Leading farm prices from Carlilsle/Broughton Auction Marts

Bulls: British Blue £575, £555 Largs Farm, £500 Tempest Tower, £480 Wood Farm, £470 Mouswald Banks, £450, £420, £385, £370 (x2) Netherfield Farm, £448 West House Farm, £440 Underhelm, £410 Harrington Ling, £380, £370 Brackenhow, Limousin £470, £460, £445, £440 Plumbland Farm, £440, £425 High Grounds, £390 Southernby Hall, £380, £350  Longbridgemuir Farm, £378 Crookdake House, £370 Dumbretton, £365, £355 Summerhill Farm, £360 Tempest Tower, £350 Beyond the Moss, Beef Shorthorn £465, £290 Mouswald Banks, Simmental £460 Underhelm, £345, £305 Cockley Bank, Charolais £312 Greyrigg, £305 Colby Laithes, Aberdeen Angus £305, £290 Hill House, £290, £280 (x2)  Cockley Bank, £285 Crossrigg Farm, £285, £280  Townfoot Farm, £365 Brackenhow, £255 Colby Laithes, £235 Bowbridge, Holstein £260, £255 Orchard House, £215, £200 Netherfield Farm, £200 Orchard House, £185, £170, £155 (x2), £130, £120, £105, Longbridgemuir Farm, £158, £140, £138  Hill Green, £158 Tempest Tower, Montbeliarde £250 Hill House, £195, £170 Colby Laithes, Friesian £210, £200 (x2), £195 Clark Farm, Blonde £205 Moor Park Farm, Ayrshire £102 (x2) Hill Farm, Brown Swiss £42 Low Wood.

Heifers: British Blue £555 Largs Farm, £465 £450, £385, £370 Netherfield Farm, £440 Ling Farm, £380, £360, £345  Crookdake House, £355, £330, £328  Brackenhow, £350 Wood Farm, £325 Chalk Lodge, Aberdeen Angus £360 (x2) Groundy Croft, £340 Crookdake House, £290, £235 £230  Bleaberry Rigg, £285 Townfoot Farm, £280 (x2) Hill House, £230 Cockley Bank Farm, £200 Colby Laithes, Limousin £455, £380  Dukesfield Hall, £452 Southernby Hall, £445, £435  Slealands Burn, £440 Plumbland Farm, £435 (x2), £425 Dumbretton, £400 Townfoot Farm, £375 (x2) Longbridgemuir, £350 Nether Collinghirst, £350 Bridge End, Charolais £395, £375, £340  Forrest Farm, £310, £280  Greyrigg, £280 Colby Laithes, Simmental £310 West House Farm, £305 Cockleybank, £260 Colby Laithes, £238 Mouswald Banks, Beef Shorthorn £230 Mouswald Banks, Holstein Friesian £75 Hill House.

Another successful Borderway Monthly Dairy Day sale kicked of the 2015 Autumn trade topping at £2100 with trade remaining firm. Buyers once again travelled from across the UK to a packed ringside with quality heifers in strong demand. There was a higher number of faulted and under conditioned heifers which were slightly more difficult to sell however demand continues to increase for quality animals with the potential to give large volumes of milk. Topping the trade in the Borderway Monthly Dairy Day sale was an outstanding heifer consigned by R&A Harrison, Hazel Head Farm, Wigton. The Firm of Harvey, Drum Farm, Dumfries sold four excellent heifers topping at £1680 for a 40kg heifer. M&G Struthers, Bankhead of Balcurvie sold four heifers topping at £1650 for a milking heifer with a PLI of £319. Topping the cow trade at £1580 was SK  Morton, Long Meg, Penrith for a third calved cow giving 42kg. Changue Ayrshire Sale. The sale also included the first sale to disperse the famous Changue herd, now the longest registered pedigree dairy herd in the world.  55 of the most recently calved and close to calving animals were selected for this sale with trade topping at 2,100gns for Changue Theme 154. This perfect udder cow was freshly calved in her third and had just recently classified EX91. Changue Mirabelle 20 was next in the price list selling for 1,650gns.  She calved in April and was sold giving 19kgs. Selling for 1,420gns was a nice balanced cow from the much sought after Mary Rose family. Changue Mary Rose 102 was sired by Changue Pendulum and bred from five generations of Excellent or Very Goods. The next dairy sale at Borderway takes place on Wednesday 9th September and features 300 head of top quality dairy cattle comprising 100 freshly calved cows and heifers and 200 heifer calves. On Saturday 12th September the South Threave herd will be dispersed comprising 280 head of pedigree Holsteins.

