Date: 25 March 2024 | Primestock
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PRIME BULLS: A much lighter entry of only 59 prime bulls forward seeing a lift in trade for all classes with everything a breeze to sell. Topping the sale overall at £3013.01 for a 946kg Limousin from Messrs Hutton, Setmabanning, Keswick. The same home also sold 881kg to £2788.37. Messrs Ridley, Haltcliffe Farm, Wigton sold 757kg to £2448.90 and Messrs Miller, West Farm, Aspatria sold 761kgs to £2400.96. Charolais crosses to £2486.71 for 871kg from Messrs Nutter, Manor Farm, Clitheroe. Simmentals to £2281.20 for 788kg from Messrs Goldie, Newbie Mains, Annan. Aberdeen Angus crosses to 730kgs from Messrs Irving, Bectonhall, Canonbie. British Blues to £1936.70 for 724kgs from Messrs Miller, West Farm. Top pence per kilo overall was the aforementioned Limousin from Haltcliffe Farm, Wigton at 323.5 to Bowland Foods, Preston.
Dairy bred bulls peaked at a new centre record of £1960.88 for a 945kg Holstein Friesian from Messrs Murray, Conheath, Dumfries. Messrs Graham, South Lambhill, Carlisle sold 845kg to £1846.33. Friesians to £1573.88 for 616kgs from Claremont Properties, Penrith and Montbeliarde to £1536.95 for 590kgs from Seymour Farms, Wigton, a top pence per kilo of 260.50 for this Montbeliarde, Friesians to 255.5p from Claremont Properties.
The next sale is Monday 1st April all classes required. Please advise entries for sale by call or text to the auctioneer Grant Anderson 07872 129274.
Leading Prices per Head: Limousin £3013 £2788 Setmabanning Farm £2448 Haltcliffe Farm, £2400 West Farm, £2139 Greenhill Farm, £1856 Seymour House, Charolais £2486 Manor Farm, Simmental £2281 Newbie Mains £1803 Greenhill Farm, £1629 Drumflower, Holstein Friesian £1960 £1824 £1766 £1759 £1710 £1620 £1539 £1507 Conheath Farm, £1846 £1758 £1638 South Lambhill £1613 £1515 Milton Farm, Aberdeen Angus £1952 Bectonhall £1862 £1827 £1813 Drumflower, British Blue £1936 £1840 West Farm, £1911 £1859 Bectonhall, Hereford £1746 £1686 South Lambhill, Friesian £1573 £1549 £1511 £1410 Hayclose, Montbeliarde £1536 Seymour House, Ayrshire £1353 Plasketlands, MRI £1283 Cowlyers Farm.
Leading Prices per kilo: Limousin 323.5 Haltcliffe Farm, 318.5 316.5 Setmabanning 315.5 West Farm, 297.5 Seymour House 295.5 Greenhill Farm, Simmental 289.5 Newbie Mains 283.5 Greenhill Farm, 272.5 Drumflower 265.5 Waterloo Farm, Charolais 285.5 Manor Farm, Aberdeen Angus 282.5 276.5 273.5 265.5 263.5 Drumflower 267.5, British Blue 277.5 267.5Bectonhall 267.5 (x2) West Farm, Montbelairde 260.5 Seymour House, Friesian 255.5 245.5 239.5 (x2) Hayclose, Hereford 241.5 South Lambhill, Holstein Friesian 241.5 237.5 218.5 South Lambhill 236.5 235.5 224.5 Milton Farm, 236.5 231.5 230.5 227.5 226.5 224.5 Conheath Farm, 227.5 219.5 Grassknop, MRI 225.5 Cowlyers Farm, Ayrshire 221.5 Plasketlands.
