BARNARD CASTLE. - Tues. Fwd: 349 store cattle. Lim hfr & calf to £900 P & T Raine; incalf cows £540 J&VM Bussey. Lim bulling hfrs £472 J Harland. AA bulling hfrs: £375 J Harland; £315, £250 RL&L Coatsworth & Son. Feeding bulls. - Char: £595, £515 K Atkinson; £515, £510 Watson. BB: £540, £510 T&G Lee; £525 Watson. Simm bulls: £510 P C Langstaff. Store steers. - Char: £660, £645 W B Rutter & Sons; £535 G&JM Blackburn. Lim: £655, £640 WB Rutter & Sons; £645 DE Stones; £630, £560 JW Dent & Sons; £615 F&MP Allinson & Son; £600 AA Walton & Son; £595 DE Stones; £540 B&S Teasdale & Son; £530 TB Law. Saler: £552 DW Ewin. Hfrs. - Lim: £572, £545 JW Dent & Sons; £558 DJ&CM Teward; £550, £505 WK Lamb; £520, £520 JF&F Hutchinson; £510 WB Rutter & Sons; £500 L&BM Kidd; £492 JR Addison & Sons. BA: £560, £495 J&K Metcalf. Char: £535, £525, £515 WB Rutter & Sons; £518 T James. Wed. - Fwd: 663 prime sheep. Hoggs lt to 120.5p av 105.9p; std to 132.8p av 122.9p; med to 133p av 124.8p; heavy to 122.5p av 117.2p. Ewes: Cont to £62; Suff to £50.50; Mule to £50; Swale to £36.20.

DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 198 cattle, 704 sheep, 34 ewes. Steers med to 112.5p a kg or £601.88 each av 101.2p or £568.13; heavy to 117.5p or £752.50 av 99p or £647.20; hfrs med to 117.5p or £543.88 av 103.4p or £488.03; heavy to 118.5p or £675 av 99p or £543.55. young bulls lt to 109.5p or £591.30 av 92.59p or £504.42; heavy to 118.5p or £788 av 90.68 or £588.98. Hoggs med to 127.6p a kg or £56.80 each av 117p av £50.51; heavy to 122.8p or £65.60 av 116.6p or £59.41; cull ewes to £34 av £31.81. Mon. - Fwd: 47 store cattle, 2 cows with calves, 249 store sheep, 2 in lamb ewes. Hfrs. - Lim X: £472, £415, £430 Cockpit Farm; £450, £395 Nafferton Farm. Char X: £462, £428 Morton Grange. BBX: £400, £385 Middleton. Bulls. - Char: £513, £450, £412 Morton Grange. Char X: £385 High Woodfield. Fries: £278, £275, £238 Newbiggin. Cows with calves: £440, £400 Pit House. Lambs. - Suff: £49.50 Anvil Cottage; £49, £45 Basset Hall. Mules: £43 West Hinedon. Swale: £39 Basset Hall; £24, £21 Kirkley House. Ewes in lamb: Suff £39 West Hinedon.

Hawes. - Tues. Fwd: 2 calves, 763 sheep. Calves: Lim bulls to £268 GR Scarr, Askrigg av £209; hfrs to £82 S Bell & Sons, Askrigg av £52.50; Fries bulls to £80 GS Bowe & Sons, Hawes av £58; BAX bulls to £236 DJ&S Stainton, Howgill. Hoggs lt to 112.5p av 106.9p; std to 119.5p av 111.4p; med to 126p av 115.2p; heavy to 114.5p av 110.9p; overall av 112.1p. Cast ewes horned to £28.50 av £15.30; polled to £30.40; cast rams horned to £44.80 av £35.46; polled to £47.

