BARNARD CASTLE. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 481 hoggs & cast sheep, 55 ewes & lambs. Ewes & lambs: Mule £97,£94; Cont £94, £92, £90; Swale £66, £62. Lambs to £59.50; lt hoggs to 104p av 90.2p; std to 131p av 109.6p; med to 127p av 100.2p; heavy to 129p av 103.2p; owt to 118p av 95.3p. Cast ewes: Cont £45; Suff £40; BFL £37; Mule £36. Cast rams: Cont £45; BFL £40.

CARLISLE. - Wed of last week. Bull calves: BB to £305 Brecon Hill; Lim £275; Simm to £215(2) Kirkbryde; AA to £165 Keysmount; MRI to £135(4) Lamonby Hall; Holstein to £92 Byegill Farm; Ayrshire to £38 Trainlands. Hfrs: Lim to £255 Balladoyle; BB to £205 Brecon Hill; Char to £200; Simm to £175 Kirkbryde Farm; AA to £100 Low Northsceugh. Fwd: 221 weaned calves (all X). Bulls: Lim to £470 High Crindledyke; BB to £395 Pine Grove; AA to £370 Low Meathop Farm; Brown Swiss to £298(2) Cumdivock House; Simm to £280(6) High Griseburn; Fries to £270(3) Gill Farm; Holstein to £230(3) Park House. Steers: BB to £450(2) Beech House; Lim to £380 Hardrigg Hall; AA to £365 Beech House; BA to £348 Croft House; South Devon to £378 East Whygate; Simm to £358 Summerhill Farm; Baz to £348 Hardrigg Hall; Holstein to £292(4) Dufton Wood; Char to £290 High Grounds. Hfrs: BB to £455 Crossrigg Farm; Lim to £385(3) High Crindledyke; Baz £355(2) Hardrigg Hall; BA to £342(2) Croft House; Simm to £292 Summerhill Farm; AA to £270(3) Summerhill Farm; Char to £200 Stelshaw Farm. Dairy cattle to £790 Langrigg Hall. Fwd: 1,656 store cattle, stirks & calves. Bullocks (all X): BB to £840 Hurtleton Farm; Lim to £830 Hurtleton Farm; Char to £775 Hill Top Farm; BA to £755 The Scales; Simm to £680(2) Greystone House; Gelbvieh to £558(2) How Gill; Brown Swiss to £540 How Gill; Fries to £538(4) Newlands Row; Holstein to £400(3) Greenmoorside. Hfrs (all X): BB to £725 Little Beck; Lim to £700(3) Flatt; Char to £688 Scales Hall; Simm to £580 Drigg Moorside; BA £545 Low House. Mon. - Fwd: 349 cattle, 2,032 sheep. BB hfrs to 134.5p; Lim to 131.5p; Lim bullocks to 130.5p; Char bullocks to 124.5p; BA to 119.5; Lim bulls to 130.5p; BB to 128.5p;. Char to 123.5p. OTM to 99.5p (Lim). Spring lambs to £91/205p av 159.30p; Suff to £91; Texel to £88. Hoggets: Texel to £71.20; Suff to £71; Char to £68.10;. Greyface to £64.40; NC Cheviot to £64; Cheviot to £62.10; Blackface to £58.90 Bloan Farm; Beltex to £55 Kirkland Green; Lleyn to £50.80; Swale to £47.20; Wensleydale to £46.80. Red House. Cast ewes & rams: Texel to £60; Suff to £55; Char to £50; Blue-faced Leics to £48.20; HB to £45.50; Rouge to £43.20; Beltex to £42.50; Greyface to £38; Hill Cheviot to £35; Swale to £31.80. Crop: mini hestons wheat straw to £44/t; mini hestons barley straw to £52/t.

DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 544 cattle, 1,947 sheep. Steers med to 137.5p/£738.48 av 116.56p; heavy to 151.5p/£894.39 av 119.6p; hfrs med to 138.5p/£653.13 av 121p; heavy to 141.5p/£922.43 av 120.6p; young bulls std to 115.5p/£519.75 av 107.68p; med to 115.5p/£635.48 av 108.4p; heavy to 132.5p/£970.20 av 116.98p. Spring lambs std to 178.9p/ £69.50 av 169p; med to 188.7p/£77.50 av 177p; overall lamb av 175p; hoggs std to 141p/£54.80 av 128.6p; med to 149.3p/£64.20 av 136.94p; heavy to 144.2p/£72 av 130.9p; owt to 133.9p/ £79 av 124p; overall av 131.61p. Cull ewes: Cont to £55; Mule to £44; Swale to £38. Mon. - Fwd: 412 cattle, 206 ewes & lambs, 44 gimmer hoggs. Steers. - BA: £635, £605 N Bates & Son; £542 T&DT Allen. Lim: £530, £455 T Rutter; £505, £450 IM Irwin; £528, £495, £480, £472, £452(2) W Weightman; £498, £468 D Alderson; £470 PS Tindale. Hfrs. - Lim: £645, £558, £478 CR&J Stephenson; £545, £490(4), £455 W Weightman; £515 RA Reynolds; £485 T&DI Allan; £475 J Richmond; £468(2) AS&K Jackson. Young bulls. - Lim: £518(2), £505(2) T&G Lee; £492 R Elliott; £472(3), £470(2), £440 PS Tindale. Char: £515 R Elliott; £502 RS Findlay; £490 J Barker; £475 J&K Woodward. Lim cows & calves: £920, £860, £785, £665, £660 J&E Hicks; £625 T Parker. OTMS: Cont to 109p av 80p; dairy to 94p. Mule shlgs & twins £122, £120, £112; Mule gimmers & singles £110, £96 M Robson; with twins £112 J Cook. Aged ewes & twins: £75, £72, £68 Nicholson; £67 L Kidd. Store hoggs: £60.80, £60.50, £43 I Smith. Store ewes: £24.50, £14.50, £10 GH Lister.

HAWES. - Tues. Fwd: 98 cattle, 549 sheep. Cull cattle. - Simm to 97p; Fries to 87p av 75.23p. Store steers: Simm to £655 av £521.25; BB to £635 av £605; Lim to £535 av £476.43; BA to £505 av £482.50; AA to £490 av £466.67. Hfrs: BB to £570 av £493.75; Lim to £530 av £348.58; Simm to £622 av £418.50; AA to £482; BA to £380; Belted Gall to £325. Prices: JC Fawcett £655, £610(3), £480, £455; AT Pratt £635, £590(2), £570, £550, £495; AT Lambert £535; R&D Waggett £530; T&G Farrow £522; K Metcalfe & Sons £510, £478, £465; JG&RM Hall £505, £500, £460; LC Scarr £490, £465; TE&B Capstick £485(2);J Scarr & Sons £475. Beef breeding cattle. - Hfrs & calves: Lim to £1, 020 av £97.33; BB to £960 av £945. Cows & calves: Lim to £730 av £630; Simm to £690; Herefd to £680. Prices: JW&ME Taylor & Sons £1,020, £1,000, £960, £930; JW Bostock £900; RA Sowerby £730; FA Fothergill £690; T&G Farrow £680. In-calf Fries hfr to £720 K Raw. Calves: BB bulls to £170 J Scarr & Sons, Askrigg; hfrs to £120 Dent, Kirkby Stephen av £115; Lim bulls to £130 J Scarr & Sons; hfrs to £80 JF Bowe & Sons, Hawes; Fries bulls to £86 K Nicholson, RSD; BA hfrs to £120 Dent. Spring lambs std to 141.8p/£46.80; med to 152p/£68.40 av 140.85p; overall lamb av 141.4p; hoggs std to 100p; med to 111.1p av 110.9p; heavy to 110.8p av 98.3p; overall hogg av 108.4p. Ltwt hoggs: Cont to 111.5p av 101.37p; Mules to 100p av 83.9p; horned to 109.1p av 93.8p. Cast ewes horned to £27 av £16.73; polled to £47 av £22.73p; cast rams horned to £18.50; polled to £30 av £25.38. Ewes & twins: Swale to £100 GS Tiplady, Low Row av £62.37; Mule to £102 SM Towler, Malham Moor, av £95.48. Ewes & singles: Swale to £74 WC Stones & Son, Arkengarthdale, av £47.43; Mule to £53 W Iveson, Hawes, av £39.57.

