Date: 02 January 2023 | Primestock
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On Monday 2nd January Harrison & Hetherington held their weekly sale of primestock.
PRIME BULLS – A good entry of 72 prime bulls forward for the first sale of 2023. Trade was impeccable, one of the dearest every seen at this centre for all classes. Ten bulls sold over £2000 to a day’s overall top of £2783 for a 911kg Limousin from Messrs Priestley, Cracrop, Brampton and purchased by Bowland Foods, Preston. Luings sold to £2289.28 for 896kgs from Messrs Crerar, New Mains, Dunbar. Aberdeen Angus crosses to £2269.41 for 858 kgs from Messrs Hyslop, Gillrig, Lockerbie and Simmentals from the same home to £2110.58 for 789 kgs. A 32 month old 889 Kg Limousin from Messrs Harkness, Netherall, Dumfries achieved £2040.26.
Five bulls sold over £3.00p/kg to a day’s top of 3.14p for a 721kg Limousin from Messrs Priestley, Cracrop Farm, Brampton and a further two to 305.5p and 304.5p. Messrs Hutton, Setmabanning Farm, Keswick sold to 308.5p for 772kgs and 300.5p for 729kg Limousin.
Black and whites sold extremely well and peaked at £1569.15 for a 634kg Fleckvieh from Messrs Taylor, East Park, Carlisle and Friesians to £1526.35 for 668 kgs from Messrs Mattocks, Aulby, Penrith. Holstein Friesians sold to £1420.24 for 656 kgs from Messrs Graham, South Lambhill, Longtown. Top pence per kilo overall was achieved twice at 248.5p firstly by Messrs Dickinson, High House, Wigton with a 586kg Friesian and secondly by Messrs Taylor, East Park, Carlisle for a 571kg Holstein Friesian.
All enquiries please get in touch with our Auctioneer Grant Anderson 07872 129274.
Leading prices per head:
Limousin £2783 £2396 £2267 Cracrop Farm, £2381 £2190 Setmabanning Farm, £2040 Netherhall £1923 Mirkbooths £1842 £1787 Bectonhall, Luing £2289 £2190 New Mains, Aberdeen Angus £2269 Gillrigg £1960 Netherhall £1515 £1511 Justicetown Farm, Simmental £2110 Gillrig, £1829 Gallowberry £1802 £1655 Wydon Farm, Charolais £1961 Gillrigg £1637 £1515 The Laythes £1594 Wydon Farm, Beef Shorthorn £1772 Littlegala Farm, Fleckvieh £1569 East Park, Friesian £1526 £1448 £1392 £1370 £1312 Aulby Farm, £1456 £1449 High House, £1417 £1404 Hillhead, £1313 South Lambhill, Swedish Red & White £1450 South Lambhill, Holstein Friesian £1420 South Lambhill £1418 £1355 £1196 East Park £1234 £1206 Milton Farm, £1176 Springfield
British Blue £1391 Mirkbooths, Holstein £1370 Springfield Farm, Belted Galloway £1342 The Laythes Dairy Shorthorn £1284 South Lambhill.
Leading prices per kilo :
Limousin 314.5p, 305.5p, 304.5p Cracrop Farm, 308.5p, 300.5p Setmabanning Farm, 284.5p Mirkbooths, 265.5p(x2) Aulby Farm, Simmental 269.5p, 267.5p Wydon Farm, 267.5p Gillrig, 259.5p Gallowberry Charolais 267.5p, 259.5p(x2) The Laythes, 267.5p Wydon Farm, 266.5p Gillrigg Aberdeen Angus 264.5p Gillrigg, 255.5p, 251.5p, 235.5p Justicetown Farm, Holstein Friesian 248.5p, 225.5p, 208.5p East Park, 216.5p South Lambhill, 195.5p Ratten Castle, Friesian 248.5p, 234.5p High House, 237.5p, 232.5p, 231.5p, 228.5p, 219.5p, 217.5p Aulby Farm, 219.5p, 218.5p Hillhead, 210.5p South Lambhill, Fleckvieh 247.5p, 218.5p East Park, Belted Galloway 235.5p The Laythes, Holstein 212.5p Springfield Farm Dairy Shorthorn 207.5p South Lambhill, Luing 255.5p, 241.5p New Mains Beef Shorthorn 245.5p Littlegala Farm, Swedish Red & White 221.5p South Lambhill.