PRIME CATTLE: A fantastic entry of our 90 prime steers and heifers forward at Borderway weekly sale whereby trade would ease ever so slightly to join the National trend but despite this new, old and existing customers left highly delighted. Taking the top overall price of the day were Messrs Muir, Cleughbrae, Dumfries with one of their five cattle weighing 796kgs and attaining £2511.38 to A & D Meats. Messrs Muir, also sold 794kg to £2393.91 selling cattle into the £2200 plus club were Messrs Cape, Kirklands Guards, Wigton, Messrs Bowe, Bothel Parks, Wigton, Messrs Craik, Waterside, Castle Douglas x2, Messrs Nicholson, The Lake, Carlisle and Messrs Dixon, Lesson Hall, Wigton. British Blue crosses from Messrs Bowe, Bothel Parks, Wigton sold to £2384.04. Charolais to £2320.13 from Messrs Cape, Kirkland Guards, Wigton for 807kgs and 764kg Blondes to £2165.94 from Messrs Stamper, Rose Farm, Cockermouth. Top pence per kilo steer came from Cleughbrae Farm, Dumfries achieving 315.50 for a Limousin cross. Messrs Pearson, High Plasketlands, Maryport sold next best to 314.5 for 658kgs.
Heifers sold to a top of £2313.23 for a 745kg Limousin cross from Messrs Stamper, Rose Farm, Cockermouth. Messrs Crichton, Loughrigg, Egremont sold next best at £2240.63 for 717kg. British Blue crosses to £2109.70 for 763kg from Messrs Dixon, Lesson Hall, Wigton. Messrs Brough, Old Rectory sold 714kgs to £2102.73 and Charolais crosses to £2007.99 for 666kgs from Messrs Stamper, Rose Farm, Cockermouth selling to R & JP Mulholland Butchers, Great Orton Carlisle. Top overall pence per kilo of 319.50 went to Messrs Beattie, Woodfield, Annan with 624kg Limousin cross achieving 319.50. Messrs Watson, Bowsden Moor, Berwick sold next best at 316.50 for 556kg.
Numbers like this can be handled with ease weekly, please advise all entries by call or text Grant Anderson on 07872 129274
Leading Prices per head:
Steers: Limousin £2511 £2393 £2193 £2115 £2034 Cleughbrae Farm, £2239 Kirkland Guards £2285 Bothel Parks £2220 2219 £2133 £2019 Waterside Farm, £2206 £2097 The Lake £2206 Lesson Hall, £2140 Nealhouse Farm, £2121 Reaygarth, £2075 Grassgarth £2018 Cargo Farm, £2007 £1992 Hoddomtown, British Blue £2384 Bothel Parks £2069 High Plasket Lands Farm, Charolais £2320 Kirkland Guards, Blonde £2165 Rose Farm, Aberdeen Angus £2050 Waterside Farm.
Heifer: Limousin £2313 Rose Farm, £2240 £2166 Loughrigg Farm, £2197 Old Rectory Farm, £2142 £2060 High Plasket Lands £2057 £1993 Woodfield £2001 Cold Shields, £1950 £1759 Bowsden Moor Farm, £1884 Nunscleugh, £1866 Reaygarth £1864 Guards Mill Farm, £1807 £1799 Cold Shields, £1756 Stone House, British Blue £2109 Lesson Hall £2102 Old Rectory Farm, £1775 The Flatt, Charolais £2007 Rose Farm, £1804 £1777 Nunscleugh, Simmental £1900 Newbie Mains, Stabiliser £1711 The Flatt, Aberdeen Angus £1709 £1613 The Flatt.
