Special sales in the August 4 issue

LEADING prices:

Bullocks – Up to 250kg – Calf Park £270, 148.4p. 251-300kg – Craigenton £550, 197.1p. 301-350kg – Parkhouse £750, 216.1p. 351-400kg – Townfoot £885 223.5p. 401-450kg – Townfoot £995, 233.6p. 451-500kg – Netherglinns £1095, 240.1p. 501-551kg – High Unthank £1145, 217.7p. 552-601kg – High Unthank £1215, 215.8p. 602-651kg – Neilstonside £1220, 190.6p. 
Heifers – Up to 250kg – Calf Park £265, 137.3p. 251-300kg – Graystale £630, 211.4p. 301-350kg – Edinbeg £740, 211.6p. 351-400kg – Dalswinton £860, 222.8p. 401-450kg – Townfoot £1030, 228.9p; 451-500kg – Nether Dalkeith £1035, 226p. 501-551kg – Crookedstone £1200, 222.2p. 552-601kg – Crookedstone £1200, 210.5p. 602-651kg – Neilstonside £1220, 196.1p.
Cast cows – Per head – Woodhead of Mailer (Lim) £1270; Craigowmill (A-A) £1130; Kaeside (Sal) £1130; Langbank (Sim) £1070; Kaeside (BB) £1070. Per kg – Portpatrick (Sal) 180.60p; Woodhead of Mailer (Lim) 172.6p; Woodhead of Mailer (A-A) 158.7p; Kaeside (BB) 157.4p; Langbank (Sim) 125.6p. 
Store lambs – Tex X – Ashintully £72.50; Falgunzeon £71; Auchentibber £66. Belt X – Downan £68.50. Suff X – Ardoch and Threepland £61.50; Sandbank and Tiraghoil £64.50. Chev – Barnkine £59.50. Cross – Drumachar £58.50. Belt – Strewiebank £57.50. Mule – Townhead £56; Drumachar and Touch Trust £50. BF – Drumachar £35.

Carlisle
HARRISON and Hetherington attracted an entry of 414 store cattle where well-fleshed sorts were very much in demand as the sale peaked at £1310 for a Limousin cross heifer from Messrs McKie, Lawrence Holme, followed closely at £1300 for a dairy-bred Limousin bullock from Messrs Miller, Tarn Lodge. 
At the monthly breeding cattle sale a few days later, it was the dispersal on behalf of Messrs Baldwin, Landgate, that led the females at £2350 for a pedigree Limousin cow with heifer calf, followed at £2300 for a similar outfit. 
Messrs Case and Son, Dendron, had a part reduction sale which topped at £1950 for a Limousin cross cow and calf, while William Timm, Laburn Court, sold a Limousin cross bulling heifer for £1920.
There was a great demand for stock bulls which sold to £3800 and £3400 for British Blues from Messrs Baldwin. 
On the same day, the annual early breeding ewe sale met a stronger demand than anticipated where older and working ewes were well bid for while empty gimmers were harder to cash. 
Topping the sale at £230 per head were two pens of Texel gimmers from Robert Skelton, Newhall, whose entry of 109 gimmers averaged £208.06.
The sale also saw the annual consignment of continental and Suffolk cross ewes from Mike Lawson, Pasture House, top at £200 per head for two-shear Texel ewes as the run of Suffolk cross gimmers and two-shears levelled at £163.66, while the run of Beltex cross and Dutch Texel gimmers averaged £184.92.

