Borderway Primestock Sale

On Monday 24th January, Harrison & Hetherington held their weekly sale of Primestock. A smaller show of 435 Cast cows, Bulls and Prime cattle were on offer.

PRIME BULLS: A slightly smaller entry of 77 prime bulls were forward, seeing the best quality cattle selling dearer and the lesser end ever so slightly easier on the week. The sale saw six bulls over £2000 and sixteen achieving over £1800 to a day’s top of £2389 for a 928kg Limousin for Local Vendor’s Messrs Henshall, Sarkshields, Lockerbie, purchased by Charles Kirkpatrick. Messrs Illingworth, Howgillside, Lockerbie sold second best to £2229.94 and purchased by Bowland Foods, Preston. Messrs Hutton, Setmabanning, Keswick sold bulls to £2106.84 to Ralph Pearson, Wholesale Butchers, Bradford. Messrs Jenkinson, Clifton Moor, Penrith sold a fantastic run of 9 pure bred Limousins to a top of £2047.40 with the whole run to average a whopping 267.5ppk or £1861.42 for 696kgs. The top overall pence per kilo came from the same home peaking at 275.5ppk being purchased by Morgan Helliwell.

Dairy bred bulls were very good to sell for all well fleshed types with a top overall of £1295.19 for a Holstein Friesian from Messrs Graves, Old Town, Carlisle purchased by Bowland Foods. Top price per kilo of 207.5ppk was paid to Messrs Bland, The Flatt, Brampton with one of their Friesians.

Many more are required weekly, please advise entries by calling or text to the auctioneer Grant Anderson 07872 129274.  

Leading prices per head: Limousin £2389 Sarkshields £2228 Howgillside, £2106 Setmabanning Farm, £2083 Howgillside £2047 £2036 £1961 £1931 £1880 £1840 Clifton Moor £1981 £1871 Townfoot, £1954 £1910 Cracrop Farm, £1877 Sarkshields Farm, British Blue £1544 Cleughbrae Farm, £1286 £1242 Beck House £1271 Peel Flatt Farm, £1214 Bectonhall, Longhorn £1436 Peel Flatt Farm, Simmental £1424 Beck House, Luing £1351 Castlehill, Charolais £1341 £1281 £1274 Beck House, Aberdeen Angus £1318 Bectonhall, £1262 High House, Holstein Friesian £1295 £1085 Old Town Farm, £1238 £1231 £1150 £1135 Burtholme Farm, £1225 Bectonhall  £1142 Street Head, Belted Galloway £1279 £1196 £1157 Castle Farm, Friesian £1288 Skelton Wood End £1249 The Flatt £1133 Skelton Wood End, Beef Shorthorn £1173 Beck House, Whitebred Shorthorn £1145 Burgh Head Farm, Montbelairde £1025 Seymour House, Dairy Shorthorn £1000 Brisco Hill.

Leading prices per kilo: Limousin 275.5 274.5 270.5 269.5 267.5 263.5 (x2) 262.5 261.5 Clifton Moor 274.5 Sarkshields Farm, 274.5 Howgillside 271.5 Setmabanning Farm, 266.5 Cracrop Farm, 265.5 258.5 Townfoot Farm, British Blue 240.5 Cleughbrae Farm, 234.5 Glebelands 219.5 Beck House, Simmental 222.5 Beck House, Charolais 217.5 211.5 207.5 (x2) Beck House, Beef Shorthorn 216.5 Beck House, Aberdeen Angus 215.5 204.5 High House, Belted Galloway 210.5 207.5 203.5 Castle Farm, Friesian 207.5 The Flatt 205.5 197.5 Skelton Wood End, Longhorn 205.5 Peel Flatt Farm, Whitebred Shorthorn 196.5 Burgh Head Farm, Holstein Friesian 186.5 Bectonhall 183.5 183.5 Burtholme Farm, 180.5 Street Head.

