BARNARD CASTLE. - Tues. Fwd: 290 store cattle. Feeding bulls. - Char: £568 D Smith; £545 JW Dent & Sons; £445 J&K Metcalf. Lim: £540, £538, £462 G Williamson; £525 JW Dent & Sons; £470 I Spedding; £450 JW Heslop; £440 J&JM&DIBuck. BB: £502, £460, J&JM&DI Buck, JN & MA Spedding. Simm: £448 M Dickinson; £435 C&E Gaskin. BA: £468, £445 J&K Metcalfe. Store steers. - Char: £655 WB Rutter & Sons; £600 TW Thompson; £585 JE High & Son; £570 B&S Teasdale & Son. Lim: £655, £650 WB Rutter &Sons; £642, £600 JW Dent; £640 J Walshaw & Son; £605 Miss J Collinson; £605 A Fletcher; £605, £562 D&PM Stelling, £595, £590, £572 JW Dent & Sons, £595 J&MI Walton: £592 DG Birkett & Son; £585, £568 DA&AM Gill; £585, £582, £555 S Richardson; £890 TW Thompson; £580, £560 B&S Teasdale & Son; £570 NB&R Hird; £550 JR Addison & Son. BB: £645 DA&AM Gill; £590 J&MJ Walton. BA: £645 DA&AM Gill. MRI: £625, £568 DA&AM Gill. Simm: £625 DA&AM Gill. Store hfrs. - Lim: £580, £570, £550, £462 WB Rutter & Sons; £515,£500 DA&AM Gill; £500, £482 P Stubbs; £495, £495, £475 JF&F Hutchinson & Son; £475 JW Dent; £470 JR Addison & Son; £470 NB&R Hird. BA: £530, £485, £480 J&J Metcalfe; £500, £445 J&SE Bainbridge. Char: £538, £525, £465 P Stubbs; £500 K Atkinson; £499 JE High & Son; £470 J&K Metcalf; £445 K Atkinson; £445 J&SE Bainbridge. BB: £522 PJ Dixon; £495; J&K Metcalf; £485 DA&AM Gill.

DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 232 cattle, 615 sheep. Steers med to 110.5p a kg or £558.03 each av 93.8p or £508.92; heavy to 135.5p or £921.40 av 95.7p or £635.47; hfrs med to 140.5p or £660.35 av 97.8 or £480.61; heavy to 130.5p or £704.70 av 96p or £537.81; young bulls med to 113.5 or £629.93 av 91.8p or £504.86; heavy to 114.5p or £752.63 av 95p or £609.21. Hoggs lt to 120.78 a kg or £46.50 each av 120.7p or £46.50; med to 126.2p or £53.20 av 116.3p or £51.47; heavy to 125p or £63 av 117p; cull ewes to £71 av £54.28. Mon. - Fwd: 28 store cattle & rearing calves, 203 store & breeding sheep, 2 goats. Young Lim bulls £450 Hesledon Moor. Lim hfrs: £340, £332, £320 Hesledon Moor. Cows & calves £630 Pitt House. Rearing Lim bull calves: £184, £180, £175 Longnewton Grange. Hfr calves: £98, £96, £80 Longnewton Grange. Store hoggs. - Char: £52 Grove Farm; £43.50 Red Barns. Texel: £53 Low Coalsgarth. Suff: £45.50 Low Coalsgarth. Swale £24.50 Backstone Bank. In lamb Mule ewes: £50, £49 Cave Farm. Goats £30 Cave Farm.

HAWES. - Tues. Fwd: 6 calves, 645 sheep. Calves: Lim bulls to £238 J Scarr & Sons, Askrigg av £211; Fries bulls to £80 J Scarr & Sons, Askrigg av £54. Hoggs lt to 108p av 93.7p; std to 112p av 100.9p; med to 117p av 103p; heavy to 111p av 104.4p; overall av 100.4p. Cast ewes horned to £34.40 av £29.30; polled to £41.50; cast rams horned to £35.50 av £29.85; polled to £55.

