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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