HARRISON & HETHERINGTON LTD – CARLISLE

SPECIAL SALE – ANNUAL SPRING SUCKLED CALF SHOW & SALE

FRIDAY 6^th & SATURDAY 7^th MARCH 2026

On Saturday 7^th March 2026 Harrison and Hetherington held their annual March special show and sale of continental cross store cattle which attracted a much larger entry of 901 head forward for sale. The pre sale show was kindly sponsored by Cogent, AW Jenkinson & Harbro with steak pies supplied by Lindsays Butchers, Cockermoutha massive turn out of spectators turned out to watch our judges. Mr G Williams, Gwynedd (Open Classes) and Mr R Livingstone, Gretna (Breeding Heifers) cast their eyes over the 117 head of stock placed before them. Winning the championship this year was the outstanding Limousin cross heifer consigned by Mr Brian Harper, Greenwells Farm with his class winner from Class 1A this super red heifer had already claimed the championship at Decembers Borderway Babes Calf Show was one of the pre show favourites, sired by Graiggoch Rambo she sold first on Saturday morning for £10,000 to Andy Ireland and JCB Commercials. Standing in Reserve was another Limousin cross heifer this time from the noted stable of Messrs Robertson, Newton of Logierait, Pitlochery this beautiful black heifer was sired by Carnew Milreef and won Class 1B, the heifer attracted great interest pre sale and after spirited bidding was knocked down for £12,000 to Messrs Small, Wilkinson & Sedgewick. Standing second to the reserve champion and topping the sale at £15,000 was the outstanding blue roan heifer shown by Zoe Hall and Mark Batty, Horsley Hill Farm, Hawick this stunning heifer was sired by there stock bull Impulsive Phoenix she sold to Michael and Melanie Alford, Devon. The final heifer to hit 5 figures was the 1^st prize British Blue Haltered Heifer from Messrs Smith-Jackson, Lipwood this was the first calf offered off stock bull Maes Supernova this incredibly sweet showy heifer sold at £14,000 to A & S Campbell, Crawlaw. The 1^st & 3^rd placed heifers sold to average £6100, a rise of £946.96.

Messrs Smith-Jackon also claimed the bullock championship with their 1^st prize Limousin cross haltered entry already a serial winner, he has never been beaten in his class and has 2 championships under his belt he is sired by Hightown Ron and led the days bullock prices at £8000 selling to Blair Duffton, Aberdeen. Standing in Reserve was another 1^st prize Limousin cross haltered bullock shown by EW Pennie & Sons, Montgomery sired by Trueman Idol this bullock was full brother to “Sassy Lassy” who sold at last years sale and went onto win Livescot he sold for £6000 to Craig Bentley, Thirsk. Bullocks 1^st to 3^rd placed averaged £3245.29 plus £450.29.

The Champion Breeding heifer was selected by Mr Richardson, Livingstone out of the haltered section, she was consigned by Messrs Robertson, Newton of Logierait and was sired by the Limousin bull Liscon Thierry she sold for £6000 to Wilson Peters, Crieff the introduction of this new class certainly drew great attention from vendors & prospective purchasers alike, with trade for breeding heifers on Saturday out of this world.

Outwith the show unbelievable numbers for this sale grew on the year, with trade for all types phenomenal throughout, against all odds and pre sale predictions the averages for across the board took a huge leap to level at £2495.94 which is up £276.91 on the year with heifers levelling at £2709.07 +334.91 and bullocks at £2252.66 +180.17. 95 cattle sold over £3000, 25 over £5000 and 4 over £10,000 there were customers a plenty for all types.