Averages

15 Holstein cows in milk                                £1334.28

51 Holstein heifers in milk                            £1231.66

2 Holstein In-calf heifers                               £1010.00

12 Ayrshire In-calf heifers                            £785.83

27 Bulling heifers                                              £692.94

Changue Ayrshire Sale

33 cows in milk or dry                                     £993.68

7 heifers in milk or dry                                   £1167.00

9 in-calf heifers                                 £878.50

Forward 948 cattle at their Weekly Wednesday Sale, consisting of 535 Store Cattle, Store Bulls and Stirks, 293 Calves and 120 Dairy Cattle including 49 Ayrshire heifers forward for the 1st stage of the ‘Changue’ Dispersal Sale as well as 71 entered in the Borderway Monthly Dairy Day sale. STORE CATTLE - An entry of 312 were forward at the store cattle sale.  Trade was once again very good on the whole from start to finish with vendors left delighted with their returns. Top overall price was a marvellous British Blue cross steer from Messrs Wilkinson, Carlatton Mill, Brampton selling to £1400. Heifers reached £1280 for a superb Aberdeen Angus from Messrs Whitfield, Orton Rigg, Carlisle.  Messrs J Weal & Son, Birkenshawhead, Lockerbie sold a Limousin cross to £1270.  Black and whites peaked at £1060 for a Friesian from Messrs Pearson, Wavercroft, Wigton. Leading prices. Steers: British Blue £1400, £1285 Carlatton Mill, £1215, £1185 Rosgill Head, £1210, £1130 Blackdyke Farm, £1170, £1165 Durdar Farm, £1120 Mill Farm, £1100 Drigg Moorside, Limousin £1250 Beckstonegate Farm, £1245, £1215, £1210, £1190  Stonewalls, £1220 Cocklet Hill Farm, £1185 (x5) East Park, £1140 (x2) Rosgill Head, £1140 Marsh House, Blonde £1235, £1230, £1190 Mill Farm, Charolais £1200, £1190, £1040 Mossband Hall, £1120 Laversdale Farm, Hereford £1190, £1140, £1065 Jerriestown, Aberdeen Angus £1130 Red Wood House, Friesian £1060, £960 Wavercroft, £955, £905 (x2) Broom farm, £905 (x5) £900 (x3) Cocklet Hill Farm, £890 The Flatt, £820 (x3) Grain Head, Simmental £1055 Arnold House, Holstein Friesian £955 Broom Farm, £955 (x2) £920 (x4) Blue Dial Farm, £830 (x4) How Farm, Montbelairde £825 Burn House. Heifers: Aberdeen Angus £1280 Orton Rigg Farm, £1150 Red Wood House, £1050, £970  Cocklet Hill Farm, £1030 (x3) Red Wood House, £1010, £980 Brisco Hall, £1005 Angus Well Farm, Limousin £1270, £1265 £1240, £1160   Birkshawhead, £1210, £1170 Orton Rigg Farm, £1190 Croft House Farm, £1180 Rosgill Head, £1170, £1165 Beckstonegate Farm, Charolais £1190 (x3) Cocklet Hill Farm, £1150 Sideway Bank, £1090 (x2) The Grove, £1080, £1020 Sideway Bank, British Blue £1150 (x4) Lamonby Hall, £1145, £1120  Rosgill Head, £1140, £1080 Cocklet Hill Farm, £1100 Blackdyke Farm, £1100 (x2) Carlatton Mill, £1050 Midtown Farm, £1040 Harrot Hill Farm, Simmental £1065 Brisco Hall, £960 Cocklet Hill Farm, Blonde £1050 (x2) Cocklet Hill Farm, Holstein £980 Blue Dial Farm, Beef Shorthorn £940 Brisco Hall, Shorthorn £900 (x2) Brisco Hall.

