CARLISLE: Wednesday 4th November.

Harrison & Hetherington Limited held their weekly sale of calves with a respectable entry of 308 forward. All classes of calves were dearer on the week with black and whites seeing a price rise of £50. Also strong Limousin and other beef calves were in high demand seeing top prices paid. Topping the quality show of calves was two Limousin x bulls from Messrs Eilbeck & Son, Plumbland Farm, Aspatria selling at £560. His consignment of seven calves went on to average £527.14. All classes well bid for and many more calves could have been sold with ease. Leading Prices: Bulls: Limousin £560 (x2), £550, £545, £525 Plumbland Farm, £480, £455 Hesket House, £395 Gaitsgill Hall Farm, £390 Clarks Farm, £385 Longbridgemuir Aberdeen Angus £490 Whitelaird, £295 Glebelands, £275 Keysmount, £268 Cockleybank, £260 Bowbridge, British Blue £482 Rosewain Farm, £480, £450 £435 Tempest Tower, £480 (x2) Torpenhow Hall, £465 (x2) Groundy Croft, £420 Harrington Ling Farm, £400 Greenah Cragg, £390 Mainhill Farm, £380 Newton Rigg, £375 Blackdyke Farm, Simmental £365, £345 West House Farm, £255, £225 Pedder Hill Hereford £345, £340 Wheyrigg House, Montbelairde £275 (x3) Whitelaird, Charolais £270, £255 Hensol, Holstein Friesian £250 Torpenhow Hall, £180 (x5), £170 (x4) Smalmstown Farm, £160 Cumcatch, £140, £135, £125, £120 Barughsyke, £120 Greenah Cragg Farm, £120 Mellguards, Beef Shorthorn £200 Mouswald Banks. Dairy Shorthorn £180, £85 Cumcatch, Holstein Friesian £165 Whitelaird, £125, £115 (x2), £110 Longbridgemuir Farm, £105, £95, £75 Gaitsgill Hall Farm, £100 (x2) Flatt Bank, £95, £90 Home Farm, £85 Longbridgemuir Farm, Belted Galloway £160 Whitelaird. Jersey £100 The Bramery, Friesian £145 (x3) Whitelaird, £120 (x2), £100 Saltcoats, £80 Wavercroft, Norwegian Red £80, £52 West House Farm.

Heifers: British Blue £475 Kinkry Hill Farm, £460 Crosby Lodge, £455 (x2), £430 Smalmstown Farm, £360 Harrington Ling Farm, £315 Clarks Farm, £295 Gaitsgill Hall Farm, £290 Blackdyke Farm, £290 Mainhill Farm, £290 East Scales, Limousin £475 (x2) Plumbland Farm, £390, £365 (x2) Hesket House, £375 Clarks Farm, £345 Dykehead, £335 Grains Farm, £325 Gaitsgill Hall Farm, £325 Longbridgemuir, Simmental £410 Whitelaird, Hereford £370 (x3) Castle Farm, Aberdeen Angus £250 The Bramery, £205 Cockleybank, £200 Keysmount, Belted Galloway £200 Whitelaird.

Monday 2nd November.

At Borderway Mart, Harrison & Hetherington held their weekly sale of Primestock. Once again another large show of 514 cast cows, stock bulls and prime cattle were forward.

Cast Cows, Bulls & OTM Cattle: A large show of 366 cast cows and 12 bulls were forward to the the usual large ringside of buyers, ensuring trade was in keeping with last week’s great trade.

Messrs Telfer & Son of Newton High House sold the top priced Limousin cross cow for 785kg 191.5ppk or £1503 and was purchased by Owain Llyr. Messrs Watret of Northfield Park sold the top priced British Blue cow for 771kg, 185.5ppk or £1430 which was also purchased by Owain Llyr. Messrs Brannen of Scar Top sold a British Blue cross cow for 184.5ppk again selling to Owain Llyr. Messrs Hall & Son of Barker House run of well finished cows topped at 720kg, 183.5ppk or £1321 for a Limousin cross to Mr Les Fell. Messrs Telfer & son also sold a Limousin cross for 683kg, 180.5ppk or £1232 and was purchased by Mr Sean McGimpsey. Mr Jim Mulholland of Midtown sold a Limousin cow for 743kg, 173.5ppk or £1289 and was purchased by Pickstocks. Mr Little & Son of Kirkbride House sold the top priced Holstein cross cow for 144.500k which was purchased by Mr Les Fell. Messrs Barton & Harrison of Low Meathop sold a Holstein cross for 143.5ppk to Mr Sean McGimpsey. Messrs Mitchell & Sons of Mirkbooths run of cows topped at 136.5ppk and was purchased by Messrs Holmes. Messrs Taylor of High Whinnow Farm run of Holstein cross cows topped at 844kg, 123.5ppk or £1042 and was purchased by Pickstocks. Messrs Holliday of Dobcross Hall run of Holstein cows topped at 935kg, 109.5ppk or £1023 and was purchased by Dawn Meats.

