HAWES. - Tues. Fwd: 23 calves, 381 sheep. Spring show of rearing calves for the Bill Thompson trophy.

Judge: D Thwaites, Kirkby Stephen, and AW Thompson, Malton. Champion: Continental bull (BB), T&LM Goad, Dent, £370 to D Thwaites.

Prizes. - Cont bulls: Champion; 2 JF Bowe & Son, Hawes, £300; 3 JS Cloughton, Hawes, £325. Cont hfrs: 1&2 Mssrs Dent, Kirkby Stephen, £240, £150; 3 WJ&CM Lambert, Hawes, £175.

Fries/Holst bulls: 1 DJ&S Stainton, Howgill, £180; 2 S Bell & Sons, Askrigg, £130.

Prices. - BB bulls to £370, T&LM Goad, Dent, av £280; BB hfrs to £240, Messrs Dent, Kirkby Stephen; Lim bulls to £325, JS Cloughton, Hawes, av £262.75; Lim hfrs to £260, T&LM Goad, Dent, av £175.63; Fries bulls to £180, DJ&S Stainton, Howgill, av £145. Prime hoggs: med to 125.5p av 113.4p; heavy to 126p av 123.2p; overall av 115.2p.

Ltwt hoggs: Cont to 121.7p av 111.5p; Mules to 114.2p av 101.5p; horned to 112.8p av 95.3p. Ewes with lambs at foot: Swale ewes with twin lambs at foot to £54; Mule ewes with twin lambs at foot to £63; Mule ewes with single lamb at foot to £59. Cast ewes horned to £35 av £19.07; polled to £54 av £32.81. Cast rams horned to £39 av £23.80; polled to £59 av £48.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Fwd: 29 pedigree Limousin & other breeding cattle, 63 calves & stirks, 9 pet lambs & 158 store cattle. Special sale for all classes of Limousin for the North-East Limousin Breeders' Club. Top prices: Margaret Suddes Farming, Wolsingham, 1360gns, 12-month-old Towdypotts Cora by Papin, to Mark Simpson, Witton le Wear; heifers by Oddacres Vip, 1280gns, 980gns & 910gns; by Cornsay Taras 1050gns, 1000gns, 980gns & 920gns. Andrew & Clare Mason, Oddacres, two bulls by Saphir, 2000gns, 1500gns. Judges: Graham Wyrill, Richmond (store cattle), Janet Sewell, Bishop Auckland (calves).

Prizes. - Store cattle. - Lim steers: Champion Dickie Anderson, Midleham, £870; 2&3 Walburn Hall Farms, Downholme, £760, £750. Lim hfrs: 1&2 Walburn Hall Farms, £665, £610; 3 Stephen Thompson, Aysgarth, £620. Any other breed steer: 1&2 JT Dixon & Sons, Stainton, B Blue, £700, £660. Calves. - Lim bull: Champion John Dinsdale, Aysgarth, £325; 2 John Dinsdale, £330; Lim hfr: 1Alan Spence, Aysgarth, £220; 2 David Dinsdale, Aysgarth, £255.

Prices. - Lim steers: MW Walker £ 960; DM Ellerton £950; RD Anderson £870; JR Kettlewell & Co £860; Walburn Hall Farms £770, £760, £750; ML Keeble £770; JC Heseltine £765; SD Thompson £730; WJ Smith & Son £700; RW Wallis & Sons £670; Char steers: JR Kettlewell & Co £825, £790; RW&MA Suttill £580; B Blue steers: R&R Holdsworth £820, £790, £760; JR Kettlewell & Co £770; JT Dixon & Sons £720, £700; RW Wallis & Sons £660; Robson House Farms £655; Lim hfrs: FW Lawson £845, £720; MW Walker £775; DM Ellerton £760, £735; R&PR Banks £760; JC Heseltine £755; Walburn Hall Farms £665; MW Walker £660; REH Clutterbuck & Co £660; WJ Smith & Son £650; D&DR Alderson £625; SD Thompson £620; B Blue hfrs: R&PR Banks £780; JW&M Buckle £598, £570; TW Brown £520; BA hfrs: REH Clutterbuck & Co £665; JJ Horn £640; Char hfrs: RW&MA Suttill £545; Mssrs Nicholson £485; RW&MA Suttill £455; Simm hfrs: AG Dent & Ptnrs £525, £515; Baz hfrs: Mssrs Nicholson £480. Feeding bulls. - BA bulls: JJ Horn £950, £800, £780; Lim bulls: Wyvill & Bolam £625; J&JH Whaley £610; Char bulls: RW&MA Suttill £570. Rearing calves. - Lim bulls: £330 J Dinsdale av £246; hfrs: £260 J Dinsdale av £203; B Blue bulls: £328 M&D Smith av £274; hfrs: £300 M&D Smith av £245; Simm bulls: £305 A Spence av £288. B&W bulls: £168 W Denham av £81; hfrs: £55 W Denham; AA hfrs: £25 IR&JM Walton. Stirks. - B Blue steers: PF Goodall £335; Lim steers: PF Goodall £300; B Blue hfrs: PF Goodall £340. Pet lamb: RW Bainbridge £2.

Spring lambs show. Wed. Fwd: 24 cattle, 783 prime sheep. Judge: Andrew Atkinson, Harrogate.

Prizes. - Suff lambs: Champion & 3 Dennis Smith, Spennithorne, 41kg & 41kg, £81 & £74; 2 Kathryn Lawson, Tunstall, 42kg, £75. Cont lambs: 1 Dennis Smith, 40kg, £74; 2&3 Stephen Hodgson, Patrick Brompton, 39kg & 35kg, £70 & £60.

Prices. - Cont hfrs to 143.5p av 139.5p. Cast cows to 109.5p av 86.1p.

Prime lambs: Lt to 185p av 174.1p; std to 191.9p av 181.1p; med to 197.6p av 180.2p. Prime hoggs: Suff & Cont lt to 117.7p av 105.6p; std to 125.6p av 118.2p; med to 146.7p av 124.3p; heavy to 147.4p av 134.3; owt to 109.1p av 105.3p; Mule & horned lt to 107.7p av 103.8p; std to 100p av 98.3p; med to 112.5p av 109.6p; heavy to 113p av 106.1p; owt to 88.1p av 86.8p. Cast ewes: Mule to £58; Mash to £55.50; Cont to £44; Leics to £44; Rough Fell to £40; Dalesbred to £40; Swale to £38.50; cast rams: Swale to £22.50.

PENRITH. - Last Fri. Fwd: 15 cattle.

Spring sale of dairy cattle. Hfrs: B&W to £1920 High Barn av £1632.50. Cows: B&W to £1850 High Barn av £1597; Brown Swiss to £1150 Beck Lees.