HEXHAM. - Last Fri. Fwd: 368 ewes & hoggs with lambs. Gimmers & twins: Texel X to £127 Lough Green; BdM X to £113 Lough Green; Suff X to £104 Mitford; Mule to £100 Rectory Park. Ewes & twins: Suff X 2-crop to £104 Mitford; 3-crop to £106 Halton Red House; 4-crop to £96 West Wharmley; Texel X 3-crop to £102 West Wharmley; 3-4-crop to £103 Wallhouses; 4-crop to £88 Halton Red House; Mule 1-crop to £85 Cooks House; 1-2-crop to £95 Wallhouses; 2-3-crop £83 Comb Hills; 3-crop to £88 New Hall; 4-crop to £76 Beukley; Mule UO to £87 East Fourstones; Texel UO to £99 Middle Farm Cottage. Mule hoggs & singles to £101 Highwood, The Fawns. Tues. - Fwd: 78 cattle. Steers: Lim to 130.5p; BB to 121.5p; BA to 114.5p. Hfrs: Lim to 127.5p; Char to 119.5p; Simm to 109.5p. Char young bulls to 114.5p. OTM: Char to 91.5p; Lim to 90.5p; Simm to 88.5p; Fries to 83.5p; S Devon to 82.5p; AA to 80.5p. Spring lambs: Suff X to 160p. Hoggs: Texel X to 131p; Suff X to 125.2p; Blackface to 131.7p; Char X to 125.7p; Mule to £58.50; Swale to 122p; Cheviot X to 117.1p; Beltex to 125p. Cast ewes & rams: Texel X to £60; Suff X to £52.80; Leics to £51; Cheviot X to £45.50; Char X to £43.50; Mule to £42.20; Blackface to £33.20; Swale to £29.50.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Tues. Fwd: 644 sheep. Spring lambs 35kg & up: Texel X to £78.50; Suff X to £76; Char to £62. To 34kg: Suff X to £48. Hoggs: Mule to £54.50; Rough Fell to £61.50; Suff X to £50.50; Texel to £54.50. Ewes: Blue-faced Leics to £34; Cheviot to £30; Char to £35; Mule to £31; Swale to £24.50; Suff to £33.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 8 dairy cattle, 108 calves & stirks inc special monthly stirk sale, 155 sheep & lambs. Calved cows: D Spence £1,000, K Mason £840. Calved hfrs: D Earl £710. Show & sale for Mule hoggs & singles, judge Henry Avison, Leyburn; 1&2 PJ Coupland £106, £100; 3 JJ Scott £92. Other Mule hoggs & lambs: PJ Coupland £102, Mark Robson £95. Mule shlg & twins: D&M Iveson £95. Mule ewes & twins: D&M Iveson £94; WP&E Dobbing £93; DR Smith £90; C&AE Barningham £82. Mule ewes & singles: C&M Burnett £79; C&AE Barningham £55.Cont ewes & twins: J Harker £88; C&AE Barningham £92; GH Curtis £76; JW Ball £70. Gritstone ewes & twins: GH Curtis £74. Masham ewes & twins: JW Ball £68; 6 Swale ewes & 13 lambs: JW&LJ Chandler £45; Cont gimmer hoggs: E Loadman £48. Bull stirks. - Simm: B Lightfoot £305. Lim: C&M Burnett £292; JW Tuer & Sons £288; NJ Sunter £230. BB: NJ Sunter £260. Hfrs. - Lim: SJ Raw £380; W Duffus £328. BB: S J Raw £250. Calves: BB bulls to £285 JH&D Kirkham av £245; hfrs to £215 JW Tuer & Sons av £171; Lim bulls to £218 RK&B Preston av £190; hfrs to £205 S Sowray & Sons av £134; Char bulls to £218 A Sowray & Sons; hfrs to £198 A Sowray & Sons; Herefd bulls to £135 M&D Smith; Simm hfrs to £105 W Duffus av £102; Fries bulls to £92 A Tunstall av £55; BA hfrs to £75 A Finkill & Son. Wed. - Fwd: 68 cattle, 481 sheep. Fries bulls to 98p av 88p; Cont hfrs to 113.5p av 103.1p. Cast cows to 113.5p av 70.6p; Cont to 113.5p; B&W to 81.5p; Guernsey to 58.5p. Spring lambs std to 167.1p av 156.1p; med to 172p av 159p; Suff & Cont hoggs std to 106p av 100.5p; med to 135.3p av 120.3p; heavy to 128.7p av 120.5p; owt to 119.8p av 90.7p; Mule & horned std to 109.7p av 97.6p; med to 94.3p av 80.9p; heavy to 119p av 117.9p; lt wt to 88p av 78.4p. Cast ewes: Cont 44; Suff 35.50; Mule 33; Cheviot 32; Swale 28.