Messrs Hewson of Burgh Head Farm sold the top priced British Blue stock bull for 982kg, 144.5ppk or £1418 and was purchased by Woolley Bros.

Prices per head:

Cast Cows: Limousin £1503, £1232, £1007 Newton High House, £1321 Barker House, £1289 Midtown Farm, £1154 Setterah Park, £1049 Crow Hall, £1041 Middle Farm, £1031 Kirkhouse Farm, £1008 Balgray Hill, British Blue £1430 North Field Park, £1280 Scar Top, £1137 Thirlwall Castle Farm, Blonde £1116 Littlegala Farm, Charolais £1046 Drumshanagan Farm, Holstein Friesian £1042, £911, £844 High Whinnow Farm, £1023, £922 Dobcross Hall, £985 Park House Farm, £968 Towngate, £949 Low Meathop Farm, £914, £899 Milton Farm, £856 Park House Farm, £820 Mirkbooths, £815 Gaitsgill Hall Farm, Simmental £1002 Fairspring Farm, Holstein £986, £827 Kirkbride House, £906 Musgrave Hall, £805 How End Farm, Aberdeen Angus £963 Barnker House, £961 Gretna House, Hereford £912 Low Meathop Farm, British Friesian £854 Bulls Head Farm, £844 High Whinnow Farm, £824 Wed Holme House, Swedish Red & White £842 How End Farm, Montbeliarde £820 Stonewalls, Galloway £728 Summerhill Farm.

Prices per head, Cast Bull: British Blue £1418 Burgh Head Farm, Limousin £1104 Culquhasen Farm, £1083 Willimoteswick Farm, Charolais £1042 West Plenmeller Farm.

Prices per kilo:

Cast Cows: Limousin 191.5p, 180.5p Newton High House, 183.5p Barker House, 173.5p Midtown Farm, 169.5p Balgray Hill, 169.5p Crow Hall, 167.5p Silloans, 161.5p Setterah Park, 158.5p Northsceugh, 154.5p Potholm, 152.5p, 148.5p Terrona, 149.5p, 146.5p Kirkhouse Farm, 148.5p Sunny Gill Farm, British Blue 185.5p Northfield Park, 184.5p Newbiggin, 148.5p Thirlwall Castle Farm, 135.5p, 125.5p High Field, 124.5p Bolton Wood Lane, 122.5p Kilnknowe, Simmental 166.5p, 120.5p Culquhasen Farm, 131.5p Fairspring Farm, 123.5p Skiddaw View Cottage, 123.5p Mirkbooths, Aberdeen Angus 153.5p Barker House, 141.5p Potholm, 134.5p Newbiggin, Hereford 146.5p Low Meathop Farm, 110.5p, 109.5p Skiddaw View Cottage, Holstein 144.5p, 113.5p Kirkbride House, 114.5p Gill Farm, Holstein Friesian 143.5p Low Meathop Farm, 136.5p Mirkbooths, 128.5p (x2) Crownstone Farm, 123.5p Whangs Farm, 123.5p Mellguards, 123.5p, 112.5p High Whinnow Farm, 121.5p East Scales, 121.5p Dobcross Hall, 117.5p Park House Farm, 116.5p Towngate, 114.5p Gaitsgill Hall Farm, 112.5p Upper Barr, 110.5p Bolton Cottage, Blonde 141.5p, 129.5p Littlegala Farm, 137.5p Drumshangan Farm, Charolais 139.5p Drumshangan Farm, 128.5p The Laythes, 121.5p Laverock Bridge, British Friesian 129.5p Crownstone Farm, 121.5p Bulls Head Farm, 119.5p High House, 112.5p, 111.5p Dockray Hall, Dairy Shorthorn 128.5p, 127.5p, 113.5p Marleycote Walls, Galloway 124.5p Summerhill Farm, 117.5p Nether Gribton, Montbeliarde 114.5p Stonewalls, 113.5p Hill House, Swedish Red & White 112.5p How End Farm.

Prices per kilo:

Cast Bulls: British Blue 144.5p Burgh Head Farm, Charolais 118.5p West Plenmeller Farm, Limousin 114.5p Culquhasen Farm, 114.5p Willimoteswick Farm.

