BARNARD CASTLE. - Fwd: 198 breeding & store cattle. Lim bull calf £165, J Mortimer. Lim X cow & hfr calf £600 E Smith & Son. Lim bulls: JW Dent & Sons £545; Mrs D Coggins & Son £498, £490, £480; M Dickeson £478, £458, £450, £440, £435, £405; WAR Jopling £458. Bullocks. - Char: A&B Herworth £650, £625, £600, £590, £570; WB Rutter & Sons £615; TL Anderson £608, £57; DG Birkett & Son £580; JW Dent & Sons £580, £562; EW Guy and Sons £470. BA: GKS Wilson & Sons £620, £595, £580, £562; EW Guy & Sons £550, £500, £470. Hfrs. - Lim: GKS Wilson & Sons £575, JR Addison & Sons £560, £485, £435; EH Raine £475, £365; JW Heslop £465, £400; Mrs S Bayles & Sons £460; NB & R Hird £455, £400, £395; JR Addison & Sons £435; JR Walton & Son £430; AA Walton & Son £428; MW Elliot £415; Char: WB Rutter & Sons £480; Mrs M Sowerby £460. BB: Mrs M Sowerby £458; JW Dent & Sons £445. BA: EW Guy & Sons £425, £422, £360, £355; Simm: C&E Gaskin £438, £416, £415, £402, £372.

HAWES. - Tues Fwd: 4 calves 475 sheep. Calves: LimX bulls to £135 av £126; BBX hfrs to £105; Fries bulls to £26. Prime hoggs lt to 81.3p av 74.5p; std to 89.2p av 80.1p; med to 97.7p av 87.7p; heavy to 95.2p av 88.6p. overall av 82.1p; cast ewes horned to £25 av £13.92; polled to £47 av £35.18; cast rams horned to £30 av £19.86; polled to £40.

HEXHAM. - Tues. Fwd: 997 hoggs, 18 cattle, 40 ewes. Hfrs med to 93.5p av 92.2p; heavy to 106.5p av 96.5p. Hoggs: Suff X to 104.4p; Texel X to 105.5p; Mule to 103p; Blackface to 101.8p; Swale to 90.3p; Cheviot X to 102.9p. Ewes & rams: SuffolkX to £47; Texel X to £51; Cont X to £58; Leics to £61; Mule to £55; Blackface to £35.5; Swal to £32.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 6 dairy cattle, 53 calves & stirks, 7 breeding cattle. Newly calved hfrs: W&A White £490; Holstein/Fries hfrs: JH&D Kirkham £325. Calves: Lim bulls to £242 av £191; hfrs to £184 av £115; BB bulls to £230 av £202; hfrs £130 av £122; Fries bulls to £82 av £47. Stirks: BB bulls to £270; hfrs to £265 av £233; Lim bulls £268 av £197; hfrs £220 av £117; AA bulls £200 av £180; hfrs £150; Fries bulls £100; hfrs £95 to av £85; Simm hfrs £175. Beef breeding cattle. - Lim hfrs & calves: TD&MW Willis £850, £800. In-calf Herefd hfrs: RT Barker £420, £400. In-alf AA hfrs: RT Barker £415. In-calf AA cows: Mrs JE Bottomley £380, £370.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 16 fat cattle, 502. Steers med to 96.5p av 96.5p; heavy to 100.5p av 100.5p; hfrs med to 92.5p av 90.1p; bulls med to 93.5p av 91.5p; bulls heavy to 90.5p av 85.4p. Hoggets std to 106p av 100.7p; med to 113.6p av 106.2p; heavy to 107.2p av 102.4p; ewes to £44 av £41.50; rams to £40. Wed. - Fwd: 161 home-bred cattle, four rearing calves. Home-bred bullocks to £605; home-bred hfrs to £545; young bulls to £458; Fries bull calves to £78.

PATELEY BRIDGE. - Sat. Fwd for Easter show & sale: 47 beef store cattle. Judge: D Mawer, Grewelthorpe. Pair steers: 1 AH Firth, Middlesmoor, Char £600 each to D Lister; 2 Riva Hill Farms, Warsill, Lim £500 to G Thornton. Pair hfrs: 1 Mrs D Leeming, Ramsgill, Lim £482 to S White; 2 AH Firth, Char £494 to R Holmes. BB steers to £488; Lim steers to £595; BA bulls to £424; AA hfr due June/July to Lim bull £450