Averages: 33 Beef Shorthorn cows and heifers, in calf or with calves at foot £1593; 12 maiden and yearling heifers, £1242.

A packed ringside of buyers from as far afield as Aberdeenshire, Northern Ireland and Wales, was forward for C and D Auction Marts' inaugural sale of Beef Shorthorn females at Longtown, on Monday, where trade peaked at 4700gns.

Selling at this price was Mrs LJ Townsend's Ballylinney Rosette, a May 2015-born heifer by Fearn Wyvis, from Coxhill, Moffat, purchased by Tom McMillan, Eskechcraggan, Rothesay, Bute. Rosette sold served to Podehole Frederick.

Mrs Townsend, enjoyed a great day's trading with her consignment of 10 in-calf heifers cashing in at £2573. Next best were two sales at 3000gns for Ballylinney Josie and Ballylinney Tessa, purchased by Gerald and Morag Smith, Drumsleed, Fordoun an JS Hamilton, Dundonald, Northern Ireland, respectively.

Ballylinney Lancaster Ailsa, sold down to Wales at 2600gns, with EJ Evans, Llwynhywal, Llanilar.

Females from Willis Graham's Fieldhouse herd from North Yorkshire, were topped at 2200gns for Fieldhouse Denise, a Cairnsmore Zorro Prince daughter with calf at foot, again purchased by Mr McMillan, Rothesay.

The draft from the Bridgehouse herd of Mrs Brenda Sutton, from Sandbach, Cheshire, sold to 2000gns for Bridgehouse Dream Gracie by Fedwen Hebog. She sold with heifer calf at foot to RJ Beckett and Son, Meikle Auchengree, Ayrshire.

Maiden heifers peaked at 1950gns for Thomson, Roddick and Laurie's Faradale Kimberley, by Eurosceptic of Upsall, purchased by R and J Byers, Whitehill, Walton.