At the first show and sale of ewes and lambs at Skipton the winning pair of continental ewes were Texel crosses with twins from S. and C.R. Battye, Oxspring, which sold for £320/outfit. The second prize winners, ewes with single lambs, from T. and H. Kilby, Thorpe Arch, made £240/outfit. Texel crosses with twins from the same home sold to £335/outfit.
Messrs Kilby also had the winning pair of Mules with twins which sold for £240/outfit with the second prize winners from Messrs Battye making £280/outfit.
Texels with singles topped at £240/outfit and Suffolks with singles at £230 and Suffolks with twins at £285/outfit.
Averages per outfit - Texel crosses with singles, £197; Texel crosses with singles, £282; Suffolk crosses with singles, £225; Suffolk crosses with twins, £255; Mules with twins, £275; Mules with 1.5 lambs, £255.
Auctioneers: CCM.
Spring lambs at Exeter
The entry of almost 700 spring lambs at Exeter had an SQQ of 415p/kg and an overall average of £176/head. Topping the sale at £220 was a September-born 69kg pure Dorset lamb from Julian Rice, North Tawton.
Ben and Amelia Watts, Ashburton, sold 54kg Charollais ram lambs at £199.50 and three vendors, Ross May and family, Netherexe, Julian Rice and Phillip Hopkins, Honiton, sold 50-51kg lambs at £195.
Ross May and family had 48kgs at £192.50 and 47kgs sold to £188 for David and Adrian Cole, Bradninch who also had 44kg at £185.50.
A run of 40kg Suffolk cross lambs from Tom Yandle, Mamhead, topped at £188/head or a sale topping 470p/kg with further pens at £185.50, £185, £182.50 and £180.50.
Auctioneers: Kivells.
Strong store cattle trade at Darlington
At Darlington the consignment of 10-12-month-old bulls from Stephen Allardyce, Tarland, Aberdeenshire, averaged £1,352, topping at £1,600 for a Charolais, with Aberdeen-Angus from the same home to £1,570 and Simmentals to £1,500.
In the store cattle section, D. W. Dresser, Greatham, sold Limousin crosses to £1,940 for steers and £1,860 for heifers.
N. Basey and Son, Hunwick, sold Limousin steers to £1,730 and J. P. Phelan, Essex, sold Beef Shorthorn steers to £1,540.
Yearling cattle sold to £1,500 for a British Blue heifer from W. A. Wardman, Yearby, who also sold Limousin heifers to £1,340, British Blonde heifers to £1,330 and Limousin steers to £1,360.
R. Potts, Newfield, sold 12-month-old Limousin steers at £1,380 and £1,330.
Auctioneers: Darlington Farmers Auction Mart.
Hoggs to 576.9p/kg at Wigton
At Wigton's show and sale of prime hoggs the judge, Steven Stoddart, Hillside, awarded the championship to the winning pen of five hoggs under 39kg from R.N. Scott, West Micklethwaite, which went on to sell for 576.9p/kg (£225/head) with the consignment of 27 hoggs averaging 510.34p/kg.
The reserve champions were the winning 39.1-45.5kg pen from W. Robshaw, Tadcaster, which sold for £219/head with the consignment of 33 averaging £206.91 or 489.10p/kg.
The prime cattle championship went to Messrs Pearson, High Plasketlands, with a 654kg Limousin-cross heifer which went on to sell for 320p/kg (£2,089.53).
Reserve went to the second prize Limousin heifer from Messrs Dixon and Sons, Wigton, which sold for the top price per kilo of 326p (£2,00.08).
Top gross price of £2,190.75 (317.5p/kg) was for a 690kg Limousin heifer from J.J. Crichton, Loughrigg.
W.E. Callion and Son, Great Clifton, took first and second place in both the beef and dairy prime bull classes. The championship went to a 824kg Limousin bull which sold for 293.5p/kg and the top gross price of £2,418.44. In reserve was a 704kg Limousin bull which sold for 290.5p/kg (£2,045.12).
