Prices at the auction marts

Ewes: Cont £53; Suff £37; Mule £38; Swale £29.

DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 482 cattle, 2,807 sheep. Steers std to 129.5p/£576.28 av 125p; med to 145.5p/£800.25 av 119.6p; heavy to 145.5p/£924.38 av 125p; hfrs med to 141.5p/£679.20 av 121p; heavy to 145.5p/£873.38 av 120p; bulls std to 130.5p/£587.25 av 118p; med to 127.5p/£667.63 av 121p; heavy to 167.5p/£1,092.58 v 124.6p. Lambs std to 114p/£42 av 108.3p; med to 117p/£51.20 av 104.8p; heavy to 117p/£55; £53.20, £51.20, £51; £52.50, £51.20; £52.50; £52.50; £51.50; £55; £54; £51.20; £50.80; £51.20; £49.20; £48.50. Cull ewes: Cont to £58; £55; £53; £52; £50(2); £50; £47; £46 av £38.80. Mon. - Fwd: 346 cattle, 676 sheep. Steers. - Simm:£645 J Burn; £598, £570, £558(3), £545, £520 E House. BA:£595 S&RT Lawson; £578, £570(3), £520 EW Well. Lim:£570 KT&M Wade; £520 M Jopling. Hfrs. - Char:£650, £545, £522(2) DJ&M Teward. BA: £615, £558, £538, £530 J&B Thompson. Lim:£610 D Forster; £595, £535 W Weightman; £550(2) E Well; £535 DJ&CM Teward; £518(3) T&G Lee. Young bulls. - BA: £518, £492 W Brass. Lim: £495 R Walker; £402(3), £395(3), £390(2) R Tiplady. Cows and calves. - S Devon £690, £605 JT Burn. Char: £645, £600 S Ball. OTM cattle: Cont to 110p; dairy to 89p; Store lambs: £44.50, £34.50 J Hodgson; £43.80 J Burn; £43 E Peacock; £42, £35.80 E Anderson; £37.80 P Taylor; £37.50, £37.20 Hawden Helicopters; £37.20 JJ Lawson; £37 JH Johnson; £37, £34 C Usher; £34.80 J Kelly; £34.20 MA Close. Breeding ewes: - 4-crop: £44 PJ Wiper; £41 J Burn. Mule BM: £41, £34 JT Ditch. Feeding ewes £33, £27 TR Fidell; £31.50 PJ Wiper.

HAWES. - Tues. Fwd: 14 calves, 3,284 sheep. Calves: Lim bulls to £210 H Kirkbride & Son, Askrigg, av £190; hfrs to £102 H Kirkbride & Son av £94.67; BB bulls to £190 JH&TR Fawcett, Askrigg; hfrs to £122 Dent, Kirkby Stephen; Fries bulls to £48 JH&TR Fawcett. Lambs std to 108.4p av 96.4p; med to 112.1p av 98.3p; heavy to 103.2p av 97.8p; overall av: 98.1p. Store lambs: Cont to £31.40; Mule to £35.40 av £31.53; Suff to £38.40; horned to £16.40. Ltwt lambs: Cont to 103.8p av 95.9p; Suff to 102.3p av 96.8p; Mule to 97.7p av 89.3p; horned to 93.3p av 86.8 p. Cast ewes horned to £18 av £4.68; polled to £31.50 av £20.35. Cast rams horned to £12.

