BARNARD CASTLE. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 1,733 sheep. Hoggs lt to 114p av 100.8p; std to 124p av 111.4p; med to 121p av 110.3p; heavy to 114p av 104.3p; overall Cont/Suff av 112.3p; overall Mule av 106.8p; overall Swale av 100.1p. Cast ewes: Cont £47.50; Mule £38.50; Leics £43; Swale £32.

DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 481 cattle, 1,341 sheep. Steers, med to 123.5p/£628.63 av 109.11p/£566.91; heavy to 149.5p/£934.38 av 110.19p/£713.62; overall steer av 110.03p; hfrs med to 125.5p/£583.20 av 111.9p/£512.62; heavy to 139.5p/£841.75 av 112.1p/£616.26; overall hfr av 112.08p; young bulls med to 126.5p/£689.43 av 103.84p/£549.01; heavy to 132.5p/£902.33 av 109.82/£728.59; overall bull av 108.19. Hoggs lt to 118.4p/£45.80 av 114.68p; med to 120.9p/£52.20 av 113.12p; heavy to 117p/£56 av 107.98p; overall av 110.46p; cull ewes to £40 av £27.32p. Mon. - Fwd: 112 cattle, 225 sheep. Steers. - BA: £555, £460 TW Thompson. Lim: £468, £465, £460 N Swinbank; £435 I Watson. Fries: £390 J Butterfield. Hfrs. - Lim £530, £482, £480(3) N Swinbank; £492 W Robson. BB: £500(2) I&RA Watson. Young bulls. - Saler: £495 Rigel Pedigree. Lim: £442, £438(2) GF Tuer. BA: £402 GF Tuer. BB: £392 JB & L Knight. Herefd: £365 JB & L Knight. Store lambs. - Suff: £46.20 C Harle & Sons; £43.80 DJ Johnson; £37.50 D Young. Texel: £44 C Harle & Sons; £43 LE Harrison. Mule: £38.20 DJ Johnson. Ewes & lambs: £85 RG Hutchinson. Prime hoggs std to 118.9p av 116.41p; med to 120p; av 117.81p.

HAWES. - Tues. Fwd: 962 sheep. Hoggs lt to 111.3p av 104.9p; std to 120p av 108.6p; med to 131.7p av 111.8p; heavy to 117.9p av 106.8p; overall av 110p. Ltwt hoggs: Cont to 110p; Suff to 116.1p av 112p; Mule to 111.6p av 102.2p; horned to 111.7p av 102.6p. Cast ewes horned to £18.40 av £13.12; cast rams horned to £14 av £11.

