The Reed family, Lands Farm, West Gate, continued their run of success with breeding rams, producing the overall champion and sale leader at £6500 at Harrison and Hetherington's Bluefaced Leicester sale at Kirkby Stephen.

Their show stopper, West Biggins P1, a ram lamb by the Highberries H2, sold to Richard Hargreaves, Judge Chris Pears, Fell Side House, Caldbeck, found his reserve in the second prize ram lamb, Low Tipalt P005, a son of the Low Tipalt N001, which later made £900 to Messrs Slack, Stoneriggs, Hilton.

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Another from the Reed's West Biggin's flock made £3000, selling to Messrs Walton, West Shotton, Darlington. He is by 3425/H2. The flock also secured the lead average of £2283.33 for six.

Allan and Ben Wight, Midlock, Abington, had another good day with shearling rams to £4500 for Midlock N20, a son of the home-bred L27, out of a Marriforth G2 dam. He sold to the Booth's buying for their Smearsett flock from Old Hall Farm, Feizor.

Neil Marston's Highberries flock from Cockermouth, sold to £3500 for Highberries P21, a Carry House M009 son purchased by Messrs Pattinson, Pinfold House, Bishop Auckland.

Another ram lamb from the same home made £3000. Highberries P007, by 3425/N10 was knocked down to Messrs Richardson, Low Garth, Cockermouth.

Matching that £3000 bit was a ram lamb from Messrs Brown, Asby Hall, a son of the Smearsett K1. He headed home with John Smith-Jackson, Hightown, Halthwistle.

A flying trade throughout so no fewer than 62 rams sell at four figure prices.

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averages: 128 ram lambs, £1030.80; 75 shearling rams, £902.97; five aged rams, £720.

LEADING prices

Ram lambs – £6500, £3000, £1800, £1000 Lands Farm; £3500, £3000, £2900 Millstone Moor; £3000, £2600, £2000, £1500, £1400 Asby Hall Mews; £2800, £2200, £1100, £1000 Meadow Bank; £2400, £2000, £1400 (x3), £1000 Low Carry House; £2200 Hundith House; £2000, £1300 Redburn Farm; £1800, £1400, £1100 Macqueston; £1600 Midlock; £1600 Oak House; £1500, £1000 Glenrath; £1400, £1200 West Dowgill; £1400, £1300 (x2) Tarn House; £1300 Bradley Field; £1200 Dunkenshaw; £1200, £1000 Highfield; £1100 Riddings; £1100 Yore House; £1100, £1000 Asby Grange; £1000 Marriforth; £1000 (x2) Redgate; £1000 Otterburn Lodge.

Aged rams – £1200 Greenriggs; £1000 West Shotton.

Shearling rams – £4500, £1000, £900 Midlock; £2000, £1700, £1600, £1400, £1000, £900, £850 Greenriggs; £1500 Whitewall; £1500 Bowderdale Head; £1000 Otterburn Lodge; £900, Gillses; £900 Gillcumber Edge.

LEADINGFLOCK averages

Flock (No) Average (£)

West Biggins (6) 2283.33

Highberries (5) 2140.00

Barley (4) 1775.00

Asby Hall (7) 1642.86

Midlock (6) 1600.00

Carry House (7) 1500.00

Macqueston (3) 1433.33

Skeughdale (3) 1333.33

Redburn (4) 1125.00