 

PRIME CATTLE: A smaller show of 54 Prime steers and heifers forward with the best types dearer on the week and lesser qualities less on the week.  Top overall was an outstanding Limousin cross steer from Messrs Stamper, Rose Farm, Cockermouth which levelled out at £1899.95.  Others to £1828 from Messrs Bowe, Bothel Parks, Wigton and £1802 from Messrs Studholme, Nealhouse, Carlisle all of the above purchased by Pioneer Foods, Carlisle. Top British Blue cross was a 710kg steer from Messrs Nicholson, The Lake, Carlisle. Top pence per kilo steer was 267.5 from Messrs Studholme, Nealhouse for a 674kg Limousin cross.  Heifers peaked at £1830.27 for a 722kg Limousin cross from Messrs Stamper, Rose Farm, and £1796 for a British Blue cross.  Top overall was a 612 kg Limousin cross from Messrs Brough, Old Rectory, Carlisle peaking at 271.5 and purchased by Alan Jarvis on behalf of a butcher.

Please advise entries by calling or text to the auctioneer Grant Anderson 07872 129274.  

Leading Prices Per Head: Steers: Limousin £1899 Rose Farm, £1828 £1797 Bothel Parks, £1802 Nealhouse Farm, £1792 Halfway Well £1782 £1710 £1705 £1671 The Lake £1772 Low Whinnow Farm, £1755 £1712 Hoddomtown, £1673 Cleughbrae Farm, British Blue £1700 £1662 The Lake.

Heifers: Limousin £1830 £1762 Rose Farm, £1706 Hardrigg Hall £1627 Nealhouse Farm, £1585 Longhurst, £1544 £1497 £1403 High Aketon, £1425 Old Rectory Farm, British Blue £1796 Rose Farm, £1661 Old Rectory Farm, £1468 High Aketon, Charolais £1726 £1665 £1649 Tinwald Farm, £1630 £1555 £1547 £1515 £1488 £1451 Mackies Mill Farm, Simmental £1340 Meikleholm Farm. 

Leading Prices per kilo:
Steers: Limousin 267.5 232.5 Nealhouse Farm, 255.5 248.5 Hoddomtown 250.5 245.5 Bothel Parks, 246.5 234.5 Low Whinnow Farm, 242.5 Halfway Well 242.5 238.5 237.5 231.5 The Lake, 241.5 Cleughbrae Farm, 240.5 Rose Farm, British Blue 239.5 235.5 The Lake, 195.5 184.5 Little Broomhills Farm.

Heifers: Limousin 259.5 256.5 245.5 High Aketon, 255.5 Hardrigg Hall, 255.5 Nealhouse Farm, 253.5 239.5 Rose Farm, 239.5 Old Rectory Farm, 202.5 Longhurst, British Blue 271.5 Old Rectory Farm, 250.5 Rose Farm, 243.5 High Aketon 197.5 193.5 Little Broomhills Farm, Charolais 254.5 253.5 244.5 Tinwald Farm, 227.5 226.5 217.5 214.5 212.5 206.5 199.5 188.5 Mackies Mill Farm, Simmental 212.5 Meikleholm Farm, Hereford 195.5 Mackies Mill Farm.

CAST COWS: A smaller entry of 308 Cast cows, bulls and out of spec cattle were on offer to an increased ring side of 24 buyers ensuring a sharper trade.  Messrs Crozier, Raggetsyke sold a Limousin x heifer for 776kg, 222.5p £1726 bought by Jewitts.  Messrs Gatherer, Barnsford run of cows topped at 958kg 165.5p £1585 for a Charolais x bought by Michael Helliwell.  Mr Andrew Kirkbride, Flimby Hall Farm, sold two over 30 month Limousin heifers for 588kg 259.5p £1525 and 648kg, 241.5p £1564 purchased by Ross Greenwood and James Mather.  Messrs Bell, Winterhope Farm, run of cows topped at 865kg, 174.5p £1509 for a Main Anjou to Owain Llyr and a Limousin x heifer from the same home sold for 547kg 237.5p £1299 to James Mather.  Messrs Robley, Demesne Farm, sold the top priced Aberdeen Angus cow for 874kg, 157.5p £1376 to Sean McGimpsey.

