GIMMERS TOPPED the Swaledale female sale at Hawes, securing the top three prices at £2000, £1800 and £1700 and the lead average at £739.

Sale leader, at £2000, was the fourth prize in-lamb gimmer from MW Skidmore, Wolfcleugh, Rookhope, Bishop Auckland, which sold to by R Metcalfe, West Calvert House, Gunnerside.

Averages: Ewes, £560; gimmers, £739; ewe hoggs, £438. Overall, 36 head, £539.72 (+£168).