WEANED CATTLE: A smaller show of 223 weanling were forward with a good ring of buyers ensuring all classes sold well. Leading prices. Steers: Limousin £980 Waingate Head, £910, £865 Westfield House Farm, £865 Sleightholme Farm, £860 Burthwaite, Simmental £960 (x2), £900 (x2) Lawston Farm

British Blue £945, £880 (x2) Sleightholme Farm, £920, £895 Sprunston, £880, £865 Crook A Fleet, Charolais £945, £930 Garvilland, Aberdeen Angus £880 Garvilland, £825 Wickerthwaite Farm, £820 (x2) Lawston Farm, Hereford £720 Crook A Fleet. Normande £720 Greenside Keep Cottage, Holstein Friesian £650 (x2) Edenbanks, £500 (x2) Blenkett Farm, Friesian £620 (x3) Grain Head. Bulls: Limousin £970 Inglewood Bank, £850 Blenkett Farm, £850 Barnglies, Simmental £930, £915, £890 Barnglies, Aberdeen Angus £850 Blenkett Farm, British Blue £680 (x2) Frizington Parks Farm, Brown Swiss £550 Frizington Parks Farm, Holstein Friesian £535 (x4) Pennine View, £400 (x4) Whitbarrow Farm, £415 Greengill Bank Farm. Heifers: Limousin £945 Waingate Head, £915 (x2) Burthwaite, £910 (x3) Calfpark British Blue £900 Cathow, £860 Manor Farm,  Aberdeen Angus  £865 Village Farm, Charolais £860 Garvilland. Cows and Calves: Aberdeen Angus £1300, Limousin £1240 Parkside Farm.