HEXHAM. - Tues of last week. Fwd: 1,087 store & breeding sheep. In-lamb Mule 4-crop ewes warrented to £67 Hill End; Texel X ewe hoggs to £49.50 Wingates; Mule feeding ewes to £34 Blakelaw; Swale to £18.50 Blakelaw. Store hoggs: Texel X to £49.20 Cooks House; Suff X to £48 Cooks House; Vendeen X to 40.50 Dilston Haugh; Mule to £44.50 Leadgate Farm; Swale to £35 Pelton House; Blackface to £33.50 Low Carriteth. Last Fri. - Fwd: 576 store cattle and suckled calves. Steers, red CID: Lim X to £690 Aydonshields; Simm X to £678 Lunns House; Char X to £660 Town Farm (Wall); BBX to £690 Aydonshields. Blue CID: Lim X to £650 East Uppertown; Simm X to £685 Langley West House; BAX to £690 Roseden; Char X to £590 Greenside; BBX to £640 Allenshields. Green CID: Lim X to £595 The Lee; Simm X to £502 Bishopton. Hfrs: Lim X to £652 Berryedge; Simm to £580 East Mill Hills; AAX to £490 Greenside; Char to £675 Heugh; BB to £490 Merryknowe. Tues. - Fwd: 29 cattle, 2193 hoggs, 160 ewes. Steers heavy to 102.5p av 93.6p; hfrs med to 97.5p av 89.7p; heavy to 112.5p av 96.7p; overall av 94.2p. Suff X to 128.3p; Texel X to 132.1p; Mule to 125.2p; Cheviot X to 125.1p; Char to 128.6p; Vendeen to 128.2p; Blackface to 125.7p; Swale to 122.6p. Cast ewes: Texel to £51; Suff to £50; Mule to £44; Blackface to £36; Swale to £30. Cast rams: Suff to £47; Texel £47.50; Swale £31.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Mon of last week. Fwd: 310 store cattle, all crosses. Lim. - Bullocks: £665 Easegill Head; £662 Hawkrigg; £578 Gillgate; £575 Aygill; £565 Friarbiggin; £565 Wetheriggs; £555 Friendship Farm; £535 Gilts; £535 Smardale Hall; £532 Needles House; £525 Gaythorne House; £510 Walburn Hall; £502 Croft House (Richardson). Bulls: £540 School Hill; £530 Keisley (Wharton); £500 Cross Hall. Hfrs: £570 Smardale Hall; £562 Peatgates; £555 Coach & Horses; £548 Blandswath; £540 Low Garth; £515 Hawkrigg;£515 Long Green;£508 Archer Hall; £472 Low Scales; £460 Sowerby Park; £440 Greenholme (Postlethwaite); £432 Friarbiggin; £425 Hebblethwaite Hall; £405 Gaythorne Hall; £400 Walburn Hall. BB. - Bullocks: £658 Easegill Head; £602 Long Green; £535 Oaktree; £535 Waterside Farm; £502 Thorneygale. Bulls: £480 School Hill. Hfrs: £588 Long Green; £555 Blandswath; £545 Moor House; £505 Easegill Head; £498 Hawkrigg; £475 Green Farm; £460 Gilts. BA. - Bullocks: £565 Yore House; £560 Rudd Hills; £540 Asby Grange; £535 Coach & Horses; £515 Low Whita Farm; £532 Stennerskeugh. Hfrs: £528 Low Garth; £528 Oak Tree; £512 Yore House; £508 Asby Grange; £455 Third Sunbiggin Farm; £445 Stennerskeugh; £430 Low Whita Farm; £405 Heggerscale (Greenhaugh). Char. - Bullocks: £542 Gaythorne Hall. Hfrs: £470 Low Garth; £462 Greenholme (Postlethwaite); £445 Moor House. Fries bullocks: £480 Friendship Farm; £400 Greenwood Haw. AA. - Bullocks £480 Gaythorne Hall. Hfrs: £453 Moor House. Simm hfrs £425 Heggerscale (Greenhaugh). Tues of last week. - Fwd: 1,703 sheep. Lambs (all crosses). - to 35kg or more: Mule to £59; Cont to £55.50; Rough Fell to £55.20; Suff to £54; Swale to £53.20; Cheviot to £53. 