Carlisle

Some 180 store cattle were forward for Harrison and Hetherington's weekly sale, which sold to £1860 for Limousin bullocks from Messrs Stamper, Rose Farm, Cockermouth.

The same home also led the heifers at £1670 for Charolais.

Weaned cattle were topped at £1250 by a Charolais from Messrs Spencer, Gatra.

The firm's weekly sale of 254 calves, peaked at £565 for a pair of British Blue steers from TW Martin, Tempest Tower, with heifers to £505 for a Limousin from Richards Wilson, Broomberry.

The monthly sale of 100 beef breeding cattle saw a top price of £2500 paid for a Limousin cross heifer with calf at foot from Messrs Tipling, Sleights House, Durham.

Cows with calf sold to £2300 for a Limousin from Messrs Dent, Ashfield, Kirkby Stephen.

On Monday, the firm held their opening sale of store lambs which sold to £129 for a Texel cross lamb from Messrs Mallinson, Rack Beck, Littlefield.

LEADING prices

Store cattle – Steers – Lim – £1860, £1850 Rose; £1510, £1500, £1450 (x2), £1310, £1290 Brackenhill Rigg; £1440 Ashfield; £1400 Gill House; £1375 (x2), £1345 Wood Head; £1340 Gill House; £1300 Ashfield; £1285 (x4) Carlatton Demense. Char – £1540, £1490, £1440 Spout Bank; £1280 Swordwellrigg. BB – £1460, £1310, £1275 Bankend; £1430 Red Hall; £1385, £1300 (x2) Carlatton Demense; £1320 (x2) Thackmire; £1300 (x4) Sleightholme; £1280 Brackenhill Rigg; £1265 Gelt House; £1245 Gimmenbie; £1215 (x2) Waingate Head; £1215 Stone House. A-A – £1410 Bankend;£1295, £1250 Gimmenbie; £1130 Brackenhill Rigg; £1100 Tod Bank. Blonde – £1250 (x2) Spout Bank. Mont – £1180 Swordwellrigg; £1045 Gelt House.Fleck – £950 (x5), £940 (x5) Gelt House.

Heifers – Char – £1670 Rose. BB – £1650, £1550 Rose; £1305, £1280 (x2) Carlatton Demesne. Sim – £1580 Rose; £1510, £1300 Cardew House; £1480, £1380 (x2) The Holt. Lim – £1570, £1430, £1360, £1350, £1300 (x2) Thistledown. Hfd – £1465 Red Hall; £1190 Swordwell Rigg. A-A – £1125 Gimmenbie.

Weaned cattle – Heifers – Ayrshire – £1320, £1140, £1080, £1050 Middleton Mill House. HF – £1190 Middleton Mill House. BB – £1160 Millholme; £1020, £850 Greyrigg; £960 East Scales; £960 Hagg; £890 (x2) Cooper House; £820, £800 (x3) Brackenhill. Char – £940 Cooper House. Lim – £1105 The Laws; £960 Walltown; £890 Mark. Frie – £970 Middleton Mill House. A-A – £840 (x3), £795 (x2), £520 (x2) Brackenhill. BS – £820 Mark. BG – £710 £700 Mark.

Bulls – Char – £1250, £770, £760 Gatra. A-A – £1035 Gatra. Frie – £500 (x2) High House.

Steers – Lim – £1090 The Laws; £1040, £850 Walltown. BB – £990, £960 Cooper House; £890 (x2), £870 (x2) Brackenhill; £750 Greyrigg. A-A – £960 (x2) Belzies; £900 (x2) Brackenhill; £590 Mark; £490 Newhall. Hfd – £890 (x2) Sandysike Farmhouse. Sim – £890 Sandysike Farmhouse; £670 Mark. Char – £860, £710 Mark. BS – £820 Mark. HF – £685 (x5), £650 (x4) Brackenhill. BG – £670 (x2), £460 Mark. Danish Red – £450 High Drum.