Monday 31st August. Weekly sale of 371 cast cows, bulls and prime cattle were forward on bank holiday Monday with a large ring side of buyers. Cast Cows, Bulls & Otm Cattle: A mixed show of 251 cast cows and stock bulls were forward with trade for all classes being dearer on the week. Main Street Farming run of outstanding cows topped at 868kg at 194.5p totalling £1688 for a Limousin cross cow selling for 853kg at 187.5p rounding to £1599 from Pickstocks. M/s Houston of Gretna House sold the top overall priced Charolais cow selling for 995kg at 159.5p totalling £1587 selling to Mr Charles Kirkpatrick. M/s Marrs, Middlemoor sold the top priced Blonde for 183.5p to Mr Les Fell. M/s Forsyth, Isle Farm, Newton Stewart Holstein Cross cows topped at 148.5p & 140.5p purchased by Steven Bowes and Les Fell. M/s Swainson & Son Moor Park Farm sold the top priced British Friesian cow for 138.5p again selling to Mr Les Fell. M/s Hunter & Son, Berrier Head sold the top overall priced Holstein cross cow selling for 839kg at 124.5p totalling £1044 to Dawn Meats. M/s Knight, Low Meadows sold the top priced British Blue Stock bull selling for 1011kg at 154.5p rounding to £1562 to Woolley Bros. Cast Cow leading prices per head: Charolais £1587 Gretna House Limousin £1688, £1599, £1525, £1477 Main Street Farming, £1274 West Knowe, £1248 LimetreeFrove, £1228 Cocklet Hill, £1140, £1129, £1122 Nether Dargavel, £1120 Thirlwall Castle Blonde £1326 Nether Dargavel, £1312 Middlemoor British Blue £1313 West Knowe, £1236 Stichill Home Farm £1082 Setterah Park Holstein Friesian £1044, £981 Berrier Head, £1012, £868 Isle Farm, £968 Bailey Town, £941, £864 Gullielands Farm, £900 How End Farm, £876 Milton Farm, £868, £860 Chalk Lodge, £858 Hurkledale Holstein £909, £905 Bailey Town, £889 Walby Hall M.R.I £897 Morton Farm Cast Bull leading prices per head: British Blue £1562 Low Meadows Holstein £1414 Milton Farm Limousin £1331 Limetree Grove South Devon £1203 Cleuchside Farm Holstein Friesian £1199 Mirkbooths. Cast Cow leading prices per kilo: Limousin 194p, 187p, 184p Main Street Farming , 176p Cocket Hill, 167p Rosgill Head, 161p The Green , 158p Thirlwall Castle, 154p, 151p Nether Dargavel, 153p West Knowe Blonde 183p Middlemoor, 178p Nether Dargavel Charolais 159p Gretna House British Blue 156p West Knowe, 146p Stichill Home, 148p Settrah Park Holstein Friesian 148p, 140p Isle Farm, 129p Gullielabnds, 125p Morton Farm, 124p, 117p Bailey Town, 124p 122p Berrier Head, 121p West Knowe, 119p Ibrak, 118p Chalk Lodge, 118p Hillhead, 115p High Stand British Friesian 138p Moor Park Farm, 121p West Knowe M.R.I 124p Morton Farm Simmental 123p Frankstown Farm Stabilisers 120p Frankstown Farm Holstein 127p West Knowe, 123p Bailey Town, 116p Skelton Wood End. Cast Bull leading prices per kilo: British Blue 154p Low Meadows British Friesian 124p Gates Garth Hall. PRIME BULLS: A mixed show of 81 bulls were forward this week with M/s Hunter of Upper Brydekirk selling the top priced Limouisn bull for 209.5ppk to Cleveland Meats. M/s Jardine & Son, The Yett bulls topped at 207.5ppk selling to Mr Bill Howard. M/s Houston, Gretna House sold the top overall priced Charolais bull selling for 881kg at 183.5p totalling 1616 to Bowland Foods. M/s Sission & Son, Kelbarrow Limousin cross bulls topped at774kg at 205.5p rounding to £1590 to Mr Les Fell. M/s Hewitson, King Hill sold the top overall priced Friesian bull selling for 770kg at 163.5p totalling £1258 to Bowland Foods. Leading prices per head: Charolais £1616 Gretna House, £1558 Main Street Limousin £1590, £1480 Kelbarrow, £1516 Upper Brydekirk British Blue £1422 Mirkbooths Aberdeen Angus £1348 South Farm British Friesian £1258 Whins Farm, £1165, £1143 King Hill, £1090 Main Street Holstein Friesian £1179, £1138 Whins Farm, £1120 Southview Farm, £1049 Threapland Lees Jersey £994 Threapland Lees. Leading prices per kilo: Limousin 209p Upper Brydekirk, 207p, 203p The Yett, 205p, 202p Kelbarrow British Frieisian 187p King Hill, 163p Whins Farm, 162p Cardew Hall Holstein Friesian 175p, 164p Whins Farm, 160p Skelton Wood End Aberdeen Angus 174p Wragmire Bank, Jersey 140p Threapland Lees. PRIME CATTLE: A very good show of 39 prime cattle were on offer with M/s Studholme & Son, Nealhouse run of outstanding cattle topping at 668kg at 245.5p totalling at £1639 for a British Blue cross heifer selling to Mr David Whaite on behalf of Honeywell Meats. M/s Sission & Son, Kelbarrow sold the top priced Limousin cross heifer for 239.5p also sold to Mr Whaite, Blackpool. M/s Knight, Low Meadows run of cattle topped at 242.5p for a Limousin cross Bullock for 232.5p to