Top Price £15,000 from Zoe Hall & Mark Batty 

Leading Consignment Averages –

Leading consignments (2 or more)

Messrs Smith-Jackson, Lipwood 5 av.£6236

Messrs Priestley, Cracrop 10 av.£4280

Messrs Twentyman, Osborne 8 av.£4187.50

Messrs Hall, Horsleyhill 7 av.£4185.71

Messrs Williams, Tynllyn 4 av.£3837.50

Messrs Batty & Hall, Westerhouses Cottage 2 av.£3750

Messrs Hardisty, How Hall 4 av.£3700

Messrs May Sheltwood 20 av.£3614.50

Messrs Wright, Woodend Ardgour 3 av.£3533.33

Messrs Mackay, Auchanairney 3 av.£3520

Messrs Little, Greenhill 9 av.£3477.78

Messrs Grainger, Kiln Close 2 av.£3400

Messrs Harper, Greenwells 7 av.£3352.86

Messrs Park, Kirklands 2 av.£3200

Messrs Airey, The Close 3 av.£3183.33

Messrs Robertson, Newton Logierait 43 av.£3144.19

Messrs Laird, Sunnyside & Carbello 2 av.£3075

Prize Winners – 

Class 1A – Halter Trained Limousin or Limousin Cross Heifer

1st       Messrs Harper, Greenwells £10,000

2nd      Messrs Robertson, Newton Logierait £5,500

3rd      Messrs Jarman, Browtop £5,000

4th       Messrs Maulscastle Farm Ltd £3,000

5th       Messrs Jarman, Browtop £2,800       

Class 1B – Halter Trained Limousin or Limousin Cross Heifer

1st       Messrs Robertson, Newton Logierait £12,000

2nd      Messrs Hall, Horsleyhill £15,000

3rd      Messrs Smith-Jackson, Lipwood £3,500

4th      Messrs Park, Kirklands £3,500

5th      Messrs Harper, Greenwells £2,450

Class 1C – Halter Trained Limousin or Limousin Cross Heifer

1st        Messrs William, Tynllyn £6,000

2nd       Messrs May, Sheltwood £7,800

3rd       Messrs Robertson, Newton Logierait £8,000

4th       Messrs Robertson, Newton Logierait £8,000

5th       Messrs Harrison, Grange Hall £6,000

Class 2 – Unhaltered Limousin or Limousin Cross Heifer (not shown in Class 1)

1st       Messrs Robertson, Newton Logierait £5,000

2nd      Messrs Hardisty, How Hall £4,000

3rd      Messrs Miller, Crookdake Mill £2,800

4th       Messrs Jarman, Browtop £2,300

5th       Messrs Hardisty, How Hall £4,000

Class 3 – Halter Trained British Blue or British Blue Cross Heifer

1st       Messrs Smith-Jackson, Lipwood £14,000

2nd      Messrs Smith-Jackson, Lipwood £3,000

3rd      Messrs Jarman, Lipwood £4,000

4th       Messrs Mackay, Auchenairney £4,800

5th       Messrs Maulscastle Farm Ltd £2,800

Class 4 – Unhaltered British Blue or British Blue Cross Heifer

1st       Messrs Mackay, Auchenairney £4,000

2nd      Messrs Miller, Crookdake Mill £4,000

3rd       Messrs East Anglian Trailers £3,800

4th       Messrs Miller, Crookholm £2,650

5th       Messrs East Anglian Trailers £2,500

Class 5 – AOB Continental x Heifer

1st       Messrs Wright, Ardgour (Charolais cross) £3,500

2nd      Messrs Kilnstown Farm (Galloway cross) £4,000

3rd      Messrs Jackson, Woodyett (Pedigree Beef Shorthorn) £1,700

4th       Messrs Kilnstown Farm (Galloway Cross) £2,350

Class 6 – Baby Beef Heifer (Born on or after 1^st August 2025)

