Borderway Primestock Sale

On Monday 28th June Harrison & Hetherington held their weekly sale of primestock.  A great show of 450 Cast Cows, Bulls and Prime Cattle along with 1368 prime sheep were forward.

PRIME BULLS: A good show of 100 prime bulls forward at Borderways weekly sale, whereby a fantastic trade was achieved throughout the sale with the exception of the plainest black and whites which were harder to cash on the week.  The furthest travelled vendors received the trade they deserved selling the highest price bull at £1880.93, this was one from a marvellous run of 12 Limousins from Stratton Farms, East Hamptonshire; their now regular round trip of 600 miles proved worthwhile with an overall average of £1671.45.  Messrs Hird, West End, Cockermouth sold their best to £1791.69 purchased by A & D Meats.  Messrs Miller, West Farm, Aspatria sold their top to £1707.48 purchased by Ralph Pearson Wholesale Butchers, Bradford.  British Blue crosses to £1756.90 from Messrs Hunter, Upper Brydekirk, Annan purchased by Charles Kirkpatrick.  Aberdeen Angus crosses from Messrs Pickering, Peel Flatt, Hexham to £1503.75 purchased by Jewitt Meats, Spennymoor.  Top pence per kilo of 248.5p was achieved twice, firstly by Messrs Hird, West End and secondly by Messrs Hunter, Upper Brydekirk.

Dairy bred bulls sold to £1251.12 for a Friesian from Messrs Graham, South Lambhill, Longtown purchased by Capper Farming, Glasgow.  Norwegian Reds sold to £1239.14 from Messrs Little, Kirkbride House, Wigton also bought by Capper Farming.  Top pence per kilo of 202.5p was for a Friesian from Messrs Dickinson, High House, Wigton purchased by Bowland Foods, Preston.  Holstein Friesians to 193.5p from Messrs Johnston, Cote House, Carlisle. 

More bulls are required on a weekly basis. Please advise entries by call or text to the auctioneer Grant Anderson 07872 129274.  

Leading prices per head: Limousin £1880, £1788, £1772, £1709, £1693, £1660, £1659, £1592, £1586, £1585, £1573 Scarletts Farm, £1791 West End, £1707, £1651 West Farm, £1691 Conker Cottage British Blue £1756, £1378 Upper Brydekirk, £1681 Pencraig Fawr, £1365 Justicetown, £1365 Seymour House, £1333 Randalinton Aberdeen Angus £1503, £1383 Peel Flatt, £1353 Druidhall, £1281 Meinbank Charolais £1496 Hillhead, £1431, £1368 Greenfield, £1387 The Laythes Montbeliarde £1408 Peel Flatt, £1111 Kirkbride House Beef Shorthorn £1396 Greenfield Saler £1313, £1288, £1228 Conker Cottage Friesian £1251 South Lambhill, £1147, £1058 Beck House, £1138, £1090 High House, £1117 Mounsey Bank Norwegian Red £1239, £1141 Kirkbride House Hereford £1223 Beck House, £1012 Castle Farm Holstein Friesian £1186, £1150, £1040 South Lambhill, £1116 Randalinton, £1095, £972 Cote House, £1025, £982, £980 Elephant Fleckvieh £1070, £900 Seymour House Simmental £1065 Beck House Holstein £912 Justicetown.

Leading prices per kilo: Limousin 248.5p West End, 244.5p Conker Cottage, 238.5p, 235.5p, 232.5p (x2), 229.5p, 226.5p, 224.5p, 223.5p (x4) Scarletts Farm, 229.5p, 226.5p West Farm British Blue 248.5p, 243.5p Upper Brydekirk, 218.5p Seymour House, 208.5p, 201.5p Justicetown Charolais 225.5p, 217.5p, 207.5p Greenfield, 208.5p, 206.5p The Laythes Beef Shorthorn 223.5p Greenfield Saler 211.5p, 205.5p, 198.5p Conker Cottage Friesian 202.5p, 180.5p High House, 192.5p, 181.5p Beck House, 179.5p South Lambhill Hereford 201.5p Beck House, 178.5p Castle Farm Aberdeen Angus 200.5p (x2) Peel Flatt, 196.5p Druidhall Montbeliarde 199.5p Peel Flatt, 186.5p Kirkbride House Holstein Friesian 193.5p, 171.5p Cote House, 182.5p, 173.5p, 169.5p South Lambhill, 181.5p Street Head, 179.5p Randalinton, 173.5p, 164.5p Elephant Fleckvieh 188.5p Seymour House Norwegian Red 187.5p, 185.5p Kirkbride House Simmental 182.5p Beck House.