LEADING prices:

Heifers – Lim – £1310, £1120 (x2) Lawrence Holme; £1245, £1200 Tarn Lodge; £1105 (x3), £1065, £1055 (x2) Orrisdale; £1105 Spout Bank; £1100 Mary Street; £1085 Aspatria Hall; £1055 The Flatt. BB – £1255 Lawrence Holme; £1150 (x3) The Howes; £1055 Ladyhousesteads; £1050 Park House; £1045 (x2) Southerfield Hall; £1045 Sleightholme. Her – £1205 Lawrence Holme. Stab – £1035 The Swaites. A-A – £1025 Shank Castle; £985 The Howes; £980 Crowdieknowe; £940, £930 Orrisdale; £905 (x2) Bankend. 
Bullocks – Lim – £1300, £1255 Tarn Lodge; £1280, £1165 Wood Head; £1230, £1180 (x2) Orton Rigg; £1225, £1125 Flatt; £1165, £1115 (x2) Cumdivock; £1145 Brisco Hall; £1145, £1105 Barton Dale; £1125, £1120 Grain Head. Char – £1265 Wood Head; £1200 (x2) Old Silloth. BB – £1255, £1245, £1165 (x2) Sandbed; £1110 (x8) New Bampton Farm. A-A – £1240 Shank Castle; £1235, £1200 Brisco Hall; £1160 Spout Bank; £1140 (x2) Tarn Lodge. Her – £1225 (x2) Lawrence Holme; £1175 (x6) Rye Close. Sim – £1200 Brisco Hall; £1100 Park House. Sho – £1140 Brisco Hall. HF – £1095 Park House; £940 (x2), £925 (x3) Cumrew Farm; £915 Stoneraise Place. 

Cows with calves – Lim – £2350, £2300, £2250, £2080, £2020, £1950 (x2), £1920, £1900, £1880 Landgate; £2200 Poppy Farm; £1950 Dendron. BB – £1900 (x2) Poppy Farm. Blo – £1800 Landgate. Sim – £1450 Landgate; £1420 Whitehills. A-A – £1380 Greenview; £1280 Barvennan Farmhouse. Sho – £1200 Langdyke Cottage.
Heifers with calves – Lim – £1750 High House; £1750, £1700 (x2) New Sandsfield. BB – £1550 Langfauld. 
In-calf cows – Lim – £1100, £1000 Dendron.
Bulling heifers – Lim – £1920 Laburn Court; £1550, £1500 (x2), £1450, £1400 Landgate. BB – £1500 Laburnham Court.
Stock bulls – BB – £3800, £3400 Landgate. Lim – £3500 Dendron; £2415 Sarkshields. 

Breeding gimmers – Tex – £230 (x2), £225, £220 (x3), £210, £205, £200 (x4), £190 (x4) Newhall; £155 Pasturewood; £155, £150 Brocklebank; £155 Courthill. Dutch Tex – £198, £190 (x3), £188, £180 Pasture House. Suff – £152 Pasture House; £150 Kingside. 
Breeding ewes – Dutch Tex – £200, £185 Pasture House. Char – £190 Pasture House. Suff – £172, £165 (x2), £152, £138 Pasture House. Tex – £165, £155 Pasture House. 

Wigton
MORE lambs could have been sold to advantage at Hopes Auction Company’s opening show and sale of 822 store lambs where the judge, Anthony Skelton, presented the championship rosette to a pen from Robert Atkinson, Beck Hill Farms, which later realised £91 per head. 
The run of 248 Beltex lambs from Beck Hill Farms averaged £88.77 having topped at £130 for a pen of four, while the sale averaged £77.80.
Trade for the 634 continental and Mule breeding sheep was easier on the year as buyers were selective. The sale reached £300 per unit for the show-winning pen, 10 Beltex crosses from P Bartholomew, as the sale averaged £130.22.

LEADING prices:

Store lambs – Belt – £130, £102, £101, £98.50, £97.50 Beck Hill Farms. Tex – £91 Beck Hill Farms; £78.50, £75, £72, £71 Meadow Farm (Poolman); £71 Midtown Farm (Bowe). 
Breeding gimmers – Belt – £300, £250, £245, £220 P Bartholomew. Tex – £270, £198, £180, £165, £160 Derwent Dale; £180, £170 P Bartholomew. 
Breeding ewes – Tex – £142, £140, £135, £132 Clea Hall (Hill); £140, £130, £120 Beck Hill. Belt – £150 Beck Hill. MB – £128 Rose Mount (Jackson). Char – £140, £130 Beck Hill. Blue Tex – £210, £205, £190, Park House (Brecken). 