PRIME CATTLE – A very small offering of prime steers and heifers forward at the first sale of the year. Due to the lack of numbers trade was buoyant and saw a day’s top of £1999.69 for a 686kg Limousin cross steer, this was also top overall pence per kilo to 291.5p consigned by Messrs Nicholson, The Lake, Carlisle and purchased by Morgan Helliwell, Rochdale. Messrs Wilson, Petteril Hill Farm, Carlisle sold another Limousin weighing 705kg to £1942.28. Messrs Nicholson, The Lake sold the top British Blue cross also, selling to £1993 for 703kg purchased by Bowland Foods, Preston. Heifers peaked at £1780.17 for a 686kg Limousin cross from Messrs Wilson, Petteril Hill Farm, Carlisle purchased by Mr Eric Hall.
Please advise entries to our auctioneer for next week’s sale Grant Anderson by call or text 07872 129274.
Leading Prices Per Head:
Steers: Limousin £1999 The Lake, £1942, £1862 Petteril Hill Farm, £1857 Glebe Farm British Blue £1993 The Lake, £1893 Glebe Farm.
Heifer: Limousin £1780 Petteril Hill Farm, £1382, £1325 Black Cleugh, £1352 The Grove
Leading Prices per kilo:
Steers: Limousin 291.5p The Lake, 275.5p, 273.5p Petteril Hill Farm, 266.5p Glebe Farm, British Blue 283.5p The Lake, 267.5p Glebe Farm
Heifers: Limousin 267.5p, 261.5p Black Cleugh, 259.5p Petteril Hill Farm, 241.5p Clappers Farm, 241.5p The Grove
CAST COWS & OTM CATTLE – A great entry of 206 cast cows and stock bulls were forward on the 2nd January. Messrs Kearton, Wyse Hill Farm run of cows topped at 1014kg, 184.5p totalling £1870 and 731kg, 221.5p £1619 purchased by Alan Jarvis and Michael Helliwell. Messrs Watson, Sanders Close sold Limousin cows for 824kg, 223.5p £1841 and 751kg, 223.5p £1678 again bought by Alan Jarvis and Michael Helliwell. D A Harrison & Co, Hill House Farm, run of cows topped at 694kg 246.5p £1710 and 751kg, 235.5p £1768 and 818kg £1779 and 740kg, 226.5 £1676 all for Limousin x bought by Alan Jarvis (x3) and Jewitts.
D A Harrison sold the top price British Blue x cow for 881kg, 186.5p £1643 and a Simmental x cow for 860kg, 189.5p £1629 bought by Sean McGimpsey and Alan Jarvis.
141 dairy cast cows were in great demand. Castlesteads Farms run of Holstein x cows topped at 843kg, 175.5p, £1479 and 800 kg 182.5p, £1460 bought by Michael Helliwell and Sean McGimpsey. Low House Farm sold a Holstein x cow for 849kg 172.5p £1464 to Les Fell. Messrs Armstrong, Dykesfield Farm, sold a Holstein x Cow for 905kg, 155.5p £1407 to Eric Hall. Messrs Shepherd, Crownstone Farm, sold a Holstein x heifer for 566kg 197.5p £1117 to David Holmes who also bought Messrs Ramsey, Dockray Hall heifer which sold for 514kg 194.5p, £999.
Messrs Edgar & Co, Whitecroft Mains sold a Holstein x heifer for 607kg, 192.5p £1168 to Alan Jarvis. East Scales sold two Holstein heifers for 578kg, 192.5p £1112 and 646kg, 192.5p £1243 both to David Holmes. Messrs Buckle, Bleathgill sold the top priced Limousin stock bull for 1069kg 206.5p £2207 to Jewitts.
