Middleton in Teesdale – Prize Show & Sale of Store Cattle
Tuesday 2nd May 2006

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd held their May Prize Show & Sale of Store Cattle at Middleton in Teesdale on Tuesday with an entry of 299 cattle. 

The Overall Champion with from left to right:-
Paul Sanderson - Judge - Hunmanby Beef, Filey
Andrew Marson - Judge - Hunmanby Beef, Filey
John White - Vendor, Rigg Farm, Lunedale

The show was kindly sponsored by K P Scott, Low Way, Tunstall Tractors and Steyr and judged by Mr P Sanderson & Mr A Marson of Hunmanby Beef, who made the following awards:-

Bullock
1st & Overall Champion      J C & J White, Rigg Farm - £780 to Messrs Hough
2nd     J C & J White, Rigg Farm - £640 to Messrs Hough
3rd      J P & R Ward, Cragg Top - £612 to Messrs Hough

Heifer
1st & Reserve Champion      J T Walton, Bowfield - £700
2nd    J C & J White, Rigg Farm - £625 to Messrs Hough
3rd     J T Walton, Bowfield - £640

Trade continued on a similar level to recent sales with an overall average similar to the previous year.

Leading Prices

Limousin x Bullocks £615, £605, £575, £570, £535 Battle Hill; £605, £560, £505 Long Green; £575, £520, £505 Bank Top; £572, £510 Littleburn Farm; £560, £540 Beck Head; £560 Dirt Pitt; £550, £530 Rigg Farm; £550 Ash Dub; £535, £528, £500 (x3) Palletstone; £522 Blunt House; £530 (x2) Market Place; £525 Watgarth; £518 East Friar House; £510 Cragg Top, Bowes Close; £505 Wythes Hill; £508 Fair View; £500 Forcegarth
Limousin x Heifers £700, £640, £630, £592, £505 (x2) Bowfield; £630, £515, £480, £472 Step Ends; £625, £485, £480 Rigg Farm; £502, £468, £455 Toft House; £500 Pikestone; £480 Bank Top; £460 Bowes Close; £452 East Friar House; £450 (x2) Market Place
Limousin x Feeding Bulls £530 Earnwell
Charolais x Heifers £500, £495, £450 Lane Head; £495, £450 Willoughby Hall
Charolais x Bullocks £522 Lane Head; £520 North Corn Park
Blonde x Bullocks £612 (x3), £610; £585 (x2), £552 Cragg Top; £570, £545 Pallet Cragg
Blonde x Heifers £575 Bowfield; £485 (x5) Cragg Top
Belgian Blue x Bullocks £780, £640 Rigg Farm; £540 Long Green
Belgian Blue x Heifers £450 Long Green

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