BARNARD CASTLE. – Wed of last week. Prime lambs: Beltex to 194.5p; Texel to 194.5; Cont to 184.5p; Suff to 174.5p. Cast ewes: Mule £78.50; Blue-faced Leics £46.50; Swale £45.50; Texel £97.50; Cont £79.50. Cast rams: Texel £70.50; Cont £83.50.

DARLINGTON. – Mon. Fwd: 152 cattle & 326 sheep. 68 cast cows to £1,502/190p; 13 young bulls to £870; 28 store steers to £1,220; 1 store hfr to £1,120; 12 breeding cattle to £910; 326 store lambs to £72. Cast cattle to 190p.

Store cattle. – Young bulls: £870 NB&R Hird; £730 W&C Iceton; £680 W&C Iceton. Store steers: £1,220, £1,160, £1,155, £1,045 P Kirk; £1,090, £990 D&P H Brown; £1,050, £1,040, £890 NB&R Hird. Store hfrs: £1,120, £1,000, £935, £900 Barrs of Broughton; £1,050, £1,020 D&PH Brown; £840 I Spedding; £840 GW&M Singleton. Store lambs: £72, £70.50 JE Stobbs; £71.50 GW&M Singleton; £68 A Wilson; £66.50 CW Cutler.

HAWES. – Tues of last week. Fwd: 1,442 sheep. Prime lambs: Cont to 203p av 177.9p; Mules to 183p av 167.4p; Suff to 179p av 172.5p; horned (Sw) to 193p av 160.5p. Cast ewes: Horned (Sw) to £82 av £63.50; Polled to £127 av £88.33. Cast rams: Horned (RF) to £109 av £91.50; Polled to £125 av £111.70. Tues. – Fwd: 6 calves & 1,571 sheep. Calves. – BRB bull calves to £440 D Middleton & Son, Askrigg; BRB hfr calves to £270 D Middleton & Son; Lim bull calves to £370 A&W Hodgson, Raydaleside, av £362.50; Fries bull calves to £140 J Scarr & Sons, Askrigg. Prime hoggs: Cont to 200p av 178.8p; Cheviots to 190p; Suff to 184p av 171.4p; Mules to 182p av 166.5p; horned to 180p av 157.2p. Cast ewes: Horned to £89 av £60.67; polled to £134 av £84.86. Cast rams: Horned to £94 av £77.63; polled to £146 av £104.36.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. – Tues of last week. Fwd: 2,075 sheep. Prime lambs: Beltex to 269.5p; Texel to 207.2p; Dutch Texel to 205.7p; Cheviot to185.8p; Blackface to 183.8p; Char to 183.2p; Suff to 182.4p; Swale to181.1p; Blue Texel to £98.80; Mule £86.80; Blue-faced Leics £77.80. Cast ewes: Texel £150.50; Beltex £142.50; Suff £140.50; Blue-faced Leics £136.50; Cheviot £99.50; Mule £98.50; Swale 92.50; Zwartble £84.50; Blackface £86.50. Cast rams: Texel £140; Blue-faced Leics £130.50; Rough Fell £94.50; Swale £80; Blackface £79.50. Tues. – Fwd: 2,300 sheep. Prime hoggs: Beltex to 288.9p; Dutch Texel to 227p; Texel to 219.3p; Suff to 204.1p; Char to 188.1p; Mule to 183.7p; Swale to 181.4p; Herdwick to 174.4p; Rough Fell to £74.30; Blue-faced Leics to £77.80. Cast ewes: Texel £164.50; Suff £154.50; Beltex £150.50; Char £126.50; Mule £124.50; Cheviot £97.50; Blue-faced Leics £89.50; Swale £80; Rough Fell £76.50; Jacob £74.50. Cast rams: Texel £148; Suff £144.50; Blue-faced Leics £106.50; Char £102.50.

LEYBURN. – Wed of last week. Fwd: 994 sheep. Lambs. – Suff & Cont: std to 192p av 177.1p; med to 196p av 175.9p; heavy to 188p av 162.7p; owt to 176p av 151.7p. Mule, Masham & Horned: lt to 166p; std to 168p av 159.4p; med to 175p av 164.2p; heavy to 168p av 157.8p; owt to 138p. Cast ewes:

