BARNARD CASTLE. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 808 sheep. Lt hoggs to 111p av 107.8p; std to 121p av 116.6p; med to 117p av 110.6p; heavy to 113p av 107.8p. Cast sheep: Cont to £37.50; Mule to £36.50; Leics to £33; Cheviot to £31; Swale to £24.

BORDERWAY (Carlisle). - Last Fri. Fwd: 290 beef breeding cattle. Cows & calves. - Lim: £1,100, £800, £720 High House; £780 Greenside Farm; £780 Old Church Farm. BB: £830 Reservoir Farm; £660 Gardrum. Hfrs & calves: £1,000, £790 High Knipe; Lim £670 Beckside Farm. In calf cows. - Lim: £630, £580 Low Buildings. Simm: £500 Low Buildings. In calf hfrs. - Lim: £730, £700(2), £650 The Flatt; £660, £640 Grayrigg; £620 Manor Farm. AA: £650 The Flatt. Simm: £640(6), £610 Ward Park Farm; £610 Grayrigg. Saler: £640, £610 The Flatt. BB: £620 Grayrigg; £580 Manor Farm; £560(2) Ward Park Farm. Mon. - Fwd: 160 tonnes & 38 bales hay & straw. Hay: mini heston bales to £78/tonne; small bales to £52/tonne; round bales to £51/tonne; large mini heston to £11.50/bale; seed hay to £52/tonne. Barley straw: mini heston to £70(2)/tonne; round to £13.50/bale. Wheat straw: mini heston to £57/tonne; round to £15.50/bale. Store sheep. - Texel: £45, £38.20, £33, £30 Hollands; £44 High Griseburn. Greyface: £43.20, £39 High Griseburn. Suff: £38.50 High Griseburn. Ewes & lambs. - Texel: £65, £37.50, £33 Midtown Farm; £32.50 Croft House. Suff: £37, £34, £33, £32.50, £31.50 Croft House. Greyface: £34 Croft House.

DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 414 cattle, 1,004 sheep. Steers lt to 115.5p/£479.45 av 109.6p; med to 125.5p/£667.43 av 114.9p; heavy to 145.5p/£958.03 av 114.96p; overall steer av 114.87p; hfrs lt to 105.5p/ £416.73 av 105.5p; med to 134.5p/ £626.40 av 110.33p; heavy to 144.5p/ £867 av 113.72p; overall hfr av 113.15p; young bulls med to 123.5p/£648.38 av 105.93p; heavy to 135.5p/£915.80 av 111.95p overall bull av 111.08p. Hoggs lt to 125.6p/£49 av 117.2p; med to 127.4p/£54.80 av 116.89p; heavy to 118.7p/£58.50 av 110.47p; overall av 112.04p; cull ewes to £45 av £32.22. Mon. - Fwd: 194 store & breeding cattle, 890 sheep. Steers. - Lim: £695, £445(2) S Ball; £572 HR Wilkinson; £530, £515, £485 GW Gill & Son; £370 BR Routledge. BA: £592 N Basey & Son. AA: £515 HR Wilkinson; £402(2) S Ball; £322 A Clement. Saler: £445 S Ball. Herefd: £475 HR Wilkinson. Fries: £470 N Basey & Son. Hfrs. - Lim: £560, £470, £452 M&E Walton; £558(2), £460(2), £450 GW Gill & Son; £540, £520, £495 G Jackson; £512, £510, £495(3) J&VM Bussey; £455, £460, £450 K Buckle; £468, £450(2) BD Hetherington; £450 W Robson. BB: £470, £460 K Buckle. BA: £458 TW Thomson. Young bulls. - BB: £595 S Ball. BA: £568, £540, £530 IR Appleton. Lim: £540, £518, £502, £485 Dr GM Adams; £435 W Lodge; £515, £420 JN Spedding. Char: £518, £420 JN Spedding, £490(3), £460, £425(2), £410, £400 W Lodge & Son; £490 J&S Thompson. Saler: £505(2) Rigel Pedigree. AA: £425 S Tock; £412, £410 JN Spedding. Rearing calves, Lim bulls £160 B Tweddle; Lim hfrs £100, £82, £80, £70 B Tweddle. Mule ewes & twins £90, £87 K Elders; with singles £76 K Elders. Store lambs: £49.20, £46.50, £42.50, £45 WL Robinson; £45.80, £44 JD Bramen; £45.80, £38.50 RA Farrow; £44.80 HL Ellwood; £44.50, £34.80 Zetland Hunt; £43, £42.80, £37.50 GS Wilson; £41.50, £37.20, £35 T Rutter; £40.50 D&EM Carter; £38.80, £36.50, £35.50 Mrs J Hird; £38.50, £34.80 TM Bellas & Son; £38.50, £34 F Davison; £37.50 R&D Garth. Hoggs std to 130.1p/£48.80 av 121.35p; med to 120.8p/£52 av 117.9p; heavy to 110.6p/£54.20 av 108.4p; overall av 117.8p.

