Auctions

Wed of last week. Prime lambs: Texel to 200p; Beltex to 180p; Cont to 171.5p; Char to 165p. Cast sheep: ewes to £107.50; rams to £112.50. Tues. – Fwd: 35 OTM cattle. Brit Blue to 203.5p; Lim X BA to 175.5p; Lim to 152.5p. Stock bulls to 140.5p; B&W to 123.5p. Wed. – Prime lambs: Cont to 172p; Texel to 166p. Cast sheep: Ewes to £107.50.

DARLINGTON

Last Thurs. Fwd: 130 clean cattle, 2,456 prime lambs, 1,090 cast ewes, 27 prime pigs, 2 cast sows. Bulls to 217p. Fries bulls to 163p. Clean cattle to 267p. Steers to 237p. Hfrs to 267p. Prime lambs to 200p. Ewes to £162. Pigs to 110p.

HAWES

Tues. Fwd: 689 sheep. Prime lambs: Cont to 181p av 160.2p; Mules to 181p/kg av 163.4p; Horned to 176p/kg av 170p. Cast ewes: Horned (RF) to £88 av £40.43; Polled to £109 av £73.61. Cast rams: Horned to £62 av £53.14.

KIRKBY STEPHEN

Tues. Fwd: 2,768 sheep. Prime lambs: Beltex to 235.4p; Dutch Texel to 188.8p; Rouge to 181.2p; Texel to 178.6p; Char to 164.1p; Mule to 148.1p. Cast ewes: Texel £122.50; Blue-faced Leics £93.50; Suff £88.50; Rouge £86.50; Cheviot £84.50; Zwartble £82.50; Beltex £82.50; Mule £70.50; Swale £69.50; Rough Fell £66.50. Cast rams – Blue-faced Leics £134.50; Texel £98.50; Swale £72.50. Mon. – Fwd: 50 cast & OTM cattle. Cast cow & OTM cattle: Brit Blue to 183.5p; Lim to 156.5p; B&W to 124.5p.

LEYBURN

Last Fri. Fwd: 146 rearing calves & stirks. Rearing calves. – B Blue bulls av £417: F&S Iveson £490; K Wilkinson & Son £480, £470, £460, £455, £435; RC&PA Graham £450; JC Thwaite & Son £450; W Duffus & Son £445; B Spence & Sons £445(2); JA&MA Houseman £425; M&RA Dent £420; G Armstrong & Sons £415; R&J Ford £415. Lim bulls av £387: HJ&KE Millar £440, £410, £395; R Wood & Son £440, £380; JH Simpson & Co £440; K Wilkinson & So £415; A Backhouse £405; JC Thwaite & Son £405, £400, £395, £380; GE&M Stockil £400, £390; RN Verity £395, £380; J Sunter & Sons £385; W Duffus & Son £375. BA bulls: M&RA Dent £365. Herefd bulls av £348: RN Verity Ltd £355, £340. B&W bulls av £176: AF Dinsdale £270, £200; WN Avison & Son £260, £235, £200; Hob Green Farms £260 (Nor Red), £255(2), £180; A Backhouse £220; R Simpson & Sons £215(2) (Swed Red); £230, £220, £170; JA Dent & Sons £220; J Pearson & Sons £212; JP&EA Burton £210, £170; JH Simpson & Co £210; M&RA Dent £210; J&D Robertshaw & Son £200; J Sunter & Sons £195; M&RA Dent £195; Ben Moore £195. AA bulls: JA Dent & Sons £350. B Blue hfrs av £378: Kingstone Farms £460; K Wilkinson & Son £455, £450, £430, £410; JA Dent & Sons £410; JA&MA Houseman £400, £390, £380, £360; B Spence & Sons £400; AF Dinsdale £365, £355; M/s Ewbank £360; Ben Moore £350; JP&EA Burton £345; W Duffus & Son £345; M/s Ewbank £330. Lim hfrs av £333: RC Whitehead & Son £400; A Fawcett & Sons £400, £390; RN Verity £380; JJ&AA Mcgregor £375; J Pearson & Sons £360; R Simpson & Sons £355; Kingstone Farms £345, £325, £315(2); M Bell & Son £310. Simm hfr: M&RA Dent £345. AA hfrs av £321: Kingstone Farms £365, £325; M&M Robinson & Son £320; SS&D Scriven £275. Herefd hfrs av £303: RN Verity £310, £295. Wed. – Fwd: 14 cattle, 681 sheep. Cattle: Cont cast cows to 133p av 126p; B&W cows to 122p av 108.5p. Prime lambs: std to 158p av 154.5p; med to 165p av 150.7p; heavy to 169p av 151.7p; owt to 146p. Cast ewes: Cont £85 av £67; Mule £68 av £60; Blue-faced Leics £57; Swale £52 av £28. Cast rams: Blue-faced Leics £116; Cont £100; Swale £65.

