BARNARD CASTLE. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 2,016 sheep. Lambs lt to 116p av 102.8p; std to 111p av 106.9p; med to 117p av 109.4p; heavy to 114p av 108.6p. Cast sheep: Cont £34; Suff £35; Mule £30; Swale £18.

DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 322 cattle, 1,389 sheep. Steers med to 141.5p.£785.33p av 123.4p; heavy to 135.5p/£894.20 av 115.8p; hfrs med to 141.5p/£679.20 av 122.4p; heavy to 159.5p/£895.90 av 119.8p; young bulls med to 125.5p/£646.33 av 108.2p; heavy to 128.5p/£936.10 av 112.92p. Lambs lt to 114.7p/£44.80 av 112.2p; med to 124.2p/£54 av 112.2p; heavy to 115.6p/£56 av 111.7p; cull ewes to £38 av £31.33. Mon. - Fwd: 254 cattle, 553 store & breeding sheep. Steers. - Char: £480 J Linsley. Lim: £478(3), £455(2) GS Bainbridge. Simm: £465 B Wilson. AA: £410 GS Bainbridge. Hfrs. - Char: £558, £430 MH Lodge; £440(3) Low Farm. Lim: £525, £510, £490 P Tindale. BB: £472, £430(4) Low Farm. Simm: £460, £442, £440 Low Farm. Bullocks. - Lim: £630 MH Lodge; £570, £540 K Buckle; £552 I Williamson. BB: £575 B Wilson; £495, £475 K Buckle. AA: £565 B Wilson. Simm: £565, £490, £405 B Wilson. Char: £530, £500 MH Lodge; £520 K Buckle. Cows with calves: AA £720 T Littlefair; Lim: £680, £640 FW Gray. Store lambs. - Suff: £47.80, £42 F Davison; £43.20, £42 GC Sunter. Texel: £42 D&J Wilkinson; £40 P Tindale. Shlg gimmers: £76.50, £72 P&J Shepherd.

HEXHAM. - Tues. Med hfrs to 115.5p av 105.1p; heavy to 130.5p av 109; overall av 108.3p. Lambs: Suff X to 109.8p; Texel X to 118p; Mule to 104.4p; Blackface to 99.5p; Cheviot X to 106.7p; Char X to 115.6p; Beltex to 115p; Leics to 96.2p; BdM to 103.7p. Cast efwes & rams: Suff X to £49; Texel X to £49.50; Mule to £33.50; Blackface to £22; Swale to £20.20; Cheviot X to £42.50; Char X to £33.50; Leics to £22; BdM to £39.50; Vendeen to £30.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Tues. Fwd: 3,593 sheep. Lambs over 35kg: Swale to £25; Texel X to £57.50; Rough Fell to £42; Mule to £48; Cheviot X to £43.50; Lleyn to £44.50; Suff X to £49.50; Masham to £41.50; Beltex X to £51.50; Char X to £48.20. Lambs up to 35kg: Swale to £29.20; Texel X to £37; Cheviot X to £34.80; Rough Fell X to £27. Ewes: Cheviot to £28.50; Texel X to £43.50; Rough Fell to £25.50; Swale to £25.50; Herdwick to £23; Mule to £33; Suff X to £39.50. Rams: Rough Fell top £24; Swale to £24; Cheviot to £20.50; Blackface to £30; Herdwick to £19.20.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 7 dairy cattle, 102 calves & stirks, 1 breeding bull, 71 store cattle, 205 store lambs. In calf dairy hfrs: K&J Heslop £650, £610, £580; JJ&MM Lawson & Son £570, £550, £490. AA bull: JJ&MM Lawson & Son £480. Calves: BB bulls to £265 D&S Spence av £232; hfrs to D&S Spence; Lim bulls to £235 M Horner av £151; hfrs to £153 JC Brown & Son av £84; Simm bulls to £170 JR&DW Craggs; hfrs to £115 JR&DW Craggs av £83; Fries bulls to £140 R Wood & Son av £38; BA bulls to £98 JR & DW Craggs; Herefd bulls to £75 N Gill & Sons; hfrs to £35 N Gill & Sons; MRI bulls to £20 WD Richardson; AA bulls to £18 JR Irving av £7; hfrs to £40 JH Simpson & Co av £22. Stirks: Fries bulls: JC Brown & Son £90. Store bulls. - BB: A&CA Stelling £580. Lim bulls: FG Tyreman & Son £500; PA Lawson £465. Fries: JC&VA Lancaster £348. Steers. - Lim: A&JA Iveson £685; JD&CE Nelson £590; TW Raw £522; JC&VA Lancaster £510. BB: IE&M Kearton £562. AA: FD Graham £465. Fries: JL&MR Umpleby £362. Hfrs. - Lim: A&AJ Lambert £520; Nicholson £502; F&S Iveson £500; A Sowray & Sons £450. BB A&CA Stelling £445; Pied Nicholson £440; Simm Nicholson £400; AA M Nicholson £395; BA JC&VA Lancaster £325. Store lambs av £35.40; Cont Calvert & Hunter £39.80; Suff M Dawson £39; Mule AG Dent & Ptnrs £34.50, MF Lambert £34. Wed. - Fwd: 1,624 sheep. Lambs lt to 100p av 85.6p. Suff & Cont std to 110.2p av 105.1p; med to 109.5p av 104.4p; heavy to 105.9p av 101.3p; owt to 102.1p av 100.1p. Mule, Masham & horned std to 99.5p av 93.6p; med to 103.1p av 100.1p; heavy to 103.2p av 99.4p. Cast ewes: Suff £40; Cont £35; Mule £34; BFL £30; horned £18. Goats £15.

