MIDDLETON in TEESDALE. - Tues. Fwd: 297 breeding & store cattle for May show & sale. Judge: James Crichton, Egremont. Champion, Steyr Cup & £20 voucher from Tunstall Tractors: JC&J White, Rigg Farm, 10-m-o -bred Lim £1,350 to Hough, Pontefract. Hfr av up £30 on previous sale; steer av up £23.

Prizes. - Steer: 1 champion; 2 MC Dent & Son, Wythes Hill, £630 to J Crichton. Hfr: 1 MC Dent & Son £1,020 to G Dargue; 2 MN Jewitt, Gracies Farm, £600 to CR Horner.

Prices, bullocks. - AA: £445 Billing Shield. BA: £620 Prospect Farm; £568 Cragg Top. BB: £640 Long Green; £630 Gracies Farm; £545 Howgill Farm. Char: £552 Willow Green; £535 Greta Farm, Pallet Cragg. Lim: £1,350 Rigg Farm; £700 Pikestone; £650 Newton Lodge; £645 Grains-o'-Beck, Long Green; £640 Woolpitts Hill; £630 Wythes Hill; £620 Willow Green; £615 Step Ends; £602 Gracies Farm; £598 South Wellhope; £580 Bank Top; £570 High Beck Head. Simm: £580 Ivy Cottage. Hfrs. - BA: £470 Nova Scotia; £430 Summery Hill; £425 Roger Moor Farm; £410 Prospect Farm. BB: £1,020 Wythes Hill; £600 Gracies Farm; £550 High Beck Head. Char: £405 East Underhurth. Lim: £635 Newton Lodge; £532 Dales Farm: £500 Rigg Farm: £495 Toft House; £485 High Beck Head; £475 Dirt Pitt Farm; £460 Willow Green; £452 Palletstone, Lanehead Farm, South Wellhope; £450 Forcegarth. Char bulls: £490 East Underhurth. Lim breeding cattle: cows & calves £800 Westfield Farm; hfrs & calves £1,080 Westfield Farm; in-calf cows £580 Westfield Farm; bulling hfrs £520 Westfield Farm.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Mon. Fwd: 997 store cattle for May show & sale. Judge: A Phillips, Milton Keynes. Supreme champion & Eden Farm Supplies Trophy, B R Lawson & Son, Buddle House, Richmond, Lim X under 7-m-o steer out of Lim X BB cow, £1,220 to the judge; res: D&CE Marston, Easegill Head, Kirkby Stephen, Lim X hfr.

Prizes. - BBX bullock: 1 T&RJ Tiplady, Scarr House, Swaledale, £705 to T Blythman & Son; 2 JW Porter & Son, Low Oxnop, Swaledale, £710 to JE&G Burrow. BBX hfr: 1 GR Brass, Brige End, Soulby, £910 to JL Gray & Son; 2 KA Brown & Sons, Asby Hall, Great Asby, £785 to A Phillips. Lim X bullock: 1 D&CE Marston £800 to A Phillips; 2 BR Lawson & Son £720 to R Maycock & Son. Lim X hfr: 1 D&CE Marston £920 to A Phillips; 2 Walburn Hall Farms, Downholme, Richmond, £650 to TR&J Tiplady. Bullock, AOB: 1 JC&E Pedley, Yore House, Garsdale, £665 (BA) to Ashburner; 2 WH&M Hutchinson, Uldale House, Ravenstonedale, £648 (BA) to D Anderson. Hfr, AOB: 1 JC&E Pedley £680 (BA) to Little; 2 D&CE Marston £610 (BA) to D Barker. Bullock or bull, 7-m-o or younger: 1 BR Lawson & Son, Buddle House, Richmond - £1,220 (LimX) to A Phillips; 2 T&RJ Tiplady, Scarr House, Muker, £735 (BBX) to T Blythman & Son.

Prices, bullocks. - AA: £610 Terrys Farm, £592 Villa Farm. BA: £665 Easegill Head, £662 Rudd Hills, £655 Yore House, £648 Uldale House, £618 High Lane (Capstick). BB: £820 Terrys Farm; £815 Asby Hall; £735 Scarr House, £710 Low Oxnop; £700 Blue Grass; £680 New Hall, Bridge End (Brass); £675 The Gilts; £660 Gaisgill Row, Bleathgill, Hawkrigg; £655 Cranberry; £645 Bloan Farm; £640 Buddle House; £630 Halfpenny House; £620 Green Farm; £605 Croft House; £600 South View, Park House (Brown). Char: £625 Park House (Brown); £580 Cocklake Farm. Fries: £670 Soulby Grange; £532 Cocklake Farm. Herefd: £578 Villa Farm. Baz: £465 Heggarscale. Lim: £1,220 Buddle House; £800 Easegill Head; £760 Holme Farm (Bousfield); £725 Terrys Farm, Starrah Farm, Lower Griseburn; £710 Sawbridge Hall; £705 Whitewall; £690 Park House (Brown), Hawkrigg; £655 Howgill Foot; £650 Gaisgill Row; £645 Gaythorne Hall; £640 Keld Farm (Stanley), Helbeck Grange, Smardale Hall, New Hall; £635 Bleathgill, Rudd Hills, Abbey Park; £630 Walburn Hall; £615 Gillses Farm. Shorthorn: £455 Helbeck Grange. Simm: £670 Warcop Tower; £660 Starrah Farm; £548 Ab-bey Park. Saler: £588 Gaisgill Row. Hfrs. - AA: £495 Villa Farm. BA: £680 Yore House; £592 Easegill Head; £580 Uldale House; £575 Kelleth Rigg; £540 Ellergill (Cannon); £508 Villa Farm; £478 High Lane (Capstick); £465 Abbey Park; £450 Elm Pot. BB: £910 Bridge End (Brass); £870 The Gilts; £810 Coach & Horses: £800 Park House (Brown); £785 Asby Hall; £655 Oak Tree; £650 Asby Grange; £645 Kiln Beck; £645 New Hall; £630 Crosby Lodge, Uldale House; £585 Easegill Head; £570 Bloan Farm; £550 South View, Cranberry; £515 Spedding Farm; £512 Clockeld. Char: £460 Park House (Brown); £442 Hallgarth. Herefd: £390 Park House (Brown). Baz: £490 Heggarscale. Lim: £920 Easegill Head; £780 Coach & Horses; £680 Cranberry; £670 Keld Farm (Stanley); £650 Walburn Hall; £610 Asby Hall; £595 Park House (Brown); £580 Villa Farm; £575 Kiln Beck; £572 Millbeck; £548 Bloan Farm; £545 Croft House (Gornall); £540 Southwaite, Clockeld, Lower Griseburn, Hewthwaite Farm; £538 Smardale Hall; £525 Millbeck, Hawkrigg; £520 Frith Holme; £518 Howgill Foot; £510 Crosby Lodge. Simm: £542 Carpool; £495 Villa Farm; £465 Hallgarth; £458 Abbey Park.