BORDERWAY (Carlisle). - Fri Oct 8. Fwd: catalogued entry of 825 for registered Blue-faced Leicester rams & females, inc dispersal of Kensington flock on behalf of the late M King, Woodlands Farm, Rillington, Malton. Judge, males: Robin Bell, Upper Dallarg, Castle Douglas; females, G Porter, the Riddings flock. . Male champion: ram lamb A&J Minnis, Comber, Newtonards, Co Down, £2,000 to D Cruickshank Castle Douglas & Adams, Newton Stewart; res: ram lamb RE&P Wharton, Dykesfield Cottage, Burgh by Sands, £1,200 to Wardrop, Largo, Levens. Female champion: shlg gimmer Miss SA Harding, Nantwich, Cheshire, £5,1000 to MC Robinson, Cocklaw flock, Northumberland. Top price: ARR/ARR ram lamb, C&D Hall, Firth flock, £6,000 to WH&DA Gass, Nunscleugh, Bewcastle, Carlisle.

Prizes. - Aged rams: 1 Middle Dukesfield £1,800; 2 Kensington £1,900; 3 West End £250. Shlg rams: 1&2 Firth £600(2); 2 West End £500. Lamb rams: 1 Mossvale £2,000; 2 Bellestyle £1,200; 3 Watersyke £2,000. Ewes: 1 Kensington £700; 2&3 Shrewbridge £650, £1,000. Shlg gimmers: 1&2 Shrewbridge £5,100, £1,600; 3 Cloverfields £420. Ewe lambs: 1 St Ravenscar £450; 2 Kensington £1,100; 3 Newmills £220.

Averages: 16 aged rams £677.50; 166 shlg rams £592.05; 354 lamb rams £477.54; 9 ewes £504.44; 46 shlg gimmers £510.43; 29 ewe lambs £339.66; 63 Kensington females £430.79. Flock avs (rams): Hewgill (4)£2,425; Ashcleugh (1)£2,200; Firth (6)£1,753.33; Shafthill (7)£1,642.86; Mossvale (6)£1,450; Morley (11)£1,363.64; Nunscleugh(12) £1,054.16.

Prices. - Aged rams: £1,900 Kensington; £1,800 Middle Dukesfield; £1,350 Morley; £1,100 Scarrowmanwick. Shlg rams: £5,000, £1,600(2) Morley; £2,400, £1,800 Coombe Crag; £2,400 Kilnstown, £2,300, £1,800, £1,500(2) Nunscleugh; £2,200 Thirlwall; £2,000 Gapshield; £1,800 Haining House. Lamb rams: £6,000, £1,900 Firth; £4,000, £1,800, £1,700 Shafthill; £3,000, £2,500, £2,200, £2,000 Hewgill; £3,000 Walton; £2,600, £2,000 Mossvale; £2,200 Bowder; £2,200 Ashcleugh; £2,000 Watersyke; £1,800 Kemptview, Bush on Lyne, Crossdykes,; £1,500 Todhills. Ewes: £1,000 Shrewbridge. Shlg gimmers: £5,100, £1,600 Shrewbridge. Ewe lambs £2,100 Ashcleugh; £550, £500 Coombe Crag.

HAWES. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 115 rams (99 aged rams, 16 ram lambs) for annual show & sale for SSBA B district. Aged rams to £2,000 av £423.60 (down £64.64 on 2003); ram lambs to £650 av £256.36 (down £1.82 ).

