Borderway Primestock Sale

On Monday 31st May Harrison & Hetherington held their weekly sale of primestock.  A great entry of 245 Cast Cows, Bulls, Prime Cattle and 1461 prime sheep was on offer on Bank Holiday Monday.

PRIME BULLS: A much smaller show of 42 Prime bulls on this Bank Holiday Monday.  Despite lack of numbers there was no lack of trade with all classes far dearer on the week for the mixed show evident.  Top overall was a superb Limousin from Messrs Wilson, Reddings Farm, Moffat achieving a days top of £1982.48 and purchased by Ralph Pearson, Wholesale Butchers, Bradford.  A Limousin out of the Holstein Friesian cow from Messrs Irving, Becton Hall, Canonbie sold to a top of £1393.79 and a British Blue out of the dairy cow from Messrs Wainwright, Castle Farm, Carlisle selling to £1392.33 purchased by Bowland Foods and Jewitt Meats, Spennymoor.   Top overall pence per kilo of 247.5p was attained for the aforementioned Limousin from the Reddings.  Dairy bred bulls to £1354.82 for a Friesian from local farmers Messrs Bland, The Flatt, Brampton purchased by Bowland Foods.  Holstein Friesians from Messrs Murray, Conheath, Dumfries to £1257.53 purchased by Capper Farming.  Top overall pence per kilo of 207.5p for a Friesian from Messrs Reed, Croft House, Carlisle.  Messrs Reeds run of Friesians averaged 200.83ppk.  More bulls are required weekly of all shapes, size and ages.  Please advise entries by call or text to the auctioneer Grant Anderson 07872 129274.  

Leading prices per head: Limousin £1982 Reddings, £1393 Bectonhall, £1321 High House, £1300, £1267 Beck House, £1215 Whitehouse British Blue £1392 Castle Farm, £1312 Croft House, £1267 Beck House Friesian £1354, £1226, £1063 The Flatt, £1193, £1192, £1147 Croft House Holstein Friesian £1257, £1196, £1173, £1166, £1142, £1093 Conheath Aberdeen Angus £1226, £1151 Bectonhall, £1181, £1169 Castle Farm.

Leading prices per kilo: Limousin 247.5p Reddings, 225.5p, 210.5p Beck House, 225.5p, 202.5p High House, 211.5p Bectonhall British Blue 214.5p Croft House, 207.5p Beck House 207.5p Castle Farm Friesian 207.5p, 198.5p 196.5p Croft House, 195.5p, 178.5p, 173.5p The Flatt Aberdeen Angus 193.5p, 184.5p Bectonhall, 183.5p Castle Farm Holstein Friesian 180.5p, 177.5p, 172.5p, 161.5p Conheath, 159.5p Elephant Farm Hereford 176.5p Ratten Castle Holstein 162.5p, 166.5p, 165.5p Elephant Farm.

PRIME CATTLE: A smaller entry of only 35 Prime steers and heifers forward with an increased trade received on the week.  Topping the sale at £1824.53 was an outstanding 765kg Limousin cross from Messrs Wilson, Petteril Hill Farm, Carlisle.  Messrs Bell, Hoddamtown, Lockerbie sold another to £1805.83, 754kgs both of which were purchased by Pioneer Foods, Carlisle. Top pence per kilo steer and overall top of 259.5p was attained by Messrs Miller, High Aketon, Wigton with a Limousin cross, this was purchased by Steven Wilson, Butchers Shop, Corby Hill, Carlisle.  Heifers were sold to a top of £1639.10 (740kg) from Petteril Hill Farm once again followed by £1631.35 (641 kgs) for another from Messrs Story, Newbiggin, Carlisle purchased by Pioneer Foods and Bowland Foods, Preston.  Top price per kilo of 255.5p and 254.5p was achieved by Messrs Story, Newbiggin, for 608kg and 641kg Limousin crosses and both purchased by Bowland Foods, Preston.

Please advise entries by call or text to the auctioneer Grant Anderson 07872 129274.  

Leading Prices Per Head:
Steers: Limousin £1824 Petteril Hill, £1805, £1721 Hoddamtown, £1753, £1569 Kirkland Guards, £1746 Bothel Parks, £1707 Newbiggin, £1585 High Aketon.

