Top price at Hawes Auction Mart's annual two-day show and sale of 25,260 North of England Mule ewe lambs was £620 paid for the fourth prize pen of 10 from Messrs Lord, West Dowgill, North Stainmore, purchased by Frank Marshall, Romaldkirk, Barnard Castle.

The sale which saw 13,535 ewe lambs sold on the Monday to average £99.44 and 11,725 cashed on the Tuesday to level at £100.88, resulted in an overall average of £100.13, which is up 91p on the year.

Second top price was £420 paid for the reserve pen of lambs on the Tuesday from Neil Marston, Highberries, Cockermouth, which were knocked down to John an Janet Wilson, Settle.

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Monday – 1 and champion, S Allan and Sons, Appleby, £250; 2 and reserve, JA and R Caton, Malhamdale, £270; 3, G and HR Shields, Ravenstonedale, £380; 4, WA and A Booth, Feizor, £280; 5, WM Heron and Sons, Warcop, £210.

Tuesday – 1 and champion, E Fairburn and Son, Thornton Steward, £320; 2 and reserve, NC Marston, Cockermouth, £420; 3, WC Porter and Son, Reeth, £220; 4, Messrs Lord, North Stainmore, £620; 5, NJ and L Allan, Killington, £165.

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Ewe lambs – Monday – G and HR Shields, £380, £165; WA and A Booth, £280, £142; JA and R Caton, £270, £175, £145; S Allan and Sons, £250, £160; JW and ME Taylor and Sons, £220, £152; WM Heron and Son, £210; JE Thorpe, £200; J and K Metcalf and Son, £190; JR and A Blades, £185, £160; BD and A Horner, £175; WA and GR Sedgley, £172, £150; JW Porter and Sons, £170, £150; SH Sutcliffe and Son, £170; JT Millman, £165; HW and G White, £165; T Ayrton and Son, £160; RS Harker and Son, £160; N Iveson, £160; J Sunter and Sons, £158; WA and A Lambert and Son, £155; JC and E Pedley and Sons, £154; JH Sharp and Sons, £152; G Rawsthorne, £152; WM and JE Shuttleworth, £150; TA Blades, £150; J Allison and Sons, £150; Bank House Farms, £150; BH Spence and Sons, £150; Breck House Enterprises, £150; DA and MA Brown, £146, £145; S Bell and Sons, £145.

Tuesday – Messrs Lord, £620, £200, £170; NC Marston, £420, £172; E Fairburn and Sons, £320, £210, £182, £160; R and PE Hargreaves, £255, £160, £155; WC Porter and Son, £220, £170, £156, £146; RA Busby and Son, £195, £155; S and T Fawcett, £195, £150; A Lodge, £190, £145; N White, £188, £155, £145; GP Taylor and Sons, £185; WA Dinsdale and Son, £180, £160; BR Fawcett, £175; A and H Watson, £170, £150; W and D Lawson, £170, £150, £148; NJ and L Allan, £165, £145; CT and JE Willoughby, £160, £158, £150; MA Crocker, £158; JW and JH Burton and Son, £158; SD Thompson, £155; JL and JA Sunter, £152; GK Hird and Sons, £152; K and A Woof, £152; WJ and LA Barker, £150; KA and HL Fawcett, £148; G Dodd, £145; J Nelson and Son, £145; JS Cloughton, £145.