Prizes. - 2-shear ram: 1 WC Porter & Son, £1,400 to GD&J Nelson, Alston; 2 A Haggas, £300 n/s; 3 AD Coates, £100 n/s. Aged ram, lge breeder: 1 & champion WA&A Booth, £1,600 to R&A Wallbank & Son, Clitheroe; 2 & res: J&JL Bradley, £2,000 to Forest Hall Farms; 3 JR&A Blades, £1,100 to JM & CJ Dawson, Fieldhead. Aged ram, small breeder: 1 Mrs D Heseltine & J R Akrigg, £500 to LV&N Croft, Ellingstring; 2 N Richardson, £750 to GM Sibson, Keswick; 3 A Carter, £180 to JH&K Boddy, Pickering. Ram lamb, large breeder: 1 & champion: A&JA Iveson, £500 to DJ Hanson Ltd, Fylingdales; 2 C Nelson & Son, £450 to R Wood, Bilsdale & MA Cornforth, Snilesworth; 3 C Nelson & Son, £650 to H Harrison, Shap. Ram lambs, small breeder: 1 & res champion LA Sunter £280 to E&S Harker & Son, Pateley Bridge; 2 JJ&D Huddleston & Sons, £300 n/s; 3 JJ&D Huddleston & Sons, £50 n/s.

Prices. - Aged rams: J&JE Bradley £2,000; WA&A Booth £1,600; J Atkinson & Son £1,500, £200; BR Lawson & Son £1,500; WC Porter & Son £1,400; JR&A Blades £1,100; WA Dinsdale & Son, £1,000; JW Porter & Sons £1,000, £500(2); JG Brunton £900(2), £850; L Raine & Sons £900, £450; N Richardson £750; JE Atkinson & Son £700; WM Iveson £600, £500; P Hallam £550, £250; JS Cloughton (BP) £500(2); Mrs DH Heseltine & JR Akrigg £500; D&DR Alderson £480; TW Cowperthwaite £450; N Cowperthwaite £450; FA Fothergill £450, £220; T Metcalfe & Son (UG) £450; FC&M Walker £450; JR Addison & Son £400, £200(2); RS Harker £400; C Nelson & Son £350, £250; RW&B Chapman £300; C Hird & Son £300; MR Lawson £3p00; D Middleton & Son £300; AH Price & Son £300; RT Tennent £300; R Metcalfe (CH) £280; R Stubbs £250; SD Robinson £200; J&J Whitaker £200. Ram lambs: C Nelson & Son £650, £450; A&JA Iveson £500, £200(2), £100; Miss L A Sunter £280, £200, £100.

HEXHAM. - Wed of last week. Sale of Swaledale, Mule & other ewes & gmmers, also Mule ewe lambs.

Prices, ewes. - Swale 5-6-y-o FW: £40 Hollin Close; £36 High Bleakhope; £34 High Shaw; £34, £31 Low Bleakhope. Blackface: £27, £25 The Heigh. Mule 3-crop: £70 West Wharmley; £49 Wylam Sheep Farm; £48 Broadgates. 4-crop: £49 Vicarage Farm; £48 Hepple Whitefield; £46 Donkin Rigg, Merryshields, Emley, Duddo Hill. 5-crop: £51, £46 East Whitehill; £42 Cheviot. UO: £44 Huntershield; £39 East Whitehill; £36 Merryshields; £35 Huntershield, Cheviot. Texel 2-crop £72 West Wharmley; 3-crop £48 Wylam Sheep Farm; 4-crop £47 Wylam Sheep Farm. Gimmers. - Blackface; £76, £74 The Heigh. Swale: £48 Low Bleakhope. Mule: £98, £84 Flotterton; £83 Hudspeth; £82 Coldwell. Texel: £82 West Wharmley; £78 Hudspeth. Pure Suff: £70 Flotterton (D Ogilvie). Ewe lambs. - Texel: £61 Huntershield; £48 East Highridge. Mule: £66, £59, £54(2) Kellah; £63, £62, £56 Dunstan Square; £60 Flotterton; £59 Cowbyre; £58 The Heigh; £55 Vicarage Farm, Broomhope, £54(2) Coldwell.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Wed. Fwd: 220 aged rams and ram lambs for SSBA C district sale.