Cont £110 av £67; Mule £80 av £60; Swale £25 av £22.20. Cast rams: Cont £114 av £90; Swale £50. Last Fri. Fwd: 145 rearing calves & stirks,15 dairy cattle & 70 store lambs. Carrs Billington Agriculture voucher for top price: Alan Goldie, Northallerton, £1,400 pedigree Holst hfr newly-calved. Other calved hfrs: FA Broadwith & Sons £1,080, £980; RJ Wardman & Son £1,080, £1,020; TD Goldie & Son £1,080. In-calf hfrs: RW Dennison & Son £1,100, £1,060; P&JC Chapman £1,020. Store lambs. – Cont : Donna Ashton £62; Hagg Farm £59, £55. Rearing calves. – B Blue bulls av £412: A Sowray & Sons £540, £500, £490; JW&AC Banks & Son £470; JH Simpson & Co £460; Websters Round Hill £450; JA&MA Houseman £450, £435(3); SR Shuttleworth £440, £430; AF Dinsdale £430. Lim bulls av £369: JT&G Ryder £450; Reveley Farms £420, £395; D&S Spence £410; J Sunter & Sons £390; JE Holliday & Son £385; RH&EA Close £350, £330; TR Baines & Sons £335. Simm bulls av £437: JT&G Ryder £455; SR Shuttleworth £418. AA bulls av £323: J&D Robertshaw & Son £375; JA Dent & Sons £365; Broadley Farms £290; ME Robinson & Sons £260. B&W bulls av £152: AF Dinsdale £215, £200, £195, £185; JH Simpson & Co £205, £195, £185, £175(2); J&D Robertshaw & Son £200, £192; WN Avison & Son £200, £190, £175; JA Dent & Sons £190, £185; F Dinsdale & Sons £185;

ER Terry & Sons £175. B Blue hfrs av £311: JH Simpson & Co £350; TW Atkinson & Son £345; A Sowray & Sons £345, £335(2); SR Shuttleworth £340(2), £335; S Roberts £335, £330; ME Robinson & Sons £330, £315; JA Dent & Sons £330; JA&MA Houseman £330; AF Dinsdale £325; Broadley Farms £320; W Duffus & Son £320; A Fawcett & Sons £320. Lim hfrs av £343: R Wood & Son £475, £325; D&S Spence £460, £430; A Fawcett & Sons £360, £345; A Sowray & Sons £335, £330; Reveley Farms £300; W Duffus & Son £295; RH&EA Close £275; JJ&AA Mcgregor £270. Simm hfrs av £316: SR Shuttleworth £345, £330, £325, £310; Broadley Farms £270. Saler hfr: JH Simpson & Co £340. AA hfrs av £285: J&D Robertshaw & Son £295, £275. Stirks from JT&G Ryder: Lim bull £530. Lim hfr £630. Simm hfrs £610, £570. B Blue hfr £590.

NORTHALLERTON. – Tues of last week. Fwd: 127 cattle. Hfrs to 274p/£1,488; steers to 246p/£1,522; bulls to 236p/£1,753; clean to 274p av 230.98p. Hfrs: med to 267p av 237p; heavy to 274p av 231p. Steers to 246p av 207p. Bulls: med to 216p av 182p; heavy to 236p av 201p. Fwd: 1,683 sheep, 1,435 prime lambs, 248 cast ewes. Prime lambs to £105/255p. Lambs av 187.32p/£80.63. New season lambs: 32-39kg to 255p av 194p; 40-45kg to 249p av 160p; 46-52kg to 220p av 175p; 52kg & up to 183p av 172p. Tues. – 169 cattle.

Hfs to 275p/£1,517; steers to 230p/£1,386; bulls to 239p/£1,797; clean to 275p av 226.79p. Hfrs: med to 252p av 226p; heavy to 275p av 227p. Steers to 230p av 179p. Bulls: med to 222p av 181p; heavy to 239p av 196p. Fwd: 1,212 sheep.

Prime hoggs to £111/254p av 195.64p/£84.34. Cull ewes av £90.23 to £163. New season lambs: 32-39kg to 219p av 201p; 40-45kg to 254p av 196p; 46-52kg to 225p av 180p; 52kg 7 up to 178p av 172p. Wed. – Fwd: 182 cattle, 107 sheep. Store cattle. – Steers to £1,200 av £823. – Lim av £935: JD Stockil & Son £1,200. Holst av £713: G Kirby & Sons £780. Brit Blue av £907: S Bellerby & Son £1,140. AA av £974: MM Dowson £1,190. Hfrs to £1,290 av £917. – Lim av £998: TR Simpson £1,100. Brit Blue av £950: MM Dowson £1,290. AA av £845: JD Stockil & Son £895. Bulls to £820 N Hobson & Son av £581. Cull cows av 116.30p/£733. Suckler-bred to 187p/£1,055.59. Store lambs av £54.23 to £75 R&R Garbutt & Son.

PATELEY BRIDGE. – Last Sat. Fwd: 62 cattle. Cull cows to130p av 99.58p.

