September 26th, 2008

Prizes. – 1 J&SE Bainbridge, £120 to G Stevens; 2 J&MJ Walton, £95 to JW Teward & Sons; 3 JE&E Dobson & Son, £85 to D Brown; 4 PJ Dixon, £66 to JK Metcalf.

Prices. – DG Birkett £64, £57; PJ Dixon £66, £63, £58; JW&D Dent £54, £50, £49; JE&E Dobson & Son £85, £80, £68, £65, £62; NB&R Hird £80, £66, £64(2), £61, £60(3), £56(2), £54, £53, £48(3); JF&F Hutchinson £70, £69, £68, £65, £61, £60(2), £53(2), £50(2), £49, £46(2); GS&SE Wilson £72, £62, £61(2), £58, £56(3), £53, £49, £48, £47; JR Longstaff & Son £70, £56, £51, £49, £47; MC Dent & Son £90, £61, £60, £58, £57; JB&GE Luck & Son £83, £80, £76, £70, £64, £63; JW Dent & Sons £85, £78(2), £76, £70, £68, £62(2), £60(2), £58, £56(2), £52, £51(3), £50(4), £49, £48; MJ&SM Wallace & Son £80, £62(2), £57, £52, £51, £48; PRE&E Marwood £75, £74, £73, £68, £62, GS Dixon £60, £55, £46(2), £44; J&SE Bainbridge £120, £86, £72, £66(2), £65, £61, £60; P Guy £66, £56, £55, £47, £46; WF&JC Metcalf £74, £61(2), £60, £56, £49; W Morley & Son £52, £48; A Guy £78, £64(2), £61(2), £53, £50, £46; JS Luck & Son £76, £64, £50, £46(2); J&MJ Walton £95, £88, £80, 68, £67, £52; T Collingwood £78, £58(2), £57, £51; R Collingwood £60, £59, £55, £51.

HAWES. – Tues. Fwd: 2829 sheep, 70 cattle. Autumn show & sale of 30 calves. Judge: Mr R Rutherford, County Durham.

Prizes. – Champion calf & 1 Continental bull (BB): AE Luffman, Howgill, £350. Cont bulls: 1 champion; 2 A Fawcett & Sons, Hawes, £280; 3 JB Capstick & Son, Kaber, £268. Cont hfrs: 1 JF Bowe & Son, Hawes, £230; 2 D Middleton & Son, Askrigg, £242; 3 WJ&CM Lambert, Hawes, £250; Fries/Holst bulls: 1 K Nicholson, Kaber, £122; 2 K Nicholson, £85; 3 K Nicholson £70.

Prices. – Calves: BBX bulls to £350 A E Luffman, Howgill, av £265; hfrs to £260 JF Bowe & Son, Hawes, av £226.67; Lim X bulls to £280 A Fawcett & Sons av £249.33; hfrs to £258 LC Scarr & Son, Bainbridge, av £213.67; Fries bulls to £130 J Scarr & Sons, Askrigg, av £92.33. Store cattle: Lim X bullocks to £650 av £555; hfrs to £595 av £530; BBX bullocks to £475. Beef breeding: Cow & calves to £800 LC Scarr & Son, Bainbridge, av £760. Cull cows: Fries/Holst cows to 111p av 89.20p; Cont cows to 110p av 102.5p; overall av 95.6p. Prime lambs: std to 124p av 113.3p; med to 136p av 113.3p; overall av 113.3p. Store lambs: Cont to £41.40 av £39.25; Mule to £36.70 av £34.31; horned to £32.40 av £25.05. Lt lambs: Cont to 119p av 109.4 p; Mules to 107p av 104.5p; horned to 104p av 94.1. Cast ewes: polled to £30 av £27.21; horned to £20 av £10.87.

HEXHAM. – Wed of last week. Annual prize show and sale of Mule and other gimmers. Fwd 2946 Mules bred from Swaledale and North of England Blackface ewe, & 590 Suffolk and Texel cross.

Judge: Thomas and Graham Common, Low Ardley, Hexham. Champion: Pen of gimmers out of Northumberland Blackface ewe, TL Forster & Son, Lowes Fell, £108 to the judges; res pen, Joe Vickers, Rennington South, £109 to WB Mitchell and Sons, Highlaws.

Prizes. – Mule gimmers (reared lambs): 1&2 FS Vickers, Rennington South. Mule gimmers (not reared lambs): 1 TL Forster & Sons, Lowes Fell; 2 JC&C MacDonald, Lightbirks.