Calves – Bulls – BB – £565 (x2) Tempest Tower; £485 Knock Cross; £470, £460, Burton House; £455 Winter Tarn; £420, £415 Threapthwaite; £420, Low Wood; £410 Flimby Hall. A-A – £420 Broomberry; £375 (x2), £360 Gillespie; £370, Wolsty Hall. BS – £410 Broomberry. Sim – £395 High Dovecote. Mont – £330 Knock Cross; £295 North Doddington. SRed and white – £240 (x2), North Doddington. Hols – £240 North Doddington. HF – £120 (x2), £105 Torpenhow Hall. Hfd – £125 (x2) Newhall. DRed – £120 Lambfield. Frie – £110 Clark.

Heifers – Lim – £505, £450 Broomberry. BB – £480 (x2) Tempest Tower; £400 Winter Tarn; £330 (x2) Burton House. A-A – £340 Milton Hill; £310, £270, £265 North Doddington.

Heifers and calves – Lim – £2500, £2200 Sleights House; £2400, £2350, £2250, £2000, £1950, £1900 Manor House; £2350 Wardpark; £2300, £2200, £2100, £1900 West Wharmley; £2050 Lyonston; £2000 High House; £1900 Woodhouse; £1900 Blackwell. Sim – £2100 Wardpark. Fleck – £1800, £1750, £1700, £1550 Raethorn.

Cows and calves – Lim – £2300 Ashfield; £2050 Blackwell; £2050, £1850 Ashfield; £1950 High House; £1900 Lyonston. A-A – £1750, £1500 Cotland. BS – £1750 The Square; £1720 Cotland. Luing – £1700 Georgefield. Hfd – £1600 The Square .

Bulling heifers – Lim – £1300 (x2), £1250 (x2) Wellington.

Store sheep – Tex – £129 £118.50 £114 Rack Beck; £96 Pallet Hill barn; £82, £54 Thornby Road; £81.5 0 Carleton House. Belt – £117 Goodie Hill. Hamp – £99, £90 (x2), £89 Thornby Road.

Stirling UA

Bullocks (178) and heifers (167) averaged 237.03p per kg and 232.32p respectively at United Auctions' weekly store cattle sale.

Limousin crosses from Highpark, led the bullocks at 274.30p for a 474kg entry, and to £1500 for a 604kg animal.

Heifers reached 285.10p for a 477kg Limousin cross from West Meikle Pinkerton, and to £1610 for a 690kg Charolais cross from Boreland.

Aberdeen-Angus crosses from South Carse of Coldoch, secured the top prices among the 20 young bulls when selling to 232.90p and £1360, to cash in a 212.25p.

LEADING prices

Bullocks – 301-350kg – Hunterlees £820; Pathcondie 241.60p. 351-400kg – Stralochy £950; Kepculloch 248.60p. 401-450kg – Glencraigs £1065; Knowehead of Duntrune 247.00p. 451-500kg – Highpark £1300, 274.30p. 501-551kg – Garvald Mains £1410; Cowans 262.80p. 552-601kg – Highpark £1460; Knowehead of Duntrune 258.50p. 602-651kg – Highpark £1500, 248.30p.

Heifers – 301-350kg – Stralochy £800; Camusericht 234.40p, 351-400kg – Boreland £950, 241.30p. 401-450kg – Stralochy £1060, 242.00p. 451-500kg – West Meikle Pinkerton £1360, 285.10p. 501-551kg – West Meikle Pinkerton £1465, 269.30p. 552-601kg – Cowans £1510, 258.60p. 602-651kg – Cowans £1500, 243.50p.

Young bulls –351-400kgs – Innerwick £870, 218.60p. 401-450kg – Kepculloch £920, 220.10p. 451-500kg – Innerwick £1140, 230.80p. 501-551kg – Innerwick £1140, 227.10p. 552-601kg – South Carse of Coldoch £1360, 232.90p.

Breeding cattle – Bulling heifers – Croft Terrace £850, £750.

