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| Monday 7th December 2009 |
Harrison & Hetherington Limited held their annual Christmas Primestock show and sale of cattle and sheep on Monday 7th December at Borderway Mart, Carlisle.
A total of 280 prime cattle, bulls and cows were forward which included the annual Christmas Show, this year judged by Mr Jim Mullholland, The Butcher, Great Orton.
M/s Bell of Farbroom won the overall Champion prize with a Limousin cross bullock which sold to top the sale at 280p 725kg £2030 and sold to the judge Mr Jim Mullholland. The winning animal was a homebred black steer shown by Chris Bell. Sired by the registered Limousin bull Rossignol and bred out of a British Blue cross mother, this steer is not stranger to the showring. Earlier in the year he won Champion of Champions at Skelton Show and on his only outing in 2008 he won his class in the Baby Beef class at Countryside Live.
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| Champion prime bullock shown by Chris Bell of Farbroom. Pictured is Chris Bell (winner) |
The reserve Champion rosette went to M/s Dodd of West View for their Limousin cross heifer which sold for 260p 527kg £1370.20 also bought by Jim Mullholland, the butcher. Their red heifer, sired by the registered home bred bull Redrock Baron, and was bred from a Limousin cross mother.
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| Reserve Champion prime heifer shown by Judy & Steadman Dodd of West View- L / R Pauline Graham (Capontree Veterinary centre Sponsor) Lindsay Marrs (Armstrong Watson Sponsor), Steadman Dodd (winner). |
M/s Hunter of Upper Brydekirk sold a Limousin heifer for 251.5p 579kg £1456.19 to M/s Harrison. M/s L Skelton & Son of Low House Farm run of cattle averaged 208.8p/kilo and topped at 225.5p & 221.5p for British Blue cross heifers, both being purchased by Castlebank Butchers.
Leading prices per kilo (all crosses):-
Bullocks: Limousin 280p Farbroom, 209.5p, 207.5p West View, 201.5p Elm
House. British Blue 207.5p Elm House, 203p West View.
Heifers: Limousin 260.5p, 219.5p West View, 251.5 Upper Brydekirk, 219.5p
Low House, 217.5p Elm House. British Blue 225.5p, 221.5p Low House Farm,
209.5p Elm House, 207.5p Midtown Farm.
Leading overall prices (all crosses):-
Bullocks: Limousin £2030 Far Broom, £1390 Elm House, £1312 Howgill Foot.
British Blue £1363 Elm House, £1316 West View.
Heifers: Limousin £1456 Upper Brydekirk, £1370 West View, £1341 Elm House.
Charolais £1455 Nether Dargavel. British Blue £1307 Elm House.
Prime Bulls
A great show of bulls were forward with Mr Brian Hall of Ainstable Hall’s
run of 17 bulls averaging 171.5p 723kg £1239 and topped at 190p 794kg
£1512.57 for a British Blue selling to Owain Llyr. Mr Hall also sold
the leading price per head at 185.5p 821kg £1522.16 also for a British
Blue cross selling to Owain Llyr. Mr Hall’s Limousin bulls also topped
at 183.5p & 181.5p both purchased
by Mike Atkinson. M/s Dodd of West View sold two Limousin bulls for 178.5p & 175.5p
both selling to Mike Atkinson. M/s Bousfield & Sons of Holme Farm
sold a British Blue bull for 177.5p to Cleveland Meats.
Leading prices pence per kilo (all crosses):- British Blue 190.5p, 185.5p, 176.5p, 175.5p Ainstable Hall, 177.5p Holme Farm. Limousin 183.5p, 181.5p, 175.5p Ainstable Hall, 178.5p, 175.5p West View, 173.5p Mirkbooth. Black & White 138.5p High House.
Leading overall prices (all crosses):- British Blue
£1522, £1512, £1416, £1366 Ainstable Hall. Limousin £1361 Ainstable Hall,
£1283 Upper Brydekirk.
