Carlisle

More than 1000 cattle were forward at Harrison and Hetherington’s weekly sale comprising of 659 catalogued store cattle, un-entered young bulls and stirks, 212 calves and 183 dairy cattle in the monthly sale.

The sale topped at £1285 for a Limousin cross heifer from Messrs Barnes, Hutton Roof, Penrith, the same home also topped the bullocks at £1165.

Also forward was the Borderway calf show with 215 entries, selling to a top of £390 which was achieved on two occasions, firstly for a Limousin bull from Messrs Preston ,Wed Holme House, Kirkbride, Wigton and secondly from Messrs Carlyle, Slealands Burn, Longtown for a heifer of the same breed.

LEADING prices

Store cattle – Heifers – Lim – £1285, £1065 Hutton Roof; £1235 Ladyhousesteads; £1220 (x2), £1090 (x2), £1085 (x2) Ratlinggate; £1105 Midtown; £1055 (x2), £1045 Heatheridge; £1045 Newby. BB – £1125, £1000 Heatheridge; £930 (x2) Greenview. Char – £1105 Ladyhousesteads; £1010, £985 Bank Wood; £935 Clappers; £925 (x3) Stenries View. A-A – £1035 Bankend; £965 Stenries View; £945 (x2) Ballacutchel Road. Sim – £955 Ballacutchel Road. Steers – Lim – £1165 Hutton Roof; £1105, £1050 Southerfield Hall; £1105, £1060 Brackenhill Rigg; £1105, £1085 Clappers Farm; £1085, £1060 Bank Wood; £1050 Flimby Hall; £1025 (x2), £1015 Newby; £1000 Stenries View; £1000 Raygarth Field. A-A – £1115 (x3), £1105 (x3), £1045 Grassings; £1105 Ballacutchel; £1050 Stenries View; £1040 (x6), £1035 (x6) Whinney Hill. BB – £1100 (x3) Grassings; £1085 (x3), £1065 Sleightholme; £1055, £1045, £1025 Brackenhill Rigg; £1045 Wood Head; £1025 Flatt; £1015 Greenview; £1000 (x3) Monkhill Hall. Sim – £1085 (x4) Riggshields; £1000 Stenries View; £985 Ballacutchel Road; £920 Greenview. Char – £975 (x2) Mossband Hall; £945, £900 Greenview; £920 Stenries View. Frie – £965 Brackenhill Rigg. BS – £945 Greenview. HF – £925 Southerfield Hall; £880 The Grove; £805 (x5) Cross Hill, Whitebred. Shorthorn – £905 Whitbysteads. Fleck – £905, £900 (x2) Limekilns. Hols – £805 Blue Dial Farm.

Weaned cattle – Heifers – BB – £1070, £1065 (x2), £1025 Oakghyll. Lim – £920 The Laws; £890 Burthwaite. A-A – £845 High House. Bulls – Lim – £1030 (x2) Sarkshields. Blonde – £865, £800 Newshield. A-A – £745 (x5) Syndey Place; Hols – £405 Ballacutchel Road. Steers – Lim – £990, £910 (x2) Burthwaite; £980 (x2) The Laws. A-A – £695 Caton Street. Frie – £675 (x2) Edenbanks. Hfd –£620 Caton Street. HF – £585, £580 Glendue Farm.

Borderway calf – Bulls – Lim – £390, £335 Wed Holme House; £355 Brunt Hill; £315 Townfoot; £300 Beyond the Moss; £295 Kirtlevale; £275 Southernby Hall; £245 Torpenhow Hall. BB – £370 Tempest Tower; £330 Whitelaird; £325 Moss Side House; £305 Glencartholm; £300, £290 Netherfield; £290, £270 Red Hall; £285, £275, £220 Hill House; £280, £240, £230 Meinfoot; £225 Chapelcroft; £215 Beyond the Burn; £215 High Field. Char – £295 Forest Farm. A-A – £250, £245, £235 High Field; £220, £200 Whitrigg Grange; £215 Hill House; £195 Allerby Mill. Sim – £210 Saugh House. Mont – £180, £175, £130 Glencartholm. HF – £145, (x2), £140, £120, £115 Netherfield; £100 (x2) Brunt Hill. Frie – £140, £120 Harelawhole. Norwegian Red – £100 New Mill.

