Annual 'Newcastleton' Blue Grey Sale

NO TUESDAY BLUES IN LOCKERBIE

 

On Tuesday 18^th October, Harrison & Hetherington Ltd held their Great Annual Special sale of Blue Grey In Calf Heifers, Bulling Heifers, Bullocks and heifer calves, at Lockerbie Mart.

A catalogued entry of 644 Blue Grey females and 303 suckled calves were forward at the better known ‘Newcastleton Sale’ to an enormous crowd, ensuring all classes were keenly bid for, with purchasers from the Northern Hemisphere to Southern Hemisphere of old & new purchasers. The save averaged £1049.90 just slightly back on the year, however selling more cattle than the previous year. 

Mr Michael Niven, Clover Farm kindly judged best pen of 4 or more bulling heifers awarded the Rob Armstrong Memorial trophy to Messrs Ions, High Thorneyburn, for his pen later selling to £1220 per head.

The best pen of heifers calves was judged by Mr John Nichol, Dyke Croft who awarded the Karen Telford Herbert Memorial trophy was Messrs Elliott, Burnfoot of Ewes, which sold to £980 per head.

Topping the in calf heifer section was an annual consignment from Messrs Wallace Farney Shields all in calf to the Aberdeen Angus selling to £1800.

Suckled calves sold well topping at £1200 for British Blue heifers from Messrs Hogg, Milnholm. Bullocks sold to £1190 from Bridgewater & Wood, Potholm for Limousins.

Averages
Incalf heifers
Wallace, Farney Shields 28 av. £1702.14
Flintoft, Sourhope 18 av.£1698.33
Hedgeley Farms 10 av. £1622
Robinson, Prospect 7 av. £1464.29
Harding, Nickies Hill 4 av. £1425

Bulling heifers
Telford, Holmhead 16 Av. £1198.75
Kyle, Spoutbank 11 av. £1178.18
Ions, High Thorneyburn 23 Av. £1142.17
Laurie, Southdean 14 av. £1040.90
Dodd, Low Closegill 5 Av. £1038

Heifer Calves (under 8 months)
Smith, White Knowe 8 Av. £922.50
Elliot, Burnfoot Ewes 9 Av. £917.78
Moore, Softley 16 Av. £898.12
Pattinson,Hot Bank 5 Av. £826
Waugh, The Row 7 Av. £794.29

Leading prices:

Cows & Calves: Saler £1950 Barwhanny Farm, Blue Grey £1850 Barwhanny Farm, £1400 Belay.

Heifers In-Calf: £1800 (x4), £1750 (x4) Farney Shields, £1800 (x6), £1780 (x6) Sourhope Farm, £1650 Softley Farm.

Bulling/Maiden Heifers : £1550 (x5) Holme Head, £1520 (x5) Spout Bank, £1270 Parkhouse Farm, £1240 (x3) Cooms, £1220 (x5) £850 High Thorneyburn, £1120 (x4), £980 (x8) The Becks, £1120 (x3), £1080 Low Closegill, £880, £860 (x2) Dirrops,

Heifer Calves: £980 (x3), £920 (x5) Burnfoot, £980 (x3), £950 (x4) Softley Farm, £920 Hotbank Farm, £650 (x5), £400 (x4)  Lyneholm House, £950 (x4) White Knowe, £600 Hot Bank Farm,

SUCKLED CALVES:  

Heifers: British Blue £1200 Milnholm Farm, Limousin £1050 Milnholm Farm, £810 Potholm, £770 South Farm, £720 Hopsrig, Whitebred Shorthorn £790 Milnholm Farm, Aberdeen Angus £770 South Farm, Staberliser £770 South Farm, Charolais £770 Potholm, Simmental £740, £730 Hopsrig.

Bullocks: Limousin £1190, £1180, £1130 Potholm, £960, £950 Hopsrig, £930 Milnholm Farm, £890, £880, £740 Low Three Mark Farm, Simmental £1180, £1050 Potholm, £900, £840 Hopsrig, Charolais £1140 Potholm, Blue Grey £1110 Hopsrig, £710 Hot Bank Farm, Whitebred Shorthorn £920 South Farm, £890 Milnholm Farm, £780, £750 High Thorneyburn, £770 Park Nook, £860, £760 Raeburnfoot, Aberdeen Angus £940, £790 (x2) South Farm, £910, £900, £850 (x2), £800, £790, £750, £720 Mains Farm, £710, £700 (x8) Hownam Grange Farm, Galloway £890 Hopsrig, £760, £720 Low Three Mark Farm, British Blue £850 South Farm.