Leading prices per head:
Limousin £1870 £1619 £1563 £1544 Wyse Hill Farm, £1841 £1678 Sanders Close £1779 £1768 £1710 £1676 £1590 £1546 Hill House Farm, £1500 Midtown Farm, British Blue £1643 £1586 £1577 Hill House Farm, Simmental £1629 Hill House Farm, Aberdeen Angus £1510 High Crossgill Farm, Holstein £1479 £1460 £1256 Castlesteads Farm, £1315 Stubbyknowe £1304 Mirkbooths, Holstein Friesian £1464 £1350 £1323 Low House Farm, £1407 Dykesfield Farm, £1367 Whitecroft Mains, £1359 £1350 £1337 Hadderdale, £1268 Chalk Lodge £1243 £1230 East Scales £1242 Mirkbooths £1240 Blackrigg, Continental £1432 Wyse Hill Farm, Friesian £1209 Greenwrae, Luing £1174 Glebe Steading, Montbeliarde £1150 Askrigg Hall, Dairy Shorthorn £1141 Midtodhills
Red Poll £1132 Chapel Farm, Belted Galloway £1117 Northrigg Hill, Ayrshire £1072 Low Plains, Beef Shorthorn £1041 Gerrard House, Fleckvieh £1033 Wardpark £1026 Askrigg Hall, Swedish Red & White £1050 Askrigg Hall.
Leading prices per kilo:
Limousin 246.5p, 235.5p, 226.5p, 217.5p Hill House Farm, 223.5p, 223.5p Sanders Close, 221.5p, 212.5p Wyse Hill Farm, 219.5p Kirkhouse Farm, 212.5p Midtown Farm, 205.5, Nealhouse Farm, Belted Galloway 212.5p Northrigg Hill, British Blue 211.5p, 201.5p Hill House Farm, 204.5p Glebe Farm, 200.5p Newbampton Farm, Holstein 197.5p Crownstone Farm, 182.5p Castlesteads, Continental 196.5p Wyse Hill Farm, Friesian 194.5p Dockray Hall, 189.5p Greenwrae, 186.5p Newbampton Farm, Holstein Friesian 192.5p Whitecroft Mains, 192.5p(x2), 187.5p East Scales, 184.5p High Grounds, 180.5p (x2) Hadderdale, Aberdeen Angus 189.5p High Crossgill Farm, 189.5p Hill House Farm, Montbelairde 189.5p Askrigg Hall, Red Poll 177.5p Chapel Farm.
CAST BULLS –
Leading prices per head: Limousin £2207 Bleathgill £1554 Broomhills
Leading prices per kilo: Limousin 206.5p Bleathgill, 178.5p Broomhills British Blue 169.5p Leapsrigg Farm,
PRIME SHEEP: On Monday 2nd January 2023 Harrison and Hetherington held their weekly sale of prime sheep. A few more lambs forward this week met a very much two tiered trade with heavy lambs and best quality types very good to sell. The edge is slightly off commercial types especially 47 – 48kg hoggs, this resulted in an overall average of £113.71 per head. Elliot Metcalf, High Old Shields led the way this week selling his of lambs for £152 a head to Bowland Foods Ltd. A pair of vendors Tom & Julia Airey, New Grange & John Fell, Stanger Hill sold lambs at £150 a head. Ann Little, The Hollands topped per kilo at 356.1pph for a pair of Beltex lambs selling to Vivers, Scotlamb. Messrs Spedding, Stoneflatts lead the heavy lambs with Texel’s to £142 with Foley Bros, Mirlaw House leading the Suffolk’s at £142 per head.