Heifers: Limousin £1639 Petteril Hill, £1631, £1568, £1553, £1479, £1396 Newbiggin, £1485, £1428 Lords Close, £1342 High Aketon.

Leading prices per kilo:  
Steers: Limousin 259.5p High Aketon, 253.5p, 248.5p Bothel Parks, 251.5p Newbiggin,249.5p, 239.5p Hoddamtown, 243.5p, 238.5p Kirkland Guards, 238.5p Petteril Hill Holstein Friesian 174.5p Windy Hill.

Heifers: Limousin 255.5p, 254.5p, 248.5p, 248.5p, 246.5p Newbiggin, 253.5p, 250.5p, 245.5p, 235.5p High Aketon, 247.5p, 244.5p Lords Close, 244.5p, 221.5p Petteril Hill.

CAST COWS & OTM CATTLE: A good entry of 175 cast cows was on offer to the usual large ring side of buyers which ensured all classes being 10p up on the week.

DA Harrison & Co., Hill House Farm run of 9 great cows topped at 747kg, 231.5p, £1729 and 768kg, 208.5p, £1601 for Limousin crosses purchased by Sean McGimpsey and Owain Llyr.  Messrs Malone, Pitcairn sold a Limousin cross cow 792kg, 215.5p, £1706 to Charles Kirkpatrick.  Messrs Storey & Son, Woodhead Farm sold a Limousin cross cow for 733kg, 210.5p, £1542 to Owain Llyr.  Messrs Johnston & Son, Orton Hall sold a Limousin cross cow for 781kg, 195.5p, £1526 and 781kg, 195.5p, £1421 to Michael Helliwell.  Mr Steven Illingworth, Howgillside sold the top priced Charolais cross cow for 761kg, 196.5p, £1495 to David Holmes.  Mr Ian Goldie, Greenfield sold a Beef Shorthorn heifer for 205.5p to Sean McGimpsey.

Hardgrave Farm sold Holstein cross cows for 1023kg, 138.5p, £1416 and 899kg, 144.5p, £1299 to Les Fell.  Messrs Teasdale & Sons, Halefield sold a Holstein cross cow for 853kg, 156.5p, £1334 and a Friesian cow for 856kg, 148.5p, £1271 both purchased by Charles Kirkpatrick.  Messrs Haston & Son, Swordwellrigg sold a Montbeliarde cross cow for 685kg, 187.5p, £1284 to David Holmes.  Messrs Thomas, Blackwood sold a Holstein cross cow for 801kg, 153.5p, £1229 to Les Fell.  Messrs Holliday, Newbampton run of Holstein cross cows topped at 788kg, 155.5p, £1225 and 816kg, 147.5p, £1203 both purchased by Les Fell.

Messrs Haston & Son, Swordwellrigg sold Montbeliarde cross heifers for 190.5p and 187.5p to Capper Farming and David Holmes.  Messrs McNabney Bros sold a Holstein cross heifer for 177.5p to Les Fell.  Buckabank Farms sold a Holstein cross heifer for 174.5p to Alan Jarvis.  Mr Bryan Donald, The Ling sold an Ayrshire heifer for 172.5p also to Alan Jarvis.

Leading Prices per head: Limousin £1729, £1601, £1379, £1279, £1197 Hill House, £1706 Pitcairn, £1542 Woodhead, £1526, £1421 Orton Hall, £1351, £1283 Cracrop, £1298, £1259 Nelson Hill, £1278 Street Head, £1203 West End, £1132 The Faulds Charolais £1495 Howgillside, £1246, £1242 Greenfield Holstein Friesian £1416, £1299, £1024 Hardgrove, £1334 Halefield, £1308, £1012 Buckabank, £1229 Blackwood, £1112 Park House, £1100 Mid Ringuinea, £1090 Brackenhow, £1014 Dundraw Simmental £1317 Meikleholm, £1313, £1176, £1159, £1106 Kirtleton House British Blue £1306, £1300, £1291 Hill House, £1283 Holmecroft, £1281 The Faulds, £1277 Nelson Hill, £1136 Denton Mains Montbeliarde £1284, £1154 Swordwellrigg Friesian £1271 Halefield, £1034, £1024 Blackwood Holstein £1225, £1203, £1101 Newbampton, £1130, £1106 Yew Tree, £1095 Ravenside Blonde £1172 Orton Hall Aberdeen Angus £1138 Hill House, £1128 Braithwaite Hall Shorthorn £1137 Halefield, £1062 Greenfield Hereford £1105 Nelson Hill Saler £1061 Greenfield.

