BARNARD CASTLE. - Wed. of last week. Fwd: 856 sheep. Lt lambs to 106p av 90.3p; std to 111p av 105.7p; med to 112p av 108.3p; heavy to 108p av 104.3p. Cast sheep: Suff £35; Mule £31.50; Swale £18. Tues. - Fwd: 70 cattle, 269 store cattle. BA £605; Char £585; BB £565. Steers. Lim £685; BA £515; Herefd £478. Hfrs: Lim £632; Char £515; Herefd £478. Hfrs: Lim £632; Char £560; BB £585. Store lambs: Suff £44, Cont £43.80, Mule £42. Feeding bulls: J&K Metcalf £580, £565, £558, £495. J&SE Bainbridge £605, £595, £470; JB&JA Fenwick £565, £455. Store cattle: Dowson & Sartin £505, £475, £465, £370, £355; WK Lamb £632, £512, £600, £474; N Vipond £685; S Robinson & Son £435, £415; J Collinson £450, £300; DW Ewin £445, £410, £310; A&CA Stanwix £515, £505, £482; Dent Bros £478, £455, £280; D Alderson £440, £365; FK Fleming £460; JM Sayer £370, £335, £305; HH Barker & Son £585, £460, £420, £408; R Hutchinson & Sons £482, £480, £480, £430, £428. £425; WK&JM Walker £560, £500; JP&R Ward £465, £450, £325. Store lambs: WT Robinson £41; F&I Coulthard £37.80; WK Wilkinson £44, £43.80, £42, £38.50; Mrs A Dent £43.80, £42, £40.50, £35.50, £30; R&F Longstaff £32.50; GW Hunt £31.20, £25.20; MA Close £34, £31.

DARLINGTON. - Last Fri. Fwd: 273 cattle, 239 sheep. Steers med to 109.5p/£585.83 av 98.3p/£513.01; heavy to 137.5p/ £859.38 av 104.01p/£672; overall steer av 102.23p; hfrs lt to 108.5p/ £428.58 av 88p/£347.61p; med to 120.5p/£549.60 av 110.89p/ £502.11p; heavy to 142.5p/ £822.15 av 113.24p/£606.67; overall hfr av 112.44p; young bulls lt to 100.5p/£457.28 av 81.86p/£371.09; med to 122.5p /£667.63 av 87.27p/£460.02; heavy to 125.5p/£861.90 av 107.37p/£69.353; overall bull av 104.07p. Lambs lt to 107.1p/ £41.80 av 102.84p/£38.84; med to 111.5p/£50.20 av 104.52p/ £44.83; heavy to 109p/£54.20 av 101.33p/£48.97p; overall lamb av 103.75p; cull ewes to £46 av £28.90. Mon. - Fwd: 139 store & breeding cattle, 798 store lambs, 441 breeding sheep. Steers. - AA: £555 P&JH Davison. Lim: £535 P Harrison. Hfrs. - BB: £538 JH Broughan. AA: £500 J&D Gibson; £455 J H Brougham. AA: £490 P&JH Davison. Char: £448 L Lawson. BA: £472 P Harrison. Cows & calves: £680 D Kemp; £595 J White; £490 J R Mann. Store lambs. - Texel: £47.20 G Wall; £44 P S Wood; £43 A R Thompson. Suff: £46 CP Brown; £45.20 J A Wilson; £44 JB Wood & Son; £43.80 AR Thompson; £42.20 JT Dunn. Swale: £35 JA Wilson. Mule: £38.20 G Wall; £37.40 P Welsh; £35.80 R Gibson. Breeding sheep. - Texel shlgs: £82, £80 JT Gibson & Son. Mule £73, £70 P&J Shepherd; £71, JT Gibson & Son; £70 HR Wilkinson. Ewes. - Suff: £59 JWB Snaith; £46.50 CP Brown; £45 T Blythman & Son. Mule: £44 JT Dunn; £43.50 FE Pinkney. Swale: £42 T Blythman. Rams: Texel £200 JT Gibson & Son.