Hawes. - Tues. Fwd: 15 calves, 1,673 sheep. Calves: Lim X bulls to £218 T&IM Goad, Dent, av £192; hfrs to £134 WJ&CM Lambert, Hawes, av £73; Simm X bull to £202 JR Thwaites, Askrigg; BAX bulls to £194 DJ&S Stainton, Howgill; Fries/Holstein bulls to £38 JH&TR Fawcett, Marsett. Hoggs lt to 105.6p av 103.3p; std to 114.4p av 105.2p; med to 110.9p av 105.6p; heavy to 104.5p av 100.3p; overall av 105.3p. Lt wt hoggs: Cont to 116.1p av 107.2p; Mules to 105.8p av 97.3p; horned to 116.6p av 96.1p. Cast ewes horned to £21.20 av £14.13; polled to £26.50 av £22.74; cast rams horned to £15 av £10.25; polled to £25 av £19.35.

HEXHAM. - Last Fri. Fwd: 804 store cattle & suckled calves, 890 store sheep. Cattle 22-m-o & up: Char X steers to £798 Homer Hill; hfrs to £625 Chipchase Farms; Lim X steers to £725 Woodhead; hfrs to £655 Airy Holm; BBX steers £690Tecket; BBX hfrs to £622 Chipchase; Simm X steers to £645 Lunns House; hfrs to £568 Berry Edge; BAX steers to £765 Airy Holm. 17-22-m-o: Char X steers to £710 Homer Hill; hfrs to £565 Old Hall; Lim X steers to £670 Rose Cottage; hfrs to £612 Brokenheugh; BBX steers to £660 Homer Hill; hfrs to £655 East Newham; Simm X steers to £575 Manor House; BAX steers to £735 Murton Moor West; hfrs to £642 Low Leam; AAX steers to £578 Bank Top; AAX hfrs to £400 Scarlett Hall. 10-16-m-o: Lim X steers to £720 Whiteside; hfrs to £598 Salmonswell; Char X steers to £498 Alnham; BBX steers to £500 Woodhouse; hfrs to £492 Triermain; BAX steers to £502 Townfoot; hfrs to £425 Murton Moor West. Up to 10-m-o: Char X steers to £515 Alnham; hfrs to £422 Alnham; Lim X steers to £442 Burnbank; hfrs to to £345 Burnbank; BAX steers to £525 Townfoot; hfrs to £332 Burnbank. Breeding sheep: Texel ewes UO scanned in lamb to £57 Cornhills; Mule ewes (feeders) to £24 Houghall. Store lambs: Suff X to £44.50 Wayn Riggs; Texel X to £43.50 High Yarridge, Lyneup Hill; Mule to £42.20 Carry House; Swale to £30.50 Dumblar Rigg. Tues. - Fwd: 33 cattle, 2,451 sheep. Heavy steers to 114.5p av 97.9p; med hfrs to 93.5p av 93.5p; heavy to 127.5p av 111.1p. Hoggs: Suff X to 118.1p; Texel X to 117.7p; Mule to 109.3p; Blackface to 109p; Swale to 110.6p; Cheviot X to 109p; Char X to 116.8p; Beltex to 114.3p; Leics to 104.3p. Cast ewes & rams: Suff X to £39; Texel X to £35.50; Mule to £33.50; Blackface to £25.50; Swale to £18.50; Cheviot X to £43.80; Leics to £46.20; HB to £31.