HEXHAM. - Last Fri. Breeding sheep. - Ewe lambs; Mule to £41 Bridge End; Texel X to £39 Peel Flatt. Feeding ewes: Blackface to £17 Chirdon; Swale to £14.50 Ouston. Fwd: 2.066 store lambs. Suff X to £46.50 Grindon Hill; Texel X to £43.50 Grindon Hill; Cheviot X to £38.80 Lonbrough; Mule to £39.40 Ambling Gate; Blackface to £31.20 Laings Hill; Swale to £27.50 Stobby Lea. Tues. - Fwd: 80 cattle, 5,129 sheep. Hfrs: Char to 131.5p; Lim to 128.5p. Steers: Lim to 128.5p; Char to 123.5p. Young bulls to 124.5p. OTM: Lim to 98.5p; Simm to 83.5p; Char to 80.5p. Lambs: Texel X to 120p; pure Texel to 114.2p; Suff X to 108.2p; Char X to 108.5p; Jacob to 106.5p; Mule to 103.3p; Leics to 101.8p; Blackface to 102.3p; Vendeen to 102.4p. Cast ewes & rams: Texel X to £54; Suff X to £47.80; Char X to £37; Mule to £36; Lleyn to £30.50; BdM to £30; Leics to £38.50; Blackface to £22.20; Swale to £25.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Tues. Fwd: 3,729 sheep. Lambs 35kg & up: Texel X to £55; Suff X to £53; Beltex X to £48; Char to £50.50; Zwartble to £42; Mule to £47.80; Rough Fell to £47; Blue-faced Leics to £46. Ltwt lambs: Texel X to £33; Cheviot to £32; Suff to £32.20; Beltex to £37.20; Mule to £33.50; Char to £32.20; Rough Fell to £29; Swale to £29.20. Cast ewes: Swale to £26; Scotch Blackface to £20.50; Cheviot to £36.50; Mule to £34; Jacob to £24.50; Cont X to £44.50; Rough Fell to £26; Suff to £47.50. Cast rams: Beltex to £33.50; BFL to £27; Swale to £22.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 1,343 Mule gimmer lambs & other breeding sheep, 80 calves & stirks, 7 dairy cattle. Third special show & sale of Mule gimmer lambs, judge: Mike Teasdale, Malton. Prizes: 1 J Allison & Sons, Swaledale £60; 2 David & Mary Brown, Marske £57; 3 Christine Slee, Leyburn £49. Gimmer lambs av £43.30 (down £5.70). Other principal prices: JJ Scott £61, £54; GK Hird & Sons £56, £49; MJ Suttill £54, £49; A Batty & Son; £54 Bainbridge Bros £53; R&PR Banks £50; JW Bostock £50, £48; FW Lawson £48; H&EM Tiplady £48, £47; R Hunter £47; R Sunter £48; B&K Alderson £48; M&J Mudd £46; R Wood & Son £46; J Metcalfe & Sons £46; BR Lawson & Son £46; TW Atkinson & Son £46; C Slee £45. Cont X gimmer lambs: E Blacklock £54. Mule shlgs: JH Wise & Son £74; Bainbridge Bros £73; JD Murfin £60. Ewes. - Mule: Bainbridge Bros £70; JC&VA Lancaster £49. Masham: Bainbridge Bros £66. Cont: LB Holliday £55 JC&VA Lancaster £50. Cont store lambs: J Chandler & Son £34. Rams (in gns). - Suff shlgs: S Poulter 280; JL Hunter 260. Texel shlgs: DE Poulter 260; LG Plews & Son 200; B&A Myers & Dtrs 180. BF Leics: R Hunter 200; JC Brown & Son 160. Calved hfrs: JB Harker & Son £810; C Hird & Son £800, £660; D Spence, Thirsk, £650. Calved cows: J Elsdon & Son £740; JC Thwaites & Son £650. Calves: Lim bulls to £255 JW Tuer & Sons av £214; hfrs to £190 A Spence av £127; BB bulls to £244 M&D Smith av £204; hfrs to £230 WP & E Dobbing ,av £183; Char bulls to £240 M&D Smith; BA hfrs to £164 WT Elstob & Son av £145; AA bulls to £155 W&SL Robinson av £131; hfrs to £128 W&SL Robinson; Herefd bulls to £145 DN Verity; B&W bulls to £115 WT Elstob & Son av £74. Bull stirks: Lim AL Booton £420; BB RI Capstick £250; Char RI Capstick £250. Wed. - Fwd: 48 cattle, 2,323 sheep. Fries bulls to 97.5p av 90.5p; Cont hfrs to 107.5p av 106.5p; Fries hfrs to 78.5p av 69.3p; Fries cows to 69.5p av 50.2p; Cont cows to 75.5p av 72.2p; cast bulls to 79.5p av 68.5p. Lambs: Suff & Cont std to 105.2p av 99.9p; med to 107.8p av 102.1p; heavy 101.3p av 96.9p; owt to 99p av 92.8; Mule, Masham & horned std to 94.7p ave 92.4p; med to 100.4p av 96p; heavy to 98.3p av 94.2p. Cast ewes: Cont £40; Mule £44; Tees £38; BFL £33; Swale £23. Cast rams: BFL £46.50; Cont £45.50; Swale £15.

MIDDLETON in TEESDALE. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 545 sheep. Lt lambs av 91.05p; prime av 101.05p; store av 95p. Lambs to 34kg: Swale to £30. Over 35kg: Swale to £42; Texel X to £47.20: Beltex X to £43.80; Mule to £41; Char X to £44.20; Suff X to £39. Ewes: Swale £20; Mule £25.50. Swale rams £22.50.