Prices. – Mule gimmers (ex Blackface) to £109 Rennington South; Mule gimmers (ex Swale) to £106 Light Birks; Texel X gimmers to £108 Light Birks; Suff X gimmers to £100 Tone Hall; Char X gimmers to £80 Cooper House; Lleyn gimmers to £80 Mount Huly; Mule 2 & 3 crop ewes to £70 Hall Bank; Texel X 2 & 3 crop ewes to £70 Seven Acres; Texel X 3 crop ewes to £44 West Townhead; Texel X 4 crop ewes to £32 West Townhead; Suff X 1 crop ewes to £72 Tone Hall.

HEXHAM. – Last Fri. Second show and sale of Mule ewe lambs, with Scottish Blackface and Swaledale ewe lambs. Judge: Mr Joe Vickers, of South Rennington, Alnwick. Champion pen: MW&CM Ridley, Shitlington Hall, £73 to Miss R Curry, Manor Park. Res pen: WJ Scott, Low Leam, £66 J Scott, Mid Farm.

Prizes. – Mule ewe lambs (ex Scottish Blackface): 1&3 MW&CM Ridley, Shitlington Hall, £73, £62; 2 R English & Son, Brownsleazes, £70. Mule ewes lambs (ex Swaledale): 1 WJ Scott Ltd, Low Leam, £66; 2 WJ Scott Ltd, Low Leam, £62; 3 JRD&JA Short, Ouston, £50. Best run of 60 Mule ewe lambs: R English & Son, Brownsleazes.

Prices. – Mule ewe lambs to £79 Pitland Hills; Texel X ewe lambs to £56 Huntershield; Scottish Blackface ewe lambs to £52 West End Town; Swale ewe lambs to £43 Round Meadows.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. – Mon. Prize show & sale of store cattle & breeding cattle. Judge: Mr Graham Nutt. Overall champion: 16-m-o Blonde DAquitaine hfr, Messrs Pedley, Yore House, £890.

Under 15-m-o: Messrs Hutchinson, Uldale, £875. Lim X steer & hfr: Messrs Sowerby, £948, £928. Dispersal sale: F Dinsdale to £1,030 (Char X steers & hfrs); British Blue X to £1,000 from Messrs Paul (Sawbridge Hall).

Prices. – AAX steers to £590; hfrs to £528; BAX steers to £820 (13 m-o); hfrs to £890 (13 m-o); Brit Blue X steers to £1,000 (18 m-o), £758 (12 m-o); hfrs to £905 (18 m-o), £720 (12 m-o); Char X steers to £1,030 (20 m-o); hfrs to £1,030 (20 m-o); Lim X steers to £985 (20 m-o) £910 (15 m-o), £760 (12 m-o); hfrs to £928 (18 m-o), £820 (15 m-o), £725 (12 m-o). Also fwd:38 feeding cows to £898 Char X; £750 Lim X; AAX £715 Brit Blue X; £702 B&W; £690 for BAX.

LAZONBY. – Wed of last week. Fwd: 3,000 Mule Gimmer lambs. Judge: Mr J Winter, Appleby. Nemsa, champion & Joe Armstrong Memorial Cup: W&I Watson & Son, Sanders Close, £84 to Mr W Cowx.

Prizes. – Lambs shown by NEMSA members: 1 Champion; 2&3 W&I Watson & Son, Sanders Close, £75 to Mr W Cowx, £78 to Mr Mattinson; 4 DJ&H Richardson, Croft House, - not sold.

Open show: 1 WM&C Wallace, Gap Shield, £76 to Messrs Winter Bros; 2 R Bindloss & Son, Grayrigg Hall, £67 to Messrs Little; 3 GA&DE Thompson, Howburn, £66 to Mr Lawson.

Prices. – £84, £75, £61, £60, £59 Sanders Close; £78 Morley Hill; £76 Gapshield; £67, £58 Grayrigg Hall; £66, £58 Howburn; £62 East Unthank; £60, £58 Low Craig; £60 Williamstone, Keisley; £58 Farnbury.

LEYBURN. – Last Fri. Fwd: 52 calves, 2 dairy, 1572 breeding sheep & rams. Show & sale of terminal sires. Judges: Abe Dent, Walden (cattle); Mr B Robinson, York (pedigree Char rams); Chris Hagar, Lincolnshire (Masham gimmer lambs).

Prizes. – Texel shlgs: 1 & champion, John & Paul Hunter West Witton, 680 gns to judge; 2 D Poulter, Ripon, 500gns; 3 KO Stones, Marrick, 600gns. Others prices: D Poulter 530gns, 500gns, 400gns; KO Stones 520gns, 500gns; AC Bailey 450gns. Texel ram lamb: 1&3 Colin Taylor, Richmond, 200gns, 90gns; 2 Mrs S Lawson, Richmond, 200gns. Suff shlg: 1 & res K&E Stones 620gns; 2&3 S Poulter 720gns, 700gns. Char shlg: 1,2&3 E Wilson, Scorton, 300gns, 200gns, 290gns.