HEXHAM. - Last Fri. Fwd: 716 store cattle & suckled calves. Cattle under 10-m-o: Char X steers to £558 Ashcroft; hfrs to £425 Ashcroft; Lim X steers to £445 Carrick; hfrs to £392 Bishopton. 10-16-m-o: BAX hfrs to £335 The Deans; BBX steers to £582 Howard House; hfrs to £370 Bishopton; pure Char steers to £695 Loadman; hfrs to £488 Loadman; Char X steers to £635 Edlingham Demesne; hfrs to £585 Thrunton Red House; Lim X steers to £602 Merryknowe; hfrs to £535 East Loanend; Sim X steers to £508 Broome Hill. 17-22-m-o: AAX steers to £520 Howard House; hfrs to £505 Greenwell; BAX steers to £695 Shield Farm; hfrs to £512 West Shipley; BBX steers to £615 Ingoe Low Hall; hfrs to £560 Tecket; Char X steers to £760 Newlands Haugh; pure Char hfrs to £485 Loadman; Char X hfrs to £650 Sleights House; Gelbvieh X hfrs to £515 Greenwell; Lim X steers to £715 Brokenheugh; hfrs to £675 Quarry House; Sim X steers to £675 East Uppertown; hfrs to £485 Ingoe Low Hall. 22-m-o & up: BAX steers to £765 Lough Green; hfrs to £720 Shield Farm; BBX steers to £705 China Hall; hfrs to £620 Quarry House; Char X steers to £705 Lunns House; Char X hfrs to £672 Sleights House; Gelbvieh X hfrs to £490 Greenwell; Lim X to steers to £800 Great Chesters; hfrs to £670 Tecket; Simm X steers to £650 Lunns House; Simm X hfrs to £530 Greenwell. Breeding cattle: Lim X hfrs & BBX hfr calf to £860 Sleights House; BBX hfrs & Lim bull calf to £850 Sleights House; outwintered Lim X hfr with bull calf £770 Brackenthwaite; outwintered sring-calving stock cows to £560 Leadgate. Breeding sheep: Mule ewes 3-crop scanned in lamb to £59 Bishopton. Store lambs: Suff X to £46.80 Bingfield Combe; Texel X to £48.80 Beaumont House; Mule to £40.50 Thornley Hall; Cheviot to £35 Gairshield; Blackface to £37.20 Peth Head; Swale to £23 Buckshot; Char X to £44 Beaumont House; Kerryhill to £37 Woodhall. Tues. - Fwd: 35 cattle, 1,719 sheep. Med steers to 113.5p; heavy hfrs to 109.5p av 105.3p; med to 123.5p av 110.7p; heavy to 124.5p av 110.7p. Hoggs: Suff X to 124.3p; Texel X to 132.9p; Mule to 112.4p; Blackface to 114.6p; Swale to 113.2p(2); Cheviot X to 129.7p; Char X to 118.6p; Beltex to 133.3p. Cast ewes & rams: Suff X to £45.80; Texel X to £50; Mule to £36.20; Blackface to £23; Swale to £21; NC Cheviot to £42; Hill Cheviot to £24.80.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Tues. Fwd: 927 sheep. Old season lambs 35kg & up: Texel X to £56 av 110.75p; Suff X to £53 av 110.03p; Beltex X to £55 av 113.66p; Bleu du Maine X to £54 av 112.20p; Mule to £48.20 av 106.31p; Cheviot X to £39 av 111.43p; Swale to £47 av 104.15p; Herdwick to £42 av 98p; Rough Fell to £43.50 av 103.45p. Old season lambs to 34kg: Texel X to £35.20 av 110p; Cheviot X to £30 av 103.45p; Scotch Blackface to £31.50 av 100p; Mule to £30.20 av 107.27p; Swale to £32.20 av 94.86p. Cast rams: Blue-faced Leics £33; Swale to £19 av £18.75. Ewes: BFL to £50.50 av £46.19; Mule to £37 av £30.52; Cheviot X to £29 av £17.98; Suff X to £44 av£38.60; Swale to £25 av £18.18; Texel X to £48 av £38; Gritstone X £26.50.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 397 cattle. Show & sale of store cattle. Judges: W&G Watson, Ripon: 1 J Allison & Sons, BB hfr £760; 2 Walburn Hall Farms, Lim steer £640; 3 KO Stones, BB hfr £650. Feeding bulls: 1&2 KO Stones, BB £575, £550. Lim steers: WA Dinsdale & Son £668, £625, £580; A&JA Iveson £665; Walburn Hall Farms £640. BB steers: GK Hird & Sons £572, £565, £555, £548; WH Harker £470. Simm steers: AG Dent & Ptnrs £562, £485. AA steers: AG Dent & Ptnrs £532; DM&M Nelson & Son £505; R Hunter £468. BA: JC Heseltine £525; C&M Hugill £465. BB hfrs: J Allison & Sons £700, £630; KO Stones £650; DM&M Nelson & Sons £545; JS Walton & Co £542; KW&J Clarkson £538; J Weatherhead & Son £505; JW & M Buckle £500; JR&A Blades £485. Lim hfrs: WM Iveson £652, £615, £508; RM Ewbank £600; OJ&AJ Kendall £540; WA Dinsdale & Son £535; R Metcalfe £530; A&AJ Iveson £530; W Allison & Sons £530; FW Lawson £500. Char hfrs: JJ&MM Lawson & Son £640, £630, £615; AW Jefferson £560, £492; MJ Suttill £405; AC Ward £392. BA hfrs: KW&SF Loadman £630; KN Wyrill £570, £560, £552; S Reynoldson & Son £495, £430. AA hfrs: JS Walton & Co £570, £475; KW&SF Loadman £445; FD Graham £418. Baz hfrs: KW&SF Loadman £530. Simm hfrs: DM&M Nelson & Sons £500. BB bulls: JR&A Blades £635; KO Stones £575, £550, £525; Owlands Farm £460. Lim bulls: WM Iveson £590, £530, £500; KO Stones £525, £505; WH Brown £480. Char bulls: R&F Stephenson & Son £412. Fries bulls: R&F Stephenson & Son £310; WH Brown £310. Calved hfrs: PF Donaldson £980. Calved cows: R Simpson & Sons £650; HMM&HP Langthorne £620. Calves: BB bulls to £194 AF Dinsdale av £171; hfrs to £215 W Duffus & Son av £137; Lim bulls to £185 NW&M Vasey & Son av £140; hfrs to £170 A Sowray & Sons av £122; Simm bulls to £170 E Holmes & Son av £135; hfrs to £140 JH Nicholson & Ptns av £118; Char bulls to £172 DN Verity; hfrs to £140 DN Verity av £126; BA bulls to £155 JR & DW Craggs av £144; hfrs to £100 MM Dowson; Fries bulls to £88 AF Dinsdale av £50. Stirks: BB bulls D Wensley £310; Fries bulls D Wensley £270; Shorthorn bulls AE Wilkes £215; BB hfrs W Duffus & Son £300; Lim hfrs W Duffus & Son £260. Wed. Fwd: 1,066 sheep, 25 cattle. Hoggs: Suff & Cont std to 120.2p av 114.8p; med to 128.4p av 113.4p; heavy to 127.1p av 111.1p; Mule & horned std to 106.6p av 103.8p; med to 1095p av 104.8p; heavy to 106.9p av 103.6p; owt to 92.6p av 89.5p; lt wt to 103.1p av 98.1p. Cast ewes: Cont £39; Mule £30; horned £24. BFL tups £34.50.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 171 cattle, 957 sheep. Steers, med to 129.5p/£705.78 av 101.83p/£540.97; heavy to 124.5p/£811.63p av 102.98p/£672.43; overall steer av 102.89p; hfrs lt to 85.5p/£324.90; med to 138.5p/£624.63 av 116.08p/£528.18; heavy to 124.5p/£699.83 av 109.47p/£581.49; overall hfr av 110.99p; young bulls lt to 68.5p/£308.25; med to 108.5p/£569.70 av 91.37p/£481.97; heavy to 117.5p/£727.65 av 100.94p/£622.96; overall av 96.35p; total cattle av 104.87p. Hoggs, lt to 121.2p/£38.80 av 114.13p/£36.52; std to 121p/£47.20 av 117.7p/£44.88; med to 122.7p/£54 av 113.34p/£47.92p; overall av 113.75p; heavy to 118.4p/£54.50 av 104.63p/£50.34p; owt to 105p/£57.80 av 99.66/£54.95; total hogg av 107.34p; cull ewes to £45.50 av £30.59; ram £10.50. Wed. - Fwd: 44 store cattle, 33 store & breeding sheep. Bulls. - BB: £625, £500, £442, £440 J Weatherhead; £385 D Johnson. Holstein: £205 D Johnson. Lim: £395 LJ Donaldson. Hfrs. - Lim: £562 A Fawcett; £482 J L Peacock; £460, £368 MM Collingwood; £412, £390 J Lancaster; £350, £342, £290 J Revely. Simm: £532, £488, £460 JR Craggs. Char: £520, £495 A Fawcett. Bullocks. - BB: £522, £480, £460 Mrs R Broadley; £458, £445 J Lancaster. Lim: £455 J Lancaster; £445, £428 Mrs R Broadley. Simm: £508 Mrs R Broadley. Cont X store hoggs £36.20 WH Philips. Breeding sheep: Mule ewes & lambs £70, £65 LT Donaldson. Private sales Feb 21-25, 60 fat cattle inc OTMS, 87 fat sheep.