Prime bulls: An increased entry of 88 prime bulls forward whereby all classes were easier to sell on the week. Top overall bull was a Parthenais from M/s Powely, Low Northsceugh, Carlisle achieving £154.82. M/s Gibb, Jubilee Buildings, Stocksfield sold top Blonde cross selling to £1512.04. M/s Mews, Chapel House, Hexham sold top Charolais to £1509.97 and M/s Powely, sold the top pirced limouisn cross to £1505.35. Top pence per kilo of 218.5p was attained by M/s Brough, Old Rectory, Carlisle for a Limousin, M/s Muir, Cleughbrae Farm, Dumfries also sold a Limousin this time selling to 217.5p.

Black and White bulls reached £1012.68 for a British Friesian from M./s Graham, Hillhead, Canonbie. M/s Reed, Croft House, Carlisle sold top pence per kilo of 165.5p for two Friesian bulls.

Prices per head:

Aberdeen Angus £1053 Cleughbrae Farm, £1014 Brackenhill British Friesian £1012, Hillhead, £926 Croft House, £919, £890 Hillhead, £886 Whitehead Hill Holstein Friesian £963 Kirkbride House, £921 Newton Field, £885 Blackrigg Limousin £1505 Low Northsceugh, £1496 Midtown Farm, £1459 Kelbarrow, £1421 Breconside, £1416 Willimoteswick Farm, £1375 Silloans, £1372 Cleughbrae, £1364, £1363 Old Rectory Blonde £1512 Jubilee Buildings, £1317 Littlegala Farm Parthenais £1540 Low Northsceugh British Blue £1210 Cleughbrae Farm, £1177 Wheelbarrow, £1110 Blackpark Farm Charolais £1509 Chapel House, £1377 Cleughbrae Prices per kilo: British Friesian 165.5p Croft House, 159.5p, 155.5p Braithwaite Hall, 157.5p Whitehead Hill, 152.5p Hillhead Holstein Friesian 156.5p, 149.5p Newton Field Limousin 218.5p Old Rectory Farm, 217.5p Cleughbrae Farm, 212.5p Midtown Farm, 205.5p Kelbarrow Blonde 207.5p Littlegala Farm British Blue 203.5p Cleughbrae Parthenais 208.5p Low Northsceugh Charolais 207.5p Cleughbrae Farm.

Prime Cattle: A larger entry of 60 prime steers and heifers whereby all classes were harder to cash. Top overall was £1603.98 for a Limousin cross steer from M/s Bowe, Bothel Parks, Wigton. M/s Studholme, Carlisle also sold another Limousin cross to £1603.37. M/s Crichton, Loughrigg Farm, Egremont sold top overall heifer achieving £1599.20 for a Charolais cross. Top Blonde cross heifer was from M/s Bradley, Northrigg Hill, Brampton selling to £1446.38 and purchased by M/s Kirkpatrick, Lockerbie. Top overall pence per kilo was a superb Limousin cross steer from M/s Twentyman, Osborne Farm, Wigton selling to 221.5p and purchased by M/s Jarvis on behalf of a client. Top heifer was a blonde cross from M/s Bradley achieving 218.5p. All of the aforementioned were purchased by Pioneer.

Prices per head:

Steers: Limousin £1603, £1569 Bothel Parks, £1603, £1505 Nealhouse Farm, £1554, £1541 Loughrigg Farm, £1539 Low Whinnow Farm, £1517 Croft Farm, Blonde £1235 Grassknop, British Blue £1275 Grassknop Charolais £1251, £1206 Fenton Farm Heifers: Limousin £1278 Bowscale Farm, £1206, £1201 Hosket Hill Farm, £1114 Tempest Tower Blonde £1446, £1408, £1354 Northrigg Hill British Blue £1361 Mirkbooths, £1192, £1173 Bowscale Farm Charolais £1599 Loughrigg, £1370, £1223 Ladying Farm, £1237 Gretna House. Prices per kilo, Steers: Limousin 221.5p Osborne Farm, 218.5p Silver How, 217.5p, 208.5p Low Whinnow, 213.5p Loughrigg Farm, 208.5p (x2) Nealhouse Farm.