Cows and calves – Bull calf – Glenpark Farms £2450, £2300, £2250, £2100, £2020; Glenpark Farms £2400, £2150; Glenpark Farms £2000; Pyeston £2250, £1850; Woodhead £2000; Woodhead £1920; Parbroath £1920, £1720; Harden Mains £1800; Parbroath £1780, £1750, £1720 (x2), £1700; Harden Mains £1780; Parbroath £1720.

Heifer calf – Glenpark Farms £2600, £2350, £2250, £2100; Woodhead £2000; Woodhead £1950; Parbroath £1820; Harden Mains £1700.

Breeding bulls – Glenpark Farms £6000.

Thainstone

A 414kg British Blue cross heifer from Balgairn, Ballater secured the lead price of 434.8p per kg and £1800 at Aberdeen and Northern Marts' store cattle sale of store cattle where heifers averaged 244.3p.

Bullocks averaged 248.6p having sold to 293.6p for a pen of three 390kg Charolais crosses from Westerton, Echt, and to £1930 for a 830kg Simmental cross from Woodend, Muir of Ord.

Bulls (6) sold to 239.6p for three 528kg Charolais from Burnside of Whitefield, Forglen, and to £1405 for a 634kg Simmental from Mavsey, Lybster.

Breeding bulls sold to £2350 for a Simmental from Aulton, Craigellachie, whilst breeding cattle hit £1880 on two occasions firstly for a British Blue cross cow with bull calf at foot and again for a Limousin cross cow and heifer calf both from New Bourtreebush, Newtonhill.

LEADING prices

Bullocks – Up to 250kg – Black Castle £530, 222.7p. 251-300kg – Black Castle £660, 221.5p. 301-350kg – East Cruichie £880; Ardioch 259.3p. 351-400kg – Westerton £1145, 285.7p. 401-450kg – Westerton £1230; Craigton 287.1p. 451-500kg – Easter Clune £1370, 290.3p. 501-550kg – Easter Clune £1490, 281.4p. 551-600kg – Cairnton £1560, 274.6p. 601-650kg – Windsoer£1690; Cairnton 265.5p. 651-700kg – Cairnton £1910, 284.2p. 701-750kg – Woodend £1900, 254p.

Heifers – Up to 300kg – Ardioch £780, 260p. 301-350kg – Pollowick £840; East Cruichie 269.2p. 351-400kg – Mosside of Ballinshoe £1085, 275.4p. 401-450kg – Rorandle £1170; Crannabog Farms 276.6p. 451-500kg – Westfield £1335, 272.4p. 501-550kg – Pittenkerrie £1470, 274.3p. 551-600kg – Braeside, Woodend £1440; Pittenkerrie 255.3p. 601-650kg – Hillocks £1565; Woodend 248.4p. 651-700kg – Woodend £1600, 234.6p.

Bulls – Up to 500kg – Hillhead £1120, 228.6p. 501-550kg – Burnside of Whitefield £1265. 601-650kg – Mavsey 221.6p.

Cow and calves – Bull calf – BB X – New Bourtreebush £1780. Lim X – New Bourtreebush £1680. BS X – Aulton £1600.

Heifer calf – Sim X – Aulton £1850, £1750. BB X – New Bourtreebush £1580.

Ayr

On Tuesday, Craig Wilson Marts sold six dairy cattle to a top of £2550 for a freshly calved Holstein Friesian from J and C Drummond, Coilsholm.

A larger show of 73 calves and stirks realised £1200 for stirks from J and T Scott, Garchew.

A Limousin cross bull led the calf trade at £450 for I and L Buchanan, Wee Carleton, with heifer calves peaking at £380 for a British Blue cross from Messrs Jack Craig and Co, Tannockhill.

LEADING prices

Calves – Bulls – Lim X – £450, £430 Wee Carleton; £310 Graystale. Sim X – £435 Kaimhill; £300 Graystale. BB X – £430, £420 Netherholm; £420, £410 Low Barledziew; £405 Netherholm; £400 Low Barledziew; £380, £360 Holehouse; £350 Low Barledziew. A-A X – £370 (x3) Towerhill. HF – £240 Kaimhill.

