Borderway Prime & Cast Sheep including Spring Lambs

PRIME SHEEP: Monday 11^th May saw the weekly sale of cast ewes, prime hoggs & lambs. A show of 243 ewes, 1007 hoggs & 107 new season lambs were sold with all classes being extremely well bid for. A cast sheep average of £155.77 was achieved & despite being less on paper however, the show of sheep forward left customers rubbing their eyes in disbelief. Suffolks stole the show with top price going to £275 from Messrs  Hewson, Burgh Head. Beltex ewes topped at £268 from Steven Wigham, Burnfoot. Females sold to £273 from Messrs  Ramsay, Dockray Hall. Mules topped at £190 for a pen of 4 from Messrs  Nixon, Ribton House & Cheviots topped at £190 from Messrs  Scott, Hayton Brow. Swaledale sheep were serious trade achieving an average of £127.30, top of the trade went to Messrs  Maw, Wintershields for 4 ewes at £176.

Rams topped twice for Texels at £280 from Messrs Miller, Woodhousehil & Messrs  Kinstrey, Canonbie.

An increased number of new season lamb were forward with a sale average of 465ppkg being achieved with an SQQ of 487ppk being seen. Topping the sale Messrs Norman, Kirkhouse selling 55kg Charolais to £240. Suffolks topped at £235 for 49kg (479ppk) from Messrs Kennedy, North Cowshaw. Topping pence per Kilo went to a sweet pen of 15 38kg Texels realising £192 (505ppk) from Messrs Moffat, West Shaftoe, following closely behind Messrs Park, Wetheral Shields at £5.

A show of 1007 hoggs were forward with meaty, heavy hoggs seeing serious returns. Topping the sale Messrs Hetherington, Old Hall selling 80kg Texels to £251, the same home also sold a pen of 78kg Suffolks to the same price. Messrs Mitchell, Mirkbooths sold 62kg Mules to £224. Andrew Slack, Cockley Bank sold 15 50kg Suffolks to £226. Messrs Nixon, Ribton House sold 34 Herdwick Hoggs at 50kg to £194 lighter lambs were serious, with Messrs Halliday, Broathill selling 30 39kg Blackface to £174 (446ppk). Topping pence per kilo a pair of 50kg Dutch Texels from Steven Wigham, Park Burnfoot selling to 460ppk. Texels topped at 456ppk for a pen of 5 50kg hoggs from Messrs Faulder, Ewan Close. Heavy hoggs sold to 435ppk from Messrs Ramsay, Dockray Hall for a pen of 54kg Texels.

Spring Lambs:

Leading Price per Head: TEXEL: £240 ,49kg,  £237 ,52kg,  £235 ,47kg, Wetheral Shields,  £229 ,49kg,  £213 ,44kg, Leithenhall Farm,  £195 ,42kg,  £192 ,39kg,  £192 ,38kg,  £190 ,39kg, West Shaftoe Farm,  CHAROLLAIS: £240 ,55kg,  £233 ,61kg,  £217 ,51kg, Kirkhouse Farm,  SUFFOLK: £235 ,49kg,  £230 ,50kg, North Cowshaw,  DORSET: £224 ,52kg, Barwinnock Farm,  ZWARTBLES: £216 ,57kg,  £181 ,48kg, Woodhousehill,  HAMPSHIRE DOWN: £186 ,42kg, New Hoddam,  £179 ,43kg, Lesson Hall Farm.

Leading Prices per Kilo: TEXEL: 505.3p ,38kg,  492.3p ,39kg,  487.2p ,39kg,  464.3p ,42kg,  463.2p ,38kg, West Shaftoe Farm,  500p ,47kg,  489.8p ,49kg,  455.8p ,52kg, Wetheral Shields,  484.1p ,44kg,  467.3p ,49kg, Leithenhall Farm,  SUFFOLK: 479.6p ,49kg,  460p ,50kg, North Cowshaw,  HAMPSHIRE DOWN: 442.9p ,42kg, New Hoddam,  416.3p ,43kg, Lesson Hall Farm,  CHAROLLAIS: 436.4p ,55kg,  425.5p ,51kg, Kirkhouse Farm,  DORSET: 430.8p ,52kg, Barwinnock Farm.