Prize winners:
Class 1 – Best Prime Cow (Other than Charolais)
1st Buckabank Farms,
Buckabank Farm (British Blue) 984kg 147.5p, 2nd M/s Edgar, Fellside (Limousin)
796kg144.5p, 3rd Dodd, West View (Limousin) 880kg 133.5p.
Class 2 – Best
Charolais Cow
1st SA Holliday, The Junipers 885kg 135.5p, 2nd Mr TA Jefferson,
Aspatria Hall 877kg 124.5p.
Class 3 Best Continental cross young beef
bull
1st Mr B Hall, Ainstable Hall (British Blue) 794kg 190.5p, 2nd M/s
Norman, Little Orton Farm (Limousin) 725kg 165.5p, 3rd M/s Hunter, Upper
Brydekirk (Limousin) 753kg 159p.
Class 4 Best Traditional cross young
beef bull
1st M/s K Story, Blackrigg 627kg 127.5p, 2nd Messrs K Story,
Blackrigg 621kg 129.5p, 3rd Mr J Dickinson, High House 578kg 138.5p.
Class 6 Charolais cross bullock
1st M/s Longlands, Rushey Law 600kg 182.5p.
Class 7 Limousin cross bullock 1st Chris Bell, Farbroom 725kg 280p, 2nd
Mrs R Stevenson, Howgill Foot 715kg 183.5p, 3rd M/s Dent, Elm House 690kg
201.5p.
Class
7a Any other cross breed bullock
1st Messrs Dent, Elm House (British
Blue) 657kg 207.5p, 2nd M/s JS & JO Dodd, West View (Blonde) 647kg
203.5p, 3rd M/s G Sowerby, Terrys Farm (British Blue) 657kg 191.5p.
Class
8 Charolais cross heifer
1st Mr S I Carlisle, Nether Dargavel 789kg 184.5p,
2nd Mr WJB Cleasby, Linden House 585kg 188.5p, 3rd Mr WJB Cleasby, Linden
House 569kg 171.5p.
Class 9 Limousin cross Heifer
1st M/s JS & JO
Dodd, West View 527kg 260p, 3rd Messrs Dent, Elm House 617kg 217.5p.
Class 9A Any other cross breed heifer
1st Messrs Dent, Elm House (British
Blue) 624kg 209.5p, 2nd Messrs Hunter, Upper Brydekirk (Limousin) 579kg
151.5p, 3rd Mr L Skelton, Low House Farm (British Blue) 547kg 221.5p.
Class 10 Traditional breed bullock or heifer
1st
M/s Kyle, Spoutbank (Galloway)
534kg 151.5p, 2nd M/s Kyle, Spoutbank (Galloway) 518kg 139.5p.
Supreme
Champion M/s Bell, Farbroom 725kg 280p Reserve Champion – M/s Dodd, West
View 527kg 260p.
Cast Cows
A good show of cast cows were forward with M/s Armstrong of High Tarns
Farm sold the top priced British Blue cow for 729kg 168.5p £1228.37 bought
by Owain Llyr. Buckabank Farms sold the top priced British Blue cow per
head for 984kilo 147.5p £1451.40 to Charles Kirkpatrick.
Leading prices per kilo:- British Blue 168.5p Hightarns Farm, 147.5p Buckabank Farms. Limousin 147.5p Bassenthwaite Hall Farm, 144.5p Fellside, 141.5p Mayfield. Charolais 135.5p The Junipers. Black & White 128.5p Cardunock House
Leading
price per head:- British Blue £1451 Buckabank Farm, £1228 High Tarns
Farm. Charolais £1199 The Junipers. Limousin £1174 West View, £1150 Fellside,
£1139 West View.
