HAWES: Tuesday, December 9. Christmas show for prime lambs and calves including Young Farmers prime lamb show and weekly sale of livestock. Forward: 18 calves, 1,872 sheep, comprising 1,711 prime lambs, 161 cast ewes and rams. Prime Lamb Sponsors: Phillip Holden (Rural), Carrs Billington Agriculture, Tophams Meats, The Good Life (Hawes). Young Farmers sponsor: The White Hart Hotel (Hawes). Calves Sponsors: Wensleydale Dairy Products, Genus Breeding. Judge (prime lambs): A. Slack. Judge (calves): Emma Wharrick. Results - Pens of 4. Continental: Champion & 1 (Texel cross) C & M Hugill, 58kg, £145, 250ppkg; Reserve & 2 (Beltex cross) N. Baldwin, 46kg, £96, 209p; 3 WH Harker, 44kg, £120, 273p. Suffolks: 1&2 P Bowdin, 45kg, £88, 195p/42kg, £80.50, 191p. Mules: 1&2 K & A Woof, 55kg, £91, 165p/50kg, £87, 174p; 3 JE Thorpe, 50kg, £87, 174p. Swaledale: 1 WH Harker, 48kg, £89, 185p; 2 A & H Watson, 42kg, £81.20, 193p; 3 B & GV Mudd, 41kg, £71, 173p. Rough Fell: 1&3 GM Sedgwick & Son, 41kg, £71.50, 174p/41kg, £69.50, 170p; 2 A & H Watson, 42kg, £76, 181p. Young Farmers. Continental: Champion & 1 (Beltex cross) Jack Thomas Iveson, 38kg, £150, 395p; 2 Nathan Baldwin (Beltex cross), 40kg, £115, 287p; 3 Jack Baldwin (Beltex cross), 39kg, £108, 277p. Calves. Continental cross Bulls: Champion, 1&2 JF Bowe & Son, £570/£515; 3 JS Cloughton, £410. Continental cross Heifers: Reserve & 1 JS Cloughton, £350; 2 Messrs Dent, £365; 3 A & W Hodgson, £325. Friesian Bulls: 1 K Nicholson, £200; 2 J Scarr & Sons, £130; 3 Messrs Dent, £110. Prices - Prime lambs: Beltex to £150 each, or 395 pence per kilogram (average 255.4p); Texel 145, 250 (193.3); Suffolk 88, 196, (186.6); Mules 91, 197 (184.3); Cheviot 88, 202 (196.5); Swaledale 89, 193 (167.1); Rough Fell 76.50, 182 (172.3). Cast ewes: Horned £56.50 (average 38.80); Polled 107 (82.78). Cast rams: Horned 85 (68.75); Polled 160 (91.53). Calves: Belgian Blue 570 (425); Belgian Blue heifers 365 (333); Limousin bulls 340; Limousin heifers 350 (338); Blonde d'Aquitaine heifers 360; Black and White bulls 200 (138).
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