Prizes. - Ram 3-y-o & up: 1 Dent & Nixon, Peghorn Lodge, £2,200 to K&M Curwen; 2 TH Harrison & Sons, Sleddale Hall, NS; 3 JW Dent & Sons, Naby View, £300 to F&MP Allinson. 2-shear ram: 1 GL Hutton, Setmabanning, £950 to H Thompson & Sons; 2 TH Harrison & Son, Sleddale Hall, £700 to GS Dixon; 3 G&JA Rigg, Rutherford Farm, NS. Ram above 2-y-o: 1 & champion ram SS&AC Bainbridge, Marrick Abbey, £1,000 to Walburn Hall Farms; 2 Dent Bros, Naby View, £800 to Harker; 3 SA Raine, Garth Nook, NS. Ram, any age, shown by C district member, P Chester, Lowgill. Ram lamb: 1,2&3 A&AJ Iveson, East Shaw, £1,200 to Watson, Sanders Close, £850 to Bateman, £400 to Lord. Ram lamb (small breeders): 1 & champion lamb & 2 P Chester, Lowgill, £1,600 to K Slack, £500 to K Kerruish; 3 Burncroft Farm, Egglestone, £850 to AM&SA Clark. 3 ram lambs: 1 P Chester; 2nd - A&AJ Iveson.

Prices. - Aged rams: £4,000, £550 Bank Top £3,500, £3,200 Long Green, £2,200 Peghorn Lodge; £1,000 Marrick Abbey; £950, High Croft, High Stennerskeugh; £850 Castle Hill; £800 Naby View; £700 Punchard House; £650 Cotegill; £550 Needle House; £520 Battle Hill; £500 Glebelands. 2-shear: £950 Setmabanning; £880 Low Abbey; £700 Sleddale Hall. Lambs: £1,600(2), £400(2) Lowgill; £1,200, £850, £400 East Shaw; £1,000, £700 Sycamore House; £1,000, £450 Villa Park; £850, £500, £320 Burncroft Farm; £500, £300 Overhouses; £500 Hall Farm; £450, £400, £350 Escoe Farm; £350 High Blackton.

LAZONBY. - Thurs, Oct 7. Fwd: 3,638 Swaledale ewes, shlgs & gimmer lambs for annual sale. Top price: pen of 2 & 3-crop ewes, W Nattrass, Shield Hill Top, £91 to W Reed & Son, The Knarr Farm.

Prices. - Uncrossed ewes: £91, £80, £74 Shield Hill Top; £82, £78, £73 Fell House (Shuttleworth); £78, £66, £60 Sleddale Hall; £74 Swindale; £68 Hill Farm; £66, £60 Green Castle (Thompson). Gimmer shlgs: £82, £72 Dyke Nook; £76, £72, £70 Hill Farm; £68 Town Foot; £54 Bertram Hill. Gimmer lambs: £52 Crossgill (Nattrass); £45 Dyke Nook; £42 Close House; £37 Swindale. Crossed Swale ewes: £50 Softley; £49, £42, £41 The Knarr Farm; £48, £40 Hesley Well; £48 Rotherhope; £46, £44, £41, £40 High Crossgill; £43(2), £42, £40 Hole House (Carrick); £42 Broadmeadow.

Wed of last week. - Fwd: 9,921 Mule gimmer lambs for third sale. Top price: £100 P&PM Smith, The Dyke Farm, Alston, to Faulder, Armathwaite, sale av £61.12.

Averages: ER Smith, Parson Shield, 49 £74.90; JH Bowman, Cumbrae, 4 £74; Elliott Bros, Harbour Flatt, 109 £71.92; P&PM Smith 47 £71.85; TG Sowerby, Amos Hill, 23 £71; WM&C Wallace, Gap Shield, 91 £70.02; RJ Bell, Scarrowmanick, 115 £69.22; L Sibson, Hole House,142 £69.35; FA Waugh, Kilnstown, 71 £68.69; R&FH Marston, East Highberries, 43 £68; D Hullock, Midtown, 20 £67; W&J Raine, Randalholme, 78 £66.44; W&I Coulthard & Son, Davygill, 71 £65.73; A&JW Birbeck, High Stennerskeugh, 26 £65.69; M Wallace, Farneyshield, 46 £65.08; R Beaty, Low Craig, 50 £65.

