April 25th, 2008

Judge: N Hodgson. Champion & reserve: JW Dent & Sons, £1100 to D Barker; £1060 to the judge.

Prizes. - Lim bullocks: 1 J&K Metcalf & Son; 2 JW Dent & Sons; 3 JW Dent & Sons. Lim hfr: 1 JW Dent & Sons; 2 JW Dent & Sons; 3 CA&J Kipkling. BB bullock: 1 JW Dent & Sons; 2 R Hutchinson & Sons; 3 JW Dent & Sons. BB hfr: 1 JW Dent & Sons; 2 JW Dent & Sons; 3 C&JM Kearton. AOB bullock: 1 D Alderson (BA); 2 D Alderson (BA); 3 D Alderson (BA). AOB hfr: 1 D Alderson (BA); 2 D Alderson (BA); 3 JW Dent & Sons.

Bulls: 1 JA Robinson; 2 Dowson & Sartin; 3 D Coggins & Son.

Prices. - Bulls: Char £885; Lim £765; BA £695; BB £650; Simm £610; AA £485. Steers: Char £860; Lim £985; BA £750; BB £1060; AA £708. Hfrs: Char £995; Lim £1010; BA £865; BB £1380.

OTM cattle to 149p. Breeding cattle: A Spence £620, £550. Bulling hfrs: S Teasdale & Son £730, £715, £635, £600; E Smith & Son £995, £980, £965; R Tookey £635, £590. Feeding bulls: EW Holmes £640; J Forest £580(2); £550, JD,DJ&EK Sanderson £695, £650, £625, £610(2), £595, £590, £580, £570(3), £565(2), £560, £555(2), £550, £540, £530, £535, £520, £505, £500, £495, £492, £490(2), £485, £475, £470, £445(2), £435, £420, £355, £345, £340, £260; Dowson & Sartin £750, £720, £675; Mrs D Coggins & Sons £885, £880, £715, £625, £560, £540; J&K Metcalf & Son £685, £680, £670, £660, £650(4), £620, £615; G&MF Turnbull & Sons £690, £640, £635(2), £630, £620, £590; CA&J Kipling £650, £620(4); JA Robinson £680, £550, £485JC Thwaite & Son £570, £560, £525, £518; TL&K Atkinson £775, £765(2), £730; F&O Bainbridge £685(2), £660(2); J&SE Bainbridge £655, £600, £590; DG Birkett & Son £565; G&JA Rigg £430(2).