Prime Hoggs:

Leading Price per Head: SUFFOLK: £251 ,78kg, Old Hall Farm,  £233 ,60kg, Newhall Farm,  £232 ,65kg, Mirkbooths,  £226 ,56kg,  £223 ,64kg,  £220 ,52kg, Cockleybank,  £210 ,48kg, Southbank,  £210 ,59kg,  £190 ,44kg, Crichneylade,  £187 ,44kg, Auchenzeoch,  TEXEL: £251 ,80kg,  £245 ,61kg,  £239 ,71kg,  £232 ,56kg, Old Hall Farm,  £245 ,61kg,  £230 ,52kg,  £230 ,66kg, Hallbankgate Farm,  £245 ,61kg,  £239 ,65kg,  £238 ,68kg,  £235 ,54kg, Dockray Hall,  £238 ,59kg,  £229 ,54kg, Kirtleton House,  £236 ,59kg, Moss Side House,  £236 ,55kg, Cracrop Farm,  £234 ,57kg,  £226 ,56kg, Newhall Farm,  £233 ,56kg, Beyond The Moss,  £228 ,57kg, Springfield Farm,  £228 ,50kg, Ewan Close,  BLUE TEXEL: £231 ,60kg, Lesson Hall Farm,  £228 ,52kg,  £219 ,62kg, Easthill Farm,  £226 ,53kg, Woodhousehill,  £171 ,42kg, Auchenzeoch,  DUTCH TEXEL: £230 ,50kg,  £180 ,41kg, Park Burnfoot,  £218 ,48kg, Burgh Head Farm,  £198 ,44kg,  £194 ,44kg, Ewan Close,  MULE: £224 ,62kg,  £211 ,51kg, Mirkbooths,  £191 ,49kg,  £190 ,46kg, Beyond The Moss,  BELTEX: £217 ,48kg,  £209 ,48kg, Braithwaite Hall,  £166 ,38kg,  £159 ,38kg, Great Easby Farm,  LEICESTER: £215 ,52kg, Burgh Head Farm,  RYELAND: £214 ,55kg, North Scales,  CHEVIOT MULE: £209 ,48kg, Hallbankgate Farm,  £209 ,49kg, Southbank,  BLACKFACE: £206 ,50kg, Newhall Farm,  £191 ,46kg,  £175 ,41kg, Hallbankgate Farm,  £186 ,45kg, Southbank,  £179 ,43kg,  £173 ,40kg, Beyond The Moss,  £177 ,43kg, The Yett,  £174 ,40kg,  £170 ,41kg, Broathill,  HILL CHEVIOT: £204 ,48kg, Beyond The Moss,  £175 ,41kg, Crichneylade,  £174 ,40kg, The Yett,  £166 ,38kg, Tempest Tower,  £150 ,40kg, Broathill,  HERDWICK: £194 ,50kg, Ribton House,  £187 ,50kg, North Scales.

Leading Prices per Kilo: DUTCH TEXEL: 460p ,50kg,  439p ,41kg, Park Burnfoot,  454.2p ,48kg, Burgh Head Farm,  450p ,44kg,  440.9p ,44kg, Ewan Close,  TEXEL: 456p ,50kg,  441p ,39kg, Ewan Close,  455.6p ,45kg, 2 Clinton Place ,  455.3p ,38kg, Hayton Brow,  452.6p ,38kg,  446.9p ,49kg, Moss Side House,  449p ,49kg,  440p ,40kg, Old Hall Farm,  446.8p ,47kg,  441.3p ,46kg,  436.2p ,47kg,  432.6p ,46kg, Southbank,  445.7p ,46kg,  442.3p ,52kg, Hallbankgate Farm,  444.7p ,38kg, Kirtleton House,  442p ,50kg,  435.2p ,54kg, Dockray Hall,  439.5p ,43kg, Crichneylade,  438p ,50kg, Newhall Farm, BELTEX: 452.1p ,48kg,  435.4p ,48kg, Braithwaite Hall,  436.8p ,38kg,  418.4p ,38kg, Great Easby Farm,  BLUE TEXEL: 438.5p ,52kg, Easthill Farm,  426.4p ,53kg, Woodhousehill,  407.1p ,42kg, Auchenzeoch,  SUFFOLK: 437.5p ,48kg, Southbank,  431.8p ,44kg,  355.9p ,59kg, Crichneylade,  425p ,44kg, Auchenzeoch,  423.1p ,52kg,  403.6p ,56kg,  348.4p ,64kg, Cockleybank,  388.3p ,60kg, Newhall Farm, 356.9p ,65kg, Mirkbooths,  321.8p ,78kg, Old Hall Farm,  HILL CHEVIOT: 436.8p ,38kg, Tempest Tower,  435p ,40kg, The Yett,  426.8p ,41kg, Crichneylade,  425p ,48kg, Beyond The Moss,  375p ,40kg, Broathill,  CHEVIOT MULE: 435.4p ,48kg, Hallbankgate Farm,  426.5p ,49kg, Southbank,  BLACKFACE: 435p ,40kg,  414.6p ,41kg, Broathill,  432.5p ,40kg,  416.3p ,43kg,  297.3p ,37kg, Beyond The Moss,  426.8p ,41kg,  415.2p ,46kg, Hallbankgate Farm,  413.3p ,45kg, Southbank,  412p ,50kg, Newhall Farm,  411.6p ,43kg, The Yett,  410.8p ,37kg, Kirtleton House,  351.2p ,41kg, Whitehead Hill Farm,  MULE: 413.7p ,51kg,  361.3p ,62kg, Mirkbooths,  413p ,46kg,  389.8p ,49kg, Beyond The Moss,  333.3p ,45kg, Branch End Farm,  LEICESTER: 413.5p ,52kg, Burgh Head Farm,  RYELAND: 389.1p ,55kg, North Scales,  HERDWICK: 388p ,50kg,  378.6p ,42kg, Ribton House.