Leading Prices per kilo:
Steers: Limousin 315.5p, 301.5p Cleughbrae, 312.5p Lesson Hall, 312.5p, 297.5p Nealhouse Farm, 308.5p, 306.5p, 305.5p, 293.5p Waterside Farm, 307.5p Greenhill, 303.5p (x2) The Lake, 293.5p, 288.5p Hoddomtown, 293.5p Kirkland Guards, 292.5p Bothel Parks, 290.5p Grassgarth Blonde 283.5p Rose Farm British Blue 314.5p High Plasket, 310.5p Bothel Parks Charolais 287.5p Kirkland Guards Aberdeen Angus 262.5p Waterside Farm
Heifers: Limousin 319.5p Woodfield, 316.5p, 301.5p Bowsden Moor, 312.5p, 306.5p Loughrigg, 310.5p Rose Farm, 307.5p Reaygarth, 306.5p Old Rectory, 304.5p Stone House, 303.5p High Plasket Lands, 299.5p Lesson Hall, 295.5p Guards Mill Charolais 301.5p Rose Farm British Blue 294.5p Old Rectory, 276.5p Lesson Hall, 263.5p Justicetown Farm Aberdeen Angus 267.5p Lesson Hall Stabilizer 264.5p The Flatt Galloway 227.5p Vendace Drive
CAST COWS & OTM CATTLE: A smaller show of 230 cast cows and stock bulls were forward with extra buyers coming to Borderway which ensured the trade was sharper throughout. Messrs Kearton, Wyse Hill Farm, Barnard Castle run of cows topped at 1050kg, 209.5p, £2199 for a Limousin cross to Scotbeef. A British blue cross cow sold for 751kg, 227.5p, £1708 to Will Barker. Messrs Nixon, Ribton House sold the top priced Aberdeen Angus cow for 1043kg, 191.5p, £1997 to Charles Kirkpatrick. Messrs Hewitson, Kinghill sold a British Blue cow for 735kg, 241.5p, £1775 to Michael Helliwell. Messrs Nichol, Lawston Farm sold a Limousin cross cow for 654kg, 261.5p, £1710 to Alan Jarvis. Messrs Noble, Mill Farm sold two Beef Shorthorn heifers for 547kg, 259.5p, £1419 and 610kg, 257.5p, £1570 to Alan Jarvis and Les Fell. Messrs Dent, Beamwham sold a Limousin cross cow for 664kg, 229.5p, £1523 to Messrs Roberts. Messrs Nixon, Ribton House sold the top priced Holstein cross cow for 884kg, 199.5p, £1763 to Phillip Bowes. Messrs Morris, Greengatehouse Farm sold Holstein cross heifers for 721kg, 225.5p, £1625 to Alan Jarvis. Messrs Robinson, Pelutho Park sold a Friesian heifer for 637kg, 227.5p, £1449 to Sean McGimpsey, Seymour Farms topped the Montbeliarde cross cow which sold for 790kg, 203.5p, £1607 to Scotbeef. Low Wood Dairy sold a Holstein cross cow for 864kg, 183.5p, £1585 also to Scotbeef. Bow Dairy Farming sold a Holstein cross cow for 897kg, 171.5p, £1538 and Holstein cross heifers for 568kg, 215.5, £1224 and 507kg, 213.5p, £1082 purchased by Michael Helliwell and Les Fell x2. Evening Hill Farm sold a Holstein cross cow for 915kg, 167.5p, £1532 to Michael Helliwell. Messrs Johnston, Cote House sold a Holstein cross cow for 846kg, 179.5p, £1518 to Charles Kirkpatrick. Messrs Coulthard, Justicetown sold a Holstein cross cow for 885kg, 171.5p, £1517 to Michael Helliwell. Messrs Ramsay, Dockray Hall sold a Friesian Heifer for 544kg, 211.5p, £1150 to Les Fell.