NORTHALLERTON. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 178 cattle. Bulls. - BB: £470 JA Birkbeck. Lim: £480 JA Birkbeck; £385 R Carter; £350 KA Clemmit. Char: £435 RA Abraham. BA: £360 RA Abraham. Simm: £380 RA Abraham. Holstein: £283, £270 D Clark; £360, £295 R Carter; £352, £295 D Johnson. Hfrs. - Lim: £575(3), £530, £520, £512, £492, £488, £458 JL Peacock; £550 TD Goldie; £525, £530, £522 C Siswick; £530, £518 D Blackburn; £508 K Wheldon; £500 A Fawcett; £498(4), £492(3) JW Furness; £470(4) H Wheldon; £402, £350 C Bainbridge; £282 R Abraham. Simm: £325 R Abraham. Char: £558(5), £495(4), £400 JW Furness; £538, £522, £438 A Fawcett; £525, £500 P Leggott; £488 D Blackburn; £445, £400, £425, £375, £350 C Bainbridge; £160 R Abraham. BB: £512 TD Goldie; £510 NC Ward; £450, £395 TH Souter; £448 WN Simpson. Cont £438(2) A Fawcett. Selb £485 D Blackburn. BA: £488, £470 JL Peacock; £445 A Fawcett. Mont: £420, £348 N Hobson. AA: £288, £250 N Hobson; £282 R Abraham. Bullocks. - Lim: £677, £648, £645, £570 C&D Harland; £650, £560, £518 WH Phillips; £640 K Wheldon; £628, £580 JM Walker; £560(3) D Rhodes; £535, £525, £520 DR Robinson; £478, £450 RL Garbutt; £470(2) NL Ward. Simm: £668, £625 F&D Pierson; £645, £642 C&D Harland; £520 RJ Pearson, A Appleby; £515 TE Wren; £372(3), £270 D Rhodes. BB: £600 K Wheldon; £585 RJ Pearson; £550 A Appleby; £470 T Wren; £450 R Umpleby; £425 NL Ward. Char: £568 R Umpleby; £405, £390 R&F Stephenson. Fries: £540 R Umpleby. BA: £585 R Umpleby. AA: £540 A Appleby; £450, £370 NL Ward; £338 N Hobson. Mont: £390 N Hobson. Jersey: £318 A Appleby. Holstein: £358(6), £330(6) T Wren. Breeding cattle: Lim cow & calf £680 P Leggott; AA cow & calf £525 EJ Smith. 29 OTM cattle to 84.5p av 54p. Private sales Oct 2-6: 170 prime sheep & pigs. Tues. - Fwd: 193 cattle, 907 sheep. Steers med to 137.5p/£750.75 av 126.27p/£675.50; heavy to 137.5p/ £872.85 av 123.1p/£731.70; overall steer av 124.09p; hfrs lt to 137.5p/ £543.13 av 137.5p/£543.13; med to 145.5p/£665.05 av 127.73p/£581.19; heavy to 156.5p/£885.83 av 124.82p/ £662.55; overall hfr av 125.85p; young bulls med to 137.5p/£742.50 av 109.96p/£577.28; heavy to 148.5p/ £965.25 av 118.42p/£735.06; overall bull av 117.09p; total cattle av 122.98p. Lambs std to 108.9p/£42.50 av 108.72p/£41.48; med to 110p/£49 av 106.5p/£45.25; overall av 106.65p; heavy to 107.6p/£52.80 av 100.49p/ £48.28; owt to 99.09p/£54.50 av 94.73p/£52.64; total lamb av 104.21p; cull ewes to £50 av £26.98; rams to £45.50 av £40.88. Wed of last week. Fwd: 178 cattle. Bulls. - BB: £470 JA Birkbeck. Lim: £480 JA Birkbeck; £385 R Carter; £350 KA Clemmit. Char: £435 RA Abraham. BA: £360 RA Abraham. Simm: £380 RA Abraham. Holstein: £283, £270 D Clark; £360, £295 R Carter; £352, £295 D Johnson. Hfrs. - Lim: £575(3), £530, £520, £512, £492, £488, £458 JL Peacock; £550 TD Goldie; £525, £530, £522 C Siswick; £530, £518 D Blackburn; £508 K Wheldon; £500 A Fawcett; £498(4), £492(3) JW Furness; £470(4) H Wheldon; £402, £350 C Bainbridge; £282 R Abraham. Simm: £325 R Abraham. Char: £558(5), £495(4), £400 JW Furness; £538, £522, £438 A Fawcett; £525, £500 P