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Tues. Fwd: 1,551 sheep. Old season lambs 35kg & up: Cont X to £52.50 av 108.94p; Suff to £48 av 109.64p; Mule to £48.80 av 107.79p; Cheviot X to £50 av 110.77p; Swale to £44.50 av 104.03p; Scotch Blackface to £48 av 100p; Blue-faced Leics to £46 av 95.65p; Rough Fell to £45 av 96.14p. Up to 34kg: Cont X to £35.50 av 106.24p; Cheviot X to £31.40 av 108.8p; Suff to £38 av 111.76p; Mule to £34 av 96.07p; Swale to £32.20 av 95.18p; Jacob to £28 av 93.30p; Scotch Blackface to £32.50 av 102.02p; Rough Fell to £30 av 91.10p. Goats £21. Rams: polled to £38 av £30.50; horned to £33 av £20.60. Ewes: Scotch Blackface £20; Cheviot X to £22.50 av £17.93; Rough Fell to £27.50 av £17.64; Swale to £18 av £15.71.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 2 dairy cattle, 82 calves & stirks, 5 sheep. Calved cows: JW Bostock £570; HMM&HP Langthorne £570. Calves: BB bulls to £210 D&S Spence av £184; hfrs to £150 SH&NJ Whittaker av £108; Lim bulls to £192 D&S Spence av £130; hfrs to £138 RK&B Preston av £99; BA bulls to £180 JD&E Clarkson; Simm bulls to £145 HB Smith & Son; hfrs to £140 G Sidgwick av £88; Fries bulls to £72 JA Dent & Sons av £35; AA bulls to £18 IR & JM Walton av £17; hfrs to £25 IR&JM Walton av £21. In lamb ewes: Mules to £39; Texel to £36; Swale to £19. Wed. - Fwd: 931 sheep. Hoggs: Suff & Cont std to 120.5p av 112.2p; med to 137.2p av 118.5p; heavy to 129.3p av 109.7p; Mule & horned std to 100p av 96.5p; med to 103.4p av 100p; heavy to 101.7p av 98.1p; owt to 92.5p av 91p; ltwt 96.7p av 92.4p. Cast ewes: Cont £42.50; Suff £37; Mule £34; horned £22.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 232 cattle, 988 sheep. Steers med to 115.5p/£613.28 av 106.88p/£567.34; heavy to 120.5p/£828 av 102.11p/ £663.83; overall steer av 102.84p; hfrs lt to 130.5p/£508.95; med to 138.5p/ £608.65 av 118.23p/£539.72; heavy to 132.5p/£710.68 av 109.3p/£591.26; overall hfr av 111.11p; young bulls lt to 93.5p/£406.73 av 93.5p/£404.39; med to 113.5p/£583.53 av 93.4/£485.15; heavy to 123.5p/£877.50 av 102.81p/ £663.01; overall bull av 99.6p; total cattle av 104.9p. Hoggs lt to 103.2p/£32; std to 117.4p/£45.80 av 114.86p/ £43.86; med to 126.1p/£53 av 114.58p/ £48.40; overall av 114.49p; heavy to 120.4p/£59 av 107.1p/£52.25; owt to 109.4p/£60.50 av 96.66p/£60.50; total hogg av 110.42p; cull ewes to £48.50 av £30.57. Wed. - Fwd: 114 cattle, 83 sheep. Bulls. - Lim: £520, £488, £480, £430 Mrs Taylor; £450' £400 R Barker; £448, £428, £390 IW Stobart; £428 B Fountain; £422. £412, £358, £352, £322, £302 Mrs J Allen; £358, £335 M Collingwood; £338 D Thompson. BB: £475 Mrs Taylor. Holstein: £340, £270 J Ashbridge; £250 R