Hawes. - Tues. Fwd: 15 calves, 3,726 sheep. Annual sale of 675 uncrossed Swaledale ewes. Correct ewes to £103 av £73.74 (up £3.15 on 2003). Swale ewes: S Bell & Sons, Askrigg, £103, £92; JG Brunton, Marske, £103, £91; A Hunter, Muker, £102, £85; G Calvert, Keld, £94, £84; EW Atkinson, Arkengarthdale, £92; J Nelson & Son, Clapham, £90, £80, £70, £64; BR Lawson & Son, Whashton, £90(2), £87, £82, £62; JB Harker & Sons, Arkengarthdale, £88; NW&RE Hunter £84; JG Atkinson, Arkengarthdale, £84, £74; Walburn Hall Farms, Downholme, £80, £75, £70(2), £68, £65; Colin Hird & Son, Low Row, £80; Mrs DH Heseltine & JK Akrigg, Linon, £80; FA Fothergill, Hawes, £76; JG&RM Hall £75, £64; Mrs SL Pratt, Thornton Rust ,£73; IE&M Kearton, Thwaite, £73; JG Metcalfe, Cautley, £70; TM Kitching, Lunds, £70l W&JF Baines, Dent, £70, £60; S&RD Parker, Arkengarthdale £68, £66; W&JC Alderson, Angram £64; Akrigg & Betton, Burtersett £63; JH Sharp, Chapel le Dale £60; PD Marsh, Hurst £60. Swale gimmer shlgs: JM&VJ Howard, Holme, £73, £52, £50; Walburn Hall Farm £68. Calves: Lim bulls to £150 WJ&CM Lambert, Hawes, av £127; hfrs to £100 J Scarr & Sons, Askrigg, av £54.14; BA bulls to £150 DJ&S Stainton, Howgill; Fries/Holstein bulls to £40 JC Clarkson & Son, Bainbridge, av £28.33. Lambs std to 106.3p av 97.6p; med to 109.2p av 97.3p; heavy to 106.9p av 99p.overall av 97.4p. Store lambs: Suff to £30.80; Cont to £32.40 av £31.20; Mule to £36.20 av £34.08. Ltwt lambs: Cont to 119.3p av 106.2p; Suff to 116.6p av 100p; Mule to 100.5p av 94.9p; horned to 100p av 84.6p. Cast ewes horned to £30.50 av £16.23; polled to £40 av £34.08; cast rams horned to £24.50 av £20.56.

HEXHAM. - Last Fri. Fwd: 572 store cattle & suckled calves. Steers, red CID: Char X to £690 Thrunton Lowfield; Lim X to £640 Vicarage. Blue CID: BBX to £630 Crowhall Farms; British Friesian to £485 Blossom Hill; BAX to £640 Thrunton Lowfield; Brown Swiss £400 The Park; Char X to £640 Hedley West Riding; Holstein Friesian to £540 Ednorville; Lim X to £660 Ewart; Saler X £615 Blackhalls; Simm X to £658 Thrunton Lowfield; South Devon to £540 The Heigh. Green CID: Char X to £520 High Knitsley; Lim X to £620 Bishopton. Hfrs: BAX to £545 Westburnhope; BBX to £378 The Fawns; Char X to £635 Hindley; Lim X to £570 Dotland Park. Fwd: 750 store lambs. Texel X to £44.80 Fairveiw; Suff X to £42.50 West Farm; Mule to £42.50 Chirdon; Char X to £42.60 Crops Hall; Cheviot X to £33.80 Bellshiel; Blackface to £29.70 Lonbrough; Swale to £27.80 Whitelees. Tues. - Hfrs: Lim X to 119.5p; Char X to 101.5p; BAX to 99.5p. Steers: Char X to 107.5p; Lim X to 101.5p. Lambs: Suff X to 103.8p; Texel X to 114.9p; Mule to 98.4p; Blackface to 94p; Swale to 94.6p; Cheviot X to 101p; Char X to 100.4p; Beltex to 110p; Jacob to 94p. Cast ewes & rams: Suff to £37; Texel to £39; Mule to £35.80; Leics to £40; Blackface to £35.50; Cheviot to £35.50; Swale to £22.20.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Tues. Fwd: 3,511 sheep. Lambs over 35kg: Mule to £45; Texel X to £48.50; Swale to £38.50; Beltex X to £49; Suff to £50; Cheviot X to £49; Rough Fell to £33; Char X to £44.20. Lambs to 34kg: Texel X to £35.5; Beltex X to £39; Swale to £27.50; Suff X to £35.50; Cheviot X to £35.50; Rough Fell to £29.20. Ewes: Mule to £37; Swale to £23.50; Blue-faced Leics to £40; Cheviot to £39; Texel to £39.50; Rough to £21.

