Hawes Mart’s Christmas show and sale of primestock saw judge, Harold Birkbeck, Soulby, tap out a Beltex from R Garth, Bentham, as champion, later topping the lambs at £142 to Simon Foster, Bishop Wilton.

Reserve honours went to the second placed pen of continentals, Beltex from R Mudd and Son, Cubeck, which were sold at £115 to JW Cockett and Son, Butcher, Hawes.

Amongst the cattle, judge Raymond Easterby, West House, awarded the championship to JF Bowe and Son, Hawes, for their British Blue bull calf, which was chapped down at £465.

The same home also produced the reserve, this time a British Blue heifer calf which sold for £480.

LEADING awards

Lambs – Cont – 1 and champion, R Garth, Bentham, £142; 2 and reserve, R Mudd and Son, Cubeck, £115. Mule – 1, W and A Lambert and Son, Selside, £107; 2, JR and LA Capstick, Killington, £100; 3, W and A Lambert and Son, Selside, £99.50. Swale – 1 and horned champion, JS and D Cloughton and Son, £96; 2, A and H Watson, Middleton, £86; 3, Walburn Hall Farms, Downholme, £82. Rough Fell – Kieran Milburn, Sedbergh, £89.50; 2, A and H Watson, Middleton, £84.50; 3, J Capstick, Sedbergh, £83.50. Dalesbred – DL Mudd, Beckermonds, £78.

Bulls – Cont – 1 and champion, JF Bowe and Son, Hawes, £465; 2, JC Clarkson and Son, Bainbridge, £420; 3, D Middleton and Son, Askrigg, £415. Friesian – 1, H Kirkbride and Son, Askrigg,£270; 2, J Scarr and Sons,Askrigg, £120.

Heifers – 1 and reserve, JF Bowe and Son, £480; 2, JC Clarkson and Son, £390; 3, J Scarr and Son, £310

LEADING prices

Lambs – Belt – R Garth, £142; R Mudd and Sons £115; J Duffus and Son, £89. Tex – C and M Hugill, £126; R and D Waggett, £113, £88; RG Metcalfe, £112; AT Pratt, £105; JR and LA Capstick, £104, £90; Booth Brothers, £104, £96, £89; J Scarr and Sons, £100; JA Winspear, £99; S Reynoldson and Son, £98, £90; DL Mudd £98; ME Dinsdale £98; J Duffus and Son, £97.50, £86; RW and MA Suttill and Son £97; GS Milburn £95; WA and A Booth, £95; V and E Robinson and Son, £94; R Mudd and Sons, £93, £79, £85, £84, £80; WM and JE Shuttleworth £92.50. Suff – J Labbate, £123; M Bell and Son £101, £94; V and E Robinson and Son, £101, £89.50; PD Bowdin, £99, £98.50, £89. Mule – W and A Lambert and Son £107, £99.50, £86; J Scarr and Sons, £103, £87, £96.40; C and M Hugill, £101; JR and LA Capstick £100, £97, £93; WA and A Booth, £98.40; D Hodgson, £98; J and JH Whaley £97.50, £86, £77; R G Metcalfe, £97; JS and D Cloughton and Son, JG and RM Hall £97; GS Milburn, £96, £94; DL Mudd, £96; T Metcalfe and Son, £95.40 JH Sharp and Sons, £93.50; S Bell and Sons, £92.40; A and H Watson. Dalesbred – BD and PM Gill and Son, £90; A and H Watson, £89; DL Mudd, £78. Rough Fell – J Capstick £93, £83.50, £71.50; K Milburn, £89.50; GS Milburn, £87, £74.50; A and H Watson, £84.50, £84, £76.50; LA Booth, £81, £77; BJ Capstick, £80.50, £67; AB Troughton £80.50; GM Sedgwick and Son, £72, £68. Chev – JS and D Cloughton £93; R Garth £84; AT Pratt, £82; LA Booth, £73. BFL – Booth Brothers, £103, £100; ST and SE Allen, £92. Swale – JS and D Cloughton and Son, £96, £80; RW Clarkson and Son, £91, £79; JG Atkinson, £90.50, £80; GJ and JM Scarr, £90; A and H Watson, £86, £82, £76; RA Sowerby, £86, £71; JH Sharp and Sons, £84.50; Walburn Hall Farm, £82, £77; KD Hulley, £81.50, £72; B and GV Mudd, £80.50; M Bateman and Son, £80.40, £80; DL Mudd, £80; S Reynoldson and Son, £78; MR and LE Rukin.

Cast ewes – Cont – £108. Mules – £95. Swale – £66. Roughfell – £78.

Cast rams – Cont – £122. BFL – £100.