Prime Lambs
The Annual Christmas Primestock show was held along side the weekly sale
of prime lambs on Monday with 9 classes and over 50 pens forward for
master judge Mr Geoff Riley of Riley Brothers, Burnley. Mr Riley went
on to award the Championship ticket to tremendous supporters M/s Dodd
of West View with their 4 Beltex lambs which went on to sell for £160
to Mr Jim Mullholland on behalf of R & J Mullholland
butchers, Great Orton, Carlisle. The Reserve Champion prize went to another
great supporter Mr IL McIllwraith of Mouldy Hills who’s 4 untrimmed Beltex
lambs sold for £125 to Mr Riley the judge.
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Champion pen of lambs Shown by Judy & Steadman
Dodd of West View- L / R Lindsay Marrs (Armstrong Watson Sponsor),
Judy Dodd (winner), Pauline Graham & Colin Lindsay (Capontree
Veterinary centre Sponsor). |
Prize winners:-
Class 1- 10
Cheviot lambs 1st DW Crighton & Son, Lime Kilns
36kg £64, DW Crighton & Son, Lime Kilns 34.5kg £57.50.
Class 2- 10
Mule Lambs 1st Clearmont Properties, Hayclose 43kg £76, 2nd M/s Scott,
Thirlwall Castle 44kg £75.50, 3rd Messrs Moscrop & Waugh, Alby Field
45kg £76.50.
Class 3- 10 Swaledale Lambs 1st JG Thirlwall, Quarry Farm
42kg £72.50, 2nd M/s Moscrop & Waugh,
Alby Field 37kg £63.50, M/s Moscrop & Waugh, Alby Field 37.5kg £63.50.
Class 4- 10 Suffolk Lambs 1st H&G Fisher, The Beeches 49.5p £86,
2nd H&G Fisher,
The Beeches 47.5kg £82.
Class 5- 4 Texel cross lambs (dressed) 1st JS &JO
Dodd, West View 50kg £112, 2nd T Bell & Son, Mosshill 52kg £108.
Class
6- 4 Texel cross lambs (undressed) 1st T Bell & Son, Mosshill
48.5kg £98, 2nd J Oliver & Son, Walton Wood Head 41.5kg £92, 3rd
W Story, Limestone Cottage 41kg £72.50.
Special Class for the best Texel
lambs sponsored by the Solway & Tyne
Texel club. 1st Dressed (JS & JO Dodd West View), 2nd Undressed (T
Bell & Son,
Mosshill), 3rd 2nd prize dressed (T Bell & Son, Mosshill).
Class
7- 4 Beltex cross lambs (dressed) 1st JS & JO Dodd, West View 51.5kg
£160, 2nd JM Wharton, The Snade 50kg £120, D & D Aitken, Uppercleugh
45kg £105.
Class 8- 4 Beltex cross (undressed) 1st IL McIllwraith, Mouldy
Hills 44kg £125, 2nd JS & JO
Dodd, West View 44.5kg £105, 3rd M/s Fell, Chapel Farm 52.5kg £94.
Class
9- 4 other continental cross lambs 1st NT McMekin, Nether Ernambie 39kg
£94, 2nd E & P
Skelton, Sycamore House 48.5kg £86, 3rd 89.5kg £81, 3rd RR & E Reay,
St Oswalds Farm 89.5kg £81.
A great entry of 3698 prime lambs were forward to a ringside of buyers
representing 27 different companies. A magnificent average of 181.96ppk
was achieved meaning all vendours left delighted with the days trade.
Leading
Prices Per Head – Beltex £160, £112, £105 West View, £125 Mouldy Hills,
£120 Snade Farm, £105 Uppercleuch Farm, £100 Steeley Farm, £98, £95 Castlehill,
£96 Waterside Farm. Texel £108, £98, £94 Mosshill Farm, £94.50 Birch
Bush, £93.50, £90.50(x2) Aspatria Hall, £92.50 Bascodyke, £92 Walton
Wood Head. Rouge £94, £87.50, £83.30 Nether Ernambrie.
Suffolk £90.50, £83.50 Outer Woodhead, £86.50 Park House Farm, £86, £82
The Beeches, £85.20 Rottington Hall, £84.50 Jacksonrigg, £84.50 Ploughlands,
£82.50 Copperthorns, £81.50, £80.50 Cardew Hall Farm.
