Borderway Store Cattle Sale

STORE CATTLE –On Wednesday 13^th March, Harrison & Hetherington held their weekly store cattle sale.  A larger sale on the week of 468 strong store cattle forward selling once again to a sharp trade throughout with a healthy days average of £1398 for both steers and heifers.  Topping the sale overall was a Limousin cross steers of Messrs Batey, High Knells, Carlisle at £1970.  The very biggest and best cattle were scarce today.  Next best at £1820 came from Messrs Irving, Thackmire, Wigton with a British Blue cross.  Charolais to £1800 from Messrs Fisher, Lairdlaugh, Castle Douglas with two steers.  Messrs Bell, Low Houses, Brampton sold yearlings to £1600.  Messrs Faulder, Thistledown, Carlisle sold Beef Shorthorn to £1680.

Heifers seen a top of £1770 for a Limousin cross from Messrs Holliday & Graham, Bolton Wood Lane, Wigton and others to £1750 from Messrs Fisher, Lairdlaugh, Castle Douglas and Messrs Grieve, Whiteside to £1730.  British Blues to £1610 from Messrs Fisher, Low Milton, Newton Stewart and £1580 from Messrs Mounsey, Wardhall Guards, Wigton.  12 months old Charolais to £1540 from Messrs Bell, Low Houses, Brampton.

Leading prices:
Steers: Limousin £1970 (x2) £1880 £1740 High Knells Farm, £1860 £1820 £1800 £1750 Lords Close £1840 £1730 Lairdlaugh £1820 £1780 (x3) £1760 Thistledown, £1710 The Flatt £1710 Spittalriddinghill Farm, £1700 £1690 Ashfield, British Blue £1820 £1700 Thackmire, £1680 Wardhall Guards £1610 (x9) £1460 (x8) Low Milton £1600 Thistledown £1600 Dry Evers Cottage, £1570 (x3) Town House £1510 The Flatt, £1490 Thorneyland £1480 (x2) Ellerslea, Charolais £1800 (x2) Lairdlaugh £1600 £1500 £1470 Low Houses £1440 (x2) Parceltown £1380 £1350 Merryshield, Beef Shorthorn £1680 £1630 £1590 £1580 Thistledown, Aberdeen Angus £1580 Hallmoor £1490 £1380 (x5) Millisle Farm, £1470 £1200 (x2) Bank Head £1450 (x2) Hallmoor £1420 £1320 Galieston Home Farm £1390 (x3) Stoneraise Place, £1260 Gimmenbie, Fleckvieh £1580 £1570 £1370 Limekilns, Saler £1570 (x2) Old Silloth Farm, Hereford £1480 Hallmoor £1170 Garlieston Home Farm, Holstein Friesian £1390 Low Milton, Friesian £1310 (x2) £1270 (x4) Fordlands Farm, Simmental £1300 £1220 Parceltown.

Heifers: Limousin £1770 £1730 £1710 Bolton Wood Lane, £1750 Lairdlaugh £1730 Whiteside Farm, £1610 Dryevers £1590 Millisle Farm £1570 £1550 £1400 £1370 (x2) £1350 (x2) £1330 (x2) The Flatt, £1450 £1440 Ladyhousesteads, £1410 Greengate Well Farm, £1330 (x3) Merryshield, British Blue £1610 £1400 (x3) £1390 (x3) Low Milton  £1580 £1510 Wardhall Guards Farm £1560 Bolton Wood Lane £1560 (x2) £1390 Wood Head, £1500 Gelt House £1470 (x3) £1390 £1380 Evening Hill Farm £1430 £1390 The Flatt £1420 (x2) Sorrow Stones £1410 Longrow Farm, £1390 (x2) Gimmenbie, £1380 Gelt House Charolais £1540 £1360 Low Houses £1390 Shankfield Head, £1300 (x2) Cumcatch Farm, Aberdeen Angus £1460 Sorrowstones, £1420 Whiteside Farm, £1400 (x2) £1380 (x5) Stoneraise Place £1330 Gimmenbie £1300 Longbank £1300 (x2) Millisle Farm, Fleckvieh £1460 £1440 £1350 Gelt House, Blonde £1430 Thorneyland, Saler £1400 Stoneraise Place, Simmental £1230 Millisle £1160 Merryshield, Hereford £1120 Shankfield Head, Luing £1130 The Flatt.

Please advise entries for next weeks sale by 10.30am Friday morning to Main Office or any of our Auctioneers and field staff.