Heifers – Lim – £390 Slealands Burn; £380 (x2) £345, £340 Townfoot; £350 Wed Holme House; £295, £230 Beeches. BB – £345 Tempest Tower; £335, £300, £280, £255 Netherfield; £330 Tempest Tower; £320, £300, £295 Moss Side House; £260 Harelawhole; £240 Glencartholm; £230 Hen Moss Farm. A-A – £280 Netherfield; £175 Whitrigg Grange. Char – £260 Forest Farm. Hfd – £160 Burnside.

Stirling UA

United Auctions sold 532 store cattle where bullocks and heifers produced averages of 194.56p and 196.85p respectively.

Top price of the day went to a 357kg Limousin cross bullock selling at 243.70p and a 642kg Shorthorn cross from Braendam made £1210.

Charolais crosses topped the heifers at 227.10p from Couston and to £1070 for a 498kg Limousin cross from West Park.

LEADING prices

Bullocks – 301-350kg – £735, 238.60p Couston. 351-400kg – £875 Couston; 243.70p Longfauld. 401-450kg – £1010, 224.40p Longfauld. 451-500kg – £1080, 217.60p Fisherton. 501-551kg – £1125 Braendam; 211.70p Fisherton. 552-601kg– £1140, 202.90p Broadstone. 602-651kg – £1210, 188.50p Braendam.

Heifers – 251-300kg – £635, 222.00p Ardachy. 301-350kg – £770, 227.10p Couston. 351-400kg – £855 Wester Ochtermuthill; 223.70p Crofthead. 401-450kg – £980 Longfauld; 224.30p Walkerdyke. 451-500kg –£1070, 224.50p West Park. 501-551kg – £1045, 204.90p West Park. 552-601kg – £1035, 177.20p Ardgate.

Ayr

A steady trade was met at Craig Wilson auction marts sale of 428 store cattle.

Trade peaked at £1270 for a Limousin bullock from Meikle Auchengree and for an Aberdeen-Angus from Bowfield and 220p for Simmentals from Nether Ardroscoadle.

Bullocks and heifers averaged 181.4p and 180.7p respectively.

LEADING prices

Bullocks – Lim – £1270 Meikle Auchengree; £1240, £1140, £1100 Dormieston; £1090 High Park; £1050 Challochmun; £1020 Holm Park; £1015 Ladyyard. A-A – £1270 Bowfield; £1025 Clonherb; £1015 Laigh Corton; £970 Kildrochat Mains. Char – £1165 Ravenslie; £1050 Skeoch. Sim – £1100 Ravenslie; £1070 Bridgend; £1045 Rigghead. BB – £1100 Holm Park; £1020, £1010 Auchinbay; £995 Staffler; £970 Knockrivoch. Mont – £1000,£930 Knockrivoch. Frie – £720 Watston.

Heifers – Lim – £1235 Back O’Hill; £1160, £1070, £1000 Auchentibbert; £1110 Challochmun; £1015 Ladyyard. A-A – £1030 Mountop; £930 High Kilbride; £900 Meikle Laught and Clonherb. BB – £1000, £910, £905 Holm Park; £880 Staffler. Char – £1000, £930 Auchentibbert. Sim – £985 Challochmun; £960 Rigghead.

Thainstone

Charolais and Limousin crosses led the way at Aberdeen and Northern marts’ sale of 541 store cattle where bullocks and heifers averaged 216.4 and 208.1p respectively.

Limousin cross bullocks sold to 263.7p per kg from Mosside of Gight, Fyvie and £1300 twice, first for a 648kg Charolais cross from Meikle Begshill, Drumblade and for a 742kg of the same breed from Rockyden, Meikle Wartle.