HEXHAM. - Last Fri. Fwd: 744 store cattle & suckled calves, 721 store & breeding sheep. Steers, red CID: Char X to £660 Newlands Haugh; Lim X to £660 Whitechapel; BAX to £545 Parkside; BB to £648 East Butsfield; AAX to £515. Blue CID: Lim X to £685 Whitechapel; Char to £660 Rusheylaw; BAX to £675 Houxty Bank; BB to £675 Tecket; Simm X to £495 Wooden Farm; AAX to £598 Great Tossen; Herefd X to £400 Milfield Demesne. Green CID: Lim X to £575 Holling Hill; Char X to £525 Bishopton; BAX to £545 Wooden Farm; BB to £580 Chirdon. Hfrs: BB to £655 Howard House; Lim X to £595 Brokenheugh; Char X to £585 Rushey Law; BAX to £480 Wooden Farm; Normande £395 Millfield Demesne. Pure Suff ewes with lambs £120 Hedley Heron, Woodhead; Suff X ewes & twins to £110 Woodhead. Cast ewes & rams: Mule ewes to £50 Fairlees; Blackface ewes to £35.50 Cleughbrae; Swale rams to £32.50 Fairlees; Blackface rams to £31 Cleughbrae. Store hoggs: Suff X to £52 (young sheep) Comb Hill; Texel X to £47 West Moralee; Char X to £41 Comb Hill; Mule to £46.20 Fairlees; Blackface to £40 Newbiggin; Swale to £30 Harwood Shield; Cheviot to £40.20 Oliver Road. Tues. - Fwd: 32 cattle. Heavy steers to 94.5p Aav 88.5p; med hfrs to 91.5p av 87.8p; heavy to 105.5p av 88.9p. Suff X to 122.8p; Texel X to 127.3p; Mule to 121.9p; Blackface to 127.9p; Swale to 119.1p Cheviot X to 121.4p; Char X to 125.3p; Beltex to 120.9p. 192 head of cast ewes & rams: Suff to £60.50; Texel to £50; Mule to £52.50; Leics to £47.50; Blackface to £38.50; Swale to £38.80.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 1 dairy hfr, 89 calves & stirks, 8 beef breeding cattle, 23 store sheep. Calved hfrs: R Hunter £840. Calves: BB bulls to £245 GL&SM Thompson av £209; hfrs to £145 P Ashbridge av £108; Lim bulls to £225 A Sowray & Sons av £161; hfrs to £125 A Sowray & Sons av £61; Char bulls to £185 GL&SM Thompson; Simm bulls to £142 E Holmes & Son; hfrs to £78 E Holmes & Son av £69; Fries bulls to £140 D&S Spence av £58. Breeding cattle. - In calf lim hfrs: TL Carlisle £670(2), £660, £610. BB bulling hfrs: M Bell & Son £435, £430. Store horned hoggs: R Simpson & Sons £14.20. Wed. - Fwd: 1,110 sheep. Hoggs lt to 110p av 97.7p; Suff & Cont std to 128.4p av 115.1p; med to 127.1p av 116.2p; heavy to 119.5p av 111.7p; Mule, Masham & horned std to 108.6p av 105.4p; med to 107.1p av 101.5p; heavy to 106.5p av 103.7p. Ewes: Cont £59; Mule £58; Cheviot £47.20; horned £39.50 av £27.50; BFL £39; Suff £58; Tees £54.50; Masham £43. Rams: Tees £55.50; Suff £52.50; Texel £55.50; Swale £34.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd. 122 cattle. 896 sheep. Steers, med to 82.5p a kg or £452.33 each av 76.65p or £410.09; heavy to 104.5p or £696.85 av 88.25 or £579.55; overall steer av 86.62p; hfrs med to 106.5p or £487.20 av 88.78p or £403.68; heavy to 98.5p or £535.65, av 88.31p or £465.56; overall hfr av 88.46p; young bulls, lt to 70.5p or £299.63; med to 97.5p or £536.25 av 9.46p or £421.38; heavy to 98.5p or £617.60 av 84.51p or £508.73; overall young bull av 82.64p; total cattle av 85.69p. Hoggs std to 125.6p a kg or £48.80 each av 121.23p or £45.80; med to 126.1p or £54.20 av 119.12p or £50.50; overall av 119.44p; heavy to 121.3p or £56.80 av 112.58p or £53.86; owt to 107p or £60, av 101.95p or £56.36; total sheep av 115.44p; cull ewes to £60.50 av £29.66; rams to £63.50 av £48.50. Wed. - Fwd: 127 store & breeding cattle, 140 store hoggets, 18 ewes with lambs. Bulls. - Lim: £550 Atkinson; £428, £392 Taylor; £438, £350 Stephenson; £400; £398 Nicholson; £344, £340 Wood. BB: £465 Taylor. Simm: £410 Fenwick. AA: £395 Watson. Fries: £392, £288 Thomson; £268, £190, £170, £158 Wilkinson. Herefd: £265 Broomhead. Hfrs. - BB £485 Pearson; £475, £468, £435 Ward; £422, £380 Baker; £316 Souter; £260 Parvin. Lim: £465 Lumley; £475, £445, £388, £380 Easton; £460, £448, £438 Ward; £300. Bullocks. - £405 Garbutt; £225, £170, £155 Wood. Char: £445, £308, £300 Blackburn; £245 Parvin. Simm: £445 Easton; £442, £350 Ward; £232 Parvin; £225 Wood. AA: £390 Trewitt; £368, £308 Lumley. Young bulls. - Lim: £640, £635 Tate; £545, £505, £500 Moore; £532, £400, £390 Garbutt; £418, £390, £370 Hunton. Saler: £612, £560, £538 Moore. Char: £540 Pinkney; £528, £470, £430, £390 Blackburn. In-calf hfrs. - BB: £490, £485, £480 Easton. Lim: £490 Easton. Hoggs. - Suff X: £38 Nunn; £26 Hart. Cont X: £46 Etherington; £38 Thornton; £34 Swinsent; £31 Philips; £27 Cook. Mule: £27 Robinson. Swale: £14.80 Hart. Ewes with lambs. - Correct: £98 Platts. BMCB: £91 Platts: £84; £80 Reed; £75 Platts. Private sales March 3-March 7 totalled 93 fat cattle, inc OTMs, 240 fat sheep & pigs.