PRIME CATTLE: A very small entry of only 30 Prime steers and heifers forward with trade seen to be even dearer once again.  Top overall was a superb Limousin cross steer from Messrs Bell, Hoddamtown, Lockerbie selling to £1792.08 purchased by W & E Fairlie, Letham.  Messrs Nicholson, The Lake, Carlisle to £1745.96.  Messrs Story, Newbiggin, Carlisle to £1738.82 and D A Harrison, Hill House Farm, Wigton to £1698.13 all purchased by Pioneer Foods, Carlisle.  Top pence per kilo of 242.5p was achieved twice from Messrs Wilson, Petteril Hill, Carlisle and secondly by Messrs Bell, Hoddamtown, Lockerbie both for Limousin crosses.  Heifers sold to a top of £1650.16 from Messrs Wilson, Petteril Hill purchased by Pioneer Foods, Carlisle.  Messrs Miller, High Aketon, Wigton sold this run to a top of £1571.99 for light weight heifers purchased by Frasers Butchers, Hanover Street, Stranraer and Messrs Story, Newbiggin sold their 583 kg heifer at £1530.38 and was purchased by Black Brow Abattoir, Wigton.  Top overall pence per kilo was an outstanding black 543 kg heifer from Messrs Miller, High Aketon, Wigton’s pen, this heifer peaked at 289.5p and was again purchased by Fraser Butchers, Hanover Street, Stranraer. 

Many more are urgently required on a weekly basis, please advise entries to auctioneer, Grant Anderson 07872 129274. 

Leading prices per head:
Steers: Limousin £1792, £1674 Hoddamtown, £1745, £1629, £1592 The Lake, £1738, £1671 Newbiggin, £1698 Hill House, £1678 Petteril Hill.

Heifers: Limousin £1650 Petteril Hill, £1571, £1441, £1403, £1374, £1369 High Aketon, £1530, £1465, £1355, £1337 Newbiggin, £1356 Evistones.

Leading Prices per kilo:
Heifers: Limousin 289.5p, 263.5p, 259.5p, 254.5p, 249.5p High Aketon, 262.5p, 254.5p, 251.5p, 250.5p Newbiggin, 239.5p Petteril Hill Aberdeen Angus 189.5 Castle Farm.

Steers: Limousin 242.5p Petteril Hill, 242.5p, 238.5p Hoddamtown, 240.5p, 239.5p Newbiggin, 239.5p, 233.5p (x2) The Lake, 237.5p Hill House Belted Galloway 195.5p Castle Farm Hereford 181.5p Park Head.

CAST COWS: A large show of 327 cast cows and stock bulls was on offer to a keen ringside of 25 buyers which resulted in 16 selling for over 200ppk with Messrs Jenkinson, Clifton Moor run of 10 outstanding cows sold to an amazing average of 735kg, 199.3p, £1465 with a top price of 789kg, 211.5p, £1668, 876kg, 184.5p, £1616 and 793kg, 203.5p, £1613 bought by Charles Kirkpatrick and Owain Llyr with other cows selling for 214.5p, 211.5p, 208.5p, 207.5p, 205.5p, 204.5p and 203.5p.  Messrs Robinson, Burmoor, Wark sold the top priced British Blue cross cow for 749kg, 215.5p, £1614 to Messrs Bowe.  Messrs Ridley, Wood Hall run of cows topped at 826kg, 191.5p, £1531 for a Limousin cross bought by Charles Kirkpatrick.  Messrs Bell, Wood Hall, Bardon Mill sold the top priced Simmental cow for 776kg, 200.5p, £1555 to Charles Kirkpatrick, with a Limousin cross from the same home selling for 652kg, 200.5p, £1307 also to Charles Kirkpatrick.  Messrs Fox, St Johns Kirk sold the top priced Charolais cow for 896kg, 172.5p, £1545 to Alan Jarvis.  Messrs Hunter, Bridge Mill sold the top price per kilo British Blue cow which sold for 539kg, 219.5p, £1183 to Owain Llyr.  Messrs Maxwell, Druidhall sold an Aberdeen Angus heifer for 207.5p bought by Sean McGimpsey.  Messrs Lawson, Hundith House run of Limousin cross cows topped at 794kg, 176.5p, £1401 and 663kg, 206.5p, £1369 bought by Messrs Bowe and Jewitt Meats.  Messrs Pritchard, Evistones sold a Limousin cross cow for 620kg, 201.5p, £1249 to Owain Llyr.  Messrs Whitehead, Hill House Close sold a Beef Shorthorn heifer for 655kg, 200.5p, £1313 to Jewitt Meats.  Messrs Rome, Niven Hill run of outstanding Limousin cows topped at 607kg, 200.5p, £1217 also to Jewitt Meats.

