Prices at the auction marts from February 26 to March 4 at Barnard Castle, Darlington, Hawes, Leyburn, Northallerton, Penrith, and Thirsk.

BARNARD CASTLE

Wed. Prime lambs: Cont to 205.1p; Texel to 187p. Cast sheep: Texel £100; Blue-faced Leics £99.50; Char £99.50; Suff £89.50; Mule £89.50; Cont £88.50.

DARLINGTON

Mon. Fwd: 331 cattle, 657 sheep. 85 store steers to £1,205; 110 store hfrs to £1,150; 51 young bulls to £1,120; 6 breeding cattle to £1,800; 5 calves to £345; 64 cast cattle to £1,265/189p. Store & breeding cattle. – Young bulls: £1,120, £1,000(2), £840 C Watson; £1,000, £840 JE Jordan & Son; £990(5) E Parsons; £925(2), £820(3) C Donnelly; £845 JA Birkbeck; £840(4) Farley Partnership Ltd; £785 JR&J Crowe. Store steers: £1,205, £1,155, £1,120 TL Holmes & Son; £1,190(3), £1,160(2), £1,100(2) JH Johnson; £1,185 JR&L Harding; £1,115 PRE Marwood; £1,100(2), £1,060(2) Angela Clark; £1,095, £1,020 M&E Walton; £1,035 BR&RI Routledge; £1,000 J Butterfield. Store hfrs: £1,150, £1,090 ,£1,000 CN&P Penk; £1,145 W Dent; £1,130, £1,080 PRE Marwood; £1,125(2), £1,120 T&G Lee; £1,110 JG Walton; £1,090, £1,060, £1,005(2) J Peacock; £1,045 TL Holmes & Son; £1,040 G&W Jackson; £1,030 MH Hodgson; £1,010 Angela Clark; £1,000 JR&L Harding. Cast cattle to 189p. Store hoggs: £85, £74.50 R Hall; £85, £80, £77.50 K Cator; £84, £73.50, £69 AR&BA Wilson; £83.50, £80, £73.50, £71 RG&G Rutter; £82.50, £70 D&HM Hodgson; £80, £74.50 J Goldie; £77 GP Addison; £73, £71 Hall Bros; £69.50 SJ Love.

HAWES

Tues. Fwd: 649 sheep, 9 calves, 19 sheepdogs. Calves: Brit Blue bulls to £355 D Middleton & Son, Askrigg, av £310; Brit Blue hfrs to £340 J Scarr & Sons, Askrigg; Lim hfrs to £230 D Middleton & Son; Friesian bulls to £180 AE Luffman, Howgill, av £152. Prime hoggs: Cont to 219p av 195.2p; Suff to 186p av 180.3p; Mules to 203p av 178.8p; Horned to 204p av 162.9p. Breeding sheep: In-lamb corr 3-4 shear Mules ewes, scanned for 2 to £132 JM & LJ Irving, Sedbergh. In-lamb 4-plus shear Mule ewes, corr below, scanned for 2 to £94 JM&LJ Irving. Mule ewe with twin lambs, corr below to £148 PF Goodall, Redmire. Texel ewe with single lamb to £145 PF Goodall. Cast ewes: Horned to £92 av £61.54; Polled to £101 av £87.88. Cast rams: Horned to £88 av £85; polled to £108. Sheepdogs to a £3,150 av £1,340: two-year-old tri-colour bitch Speck, Jonathon Brunton, Marske, £3,150 to S Bentley, Kelton; 2 ½ year old B&W dog Craig, John Bell, Newsholme, £2,415 to JR&A Blades, Hawes.

