Birkbeck; £372, £355 JW Thompson. AA: £420, £408, £342 N Peacock. Here: £390 S Wilkinson. Bullocks. - Blonde: £688, £588 R Shann; £462, £400 W Brass. Char: £650, £600, £588, £558 JS Wood; £585 CW Tate; £555 SC Stockdale; £400, £350 H Langthorne. Lim: £608 CW Tate; £602 RR Garbutt; £595 LW Hugill; £548 R Shann; £528 JD Stockil; £492, £440 C Hunton; £472, £470, £460 CH Phalp; £470, £468, £438 DA Wood; £420 P Dowson. Simm: £632, £590 L Hugill; £510 J Stockil. Here: £565, £542 T Coulthard; £475 S Wilkinson. Holst: £485 SC Stockdale. BB: £525 JD Stockil. Fries: £365 W Brass. AA: £258 C Hunton. Calves. - Lim bull: £150 GH Laverick. BB hfr £165, £160, £140 GH Laverick. Breeding cattle, cow with calf £400 B Fountain. Store hoggs. - Texel X £40.20 CH Phalp. Suff X: £38.50, £27.80 JJ Wilson; £20.20 F Jackson, horned £21.20 F Jackson. Breeding sheep. - Suff X 2-crop ewe with lambs: £91 MJ Simpson. BMCB ewe with lamb £77, £70, £64 G Marwood. Mule ewe corr with lamb: £71 AS Donaldson. BMCB with lambs: £71, £70 AS Donaldson, corr with lamb £60 D&R Read. Private sales from May 7-11 totalled 57 fat cattle include OTMS and 42 fat sheep and pigs.

PENRITH. - Wed, Fwd: 3,538 hoggs, 603 cast ewes and rams. Cont X cross hoggs to £64; Suff X £57; Chev £54.50; Mule £57.50; Swale hoggs £52; Masham £50; Scotch BF £50. Cont ewes £47; Chev £43; BFL: £44; Mule £34.50; Swale £25. Cont rams £44; Swale £40.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 497 cattle; 2,213 sheep; 248 pigs. Steers med to 123.5p/£640.35 av 105.9p; heavy to 129.5p/£846.60 av 106.3p; hfrs lt to 72.5p/£261; med to 141.5p/£650.95 av 115.5p; heavy to 143.5p/£827.70 av 112.3p; young bulls lt to 112.5p/£489.38 av 76.6p; med to 114.5p/£624.03 av 89.1p; heavy to 123.5p/£981.83 av 98.8p. Hoggets std 134.6p/£52.50 av 115.1p; med to 125.5p/£51.80 av 110.5p/ heavy to 115.4p/£60 av 103.5p; owt to 103.8p/£56.80 av 97.6p; ewes lt to £38.50 av £15.95; heavy to £45.80 av £32.39. Porkers to 84.5p/£62.67 av 81.7p; cutters to 88p/£74.51 av 81.3p; baconers to 90.5p/£80.95 av 81.5p; owts to 79p/£96.88 av 76.4p; sows to 60p/£203.49 av 57p; boars to 48p/£135.36 av 46.6p. Mon. - Collection centre. Fwd: 16 OTMS. Tues. Fwd: 92 steers and hfrs, 57 young bulls, 130 breeding sheep inc 48 ewes, 74 lambs and 8 ewes in lamb. Steers, 20-25 mths: Lim to £638; Simm £584; Char X £490;10-16 mths Simm £545; Lim £535; S Devon £486. Hfrs: 17-22 mths Simm £525; Lim X £494; BBX £470; 10-16 mths Lim £420; BBX £348; Here £244; young bulls, 10-12 mths AA £435; Lim £380; B/W £348; Here £240; over 12 mths Friesian £382; 2-6 mths Friesian £56.82. Sheep: Shlg with lamb Suff £90; Mule ewes BM with twins £67; Cheviot ewes BM in land to Suff £52.

TOW LAW. - Mon. Suff X £52.80 Colepike Home Farm, £51 Rare Dene, £50 Binchester Hall, £48.40 West Shields, £48.20 Colepike Home Farm, 107p Newlands Hall & Baal Hill, 106.8p Friarside, 105.6p Nettlesworth West, 105.5p Newlands Hall, 105.2p West Shields; Texel X £52.80 Colepike Home Farm, £51.50 Stobb House, £50 Rare Dene, £48.20 Binchester Hall, £46.20 Stobb House, £44.80 West Shields, Nettlesworth West & Friarside 109.3p Nettlesworth West 108.4p West Shields & High West House, 107.4p Stobb House, 107.1p Binchester Hall. Mule £45.50 Landieu & West Shields 101.1p West Shields & Landieu. Swaledale £35 Baal Hill. Charollais X £44 & 110p Newlands Hall. Cast ewes & rams: Mule £33.50 Armond Carr, £32.50 Newlands Hall, £31 Nettlesworth West, £30.50 Greenland, £29 Rare Dene, £27.50 Newlands Hall, £27 Armond Carr; Suff X £27.50 Newlands Hall.