Borderway Prime Bulls & Cattle

PRIME BULLS: Trade similar to the clean cattle; bulls were short of buyers’ requirements with trade lifting as supply tightened, resulting in 15 selling over £2900 and 12 over £3000. Messrs MacArthur, Inverness, topped the market at £3,809.19 for an 890kg Limousin. Best of the Charolais came from Messrs Wight, Townfoot, Biggar, selling to £3,543.12. The day’s top pence per kilo reached 428ppk, which was achieved by Mid Fleenas.

Top Price Bull, Per Head £3809.19, 890kg, Messrs MaCarthur, Mid Fleenas

Top Price Bull, Per Kilo 428ppkg, 890kg Messrs MaCarthur, Mid Fleenas

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Leading Prices per Head: LIMOUSIN: £3,809 ,890kg, Mid Fleenas,  £3,531 ,857kg, Cragside,  £3,304 783kg, Sarkshields Farm,  £3,286 ,834kg,  £3,026 ,780kg, Beck House,  £3,285 ,809kg, Grassknop Farm,  £3,280 ,796kg, Miller Hill,  £3,199 ,788kg, Sarkshields Farm,  CHAROLAIS: £3,543 ,1036kg, Townfoot Farm,  SIMMENTAL: £3,174 ,928kg,  £2,870 ,897kg, Skirling Craigs,  ABERDEEN ANGUS: £3,054 ,920kg, Peel Flatt Farm,  £2,308 ,710kg,  £2,299 ,714kg, Randalinton Farm,  BRITISH BLUE: £3,001 ,718kg, Down By Rigg,  £2,685 ,804kg, Beck House,  SALER: £2,525 ,756kg, Shire Lodge,  HEREFORD: £2,521 ,748kg,  £2,498 739kg, Beck House,  STABILISER: £2,487 ,738kg,  £2,484 ,722kg,  £2,480 ,725kg,  £2,457 ,727kg,  £2,415 702kg, Low Foulshaw Farm,  HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN: £2,445 ,826kg,  £2,383 ,816kg, Peel Flatt Farm,  £2,345 698kg, Seymour House,  LUING: £2,343 ,685kg,  £2,266 ,640kg, Laigh Braidley Farm,  HOLSTEIN: £2,237 708kg,  £2,112 ,677kg, Musgrave Hall,  BRITISH FRIESIAN: £2,194 ,669kg, Nerewater Farm Saltcoats,  BEEF SHORTHORN: £2,076 ,600kg, Raygarth Field Farm,  MONTBELIARDE: £2,012 ,649kg, Seymour House.

Leading Prices per Kilo: LIMOUSIN: 428p ,890kg, Mid Fleenas,  422p ,783kg, Sarkshields Farm,  412p 796kg, Miller Hill,  412p ,857kg, Cragside,  408p ,730kg, Great Orton,  406p ,788kg, Sarkshields Farm,  406p 809kg, Grassknop Farm,  BRITISH BLUE: 418p ,718kg, Down By Rigg,  LUING: 354p ,640kg,  350p ,642kg, Laigh Braidley Farm,  SALER: 350p ,632kg, Shire Lodge,  BEEF SHORTHORN: 346p ,600kg, Raygarth Field Farm,  STABILISER: 344p ,702kg,  344p ,722kg,  342p ,725kg, Low Foulshaw Farm,  CHAROLAIS: 342p 1036kg, Townfoot Farm,  SIMMENTAL: 342p ,928kg, Skirling Craigs,  334p ,729kg, Cleughbrae Farm,  HEREFORD: 338p ,739kg,  337p ,748kg, Beck House,  336p ,621kg, East Bowhill Farm,  HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN: 336p ,698kg, Seymour House,  335p ,605kg,  335p ,641kg,  334p ,612kg, East Bowhill Farm,  BRITISH FRIESIAN: 328p ,669kg, Nerewater Farm Saltcoats,  318p ,620kg, East Bowhill Farm,  HOLSTEIN: 316p ,708kg,  312p ,677kg,  310p ,668kg, Musgrave Hall,  GALLOWAY: 312p ,587kg, Ellen Bank.

