Borderway Breeding Sheep Sale

On Bank Holiday Monday 27^th May Harrison & Hetherington conducted its end of May show and sale of ewes and lambs in Borderway Mart. An entry of 985 was forward with another strong ringside of buyers looking for quality outfits while some drawn runs met more resistance. Before the sale the pre sale show took place. This years judge was Mr Peter Dent, Elm House, after much deliberation it was decided the championship was to be awarded to the first prize continental shearlings from J Browell, Quarry House which later went on to sell for £210 to the judge. The reserve championship went to the first prize pen of Suffolk cross hoggs from Sue Mitchell, Cumbrae which later sold for £160 a life. However topping the sale was a single outfit from Messrs Livingstone, Kirtlevale selling to £255 a life. The same home sold a single hogg and lamb to £240 a life. Mules hoggs topped at £132 for the first prize hoggs from JR & A Middleton, Stonehouse. Beltex hoggs topped at £230 per life from T C Whiteford, Tercosset for a hogg with a single. A total sale average of £128.2 was achieved leaving vendors more than happy with the days trading.

Prize List

Class 1 – Continental Shearlings 

1^st – Messrs Browell, Quarry House - £210

2^nd – Messrs Browell, Quarry House - £195

Class 2 – Mule Hoggs 

1^st – Messrs Middleton, Stone House - £132

2^nd - Messrs Middleton, Stone House - £122

3^rd – Messrs Armstrong, Shankfield Head - £130

Class 3 – Continental Hoggs 

1^st – Messrs Ridley, Shitlington Hall Farm - £148 

2^nd – Messrs Gibson, Thornton Towers - £126

3^rd – Messrs Gibson, Thornton Towers - £125

Class 4 – Continental Hoggs 

1^st – Messrs Mitchell, Cumbrae - £160

2^nd – Messrs Gibson, Thornton Towers - £146

Champion – Messrs Browell, Quarry House - £210

Reserve Champion – Messrs Mitchell, Cumbrae - £160

Contact our Auctioneers for more information.

Joe Bowman 07736 883670

Rory Livesey 07535 001541

Leading prices per head:

Ewes and Lambs: Texel £255 Kirtlevale, £210, £155, £150, £142, £130 Quarry House, £165, £120 Wall End, £162 Bromfield Hall, £146 Wallhead, £140, £134 Leigh Croft, £132 Longrigg, £121, £120 High Drybarrows Blue Texel £200 Cumbrae Suffolk £192 Bromfield Hall, £138 Waterloo Dutch Spotted £160 Crag Nook Greyfaced £110, £104 Villa Farm, £91 High Drybarrows, £88 Thornton Towers Charolais £104 Parkside Farm Hill/Cheviot £94 Greyrigg House

Shearlings and Lambs: Texel £210, £195, £150 Quarry House, £200 Wall End, £192 Kirtlevale, £170, £168 Hunley, £140 (x2) Cumbrae Suffolk £152 Wall End Greyfaced £134 Villa Farm, £116 Longrigg Dutch Spotted £98 Cragg Nook

Hoggs and Lambs: Texel £240, £235, £230, £220, £200 Kirtlevale, £175, £160, £150 (x2) Tercrosset, £165 Seymour, £160, £158 Wall End, £150 Highwood, £148 Shitlington, £146 Parkside Beltex £230, £200, £178 Tercrosset Blue Texel £160, £155 Cumbrae Suffolk £160, £150 Cumbrae, £150 Wall End, £146 Thornton Towers, £128 Garden Cottage, £117, £101 Lazonby Estate Greyfaced £132, £122, £94 Stone House, £126 (x2), £124, £112, £110 Shankfield