On Friday, 28th April 2006 Harrison & Hetherington held their monthly sale of beef breeding cattle.

Beef Breeding cattle were seen to be the hottest trade for years with buyers very keen on all sorts, from heifers with calves to calving heifers.

Top price of the day was held by Messrs Dickinson of High Knipe £1600 for a ¾ bred Limousin heifer suckling a 7/8 Limousin bull calf at foot. Second top price was £1550 from Messrs D Elliott of Bank House, Penrith being a Limousin cross Friesian 2nd calved cow with a Limousin bull calf at foot.

In the calving heifer section which was strong for quality it has to be noted a consignment of Limousin cross Friesian heifers all in calf to Ronick Hawk for May from Messrs TW Armstrong & Sons of Broomhills topped at £900 and averaged £845 for the run. All units sold averaged £1064.27.

Leading prices:-

Heifers with calves at foot- Limousin, £1600, £1500 High Knipe, £1400, £1250, £1220 High House, £1300, £1200 (x2) Sleights House Farm, £1280 Coupland Beck, £1250 Hyton Farm. Belgian Blue, £1400, £880 Kinkry Hill, £900 (x2) Cracalt, £800 (x2) North Nether Scales, £700 Hyton Farm, £680 Torpenhow Hall. Blonde, £1100 North Nether Scales, £950 Hyton Farm. Simmental, £1000 Byegill Farm. Friesian, £850 North Nether Scales. Aberdeen Angus, £780 Field Head, £750 Caultley Farm.

Cows with calves at foot- Limousin, £1550 Bank House, £1350, £1300 Old Church Farm, £1300 (x2) Hill Side, £1220 Cold Skin Farm, £1200 Greyrigg House, £1100 Buckabank Farm, £1050 Cracrop, £1050 High Knipe, £1050 Littlewood Hall Farm. Belgian Blue, £1150 Hill Side, £850 Greyrigg House. Parthenais, £950 Ghyll Croft. Charolais, £880 Greyrigg House, £780 Cracrop. Aberdeen Angus, £820, £780 Greyrigg House. Friesian, £610 Willowford.

Heifers in Calf – Limousin, £900, £880, £850 Broomhills, £800, £780 (x2) The Flatt, £800 (x2), £780, £760, £750 Tarn Lodge. Saler, £800 (x2) Leven Fields. North Devon, £700 The Flatt. Charolais, £530 Theakston Grange.

Cows in calf – Simmental, £580 (x2) Maxwellbank. Gelbvie, £580 The Row. Limousin, £550 Barvennan Farm.

A cracking show of bulling heifers were forward with clients keen for quality and size. Trade  for quality was as dear as seen for some time with top price of the day going to a  cracking pen of five Belgian Blue cross Friesian heifers consigned by Mr Ken Muir of Middle Farm, Laithes which sold for £1000 per head. Heifers regularly topped the £700 mark.

Leading averages: Messrs Muir, Middle Farm 31 hfrs £861.00, Messrs Harrison, Sceugh Farm 12 hfrs £727, Messrs Faulder, Croft House 20 hfrs £695. 

Bulling Heifers- Belgian Blue, £1000 (x5), £920 (x3), £840 Middle Farm, £740 cracrop, £670 (x2), £600 Ryeclose. Limousin, £920, £850 (x11), £840 (x4) Middle Farm, £780 (x4) Sceugh Farm. Simmental, £540 (x3), £500 Theakston Grange.

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