LAZONBY. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 919 store & wether lambs, 31 feeding ewes. Texel: £44 Foul Loaning; £42.80 Whitehall; £37 Lincowell. Char: £38 Snowdrop Cottage (for Bewcastle Foxhounds); £37.20 Snowdrop Cottage. Suff: £40.50 Dale House; £40 Pennine View. Mule: £41.50, £38.50 The Bog Fm; £39.50 Hesley Well; £39 Whitehall, Nether Harsley; £38 Turnings; £37.80 Milescott; £37 Dale Ho; £35.80 Foul Loaning. Swale: £25.50 Milescott; £25.50 Nether Harsley; £25 Ottercops, Pennine View.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 4 dairy & beef breeding cattle, 120 calves, 2,576 breeding & store sheep. Dairy cattle. - calved hfrs: JW Bostock £460. Calved cows: P&CM Houseman £430. In-calf Herefd hfrs: DM Poulter £350. Calves: BB bulls to £252 MJ Broadley av £197; hfrs to £150 J Pearson & Sons av £124; Lim bulls to £242 WP&E Dobbing av £174; hfrs to £150 A Spence av £101; Simm bulls to £185 G Sidgwick av £160; hfrs to £135 G Sidgwick av £122; BA bulls to £176 JR&DW Craggs av £126; hfrs to £75 TA&AJ Garbutt; Herefd bulls to £115 E Holmes & Son av £97; Char hfrs to !08 DN Verity av £104; AA bulls to £90 JR Amsden av £81; Fries bulls to £86 CH Allen av £34. Wed . - Fwd: 2,186 sheep. Lambs lt to 100p av 80.8p; Suff & Cont std to 107.4p av 102.3p; med to 107.4p av 102.7p; heavy to 108.1p av 101.8p; owt to 91.5p; Mule, Masham & horned std to 100p av 88.7p; med to 99.5p av 95p; heavy to 103.3p av 99.7p. Cast ewes: Mule £37, Masham £27, horned £24; horned rams to £24.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 150 cattle, 646 sheep. Steers lt to 88.5p/£402.68; med to 120.5p/£662.75 av 110.79p/ £595.52; heavy to 117.5p/£728.50 av 102.44p/£638.99; overall steer av 103.37p; hfrs med to 127.5p/£572.7 av 113.76p/ £517.41; heavy to 125.5p/£783.2p av 110.85p/£595.27p; overall hfr av 111.91p; young bulls lt to 91.5p/£398.03; med to 113.5p/ £629.58 av 96.11p/£501.88; heavy to 109.5p/£688.28 av 94.72p/£569.48; overall bull av 95.25p; total cattle av 103.51p. Lambs std to 108.9p/£42.50 av 98.56p/£37.42; med to 108.7p/ £46.50 av 99.67p/£42.06; overall av 99.47p; heavy to 101p/£50 av 95.34p/£45.35; owt to 84.81p/ £45.80; total lamb av 98.03p; hogget £19; cull ewes to £26 av £20.90. Wed. - Fwd: 1,746 store lambs & show & sale, 119 store & breeding cattle. Lambs, judge C Siswick. Suff X: 1 £45.50 Simpsons; 2 £39.20 OJ Amsden. Cont X: 1 £43.50 D Johnson; 2 £40 Joplings. Others. - Suff X: £44.20, £43, £42 Simpsons; £42.50 JL Mason; £40.50 S Sanderson; £40, £37.80(2), £33.20 J Hunwick; £39.80, £38, £37.80 R&S Percy; £39.50, £38.50 DF Smith; £38.80, £37.20 JJ Wilson; £38.80 WG Ainsley; £38.20 DA Wood; £38.20, £38(2) J Beckett; £37.20 N Buckle; £36.80 G Horminton; £35.50 A Wood. Texel A: £44.50 W Flintoft; £41.20, £40 C Allison; £40.50, £40(2) Joplings; £39.50, £39, £38.20; £38 CK Muir; £35.80 WH Phillips, F Jackson. Char: £42.80 B Mead. Cont X: £35.80, £35.50 DH Dick; £39.20(2), £38.20, £37.20, £35 W Brass; £38.50 SH Baker. Mule: £32.20 D Easton; £30.20 J Beckett. Bulls. - Lim: £485, £395, £360, £358, £350, £320 T Jones; £410 T Scaife; £340 HJ Thomson. Holstein: £415 D Henry; £285 H Thomson. BB: £395 R Jones. AA: £315, £305 JD Hugill. Fries: £218 S Wilkinson. Shorthorn: £315 JD Hugill. Hfrs. - Lim: £540, £515, £502 G Simpson; £510 T Scaife; £485 A Fawcett; £470, £450, £448 JC Ward; £430, £425, £400 DC Blackburn; £428, £425, £396 J Stockil; £395, £340, £170 BA Heseltine. Char: £532 F B Watson; £425 B Blackburn. BA: £540 G Simpson. AA: £528, £495, £448 NL Trewitt; £160 D Cormack. BB: £455, £450, £420 A Fawcett; £440 G Simpson; £378, £360, £300 Donaldson Ptnrs. Bullocks. - Lim: £650, £635 PW Ashbridge; £640, £648, £630(2), £590, £585, £582, £572, £570, £568, £545 WE Jameson; £520, £488, £480 W Lamb; £500 JD Stockil; £348, £310 FW Craft. Simm: £572 FB Watson; £460, £395 J Stockil; £350 R Jones. BB: £570, £492 RE Tate. AA: £485 W Lamb. Holstein: £495 FB Watson; £438 RE Tate. Fries: £468 J Stockil. BA: £445, £430 KT Wade. Herefd: £345 R Jones. Breeding cattle: AA cow & calf £660 WF Kay; Lim cow & calf £500 WF Kay. Private sales Sept 27-Oct 1: 74 fat cattle, incl OTMS, 83 fat sheep & pigs.