NORTHALLERTON. - Tues. Fwd: 268 cattle, 614 sheep. Steers lt to 136.5p/£614.25 av 118.85p/£523; med to 132.5p/£722.13 av 114.96p/£588.37; heavy to 129.5p/£881.25 av 112.83p/ £720.47; overall steer av 113.43p; hfrs lt to 123.5p/£478.83 av 115.55p/£453.54; med to 146.5p/£698.30 av 122.99p/ £559.95; heavy to 149.5p/£822.25 av 117.16p/£632.95; overall hfr av 118.46p; bulls med to 135.5p/£731.70 av 112.3p/£590.25; heavy to 133.5p/ £840.88 av 109.47p/£664.12; overall bull av 110.64p; total cattle av 114.99p. Lambs std to 171.2p/£66.80 av 159.14p/£60.32; med to 182.9p/£75 av 165.35p/£69.63; overall lamb av 16.326p; hoggs lt to 89.6p/£28.50; std to 138.1p/£52.50 av 106.7p/£39.79; med to 133.7p/£60.20 av 120.34p/ £50.30; overall av 116.64p; heavy to 127.6p/£63.80 av 114.56p/£54.78; owt to 116.3p/£64 av 89.93p/£52.15; overall hogg av 111.62p; total sheep av 118.37p; cull ewes to £56 av £39.70. Wed. - Fwd: 226 calves, 90 sheep. Bulls. - Lim: £570, £565, £520, £450 BJ Garbutt; £532, £468, £395, £385 RA Corner; £438, £355 JA Houseman; £358 JE Brown. Simm: £532, £530 RA Corner. BB £492 JA Houseman. Fries: £385 N Kitching. AA: £335 N Simpson. Hfrs. - Lim: £662, £660 CW Tate; £375, £550, £538 JE Farrow; £558, £472, £460, £452, £440 S Scott Priestley; £542, £500, £422 LW Hugill; £505 JL Peacock; £478, £472, £470, £425 A Jopling; £472, £450, £420, £412 J&A Pattison; £470, £410 L Dent; £468 RE Stainthorpe; £442, £440 R&I Pattison; £425 RP Ward; £395 SW Harrison; £375, £245 R Coulthard; £360 DJ Clarke; £330, £302 R Carter; £290 Mrs I Pickering; £250 JB Gill. Shorthorn: £520 MW Cook; £225 N Hobson. Simm: £492 RE Stainthorpe; £280, £275 T Coates. AA: £420, £225 N Hobson; £290 Mrs I Pickering. BA: £510, £495, £455, £460, £455, £442, £440, £420, £418, £390, £365 S Scott Priestley. BB £500 JL Peacock; £450 K Wheldon; £400 S Scott Priestley; £356, £330 R Carter. Char: £480 JL Peacock; £412, £365 J&A Patterson; £410 A Clark. Fries: £210 JR Craggs; £342 S Wales; £225 R Carter. Saler: £550 JE Farrow; £250 JB Gill. Bullocks. - AA: £675, £550 P Hutchinson; £572 K Wheldon; £450 JL Peacock; £325 N Hobson. BA: £730, £625 N Kitching; £702 CW Tate; £560, £475, £460 S Scott Priestley. BB: £740 CW Tate; £570 K Wheldon; £410 S Scott Priestley; £398 IW Stobart. Char: £645, £588, £585, £552, £548, £542, £530, £518, £492, £450 JG Swiers; £522, £520 RH Blair; £500 A Clark. Fries: £365 N Kitching; £230 Mrs I Pickering. Herefd: £555 R Coulthard. Holstein: £338 SC Stockdale. Lim: £585 JG Swiers; £560, £485 L Dent; £542 RH Blair; £466 IW Stobart; £448, £410 DJ Clark; £415 IW Stobart; £405 SW Harrison; £340 SC Stockdale. Simm: £538 JL Peacock. Calves: BB bulls £270, £268 GH Laverick; Fries bull £205 JC Foster. BB hfr £192.£180, £165 GH Laverick. Breeding cattle. - Lim hfr in calf £625 D&N Cormack. 300 OTMS to 97.5p av 66.5p. Breeding sheep. - Texel ewe 3-shear & lambs: £146, £136, £72 Mrs Johnson. Texel hoggs & lambs: £92 Mrs Johnson. Mule shlgs & lambs: £95 R Scott; £86 BJ Garbutt. Mule hoggs & lambs: £102, £88 R Scott; £99, £96 D Robson. Mule ewes 3-shear & lambs: £90, £81 J Greenbank. BM: £84, £60 BJ Garbutt; £80, £78 CK Muir; £90, £82 BJ Garbutt. Mule ewes 4-shear £78, £54 A Wood; 2-shear £88, £66 W Brass; 4 corr £61 W Brass. Private sales May 8-12 totalled 22 prime cattle inc OCDS.