Charollais £86.50, £81.80 North Rigg Hill, £86, £83.50 Sycomore House,
£85.50 Outer Woodhead, £81.80 Albyfield, £81 St Oswalds Farm. Greyfaced
£77.30 Setterah Park, £76.50 Albyfield, £76 Hayclose, £75.80 Parkhouse,
£75.50 Thirlwall Castle, £75.50 Westgarth Hill. Halfbred £76.50 Westgarth
Hill. Dutch Texel £85.50, £84.50, £82.80, £81.50 Low Houses.
Blackfaced £75.50, £60 Chapel House Farm, £71.20, £70.20 Whiteside Farm.
North Country Cheviot £75.50 Westgarth Hill. Bluefaced Leicester £74.50
Ingledene, £71.50 Burgh Head Farm. Hill Cheviot £74.50 Chapel House Farm,
£65.50 Raygarth Field Farm. Zwartble £74 Lamonby House. Swaledale £72.50
Quarry Farm, £64.70 Kilnstown, £63.50(x2) Albyfield. Jacob £65.80 low
Buildings. Herdwick £48.50 Hillcrest.
Leading Prices Per Kilo – Beltex
310.7p, 235p West View, 284.1p, 214.3p, 213.6p Mouldy Hills, 240p Snade
Farm, 233.3p Uppercleuch Farm, 226.8p, 214.1p Walton Wood Head, 223.5p
Castlehill. Texel 226.5p Mosshill Farm, 224p west View, 221.7p Walton
Wood Head, 219p Birch Bush, 214.1p Low Buildings, 213.6p Mouldy Hills,
211.1p Willimoteswick Farm, 210.5p Aspatria Hall, 210.1p Low Lonning
Farm. Rouge 241p, 210p Nether Ernambrie. Charollais 205.1p St Oswalds
Farm, 198.6p Well Head Farm, 183.8p, 180.9p North Rigg Hill, 181.9p Birks
Farm. Dutch Texel 204p, 186.6p High Fell, 199.5p, 196.5p, 184p, 180p
Low Houses. Suffolk 192.5p Whinney Hill, 181.4p Birks Farm, 180.7p Buckabank
Farm, 180.2p Highfield Farm. Zwartble 189.7p Lamonby House. Greyfaced
180.8p, 177.7p, 176.7p, 176p, 175.4p Kirkland Green, 176.7p Hayclose175.9p
Whiteside Farm, 175.5p Jacksonrigg. Blackfaced 178p Whiteside Farm, 167.2p,
166.6p Collin Bank, 160.6p Chapel House Farm. Hill Cheviot 177.8p Limekilns,
172.4p Raygarth Field Farm. Swaledale 172.6p Quarry Farm, 172.5p Kilnstown,
171.6p Albyfield. Jacob 168.7p Low Buildings. Halfbred 161.1p Westgarth
Hill. Herdwick 159p Hillcrest. Bluefaced Leicester 155.4p Burgh Head
Farm. North Country Cheviot 151p Westgarth Hill.
Cast ewes:- A smaller show of 159 ewes were forward to meet exceptional
demand with trade buoyant throughout.
Leading Price ewes – Texel £110.50
Chapel House Farm, £103.50 Wavercroft Farm, £100.50 Hillcrest, £94.50
Cowranside Farm. Suffolk £98.50, £97.50, £95.50 Wavercroft Farm. Bluefaced
Leicester £98.50 Chapel House Farm. Charollais £89.50, £82.50 Birks Farm.
Greyfaced £82.50 Whinney Hill, £76.50 Rottington, £74.50 Whinney Hill,
£73.50 outer Woodhead. North Country Cheviot £69.50 Criffel Dene. Blackfaced
£65.50 Colin Bank.
Leading price rams:- Texel £105.50 Fineview, £88.50 Birch Bush. Dutch
Texel £59.50 Low Houses.