PRIME CATTLE: With 70 clean cattle forward this week, numbers remained below requirements, while trade strengthened across all classes and types. Of those sold, 18 exceeded £2,800, 12 exceeded £2,900 and 3 exceeded £3,000. Top price of £3,080.62 was achieved by returning vendors Messrs Miller, Arkleby Hall, Wigton, with a Limousin cross steer. Messrs Crichton, Loughrigg, Egremont, sold the top priced heifer at £3,028.76, which was also a Limousin cross. Top pence per kilo reached 448ppkg for heifers, achieved by the Hirds of West End, Cockermouth, while top price per kilo for steers was 438ppk, achieved by Messrs Scott, Gateside, Linlithgow.

Top Price Steer £3,080.62 851kg Miller Ltd, Arkleby Hall

Top Price Heifer £3,028.76 746kg Crichton, Loughrigg Farm

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Steers: Leading prices per head : LIMOUSIN: £3,081 ,851kg,  £3,073 ,835kg, Arkleby Hall,  £2,995 ,727kg, Loughrigg Farm,  £2,983 ,781kg,  £2,917 ,708kg, Bothel Parks,  £2,974 ,880kg, Knockshinnoch,  BRITISH BLUE: £2,948 ,780kg, Arkleby Hall,  £2,366 ,636kg, Jerriestown,  CHAROLAIS: £2,948 ,867kg, North Cowshaw,  £2,893 ,836kg,  £2,853 ,849kg,  £2,830 ,868kg, Aldermanseat Farm,  ABERDEEN ANGUS: £2,732 ,813kg, Rowell Farm,  £2,402 ,780kg,  £2,378 ,798kg, Beech House,  HEREFORD: £2,541 ,799kg, Rowell Farm,  BRITISH FRIESIAN: £2,419 ,661kg,  £2,351 ,646kg,  £2,339 ,646kg, Thornington Farm,  BELTED GALLOWAY: £2,265 ,609kg, Castle Farm,  WHITEBRED SHORTHORN: £2,204 ,626kg,  £1,778 523kg, Rye Close,  BLUE GREY: £2,109 ,589kg,  £1,965 ,549kg,  £1,826 ,537kg, Rye Close.

Heifers: Leading prices per head: LIMOUSIN: £3,029 ,746kg, Loughrigg Farm, £2,974 ,676kg, £2,764 617kg, West End Farm, £2,942 ,795kg, Harrot Hill Farm, £2,939 ,803kg, Knockshinnoch, ABERDEEN ANGUS: £2,741 ,926kg, Rowell Farm, £2,495 ,678kg, £2,491 ,675kg, Outer Woodhead, SIMMENTAL: £2,615 ,674kg, Barnbarroch Farm, BRITISH BLUE: £2,495 ,660kg, £2,339 ,639kg, Jerriestown, HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN: £2,463 ,688kg, Bectonhall.

Steers: Leading Price per Kilo: LIMOUSIN: 438p ,655kg, Gateside Farm,  414p ,668kg, Cleughbrae Farm,  412p ,727kg, Loughrigg Farm,  412p ,708kg,  410p ,690kg, Bothel Parks,  CHAROLAIS: 388p ,647kg, Bowscale Farm,  346p ,836kg,  340p ,797kg, Aldermanseat Farm,  340p ,867kg, North Cowshaw,  BRITISH BLUE: 378p ,780kg, Arkleby Hall,  373p ,555kg, Bowscale Farm,  372p ,636kg, Jerriestown,  BELTED GALLOWAY: 372p ,609kg, Castle Farm,  BRITISH FRIESIAN: 366p ,661kg,  364p ,646kg,  362p ,646kg,  340p 659kg, Thornington Farm,  ABERDEEN ANGUS: 364p ,615kg, Castle Farm,  336p ,813kg, Rowell Farm,  BLUE GREY: 358p ,589kg,  358p ,549kg,  340p ,537kg, Rye Close,  WHITEBRED SHORTHORN: 352p ,626kg,  344p 484kg.

Heifers: Leading Price per Kilo: LIMOUSIN: 448p ,617kg, 440p ,676kg, West End Farm, 406p ,746kg, Loughrigg Farm, SIMMENTAL: 388p ,674kg, Barnbarroch Farm, 384p, 564kg, Outer Woodhead, BRITISH BLUE: 378p ,660kg, 368p ,603kg, Jerriestown, ABERDEEN ANGUS: 369p ,675kg, 368p ,678kg, 352p 608kg, Outer Woodhead.