Mr David Whaite. M/s Sisson & Sons, Fenton Farm run of Limousin bullocks topped at 716kg at 229.5p totalling £1643 to Pioneer Foods. M/s Storey of Jackson Rigg run of bullocks topped at 797kg at 205.5p rounding to £1637 for a Limousin cross purchased also by Pioneer Foods. Leading prices per head. Heifers: British Blue £1639 Nealhouse Farm, £1398 Hawkbarrow Farm Limousin £1398 Kelbarrow. Steers: Limousin £1643, £1502, £1499 Fenton Farm, £1637, £1491 Jackson Rigg, £1508, £1505 Nealhouse Farm, £1471 Low Meadows British Blue £1461 Jackson Rigg Simmental £1362 Harleyrigg Saler £1323 Jackson Rigg Montbeliarde £1222 Harleyrigg. Leading prices per kilo. Heifers: British Blue 245p Nealhouse Farm Limousin 239p, 226p Kelbarrow. Steers: Limousin 232p West End Farm, 229p Fenton Farm, 227p Low Meadows, 225p Windy Nook British Blue 217p Jackson Rigg oHouse. PRIME LAMBS. Despite being a bank holiday, a larger show of 2623 prime lambs were presented. All classes met a good trade with the SQQ average rising 12ppk on the week and the overall pence per kilo being 9 pence up, with a lot of heavy sheep forward. The sale topped at £84.80 for Texel lambs from M/s Browell of Quarry House, Hexham and also M/s Todd of Longhurst, Brampton which sold to Mr Andrew Dawson and Mr M Bowe respectively. Topping per kilo was M/s Reay of West Moorhouses, Matfen who sold Beltex x lambs to 204.7p which sold to Mr a Dawson. Mule lambs were much dearer this week selling to £67.80 consigned by M/s Teasdale, Kellah, Haltwhistle and also to 150ppk for a pen 39kg lambs from M/s Lawson, Pasture House, Wigton. Leading prices per head: Texel £84, £79 Quarry House, £84, £82, £79 Longhurst, £82, £80 Flimby Hall, £80 New Grange Farm, £79 Cathpair, £79 Wetheral Abbey Farm Beltex £83 New Houses, £77, £75 West Moorhouses, £76 Shank Castle, £76, £75 Clea Mire, £73 Castlehill Dutch Texel £79, £78, £72 (x2), £70 Low Fauld Badger Face £79 Gelt Hall Farm Suffolk £78, £73 Clappers Farm, £77, £74 Fern House, £76 Flimby Hall, £74 (x2) Brewery House Barn, £71 Seymour Farms, £70 The Tofts, £70 Newlands Farm Millennium Bleu £78 Ricora Charmoise £74, £72 Moss Side Charollais £73 Willaimswood Bleu Du Maine £69 Ashknowe Leicester £69, £68 Ashknowe, Greyfaced £67, £66 Kellah, £67 Hargill House, £65 Beamwham, £65 Tedcastle, £63 The Grove, £60 Flimby Hall, £60 Denton Mains, £58 Pasture House Hill Cheviot £61 Gass Farm, £60 (x2) Garvilland. Leading prices per kilo: Beltex 204p West Moorhouses, 200p, 187p Clea Mire, 192p, 189p New Houses Dutch Texel 197p, 188p, 184p, 172p, 167p Low Fauld Side Suffolk 172p The Tofts, 171p Low Wood Bank, 157p Roe Farm, 156p Seymour Farms Texel 197p Flimby Hall Farm, 194p,184p Quarry House, 189p Wood Head, 188p Newtown Chamoise 170p, 154p, 121p Moss Millennium Bleu 153p Ricora Bleu Du Maine 151p Ashknowe Badger Face 150p, 140p Gelt Hall Hill Cheviot 150p Gass Farm, 139p, 130p Garvilland Greyfaced 150p, 145p Pasture Hopuse, 147p Hargill House, 147p Kellah, 147p The Grove Leicester 143p The Grove Charollais 133p, 122p Willaimswood Blackface 121p Beamwham Jacob 111p Dalveen. CAST EWES:  A good show of 345 cast ewes and rams sold well to a top of £107 for a Texel ram from The Gass, Newton Stewart with also 3 Texels from Flimby Hall reaching £96 per head. Leading Ewe prices per head: Texel £96, £92 Flimby Hall Farm, £96, £90 Flimby Hall, £91 (x2), £90 Longhurst, £90 Swallowdene, £90 Carlatton Farm, £86, £85 Greensyke, £85 How Hill, £84 Ricora, £84 Carlatton Suffolk £90 Seymour Farms, £80 Whitehouse Farm,Hill Cheviot £75, £65 Terrona Greyfaced £70 How Hill, £70 Swallowdene Swaledale £65 Fell Hill. Leading Ram prices per head: Texel £107, £86 Gass Farm Blue Texel £80 Gass Farm, Beltex £80 Gass Farm Charollais £85 Williamwood.

Tuesday 25th August. BROUGHTON opening sale of store lambs. A larger sale of 654 head was forward, whereby all classes sold to tremendous rates. Topping the sale was Messrs SC Gorst of Hoses Farm, Broughton-in-Furness with a tremendous pen of 10 Suffolk lambs selling to £58 per head. Hill bred sheep topped at £51 for a consignment of Hill Cheviots from Messrs HJD Grice of Hinning House, Millom. Leading price per head: Suffolk £58, £54.50 (x2) Hoses Farm, £56.50 Croglin Hurst Farm, £55.50 Sella Farm, £54.80 Low Scales, £54.50 Bank Head, £54.50 Breen Bank Farm, £54.20 Boon Crag, Texel £55.50, £48.50 Low Scales, £54.20, £52 Broon Crag, £53 Knott End Farm, £52.50 Bank Head, £52.50 Croglin Hurst Farm, £49 Sella Farm, £48, £47.50 Penny Hill,  Charollais £55 Hoses Farm, Hill Cheviot £51, £46.50 Hinning House, Greyfaced £45.50, £45 Ghyll Farm, £44 Low Scales, Swaledale £45 Wha House.