Carlisle

A Limousin cross steer secured £1980 at Harrison and Hetherington's weekly store cattle sale for Messrs Stamper, Rose, Cockermouth.

Heifers peaked at £1670 for two Limousin crosses from Messrs Beattie, Ratlinggate.

Records were smashed among the weaned cattle when an 11-month-old Limousin bull from Messrs Hall, Baggarah, made £2400.

British Blue bullocks were up to £990 from Messrs Kirkby, Ashley Grove, while heifers peaked at £940 from Messrs Walton, Penpeugh.

The weekly sale of 347 calves achieved a top price of £510 for a Limousin cross bull calf from Richard Wilson, Broomberry, Ayrshire.

Heifers went to £490 for British Blues from Big Balcraig.

LEADING prices

Store cattle – Steers – Lim – £1980, £1780, £1770 Rose; £1820 (x2), £1660, £1650 Ratlinggate; £1780, £1650 Newtown; £1680 (x2) Windy Nook; £1590 (x2) Winterhope; £1520 Guards Mil; £1420, £1320 Barton Dale; £1415 Newbampton; £1320 (x6) Wood Head; £1300 Stenries. BB – £1860 Rose; £1510, £1400 (x2) Thackmire; £1440, £1320 Southerfield Hall; £1390, £1250 Town House; £1370 (x2), £1310 Sandbed; £1350, £1275, £1260 Bankend; £1340, £1260 Stainton House; £1290 The Croft; £1250 Newhall. Char – £1750 Rose; £1335 Stenries; £1310 Horsegills; £1260 Shankfield Head. BS – £1560 Gelt Hall; £1500 Brisco Hall. Hfd – £1550 (x2), £1490 (x2) Rye Close; £1190 Cumcatch; £1095 Bulls Head. A-A – £1510 (x3) Spout Bank; £1450 Brisco Hall; £1390 Spittalriddinghill; £1370 (x2), £1350 (x2) Newbampton; £1325, £1265, £1235 Limekilns; £1300 (x3) Newhall; £1300 (x2) Spout Bank; £1125 Bolton Wood Lane; £1195 Tinnishall. Frie – £1450 (x4), £1360 (x3) Rye Close; £1400 Gelt Hall. Sim – £1345 Brisco Hall; £1335 (x2) Beech House; £1275 Horsegills; £1210 (x2) Tinnishall; £1200 Spittalriddinghill. Luing – £1280 Stenries. Fleck – £1280 Limekilns.

Heifers – Lim – £1670 (x2), £1660 Ratlinggate; £1630, £1480, £1360, £1350 Windy Nook; £1560 (x2), £1520, £1510 (x2), £1440 (x2) Bonshawside; £1490 Newtown; £1460 (x2), £1450 Clappers; £1365, £1330 Weeds; £1350 Seymour House; £1340 (x2) Gill House. BB – £1560, £1400, £1360 (x2), £1350 Lawrence Holme; £1380 Guards Mill; £1295 South View; £1265 (x2) Halldykes; £1200 White House. Frie – £1450 Rye Close. Blonde – £1400 Grassknop. Char – £1340 (x2), £1310 White House; £1310 Chapel House; £1265 Airds of Balcary. A-A – £1340 Lawrence Holme; £1220, £1170 The Croft; £1185 Flothers; £1155 Newhall. Sim – £1280, £1140 South View. Hfd – £1090 Chalkside. Saler – £1040 (x2) Blackethouse.

Weaned cattle – Bulls – Lim – £2400 Baggarah; £1270 (x2), £1135 (x2) High Whinnow; £1130 Haresceugh Castle; £960 Penpeugh; £840, £680, £640, £620 (x2), £600 Mickley Moor; £810, £800 Burtreeford; £625 (x4) Highwood Nook; £610 Barnowl Steading. Sim – £1205 (x2), £1090, £1010 Waterloo; £910 Town End; £845 (x2) East Nethershields. A-A – £1190 (x2) High Whinnow; £760 Littlegill; £750 Row Brow Park. BB – £1080 East Nethershields; £880 (x2), £665 Chalkside; £765 (x3) Row Brow Park; £745 (x2) Mickley Moor. Saler – £935 East Nethershields. Frie – £720 Pelutho Park; £565 (x2) East Nethershields. HF – £600 (x8) High Whinnow. Mont – £630 (x2) £590 Stonewalls.