All classes of dairy cast cows were again in great demand.  Messrs Steel, The Laurels sold two Holstein cross heifers for 708kg, 179.5p, £1270 and 757kg, 161.5p, £1222 bought by David Holmes and Charles Kirkpatrick.  Messrs Harrison, Baggrow run of cows topped at 855kg, 145.5p, £1244 for a 103 month old cow bought by Les Fell and a Holstein cross heifer from the same home sold for 617kg, 182.5p, £1126 also bought by Les Fell.  Messrs Gorst, Low Wood sold a Holstein cross cow for 884kg, 140.5p, £1242 bought by Sean McGimpsey.  Messrs Workman, The Beeches sold the top priced Montbeliarde cross cow for 814kg, 148.5p, £1208 to Charles Kirkpatrick.  Messrs Woodman & Son, Hill House sold a Fleckvieh heifer for 195.5p to Capper Farming.  Messrs Hyslop, Meinside selling a Holstein cross heifer for 181.5p to Les Fell.  Messrs Vevers, High Plains also sold a Holstein cross heifer for 180.5p to Capper Farming.  Evening Hill Farm sold a Holstein cross heifer for 177.5p to Les Fell.  Messrs Baynes, Marleycote sold a Dairy Shorthorn heifer for 171.5p to Alan Jarvis.

Leading Prices per head: Limousin £1668, £1616, £1613, £1528, £1492, £1477, £1381, £1355, £1265 Clifton Moor, £1581 Wood Hall, £1401, £1369, £1345, £1293 Hundith House, £1396 Longrow, £1342 Horsemoor Hills, £1315 Nealhouse, £1309 Burmoor, £1307 Woodhall, £1291 Dumbretton British Blue £1614 Burmoor, £1308 Maulscastle, £1206 Geltside, £1066 Halefield Simmental £1555 Woodhall, £1292 Springfield Charolais £1545 St Johns Kirk Beef Shorthorn £1313, £1137 Hill House Close Hereford £1270 Cumdivock House, £1260 High Brow Nelson, £1156 The Square Holstein Friesian £1270, £1222 The Laurels, £1244, £1126, £1077 Baggrow, £1197, £1073 Chalk Lodge, £1196, £1098 Evening Hill, £1126, £1104 Dundraw, £1118, £1070 Philgowan, £1087 Bromfield Hall, £1076 Thackwood, £1059, £1055, £1043 High Plains, £1045, £1044 Hardgrove Holstein £1242 Low Wood, £1157 Meinside, £1138 Whins, £1093 Bromfield Hall, £1064, £1005 Philgowan, £1018 Newbampton Aberdeen Angus £1238, £1178, £1149 Druidhall, £1237 Evistones Montbeliarde £1208, £1109 Beeches Friesian £1166 Halefield, £1137 Aulby, £1113, £1085 Pelutho, £1051 King Hill Fleckvieh £1144 Woodhouse, £1092 Baggrow Gelbvieh £1140 Parcelstown Danish Red £1114, £1035, £1022 Lambfield Welsh Black £1083 Skiddaw View Jersey £790 Lambfield