Prices. - £100, £91, £67 The Dyke Farm; £91, £80, £68, £67 Harbour Flatt; £88, £72 Gapshield; £88, £71, £67 Parson Shield; £80 Luketon Stud; £77, £72, £70, £68 Hole House (Sibson); £76, £70, £69, £68 Scarrowmanick; £76 Rise Head, Randalholme; £75 Broom House Farm; £74, £68, £67 Underbank; £74, £67 Town Head (Barker); £73, £70, £69, £67 Kilnstown; £73, Ravenwood, Whitewall, East Unthank, Sanders Close, Spency Croft, Mid Town (Hullock), Cumbrea; £72 East Highberries; £72(2) Farneyshield, Castle Nook, Garth Folds, The Faulds; £71 Keisley Farm, Lambley Farm, Amos Hill, Davygill, Street House; £70 Rigg Foot, Reaygarth, High Stennerskeugh, Well House, Lintley; £69 Oddendale, Greensyke, West Foreshield, Coatlith Hill; £68 The Knarr Farm; £67 Glendermackin, Willowford, Newsham Farm, East Highberries, Ravenwood, Priorsdale, Broadmea, Haresceugh Castle, The Mill, Knaresdale Hall, Low Craig.

Sat. - Fwd: 335 rams for sale of Bluefaced Leics, Swaledale & other breeds. Top price £2,400, BFL shlg ram, PL&J Dawson, Kentmere Hall, Kendal, to J Lawson, Kirkland Green, Mealsgate

Flock avs. - F&M Moore & Son, High Side £1,350(3); PL&J Dawson £966.67(6); M Wallace, Farneyshield, £712,50(4); W&HI Watson & Son, Sanders Close, £688.33(6); J Lee, Morley Hill, £650(5); AH Barker, Town Head, £611.67(6).

Prices. - BFL: £2,400, £1,100, £800, £550, £500 Kentmere Hall; £1,700, £1,600 High Side (Moore); £1,500 Farneyshield; £1,400, £1,000 Morley Hill; £1,400, £700, £500 Town Head (Barker); £1,250, £1,000, £650, £500 Sanders Close; £750, £500 Hesley Well; £600 Cumbrae; £550 Whitewall; £500 Rouge Garth (Sowerby). BFL females: £800 Farneyshield; £750 High Side (Moore); £250 Annshill. Swale rams: £700 Punchard; £520 Bank Top (Dargue); £500, £480 Kentmere Hall; £350 Howe Green. Texel rams: £320(2) Howgill Foot. Suff rams: £200 Meadow Bank (Edmunds).

NORTHALLERTON. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 2,052 store lambs & breeding sheep for show & sale. Store lamb, judge JD Stockil.

Prizes. - Suff X: 1 £44.80 G Parvin; 2 £45.80 L Bosomworth. Cont X: 1 £43 Simpsons, Windy Hill; 2 £43.20 Joplings, Seamer.