Store cattle. – Steers av £848.16: AH Firth £1,200 to AM&SM Armitage; JAS Church £1,035, £960; B Chapman £980, £960, £940, £900, £880; GM Robinson £975(3), DH Challis & Son £760, £740, £735, £695, £690, £670; D&JL Middlemiss £630, £415. Hfrs av £793.10: A Newbould & Son £970 to J Waind; A Newbould & Son £960, £930, £810; D&JL Middlemiss £925, £910, £800; JH&JA Graham & Sons £925, £880, £845, £715; DH Challis & Son £805, £755, £705, £665; SH Ramsden £780, £610; P Ewbank £685, £675, £670,£635. Weekly primestock collection to January 4. Fwd: 2,104 sheep. Prime lambs: Texel to £88.40; Char to £79.20; Suff to £83.30; Mules to £85; Masham to £74.80; Teeswater to £65.13; Swale to £69.66; Scottish Blackface to £66.42. Ewes: polled to £109.20; Horned to £56. Rams to £99.75. Wed. – Robert Tiplady ,of H & EM Tiplady, Walden, sold a Swaledale prime hogg in aid of the Great North Air Ambulance. This unclaimed stray was farmed and fattened by the Tiplady’s and generously sold on their behalf. Weighing 38kg, it was bought by Jimmy Blenkhorn for Riley Bros, of Burnley, for £73 (192p/kg). Also Wed. – Fwd: 44 cattle, 1,108 sheep. Prime B&W hfrs to 120p av 114.7p; Cont cast cows to 164p av 131p; B&W cows to 136p av 102.4p; native cow to 119p. Cast bull to 120p. Prime hoggs. – Suff & Cont: lt to 183p av 179.2p; std to 195p av 178.9p; med to 203p av 186.8p; heavy to 191p av 173.2p; owt to 181p av 168.3p. Mule, Masham & Horned: std to 192p av 170p; med to 183p av 172.5p; heavy to 169p av 160.3p. Cast ewes: Cont £119 av £86; Mule £107 av £93; Suff £97 av £80; Swale £35 av £34. Cast rams: Cont £118; Blue-faced Leics £77; Swale £58.

PENRITH. – Mon of last week. Fwd: 2,907 prime sheep. Cast ewe avs: Suff £111; Texel £108; Mule £94; Swale £64. Lambs: Texel to 249p; Beltex to 239p; Suff to 223p; Cont to 220p; Mule to 187p; Cheviot to 184p; Swale to 181p; Scottish Blackface to 179p; Herdwick to £67. Cast ewes: Texel £137; Cont £129; Suff £125; Cheviot to £118; Mule £112.50; Half-bred £112; Blue-faced Leics £98; Scottish Blackface £80; Swale £75.50. Cast rams: Texel £126; Blue-faced Leics £104; Cheviot £100; Swale £87; Herdwick £74. Also Dec 29. – Fwd: 25 prime cattle & cast cows. Prime bulls: Lim to 217.5p; B&W to 145.5p. Mon. – Fwd: 45 OTM cattle. Cast cows: Brit Blue to 191.5p; Lim to 187.5p; B&W to 123.5p. Cast bulls: Lim to 133.5p. Prime cattle. – Prime bulls: Lim to 223.5p; BA to 214.5p. Clean cattle: Lim to 246.5p; Brit Blue to 215.5p. Fwd: 249 store cattle & feeding bulls. Bullocks. – BA: £1,575 Croft House (Bowman); £1,295 Bowness Farm. Lim: £1,405 Hawkswell Farm; £1,335(2) Skelling Farm; £1,325 Langton Field; £1,275 Gateghyll; £1,255(3) Town End Farm (Burne); £1,225 Nelson Hill Farm; £1,195 Bank Farm (Mason); £1,185 Nook Farm; £1,135 Oddendale Hall. Brit Blue: £1,395(2) Hawkswell Farm; £1,285(2) Town End Farm (Burne); £1,175 Brackenslack; £1,065 Nelson Hill Farm. Cont: £1,255 Town End Farm (Burne). Herefd: £1,245(2) Nelson Hill Farm. AA: £1,245 Town End Farm (Burne). B&W: £1,215 Eamont Bridge Farm; £1,145 Croft House (Bowman); £1,065(3) Bank Farm (Mason); £1,035 Mount Clifton. Char: £1,155 Thackwood; £1,065 Lansmere. Simm: £1,105 Town End Farm (Burne). Hfrs. – Brit Blue: £1,355 Ghyll House; £1,335 Brackenslack; £1,265 Langton Field; £1,205 Mossdyke; £1,115 Home Farm (Metcalfe). Lim: £1,335 Croft House (Bowman); £1,325 Home Farm (Metcalfe); £1,235(2) Langton Field; £1,225 Gateghyll; £1,205 Thackwood; £1,195 Keisley; £1,155 Haresceugh Castle; £1,155 Nook Farm; £1,145 Nelson Hill Farm; £1,145 Howgill Castle; £1,135 Moor End (Wiseman); £1,135 Bank Farm (Mason); £1,085 Oddendale Hall; £1,065 Coupland Beck Farm. Char: £1,265(2) Mossdyke; £1,185 Coupland Beck; £1,025 Home Farm (Metcalfe). AA: £1,095 Nelson Hill Farm. Bulls. – Lim: £805 Town Head (Lambert).

THIRSK. – Last Sat. Fwd: 1,221 stock. Steers: heavy to 235.5p/£1,720.43 av 214.62p. Hfrs: med to 250.5p/£1,134.77 av 221.52; heavy to 258.5p/£1,492.01 av 223.16p. Young bulls: med to 218.5p/£1,182.09 av 169.73p; heavy to 246.5p/£1,981.86 av 195.57p. Cows to 186.5p/£1,255.15 av 129.86p. Hoggs: std to 200p av 178.36p; med to 211p av 182.48p; heavy to 223.1p av 175.12p; owt to 177.4p av 162.16p. Ewes to £147 av £89.56.