Pedigree Char rams. – Shlg: 1 & champion Kenton Foster, Leyburn, 480 gns to D Dinsdale, Aysgarth; 2&4 CW&V Marwood, York, 400gns(2); 3 K Foster 460gns. Ram lamb: 1 & res CW&V Marwood (reserved); 2&3 S&N Hodgson, Patrick Brompton, 200gns (reserved); 4 CW&V Marwood, 220gns.

Masham gimmer lambs. – 1 W&R Verity, Nidderdale, £80; 2 RW Wallis & Sons, Richmond, £60; 3 Martin Croft, Jervaulx, reserved; Masham av £51.

Prices. – Female breeding sheep. – Mule shlgs: M&E Hall £100, £90, £85, £82; W Raw & Sons £80, £76; Messrs T Bradley £77; Dan Greenwood £76; Cont shlgs: JD&J Ford £87, £76; E Wilson £67; Mule ewes (2 shr): JE Thorpe £64, £58; Yorcot Farm Ptns £60; Mule ewes (3 shr) JE Thorpe £60, £54, £53; Masham ewes (2 shr): JE Thorpe £57; Mule ewes (corr): M&B Allen £50, £48. Calved hfr: FJ Dent £1150; D Spence £980. B Blue bulls to £290 CC&TH Pounder av £209; B Blue hfrs to £230 GL&SM Thompson av £207; Lim bulls to £278 CT&JE Willoughby av £252; Lim hfrs to £188 J Sunter & Sons av £112; BA bulls to £275 J Pratt & Sons av £253; B&W bulls to £120 W Denham & JH Simpson & Co av £54; Simm hfrs to £110 SW Scrivin; AA bulls £90 M Bell & Son; AA hfrs to £52 M Bell & Son.

MIDDLETON IN TEESDALE. – Last Fri.

Fwd: 5,290 Swale gimmer lambs. Annual prize show & sale. Sale average of £34.33, up £4.33 on the year.

Prizes. – 1 R Marwood & Son, Long Green, £200 to A&K M Barnes; 2 C Nelson & Son, Lainger House, £68 to JE & AJ Mitchell; 3 & winner of the plaque for best ten lambs from A district, JC&J White, Rigg Farm, £220 to A&K M Barnes.

Prices. – £225, £54, £46, £40 Stanhope Gate; £220, £44 Rigg Farm; £200, £98, £90, £78, £75, £70, £81, £57, £50(3), £48, £40 Long Green; £150, £44, £43 Summer Lodge; £100, £46, £45, £42 West Briscoe; £80, £53, £50 Thwaite Farm; £72, £44 Tennant Gill; £68, £45 High Birk Hatt; £68, £46, £40(2) Stoneykeld; £68, £52 Lainger House; £66 Summer Lodge; £56, £50, £44, £41, £40 Birch Bush; £56, £48 Naby View; £54 Pallet Cragg; £52, £40 High Blackton; £52 Burnfoot; £50, £45 Dousgill; £48(2) Punchard; £45 Newton Lodge; £44 Battle Hill, High Beck Head; £43 West Friar House, £18 Hude; £42 Revelin; £41 West Hope; £40 Valley Farm, Buddle House NORTHALLERTON. – Sept 10. Fwd: show & sale of 720 breeding sheep & store lambs.

Prizes. – Mule shlg: 1 Mrs M Watkinson, £92; 2 W Merrin, £84. Any other breed shlg: 1 R Newhouse £59; 2 J Musgrove, £69.

Texel ewes: 1&2 R Newhouse, £55, £47.

Prices. – Mule Shlg: Mrs M Watkinson £92; R Johnson £87, £84; W Merrin £84, £82, £81; WA Andrews £82, £81, £80; Joplings £75, £71, £70; D Blacklock £81; M Smithson £73, £70; I T Rudd £66; J Musgrove £69, £60; K Tiplady £62, £60. Texel shlg: J Musgrove £73, £72, £67; R Newhouse £68, £59; Mrs D Reynoulds £35.

Cont/Suff/Texel ewes: R Newhouse £73, £68, £65; J Weatherhead £71. Store lambs.

– Texel: H Hobson £35.80. Rams. – Suff: D Midgeley £305, £280, £270; L Peel £405, £290; RS Kitson £150; R Richardson £108, £45; S Hammerton £140, £120; J Weatherhead £60; C Alton £80, £50, £40; Texel: C Alton £260, £170, £115; B&A Myers £250; R Dickinson £220, £195; T’Water Mrs D Reynolds £32, £30; Suff shlg gimmers: Ms P Lupton £122, £95. Fwd:43 OTM cattle to 122.50p av 88.13p.