Leading prices per head: Limousin £2199, £1676 Wyse Hill, £1710 Lawston Farm, £1631 Demense Farm, £1605 King Hill, £1523, £1420 Haydon Bridge, £1463 Moor Park Aberdeen Angus £1997 Ribton House, £1483 Mount Hunly British Blue £1775 King Hill, £1708, £1542, £1447, £1417 Wyse Hill, £1599 Walloway Holstein £1763 Ribton House, £1585 Low Wood, £1517 Justicetown Holstein Friesian £1625 Greengatehouse, £1538, £1293, £1281, £1224 Chalk Lodge, £1532, £1414, £1268 Evening Hill, £1518 Cote House, £1348 Woodhousehill, £1332 Woodhouse, £1311, £1220 (x2) Woodslee, £1303 Brisco Hill, £1264 Stoneraise Place, £1257 Mirkbooths, £1236 Wham Head, £1219 Orton Grange, £1211 Swinsty Farm Staberlizer £1620, £1488 Enterber Shorthorn £1610 Wyse Hill Farm Montbeliarde £1607, £1461 Seymour House, £1330, £1226 Moor Park Beef Shorthorn £1570 Mill Farm Friesian £1449, £1246 Pelutho Park, £1351, £1250 Bowness Hall, £1217 South Lough Fleckvieh £1427 Moor Farm, £1335 Hill House, £1334 Wardpark, £1275 Haythwaite Lane Farm Luing £1420 High Troweir Norwegian Red £1414 Dockray Hall Charollais £1370 Bothal Park Farm Danish Red £1257 Bays Leap Galloway £1159 Kilnstown Simmental £1142 Alders Edge Dairy Shorthorn £1110 Parton Farm Belted Galloway £1230 Heathfield
Leading Prices per kilo: Limousin 261.5p Lawston Farm, 229.5p, 219.5p, 205.5p Haydon Bridge, 227.5p Demense, 221.5p King Hill, 217.5p Bothal Park, 209.5p, 205.5 Wyse Hill, 203.5p Whitehills Friesian 227.5p, 193.5p, 183.5p Pelutho Park, 211.5p Dockray Hall Beef Shorthorn 259.5p, 257.5p Mill Farm British Blue 241.5p King Hill, 227.5p, 213.5p, 205.5p, 203.5p Wyse Hill, 207.5p Walloway Holstein Friesian 225.5p Greengatehouse, 215.5p, 213.5p Chalk Lodge, 205.5p Barsalloch, 199.5p Low Thorney, 197.5p Highhead Castle, £195.5 Barsalloch, 185.5p Fauld Farm, 185.5p Stoneraise Place Shorthorn 221.5p Wyse Hill Staberlizer 213.5p Enterber Aberdeen Angus 205.5p Mount Huly Montbeliarde 203.5p (x2) Seymour House, 193.5p Hexham Gardens Simmental 201.5p Alders Edge Luing 199.5p High Troweir Holstein 199.5p Ribton House, 185.5p Broathill, 183.5p Low Wood Fleckvieh 197.5p Bowsden Moor, 187.5p Haythwaite, 183.5p Hill House Galloway 179.5p Kilnstown Hereford 197.5p Demense Dairy Shorthorn 189.5p Parton Farm
STOCK BULLS: 11 stock bulls forward. Kilnstown Farm sold a Limousin bull for 966kg, 285.5p, £2757 to Michael Helliwell. Messrs Kearton, Wyse Hill Farm sold a Limousin bull for 1267kg, 211.5p, £2679 to Charles Kirkpatrick. Messrs Thirlwall, Quarry Farm sold a Limousin stock bull for 1038kg, 193.5p, £2008 also to Charles Kirkpatrick.
Leading prices per head: Limousin £2757 Kilnstown, £2679 Wyse Hill, £2008 Quarry Farm Beef Shorthorn £1952 Hallsford Galloway £1626 Vendace Drive Dairy Shorthorn £1554 Stockholm
Leading Prices per kilo: Limousin 285.5p Kilnstown, 211.5p Wyse Hill, 193.5p Quarry Farm Dairy Shorthorn 199.5p Stockholm Galloway 185.5p Vendace Drive Belted Galloway 175.5p Barsalloch Farms
Prime Sheep: On Monday 25th March 2024 Harrison and Hetherington held their weekly sale of prime and cast sheep where a total entry of 4454 head were forward all classes of sheep remain a strong trade with 711 ewes completely off the scale to average £153.30 and 3742 hoggs leveling at 391p, a strong return and a in stark contrast to other outlets prices.