PATELEY BRIDGE

Week ending Mon. Fwd: 988 sheep. Spring lambs overall av £60.21. – Texel av £65.80: K Fawcett, Barden £85.50; J&R Paisley, Ilkley, £84; JM Daggett, Burnsall, £76; C Swires & Son, Pateley Bridge, £72.60; JP&EA Burton & Son, Fellbeck; WA Ward, Ripley, £70.95; C Ashby, Otley, £70.40; SJ Burton, Fellbeck; JW Stockdale & Sons, Burnsall, £69.30; JAS Church, Lofthouse, £68.04; DR Smith & Sons, Fellbeck, £67.65; MR Liddle, Kirkby Overblow, £66.42; JD&CE Nelson, Pateley Bridge, £64.35; D&JL Middlemiss, Ramsgill; TA Broderick & Sons, Ilkley, £62.70; R Jackson, York, £56; JW Hall, Settle, £54.27. Suff av £70.04: A Greensit, Ripon, £81.60; D Spence, Thirsk, £75.60; JP&EA Burton & Son, Fellbeck, £72.60; M Swales, Ripon, £70.95; JL&MR Umpleby, Kirkby Malzeard, £69.30; S&F Walker, Lofthouse, £61.05; DH Challis & Son, Middlesmoor, £59.40. Swale av £44.79: A Lodge, Settle, £48; JW Hall, Settle, £44.80; C Hunton, Northallerton, £42.75. Hoggs. – Swale: C Hunton, Thirsk, £55.20; DJ&DC Coates, Lofthouse, £40. Ewes. – Polled: JD&CE Nelson, Fellbeck, £86; K Fawcett, Barden, £83; JM Daggett, Burnsall, £68.40; DR Smith & Sons, Fellbeck, £66.40; M Swales, Ripon, £63.20; L Walmsley, Grassington, £49. Horned: C Hunton, Thirsk, £44.80; A Lodge, Settle, SA&TL Fawcett, Drebley, £44; R Jackson, York, £43.20, L Walmsley, Grassington, £39.90; JW Hall, Settle £36.40. Rams: L Walmsley, Grassington, £51.35.

PENRITH

Wed. Fwd: 2,218 prime sheep. Prime lambs: Beltex to 189p; Texel to 183p; Cont to 182p; Suff to 161p. Cast ewes: Texel £116; Cont £113.50; Suff £101; Rouge £94; Blue-faced Leics £90; Mule £78; Cheviot £78; Swale £59; Scottish Blackface £53; Rough Fell £47. Cast rams: Texel £160; Blue-faced Leics £142; Suff £124; Rouge £121; Cont £107; Swale £81.

THIRSK

Last Thurs. Fwd: 1,593 stock. Clean cattle: hfr to 268.5p; steer to 254.5p. Young bulls to 218.5p. Cows & OTMs to 211.5p; cow to 157.5p. Spring lambs to 207.1p. Ewes to £120. Pigs to 113p. Sows to 34p.