Steers – BB – £990 Ashley Grove; £785 (x2), £770, £700 (x4) Heather Croft; £740 Shadwick Cottage. Lim – £940, £920, £910, £890 Penpeugh; £820, £790 Walltown; £800, £770, £710, £690 Low Sorbies; £650 Ashley Grove; £630 Northrigg Hill. A-A – £930 (x3) Sandysike Farmhouse; £740 Mark; £700 Northrigg Hill; £700 Parks. Sim – £860 Mark. Hfd – £810 Barwhanny; £760, £685 (x3), £640, £510 Parks. BG – £650 (x3) Mark. Mont – £590, £470 Stonewalls. Frie – £455 (x3) Parks. HF – £455 Parks.

Heifers – Lim – £940, £890 Penpeugh; £920, £830 Burtreeford; £790 (x2) Cooper House; £760 (x3) Walltown; £760 (x3) Low Sorbies. Char – £900 Cooper House; £640 Mark. BB – £810 Cooper House; £670 (x3) Shadwick Cottage; £660 Northrigg Hill;£600 Row Brow Park. BS – £790 Cooper House; £620 Mark. Hfd – £730 Barwhanny; £600, £530 (x2) Parks. Sim – £720, £710 (x2) Mark; £700 (x2) Town End. BG – £710, £650, £640, £610, £570, £550, £540 (x2), £510 Mark. A-A – £710 Cooper House; £660 (x4) Caton Street; £580, £560 Northrigg Hill; £530 Row Brow Park; £510 Mark. Longhorn – £490 (x3) Big Balcraig.

Calves – Bulls – Lim – £510, £500, £400 Broomberry; £440, £410, £400, £360 Wedholme Hill; £375 Hall Ovens; £335, £330 Clarks. BB – £490, £445 (x2), £440, £435, £430, £420 Smalmstown; £470 Big Balcraig; £460 Wheelbirks; £440, £410 Macherquhat; £440, £405 Arlosh House; £435, £430 Winter Tarn; £435, £405 Moss Side Hose; £410 Wedholme Hill. Hfd – £460, £425 (x3), £380, £350 Sockbridge Hall. A-A – £450 Broomberry; £440 Drummodie; £335 (x4) Mounsey Bank; £310 High Plains; £270 Coombe Crag; £260 Blackcarts. Char – £410 Glenlaugh. Fleck – £385, £360 (x4), £280 East Drummodie. Sim – £360, £340 Drummodie. Hols – £160, £135 (x2), £130, £105, £90 (x2) Fineview; £95 (x3) Crownstone. HF – £160 (x2) Cardew Hall; £150 Arlosh House; £145, £130 (x2), £120 (x3) Winter Tarn; £140 Anguswell. Ayrshire – £155, £125, £115 (x2) Thackthwaite Hall. Pie – £150 Cardew Hall. Frie – £135 Clarks.

Heifers – A-A – £390, £295 Moss Side House; £385 High Plains; £375 Drummodie. Hfd – £310 (x2), £290 (x3) Sockbridge Hall. BG – £270 (x4) Plumpton Foot. Lim – £420, £390 Broomberry; £380 Wedholme Hill; £340 Gillfield; £340, £330, £300 Windy Hill; £340 Coombe Crag; £295 Priory; £270 Plumbland. Sim – £380 Broombery. BB – £490, £470, £450 Big Balcraig; £460 (x2), £430 (x2), £400 Wedholme Hill; £450 Moss Side House; £430 (x2) Smalmstown; £425 Groundy Croft; £410 Wheelbirks; £400, £395 Winter Tarn; £395 (x2) Tempest Tower; £390 Meinfoot. Char – £400 Glenlaugh.

Stirling UA

A smaller show of just 115 store cattle were forward this week at United Auctions' sale, where bullocks (47) and heifers (58) cashed in at 239.90p per kg and 229.21p respectively.