Auctioneers: Hope's Auction Company.
Show and sale of Cheviot hoggs
The sale of 5,535 prime hoggs at Longtown included the show and sale of Cheviot hoggs with the champion North Country Cheviot pen of 20 50kg entries from Messrs Eastham, Longbroughfauld, sold for £190/head.
The champion pen of 20 41kg South Country Cheviot hoggs from Messrs Reid, Glendarg, sold for £156/head.
Overall, the sale averaged 365p/kg topping at 523p/kg for Beltex from E.J. and A.M. Fox, Biggar, and D. Smith, Kirriemuir.
Top price per head was £232 for Texels from G.W. Young and Sons, Hawick.
Auctioneers: C. and D. Auction Marts.
Dairies to £2,780 in Gisburn
The 70-plus dairy entries topped at £2,780 for a Sound System heifer in the Claremont Annie family from M. and J. Bristol, Newton-in-Bowland.
With a Secretariat dam and EX90 Zebra-sired grandam, the heifer sold giving 31kg to N.W. and J.M. Coulthurst and Son, Goosnargh. The same buyers also took the next two highest priced pedigree heifers. At £2,500 was a 35kg Rubicon from the Claremont Patty family, and at £2,220 they bought one of two Nortonill R2D2 sired heifers from G.B. Moorhouse's Aireburn herd, Skipton.
The other R2D2 from Aireburn made the same price as its herd mate to B.F. Blezard, Ribchester, Preston. Close behind at £2,200 was a 34kg Pepper daughter from J. and M. Singleton and Sons' Whytil herd, Goosnargh. It also went to Mr Blezard who then claimed a Stantons Applicable heifer from the same home at £2,180.
Pedigree cows peaked at £2,000 a VG85, 50kg second calver by Penn-England Barclay from Anthony Grimshaw's Bolton-based Carldanton herd at Smithills Open Farm. The buyers were R.T. and J. Critchley, Preston.
Non-pedigree entries topped at £2,100 for a fresh 32kg heifer from R.H. Ward, Chorley selling to a Wrexham buyer.
Averages - Pedigree newly calved heifers, £1,968; pedigree newly calved cows, £1,797; non-registered newly calved heifers £1,555; in-calf heifers, £1,367.
Auctioneers: Gisburn Auction Marts.
Flying hogg trade at Bentham
The entry of almost 6,000 prime hoggs at Bentham averaged 360.4p which is 127.6p per kilo up on the year.
Top price was £232/head for a pen of 17 Texels from S.P. Woolhouse and Sons, Rotherham.
Next at £225 was T. Hill and R. Wright, Doncaster, who had the top average of £199.12/head. Consignments from Adam Brown, Burton in Lonsdale and the Oldfield brothers, Gisburn, sold to £220/head.
Top price per kilo at 489p (£208/head) were 21 Beltex from D. Stainthorpe, Saltburn.
The best bred handy weights were generally 400p plus with the extreme sorts 450 plus.
Mules sold to £177 for J.A. and F. Nutter, Hurst Green, with M.W. and M. Skidmore, Billingham best per kilo at 354.4p.
The best of the 500 horned hoggs sold at 340-350p/kg.
Auctioneers: Richard Turner and Sons.
Second calver leads Carlisle dairy sale
A second lactation cow led the trade at £2,550 at Carlisle's dairy sale. This was Esk Shilling Violet by DG Shilling consigned by Robert Byers, Canonbie, which went to Messrs Coultard and Son, Longtown. It sold as part of the fourth sale to disperse the Esk Holstein Friesian herd which included 10 bulling heifers which topped at £1,200 three times.
Topping the heifers at £2,350 was Nydie Altasim Joan by Progenesis Altasim consigned by the Wilson family, Berwickshire, which was knocked down to Messrs Paxton, Stranraer.
The Wilson family, Carlisle, sold 18 cows and heifers from their Wreaywood herd topping at £2,300 for a milking heifers giving 43kg by Bomaz Vader. The buyer was Messrs Chester, Cockermouth.