34kg or less: Mule to £37; Cont to £35.80; Suff to £35.20; Swale to £35.20; Rough Fell to £34. Ewes: polled to £38.50; horned to £29.50; rams horned to £26.50. Tues. - Fwd: 2,138 sheep. Hoggs (all crosses): 35 kg or more: Char X to £56.50 High Thorne; Mule to £55.80; Scotch Black-face to £56.80; Cheviot to £59; Swale to £55.50; Rough Fell to £57. 34kg or less: Cont X to £40.50; Swale to £39.20; Mule to £37.50. Ewes: Scotch Black-face to £30.80; Swale to £32; Blue-faced Leics to £50; Beltex to £43.50. Rams: Cheviot to £38; Rough Fell to £38; Swale to £34.50; Blue-faced Leics to £39. Goat £23.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 6 dairy cattle, 77 calves, 125 store & feeding sheep. Calved hfrs: S&J Dent & Son £730, £700, £650; H Raw & Son £690, £615, £605. Calves: BB bulls to £258 JA Dent & Sons av £206; hfrs to £108 JA Dent & Sons; Lim bulls to £245 KE&KL Nicholson av £177; hfrs to £110 JR Middleton av £76; Simm bulls to £245 GE&M Stockhill av £164; hfrs to £88 EP&J Robertshaw av £83; BA bulls to £152 JD&J Ford; Fries bulls to £152 SW Scrivin av £62; AA bulls to £130 JA Dent & Sons; hfrs to £40 GE&M Stcokhill av £37; Saler hfrs to £66 JW Wall & Son. Store Sheep. - Mule hoggs: GK Hird & Sons £37; Calvert & Hunter £35. Cheviot hoggs: GK Hird & Sons £30.50. Feeding ewes: Masham: £41.50; Cont: £40.50; horned: £22.50. Wed. - Fwd: 1,628 sheep. Hoggs lt to 121p av 109.6p. Suff & Cont std to 133.7p av 121.4p; med to 132.5p av 126p; heavy to 121.7p av 116p. Mule, Masham & horned std to 116.6p av 110.4p; med to 117.5p ac 110p; heavy to 111p av 105.5p. Ewes: Suff to £46; Mule to £50; horned to £35; BFL to £64; Masham to £61 av £26. Rams: Suff to £48; Cont to £50.50; horned to £37; Tees to £58.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 121 cattle 1,378 sheep. Steers med to 99.5p a kg or £537.30 each av 92.5p or £499.50; heavy to 99.5p or £760.50 av 90.57 or £595.13; overall steer av 90.72p; hfrs med to 108.5p or £505.25 av 92.36p or £422.28; heavy to 119.5p or £621.40 av 94.99p or £496.66; overall hfr av 93.79p; young bulls med to 93.5p or £496.73 av 80.08p or £411.66; heavy to 99.5p or £604.80 av 86.02p or £518.62; overall young bull av 83.45p; total cattle av 88.86p. Hoggs std to 124.3p a kg or £48.50 each av 119.46p av £45.34; med to 129p or £56.20 av 120.42p or £51.28; overall av 120.33p; heavy to 122.1p or £60.50 av 115.66p or £55.51; owt to 114.7p or £67 av 112.09p or £62.31; total hoggets av 118.23p; cull ewes to £40 av £27.29; ram £42. Wed. - Fwd: 75 store cattle, 192 store & breeding sheep. Bulls. - Lim: £620 Donaldson; £490 Clark; £428 Nicholson; £422 Kay. Char: £415 Kay; £322 Atkinson. Simm: £420 Nicholson. AA: £328 Reveley. Fries: £255 Reveley. Hfrs. - Simm: £412 Cook; £320 Souter. Lim: £382, £350, £230 Graham; £362, £290, £275 Hunt; £358 Heseltine. BB: £355, £295 Souter; £278 Sayer, Ellenor; £270, £200 Flintoft. AA: £225 Graham. Bullocks. - Char: £648 Cook; £635, £540, £530 Wheldon. Simm: £532, £560 Tate. Lim: £522 Clark; £518, £450 Atkinson; £432 Hesletine. BB: £468, £458 Heseltine. AA: £400 Atkinson. Store Suff X hoggs: £47, £46 Etherington; £45 Andrew; £40 Davison; £35 Cook. Ewes with lambs, BMCB: £107 Murray, £69 Peacock. Ewes in lamb, correct: £73, £71 Robson. BMCB: £58 Robson. Private sales, Feb 17-Feb 21 totalled 84 fat cattle, incl OTMS, 123 far sheep & pigs.