Leading Prices per Kilo: Limousin 231.5p, 208.5p, 178.5p, 167.5p Hill House, 215.5p Pitcairn, 210.5p, 170.5p Woodhead, 195.5p, 170.5p Orton Hall, 180.5p, 179.5p Cracrop, 172.5p Street Head, 170.5p Denton Mains, 169.5p Nelson Hill, 169.5p Halmyre, 167.5p The Faulds Beef Shorthorn 205.5p Greenfield, 152.5p Courstein Charolais 196.5p Howgillside, 176.5p, 166.5p Greenfield Montbeliarde 190.5p, 187.5p Swordwellrigg Simmental 185.5p, 169.5p, 164.5p, 161.5p Kirtleton House, 160.5p Meikleholm Aberdeen Angus 185.5p, 179.5p Midtown, 181.5p Braithwaite Hall, 164.5p Barsalloch British Blue 178.5p The Faulds, 175.5p, 173.5p, 164.5p Hill House, 175.5p Nelson Hill, 173.5p Holmecroft, 166.5p Windy Hill, 159.5p Standing Stonerigg, 156.5p, 155.5p (x2), 154.5p Halmyre, 151.5p Denton Mains Holstein Friesian 177.5p Barsalloch, 174.5p, 167.5p, 148.5p Buckabank, 166.5p, 159.5p The Ling, 157.5p Mid Ringuinea, 156.5p Halefield, 153.5p Blackwood, 146.5p Whitrigg Grange, 145.5p, 144.5p Hardgrove, 143.5p Brackenhow Blonde 173.5p Orton Hall Ayrshire 172.5p The Ling Hereford 169.5p Ross Farm, 168.5p Nelson Hill Holstein 166.5p, 162.5p Ravenside, 155.5p, 148.5p, 147.5p Newbampton, 148.5p Barsalloch, 147.5p, 143.5p Yew Tree Friesian 159.5p, 143.5p Mid Ringuinea, 149.5p (x2) Blackwood, 148.5p Halefield, 141.5p Cumcatch Saler 157.5p Greenfield Norwegian Red 147.5p The Howes Fleckvieh 127.5p East Bowhill Galloway 127.5p Ottercops.

CAST BULLS: Only 4 stock bulls on offer with Messrs Thomas, Blackwood selling a Simmental for 1025kg, 153.5p, £1573 to Charles Kirkpatrick.  Messrs Struthers, Thornyhill Farm sold Charolais stock bulls for 1105kg, 146.5p, £1618 and 1150kg, 138.5p, £1592 bought by Owain Llyr and Charles Kirkpatrick.

Leading Prices per Head: Charolais £1618, £1592 Thornyhills Simmental £1573 Blackwood Aberdeen Angus £1256 Yew Tree.

Leading Prices per Kilo: Simmental 153.5p Blackwood Charolais 146.5p Thornyhills Aberdeen Angus 142.5p Yew Tree.

PRIME SHEEP: On Monday 31^st May 2021 Harrison & Hetherington held their weekly sale of 1461 prime sheep, spring lambs came forward in greater numbers with quality a plenty, the top 33 pens of lambs sailed past 400ppk with 32 pens smashing £170 to a top of £220 for Beltex lambs from Messrs Musgrave, Cardew Hall who also topped per kilo at 461p for a 39kg Beltex selling at £180 to average £169.77 (403.15ppk) for 32 head.  A sale average of 350ppk was achieved which equates to £145.11 per head.  This in stark contrast to last years May Bank Holliday sale which topped at £135 a head and 316.7ppk; every lamb forward from 34-57.5kg was met with a ferocious appetite ringside.

Gary Bell, Haas Side, Lockerbie sold a run of Texel cross lambs to average £182.80 per head, 417.35ppk to a top of £187.  Suffolks sold to a top of £174 from Messrs Story, Jacksonrigg, Longtown and to 379.8ppk from Messrs Harrison, Tofts, Hexham.