Bullocks sold to 252.50p for a 402kg Beef Shorthorn cross from Highpark, and to £1150 for a 480kg Simmental cross from Little Aiden.

Limousin crosses from Gateside, led the heifers at 240.90p for a 467kg entry, and to £1365 for a 586kg animal.

LEADING prices

Bullocks – 251-300kg – Gateside £690; Little Aiden 240.50p. 301-350kg – Gateside £800, 238.10p. 351-400kg – Highpark £920, 248.60p. 401-450kg – Highpark £1015, 252.50p. 451-500kg – Little Aiden £1150; Highpark 250.00p. 501-551kg – Kilmux £1105, 215.00p.

Heifers – 251-300kg – Lawside £660, 235.70p. 301-350kg – Highpark £820, 235.50p. 351-400kg – Glencraigs £890, 225.30p. 401-450kg – Highpark £1040, 238.10p. 451-500kg – Highpark £1150; Gateside 240.90p. 501-551kg – Gateside £1225, 234.70p.

Ayr

British Blues from HF Vance and Co, Low Barledziew, led the way at Craig Wilson's sale of 67 calves and stirks, when selling bull and heifer calves to £470 and £430 respectively.

Stirks realised £1070 for a Shorthorn bull from Ian Loch, High Mains, with heifers peaking at £930 for a pair of Aberdeen-Angus crosses from W Mitchell and Son, Barnahill.

LEADING prices

Calves – Bulls – BB X – £470, £460 Low Barledziew; £440 Meikle Heateth; £435 High Weirston; £430 Tannockhill; £410 Low Barledziew; £400 Meikle Heateth; £370 East Brockloch; £300 Croftfoot. Lim X – £440 High Weirston. A-A X – £430 High Weirston; £400, £340 High Weirston; £310 Meikle Heateth.

Heifers – BB X – £430 Low Barledziew; £380 East Brockloch; £340 Croftfoot; £320 Tannockhill. A-A X – £410 (x2) High Weirston; £340 (x2) High Weirston. Lim X – £330 Tannockhill.

Stirks – Bullocks – BS – £1070 High Mains. A-A X – £1000 Glenauchie; £960 Sandhill; £860 Upper Ettrick. Lim X – £1000 Townhead of Lambroughton.

Penrith

Penrith and District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their fortnightly sale of 111 rearing calves and stirks, which sold to £960 for an eight-month-old, suckler-bred Limousin cross bullock from Messrs Elliott Bros, Harbour Flatt.

The same home sold heifers to £850.

Young calves achieved £590 for British Blue heifers from CM and CS Chappelhow, High Grounds, Clifton Dykes, to £570 for bulls.

On Monday, the firm conducted a sale of dairy cattle from the Low Brow herd, which achieved an overall average of £1488.18.

Topping the sale at £2700 was a heifer, giving 23l which found a new home with S and D Peile, Park Gate Hall, Wigton.

Cows topped at £2200 for a freshly calved, giving 25L selling to Messrs James, Melmerby Mill.

LEADING prices

Stirks – Bullock – Lim – £960, £940 (x2), £885, £875, £810 Harbour Flatt. BB – £750 Lamonby Hall; £640 Cairnbridge. Hfd – £730 (x2) Applegarth. Char – £645 Lamonby Hall. A-A – £560 Cairnbridge.

Bulls – Lim – £730 Harbour Flatt; £580 (x2) Aulby. BB – £565 Howes. Swedish Red and White – £520 (x6) Little Blencowe.

Heifers – Lim – £850, £790, £780 (x2), £725 Harbour Flatt; £695, £680 (x2), £620 Park House. Char – £755 Lamonby Hall. BB – £700 (x3) Lamonby Hall; £690, £656 (x2) Howes; £560 (x2) Applegarth; £530 (x4) Cairnbridge. Hfd – £540 (x3) Howes.

Weaned calves – Bullocks – Black and White – £215 Sleetburn.

