HEXHAM. - Thurs of last week. Sale of Mule ewe lambs for the North of England Mule Sheep Association; up £1.20.

- Judge: Mr Dennis Charlton, Whiteside, Haltwhistle. Robson and Cowan trophy and prize money: David and Marion Hope, Albierigg, Canonbie, for best pen of Mule ewe lambs, £88. Sale of Suffolk X ewe lambs. - Judges: Ron Bulpitt, Craig Livingstone, Sparsholt Manor Farms, Childrey, Oxfordshire. EN Jackson Perpetual Challenge Trophy: J&D Longlands Ltd, Tone Hall. Sale of Scottish Blackface ewe lambs. - Gordon Swan Challenge Cup: Messrs WS Robson & Co, Yatesfield.

Prizes. - Mule ewe lambs: 1 Messrs BD&MS Hope, Albierigg, £88; 2 Messrs JE Woodman & Son, Great Chesters, £85; 3 Crowhall Farms, Bardon Mill, £74; 4 Messrs J Browell & Sons, Quarry House, £78. Suff X lambs: 1&2 J&D Longlands Ltd, Tone Hall, £72 & £70; 3 Mr RW Telford, Branton East Side, £74.

Texel X ewe lambs: 1 Messrs J Reed & Son, High Eshells, £79; 2 Messrs R Thornton & Son, Cornhills, £62; 3 Messrs H Huddleston, Round Meadows, £62. Scottish Blackface: 1 Messrs WS Robson & Co, Yatesfield, £58; 2 Mr DG Yeats, Close-a-Burn, £57; 3 Messrs RJ&J Raine, Townfoot, £59.

Prices. - Mule ewe lambs to £88 Albierigg; Suff X lambs to £74 Branton East Side; Texel X ewe lambs to £79 High Eshells; Scottish Blackface to £77 High StaPriward.

LEYBURN. - Fri of last week. Fwd: 2194 breeding sheep. Annual show & sale of Mule shearlings and other breeding sheep. Mule shearlings, £4 down on the year. Judges: Sam Hudson, Derbyshire & William Smith, Ripon.

Prizes. - 1&3 C&S Hutchinson, Thirsk, £160 & £130; 2 A Stephenson, Ravensworth, £130; 4 M,V&H Brown, Bedale, £290.

Prices. - M Brown £250, £160, £155, £128, £125, £122, £120; C Hutchinson £130, £100(2); F Dinsdale & Sons, Carlton, £115, £98(2), £96(2); A Dent, Carlton, £100; RA Busby & Son, Marrick, £100; M&B Allen, Whitby, £100; AM Stephenson £98; JD&J Ford, Bedale, £98, £96, £94; M Watkinson, Thirsk, £96; DH Dick & Son, Northallerton, £94(2) M Dale, Leeming, £94; T Bradley & Son, Gilling West, £90; G Wilson, York, £90; A Brown, Tunstall, £90; M&E Hall, York, £89; Mrs PA Holliday, Harrogate, £89; JL&JA Sunter, Richmond, £88. Other breeding sheep. - Pure Texel shlgs: B&A Myers & Daug's £165; Texel X shlgs: JD & J Ford £112, £105, £92 & £88; C Slee £82; C&AE Barningham £78; AC Bailey £68; Texel X ewes: AC Bailey £75; Mule ewes: M&B Allen £64, £58; A Rickaby £56; EW Fox £60, £52.

Also fwd: 137 rearing calves. - B Blue bulls to £325 JL Miles & Son av £283; hfrs to £320 D&S Spence av £242; Lim bulls to £292 F&S Iveson av £203; hfrs to £330 JE Holliday & Son av £163; BA bulls to £270 RN Verity Ltd; hfrs to £300 RN Verity Ltd av £274; Pied bulls to £270 AF Dinsdale; Simm hfrs to £225 J Ward; B&W bulls to £200 JH&DS Kirkham av £ 57; Herefd bulls to £180 GA Innes-Smith; AA bull to £170 B Spence & Sons av £138.

NORTHALLERTON. - Sat. Show and sale of 507 breeding sheep.

Judges: Ian and Wendy Pattison.

Prizes. - 1 Mrs M Watkinson, Mule gimmer shlng, £99; 2 RG Johnson, Mule gimmer shlng, £96.

Other prices. - Mule gimmer shlng: RG Johnson £94; DH Dick £91; £90, £89; RMP Richardson £90, £86; D Bridge £86, £81, £79; CR&S Saxby £80; Mrs Smithson £81; AC Hill £76, £74; G Simpson £70; Mrs A Mortley £69. Texel gimmer shlng: D Bridge £92, £91, £90.

Lleyn shlng: Denton Park Est £72, £71, £69. Suff ewes 2-shear: JW Weatherhead £88, £79. Suff ewes 3-shear: RS Kitson £59. Mule/Masham ewes: WG Ainsley £30, £24. St lambs. - Texel: A Almond £44.20; Suff X: G Greensit £40.20; M Jackson £46. Rams. - Texel shlng: S Blythman £260, £150, £145; B&A Myers £250; R Dickinson £245, £235; H Orton £240; K Hogg £220, £195, £185; Beltex: H Thompson £250; Suff shlng: R S Kitson £190, £180; Texel: R Spink £80.

PATELEY BRIDGE. - Sat. Fwd: 900 lambs, 4 Suffolk tups, 40 cattle. Annual show & sale of Mule & Masham store lambs. Judge: B Dibb.

Prizes. - Pen of 40 Mules: 1 J Rayner & Sons, Ramsgill, £40.20; 2 RJ Challis & Son, Middlesmoor, £38.50; 3 JAS Church, Lofthouse, £35.50. Pen of 40 Masham: 1&2 to JAS Church, Lofthouse, £37.50 & £35.80; 3 J Verity & Sons, £36.