PENRITH. - Mon. Fwd: 255 store, dairy, breeding cattle & rearing calves. Holstein calving hfrs: £605, £600 Sleetburn. Bullocks. - Lim X: £670, £665, £648 Hole House (Coulston); £660, £652, £625 Manor Farm (Irving); £580, £572 Syke Side (Wills); £575, £540 Stewart Hill. Char X: £6662 Syke Side (Wills); £578 Tod Bank. Herefd X: £585, £568 Little Blencowe Farm. Fries: £515 Little Blencowe Farm. BBX: £625, £602 Well House; £620 Burns (Cartmel); £612, £592 Hole Farm (Mark); £610 Ghyll Bank. Piemontese X: £538 Wetheriggs. MRIX: £440 Bennett Head. Bulls. - Simm X: £518 Wallthwaite; £498, £495, £490 Whinns Farm. BBX: £485 Hacra. Char X: £488 Rivercroft. Fries: £415 Middle Bank End. Lim X: £515 Hacra; £465, £448 Sunnygill; £460 High Laining Farm. BA: £458 Winter Cragg. Hfrs. - Lim X: £605, £600 Broad Oak; £520, £498 Far Close. Char X: £508 Dyke Nook; £475 Syke Side. BBX: £588, £545, £508 Scales (Braithwaite); £498 Well House; £495, £478 Manor Farm (Irving); £492 High Gate. BAX: £465 Harbour Flatt. AAX: £418, £405 Kirkbarrow. Simm X: £480 Highgate. Fwd: 23 bulls, 39 clean cattle. Lim hfrs to 126.5p; Lim steers to 97.5p; BB steers to 94.5p; Fries steers to 94.5p; BB bulls to 119.5p; Lim bulls to 109.5p; Fries bulls to 85.5p(2). Tues. - Store sheep of all classes. Ewes. - North Country Cheviot scanned in lamb to Cheviot: £69, 51 Greenside Keep. Swale scanned in lamb to BFL: £48 Douthwaite Head; £40 Honfleur. Swale NCM scanned in lamb to BFl: £46 Douthwaite Head. Lambs. - Suff X: £46 Parkhouse Farming Co; £40.50 Swarthbeck. Cont X: £44, £43.50 Cobble Hall. Mule: £37 Parkhouse Farming Co. North Country Cheviot: £35 Greenside Keep. Wed. - Fwd: 3,380 sheep. Lambs: Cont X to £64.50; Suff X: £63; Cheviot £60; Mule to £57.80; Swale to £55; Scotch Blackface to £56; Herdwick to £52.80; Kendal Rough to £53; Masham to £52.50; Blue-faced Leics to £56.

SKIPTON. - Mon. Fwd: 958 sheep, 42 calves, 174.520 tonnes (24 loads) produce. Hoggs to 32kg to 118p av 113.5p; to 39kg to 121p av 118p; to 45kg to 122p av 115.9p; to 52kg to 117p av 111.5p; over 52kg to 104p av 102.6p; ewes to £42 av £16.87. Bull calves: Lim to £268 av £204; BB to £252 av £235; Simm to £186; Herefd to £153; AA to £120; Fries to £100 av £25.82. Hfrs: Lim to £62 av £32; BB £89 av £70; Simm £58 av £53; overall calf av av £84.29. Produce: bg bale hay to £60 av £51; small bale hay to £71 av £61 or £2 a bale; haylage to £7; big bale barley to £39 av £37.50; small bale barley to £31; big bale wheat to £27 or £8 a bale av £7.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 414 cattle, 1,815 sheep, 270 pigs. Steers med to 102.5p av 96.1p; heavy to 125.5p a kg or £773.85 each av 96.8p; hfrs lt to 123.5p av 117.2p; med to 129.5p av 98.6p; heavy to 124.5p or £739.78 av 98.5p; bulls lt to 96.5p; med to 111.5p av 91p; heavy to 109.5p or £771.98 av 93.2p. Hoggets std to 133.7p a kg or £51.50 each av 125.6p; med to 143.2p or £63p av 125.6p; heavy to 132.6p or £64 av 118.2p; owt to 125.5p or £66.50 av 112.8p; ewes lt to £33 av £22.46; heavy to £60 av £38.89. Porkers to 94.5p av 85.3p; cutters to 96p av 80.7p; baconers to 78.5p av 72.8p; owt to 61p av 60.7p; sows/boars to 46.5p a kg or £143.50 each av 39.2p. Mon. - Collection centre. Fwd: 23 OTMs, 122 sows.

TOW LAW. - Hoggs: Suff X to 122.2p; Texel X to 112.3p; Mule to 120.5p; Swale to 113.3p; Char to 113.3p.