Leading Prices per Kilo: British Blue 219.5p Bridge Mill, 215.5p Burmoor, 175.5p Hundith House, 173.5p Woodhouse, 171.5p Smallthwaite House, 170.5p Halefield Limousin 214.5p, 211.5p, 208.5p, 207.5p, 205.5p, 204.5p, 203.5p, 188.5p, 184.5p Clifton Moor, 206.5p, 176.5p Hundith House, 201.5p Evistones, 200.5p Woodhall, 200.5p, 180.5p Niven Hill, 191.5p Wood Hall, 184.5p Whiteside, 183.5p Longrow, 179.5p Well Head, 177.5p Horsemoor Hills Aberdeen Angus 207.5p, 161.5p, 155.5p, 153.5p, 151.5p (x2), 150.5p Druidhall, 167.5p Evistones Beef Shorthorn 200.5p Hill House Close Simmental 200.5p Woodhall Fleckvieh 195.5p Hill House, 167.5p, 165.5p, 149.5p Woodhouse, 155.5p Woodhead, 149.5p Baggrow Holstein Friesian 182.5p, 173.5p, 167.5p, 145.5p Baggrow, 180.5p High Plains, 179.5p, 161.5p The Laurels, 177.5p, 155.5p, 145.5p Evening Hill, 169.5p, 164.5p (x2), 156.5p Wormanby, 167.5p Cross Hill, 152.5p Chalk Lodge, 151.5p, 148.5p Thackwood, 151.5p Dockray Hall, 146.5p Walby Hall Holstein 181.5p Meinside, 154.5p Bromfield Hall, 149.5p Newbampton, 147.5p Whins, 143.5p (x2) Philgowan, 140.5p Low Wood Gelbvieh 175.5p Parcelstown Hereford 172.5p Bank Farm, 166.5p High Brow Nelson, 153.5p Cumdivock House Charolais 172.5p St Johns Kirk Dairy Shorthorn 171.5p Marleycote Walls Friesian 162.5p Aulby, 156.5p King Hill, 145.5p Dormansteads, 141.5p The Flatt, 141.5p Pelutho Park Montbeliarde 151.5p Swordwellrigg, 148.5p, 140.5p Beeches, 141.5p Geltside Welsh Black 150.5p Skiddaw View Danish Red 144.5p Lambfield Jersey 126.5p Lambfield  

CAST BULLS: 14 stock bulls were on offer on Monday with the trade the dearest seen for some time.  Messrs Bell, Torpenhow Hall sold an outstanding British Blue for 1120kg, 178.5p, £1999 to Owain Llyr.  Messrs Robley, Demense Farm sold a Limousin cross stock bull for 1126kg, 168.5p, £1897 also to Owain Llyr.  DA Harrison, Hill House sold two Limousin stock bulls for 984kg, 173.5p, £1707 and 946kg, 167.5p, £1584 both purchased by Charles Kirkpatrick.  Messrs Maxwell, Druidhall sold an Aberdeen Angus stock bull for 967kg, 156.5p, £1513 to Jewitt Meats.  Messrs Pritchard, Evistones sold a Limosuin stock bull for 743kg, 194.5p, £1445 to Rob Medcalf.

Leading Prices per Head: British Blue £1999 Torpenhow Hall Limousin £1897 Demense, £1707, £1584 Hill House, £1500 Allerby Hall, £1445 Evistones Hereford £1539 Cumdivock House, £1446 East Unthank Aberdeen Angus £1513 Druidhall Whitebred Shorthorn £1324 East Clough.

Leading Prices per Kilo: Limousin 194.5p Evistones, 173.5p, 167.5p Hill House, 168.5p Demense, 150.5p Allerby Hall British Blue 178.5p Torpenhow Hall Aberdeen Angus 156.5p Druidhall Hereford 132.5p East Unthank, 130.5p Cumdivock House Whitebred Shorthorn 131.5p East Clough Belted Galloway 130.5p Mark Farm.

PRIME SHEEP : On Monday 28^th June 2021 Harrison and Hetherington held their weekly prime sheep sale where a depleted entry of 1368 head were forward.  A mixture of a fall in trade nationally from Tuesday onwards last week with an upturn in the weather saw fewer sheep forward, however, Borderway once again delivered for the farmers with an overall average of 258ppk showing a rise of 20-25p on Thursdays trade with some first cross mule types being reported as 40ppk dearer at 260-265ppk.