Heifers: Blonde 218.5p, 217.5p Northrigg Hill British Blue 208.5p Mirkbooths Charolais 208.5p Loughrigg House Prime Lambs: The weekly sale of prime lambs attracted a larger entry of 2498 head. All classes of lambs were miles dearer on the week leaving vendors in higher spirits than of late and resulted in an overall average of 150.01p (SQQ 157.64p).Topping the sale at £83.80 were 3 vendors, namely Messrs TP Wigham, Hargill House, T & J Airey, New Grange Farm and PC Musgrave, Sowerby Wood which sold to Mr Andrew Dawson and Mr Robert Skelton (x2) respectively. Top pence per kilo was 220p paid for a pen of Texel lambs from ME & DP Hall, Lanerton which sold to Mr Andrew Dawson.

Prices per head:

Dutch Texel £83.80 Hargill House, £79.80, £75.80, £71.30, £70.80, £67.80 Low Houses, £79.80 West End Farm, £74.30, £68.80 Shankfield Head, £73.80, £72.80, £69.80 (x2), £68.80 Unity Farm, £67.80 Thorneyland Texel £83.80, £76.30 New Grange Farm, £83.80, £81.80, £78.80 Sowerby Wood, £82.80 West End Farm, £80.30 Aigle Gill, £78.80 (x2), £76.30 Westgarth Hill, £78.80 Longhurst, £78.80 Low Fauld, £78.30 Brocklerigg, £77.00 Lanerton, £76.80 Flimby Hall Suffolk £80.30 Clarks Farm, £75.80 Broomhill, £74.80 Tinnishall, £74.00 Westgarth Hill, £71.30 Albyfield, £70.80 Aigle Gill, £69.80 Cardewlees, £69.80 Merrysheild, £69.30 West End Farm, £68.30, £66.80 Drumshangan Farm, £67.80, £64.30 The Beeches, £65.30 Holebeck Farm, £64.30 Beamwham Beltex £79.30, £76.80, £76.30, £74.80 Hargill House, £78.80, £72.80 Walton Woodhead, £76.80, £74.80, £68.30 Winterhope, £73.80 (x2) Hollands, £71.30 Brocklerigg, £70.80 Castlehill, £69.80, £68.80 Steeley Farm Charolais £77.80 Tinnishall, £75.30, £68.80 The Beeches, £70.30 West End Farm, £66.80, £66.30 Cragg Nook Farm Greyfaced £68.80 Westgarth Hill, £64.00 Coombe Crag, £63.30 Church Farm, £63.30 Drumshangan Farm Hill Cheviot £60.00 Garvilland.

Prices per kilo:

Texel 220p Lanerton, 215.30p, 183.30p, 178.30p Sowerby Wood, 197p, 184.50p, 170.60p Low Fauld, 188p Sandysike Farmhouse, 171p New Grange Farm, 169.30p Cardewlees, 167.90p Nether Gribton, 167.40p Hudscales, 167p Pear Tree House, 165.80p Low Barn, 165.80p Far Sheilds Dutch Texel 204.40p Hargill House, 192.30p, 174.30p, 160.20p Low Houses, 190.50p, 167.40p Shankfield Head Beltex 202.10p, 182.40p Winterhope, 202.10p, 175.40p, 172.20p Walton Woodhead, 195.80p, 179.50p, 178.10p Hargill House, 185.40p, 181.40p, 178.90p, 171.10p Glenmaid, 181.50p Castlehill, 177.80p, 169.70p Hollands Charolais 156p Cragg Nook Farm Suffolk 148.40p Drumshangan, 147.80p Copperthorns, 146.20p Pear Tree House, Greyfaced 138.80p Wolf Hills Farm.

Ewes: Texel £90, £66 Far Sheilds, £81 Moorside, £76, £57 Roe Farm, £71 Gelt Hall Farm, £71 Hillhead, £69 Harewalls, £69, £60 Carrycoats Hall, £67 Low Barn, £64 Wetheral Abbey, £64 Tedcastle, £62 Bulls Hill, £62 Williamwood Greyfaced £63, £60 Beech House, £60 Low Barn, £60, £51 Hillhead, £59, £51, £47 Roe Farm, £58 Low Wallhead, £58 Tedcastle, £58, £52 Bulls Hill, £58 Castlehill, £57, £56 Harewalls North Country Cheviot £63 Hillhead Hill Cheviot £62 Harewalls, Beltex £61 Castlehill, £47 Glenmaid, Suffolk £58, £48 Wetheral Abbey, Kerry Hill £47 Williamwood, Swaledale £46, £36 Bulls Hill, £34 Harewalls, £32 Hillhead, Blackfaced £45, £37 Carrycoats Hall, Jacob £31 Hillhead, Hebridean £14 Southwaite Green Mill.

Rams: Texel £83 Albyfield, Suffolk £81 Lanehead Farm, Swaledale £53 Wolf Hills Farm.