Leading Prices per head: Beltex £220, £190, £186, £180 (x3), £179 (x2), £178, £175.50, £175, £173, £172, £171, £170 Cardew Hall Texel £194, £182, £180 West End, £188 Greensyke, £187, £182, £175 Boggle Hall, £187, £180 Haas Side, £178 Cowranside, £176 Mirlaw House, £174 White Moss, £174 Jackson Rigg, £174 High Boonwood, £173 Clappers Suffolk £174, £152 Jackson Rigg, £169, £161 The Tofts, £164, £154 Holly Tree, £157, £148 Clappers, £155 Brocklerigg, £153 (x2) Mirlaw House, £151 Longwood, £150, £146 Greensyke, £148 Mirkbooths Dutch Texel £167 (x2), £166 Hill House Jacob £151 Cardew Hall Zwartbles £149 (x2) Evistones.

Leading Prices per kilo: Beltex 461.5p, 458.3p, 452.4p, 432.5p, 430p, 429.7p, 428.6p, 426.2p, 417.1p, 416.3p, 413.3p, 412.9p, 410.8p, 409.6p Cardew Hall, 431.6p, 412.8p Harley Croft Dutch Texel 439.5p, 436.8p, 407.3p Hill House Texel 420p, 383.7p Boggle Hall, 418.6p, 415.6p Haas Side, 410p, 405.2p, 387.2p Holmecroft, 408.3p Ellerslea, 405.1p The Tofts, 400p (x2) Thethwaite, 397.2p Newbiggin, 395.7p West End, 395.7p West End, 395.2p Braithwaite Hall, 394.7p, 387.8p Rottington Hall Suffolk 379.8p, 342.6p The Tofts, 356.8p Clappers, 355.8p (x2) Mirlaw House, 352.5, 346.3p Rottington Hall, 348.9p Holly Tree, 344.2p Mirkbooths, 341.6p Jackson Rigg, 341.5p Brocklerigg Zwartbles 323.9p Evistones. 

CAST SHEEP: A larger show of 352 cast ewes and rams where trade was flying for all classes of ewes. Once again rams were in serious demand and topping today’s sale was £180 for 2 Texel rams from Messrs Palmer, Grange Farm. Cast rams sold to average £155.45. Ewes were far sharper on the week and a whole sale average of £97 was achieved. Topping the section at £156 for a cracking Beltex ewe from Messrs Batty, Flimby Hall. Many good continental ewes sold to £140 plus. Mules continue to sell with ease topping at £112 twice, firstly from Messrs Brough, The Clappers and secondly from Messrs Sim, Chapel House. A strong ringside of buyers present for cast sheep ensured all were well bid for and many more could be sold to vendors advantage.  

Leading prices per head: Beltex £156, £129 Flimby Hall, £152 Banks Farm, £120, £112 Greensyke, £104 Ashdene Texel £150 Rye Close, £148, £118 Ross Farm, £145, £140, £128 Wavercroft, £142, £139 Cowranside, £132, £128 East View, £132 Lanehead, £128 Thethwaite, £127 High Springfield, £123, £120 Rose Cottage Charolais £144, £122, £112 Springfield, £130 Cowranside Suffolk £136, £128 Clappers, £128 East View, £119 Rose Cottage, £119 Lanehead, £108 Holly Tree Bleu Du Maine £132, £120 Chapel House Greyfaced £112 Clappers, £112 Chapel House, £110 Brae of Coynach, £108(x2) Halmyre, £104 Ross Farm, £102 Airds of Balcary, £102 Grange Farm, £102 Shankfield Head Halfbred £103 Airds of Balcary Swaledale £84 Branch End, £72 Cowgate Farm, £70, £59 Sheepriggs.

Cast Rams: Texel £180, £165, £155 Grange Farm, £175, £168 Halmyre Jacob £124 Rose Farm.

For more information regarding entries for Borderway Primestock Sales, please contact a member of the team.

David Holliday	07710 189804	Cast Cows & Cast Bulls
Grant Anderson	07872 129274	Prime Bulls & Prime Cattle
James Little	07872 840685	Prime & Cast Sheep