On Thursday 13th March 2003, Harrison & Hetherington conducted their monthly sale of beef breeding cows and heifers with calves or in calf and bulling heifers. A good crowd of buyers were in attendance. Bidding was brisk and as a result trade took an appreciable rise with strong units regularly breaking the one thousand pounds mark.

Leading prices (all crosses):- Cows with calf at foot, Limousin, £1250 Demesne Farm, £1120 Crooklands Farm, £950, £900 Tercrosset Farm, £820 Halket Leathes Farm, £750, £740 Arkleby Hall. Charolais, £800, £670 West House, £560 Hunsonby Charolias. Blonde D’Aquitane, £650 Tercrosset Farm. Belgian Blue, £650 Arkleby Hall. Aberdeen Angus, £620 Tercrosset Farm, £450 Burble Farm. Belted Galloway, £500 Burble Farm.

Heifers with calf at foot:- Limousin, £1180 Kelsick Farm, £1100, £1050 (x2), £980, £950 Threlkeld Hall, £1080 High Crosby Farm, £1050, £950 Frankland Park Farm, £1000 Gimmenbie. Simmental, £800, £760, £590 Grassknop Farm. Belgian Blue, £800 Broomhills, £630, £610 Wetheriggs Farm. Charolais, £640 Fishergill.

Cows In Calf:- Limousin, £660, £650, £640, £630, £610 (x5), £600, £590 Maxton House. Continental, £600 Maxton House. Aberdeen Angus, £590 Maxton House. Simmental, £560, £430 How Hall Farm. Charolais, £490 (x2), £480, £470 Croft Lodge Farm. Hereford, £470 (x20 Maxton House.

Heifers In Calf:- Limousin, £750, £700, £660, £640, £600 The Flatt, £660, £620 Lockholme Hall, £640, £610 Crooklands Farm, £600 Bridekirk Hall. Aberdeen Angus, £700 (x2), £680, £600, £540, £500 The Flatt, £510, £500, £460 (x2) Milton Moor.Charolais, £600 The Flatt. Belgian Blue, £600, £560, £550 (x2) Park Burn Foot. Simmental, £570 (x3), £500 (x2) Ward Park Farm. Blonde D’Aquitane, £540 Crooklands Farm.

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