MIDDLETON IN TEESDALE PRIZE SHOW AND SALE OF SUCKLED CALVES

On Tuesday 11th November 2003, Harrison & Hetherington Middleton In Teesdale held their annual prize show & sale of 1315 suckled calves.

As usual the sale attracted great interest with purchasers present from most English counties, Wales and Scotland. The overall average levelled at £449.87 (+£36.29 from 2002). The show sponsored by Carrs Billington Agriculture and Barclays Bank Plc was judged by Mr G Burrows, Malham.

PRIZE LIST
Class 1 Limousin bullocks: 1st and winner of the Pikestone Rose Bowl for the champion Limousin x and the Nat West Cup for the champion bullock JC & J White, Rigg Farm £1800 to Mr S Hough, 2nd JC & J White, Rigg Farm £750 Mr S Hough.

Class 2 Limousin heifers: 1st JC & J White, Rigg Farm £750 to Messrs CR Raine & Sons, 2nd MC & J Dent, Wythes Hill £850 to Messrs CR Raine & Sons.

Class 3 Belgian Blue bullocks: 1st JC & J White, Rigg Farm £650 to Mr S Hough, 2nd L Guy & Son, Home Farm £585 to J Dent & Son.

Class 4 Belgian Blue heifers: 1st and winner of the Nat West Cup for the champion heifer and Silver cup for Overall champion, JC & J White, Rigg Farm £820 to Messrs Cooper, 2nd JC & J White, Rigg Farm £660 to Mr Murray

Class 5 Bullock any other breed: 1st JW Dent & Son, Naby View (Charolais) £680 to Mr A Richardson, 2nd J & MJ Walton, West Shotton Farm £620 to Mr S Hough.

Class 6 Heifer any other breed: 1st JW Dent & Son, Naby View (Charolais) £450 to Messrs Cooper, 2nd R Williamson, Littleburn £465 to Mr Murray.

The Yorkshire & North Eastern Charolais Club in conjunction with Dectomax donated a prize valued at £100 for the highest priced pen of four cattle bred by a Charolais bull, which went to JW Dent & Son, Naby View for a pen of bullocks purchased by Mr A Jenkinson for £605.

Leading prices (all crosses) :- Limousin bullocks £1800, £750 & £605 Rigg Farm, £760 Wythes Hill, £670, £630(x2), £625 (x2) & £622 (x2) Naby View, £655 & £645 Market Place, £655 & £635 Fellowship Farm, £650 Long Green, £605 Stotley Hall, £605 & £600 Cold Comfort Farm, £605 (x2) Pikestones, £600 (x3) East New Houses, £600 Battle Hill, £600 Littleburn, £600 Bowlees, £600 Birch Bush. Limousin bulls £620 Littleburn.

Limousin heifers £850 Wythes Hill, £750, £680, £660 & £600 Rigg Farm, £640, £470 & £465 Littleburn, £620 Naby View, £610 Westfield, £490 Pallet Stne, £480 Dunn House, £475 Dereham Cottage, £465 Stoney Hill, £460 Synsack Farm, £452 Fair View.

Charolais bullocks £680 & £605 (x4) Naby View, £650, £620 & £610 West Shotton Farm, £615 Bail Hill, £615 Lynsack Farm, £610 Lane Head. Charolais heifers £505 West Shotton Farm, £450 Naby View.

Belgian Blue bullocks £650 Rigg Farm. Belgian Blue heifers £1000 Long Green, £820 & £660 Rigg Farm. Blonde d`Aquitaine heifers £700 Littleburn, £590, £490 & £480 (x2) Nova Scotia, £495 & £486 Bowfield.

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