PENRITH. - Mon. Fwd: 57 cattle. Hfrs: black Lim to 137p; red Lim X to 133.5p; Lim X to 130.5p; roan X to 127.5p; blue X to 121.5p; red to 117.5p; BAX to 133.5p; Char X to 133.5p. Bullocks: red Lim X to 120.5p; BAX to 117.5p; red Lim X to 107.5p. Blue Lim X feeding bulls to 115.5p. Young bulls: red Lim X to 113.5p; BAX to 105.5p; Char X to 105.5p; Fries to 99.5p; BB to 97.5p. Wed. - Fwd: 3,031 sheep. Hoggs: Cont X to £68; Suff X to £61; Cheviot to £54.80; Mule to £57.50; Swale to £54; Blue-faced Leics to £54; Masham to £54; Scotch Blackface to £45.20; Herdwick to £42.50. Ewes: Cont to £45.50; Cheviot to £39.50; Mule to £35; Scotch Blackface to £32; Swale to £27.50. BFL rams to £44.50.

SCOTS GAP. - Wed of last week. Suff X to 108.1p; Texel X to 119.4p; Mule to 107.3p; Blackface to 109p; Cross to £54.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 531 cattle, 1,880 sheep, 153 pigs. Steers med to 108.5p/£591.08 av 98.4p; heavy to 125.5p/£841.23 av 107.1p; hfrs lt to 121.5p/£479.73; med to 134.5p/£631.20 av 114.2p; heavy to 145.5p/£831.88 av 110.8p; young bulls lt to 95.5p/£444.08 av 86.1p; med to 117.5p/£628.63 av 91.6p; heavy to 124.5p/£865.28 av 95.8p. Hoggets lt to106.5p/£33; std to 123.2p/£47 av 114.6p; med to 133.8p/£53.50 av 113.3p; heavy to 114.9p/£57 av 107.9p; owt to 107.5p/£64.50 av 103p; ewes lt to £32 av £23.98; heavy to £47.50 av £33.40. Cutters to 95p/£79.98 av 86.5p; baconers to 87p/£80.19 av 80.1p; owt to 76.5p/£98.31; sows to 56.5p/£165.78 av 52p; boars to 43.5p/£146.16 av 42.6p.

TOW LAW. - Mon. Fwd: 558 lambs. Suff X to 113.8p; Texel X to 113.3p; Mule to 109.5p; Char X to 109.6p; Cross to 108.8p; Swale to £46.50.