All classes of Dairy cows would be 10p up on the week.  Messrs Teasdale & Son, Halefield Farm, sold a Friesian cow for 868kg, 154.5p £1341 to Charles Kirkpatrick.  Messrs Dart & Son, Flothers sold a Montbelairde x heifer for 644kg, 195.5p £1259 to Les Fell.  Bromfield Farms sold a Holstein x heifer for 697kg 180.5p £1258 also to Les Fell. Messrs Fisher & Co, Geltside Farm sold the top priced Holstein x cow for 881kg 137.5p £1211 to Sean Mcgimpsey.  Messrs Kirkwood & Son, Mouswald Grange sold a Montbelairde x cow for 713kg 166.5p £1187 to Steven Helliwell.  Messrs Beard, Dormansteads Farm sold the top Friesian heifer for 543kg, 189.5 £1028 to Robert Capper.  Messrs Graham, Greenah Crag Farm sold a Holstein x heifer for 579kg, 187.5 £1085 to Les Fell.

Leading Prices per Head: Limousin £1726 Raggetsyke, £1564, £1525 Flimby Hall, £1478 Kilnford Croft, £1470, £1316 Hilltop Farm, £1438, £1246 Meikleholm Farm, £1319 Whitstonehill, £1310 Amazone House, £1299 WInterhope Farm, £1256 Dumbretton, £1254 The Throp, £1222 Denton Mains, £1204 Castlehill Charolais £1585 Barnsford, £1443 Raggetsyke, £1365 Bransford Maine Anjou £1509 Winterhope Farm Aberdeen Angus £1376, £1162 Demesne Farm Friesian £1341 Halefield Farm, £1159 Flothers, £1028 Dormanstead Farm, £999 Plumbland Farm, £952 Crownstone Farm, £927 Hill Top, £911 Inglewood Meadows British Blue £1276 Amazone House, £1257, £1162 The Throp, £1168 Tedcastle Farm, £1160 Mackies Mill Farm, £1119 Strudda Bank British Blue £1266 Whiteside Farm Montbeliarde £1259 Flothers, £1187 Mouswald Grange, £1005 Kirkbride House Holstein £1258 Bromfield Hall, £1015 Brayshaw, £1012 Barsalloch Farms Holstein Friesian £1211 Geltside Farm, £1142, £1074 Breckney Hill, £1138, £1077 Flothers, £1122 West House Farm, £1106 Mirkbooths, £1094 Bleaberry Rigg, £1088 Old Town Farm, £1085 Greenah Cragg Farm, £1084, £1011 Thackwood Farm, £1082, £1066 Wormanby Farms, £1060 Buckabank Farm, £1058 Askrigg Hall, £1055 Fauldie, £1042 High Plains, £1041 Woodhouse, £1038 Mirkbooths, £1034, £1021 Highwood Nook, £1027 Whitrigg Grange, £1021 Wood Farm, Low Thorney Farm Beef Shorthorn £1205 Sceugh Farm, £1101 Sandwick Farm Swedish Red & White £1061 Geltside Farm, £1046 Brayshaw Fleckvieh £1053 Mouswald Grange Simmental £1027 Mouswald Grange Dairy Shorthorn £1025 Halefield Farm Shorthorn £1002 Halefield Farm Ayrshire £934 Burtholme Farm Longhorn £990 Fishwick Mains Jersey £566 Mouswald Grange