Heifers peaked at 258.8p for a 400kg Charolais cross from Cluseburn, Inverbervie and £1165 for Limousin crosses from Woodend, Muir of Ord.

The firm also sold 163 store lambs and breeding ewes.

Store lambs hit a top price of £68 per head for Suffolk crosses from Deecastle, Dinnet. The small entry of ewes (23) peaked at £109 for a pen of Suffolk cross one-crop ewes from Newmill.

LEADING prices

Bullocks – Up to 300kg – £780 Mains of Auchmedden. 301-350kg – £780 Mains of Auchmedden; £720 Caplich. 351-400kg – £960 Mosside of Gight; £945 Deystone; £940 Woodfold; £920 Braigiewell; £910 Brawland. 401-450kg – £1080 Cluseburn; £1025 Deystone; £1020 Westfield, Whitehouse; £990 Brawland. 451-500kg – £1100 Dalrachie, Cluseburn; £1080 Pittenkerrie; £1075 Westfield; £1070 Auchnarrow. 501-550kg – £1190 Auchnarrow; £1175 Meile Begshill; £1095 Brawland. 551-600kg – £1230 Auchnarrow. 601-650kg – £1275 Rockyden; £1225 Auchnarrow; £1220 Farmton. 651-700kg – £1270 Rockyden.

Heifers – Up to 350kg – £680 Caplich. 351-400kg – £1035 Cluseburn; £930 Balgairn, Bruckles; £900 Conlandmill; £880 Mains of Shevado; £875 Mosside of Gight. 401-450kg – £1005 Whitehouse; £900 Brawland; £980 Woodend; £970 Mosside of Gight; £955 Pittenkerrie. 451-500kg – £1100 Woodend; £1090 Dalrachie; £1085 Mosside of Gight; £1080 Auchnarrow, Mosside of Ballinshoe. 501-550kg – £1135 Woodend; £1110 Auchnarrow; £1070 Sheep Park; £1075 Brunthill; £1040 Ballaterach. 551-600kg – £1090 Pitkerrie; £1080 Newlands of Geise; £1060 Woodend. 601-650kg – £1180 Newlands of Geise.

Store lambs – Suff X – Deecastle £67; Zwart – East Tilbouries, Maryculter £66; Cont – Bridgeton, Muir of Fowlis £65.50; Suff X Deecastle £64; Bel – Bridgeton £63.

Breeding ewes – Suff X – Newmill £92.

Longtown

A buoyant demand was met at C and D auction marts sale of 289 store cattle, where trade peaked at £1380 for British Blue heifers from Snowhill partners, Ericstance, Moffat.

Bullocks peaked at £1220 for a Limousin from A and A Hogg, Milnholm, Langholm and the same breed topped the bulls selling at £970 from A and A Ewing, Dumbretton, Annan.

LEADING prices

Heifers – BB – £1380, £1360, £1160 Ericstane; £1130 Lingey Field; £1120, £1110, £1080 Ericstane; £1070 Lingey Field. Lim – £1110 Stanger Hill; £1070, £1050, £1040 Milnholm; £1050 Southwoodhead; £1020 Lingey Field. A-A – £960 Ericstane; £940 Kilnhill; £920 (x3) Sorbie; £910 Border Rigg. Char – £840 Croft Road; £800 (x2) Bellfield. LH – £785 Laverhay. Bullocks – Lim – £1220 Milnholm; £1200 Southwoodhead; £1150 (x2) Milnholm; £1100, £1080, £1070 Southwoodhead; £1,060 Lingey Field; £1050 Ericstane. Sim – £1180, £1050 Ericstane; £1000 High Dovecote. BB – £1160, £1090 (x2), £1020 (x2) Ericstane. Char – £1020 (x2), £1010 (x2) Bellfield; £920 Croft Road. A-A – £1020 Ericstane; £900 (x3) High Dovecote. SH – £720 Leverhay. BG – £720 Mouse Syke. LH – £720 Laverhay. Bulls – Lim – £970, £910, £900 Dumbretton.