Quality forward at Borderway anniversary sale

The pre-sale show of prime cattle was judged by Evan Hall, who awarded the champion ticket to a 631kg British heifer by Tweeddale Ironman, from Messrs Barker and Johnstone, Middle Bank, which later sold for 248.5p per kg or £1568 to Pioneer Foods, Carlisle. Reserve went to Messrs Anderson's 648kg British Blue bullock from Crosby House, Maryport, which made 233.5p or £1513 also to Pioneer Foods.

Outwith the show, bullocks topped the trade at £1714 for a Limousin cross bullock from Messrs Studholme, Nealhouse, Carlisle, while heifers peaked at £1659 for a British Blue from Newbiggin, and 256.5p for a Limousin from Bloan.

A larger show of 341 cast cows saw all classes dearer on the week as the first prize cow, a British Blue weighing 835kg from Gary Bell, Haas Grove, sold for the top price of 188.5kg or £1573 to Sean McGimpsey. Leading the pence per kilo trade at 201.5p was a Limousin cross from W and W Faulder, Houghton House, Houghton, when sold to MCC Livestock, Ireland.

Black and white cows were in strong demand and topped at £1124 and 129.5p for a 868kg Holstein Friesian from Messrs Jackson, Skelton Wood End, to Pickstocks Ltd.

The 87 prime bulls reached £1631.14 for a Limousin cross from Messrs Jardine, The Yett, Lockerbie, while a similar bred bull from Messrs Little, Greenhill, made 232.5p.

In the sheep, Martin MacIntyre of MacIntyre Meats at Hawes, awarded the tri-colour rosette to a pen of 46kg Dutch Texel lambs from Messrs Wigham, Hargill House, which later sold for the top price of £110 per life to Robert Skelton. The same home scooped the reserve honours with a pen of Beltex which sold for £100 to Andrew Dawson.

Outwith the show lambs, a pen of ten from Messrs Hill, Clea Hall, made £103.80 to Michael Lomax.

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Cattle

Beef cow – 1, Messrs Bell, Haas Grove Farm, Lockerbie, 835kg, 188.5kg, £1573; 2, – Messrs Millar, Crookholm Farm, Canonbie, Dumfries, 779kg, 166.5ppk, £1297; 3, Messrs Mitchell, Mirkbooths, Raughton Head, 779kg, 185.5p, £1445.

Dairy cow – 1, Messrs Chappelhow, High Grounds, Penrith, 713kg, 139.5kg, £994.

Bull – 1, Messrs Lawson, Stubsgill Farm, Distington, Workington, 616kg, 230.5ppk, £1419; 2, Messrs Little, Greenhill Farm, Red Dial, Wigton, 571kg, 226.5ppk, £1293; 3, Messrs Little, Greenhill Farm, Red Dial, Wigton, 512kg, 232.5ppk, £1190.

Bullock – 1 and reserve champion, Messrs Anderson, Crosby House Farm, Crosby, Maryport, 648kg, 233.5ppk, £1513; 2, Messrs Anderson, Crosby House Farm, Crosby, Maryport, 669kg, 230.5ppk, £1542; 3, Messrs Anderson, Crosby House Farm, Crosby, Maryport, 681kg, 232.5ppk, £1583.

Heifer – 1 and champion, Barker and Johnstone, Middle Bank End Farm, Appleby, 631kg, 248.5ppk, £1568; 2, Messrs Story, Newbiggin Farm, Kirklinton, Carlisle, 540kg, 240.5ppk, £1298; 3, Messrs Little, Greenhill, Red Dial, Wigton, 518kg, 244.5ppk, £1266.

Lambs

Belt X – 1 and reserve champion, Messrs Wigham, Hargill House, Coanwood, Haltwhistle, 42.5kg, £100; 2, Messrs Errington, Hunley, Scaleby, Carlisle, 41kg, £78.30; 3, Messrs Little, Hollands, Penton, Carlisle, 42kg, £74.80. Tex X – 1, Messrs Todd, Longhurst, Low Row, Brampton, 45kg, £90; 2, Messrs Oliver, Walton Woodhead, Brampton, 42kg, £101; 3, Messrs Storey, Scarrowhill, Cumwhitton, Carlisle, 41kg, £82. AOB cont – 1 and champion, Messrs Wigham, Hargill House, Coanwood, Haltwhistle, 46kg, £110; 2, Messrs Bell, Ashknowe, Kirklinton, Carlisle, 40kg, £89; 3, Messrs Oliver, Walton Woodhead, Brampton, 41.5kg, £88. Suff X – 1, Messrs Hodgson, White House, Glassonby, Penrith, 46kg, £81; 2,

Messrs Hird, West End Farm, Dovenby, Cockermouth, 46kg, £79; 3, Messrs Hodgson, White House, Glassonby, Penrith,44.5kg, £79. Mule – 1, Messrs Foster, Coombe Cragg, Brampton, 47kg, £79; 2, Messrs Browell, Quarry House, Hexham, 47kg, £85.50; 3, Messrs Kyle, Spoutbank, Walton, Brampton, 45kg, £79.

Young handler – 1, Ewan Simpson, Walton Woodhead, Brampton, 41kg, £96.

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