The annual spring Kirkcambeck sale at C and D Auction Marts' sale at Longtown, met a buoyant trade, selling to £1120 for an Aberdeen-Angus bullock from D Moffat and Son, Bodesbeck.

Heifers were topped at £960 for a Belted Galloway from G and A Scott, Summerhill, Scaleby, whilst bulls sold to £850 for Limousins from Nether Albie.

LEADING prices

Bullocks – A-A – 1120 (x2) Bodesbeck; £950 (x5), £940 (x4) Frankstown; £935 (x4) Smithsteads; £930 Girnwood. Gall – £1095 (x4), £1090 (x4) Brockstones; £1040 (x6) Barron House. BG – £1045 (x2), £1040 (x2) Burnfoot. BS – £1040 Gall; £990 (x4) Pilmuir; £990 (x4) Minsca; £940 Frankstown; £935 (x4) Pilmuir;£910 (x2) Minsca. BS – £975 (x3), £960 (x2) Barron House. Whitebred Shor – £975 Barron House. Lim – £915 Laverhay.

Heifers – BG – £960, £800 Summerhill. Lim – £950 (x4) Terrona. Gall – £950, £870, £830 Brockstones.

Bulls – Lim – £850 Nether Albie. A-A – £840 Nether Albie.