Heifers – BB X – £380 Tannockhill; £340 Blackwood; £320 Parkmill; £310 Tannockhill; £300 West Park. A-A X – £360 Towerhill; £340 (x4) Towerhill. Lim X – £315 Tannockhill; £300 Wee Carleton.

Newton Stewart

A small show of 80 store cattle were on offer through Craig Wilson, where steers and heifers cashed in at 226.2p per kg and 220.8p respectively.

Topping the sale at £1340 was a Hereford bullock from A Wallace, Kildrochat Mains, and to 238.4p for Aberdeen-Angus from Kildrochat Mains.

Limousin crosses led the heifers at £1225 for A Johnstone, South Balfern, and to 233.8p for G Adams, Clugston.

Bulls peaked at £980 for a Charolais from The Maxwell Boys from High Drumrae.

LEADING prices

Bullocks – Hfd – £1340, £1130 Kildrochat Mains. A-A – £1180 Kildrochat Mains; £1110 Waulkmill; £1090 High Drumrae. Lim – £1170, £1135 South Balfern.

Bulls – Char – £980 High Drumrae. BB – £850 High Drumrae.

Heifers – Lim – £1225, £1120 No2 South Balfern. BB – £1050, £980 Waulkmill. Hfd – £980 Challoch.

Darlington

Limousin heifers from BJ Baker of Olives, East Sussex, produced a top price of £1540 at Darlington Farmers Auction Mart's sale.

The same home received the same price for Limousin bulls.

Steers sold to £1385 for Simmentals from A Willey, Chopwell.

LEADING prices

Steers – £1385, £1285, £1205 A Willey; £1235, £1095 DR Smith; £1170, £1140, £1075, £1025 Humbleton; £1170 (x2), £1160, £1155 (x2), £1130, £1105, £1080, £1040 (x2) A Wilson; £1120, £1080 N Basey and Son; £1105 J Robson; £1095, £1090, £1070, £1045 B Storey; £980(x4) W Denham.

Heifers – £1540, £1490, £1450, £1420, £1400, £1300 (x2), £1070 BJ Baker; £1365, £1090 (x2), £1055 High Mains Partnership; £1315 D Forrest; £1260, £1155 (x2), £1145, £1055 DR Smith; £1165, £1050 (x2), £1025 WB Rutter and Sons; £1105, £1095, £1085, £1035, £980 B Storey; £1075, £995 AP Taylor; £1040, £1015, £990 Humbleton.

Cow and calves – £1400 Wilkinson and Son.

Young bulls – £1540, £1510, £1415, £1400 BJ Baker; £1505 Wilkinson and Son; £890, £875, £850 J Corner; £800 HS Hutchinson.

Penrith

On Monday, Penrith and District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their fortnightly sale of 209 store cattle and feeding bulls, which reached £1625 for a British Blue heifer from JG and RW Nevinson and Son, High House.

Bullocks were topped at £1625 for a Limousin cross from Messrs M Bindloss, Shap Abbey.

LEADING prices

Heifers – BB – £1735 High House; £1255 (x3) Park Head; £1245 Yew Tree; £1135, £1075 (x2) Raw Foot. Lim – £1635 High House. Char – £1395 Lowther Park; £1275, £1175 (x2), £1085 (x2), £1035 Raw Foot.

Bullocks – Lim – £1625, £1525, £1505, £1475, £1465, £1455 (x2), £1435, £1395, £1385, £1375 (x4), £1275 (x8), £1255 (x7), £1245 (x4); £1195 (x4), £1185 (x7), £1165 (x2) Shap Abbey; £1285 Greenlands. Char – £1575, £1565, £1555 (x2), £1475 (x2), £1265 Shap Abbey. A-A – £1445 Roanstrees; £1445 Lowther Park; £1355 (x5), £1275 (x2), £1215 Street House. BB – £1375 (x3), £1245, £1125 Shap Abbey; £1325 (x3) Yew Tree; £1245 Park Head. Hfd – £1355, £1265 (x2), £1155, £1085 Dacre Banks. Black and White – £1215 (x5) Greenlands; £1215, £1195, £1165 Roanstrees; £925 (x6) Whygill Head.