CAST EWES & RAMS: SUFFOLK: £275,(x2) , Burgh Head Farm,  £217,Town Head Farm,  £183,Hallbankgate Farm,  £180,Hayton Brow,  £180,Woodhousehill,  £178,Albyfield,  £165,Bowscale Farm,  TEXEL: £273, £254,Dockray Hall,  £268, £227,Hayton Brow,  £259,(x3) , High Wreay Farm,  £255, £198,(x2) , Braithwaite Hall,  £210, £193,Park Burnfoot,  £208,Great Easby Farm,  £202, £186,Ewan Close,  £200,(x2) ,  £190,Springfield Farm,  £200,(x2) , Ribton House,  £197,(x2) , Albyfield,  £185,Low Houses,  £183,(x5) , Fellside Farm,  BELTEX: £268, £219,(x2) ,  £120,Park Burnfoot,  £155,(x3) ,  £150,(x7) ,  £136,(x9) , Fellside Farm,  £144,Low Houses,  BLUE TEXEL: £214, £124,Woodhousehill,  £190,Highfield Farm,  DORSET: £207,(x5) , Barwinnock Farm,  BADGER FACE TEXEL: £203, £175,Woodhousehill,  £122,Archer Hill,  HILL CHEVIOT: £190,Hayton Brow,  £154,(x3) , Fellside Farm,  £124,Auchenzeoch,  MULE: £190,(x4) , Ribton House,  £190,(x2) ,  £174,(x8) ,  £150,Townhead Farm,  £189,Raby Grange Farm,  £184,(x6) , Cockleybank,  £177,(x8) ,  £176,(x2) , Border Rigg,  £171,(x4) , Albyfield,  £145,(x2) , Braithwaite Hall,  £144,Fellside Farm,  LEICESTER: £180,Wintershields Farm,  BLACKFACE: £176,Hallbankgate Farm,  £166, £156,Beyond The Moss,  SWALEDALE: £165,(x4) ,  £144,(x9) , Wintershields Farm,  £161,(x2) , Lipwood,  £150, £145, £129,Middle Town Barn,  £137, £110,(x5) , Albyfield,  £130,(x6) , Park Burnfoot,  £129,(x2) , Fordlands Farm,  £110,Beyond The Moss,  HAMPSHIRE DOWN: £163,New Hoddam,  HERDWICK: £150,Flaggy Stonebarn,  £148,(x3) , North Scales,  £125,(x2) , Border Rigg,  DUTCH SPOTTED: £114,Whitehead Hill Farm,  JACOB: £110,Archer Hill,  ROUGH FELL: £110,(x2) , Archer Hill,  SHETLAND: £85,(x3) , Auchenzeoch,  £70,(x4) , 30 Penny Hill Park,

For further information please contact a member of the team:

David Holliday                                  07710 189804                   Cast Cows & Cast Bulls
Grant Anderson                                07872 129274                   Prime Bulls & Prime Cattle
Joe Bowman                                      07735 883670                   Prime & Cast Sheep