Ayr
TRADE at Craig Wilson was easier for store cattle with plainer sorts worst affected as the sale peaked at 240p per kg for Limousin bullocks from Howcommon and £1165 for Charolais and Aberdeen-Angus bullocks from Laigh Corton. 
Heifers reached £1090 for an Angus from Borland and British Blues from Holmpark, as well as 220.3p for Limousins from Barneil. 
The sale saw 88 bullocks average 201.3p or £805.06 while 80 heifers levelled at 199.6p or £704.14. 
The 35 dairy-bred bullocks averaged 128.3p or £479.86 having sold to 160.6p and £795 from South Biggart. 

LEADING prices:

Bullocks – A-A – £1165 Laigh Corton; £1080 Benston. Her – £1105, £970 Benston. Sim – £1090 Adamscroft; £1070, £1025 Overton; £1030 Whitestanes. Lim – £1070, £930 South Biggart; £910 Barneil. BB – £970 Holmpark; £870 South Cairnweil. Mont – £950 Holmpark. Char – £870 Barskelly. Frie – £795 South Biggart; £780 Benston.
Heifers – A-A – £1090 Borland; £1080 Holmpark; £1040 Borland. BB – £1090, £1000 Holmpark. Sim – £1000 Whitestanes; £980 Braehead (Arran); £950 Overton. Lim – £925 Old Barn; £920 Holmpark. 

Thainstone
BULLOCKS from Farmton, Tough, headed up Aberdeen and Northern Marts’ sale of 107 store cattle when a pen of three Limousins weighing 544kg made 231.6p per kg and a pair of 626kg Simmentals realised £1340. 
Charolais from Muiryheadless, Insch, led the heifer trade at 209.89p for a 398kg pair and £930 for a pen of four weighing 454kg as the 58 heifers averaged 200.5p with 49 bullocks at 207.6p. 
Of the 113 new season store lambs, which met a keen demand, it was Texel crosses from Clinterty, New Aberdour, that topped at £76. 
The 702-strong entry of feeding sheep hit £121 for continental rams from Bankhead, Durris, with ewes to £120 for pure Texels from Mid Haddo, Fyvie. 

LEADING prices: 

Bullocks – Up to 450kg – Cairntack, Belhelvie £955, 227.4p. 451-500kg – Frostybrae, Maud £1060, 224.6p. 501-550kg – Farmton £1260, 228.9p. 551-600kg – Farmton £1270, 218.2p. 601-650kg – Farmton £1320, 214.1p.
Heifers – Up to 400kg – Muiryheadless £835, 206.9p. 401-450kg – Garvelside, New Pitsligo £920, 208.1p. 451-500kg – Nether Burnside, Sauchen, Keithney, Burnhervie £920; Muiryheadless 204.8p.
Store lambs – Cont – Culphin of Park, Cornhill £75. Tex X – Culphin of Park £62.

Darlington
THERE was a good clearance rate at the opening sale of breeding sheep at Darlington Farmers’ Mart, where the high-end prices of last year were lacking but buyers were willing to dip their toe into the early breeding waters. 
Heading up the entry at £152 per head was a pen of Texel-sired gimmers out of Cheviot Mules from Thornton Park, Thirsk, which sold to RA Patterson and Son, Whitehouse. 
A show was judged by Ben Cowton, of NG Beveridge, Low West House, where the champion pen, Texel-sired gimmers from I Belt, Normanby Lodge, sold to NG Beveridge for £140 apiece. 
On paper, lambs were back £3.60 compared to 2017 averages but the sale met a 100% clearance to average £54.57, peaking at £87 for Texels from BR and S Fell, Nafferton Farm. 

LEADING awards:

Pen of 10 gimmers – Suffolk-sired – 1, I Belt, Normanby Lodge, sold BR and RI Routledge, Walworth Moor, for £128; 2 and 3, G and J H Tomlinson and Son, Sunniside Farm, both to W Tindale, Paradise Farm for £122. Texel-sired – 1 and champion, Normanby Lodge, to NG Beveridge, for £140; 2, Normanby Lodge, to BR and R I Routledge, Walworth Moor, for £138; 3, Thornton Park, Thirsk, to RA Patterson, Whitehouse, for £152. 

