Middleton Prize Show & Sale of Store Cattle

On Tuesday 3^rd of November Harrison & Hetherington held its Show and sale of 100 store cattle.    The Pre sale show took place in the pens and our Judge Mrs Elaine Sedgewick awarded it to JC & J White, Rigg Farm, Barnard Castle for a Limousin steer selling for £1155.  The Reserve Champion was also awarded to Messrs White for the second prize steer and was sold for £1230.  Topping the sale was a Limousin steer from D Dargue & Son, Bank Top, Barnard Castle selling for £1300.   Two vendors had the top price heifer at £1000 firstly from Messrs Tarn, Toft House and secondly from David Dargue, Bank Top both for Limousins.

Leading Prices:

Bullocks – Limousin £1300 £1190 £1185 Bank Top, £1230 £1150 £1105 Rigg Farm, £1175 (x2) £1140 £1100 £1070 (x3) £1010 Step Ends Farm, £1150 £1080 Allotment Farm, £1115 £1000 Herdship £1110 £1020 £1010 Palletstone Farm, £1070 Pikestone Farm, £1065 Brockersgill Farm, £1000 Bail Hill, £1000 (x2) Toft House, British Blue £1155 Rigg Farm, £900 Sunnybrae, Luing £980 £900 Herdship, Charolais £940 Sunnybrae, Beef Shorthorn £910 Pikestone Farm.

Heifers – Limousin £1000 £880 £870 £855 £850 Toft House, £1000 £960 Bank Top, £996 £900 (x2) Allotment Farm, £980 Brockersgill Farm, £975 Sunnybrae, £975 £860 (x2) £800 Laneside, £960 Herdship, £950 £940 £890 (x2) £880 Palletstone Farm, £840 Step Ends Farm, Charolais £995 £810 Sunnybrae.