Ewes sold to £340 for a fantastic Texel ewe from Messrs Coulter, Ballyclare a further 53 pens sold over £200 with new local vendors Messrs Peile, Parkgate Hall, Wigton & Messrs Steel Lesson Hall, Wigton selling Beltex & Charollais ewes to £280, another new vendors Messrs Watson, Bowsden Moor, Berwick Upon Tweed selling 20 ewes to average £261.18 to a top of £305. Moir Livestock, Fraserburgh sold a pen of 5 crackers at £320. Hoggs sold to another brisk trade well ahead of pre-sale expectations, these topped at £300 for a pair from Messrs Roots, Kilnford Croft, Dumfries to Lancashire Direct Halal. The super singles hogg show was won by Messrs Graham, The Wreay, Wigton which sold at £275 to Parskey Butchers, Wigton. With the double yolkers pair of hoggs being won by Messrs Fell, Stanger Hill, Wigton which topped the ppkg league table at 562p or 40kg, £225 to Bowland Foods Ltd.
Suffolks topped at £232 for Messrs Coulter, Ballyclare and at 445p from Messrs Ferguson, Priory Nook, Carlisle. Hill hoggs sold to £220 for cheviots from Messrs Roots, Kilnford Croft, Dumfries and to 423p for Herdwicks from Messrs Ritson, Baggra Yeat, Wigton. Perhaps the trade of the day belonged to Messrs Crowther, Spittalriddinghill, Annan who sold 240 Blackfaced & Cheviot hoggs weighing £29.92 at 401.87ppkg or £120.24 per head. Mule hoggs continued to fair well at Borderway with these being topped by first time vendor Messrs Barker, Halton Park, Lancaster who sold pens to £195 and £190 with 4 vendors sharing the pence per kilo honors of 400p. another travelled vendor sold 319 Suffolk cross continental hoggs weighing 49kg to average a magnificent £199.21 per head or 406ppkg.
The next few weeks will see sheep in high demand on a Monday. Please do not hesitate to contact our sales team to market your sheep in the UK’s most talked about sheep ring.
Prize List
Doubles Yolkers
1st Fell, Stanger Hill - £225
2nd Rodger, Comlongon Mains - £202
3rd Campbell, Carsewalloch Farm - £195
Super Singles
1st Graham, The Wreay - £275
2nd Rodger, Comlongon Mains - £225
3rd Fell, Stanger Hill - £240
Champion - Graham, The Wreay - £275
Reserve Champion - Fell, Stanger Hill - £225
Leading Prices per head: Texel £300, £230 Kilnford Croft, £245, £230 High Mindork, £238 Ballyninch, £236 Mirkbooths, £234 Doagh, £234 Newbank, £234 Mid Farm, £232 (x2) Flimby Hall, £230 The Hill, £230 Bengall, £230 Low Meadows, £228 Priory Nook, £228 Buckles Beltex £275 The Wreay, £240, £225 Stanger Hill, £240, £216, £195 Carsewalloch, £225, £220, £210, £202 (x2), £198 Comlongon Mains, £220 Mid farm, £208 Castlehill, £198 Howrigg, £190 Hollands Suffolk £232, £228, £220 Doagh, £223 Seymour House, £222 Ballyninch, £22 Scallen, £220, £198 Demesne, £216, £215, £198 Kesh, £212 Priory Nook, £200, £198 Buninver, £198 Castlehill Dutch Texel £220 Kesh, £216 Carsewalloch, £210 Chesterwood, £200 Throneyland Cheviot/Mule £214, £200 Beivedere Charollais £208, £204 Doagh, £205 Kesh, £200 Blackwell Farm Blue Texel £202 Barrhill, £189 Enniskillen, £188 Kilncroft, £180 The Wreay Dutch Spotted £200 Kesh, £190 Doagh Hill/Cheviot £200 Kilnford Croft, £196, £189 Bengall, £194, £180 Castlehill, £190 Newbank, £180 Orton Rigg, £180 West Balhalgardy Greyfaced £195, £190, £177 Halton Park, £190 Beivedere, £186 Blue Dial Farm, £180 Dundraw, £180 (x2) Springfield, £180 (x2), £175 Mirkbooths, £176 Buckles, £176 Old Hall Dorset £192 Doagh Herdwick £182 Baggra Yeat Leicester £180 Buckles Farm Blackfaced £170 Riggheads, £170 Allerbeck, £170 Doagh Zwartbles £170 Dinwoodie Green Swaledale £170 Baggra Yeat, £166 The Hollands Ryeland £140 North Scales