PATELEY BRIDGE. - Sat. Fwd: 97 cattle, 21 cull ewes. Cull cows to £639.60 av 69p.Store cattle. -Steers to £638 BA JAS Church; hfrs to £575 E & AM Simpson & Son. Steers: FD,SA&A Smith £570; CM Dent £535; D&JL Middlemiss £518. Hfrs: R&KA Burley & Son £495; C&JR Terry & Sons £480; TB Martin & FD,SA&A Smith £468; JD&CE Nelson £458; C Swires & Son £450;, JH&J Graham & Sons £440; J&AE Burton & Son £402; J Rayner & Son £375; R Mason £312. Stirks: J Walmsley £255; W Walmsley £152. Cull ewes: horned to £21; Mule to £29.20; Masham to £21.80.

PENRITH. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 3,381 sheep. Spring lambs: Suff X to £75; Cont X to £72; Suff to £72; Texel X to £71. Hoggets: Cont X to £75.20; Suff X to £75.50; Cheviot to £73.20; HB to £72; Mules to £68.50; Blackface to £63.50; Swale to £56; Herdwick to £45. Young sheep: Mule to £53; Cont X to £53; Suff X to £51; Texel to £50. Ewes: Suff to £57; Suff X to £51; Cont X to £47; Mule to £43.50; Swale to £39 Rigg; Blackface to £39; Kendal Rough to £40; Herdwick to £39.50. Mon. - Fwd: 159 cattle. Hfrs: black Lim X to 163.5p; red Lim X to 157.5p; Lim X to 155.5p; BBX to 140.5p; BA to 140.5p. Young bulls: Lim X to 123.5p; BBX to 123.5p; BA to 121.5p; B&W to 115.5p; BBX to 115.5p. Black Lim X to 119.5p. Cast cows: Lim X to 107.5p; B&W to 92.5p; red Lim to 99.5p; BBX to 94.5p; Fries to 86.5p; Holstein: to 84.5p.

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 529 cattle, 1,789 sheep, 168 pigs. Steers med to 137.5p/£735.63 av 115.5p; heavy to 138.5p/£911.63 av 113.9p; overall steer av 114.3p; hfrs med to 143.5p/£681.63 av 120.4p; heavy to 144.5p/£867.84 av 118.6p; overall hfr av 118.9p; bulls lt to 127.5p/ £518.25 av 118.7p; med to 141.5p/ £472.88 av 101.9p; heavy to 132.5p/ £848 av 106.4p; overall bull av 104.9p. Lambs std to 208.1p/£79 av 175.9p; med to 235.7p/£99 av 168.9p; heavy to 149p/£73 av 140.8p; overall av 170.7p; hoggets lt to 116.1p/£34 av 113.2p; std to 126.3p/£48 av 115.2p; med to 141.3p/£63.20 av 130p; heavy to 131.6p/£64.50 av 118.1p; owt to 116.7p/£63 av 105.7p; overall av 123.9p; ewes lt to £42.50 av £25.69; heavy to £60.80 av £41.43p. Porkers to 40p/£26.20; cutters to 96p/£80.64 av 72.5p; baconers to 93p/£87.05 av 77p; owt to 86p/£93.45 av 76.8p; overall av 75.3p; sows to 52p/£166.86 av 49.5p; sows to 43.5p/£166.17 av 40.9p.