Leading Prices:
Price per head: Dutch Texel £152, £124 High Old Shields, £140, £136, £130, £128, £127 Unity Farm, £139, £134, £127, £124, £120, The Green, £120 Thorneyland Texel £150 Stanger Hill, £150, £143, £142, £141, £140 New Grange, £1148, £145 Stoneflatts £146, £142, £140 Flimby Hall, £146, £139 Newbiggin, £145 Lyndale, £140, £138 Mirlaw House, £140 Rietfontain, £139 Little Swinburne, £137 Wavercroft, £137 Lanerton Beltex £146, £139, £137, £133, £127, £120 Hollands, £140, £137, £124 Farewell Grange, £130, £120 The Throp Suffolk £142, £139, £132 Mirlaw House, £133, £120 White House, £130 Fern House, £130, £120 Eastfield, £130, £129 Clappers, £125 Outer Woodhead, £124, £115 The Green, £119 Roe Farm, £118 Denton Mains, £118 Clappers Farm, £116 Jackson Rigg Greyfaced £121 High Park Foot, £116, £112 Stanger Hill Hill/Cheviot £119 Outer Woodhead
Price per kilo: Beltex 356.1p, 341p, 323.3p, 318.6p, 309.8p Hollands, 326.2p, 325.6p Farewell Grange, 317.1p The Throp, £302.7p Auchenhill Dutch Texel 353.5p, 310p, 286.5p High Old Shields, 317.1p, 316.3p, 304.3p, 302.4p, 290.9p, 287.8p Unity Farm, 315.9p, 297.8p, 281.8p The Green, 302.7p, 285.7p Thorneyland Texel 339.5p, 305p Newbiggin, 334.1p Lanerton, 331p Little Swinburne Farm, 324.4p, 291.7p Flimby Hall, 322.2p Lyndale, 319.1p, 293.5p, 287p Stanger Hill, 318.6p, 285p Wavercroft, 311.9p Harley Croft, 309.5p, 304.3p, 295.5p Whitehaven, 302.6p The Bow, 297.9p, 288.5p, 284p New Grange Suffolk £254.9p Clappers Farm, £245.4p Mirlaw House, 245.3p Fern House, £242.2p, £240 Eastfield Hill/Cheviot 238.5p, 235.9p Aimshaugh, 235.7p Outer Woodhead Greyfaced 228.9p High Park Foot, 228.3p, 228.3 Farewell Grange, 226.7p Cold Shields, 224p, 223.1p Stanger Hill, 221.7p Denton Mains
CAST EWES – On Monday 2nd of January, Harrison and Hetherington conducted the opening 2023 sale of cast sheep & rams in Borderway. A much larger show of ewes was presented to a larger ringside of buyers. Topping the sale was a pen of 3 Texel ewes from Mr Hewetson, Lords Close selling for £186. Suffolk’s topped at £142 from Mr T Chalmers & Co, Outer Woodhead. Mules topped at £97for a pen of 20 from D, Robson & Son, Merryshield. Hill Sheep topped at £119 for 3 cheviots from D Graham, Hillhead. Swaledales topped at £66 G R, Morton, Church Farm. Blue Faced Leicester’s topped at £138 from Dan Charnock, Millholme. Rams topped at £142 for a Texel ram from Mr Oliver Harrison, Aimshaugh. A lot more ewes can be sold to the vendor’s advantage.
Leading Prices: Texel £186, £170, £130, £120 Lords Close, £146 The Bow, £138 Millholme, £133, £109, £93 Church Farm, £114 Shankfield Head, £110, £109 Milton Mains, £106 Lyndale, £96, £94, £93 Chapel House, £95 Rye Close, £88 Merryshield Suffolk £142 Outer Woodhead, £124, £110 Chapelknowe Leicester £138 Millholme, £96 Church Farm Rouge £132 Millholme Hill/Cheviot £119 Hillhead, £99 Outer Woodhead, £99 Outer Woodhead, £76 Lynfern, £70 Aimshaugh Zwartbles £114 Chapel House Charolais £90 Chapel House Greyfaced £97 Merryshield, £96, £83 Shankfield, £95, £71 Milton Mains, £90 Foulskyke, £79 Davygill Farm, £77 Middle Bank End Swaledale £66 Church Farm, £39 Cold Shields Bluefaced £47 Middle Bank End
RAMS: Texel £142 Aimshaugh, £136 Davygill, £116 Millholme, £110 Wavercroft, £110 Rashfield, £108 Chapel House, £98 Lynfern Charolais £126 Ashdene Leicester £108 Church Farm Herdwick £81 Breconside Kerry Hill £79 Lynfern Swaledale £74 Cold Shields, £70 Church Farm
Sale Contacts
David Holliday 07710 189804 Cast Cows & Cast Bulls
Grant Anderson 07872 129274 Prime Bulls & Prime Cattle
James Little 07872 840685 Prime & Cast Sheep
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