Leading Prices per Kilo: Limousin 259.5p, 241.5p Flimby Hall Farm, 237.5p, 155.5p, 152.5p Winterhope Farm, 222.5p Raggetsyke, 217.5p Milnholm Farm, 209.5p Demesne Farm, 192.5p, 176.5p Hilltop Farm, 188.5p, 175.5p Meikleholm Farm, 183.5p Whitstonehill, 179.5p Castlehill, 169.5p Kilnford Croft, 166.5p, 164.5p Winterhope Farm, 164.5p, 157.5p Dumbretton Farm, 162.5p Denton Mains, 161.5p The Throp, 160.5p Tedcastle Farm, 153.5p Amazone House British Blue 199.5p, 163.5p, 150.5p Strudda Bank, 179.5p Amazone House, 166.5p, 160.5p The Throp, 157.5p, 154.5p Winterhope Farm, 154.5p Tedcastle Farm, 150.5p Mackies Mill Farm Montbeliarde 195.5p Flothers, 166.5p Mouswald Grange, 138.5p Kirkbride House, 137.5p Brayshaw Friesian 189.5p, 171.5p Dormanstead Farm, 177.5p Flothers, 154.5p Halefield, 144.5p Inglewood Meadows, 136.5p Crownstone Farm, 135.5p Parkgate Hall Simmental 187.5p Mouswald Grange, 149.5p(x2), 148.5p, 146.5p, 144.5p Mackies Mill Farm, 144.5p Winterhope Farm Holstein Friesian 187.5p, 137.5p Greenah Cragg Farm, 177.5p, 171.5p, 163.5p, 159.5p Wormanby Farm, 173.5p, 155.5p Woodcroft, 173.5p, 144.5p Flothers, 173.5p Buckabank Farm, 151.5p High Plains, 143.5p Wood Farm, 141.5p Low Plains, 141.5p West House Farm, 140.5p Old Town Farm, 138.5p Thackwood Farm, 137.5p Baggrow Farm, 137.5p Geltside Farm, 135.5p Askrigg Hall, 135p Cardew Hall Holstein 180.5p Bromfield Hall, 177.5p Brayshaw, 137.5p Castlesteads Maine Anjou 174.5p Winterhope Farm Fleckvieh 173.5p Mouswald Grange, 143.5p Askrigg Hall Charolais 172.5p Raggetsyke, 165.5p, 164.5p Barnsford Aberdeen Angus 169.5p, 157.5p, 143.5p Demesne Farm, 145.5p, 144.5p Howtel, 141.5p Mackies Mill Farm British Blue 165.5p Whiteside Farm Salers 149.5p Mackies Mill Farm Beef Shorthorn 149.5p Sandwick Farm Swedish Red & White 137.5p, 136.5p Brayshaw, 136.5p Geltside Farm Longhorn 136.5p, 130.5p Fishwick Mains Ayrshire 132.5p Burtholme Farm Kiwi x 128.5p Gaitsgill Farm Jersey 103.5p Mouswald Grange

CAST BULLS: 14 Stock bulls and out of Spec cattle were of offer.  Messrs Henderson & Son, Park House Farm sold two British Blue stock bulls for 1045kg 186.5p £1948 and 976kg 194.5 £1898 both purchased by Owain Llyr.  Messrs Roots, Kilnford Croft sold a Limousin stock bulls for 1035kg 185.5p £1919 to Rob Medcalf.  Messrs Hunter & Son, Berrier Head sold the top priced Holstein bull for 1365kg, 126.5p £1726 to Eric Hall.

Leading Prices per Head: British Blue £1948, £1898 Park House Farm Limousin £1919 Kilnford Croft, £1578 Priory Farm, £1468 Housenrigg Farm, £1466 Plumbland Farm Holstein Friesian £1726 Berrier Head, £1416 Boghead Farm Aberdeen Angus £1467 Yew Tree Farm

Leading Prices per Kilo: British Blue 185.5p Kilnford Croft, 165.5p Priory Farm, 155.5p Plumbland Farm

Bullock Leading Prices per Kilo: Charolais 187.5p Barsalloch Farms Ayrshire 179.5, 175.5p Horseclose Farm

PRIME SHEEP: A plainer show of hoggs on the whole saw heavies continue to be hard to place, the export weight sheep saw a sharp rise on the week to average 280 ppk.  The sale peaked at £164 for a cracking Texel hogg from Messrs Ward, Whitstonehill, Lockerbie.  Beltex lambs sold to 390 pph from Messrs Murray, The Throp, Gilsland.  Suffolks sold to £162 from Messrs Ward, Whitstonehill and to 276.6p from Messrs Fisher, Smalmstown.  Hill lambs sold to £128 (x2) for Blackies from Messrs Fisher, Smalmstown and to 281p for Cheviots from the same home.  Mules to £130 from Messrs Scott, Thirlwall Castle and 251ppk from Messrs Murray, Branch End Farm,

