BARNARD CASTLE

Wed of last week. Prime hoggs saw increase of about 10-12p on week, cast sheep maintained recent high rates. Hoggs: Texel to 203p; Cont to 197p; Suff to186.5p; Mule to 181.5p. Ewes: Texel to £118.50; Suff to £109.5; Mule to £84.50; Swale to £59.50. Tues. – Fwd: 42 OTM cattle, 30 feeding bulls & 120 store cattle. OTM cattle to 147.5p. Feeding bulls: D&M Lowes & Sons £1,035(2), £845, £745; J&SE Bainbridge £1,135, £1,035, £1,025, £1,005; JW Dent & Sons £1,245, £1,215; R Tiplady £1,105, £1,035(4), £975(2), £945. Store cattle: A M Walton £1,085; JL&R Harding £1,075, £1,025, £945, £865; GT&E Atkinson £885, £875, £695; JF&F Hutchinson £1,255, £1,155, £1,105, £1,085, £1,045; B&S Teasdale& Son £1,235, £1,195, £1,175, £1,115, £1,095, £1,045, £1,055, £995(2); CW Tunstall £1,145, £1,095(2), £1,015, £935; J Robinson £1,165, £1,005, £995; JR Addison £1,155, £1,095; A Hobson £1,115(2), £1,005; SM&F Donald £1,195, £995; JR Walton &Sons £1,045(2), £1,035, £995(2), £975, £935, £915; WB Rutter & Sons £1,165, £1,095, £1,105, £885; B&JD Beadle £1,035, £1,025, £995, £915(2), £875; GS Dixon £845, £825, £745; A&PA Jopling £1,095, £1,025; IS&JD Cowan £995(2), £855, £805; A Guy £1,235, £1,195, £1,125, £1,145; S Richardson £1,195, £1,105(2), £1,075, £1,035, £965; GS&SE Wilson £1,105, £1,075(2), £1,085, £875; J&MJ Walton £1,155, £1,095, £1,005. Wed. – Prime hoggs saw an increase of about 5p on week, cast sheep were a similar trade. Hoggs: Texel to 213p; Cont to 202p; Char to 197p; Suff to 196p; Beltex to193p; Mule to 186.5p; Swaleto 174p. Cast sheep ewes: Suff £110; Beltex £101.50; Blue-faced Leics £88; Mule £82.50; Swale £49.50. Rams: Texel £100; Cheviot £95.50; Swale £49.50.

DARLINGTON

Thurs of last week. Fwd: 198 prime cattle, 2,950 prime hoggs, 856 cast ewes, 50 prime pigs, 5 cast ewes. Bulls to 232p. Clean cattle to 275p. Steers to 238p. Hfrs to 275p. Hoggs overall av 195p. Prime hoggs to 238p. Cast ewes to £148. Prime pigs to 119p. Cast sows to £124. Mon. – Fwd: 302 cattle & 801 sheep. 98 cast cows to £1,324/166p; 5 stock bulls to £1,522/170p; 39 young bulls to £960; 80 store steers to £1,260; 70 store hfrs to £1,180; 2 cows & calves to £1,800; 6 stirks to £575; 742 store lambs to £86.50; 59 in-lamb ewes to £110. Cast cattle to170p. Store & breeding cattle. – Young bulls: £960, £880(3), £800, £770 JN Watson; £895(2), £890, £790, £740, £730 AA Thompson; £830 MR Moss; £760, £735, £730(2) BA&C Pearson. Store steers: £1,260, £1,160, £1,105, £1,100(6), £1,095 RN Stephenson & Co; £1,180, £1,115, £1,105(2) JD&MS Mortimer; £1,150 A Gregg; £1,105, £1,090(2) JS Foster & Son; £1,090(2) D Alderson; £1,080 W Love Ltd; £1,080 J Butterfield & Son; £1,070 A Rothwell; £1,070 JJM Lonsdale; £1,060(2)L Kidd.