Leggott; £488 D Blackburn; £445, £400, £425, £375, £350 C Bainbridge; £160 R Abraham. BB: £512 TD Goldie; £510 NC Ward; £450, £395 TH Souter; £448 WN Simpson. Cont £438(2) A Fawcett. Selb £485 D Blackburn. BA: £488, £470 JL Peacock; £445 A Fawcett. Mont: £420, £348 N Hobson. AA: £288, £250 N Hobson; £282 R Abraham. Bullocks. - Lim: £677, £648, £645, £570 C&D Harland; £650, £560, £518 WH Phillips; £640 K Wheldon; £628, £580 JM Walker; £560(3) D Rhodes; £535, £525, £520 DR Robinson; £478, £450 RL Garbutt; £470(2) NL Ward. Simm: £668, £625 F&D Pierson; £645, £642 C&D Harland; £520 RJ Pearson, A Appleby; £515 TE Wren; £372(3), £270 D Rhodes. BB: £600 K Wheldon; £585 RJ Pearson; £550 A Appleby; £470 T Wren; £450 R Umpleby; £425 NL Ward. Char: £568 R Umpleby; £405, £390 R&F Stephenson. Fries: £540 R Umpleby. BA: £585 R Umpleby. AA: £540 A Appleby; £450, £370 NL Ward; £338 N Hobson. Mont: £390 N Hobson. Jersey: £318 A Appleby. Holstein: £358(6), £330(6) T Wren. Breeding cattle: Lim cow & calf £680 P Leggott; AA cow & calf £525 EJ Smith. 29 OTM cattle to 84.5p av 54p. Private sales Oct 2-6: 170 prime sheep & pigs. Wed. - Breeding sheep: M Trewhitt Mule ewes 3-shear £37; I Chapman mixed £20; GA Thornton Mule ewes 1-2-crop £53; £52, £52, £48; K Percival Swale ewes BMCB £12.50, £10.20. Rams: JT MIdgeley Suff shlgs £80, £40, £40; lamb £200; R Pickering Texel shlg £60, £38. 25 OTMS cattle to 91.50p av 66p. Fwd: 154 cattle. Holstein calves: £44, £26, £25 T Coates; £150, £145 EC Graham. Breeding cattle: AA cow & calf £640, £640 R&F Stephenson; BA cow & calf £700 JL Atkinson. Bulls. - Lim: £500 JA Houseman; £312 IW Stobart. Simm: £450, £385 D Johnson; £205 W Ramsey. AA: £430 JA Houseman; £315 R Carter. BB: £385 D Johnson; £378 R Carter. Holstein: £380, £330 F&O Hugill; £318, £260, £245 R Carter; £212 W Ramsey. Steers. - Lim: £710, £658, £635, £570 C&D Harland; £575, £548, £500 DR Robinson, £575, £565 F&D Peirson; £545 FB Watson; £528, £520, £482, £475 H Wheldon; £510 A Fawcett; £498 J Parlour; £480 NL Ward. Shorthorn: £532 P Hutchinson. SimM: £660 FB Watson; £585 P Hutchinson; £370 T Coates; Char £685, £650 JM Walker; £460 D Rhodes; £432 A Fawcett. BB: £650, £590 P Douglas; £540, £450 NL Ward; £480 L Ransome. AA: £475 NL Ward; £460 S Bellerby; £450 P Douglas; Mont £445, £392 WH Phillips. BA: £345 B Milburn. Fries: £490 W Brass; £470, £430 FB Watson; £460 S Bellerby. Herefd £555 C&D Harland; £335 B Milburn. Hfrs. - BB: £542, £540 NL Ward; £482 WH Phillips; £480 L Ransome; £478 W Simpson; £450, £450, £420 J Parlour; £410 C Siswick. BA: £520, £490 C Siswick; £375 WH Phillips. Lim: £532, P Douglas; £500, £470, £470, £470 NL Ward; £490, £485, £478, £445 C Siswick; £480 H Wheldon; £465 A Fawcett; £422 GT Barker; £400, £320, £270 Mrs Allen; £398 D Rhodes; £350, £288, £278 A Gregg. Simm: £535, £525 W Ramsey; £510 S Bellerby; £435 NL Ward; £415, £415, £408, £408 D Rhodes. AA: £460, £418 C Birkbeck; £390, £310 W Simpson; £370 S Bellerby; £362 P Douglas; £325 A Fawcett. Char: £412 A Fawcett; £388 D Rhodes. Gelbvieh: £402 A Fawcett; Here £405 NL Ward. Private sales, Oct 9-13: 30 prime cattle inc OCDS; 97 prime sheep.