James Crichton, Loughrigg, Egremont followed up last weeks trade topping antics by repeating the same feat, seeing his consignment of 20 top at £200 to Mr R Skelton.  Jack Lawson, Hundith House, Wigton brought some cracking Beltex lambs to Borderway this week, his leader was a 38kg lamb selling at £190 or 500ppk, again to Mr R Skelton.  Beltex lambs saw a market average of 325ppk achieved.  Suffolk lambs sold to £156 for a fabulous Suffolk cross from Joseph & Julia Wilson, Meadow Farm, Camerton which sold to Tony Harrison Butchers, Mains Street, Cockermouth.

Leading Prices per head: Texel £200 Loughrigg, £185, £148, £145, £138, £133 Hundith House, £151 (x2), £133 Wavercroft, £146, £141 Cowranside, £145, £132 Seymour House, £143, £134 Bengall, £136 Swallowdene, £136 Beech House, £135 Rigg House, £134 Cardewlees, £134 Mill House Beltex £190, £150 Hundith House, £190, £172, £170, £157, £146, £144 (X2), £140, £132 (X2) Loughrigg, £120 (X2) Midtown Suffolk £156, £134, £123 Meadow Farm, £151 The Croft, £136, £134 Calfpark, £134 (x2), £126 Clappers, £126 Jackson Rigg, £124 Greensyke, £123 Newmains Millennium Bleu £140, £122, £111, £105 Braithwaite Hall, £122, £112, £109, £104 Corrie Field, £110 Chapel House Charollais £130 Low Tarns, £125, £110 Greensyke, £117, £113, £112 Bogrie Dutch Texel £124, £123, £115, £113 Springfield, £113 Cardewlees

Leading Prices per kilo: Beltex 500p, 405.4p Hundith House, 452.4p, 430p, 418.7p, 355.6p, 347.6p, 346.9p, 345.7p, 338.8p, 325.9p, 318.1p Loughrigg, 300p Midtown Texel 408.2p Loughrigg, 393.6p, 391.9p, 370p, 315.8p, 306.7p, 302.3p Hundith House, 362.5p, 318.9p, 318.4p, 314.6p, 312.2p, 310p, 310p, 300p Seymour House, 314.6p, 299p Wavercroft, 300p Hunley, 300p Rottington Hall, 295p Burnside Suffolk 312p, 260.2p Meadow Farm, 279.2p, 268p Clappers, 268p, 266.7p, 257.7p, 251.6p Calfpark, 265.3p Jackson Rigg, 259.3p Braithwaite Hall, 256.8p Zetlands, 256.1p Westfield House, 255.9p The Croft, 255.3p, 252.3p, 251.1p Cockley Bank, 251p Newmains, 250p Clappers Millennium Bleu 291.7p, 290.5p, 259.3p, 258.1p Braithwaite Hall, 265.2p, 259.5p, 257.5p, 256.8p Corrie Field, 261.9p Chapel House, Dutch Texel 288.4p, 287.5p, 282.5p, 272.5p, 267.4p Springfield, 275.6p Cardewlees, 270.1p, 269.3p Sycamore House Charollais 270.8p Low Tarns, 266p Greensyke, 260pn Bogrie

CAST SHEEP: Topping todays trade at £154 was a Texel ram from Messrs Lowthian, Zetlands, Penrith with ewes topping at £139 for a Texel from Messrs Pearson, Wavercroft, Wigton.

Leading prices per head EWES: Texel £139, £129, £121, £116 Wavercroft, £136 Boggle Hall, £128 Chapel House, £122 Greensyke, £119, £117 Geltside, £118 Edenlin Charollais £127, £118 Bogrie, £126, £118 Greensyke Suffolk £121 Wavercroft, £119, £101 Low Moorhouse, £117 Greensyke, £104 Bogrie, £104 Leigh Croft Leicester £115 Pears Gill Greyfaced £108 Edenlin, £104 Boggle Hall Rouge £106 Bogrie

Leading prices per head RAMS: Texel £154 Zetlands Leicester £140 Nether Oakshaw.

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