PENRITH. - Mon. Fwd: 227 store cattle. Bullocks. - Lim X: £642, £600 Bells View; £605 Town Head (Ousby); £590 Green Farm (Hodgson); £585 Stewart Hill. Char X: £640 Mill Brow (Smith). BBX: £528 Lamonby House; £512 Ghyll Bank; £485 Nook Farm. Herefd: £510, £480 Little Blencowe Farm. AA: £548 Burns (Cartmel); £410 Lamonby House. Simm X: £550, £548 Mill Rigg. BAX: £480 Wescoe. Fries: £445, £440 Little Blencowe Farm. Feeding bulls: £445, £440, £430 Manor Farm (Marrs). Hfrs. - BB: £502 Dacre Lodge; £498 Well House; £470 Nook Farm; £450 Wesco. Char X: £422 Highgate. Lim: £530, £502 Scales (Wilson); £505 Town Head (Potter); £470 Gate Ghyll; £470 Far Close. Herefd: £330 Crosby Lodge. Simm : £378 Mill Rigg, £355 Whinns Farm. AA: £320 Lamonby House. Fwd: 52 cattle. BB hfrs to 130.5p; Lim hfrs to 125.5p; Lim steers to 105.5p; BB steers to 103.5p; BB bulls to 116.5p; Lim steers: to 109.5p; Fries bulls to 84.5p. Wed. - Fwd: 3,773 sheep. Hoggs: Cont X to 139.5p a kg or £62.50 each; Suff X to £63; Cheviot to £60; Mule to £59.20; Swale to £54.80; Scotch Blackface to £55.80; Herdwick to £51.80. Ewes: Blue-faced Leics to £61; Mule to £55.50; Cheviot to £58.50; Swale to £41.50; Scotch Blackface to £37.50. Rams: Suff to £60; Cont to £64; Blue-faced Leics to £63.

SKIPTON. - Mon. Fwd: 604 sheep, 44 calves, 444 store sheep, 203,615 tonnes (33 loads) produce. Hoggs to 32kg to 111p av 101.4p; to 39kg to 125p av 112.8p; to 45kg to 125p av 107.7p; to 52kg 108p av 97.9p; over 52kg to 104p av 94.4p; horned ewes & rams to £30.50; Mule to £49.50; Texel to £60.50, Suff to £60; overall av £31.80; Bull calves: Lim to £182 av £126; BB to £198 av £135; AA to £138 av £136; Shorthorn to £67; Fries to £118 av £50.11. Hfr calves: Lim to £53 av £36; BB to £70 av £47; AA to £41; overall calf av £64.48. Store sheep: Mule ewes BM with 1 lambs at foot to £60; Texel X shlgs in lamb £76; Texel X ewes correct to £60; Mule ewes BM to £61; Swale ewes BM to £42; Texel X gimmer hoggs geld to £56. Produce: small bale hay to £2 per bale av £1.70 or to £40; big bale hay to £9 av £8; big bale barley straw to £44 av £37; big bale wheat straw to £28 av £27 or £9 per bale; haylage to £7; silage to £7. Wed Fwd - 86 suckler cattle, 196 store sheep. BBX hfr & Lim Hfr calf £660; BAX hfr & Lim bull calf £860; with Lim Hfr calf £650; BB hfr due March £635.Suff X hoggs to £39; Cheviot X to £31.80; Mule to £37; Swale £38; Swale ewes (feeders) to £28.

THIRSK. - Thurs. Fwd: 418 cattle, 4,160 sheep, 388 pigs. Steers med to 120.5p av 93.9p; heavy to 127.5p a kg or £835.13 each av 93.4p; hfrs lt to 94.5p av 89p; med to 134.5p av 95.8p; heavy to 129.5p or £721.63 av 94.7p; young bulls lt to 98.5p av 83.5p; med to 105.5p av 87.2p; heavy to 110.5p or £696.15 av 89.6p. Hoggets lt to 113.5p av 112.5p; std to 123.1p av 115.9p; med to 125.6p av 113.4p; heavy to 126.6p av 109.2p; owt to 111.1p a kg or £64.50 each av 103.7p; ewes lt to £48 av £16.89; heavy to £82 av £48.24. Porkers to 91p av 83.5p; cutters to 85p av 78.6p; baconers to 84p av 74.6p; owt to 68.5p av 65.7p; sows/boars to 48.5p a kg or £158.42 each av 42.6p. Mon. - Collection centre. Fwd: 18 OTMs, 41 sows