LEADING prices:

Breeding gimmers – Cont – £152, £150, £145 (x4) Thornton Park; £125 G Belt and Son. Tex – £140, £138, £130 I Belt; £128, £118 (x2) £116 JD and J Ford; £120, £118, £110 Bowes House Partnership. Suff – £130 I Belt; £128 G Belt and Son; £125 JW and J Collin; £122 (x2) G and JH Tomlinson and Son; £120, £115 Bowes House Farm Partnership; £120 W Tomlinson. 
Store lambs – Tex – £87 BR and S Fell; £70.50, £61, £60.50 N Fell; £67.50, £66, £60.50, £60 J Henry; £66.50, £61 M Navazi; £65, £57.50 G Sedgewick; £64, £60 T Nesbitt and Son; £63.50 J Musgrave; £58.50 JP Richardson. Cont – £69.50, £65.50, £63, £60, £59.50 BR and S Fell; £69 J Wigham; £60 N Fell; £58.50 J Henry; £57.50 J Musgrave. Char – £68 G Sedgewick. Suff – £66.50 G Sedgewick; £66.50, £57.50 GA Scott; £64 J Musgrave. 

Castle Douglas
STORE cattle met a stronger trade than anticipated at Wallets Marts’ sale of 114 store and OTM cattle on Tuesday, where Limousin bullocks from AJ Sharp and Son, Barscarrow, topped at £1290 and 227.7p per kg. 
Among the heifers it was a British Blue from R Hamilton, Newton, that topped at £1240 while a pair of Salers crosses from MH and JR Weir, Falbae, made 213.9p. 
Bullocks averaged 206.5p while heifers levelled at 195.7p.
Cast cows sold to 169p and to £1240.46 for British Blues from T Robb, Trolane, and averaged 134p.

LEADING prices:

Bullocks – Lim – £1290, £1200, £1070 (x2) Barscarrow. Char – £1070 Nether Corsock; £1010 High Glenjorrie; £910 Lochside. Sal – £990, £840 Falbae. Her – £920, £890 Low Mains. A-A – £890 Low Mains. 
Heifers – BB – £1240. £1090 Newton. Sal – £1110 Falbae. A-A – £940 Mid Threave. Char – £900 Nether Corsock; £860, £835 High Glenjorrie. 
Cast cows – Her – £1240 Trolane. BB – £1049, £935 Trolane. BB X – £953 Annabaglish. Sim – £984 Culnaightrie; £901 High Borgue. A-A – £882 Slatehouse; £849, £832 Culnaightrie; £818, £811 RKG. Lim – £808 Culcaigrie. 

Longtown
TRADE was for store lambs was animated from start to finish with all breeds meeting an exceptional trade at C and D Auction Marts’ sale of 2136 on Tuesday. 
They sold to £83 for Texels from Towsbank with the annual consignments from Messrs Bradbury, Satchells, and Messrs Jardine, Fairgirth, both reaching £65.50. 
A small entry of store cattle reached £985 for a Limousin heifer from AJ Raine, Hazelgill, with bullocks to £950 for a British Blue from M Benson, Sycamore Drive. 

LEADING prices:

Store lambs – Tex – £83 Towsbank; £78.50 Fallowlees; £78, £77 Pasture Lane. Chev – £65.50 Fairgirth. Suff – £65.50 Satchells. Chev Mule – £65.50 Embley. Mule – £63 Softley. 
Bullocks – BB – £950 Sycamore Drive. Lim – £920, £910 Hazelgill, £820 Thomasdene. Frie – £860 (x2), £840 (x2) Hethermill. SD – £610 Howcleugh. Heifers – Lim – £985, £880, £855 Hazelgill. Sim – £840 Wickerthwaite. BB – £790 Sycamore Drive. SD – £605 Howcleugh.