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Middleton in Teesdale - Store Cattle
Tuesday 11th May 2010

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd conducted the May Prize Show and Sale of 238 store cattle & suckled calves at Middleton in Teesdale Mart on Tuesday. 

Trade was level throughout,  Bullocks averaged £680.21 & Heifers £617.29

The Champion beast with from left to right
Karen Scott; Low Way Farmhouse Kitchen - Sponsor
Edward Fawcett, Kissthorn - Judge
Rebecca White - Vendor (daughter of J C & J White, Rigg Farm)
J C & J White, Rigg Farm

The show, which was kindly sponsored by Farmhouse Kitchen, Alston Road Garage, David Tunstall Tractors and Copley Coal,  was judged by Mr E Fawcett who awarded the championship to a Limousin x Heifer from M/s. J C & J White, Rigg Farm, which later sold for £3,700 to M/s. A D & R M C Bishop, Gloucester.

Awards

Limousin cross Bullock:

1st & Best Opposite Sex to Champion - J W Dent & Sons, Naby View - £825 to P & B Hodgson & Sons Ltd

2nd  - J C & J White, Rigg Farm - £1,110 to T D Hough & Son

3rd  - W M Reed & Sons, West Biggins - £900 to J L White & Son

Limousin cross Heifer:

1st & Champion - J & J C White, Rigg Farm - £3,700 to A D & R M C Bishop

2nd  - C R Raine & Son, Stanhope Gate - £1,260 to M Robinson

3rd  - J W Dent & Sons, Naby View - £1,440 to E R Fawcett

British Blue cross Bullock:

1st  - J C & J White, Rigg Farm - £750 to J K Walton

2nd - J W Dent & Sons, Naby View – Not sold

3rd - S & A Greaves, Standing Stones - £790 to G Herbert

British Blue cross Heifer

1st – S B Hooper & Son, Brockersgill - £890 to J W Dent & Sons

Bullock – Any Other Breed

1st - M J & S M Wallace & Son, Lane Head - £880 to T D Hough & Son

2nd - M J & S M Wallace & Son, Lane Head - £810 to P & B Hodgson & Sons

3rd - M J & S M Wallace & Son, Lane Head - £800 to M/s. Askwith

Heifer – Any Other Breed

1st  - M J & S M Wallace & Son, Lane Head - £1,100 to T D Hough & Son

2nd - M J & S M Wallace & Son, Lane Head - £700 to J L White & Son

3rd - M J & S M Wallace & Son, Lane Head - £760 to M Robinson

Leading Prices

Limousin x Bullocks £1,110, £840 Rigg Farm; £900, £745, £710 West Biggins; £825, £700 (x3) Hayberries; £825 Naby View; £805 Herdship; £800 Step Ends; £795, £790 Toft House; £795 Prospect Farm; £790, £770, £760, £755, £725 Dirt Pitt; £790, £775, £770, £765, £735 (x2) Bank Top; £790, £730 Market Place; £780 Standing Stones; £775 The Pry; £765, £760, £740 Brockersgill Farm; £740, £720 Low Nook; £740 Wythes Hill

Blonde x Bullocks £770 Rigg Farm

British Blue x Bullocks£790 Standing Stones; £750, £730 Rigg Farm; £705 Low Nook Farm

Charolais x Bullocks £880, £810, £800, £745 Lane Head Farm; £750 Revelin

British Blue x Heifers £890 Brockersgill Farm; £615 Shield Hill Top

Charolais x Heifers £760 (x2), £720, £700 Lanehead Farm; £635, £610 Aukside Villa

Limousin x Heifers £3,700, £870, £700 Rigg Farm; £1,440, £980, £685 Naby View; £1,260, £920 Stanhope Gate; £810, £635, £620 East Friar House Farm; £680 (x2), £665, £655 Bank Top Farm; £650, £635 (x2) Pikestone; £695, £630, £600 West Biggins; £650 Hayberries; £640, £600 (x2) Market Place; £620 Dirt Pitt Farm; £620 (x2) The Pry; £610, £600 (x2) South Welhope Farm; £600 Herdship; £600 (x2) East Park Farm