PATELEY BRIDGE. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 122 Mule & Masham fat lambs to BS Simpson £45.57 (Mule). Sat. - Fwd; 24 cull cows. Cull cows to 96p/£720 av 69.8p. Also dispersal sale for J&M Beecroft, Low Riggs Farm, Middlesmoor. Sheep: highest price, single Dalesbred gimmer lamb £250 to C Jackson; other Dalesbred to £66; Swale to £56. Rams to £360; horned wether lambs to £26. Implements to £5,700 Ford 6810 J-reg tractor.

PENRITH. - Mon. Fwd: 117 cattle. Hfrs: red Lim X to 147.5p; Lim X to 132.5p; BBX to 130.5p; black Lim to 130.5p. Young bulls: black Lim X to 135.5p(2); red Lim X to 128.5p; BBX to 127.5p. Geld cows: Lim to 90.5p(2); Char X to 86.5p; red Lim to 92.5p; BBX to 82.5p; B&W to 73.5p. Fwd: 922 cattle. Bullocks: black Lim X to £748; red Lim X to £758; Char X to £755; BBX to £738; Simm X to £672; Herefd X to £692; Dairy Shorthorn X to £545; AA X to £698; B&W to £540. Hfrs: black Lim X to £592; red Lim X to £650; Char X to £665; BBX to £790; AAX to £550; BAx to £695; Saler X to £560. Young bulls: black Lim X to £650; red Lim X to £622; BB to £618; AAX to £538; B&W £468. Breeding cattle: black Lim X cow & bull calf £1,080, BBX cow & bull calf £1,100, Lim X cow & hfr calf £1,100, AAX cow & hfr calf £1,020, all Thornthwaite Hall; BBX hfr & hfr calf £1,080, High Knipe, BBX cow & hfr calf £1,000, both High Knipe; cow & hfr calf £880, Cannerheugh. Lim bulls: £3,200, £1,600, Thornthwaite Hall.

SCOTS GAP. - Wed of last week. Overall sheep av 103.2p; Suff X to 104.3p; Texel X to 112p; Mule to £43.

ST JOHN'S CHAPEL. - Sat. Store lambs & feeding ewes. Lambs. - Swaledale: £25.20 Six Dargue; £25 White Hills; £24.20 Meadow Cottage, West End; £23.50 Cornfield House; £23.20 Waterside House; £22 Ling Rigg; £21 South Wellhope; £20.50 Low House Farm. Mule: £35.50 Six Dargue; £33.50 Ambling Gate; £30.50 Low House Farm. Suff X: £35.20 Earnwell; £30.20 Whitehall. Lleyn: £29.50 Waterside House. Texel X: £38.80 Earnwell; £34.80 New Meadows; £32.50 Whitehall. Feedi ng ewes. - Swale: £17 Waterside House; £11 Low House Farm. Mule: £23 Bridge End; £15 New Meadows

THIRSK. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 418 cattle, 728 sheep, 256 pigs. Steers lt to 123.5p/£561.93; med to 154.5p/ £811.13 av 128.1p; heavy to 139.5p/ £878.50 av 118.3p; overall steer av 120.3p; hfrs lt to 118.5p/£450.30 av 115.5p; med to 150.5p av £722.40 av 123.7p; heavy to 155.5p/£860.43 av 123.6p; overall hfr av 123.6p; bulls lt to 105.5p/£485.30 av 97.2p; med to 124.5p/£685.43 av 107p; heavy to 154.5p/£1,208.08 av 114.8p; overall bull av 111.8p; cows to 102p/£767.75 av 91.9p. Lambs std to 103.1p/£40.20 av 101.9p; med to 110.5p/£47.50 av 101.5p; heavy to 109.6p/£54.50 av 102.5p; owt to 92.7p/£51 av 92.4p; overall av 101.4p; ewes lt to £35 av £19.24; heavy to £35 av £24.34. Cutters to 77p/£66.07 av 71.5p baconers to 80p/£74.37 av 69.2p; owt to 64p/£67.58 av 61.8p; overall av 68.8p; sows to 54p/£194.74 av 71.1p; boars to 43p/£131.58 av 42.3p.