PENRITH. – Tues. Fwd: 423 Suffolk & Continental shearling and ram lambs. Annual prize show & sale. Judge: Mr D W Cannon, Low Abbey.

Prizes. – Texel ram (shlng or over): 1 Messrs Ridley, Haltcliffe; 2 G Pyman, Salkeld Road. Texel ram lamb: 1 G Wilkinson, Arkelby House; 2 J Dickinson, High House; Suff ram (shlng or over): 1 Messrs Woodburn, Mansrigg; 2 Messrs Woodburn, Mansrigg. Hughie Rebanks Memorial Trophy, Suff ram lamb: 1 R Batty, Red Hills; 2 J Hewson, Burgh Head. Challenge Trophy for the Solway and Tyne Texel Breeders’ Club for Champion Texel: Messrs Ridley, Haltcliffe; res G Wilkinson, Arkelby House. Champion Suff: R Batty, Red Hills; res Messrs Woodburn, Mansrigg.

Prices. – Texel - £680, £660, £600, £540, £500, £480, £460, £450, £420, £400(3), £375 Park View (Pyman); £650, £550, £400, £380, £370, £350(2) Haltcliffe; £550, £520, £450, £350 Clickham; £530, £450, £410, £350 Arkleby House; £500, £430, £420, £350 Rosgillhead; £500, £430 Burgh Head; £500, £360(2) Irton House; £450 Colstons; £440, £360 Mansrigg; £420, £370, £350(2) Elm House; £380(2) High House (Dickinson); £370 Town End (Mounsey); £360, £350 Wood Farm; £350(2) Smithy Garth. Suff: £540, £460, £400, £370, £360, £330, £320(2), £310, £300(4) Romanvale; £420, £390, £340(3), £330, £320, £300(2) High Hall; £420, £300(2) Burgh Head; £400(3), £380(2), £370, £360, £350, £300 Mansrigg; £390, £370, £350(2), £340 Lockholme Hall; £380, £340(2) Nixon Terrace; £350, £330 Williamsgill; £320 Red Hills (Batty). Beltex: £420 Wood Farm; £360, £350, £300 Ainstable Hall. Char: £370 Thackwood; £300 Wood Farm. Bleu du Maine: £320 High House.

PENRITH. – Tues. Fwd: Annual show and sale of 10,000 North of England Mule gimmer lambs. Judges: Miss M Faulder, Ewan Close, Mr J Brough, Seat Hill, with Mr L Yarnold refereeing. Champion: Messrs Lord, Low Dowgill; res: Messrs Hutchinson, Redgate. Market average of £53.14.

Prizes. – 1 Champion; 2 Messrs Hutchinson, Redgate; 3 Messrs S Allan & Sons, Greenhow.

Prices. – Mule gimmer lambs: to £200, £88, £55 Low Dowgill; £130, £60 Oak House; £120, £81, £59, £55 Redgate; £91, £71, £59, £56 Waterside House; £87, £58 Greenriggs; £86, £76, £60(2), £55 Powis House; £82, £66, £63, £62, £60, £55 Greenhow; £76, £65, £58 Roachburn; £76, £68, £60, £57 Stoneriggs; £75, £65, £55(2) Fordlands; £73, £69 Haining House; £73, £61, £58(2), £56(2), £55 Hollins; £72, £62, £56 Ravenwood Cottage; £70, £68, £57, £56 Cannerheugh; £70, £64, £63, £59 Bank End Mill; £69, £62 Brenjulin; £68, £60, £56 Green Farm; £66, £58 Dyke Farm; £66, £57 Old Parks; £65, £60, £55(2) Outhwaite; £65, £60, £56, £55 Langton Gate; £65 Stonehall; £65, £59 Bell Mount; £65, £60(2), £55 Town End (Crocker); £64 How Green; £64, £58, £56 Well House; £63, £61 South House; £62, £58 Keisley; £62 Low Side; £61(2), £57 Scales (Braithwaite); £60 Fell House (Shuttleworth); £60 Burblethwaite; £60 High Lane (Capstick); £59, £55 Yore House; £59(2), £56(2) High Howe; £58(2), £56, £55 Crosby Lodge; £58 Dale Head Farming Co; £57 Haresceugh Castle; £57 East Low Field; £56 Mosedale End; £56 Roughill; £56 Moorend; £56(2) Hacra; £55 Widewath; £55 Thrang Cragg; £55 Midtown House (Kipling); £55 Hebblethwaite Hall.