Barker. AA: £300 D Thompson. Herefd: £300 A Fawcett. Hfrs. - Lim: £488 A Fawcett; £468 £405 WH Phillips; £432 RL Garbutt; £422, £420, £418, £402 JD Stockil; £415 J&A Pattison; £385 L Warren; £382, £302 Mrs J Allen; £365, £265 J Revely. BB: £422, £415 D Henry; £418 J Pattison; £350 J Thompson; £340, £338 J Revely. Simm: £420, £408 JR Craggs; £398 Mrs R Broadley; £282 J Revely. Bullocks. - Lim: £638, £612 E Hill; £540 JD Stockil; £522, £360 WF Kay; £388 R Barker; £365, £362, £360, £355, £348 RL Garbutt. Simm: £562, £512, £500, £440 AD Guthe; £525 Mrs R Broadley; £368, £360 L Warren. Holstein: £578, £532, £472 JL Gill; £340 WS Moore. BB: £555 JL Peacock; £500, £488 £480 Mrs R Broadley. Char: £490 A Fawcett; £420 WF Kay; £370 H Langthorne. Fries: £482 JL Gill; £378 L Warren. AA: £482 JL Peacock; £310 Mrs R Broadley. SD: £450 R Barker. BB bull calves to £110 L Leggott. Store hoggs. - Suff X: £44 W Nunn; £39.50 Dent Bros. Cont X: £43 Dent Bros. Mule: £32.50 J Richmond. Private sales Feb 28-Mar 4: 80 fat cattle inc OTMS, 121 fat sheep

PENRITH. - Mon. Fwd: 66 cattle. Hfrs: red Lim X to 132.5p; black Lim X to 127.5p; BBX to 124.5p; Dun to 115.5p; Lim X to £114.5p; red to 110.5p; BAX to 109.5p. Bullocks: black Lim X to 115.5p; red Lim X to 115.5p; Lim X to 111.5p; Young bulls: BBX to 125.5p; red to 118.5p; red Lim X to 117.5p; black Lim X to 114.5p; B&W to 105.5p. Wed. - Fwd: 4,276 sheep. Hoggs: Cont X hoggs to £64; Suff X to £60; Cheviot to £53; HB to £52; Mule to £52.80; Swale to £50.80; Herdwick to £48. Ewes: Suff to £46; Cont to £43; HB to £37.50; Cheviot to £35; Mule to £34; Kendal Rough to £30; Swale to £24.50. Rams: Cont to £44; Blue-faced Leics to £44.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 440 cattle; 1,513 sheep, 155 pigs. Steers med to 122.5p/£667.63 av 110.1p; heavy to 138.5p/£914.10 av 110.1p; hfrs lt to 110.5p/£425.43; med to 142.5p/£676.88 av 124.7p; heavy to 142.5p/£494.50 av 115.4p; young bulls lt to 100.5p/£452.25 av 88.7p; med to 123.5p/£635.25 av 95.2p; heavy to 119.5p/£929.78 av 101.2p. Hoggets std to 134.2p/£52 av 117.8p; med to 126.3p/£54 av 112.4p; heavy to 118.5p/ £58 av 110p; owt to 107.2p/£59.50 av 101.3p; ewes lt to £36 av £21.71; heavy to £47 av £35.78. Porkers to 78p/£58.66 av 76.9p; cutters to 94p/£78.96 av 81.8p; baconers to 92.5p/£85.99 av 81.9p; sows to 57p/£153.90 av 51.2p; boars to 45p/£135.90 av 43.7p.Mon. - Collection Centre. Fwd: 22 OTMS.

TOW LAW. - Mon. Suff X to 112.6p; Texel X to 112.7p; Mule to 108p; Swale to 105.5p. Cast ewes & rams: Mule to £32.50; Swale to £20.