Beef Breeding - Bulling Heifers

On Friday 27^th May Harrison and Hetherington held a sale of Bulling Heifers.  A much smaller offering of bulling heifers forward on the year proving a shortage for the buoyant ringside ensuring trade surpassing many of the previous year’s trades.  Good black heifers very much in demand seeing a top of £2300 for a pen of four Limousin crosses from Messrs Muir, Middle Farm, Penrith who are annual consignors to this sale.  Messrs Foley Bros, Mirlaw House, Newcastle sold their run of heifers to a days top of £2220 for a pen of three.  Messrs Renton, Highlaws, Newcastle sold eight Limousin and British Blue heifers to average £2005 and to a top of £2200 for two.

Leading Prices: Limousin £2300 (x4) £2200 £1700 (x4) Middle Farm, £2220 £2150 £2100 (x2) £2050 £1850 Mirlaws House, £2200, £1920  £1900 (x2) High Highlaws, £2000 £1720 Prior Hall, £1900 £1850 Gates Garth Hall Farm, £1740 Silloans, Aberdeen Angus £2220 Mirlaw House, British Blue £2200 £2100 £1920 £1900 High Highlaws £2050 Mirlaw House £2000 Wellington Farm, £1980 Prior Hall, £1750 Wellington Farm, Simmental £1480 (x2) Kirtleton House £1480 Middle Farm.