MIDDLETON in TEESDALE - Sat. Fwd: 768 sheep. Lambs 34 kg or less: Swale to £33.80; Char to £31. 35kg or more: Texel X to £53.50; Suff X to £50; Char to £43.50; Mule to £43; NC Cheviot to £44; Swale to £36.

PENRITH. - Wed of last week. 5,607 sheep. Lambs: Cont X to £62; Suff X to £60; Mule to £50. Ewes; Blue-faced Leics to £49; Cont to £49; Cheviot to £39; Suff to £40; Mule to £34. Mon. - Fwd: Fwd: 62 cattle. Hfrs: Lim hfrs to 138.5p; Char to 116.5p; BA 107.5p. Steers: Lim to 120.5p; BB to 102.5p. Bulls: Lim bulls to 118.5p; BA to 113.5p; AA to 87.5p; Fries to 86.5p.

SCOTS GAP. - Wed of last week. Lambs: Suff X to 107.6p; Texel X to 120.5p; Mule to 100.4p; Blackface to 93p; Cheviot to 118.1p; Beltex to 118.5p.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 391 cattle, 1,002 sheep, 268 pigs. Steers lt to 120.5p/£548.28 av 117.8p; med to 127.5p/ £639.90 av 98.7p; heavy to 122.5p/£766.50 av 106.9p; hfrs lt to 63.5p/£241.30 av 59.8p (commercial grade); med to 133.5p/ £620.78 av 111.8p; heavy to 135.5p/£783 av 109.3p; bulls lt 106.5p/£479.24 av 72p; med to 108.6p/£590.75 av 86.7p; heavy to 115.5p/£946 av 93.3p. Lambs std to 110p/£41.80 av 104.5p; med to 113.6p/£50 av 105.6p; heavy to 112.5p/£54 av 103.3p; owt to 94.1p/£50.80; shlgs to £64.5p/£20; ewes lt to £29 av £22.11; heavy to £36 av £31.75. Porkers to 86p/£62.67 av 80.5p; cutters to 88.5p/£72.25 av 81p; baconers to 88.5p/£83.19 av 80p; owt to 57.5p/£76.77; sows to 57p/£189.74 av 52p; boars to 43p/£143.62 av 42.3p. Collection Centre. - Mon. Collection centre. Fwd: 28 OTMS.

TOW LAW. - Wed of last week. Store lambs. - Texel X: £43.20, £42.20 Hill Top; £40.60 Thornley Pit House; £40 Redgate Grange; £38 Unity Terrace; £37.50, £37.20 High Rowan Tree. Suff X: £42 Redgate Grange;, £41, £40, £30 Unity Terrace; £40.40 Thornley Pit House; £36 Allendale Farm, £30.50 Garden Cottage. Char X: £39, £37.80, £37.20 Whins Farm. Mule: £33.80 Thornley Pit House. Jacob: £39 Garden Cottage. Mon. - Fwd: 1,020 sheep. Suff X to 104.1p; Texel X to 112p; Mule to £53.50; Char X to 103p. Cast ewes & rams to £38