Store cattle: TB Walton £620, £585, £555, £540(2), £435; GT&E Atkinson £645, £635, £630; J&K Metcalf & Son £840, £725, £710, £500; AE Iceton & Sons £635(2), £550(2); R Hutchinson & Sons £810, £695, £630, £595, £565; GL Guy £990, £830, £810, £795, £550; TT Hall & Son £730, £660; C&JM Kearton £1350, £770, £675(2), £610(2), £575, £572, £555(2), £425, £420(3), £400; G&JA Rigg £475, £455; SM Rigg £528, £520, £515, £400; K Lind £795(2), £740, £730, £645, £640(2); RC Bainbridge £765, £760, £730, £718, £708, £695; WF&JC Metcalf £805, £740, £685, £660; Mesrs Watson £755(2), £750, £725, £710(2), £700, £680(3), £670, £650(3), £640, £630, £625, £590(4), £570, £575, £560, £540, £515, £510, £490; S Richardson £675, £670, £665, £650, £640, £620, £595, £592, £535, £530(2), £520, £515, £510, £505; J,JM&DI Buck £692, £600(2), £535, £470(6), £465(2), £460; N Medd & Son £280(6); DA&FM Dalton £650, £635, £585, £500; ER Thompson £770, £685, £680(2), £660, £625(2), £580; TL Anderson £650, £645, £640; D Hunnam £970, £920, £845, £835; JR&L Harding £530, £505, £500(2); R Tookey £700, £655, £635; DG&PD Ayre £662, £642, £630, £620, £482; G&MF Turnbull & Sons £600, £558(2), £552, £532(2), £532, £530, £510, £500, £475(2); JE Tallentire & Sons £715, £700, £690, £670; TA Collingwood & Sons £645, £640(2), £615, £530, £480; A&J Harrison £620, £615, £530, £485, £472; JW Dent & Sons £1380, £1100, £1060, £1010, £910, £890, £875(2), £860, £830, £810, £775(2), £770(3), £762, £750, £740(3), £735(2), £725, £715(2), £710, £685(2), £680(3), £645(2), £575; TM Bellas & Son £760, £742, £690, £685(2), £665(2), £642; A Hobson £768, £725, £700, £695, £680(3), £665(2), £650(4), £640, £625(2), £595, £505, £500, £430; C Bainbridge £860, £825; JJ&M Pickering & Son £710, £700, £695, £675, £615, £608, £600; J&SE Bainbridge £710, £502(2), £495; M&P Wilson £765, £730(2), £695; M&W Maddison £635, £490, £480(2), £455; M Watson £745, £640, £625, £600, £430; S Bayles & Son £550(2), £512(2); JD Featherstone £750, £725, £675, £648, £635, £620, £595, £560, £535, £405; PJ Anderson £695, £675, £655(2), £648(2), £610, £600, £530(2); TL&K Atkinson £530, £520, £490, £455; DW Ewin £480, £455; AA Walton & Son £542(4); EH Raine £608, £482(2); WB Rutter & Sons £860, £828, £810, £805, £770(2), £765, £755, £715, £690; CR&J Stephenson £985, £810, £790, £770; J&MJ Walton £710(3), £670, £665, £610, £595, £585, £570, £568, £555(3), £510; P Guy £640, £590, £570, £540, £522, £495; D&PM Stelling £770, £585; DE Stones £650, £625, £545, £500; F&MP Allinson £570, £560(2); DG Birkett& Son £580, £520(3), £460; PJ Dixon £675(2), £520(2); D Alderson £865, £750(2), £735, £725; Dowson & Sartin £620; H&S Richardson £605(2), £580, £498; A Guy £675, £655, £620(3), £600, £565(2), £560, £520(2), £500, £485; CA&J Kipling £670, £550; EW Holmes £590, £580(3), £572(5), £550(2), £520, £420(3); JD,DJ&EK Sanderson £500, £492, £485, £445, £442.

DARLINGTON. - Mon. Fwd: 679 cattle.

Annual spring show and sale.

Judge: J Horn of Manor Farm, Cowpen Bewley. Overall champion: 7-m-o Belgian Blue heifer, I Spedding, Harelaw Farm, Wolsingham, £780 to E Scott, Shildon.

Prizes. - Best Cont hfr: 1 Champion; 2 W&M Knaggs; 3 JE Dobson. Best Cont steer: 1 JE Dobson; 2 JE Dobson; 3 N Swinbank. Best bull: 1 RB Atkinson; 2 JJ&GE Walton; 3 RL Walker.

Prices. - Young bulls. - Lim: £820, £750, £745, £665, £600 Mrs M Vickers; £725(3), £715(2), £640, £565 RL Walker; £690, £625, £555, TJ Ball; £665, £660, £650(2), £645, £615, £555, £550(2) JJ&GE Walton; 630(4) G Swinbank; £630 J White; £625 JE Dobson; £620(4), £615(2), £585(2) E&JW Storey; £615(2) S&RE Williamson; £610, £595(2) E Simpson; £585, £575, £555 GM Simpson; £575(2) JB&L Knight; £550 M Parker; £540 RB Atkinson.