The Cowhill Trust, Dumfries, sold 21 pedigree Jerseys from their Kerricks herd topping at £2,200 for Kerrick Video Cara by Video with the group averaging £1,831.
British Friesians topped at £1,850 twice. The first from Messrs Shanks, Kelso, was Queenscairn Jingle Chris and the second was a second lactation cow from the Neill family Northumberland.
Messrs Jackson, Dumfries, sold 10 in-calf heifers from their Coppside herd topping at £1,600 for Coppside Amelia.
Averages - 117 Holstein heifers in-milk, £1,787.01; 33 Holstein cows in-milk; £1,775.17; 24 Jersey cows/heifers in-milk, £1,752.91; 9 British Friesian cows/heifers in-milk, £1,692.22; 14 faulted cows/three-quartered cows, £956.42; 6 Holstein in-calf heifers, £1,313.33; 10 Holstein Friesian bulling heifers, £1,111.
Auctioneers: Harrison and Hetherington.
Store cattle in demand at Penrith
The show and sale of store cattle at Penrith topped at £2,500 twice for 24 and 28-month-old Charollais bullocks from Blair Duffton, Huntly, who also Aberdeen-Angus bullocks to £2,475.
Mr Duffton also had the pre-sale champion and winning any other breed bullock, a British Blue-cross which sold for £2,150 to the judges, Dale and Joanne Holgate, Wakefield.
Reserve champion honours went to Messrs Wilson, Undercragg, with the winning Limousin, a 12-month-old bullock which made £1,680, also to the judges.
Heifers topped at £2,045 for a British Blue from Messrs Wales, Thackwood, who sold two more at £2,015.
There was strong demand for yearling stores with good shaped bullocks and heifers £1450 - £1,550.
Dairy-bred Aberdeen-Angus bullocks sold to £1,705 from S. and W. Maughan, Ainstable.
Auctioneers: Penrith and District Farmers Mart.
Around the Marts
HAWES
At the show and sale of store cattle the championship went to the winning heifer from Thomas Iveson, Hawes, which sold for £1,500. Mr Iveson also had the second prize winning heifer which made £1,400 and the first and second prize winning steers which sold for £1,520 and £1,340.
Limousin steers averaged £1,366 and heifers £1,211 with British Blue steers averaging £1,190 and heifers £1,240.
Ruthin
The 596 cull ewes and rams averaged £103.84 with ewes topping at £290 for Gop Farm, Trelawnyd whose consignment of 38 Texel-cross ewes averaged £242. Top price ram at £180 was a Texel from T.W. and B.V. Evans, Ty Celyn.
The 1,023 medium weight hoggs averaged 393p/kg or £167/head. Well finished heavy and overweight lambs attracted a premium with the best over £200/head topping at £216 for Gop Farm.
Northallerton
The 102 prime cattle averaged 301p/kg topping at 346p/kg for heifers from N.E. Dyson selling to J. Penny and Sons. They also paid the top heifer price per head of £2,235 from M.I. Wainwright and Sons, who also topped the steers per kilo at 330p to Worsley Wholesale.
Top price steers per head at £2,278 were from J.H. and D. Wise selling to R. Pearson.
The 92 bulls averaged 273p/kg topping at 347p/kg and £2,630 head for continentals from R. Ormston. Black and whites sold to 249p/kg for F.W. and J.A. Herbert and £1,571 for L.K.R. and S.A. Baker.
Carlisle
Ewes and lambs topped at £152/life for a three-shear Texel with twin lambs from T. Greenbank. In-lamb sheep sold to £141 for a three-shear Texel scanned with twins from Hayden Nicholson.
Store lambs averaged £124.30/head topped at £160 for a single Cheviot-cross from R.I. Lamb, High Troweir, whose run of 21 averaged £132.43.
J.G. and J. Greig, Penrith, sold a run of 19 to average £152.05 topping at £158.
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