Bulls – BB – £490 Macherquhat; £430 Sockbridge Hall. Black and White – £410 (x6) Aulby. Hfd – £405 (x4) Sockbridge Hall

Heifers – BB – £480 Howes; £460 Sleetburn; £420 (x2) Sockbridge Hall; £420 (x2) Fellsyke; £405 (x4), £400 (x4) Macherquhat. Fleck – £410 Sleetburn. Lim – £410 Sleetburn. Hfd – £400, £380 (x3) Sockbridge Hall; £385 Fellsyke.

Calves – Bulls – BB – £570 High Grounds; £440, £430, £415 Monks House; £320, £275 Askrigg Hall; £305 Brackenburgh Home. Lim – £300 Askrigg Hall. A-A – £240 Brackenburgh Home; £205 Catterlen Hall. Black and White – £55 (x2) Catterlen Hall.

Heifers – BB – £590 High Grounds; £430, £410, £400 Monks House; £295 Brackenburgh Home; £295 Askrigg Hall. Lim – £210 Askrigg Hall. A-A – £190 Brackenburgh Home. BS – £190 Askrigg Hall.

Low Brow Dairy Sale – Dairy cow – £2200, £2100, £2000, £1950, £1850 (x2), £1820, £1800 (x4), £1750, £1700 (x3), £1600 (x4), £1550 (x7), £1520 Low Brow.

In-calf heifer – £2000, £1650 (x2), £1450, £1420.

Dairy heifers – £2700, £2000 (x3), £1880 (x2), £1850, £1820, £1800 (x4), £1750 (x3), £1720 (x2), £1700 (x4).

Stock bull – £1500 Low Row.

Hexham

Cattle from WH Davison and son, Lough Green, led all sections at Hexham and Northern Marts' small show of store cattle.

Limousin cross steers sold to £1660 with Charolais cross heifers realising £1480.

Store hoggs topped at £135 for a Texel cross from BA and AM Storrow and Son, Willimoteswick.

LEADING prices

Steers – Cattle 23-30months – Lim X – £1660 Lough Green; £1380 Camphill. Char X – £1560 (x2) Ednorville. BB – £1300 Camphill. Cattle 11-16months – A-A X – £990 Hedley Park. BB – £1600 Camphill; £1100 Silloans. Hfd X – 940 Tedcastle.

Heifers – Cattle 17-22months – Lim X – £1270 Lough Green; £1180, £1170 East Newham. Char X – £1480 Lough Green. Cattle 11-16months – Lim X – £1390 Silloans; £1140 Geyside; £1130 Fowberry Moor. A-A X – £1140, £1110, £1080 Hedley Park. Cattle 10 months and under – Lim X – £940 Prospect Grange.

Store hoggs – Tex X – £135 Willimoteswick; £133 Humber Hill; £129 Lynup Hill; £125 Humber Hill and Lynup Hill; £124 Three Farms; £120 Humber Hill and Lynup Hill. Mule – £127 Low Acton. Zwartbles – £134 Three Farms. Kerry Hill – £120 Three Farms. X – £116 Low Houselop.

Dumfries

Bullocks and heifers cashed in at 233.3p per kg and 221p respectively at C and D Auction Marts' fortnightly sale.

Limousin bullocks sold to £1295 for Kirkbride, and to £1285 for Simmental heifers from High Auchneel.

Among the pence per kg section it was Simmentals from Grassfield, Argyll, that led the way selling to 300p for bullocks and to 261.3p for heifers.

LEADING prices

Bullocks – A-A – £1230, £1095 Upper Moor; £1120 High Auchneel; £1120 Achamore; £1060 Grassfield. Sim – £1140, £1000 Grassfield; £1070 Grains. Flec – £1125 High Auchneel. Saler – £1100 Auchenfad; £1005 Mid Harrietsfield. BB – £1010 Upper Moor. Hol – £1000 Rowanburn foot.

Heifers – Sim – £1285 High Auchneel; £1050 Grassfield. A-A – £1270 Achamore; £1190 High Auchneel; £1095, £1090 Upper Moor; £1055 Searigg; £1000 Grassfield. Lim – £1230, £1190, £1005 High Auchneel; £1165, £1090 Upper Moor. Hfd – £1180 High Auchneel. BB – £1100 Upper Moor; £1050, £1045 Searigg. Sal – £1035 Auchenfad.