MIDDLETON in TEESDALE. - Sat. Fwd: 1,112 sheep. Lambs over 35kg: Texel X to £46.80; Suff X to £47; Swale to £35; Mule to £44. Lambs to 35kg: Swale to £30; Texel X to £36. Ewes: Mule to £27; Swale to £16.80; Texel X to £30.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 120 cattle, 977 sheep. Steers lt to 114.5p/£503.80; med to 116.5p/£646.58 av 110.79p/£584.43; heavy to 124.5p/£815.48 av 115.48p/£706.64; overall steer av 114.5p; bulls med to 115.5p/£641.03 av 102.89p/£551.13; heavy to 115.5p/£669.65 av 104.47p/£615.11; overall av 103.89p; hfrs lt to 139.5p/£551.03 av 136.02/£533.89;med to 137.5p/£640.80 av 118.2p/£535.68; heavy to 133.5p/£782.10 av 113.48p/£598.60; overall hfr av 116.48p; total cattle av 111.51p. Lambs std to 107.3p/£40.80; med to 110p/£46 av 100.3p/£42.78; overall av 100.37p; heavy to 101p/£49 av 94.99p/£44.78; owt to 95.84p/£51.50 av 94.36p/£51.06; total lamb av 98.62p; hoggets to £24 av £23.25; cull ewes to £39.80 av £23.08. Wed. - Fwd: 138 store, breeding cattle & calves. Bulls. - Simm: £535, £430 G Johnson; £370, £325 M Lowcock; £362, £315 Miss J Parlour. Lim: £500 T Scaife; £438, £430, £398, £375 M Lowcock; £410, £390 D Clark; £362 P Tweddle; £362, £355, £348 JW Hoyle. Holstein: £320 D Clark; £290 HJ Thomson; £235 M Lowcock. Hereford: £260 M Lowcock. Cow with calf. - £710 R Watson. Calves. - Lim bulls: £225, £170; JC Foster. Fries: £198 JC Foster. BB: £662 WH Philips; £588 R H Simpson. Lim: £630, £590 KT Wade; £610, £598, £588. £565, £555, £495, £490 C Harland; £440 C Siswick; £340 BA Heseltine. Simm: £585, £540, £490 Mrs R Broadley; £540, £515 F Peirson; £360 JC Pearson. Char: £550 C Harland. Fries: £510, £472, £460 N Trewitt. Herefd: £498, £470, £440 Mrs R Broadley; £428 JL Peacock. Shorthorn: £428, £390 JL Peacock. AA: £485 JL Peacock. Hfrs. - BA: £500 C Siswick; £472, £450 A Fawcett; £458 D Blackburn; £375, £288, £232 M Driffield. BB: £492, £472 JG Ward; £490 R H Simpson; £452 D Blackburn; £375, £288, £232 M Driffield. BB: £492, £472 JG Ward; £490 RH Simpson; £452 C Siswick; £448 WH Phillips; £242 E Bulmer. Char: £468 RH Simpson; £458, £438 A Fawcett; £458 D Blackburn; £455, £450, £400 JL Peacock; £408 JG Ward; £458 DG Blackburn; £440 JL Peacock; £420 T Scaife; £300 BA Heseltine; £225, £190 JW Hoyle. Simm: £450 C Siswick; £440 JL Peacock; £240, £238 C Hunton; £232 M Driffield. Private sales Sept 13-17: 85 fat cattle inc OTMS, 158 fat sheep & pigs.

PATELEY BRIDGE. - Sat. Fwd: 29 store cattle. Lim steers, blue CID to £675; hfrs to £440; Char steers, blue CID to £676; hfrs to £455.

PENRITH. - Mon. Fwd: 67 cattle. Hfrs: BA to 139.5p; Lim to 137.5p. Lim steers to 121.5p. Bulls: Lim to 119.5p; BB to 108.5p(4); BA to 108.5p; Shorthorn to 89.5p; Fries to 80.5p; Longhorn to 87.5p. Wed. - Fwd: 3,969 sheep. Lambs: Cont X to £62; Mule to £50. Ewes: Cont to £54; Suff to £50; Blue-faced Leics to £45; Cheviot to £39.50; Mule to £34.50.

SCOTS GAP. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 2,017 lambs. Av 44.8kg, 108.8p/£48.74. Suff X to 112.6p; Texel X to 115p; Mule to 106.4p; Blackface to 102.6p; HB to 104.8p.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 303 cattle, 1,038 sheep, 241 pigs. Steers lt to 120.5p/£536.23; med to 128.5p/£713.18 av 105.2p; heavy to 129.5p/£803.28 av 113.5p; overall steer av 112.3p; hfrs lt to 104.5p/£412.78 av 101.5p; med to 144.5p/£679.15 av 120.2p; heavy to 145.5p/£773.38 av 121.2p; overall hfr av 120.7p; bulls lt to 91.5p/£416.30 av 84.7p; med to 131.5p/£683.38 av 98.5p; heavy to 133.5p/£904.55 av 103.5p; Lambs lt to 93.5p/£29; std to 116.3p/£44.20 av 103.5p; med to 111p.£49.56 av 106.5p; heavy to 117p/£55 av 106.1p; overall lambs av 106.7p; ewes lt to £25 av £19.30; heavy to £38.50 av £30.07. Porkers to 84p/£63.84 av 76.1p; cutters to 83p/£65.91 av 75.3p; baconers to 80p/£74.26 av 75.1p; owt to 57p/£143.19 av 55.6p; sows to 54.5p/£164.30 av 51.2p; boars to 48p/£152.24 av 43.8p. Mon. - Collection Centre fwd: 31 OTMs.

TOW LAW. - Mon. Lambs: Suff X to 102.1p; Texel X to 105.7p; Mule to £39; Char X to 104.7p. Cast ewes to £41.