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KIRKBY STEPHEN BEEF BREEDING & STORE CATTLE SALE
On Monday 17th November 2003, Harrison & Hetherington Ltd,
Kirkby Stephen held the Great Annual Sale of 469 Beef Breeding
and Store Cattle.
Customers were drawn from all over the
North of England and also Wales to this very popular sale.
A good show of cattle was put before the assembled mass and
sold tremendously well with no fewer than 26 cows/heifers
with calves at foot or in calf heifers selling at £1000
or more.
Leading the bidding was a Belgian Blue heifer with
a Limousin cross heifer calf from G&HR Shields of Tarn
House selling at £1780 to G&S Holdings. The same
vendor also selling another outfit at £1000.
Messrs
Elliott of Bank House brought forward a good run of cattle
selling a Belgian Blue cow & calf at £1590 with
others at £1150 and £1100. Messrs GD&AR Barningham
of Home Farm sold a Limousin heifer with bull calf at £1500,
while another good consignment from Messrs W&J Ousby
of Bents contained five selling at four figure sums upto £1520.
Messrs Robinson of Waitby Farm had a good day selling eight
outfits ranging from £980 upto £1100.
Other sale
leaders came from Walburn Hall Farmsand from G&M Preece
of Thornbush. In calf heifers also provided much interest,
John & Jean Bradley of Penyghent brought forward their
usual run selling to £1220 with others at £1200
and £1000. A&R Birbeck of Windy Hill sold Belgian
Blue heifers to £1100 and Messrs Raine of Croft Farm
sold Limousin heifers to £1050. Commercial sorts also
found a ready market with the average for heifers & calves
rising £106.12 on the year.
Leading Prices:- Belgian Blue heifer & heifer calves, £1780, £890
Tarn House, £1520 Bents, £900 Langrigg. Belgian
Blue cow & bull calves, £1590 Bank House. Limousin
heifers with bull calves, £1500 Home Farm (Barningham), £1180, £1050
(x2) Bents, £1100, £1080, £1050 Prospect
Farm, £1080 Thornbush, £910 (x3) Town Head (Wharton), £900, £800
Riddings, £820 Underhelm Farm, £800 Abbey Farm.
Belgian Blue cow & heifer calves, £1460 Bents.
Limousin heifer & heifer calves, £1150, £1100
Bank House, £1020, £1000 (x3), £980 Prospect
Farm, £880 Home Farm (Barningham), £820 Riddings, £820
Thornbush, £810 Bents. Limousin cows and bull calves, £1100
Walburn Hall, £870 Town Head (Wharton). Limousin cow & heifer
calves, £1060 Walburn Hall, £800 High Laining, £700
Bolton Mill. Belgian Blue heifer and bull calves, £1000
Tarn House. Simmental heifer & heifer calves, £860
Preston Patrick Hall. Blonde D’Aquitane cow & heifer
calves, £680 Preston Patrick Hall.
In calf heifers:- Belgian Blue, £1220, £1000, £810
Penyghent, £1100, £890 Windy Hill, £800
Ringstones. Limousin, £1200, £720 Penyghent, £1050
Croft Farm, £900 Ringstones, £890 Waitby Farm, £850
Town Head (Bainbridge), £800 (x2), £750, £730, £700
Gill Gate. Aberdeen Angus, £600 Ringstones. Charolais, £580, £560, £550, £530
High Griseburn. Hereford, £520 Ringstones. In calf
cows:- Limousin, £740 (x2), £710 (x4), £680
(x2), £670 (x2), £650, £600 (x2) Ringstones. £610
Bousfield Farm. Aberdeen Angus, £700 (x2), £520
(x2) Ringstones. Belgian Blue, £670, £600, £590, £560
(x2) Ringstones.
Breeding Bulls:- Blonde D’Aquitane, £980 Harriet Air. Limousin, £560
Bousfield Farm.
Stores & Suckled calves:- Limousin bullocks, £628, £618, £560
Home Farm (Bousfield). Belgian Blue heifers, £580 Hallgarth, £485, £445, £442, £440
Mostyn House. Belgian Blue bullocks, £445 Espland. Aberdeen angus bullocks, £445, £440
Highfield. Black & White bullocks, £418 (x2) Owlands Farm, £348
Grassgill, £335 (x7) Espland.
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