LEYBURN

Last Fri. Fwd: 79 rearing calves, 161 breeding & store sheep. Breeding sheep: part dispersal of in-lamb sheep for Ginger Pig Farming Co, Lockton, Pickering: Mule shlgs & young ewes £115; Mule ewes £128; Dorset ewes £125; Dorset X ewes £110. Store hoggs: ME Haywood £50, £56. Rearing calves. – B Blue bulls av 435 : R Wood & Son £570; S Roberts £540, £520; ER Terry & Sons £490; J Sedgewick £480; PF Goodall £480. Lim bulls av £298: GE&M Stockil £495; J Sedgwick £440; HJ&KE Millar £310; TL Carlisle £265; G Armstrong £255, £255. AA bulls av £325: ER Terry & Sons £470, £180. Saler bulls: JH Simpson & Co £460. Herefd bulls av £333: AF Dinsdale £350(3), £290. Swedish Red bulls av £185: Hob Green Farms £215, £195, £145. B&W bulls av £204: JS&E Clarkson £220; F&S Iveson £215(2); JH Simpson & Co £210, £205, £200, £195; Hob Green Farms, £195, £190. B Blue hfrs av £391: R Wood & Sons £510; JW&RJ Pounder £480; J Sedgewick £440, £400; PF Goodall £420. Lim av £333: JE Holliday £395; Hob Green Farms £270. AA hfrs av £170: S,S&D Scriven £180, £160. BA hfrs: J Pratt £490. Wed. – Fwd: 31 cattle, 633 sheep. Cont cast cows to 186p av 166.3p; B&W cows to 124p av 108.3p; native cows to 138p av 123.2p. Hoggs. – Suff & Cont: lt to 142p; std to 199p av 181.8p; med to 218p av 186.7p; heavy to 199p av 178.3p; owt to 182p av 171.4p. Mule, Masham & Horned: std to 168p av 154.9p; med to 186p av 178.4p; heavy to 184p av 176.8p; owt to 157p av 143.5p. Cast ewes: Cont £106 av £97.50; Mule £99 av £93.50; Scottish Blackface £71; Swale £53. Cast rams: Cont £90; Blue-faced Leics £89. Goat: Robson House Farms £42.

NORTHALLERTON

Tues. Fwd: 161 cattle. Hfrs to 268p/£1,412; steers to 238p/£1,543; bulls to 221p/£1,687. Clean to 268p av 214p. Hfrs: med to 259p av 206p; heavy to 268p av 217p. Steers to 238p av 201p. Bulls: med to 212p av 168p; heavy bulls to 221p av 182p. Fwd: 1,789 sheep, 1,553 hoggs, 236 cast sheep. Prime hoggs to £110/266p. Hoggs: 32-39kg to 222p av 197p; 40-45kg to 266p av 201p; 46-52kg to 219p av 187p; 52kg & up to 191p av 177p. Wed. – Fwd: 270 cattle, 34 sheep. Store cattle. – Steers to £1,275 av £873. – AA av £963: HJ&SJ Smith £1,180. Brit Blue av £1,033: JS Wood £1,200. Holst av £640: CW Tate £1,140. Lim av £959: FA Willis & Sons £1,180. Simm av £880: CW Tate £1,275. Hfrs to £1,190 av £827. – AA av £889: Gilder Toft Farms £1,100. Brit Blue av £726: L&E Walker £980. Lim av £885: CH Phalp £1,190. Simm av £800: JM Tate & Son £1,120. Cull cows av 122.62p. Suckler-bred to 188p/£1,260 JS Wood. B&W cows to 134p/£1,091. Store hoggs to £86 av £71.15.

PENRITH

Wed. Fwd: 77 rearing calves. Bull calves. – Brit Blue: £440, £355, £350 Hesket Farm; £430, £400 Blunderfield. Char: £395, £362, £340 Hesket Farm. Herefd: £230 Greengill Head. B&W: £105 White Fold; £105 Kirkbarrow Hall. Hfr calves.– Brit Blue: £378, £375, £355 Monks House; £375 Blunderfield; £300 Hesket Farm. Bull stirks: B&W: £155, £130 Low Moor Dyke. Hfr stirks. – Brit Blue: £378 Monks House. Fwd: 2,718 prime sheep. Prime hoggs: Beltex to 283p; Texel to 275p; Cheviot Mule to 249p; Cont to 245p; Suff to 209p; Cheviot to 208p; Scottish Blackface to 208p; Herdwick to 204p; Swale to 189p; Mule to 188p. Cast ewes: Texel £141; Suff £139; Cont £135; Cheviot £125; Half-Bred £123; Masham £119; Mule £113; Dorset £113; Blue-faced Leics £105; Beltex £103; Swale £97; Herdwick £71. Cast rams: Texel £133; Char £131; Blue-faced Leics £127; Cheviot £123; Cont £105.

THIRSK

Thurs of last week. Fwd: 2,313 stock. Steers: med to 191.5p/£1,062.83 av 185.14p; heavy to 209.5p/£1,410.15 av 185.86p. Hfrs: med to 233.5p/£1,116.13 av 205.05p; heavy to 273.5p/£1,463.28 av 213.92p. Young bulls: med to 213.5p/£1,101.66 av 167.51p; heavy to 224.5p/£1,750.98 av 176.28p. Cows to 160.5p/£1,303.26 av 113.65p. Hoggs: std to 231.6p/£88p av 191.01p; med to 229.5p/£101 av 202.01p; heavy to 226.1p/£104p av 187.21p; owt to 206.9p/£120 av 181.57p. Ewes to £139 av £87.06. Pigs: cutters to 87p/£73.95 av 85p; bacon to 90p/£83.44p av 85.39p. Sows to 44p/£132p av 38.83p. Boars to 40p/£105.20 av 40p.