Saturday, May 9. Special May supreme show and sale of cattle and weekly sale of livestock. Forward: 110 store cattle, 17 beef breeding cows and heifers with calves at foot, 1 breeding bull and 11 culls cows. Show. Judges - Store cattle: P. Jackson. Beef breeding cattle: T. Birkbeck. Sponsors: Bainbridge Vets; British Blue Cattle Society; Carrs Billington Agriculture; CT Hayton Ltd; Fountain Hotel; Guy Machinery Ltd; Imel; JG Animal Health; JMP Foodservice. Results. Store Cattle, Champion: 16mth British Blue Heifer from RS Harker & Son, sold £1,600. Reserve Champion: 11mth British Blue Heifer, W&M Orme, £1,360. Continental heifer and champion: 1 RS Harker & Son, British Blue, 1,600; 2 RS Harker & Son, British Blue, 1,400; 3 AT Pratt, Blonde d’Aquitaine cross, 1,020. Overall average heifers: 890. Continental Steer and reserve champion: 1 W&M Orme, British Blue, 1,360; 2 RF & RD Kettlewell, British Blue, 1,220; 3 W&M Orme, Limousin, £960. Overall average steers: £935. Pair of Heifers: 1 RS Harker & Son, British Blue, £1,300. Pair of Steers: 1 T. Metcalfe & Son, Limousin cross, £940; 2 AT Pratt, Limousin cross, 875. Heifers: Limousin cross, G&P Middleton, £1,000 x2; Simmental cross: JC Fawcett, £900. Steers: British Blue cross, W&M Orme, £1,360; Bazadaise cross, JE Thorpe, £1,115; Simmental cross, JC Fawcett, £1,095. Beef Breeding Cattle, Cows: 1 and champion, Limousin and Limousin cross heifer calf, £2,600; 2 British Blue cross and Bazadaise cross heifer calf, £1,700; 3 Limousin cross and Limousin cross bull calf, £2,800. Heifers: 1 Limousin and Limousin cross bull calf, £2,100; 2 British Blue and Limousin cross heifer calf, £1,700 n/s; 3 British Blue and Limousin cross bull calf, £2,000. Cows and Calves overall average: £1,840. Cull Cattle: Continental to 155 pence per kilogram (average 135.5); Friesian/Holstein 108 (102.2). Overall average to 114.3 pence per kilogram or £705 each.
ALSO: Tuesday, May 5. Special show and sale of breeding ewes with lambs at foot and weekly sale of livestock. Forward: 2 spring lambs, 896 prime and lightweight hoggs, 81 gimmer hoggs 201 cast ewes and rams and 150 ewes with 235 lambs at foot. Show. Judge: D. Ryder. Sponsor David and Stephen Labbate, Agricultural Engineers and Contractors. Results - Swaledale Ewes with mule lambs: 1, overall champion & 2, receiving Les Thackery Border Fine Art Trophy, WC Stones & Son, sold £132 (singles), 185 (twins); 3 DC Sayer, £200 (twins). Continental cross ewes with lambs: 1 CR Alderson & Son, £148 (twins); 2&3 N Thornborrow, £198 (twins), £180 (twins). Continental cross hoggs with lambs: 1 GJ Middleton, £158 (singles); 2 JM Fawcett & Son, £140 (singles). Mule ewes with lambs: 1 JM Fawcett & Son £188 (twins). Prices - Ewes with twin lambs at foot: Mules to £225 each (average £198); Swaledale 200 (148.40); Continental 230 (183.48). Ewes with single lambs at foot: Swaledale 160 (107.43); Mule 178 (157.43); Continental 158 (141.47). Gimmer Hoggs: Swaledale £102 (79.44); Mule 130. Spring Lambs: Continental 106, or 221 pence per kilogram. Prime Hoggs: Continental to 194 pence per kilogram (average 167.5), or to £81 each; Mule 200 (171), 84; Suffolk 187 (169.5), 96; Horned 182 (147.6), 82. Cast Ewes: Horned to £100 each (average £57.81); Polled 110 (84.30). Cast Rams: Horned 76; Polled 133 (99.53).