Prices. - Suff X: £44 JC Pearson; £43.80, £43.50, £43 Simpsons, Windy Hill; £43 E Hill, RL Garbutt; £42.80 J Tattersall; £42.20, £41.20 I Holmes; £42.20, £37.20 Miss JE Bullock; £42, £39.20, £38.80 JD Sanderson; £41.50(2); DH Lowther; £40.50 JJ Wilson, WE Preston; £40.50, £39; £37.50 MC Iveson; £39.20 C Pickering; £39 DA Wood; £37, £35.80; £33.80 RF Todd; £36.50 Dent Bros; £34.20 A Wood. Texel X: £43 D Johnson; £42.50 RL Garbutt; £41.80, £40.50 Joplings; £40 M Whorlton, R&S Percy; £36.80 S Sanderson. Cont X: £42.50(2); £41; £40.50 D Muir. Char X: £40.50, £38.80, £38 SW Lumley; £38.20, £36.80, £36.20 EA Hillary. Down X: £42.80 B Fountain; £41.50 E Hollins. Breeding sheep. - Suff shlgs £55 D Guthrie. Gimmer lambs: £41.20 Houlston. Texel ewes: £44 J Ashbridge. Breeding rams. - Suff: £178, £157, £115 RS Kitson; £105, £100 NA Thompson. Texel: £162, £94, £84(2) NA Thompson.

MIDDLETON in TEESDALE. - Last Fri. Swaledale Sheep Breeders Association A district ram sale. Aged rams av £313.68 (down £44.26 on year); shlg rams av £544.07 (down £23.05)

Prizes. - Large breeders' aged rams: 1 J&SE Bainbridge, Crumma, £650 to Bousfield; 2 AE Iceton & Sons, High Birk Hatt, £250 to CN Patchett; 3 JA Robinson, Low Nook, £220 to F Macaskill. Small breeders aged rams: 1 & champion aged ram: C Bell, The Pry, £1000 to Sibson; 2 PJ Dixon, East House, £300 to F Macaskill; 3 B&S Iceton, West Carnigill, £500 to J&SE Bainbridge. 2-shear ram: 1 & res champion aged ram R Iceton, East Thorngarth Hill, £480 to Cotterill; 2 Tarn Bros, Crossthwaite, £180 to F Macaskill; 3 Bayles Bros, West Hope, £150 to Hodgson. Large breeders' shlg ram: 1 & champion shlg: JW Dent & Sons, Naby View, £2,400 to C R Raine & Sons; 2 R Hutchinson & Son, Valley Farm, £1,500 to A Myers; 3 P Raine, Park End, £1,600 to L Guy & Son. Small breeders' shlg ram: 1 & res champion shlg: AM Walton, Bowlees, £3,400 to SL Pratt; 2 Dent Bros, Naby View, NS; 3 S Hunter, West Friar House, £2,300 to JB Fletcher. Best conformation: 1 TW&K Hutchinson, Blunt House, £2,200 to JC&J White; 2 P Raine £1,400 to Tarn Bros; 3 JC&J White, Rigg Farm, £700 to E High & Son

Prices. - Shlgs: £4,000, £3,800, £3,000, £2,800, £2,400 Naby View; £3,800, £3,200, £2,200 West Briscoe; £3,400 Bowlees; £3,300, £1,500 The Rigg; £3,000 East Friar House; £2,600 Broadleys Gate; £2,300 West Friar House; £2200, £1800 Blunt House; £1900, £1600, £1,400 Park End; £1,700 Stoney Hill; £1,500 Valley Farm; £1,400 Wythes Hill; £1,100, £1,000 High Beck Head; £1,000 Garnthwaite. Aged rams: £1,000 The Pry; £820 Barningham House; £800, £400 Bell Farm; £600, £550, £350 Crumma; £550 Mizzies, Wythes Hill; £420 The Rigg; £350(2) Friar House Farm; £320 High Birk Hatt, Beck Foot; £300 East House. 2-shear: £500 High Birk Hatt; £480 East Thorngarth Hill; £400 Lane Head.

RUSWARP. - Wed & Thurs of last week. Fwd: record entry of 1,178 suckled calves for annual 2-day for North-East Yorkshire Suckled Calf Association.