Store hfrs: £1,180 WA Stephenson; £1,150 A Rothwell; £1,140, £975 JJM Lonsdale; £1,110, £995, £990(2) D Alderson; £1,090, £1,070, £1,030 A Gregg; £1,050, £1,030, £1,000 PRE Marwood; £1,030 K Cator; £1,020 L Kidd; £1,010, £970 BR&RI Routledge; £1,010 WF Love Ltd; £970 W Wearmouth & Son. Store sheep. – Lambs: £86.50, £76.50, £66.50 GW Dobson & Son; £82.50, £76 R Bell; £76.50, £70 DE Stones; £75, £69.50 SJ Love; £73.50, £69.50 A Newton; £73 J Hird; £72 R Carter; £71.50, £69.50 E Scott & Sons; £70 JP&R Ward.

HAWES

Tues. Fwd:1,228 sheep. Prime hoggs: Cont to 208p av 189.5p; Mules to 192p av 171.6p; horned to 196p av 171.2p. Cast ewes: Horned to £89 av £50.62; polled to £131 av £88.18. Cast rams: Horned to £93 av £73.44; polled to £130 av £99.88.

KIRKBY STEPHEN

Mon. Fwd: 80 cast & OTM cattle. Cattle: Lim to 216.5p; Brit Blue to 189.5p; B&W to 152.5p; Simm to 129.5p; Mont to 113.5p. Tues. – Fwd: 135 Mule in-lamb ewes. Overall av £188.09. Ewes to £310. Ewes corr below to £150. Shlgs to £182. Fwd: 1,646 sheep. Prime hoggs: Beltex to 261.80p; Texel to 227.90p; Char to 211.20p; Swale to 193.50p; Mule to 190.30p; Blackface to 189.10p; Rough Fell to 173.30p; Jacob to £77.80; Blue-faced Leics to £84.30; Cheviot to £81.30; Zwartble to £88.80; Suff to £85.

Cast ewes: Texel £121.50; Suff £118; Beltex £100; Mule £96.50; Rough Fell £95.50; Blackface £94.50; Swale £93.50; Masham £84.50; Cheviot £83.50. Cast rams: Texel £160.50; Blue-faced Leics £146.50; Cheviot £98.50; Swale £90.50; Rough Fell £88.50.

LEYBURN

Wed. Fwd: 28 cattle, 1,014 sheep. Prime steers to 155p. Cont cast cows to 139p av 131.6p; B&W cows to 116p av 104.2p; native to 133p. Hoggs. – Suff & Cont: lt to 197p; std to 208p av 184.7p; med to 213p av 193.7p; heavy to 196p av 178.2p; owt to 177p av 167.3p. Mule, Masham & Horned: std to 186p av 162.7p; med to 195p av 181.8p; heavy to 182p av 173.3p; owt to 140p. Cast ewes: Cont £100 av £71; Mule £83 av £63.50; Masham £80 av £79; Cheviot £79; Swale £52 av £34. Cast rams: Blue-faced Leics £88; Cont £70.

NORTHALLERTON

Tues. Fwd: 160 cattle, 1,579 sheep. Hfrs: med to 250p av 226p; heavy to 262p av 231p. Steers to 217p av 180p. Bulls: med to 218p av 172p; heavy to 230p av 188p. New season lambs: 32-39kg to 237p av 203p; 40-45kg to 249p av 201p; 46-52kg to 221p av 185p; 52kg & up to 186p av 181p. Cast sheep to £153 av £93.78.

PENRITH

Mon. Fwd: prime bulls, clean cattle & OTM cattle. Prime bulls: BA to 222.5p; B&W to 170.5p. Also Mon. – Fwd: 2,753 prime sheep. Prime hoggs: Beltex to 274p; Texel to 267p; Char to 233p; Cont to 223p; Cheviot to 211p; Suff to 201p; Scottish Blackface to 196p; Herdwick to 195p; Mule to 192p. Cast ewes: Texel £150; Blue du Maine £136; Suff £130; Cont £130; Beltex £122; Char £115; Mule £107; Blue-faced Leics £105; Cheviot £100; Lleyn £95; Scottish Blackface £75; Swale £74. Cast rams: Texel £129; Cont £103.50; Scottish Blackface £82; Swale £81.