Leading Prices per head: Texel £164, £160 Whitstonehill, £160 Broomhills, £152, £146, £144, Basco Dyke, £148, £141 (x2) Ewan Close, £144, £141 New Grange, £144 Fisher Intack House, £144 Whitehead Brow, £142 Shadwick Cottage, £141 Jackson Rigg, £140  Smalmstown, £140 Sceugh Farm, £139 Gallowberry Suffolk £162 Whitstonehill, £140 Woodhead, £130 Smalmstown, £129 Moss Side, £125 Jackson Rigg Beltex £152, £144 The Throp, £144, £140, £134, £130 (x2) Glebelands, £143 Jackson Rigg, £140 , £138 , £134 Castlehill, £136 Farewell Grange, £130 Fell Harley Croft , £128, £120, £118, £117, £116, £115, £114 Smalmstown. £117 Stobbs Farm Dutch Texel £150, £149 (x2), £145, £140 Castle Farm, £145 Woodhead Farm, £143, £139, £137, £135, £130 (x2)  Unity Farm, £138 Swinburne Farm, £136 Woodhead Farm Mule £130, £122,  Thirlwall Castle Farm, £119 Kilnstown Farms Ltd, £119 Brampton Fell Farm, £118 Woodhead farm, £117 Jackson Rigg, £117 Mitchinson Gallowberry Hill/ Cheviot £118, Smalmstown, £114 Castlehill Dorset £74 Gate Farm.

Leading Prices per kilo: Beltex 390p, 318p, 313p, 305p The Throp, 354p,350, 310p Catlehill, 351.20p, 341p, 325p, 319p Gleblands, , 325p Harley Croft, 316p, 305p Fell End Dutch Texel  371.80p, 289p Woodhead Farm, 363p, 345.20p, 331p, 285.70p Thirlwall Castle, 347.50p, 329p, 288p Unity Farms, 345p, 328p, 290.20p,286p,282.90 Swinburn Farms Texel 363p, 331p, 309.80p, Hermitage, 334.10p Lanerton, 331p, 316.30p, New Grange, 331p, 327.30p, 304.50p Whitehead brow, 331p, 325.60p, 315.30p, 307.10 Smalmstown, 330p, 319p Shadwick Cottage, 327p, 312.20p Lanerton, 326.30p Street Head, 325.60p, 324p (x2), 320.90p Hermitage, 323.80p Harley Croft, 311.60p Ewan Close, 305p Foxcroft Hil/Chiviot 281p Smalmstown Suffolk 276.60p Smalmstown, 254.50p Roe Farm, 250p Woodhead Farm Black Face 268p,265.90p, 265.10p, 264p (x2), 261p Smalmstown Mules 251p Branch End Farm, 250p Woodhead, 247p, 242.90 Brampton Fell, 246p Jackson Rigg, 244p Gallowberry, 243p Kilnstown Farms.

CAST EWES & RAMS: Cast sheep trade continues to rise with horned sheep taking another lift on the week.  Swaledale topped at £94 for two from Messrs Wilson, Gate Farm.  Topping today’s sale at £156 for a Texel ewe from Messrs Brough, The Croft.  Big framed ewes regular in excess of £150.  Suffolk x mules ewes topped at £137 for a pen of 6 from Messrs Richardson, Whitehead Brow.  Zwartbles ewes topped at £142 and Mules to £114 for 8 from Messrs Morton, Church Farm.

Rams: Texel £134 £120 Whitehead Brow, £118 £98 The Barns Swaledale £94 Gate Farm Jacob £80 Dalveen

Ewes: Texel £156, £138, £128 The Croft, £153 £152 £151 Cardew Hall, £141 Lords Close, £125  £119  Church Farm, £119 Milton Mains, £118 Sycamore House, £117 Beech Trees Dutch Texel £147, £135, £110 Whitehead Brow Zwartbles £142, £124 Gate Farm, £119, £102 Bogra, £100 Rietfontain. Beltex £138, £132, £131 Farewell Grange Suffolk £137 Whitehead Brow, £119 Hillhead, £118, £114 Beech Trees Hill Cheviot £131, £118 Hillhead, £91 Dalveen Leicester £130 Wigham, £124 Farewell Grange   Mule £114 Church Farm, £110 Whitehead Brow, £106 The Wreay Black Face £103 Stobbs Farm Swaledale £86 Church Farm, £80, £54 Hargill   Jacob £85 Dalveen Herdwick £50 Dalveen

Please contact a member of our Sales team for further information
David Holliday                                  07710 189804                   Cast Cows & Cast Bulls
Grant Anderson                                07872 129274                   Prime Bulls & Prime Cattle
James Little                                        07872 840685                   Prime & Cast Sheep