Messrs Livingston, Kirtlevale, produced the overall champion pen of gimmers at Harrison and Hetherington's weekly sale of breeding sheep, which went on to make £180 per head.

Top price, however was £600 paid for a Texel gimmer with twins from the same home

Champion pen of Mules came from Messrs Hunt, Braithwaite Shields, and sold for £130 per life, with the first prize hoggs, from ML Fell, Harley Croft, Torpenhow, reaching £200.

LEADING prices

Hoggs with lambs – Tex – £260 (x2), £200, £168, £160 Harley Croft; £215, £200, £176, £170, £170, £168, £168, £160, £154 Kirtlevale; £200 Frankstown. Suff – £150, £145 The Harras; £112 Braithwaite Sheilds. GF – £130, £110, £92 Yew Tree; £115, £113, £92 Stone House; £108 Dockray Hall; £105 Cumbrae; £82 Blencow. Belt – £112 Greyrigg House; £107 8 Abbots Close.

Ewes with lambs – Belt – £240, £230, £150 New Houses. Tex – £200, £180, £152, £145, £144, £140, £121, £110 Kirtlevale; £131, £122 Greyface; £99, £98 Briggle;£94, £92 Rowan Garth; £78 Red Flatt.

Gimmers with lambs – Belt – £145, £130, £120, £115, £112, £105, £100 New Houses. Tex – £117 (x2), £114, £100, £94 Greyrigg House; £114 The Harras; £108, £92, £91, £86 Glebelands; £101, £88 Whitehouse; £100 Dockray Hall; £96, £86 How Burn. GF – £101 Cumbrae.