1st       Hall & Batty, Westerhouses £4,000

2nd      Jones, Maes Tyddyn £3,000

3rd      Smith-Jackson, Lipwood £3,000

Heifer Champion – Messrs Harper, Greenwells £10,000

Reserve Heifer Champion - Messrs Robertson, Newton Logierait £12,000

Class 7A – Halter Trained Limousin or Limousin Cross Steer

1st       Messrs Smith-Jackson, Lipwood £8,000

2nd      Messrs Robertson, Logierait £3,500

3rd      Messrs Slack, Plumtree House £2,500

4th       Messrs Laird, Sunnyside & Carbello £2,950

5th       Messrs MacGregor, Rose Hall £2,550

Class 7B – Halter Trained Limousin or Limousin Cross Steer

1st       Messrs Pennie, Gwern Y Chain £6,000

2nd      Messrs Harper Greenwells £2,800

3rd      Messrs Williams, Tynllyn £4,500

4th       Messrs Robertson, Newton Logierait £4,000

5th       Messrs Hardisty, Greenwells £2,800

Class 8 – Unhaltered Limousin or Limousin Cross Steer

1st       Messrs Robertson, Newton Logierait £4,000

2nd      Messrs Harper, Greenwells £2,000

3rd      Messrs Harper, Greenwells £1,800

4th       Messrs Smith- Jackson, Lipwood £2,680

5th       Messrs Wright, Hunthills £1,820

Class 9A – Halter Trained British Blue or British Blue cross Steer

1st       Messrs Wright, Ardgour £4,000

2nd      Messrs Harper, Greenwells £2,020

3rd      Messrs Jarman, Browntop £1,900

Class 9B – Unhaltered British Blue or British Blue cross Steer

1st       Messrs Jones, Maes Tyddyn £2,200

2nd      Messrs East Anglian Trailers £2,180

3rd      Messrs East Anglian Trailers £2,180

4th       Messrs East Anglian Trailers £2,180

Class 10 - Any other Continental Cross or breed steer (not shown in class 6-8)

1st       Messrs Miller, Crookdake Mill, Charolais cross £3,200

2nd       Messrs Kilnstown Galloway cross £2,600

3rd      Messrs Kilnstown Galloway cross £2,600

Class 11 – Baby Beef any breed Steer born on or after 1^st Aug 2025

1st       Messrs Williams, Tynllyn £1,850

2nd      Messrs Jones, Maes Tyddyn £1,980

3rd      Messrs Robertson, Newton Logierait £2,300

Steer Champion – Messrs Smith-Jackson, Lipwood £8,000

Reserve Steer Champion –   Messrs Pennie, Gwern Y Chain £6,000

Overall Champion - Messrs Harper, Greenwells £10,000

Reserve Overall Champion - Messrs Robertson, Newton Logierait £12,000

Class 12A - Haltered Breeding Heifer (8 forward )

1st       Messrs Robertson, Newton Logierait £6,000

2nd       Messrs Jarman, Browtop £4,000

3rd        Messrs Priestley, Cracrop £6,500

4th       Messrs Wright, Ardgour £3,100

5th       Messrs MacGregor, Rose Hall £3,400

Class 12B - Unhaltered Breeding Heifer (8 forward)

1st        Messrs Barnett, Brinns £5,000

2nd       Messrs Priestley, Cracrop £6,000

3rd        Messrs Twentyman, Osborne £3,800

4th        Messrs Twentyman, Osborne £4,500

5th        Messrs Scott, Gateside £2060

Champion Breeding Heifer - Messrs Robertson, Newton Logierait £6,000

Leading prices:

Heifers: LIMOUSIN: £15,000,Horsleyhill Farm Cottage,  £12,000, £8,000,(x2) ,  £6,000, £5,500, £5,000,(x2) , Newton Of Logierait,  £10,000,Greenwells Farm House,  £7,800, £7,500, £6,800, £6,000, £5,200, £5,000, £3,200,Sheltwood Farm,  £6,000, £4,500, £3,800,Grange Hall,  £6,000,Tynllyn,  £5,000, £4,000,Brow Top Farm,  £4,500, £3,800, £3,400,(x2) , Cracrop Farm,  £4,300, £3,500, £3,300,Osborne Farm,  £4,000,Kiln Close Farm,  £4,000, £3,500,3 Westerhouses Cottage,  £4,000,(x2) , How Hall,  £4,000,Allanfauld,  £3,600, £3,100,The Close,  £3,500,Lipwood,  £3,500,25 South Side,  £3,500,Kirklands Farm,  £3,400, £3,100,(x2) , Rose Hall Farm,  £3,300, £3,100,Crookdake Mill,  £3,200,(x3) , Greenhill Farm,  £3,200,Sunnyside Farm,  £3,200,Flimby Hall Farm,  BRITISH BLUE: £14,000, £3,000,Lipwood,  £6,500, £6,000, £4,500, £4,200, £4,000,Cracrop Farm,  £5,500, £3,600,(x2) ,  £3,200,Greenhill Farm,  £5,000,Brinns Farm,  £4,800,(x2) ,  £4,500,(x2) ,  £3,800,Osborne Farm,  £4,800, £4,000,Auchanairney Farm,  £4,000,How Hall,  £4,000,Brow Top Farm,  £4,000,Gateside Farm,  £4,000,Maes Tyddyn,  £4,000,Crookdake Mill,  £3,800, £2,500, £2,420,(x4) , Bottles Hall,  £3,100,Woodend,  £3,000,Tynllyn,  £2,800,25 Northfield Park,  £2,800,Kiln Close Farm,  £2,750, £2,720, £2,560,25 South Side,  £2,650, £2,420,Crookholm Farm,  £2,500,Newton Of Logierait,  £2,500,Sheltwood Farm,  £2,480,Hargill House,  £2,450, £2,350, £2,250,Home Farm,  £2,350,Brock Stones,  £2,300,Bottles Hall,  GALLOWAY: £4,000, £2,350,Kilnstown,  CHAROLAIS: £3,500,Woodend,  £2,700,(x3) , 25 South Side,  £2,200,Crookdake Mill,  £2,020,(x2) ,  £2,000,(x2) , Midlock Farm

Steers: LIMOUSIN : £8,000, £2,680,Lipwood,  £6,000,Gwern Yr Ychain,  £4,500,Tynllyn,  £4,000,(x2) ,  £3,500, £2,600, £2,450,(x3) ,  £2,420,(x2) , Newton Of Logierait,  £3,000, £2,950, £2,880, £2,740,(x5) ,  £2,680, £2,600,(x4) ,  £2,520, £2,420,25 South Side,  £2,950,Sunnyside Farm,  £2,920, £2,850, £2,780, £2,750,(x2) ,  £2,650, £2,450,Gateside Farm,  £2,800,How Hall,  £2,800, £2,400,Greenwells Farm House,  £2,700, £2,680, £2,580, £2,450,Sheltwood Farm,  £2,680, £2,580,Midlock Farm,  £2,650, £2,480,(x2) , Lairdlaugh,  £2,620, £2,420,Grange Hall,  £2,580, £2,550, £2,500,(x4) ,  £2,480, £2,450,(x2) ,  £2,400,Rose Hall Farm,  £2,500,Plumtree House,  BRITISH BLUE: £4,000,Woodend,  £2,900,Kirklands Farm,  £2,480, £2,120,Brock Stones,  £2,480, £2,200,(x3) ,  £2,180,(x2) ,  £2,150,(x5) , Bottles Hall,  £2,300, £2,180,Newton Of Logierait,  £2,240, £2,120,(x2) ,  £2,100,(x2) , Home Farm,  £2,200,Maes Tyddyn,  £2,180,The Beeches,  £2,140,Hargill House,  CHAROLAIS: £3,200,Crookdake Mill,  £2,760,25 South Side,  £2,350,Lairdlaugh,  £2,340,(x4) ,  £2,220,Midlock Farm,  GALLOWAY: £2,600, £2,200,Kilnstown,  BLONDE: £2,250,Horsleyhill Farm Cottage