Hexham

A Simmental cross steer secured the top price of £1520 at Hexham and Northern Marts' sale of 70 store cattle for Messrs Walker Bros, Satley.

The female trade topped at £1370 for a Limousin cross heifer from Brian Charlton, East Newham.

A smaller show of store lambs witnessed 750 cash in at £86.59, having topped at £114 for a Texel lamb from GM and SG Richardson, High Shipley.

LEADING prices

Steers – Cattle 23-30months – A-A X – £1340 Cornsay Colliery. Cattle 17-22months – Sim X – £1520, £1500, £1470, £1400 Satley. A-A – £1200 Warden Law. Cattle 11-16months – Lim X – £1080 Fairspring; £1000 (x2) Low Staples. Sim X – £1430, £1270 Satley.

Heifers – Cattle 17-22months – Lim X – £1370, £1360, £1350, £1340 East Newham; £1320 Middle Heads. A-A X – £1130 East Newham; £1100 Warden Law. Cattle 11-16months – A-A X – £1000 Cornsay Colliery. Hfd X – £1110, £1050 Kellah. Lim X –£1290, £1200 Middle Heads. South Devon – £1100 The Deans. A-A X – £1065, £1010 The Deans.

Store lambs – Tex X – £110 Intake; £107, £101 Rennys Barn. Suff X – £90 Wolsingham Park. Bleu – £98 Thornley Hall. Mule –£107.50 Edges Green. Chev Mule – £94 Armonside.

Castle Douglas

A small show of store cattle this week at Wallets Marts' sale witnessed a top call of £1190 paid for Charolais heifers from Messrs Gilroy, Auchencairn Farms.

Bullocks peaked at 238.9p for Simmentals from Messrs Stewart, Mayhaar.

LEADING prices

Bullocks – £1080 Mayhaar; £1060 Old Cluden; £1035 Low Mains.

Heifers – £1190, £1060 Auchencairn Farms.

Longtown

On Tuesday, C and D auction marts held their fortnightly sale of store cattle which sold to £1450 for Hereford bullocks from Kirkwood Farms, Kirkwood Mains, Dalton.

Heifers realised £1300 for a British Blue from Messrs Reed and Hill, Lingey Field, Hexham.

More than 2000 store lambs also came under the hammer to average £85.15, which was £3.15 up on the year.

Top price of £138 was paid for Texels from Aimshaugh.

LEADING prices

Bullocks – Hfd – £1450 (x2), £1435 (x3), £1360 (x2), £1350 (x8) Kirkwood Mains. A-A – £1425 (x4), £1380 (x5), £1365 (x5) Kirkwood Mains; £1100 (x2) Underwoodhouse. BB – £1200 Lingey Field; £1080 Dipton.

Lim – £1190 Lingey Field.

Heifers – BB – £1300, £1060 Lingey Field; £1025 Dipton. A-A – £1000 Wickerthwaite. Lim – £930 Meikle Richorn.

Bulls – A-A – £1320, £1030 Mitford. Hfd – £1390 Kirkwood Mains. Char – £1170, £1030 Mitford. Lim – £1060 Laverhay.

Store sheep – Tex – £138, £122 Aimshaugh; £121, £118, £117 The Laws. Bleu Du Maines – £117 Townfoot. Suff – £104 Rosebank; £97 Longrigg. Char – £100 Penny Hill Park. Belt – £122 (x2) Aimshaugh; £117 Moorside. Romneys – £89, £84 Felkington. DS – £79 Whintingstown. Chev – £70 Penny Hill Park. GF – £87 Whintingstown. Chev Mules – £91 Hawthornbank.