Prices. -Bulls (no claim): Char to £578 av £489.08; Lim to £620 av £477.12; BB to £558 av £501.62; Simm to £560 av £513.85. Bulls (claimed): Char to £510 av £505; Lim to £560 av £483.57; BA to £560 av £550. Spring-born steers (no claim): Char to £570 av £526.45; Lim to £560 av £457.95; BB to £515 av £498.75; Simm to £585 av £542.22. Spring born hfrs: Char to £425 av £331.76; Lim to £445 av £325.81; BB to £450 av £343.82; Simm to £380 av £322.29; BA to £345 av £330. Overyear steers (1 claim): Char to £560 av £493.88; Lim to £608 av £500.15; BB to £558 av £510.75; Simm to £510 av £481.66; BA to £660 av £545. Overyear steers (claimed): Simm to £570 av £532.85. Overyear hfrs: Char to £475 av £415.83; Lim to £490 av £401.94; BB to £430 av £370; Simm to £455 av £410; BA to £445 av £410.

ST JOHN'S CHAPEL. - Tues of last week. Second day of Swaledale Sheep Breeders' Association D district ram sale. Fwd: 411 shlgs. Overall av £539.01 (down £194.67 on year). Champion: MW Emerson, Bondisle, £2,800 W&HI Watson; res: 1 I Collinson, Billingshield, £700 to M&M Throup.

Prizes. - Large breeders: 1 res champion; 2 W&I Coulthard & Son, Davygill, £650 to JH&J Bland; 3 RJ Wigham, Hargill House, £5,000 to JL Wilkinson & Son. Small breeders: 1 champion; 2 T Nattrass, Shield Hill Top, £550 to TJ Hall & Son; 3 F Ward, Rogerley Hall, £400 to NR Peart. Best conformation: 1 H Huddleston, Round Meadows, £3,000 to N&J Taylor; 2 W Watson, Sanders Close, £1,800 to N&J Taylor; 3 WD Thompson, East Unthank, £3,200 to C Nelson & Sons.

Prices: £5,000, £2,000 Hargill House; £4,000, £2,000(2) Billingshield; £3,600 Harwood Shield; £3,300 Shield Hill Top; £3,200, £1,200 East Unthank; £3,200 Williamston; £3,000 Round Meadows; £3,000, £1, 800 Sanders Close; £2,800 Bondisle; £2,600 South Wellhope; £2,200, £1,900, £1,000 Randalholme; £2,000 Priorsdale; £2,000, £1,000 Wolf Cleugh; £1,800, £1,600, £1,400, £1,000 The Raw; £1,800 Warden Hill; £1,400 Woodcroft, Goatstones; £1,200 Roachburn, Haggate; £1,200 Morley Hill, Crowberry Farm, Knarr Farm; £1,100, £1,000 Thornhope; £1,000 Horsley Head; £1,000(2) East Greenridge, Howburn, Laneside.

Tues. - Fwd: 230 store cattle & suckled calves for annual show & sale. Judges: Mr Graves & Mr Goulsbra, Lincolnshire.

Prizes. - Suckled bullock, under 12-m-o: 1 & champion calf & 2 M&B Coulthard, Bridge End, £505, £500 both to J Capstick. Suckled hfr, under 12-m-o: 1 E&S Gowland, Allergill, £470 to P Robson; 2 M&B Coulthard£410 to D Featherstone. Bullock, over 12-m-o: 1 & champion JR Dalton, South Wellhope, £650 to N Simpson; 2 E&S Gowland £570 to Moralee. Hfr, over 12-m-o: 1 JR Dalton £415 to Graves; 2 E&S Gowland £520 to P Robson.

Prices,hfrs - BAX: £455 Cornfield House; £410 Bridge End. Char X: £438 Fairleas. Lim X: £520 Allergill; £490 Ireshope Plains; £418 Laneside; £415 South Wellhope; £408 Low Ling Riggs. BBX: £402 Allergill. Bullocks. - Char X: £530 High House; £525 Fairleas. Lim X: £650 South Wellhope; £590 Pease Myers; £580 Ireshope Plains; £578 Lanehill; £550 Allergill; £540 Laneside; £510 Burtreeford. BAX: £558 Lanehill; £505 Bridge End.