Steers. - Lim: £795, £755, £735(2), £725(2), £650(2) BH&S Hodgson; £795, £660 J&BL Thompson; £790, £735 JR Addison; £790, £630 C Moffet; £730, £660, £650 M Dent; £715, £655(2), £615, £580(2) JE Dobson; £700, £685, £625 D&AM Bayles; £670, £590, £585 TH Richardson; £665, £650, £630, £600(4), £585 N Swinbank; £650 R Dodds; £650(2) GW Dent; £650 RG Rutter; £620 PM Beveridge; £615(2) JN&MA Spedding; £610, £585 B Watson; £590(2) NB&R Hird; £585(2) NL Farr. Hfrs. - BB: £785 JR&M Richardson; £780 JN&MA Spedding; £770(3), £705(5), £670(4) BA&C Pearson. Lim: £730, £690, £665 J&BL Thompson; £730, £670, £665 Mrs M Vickers; £715 D&AM Bayles; £715(2), £670(2) JR&M Richardson; £705, £675 JR Addison; £690(2), £665 WC Porter; £690 TH Richardson; £680 JE Dobson; £665 L Kidd; £665(12), £655(4) BA&C Pearson; £660 W&M Knaggs; £665 M Dent.

Cows and calves. - Lim: £1500, £1320 JT Layfield; £1180, £1150, £1020, £910, £900, £840 J&BL Thompson; £920 W&M Knaggs. Bulling hfrs. - £690, £690(4) RB Atkinson. OTM cattle. - Cont to 129p; dairy to 118p; bulls to 119p.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Last Sat. Fwd: 185 horses & ponies. Piebald mare 2150gns; black & white filly 2150gns; black gelding 1750gns; brown gelding 1650gns; black filly 1580gns; black & white gelding 1550gns; dun filly 1500gns; piebald colt 1000gns; Jenny donkey 690gns.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Sale for North- Eastern Holstein Club. Top price: 1720gns, Carkin herd second calver Epic Cockle by Ridgefield Epic, Ian & Margaret Walton. Second top price: 1700gns, freshly-calved hfr by Picston Shaker, Dennis & Kevin Clarkson, Lowthorpe. Other prices: In milk cows: Dalesend 1520gns, 1450gns, 1200gns; Cockleton 1200gns; in milk hfrs: Lowthorpe 1600gns; in calf hfrs: Studdah 1460gns; Comm calved hfrs: GL Guy £1600. Rearing calves. - B Blue bulls: £370, B Williamson av £305; B Blue hfrs: £150, JR Amsden av £133; Lim bulls: £275 WT Elstob & Son av £238; Lim hfrs: £195 S&RJ Calvert av £163; B&W bulls: £170, S&RJ Calvert av £107; AA bulls: £185 IF&CM Herring & Son. Stirks. - Lim steers: A Clarke £220; Shorthorn steer: A Clarke £138; Herefd hfrs: A Clarke £250; AA hfrs: A Clarke £145. Pet lambs: Metcalfe Farms £2.

Sheep & lambs: Texel x ewes & twins: N Harker £87; Mule ewes & twins: WP&E Dobbing £88; KW&SF Loadman (10 with 18) £87, £82; N Harker £85, £81; Suff ewes & singles: KW&SF Loadman £71; Swale ewes & twin mule lambs: A Bainbridge £52, Keirey Lims £38; Swale ewes & single mule lambs: A Bainbridge £32; Keirey Lims £31; Cont store hoggs: JD Johnson £39.50, £31.50.

Feeding ewes: JD Johnson £50.

NORTHALLERTON. - Wed of last week. Prize show & sale. Fwd: 370 calves & store/breeding cattle. Judge: John Newcombe.

Prizes. - Bullock: champion Messrs Wilshaw & Mellor, £890 to Ian Bowe; hfr: WH Clarke, £740; top price store beast donated by CW Tate & Son to JM Waker, Picton, bullock, £910.