Leading Prices per kilo: Texel 539p, 463.4p Beivedere, 513p Bridgestone, 507p, 487p High Mindork, 500p Kilnford Croft, 495p Mirkbooths, 486p Braehill, 485p, 463p Drunlea, 476.7p Comlongon Mains, 472p Dinwoodie Green, 465.3p, 465p Buckles Farm, 465p Huntly Lodge Beltex 562.5p, 533p Stanger Hill, 550p The Wreay, 550p Mid Farm, 524p, 500p, 493p, 488p, 469.8p Comlongon Mains, 483p Howrigg, 480, 464.4p, 460p Carsewalloch, 475 Hollands, 468.4p Kirtlevale, 461.5p Swallowdene Blue Texel 459p Barrhil, 450p The Wreay Dutch Texel 448.5p Home Farm, 442.9p Thorneyland Suffolk 445p Priory Nook, 427p Ballyninch, 422p Dundraw, 421.7p Thethwaite, 398.1p, 392.7p Kesh, 395.8p West Balhalgardy, 393.6p Beivedere, 393 Town Head, 392.9p Roe Farm, 392p Comlongon Mains, 391p Seymour House, 388.7p Mirkbooths, 388p Castlehill Herdwick 423p Baggra Yeat Blackfaced 422.2p, 400p (x3), 387.1p Spittalriddinghill, 395p Riggheads, 389p Old Hall Hill/Cheviot 419p, 395.5p Castlehill, 406.5p Spittalriddinghill, 400p Thethwaite, 400p Woodhouses, 395p, 390.5p Wynholm, 393.8p, 384.3p Bengall Farm, 391.3p Orton Rigg, 391 West Balhalgardy, 390.5p Wynholm, 386p Kilnford Croft, 385.4p Beivedere, 384.4p Riggheads Charollais 416p Doagh, 407.8p Buninver, 402p Kesh Dorset 400p Doagh Greyfaced 400p The Hollands, 400, 387p Springfield, 400p, 390p Buckles, 400p, 389p Mirkbooths, 393p, 388p Halton Park, 383p Dudraw Cheviot/Mule 396.3p Beivedere Swaledale 395p Baggra Yeat
Cast Ewes:
Leading Prices per head: Texel £340, £310, £290 Doagh, £320, £290 Home Farm, £305, £300, £275 Bowden Moor, £290 Bothel Parks, £275 Priory Nook Charollais £280, £230, £225 Lesson Hall, £202, £195 Marnells Road, £180 Doagh, £170 Blackwell, £170 Kesh Beltex £280 Parkgate, £270 Bowsden Moor, £270 Inamay, £215 Carsewalloch Farm, £200 High House Suffolk £205, £180 Burnside, £195 (x2), £185 Ballyninch, £192 White Moss Farm, £190 Bowsden Moor, £185 Kesh, £183 Marnells, £180 Old Hall Greyfaced £184, £126 Mirkbooths, £145 Low Farm, £135 Winterhope, £134 (x2) Thorneyland, £130 High House, £128 The Lake, £128 Triermain, £126 Stobswood Zwartbles £160 Leafield Dutch Spotted £160 High Crosby Jacob £150 Lesson Hall Hill/Cheviot £146 Marnells, £128 Kerricks Blackfaced £116 Doagh, £108 Stobswood, £102 Ballyninch Road Goats £115 Ashgrove, £70 Drunlea Swaledale £106 Trierman, £97 East Unthank, £83 Bybeck
Rams
Leading Prices per head: Texel £300, £190 Doagh, £240 The Lake, £235, £205 Kesh, £215, £180 Thorneyland, £215, £195, £190 Ballyninch Charollais £230 Drunlea, £200 Ballyninch Rouge £210 Marnells Road Blue Texel £210 Kesh Suffolk £200 Ballyninch, £195 Doagh, £180 Marnells Swaledale £118 Doagh Leicester £165 Doagh
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
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