Prices. - Calves. - BB bull: W Duffus & Son £360, £350, £320, £255; B Lightfoot £350; JW Tuer & Son £318, £272; SH Whitaker £300, £288; KD Hodgson £260, £258; Lim bull: B Lightfoot £242; B Hawkswell £228; A Shepherd £200, £180, £175, £165; Shorthorn bull: D Ingleson £382; Holst bull: W Duffus £190; B Hawkswell £62, £60; Ayrshire bull: JW Pounder £70; BB hfr: W Dufus £275; JH Nicholson £185; JW Tuer £182; SH Whitaker £180; KD Hodgson £120; Shorthorn hfr: D Ingleson £310, £245; Lim hfr JW Tuer £220; JH Nicholson £202; A Sheperd £165, £118; AA hfr: FD Marsden £110. Bulls. - Lim: DA Reynolds £925; WL Barthram £730; K Buckle £580; D&JA Jones £520; BGD&JA Jones £520; AA: I Pickering £790; Holst: WL Barthram £595, £518, £345; B K Buckle £542, £505; Steers. - Lim: JM Walker £912, £738; Wilshaw & Mellor £890, £790, £730, £725, £702, £685, £640, £630, £625, £610, £582, £580, £478; AD Brass £840, £768, £682; CH Phalp £785, £735, £702, £635, £614, £605, £550; P Hutchinson £778, £685; P Kirk £770, £620; Brs: R Broadley £750, £742, £710, £680; A Weighell £695, £665, £638, £605, £598; E Hill & Son £695, £680, £600; JD Nelson £665; DA Hinton £648, £625, £618, £610; DM Nelson £635; WS Moore £490; N Hobson £482, £480, £430; K Buckle £460; Simm: MJ Marley £865, £775, £770, £695; AD Guthe £620, £600, £595, £580, £575, £565, £545, £530, £482, £472; Shorthorn: SW Moore £530, £435; BA: MJ Marley £752, £750, £730, £695, £645; P Kirk £715; S Scott-Priestley £650, £645, £602, £565, £540; AA: K Wheldon £645, £595; P Hutchinson £620; Fries: JD Nelson £598; BB: K Buckle £532, £495; Char: TH Cook £505; Salers: JR Thompson £458; Herefd: WS Moore £435; Cont X: WS Moore £425. Hfrs. - Lim: CH Phalp £840, £760; WH Clarke £740, £725, £645, £600, £585, £540, £535; Wilshaw & Mellor £735, £700, £682, £615, £575, £525; T Coulthard £678, £570, £505; A Weighell £648, £635, £500; DM Nelson £648; DA Hinton £620; K Wheldon £600; JW Chandler £575; JL Peacock £572, £570, £565, £550, £535, £512, £498, £495, £490; CA Stobbs £565; K Buckle £565, £528, £520, £465, £445, £440; JW Guy £555; TR Simpson £525, £514; FP Jefferson £492, £470; B Fountain £475; S Morphet £445; N Hobson £425, £420, £410; MM Collingwood £412, £395, £390; D Johnson £392; BA: MJ Marley £750, £745, £660, £658, £655, £645, £630; Barker-Wood £435; CA Stobbs £430; Simm: JW Chandler £690, £570; MJ Marley £680; M Willis £468, £435; S Morphet £440; JL Peacock £368; D Johnson £200; BB: MJ Marley £610; JL Peacock £558; S Morphet £490; FP Jefferson £462; Char: JL Peacock £492; JR Thompson £478; K Buckle £472; WH Clarke £462; N Buckle £410; TH Cook £360; Herefd: K Buckle £490; Salers: JR Thompson £430; AA: JW Guy £545; SC Stockdale £542; WH Simpson £460, £395; Barker-Wood £285. 201 store & breeding sheep. - Cont X hoggs: M Tiplady £36.80; D&R Reed £33; M&RJ Hall £27.80; Texel shlg & lambs: Mrs M Watkinson £98; M Robson £87; Suff 2/3 crop ewes & lambs: RS Kitson £86; Suff ewe BMCB & lambs: R Pickering £69, £67, £56; Chev ewes BMCB & lambs: RS Kitson £52; Suff ewes & lambs: M Robson £86, £85; Texel ewes & lambs: R Pickering £70; H Thompson £62, £56; Mule ewes 2/3 shear & lambs: R Hugill £86, £85; Mule ewes BMCB & lambs: J Greenbank £79, £56; JF Longster £82, £79; Mule hoggs scanned in lamb: A Johnson £43, £41. 43 OTM cattle to 115.5p av 95.4p.