BARNARD CASTLE Sale of OTM cattle
Prize Show & Sale of Breeding cattle, Sale of Feeding Bulls & Store cattle
32 OTM Cattle met a flying trade many more could have been sold to the Vendors’ advantage. 32 OTM cattle met a firm trade.
Top price per Kilo was a 60 month old Limousin at 197.5p from CA&J Kipling, Stone Close, Scargill. Top price per head was a Limousin cow at £1515.13 from DC&KL Hutchinson, Old Spital Farm, Bowes.
Other Leading Prices per kilo: 195.5p DC&KL Hutchinson 194.5p CA&J |Kipling 194.5p RW Dalton 187.5p, 183.5p, 181.5p GT&E Atkinson 185.5p JE&E Dobson & Son 181.5p PJ Dixon 179.5p JL&M Wilkinson & Son 178.5p ER Thompson 178.5, 177.5p, 163.5p G&MF Turnbull & Sons 1 77.5p, 175.5p(x2) J&SE Bainbridge 175.5p JF&F Hutchinson 169.5p DH Ettey & Son 168.5p AG&JM Bell
Other Leading Prices per Head: £1455, £1316, £1298 J&SE Bainbridge £1439 RW Dalton £1350, £1330, £1252 GT&E Atkinson £1333, £1225 CA&J Kipling £1301 JL&M Wilkinson & Son £1281 JF&F Hutchinson £1279 PJ Dixon £1267 ER Thompson £1267 G&MF Turnbull & Sons £1159 JE&E Dobson & Son £1121 JA&GD Robinson £1059 DH Ettey & Son
Prize show and sale of breeding cattle
The Prize Show & Sale of
Breeding Cattle was judged by Clive Metcalf, Barningham who gave the overall Championship to a Limousin Heifer with a Limousin Bull Calf from Messrs Tindale, Paradise Farm, Shadforth which the judge purchased for £2600. Breeding cattle
Prize list
Cow & Calf: 1st R Walton, Ellergill Barn, Mickelton
Heifers & Calves: 1st Messrs Tindale, Paradise Farm, Shadforth; 2nd Messrs Tindale, Paradise Farm, Shadforth; 3rd RB Watson, Strand Foot, Bowes
Top price was a Limousin Heifer with a Limousin Bull calf at £2950 from Messrs Tindale, Paradise Farm, Shadforth. Top price Cow & Calf was a Limousin cow with a British Blue calf from GT&E Atkinson, Wether Hill, Winston, Darlington at £2900. Other leading prices: Heifers & Calves: £2900(x2), £2800, £2650, £2600(x2), £2500(x2), £2050 Messrs Tindale £2700, £2600, £2450 RB Watson £2300 GT&E Atkinson Other leading prices: Cows & Calves £2200(x2) R Walton £2100 GT&E Atkinson
In-calf Heifers sold to £1450 from GT&E Atkinson. A catalogued entry of 40 Feeding Bulls and 185 Store Cattle, were presented to a full ringside of buyers resulting in a marvellous trade for all classes and ages of stock. Top price of the day was a
Limousin Steer at £1695 from R&M Hunter, Thorney Scale South Stainmore.
Top priced heifer was a Limousin at £1595 from JW&EA Watson, Pallet Stone, Langleydale. Top priced Bull was a Limousin at £1505 from G&MF Turnbull & Sons, Whashton Springs, Richmond.
Other Leading prices Steers: Limousin: £1585, £1565 R&M Hunter £1525, £1515 WK&MM&SJ Lamb £1375, £1315, £1245, £1235(x2), £1175, £1155, £1095 A Peart & Son £1375, £1275, £1175(x2) E & K Bland £1335, £1185(x2) F & MP Allinson & Son £1335, £1295 DA &A MG ill£1225D&GHunn am & Son £1155 D & PH Brown £1145, £1035(x2) £995, £975, £955(x3) I Potts
British Blue: £1305, £1145 D & G Hunnam & Son £1075, £1035 I Potts
Other leading prices heifers: Limousin: £1495, £1325, £1285, £1195 £1115, £1065 A Hobson £1445, £1415, £1345 TL Anderson £1355, £1335 JW & AE Watson £1345, £1255, £1185 WK & MM & SJ Lamb £1325(x2), £1285, £1275, £1255 EA & AM Gill £1315,£1295,£1215 D& G Hunnam & Son £1265, £1235, £1185(x3) G & MF Turnbull & Sons £1265 G & JM Blackburn £1265, £1175 F & MP Allinson & Son £1265, £1245, £1095, £1045 D & PH Brown £1255, £1085, £995 RW Makepeace £1255x2, £1145, £1105x2, £1015 E & K Bland £1215, £1145, £1115, £1085, £1055(x2), £1005(x2) A Peart & Son £1245, £1215, £1175, £1125, £1115, £1035, £995(x2) JR Addison & Sons £1205, £1185 CR Metcalf £1185 I Potts £1095, £1065 J & SE Bainbridge £1085, £1065, £995 AA Walton & Son £1075(x2), £985 G& J MB lack burn £1065 K Lind £1045, £955x2 I & RA Watson £1015(x2), £985 GM & SG Richardson £1135, £1105, £1065,£1055,£1015 C& R Metcalf
Simmental: £985 I Potts Other leading prices Bulls: British Blue: £1465(x2), £1375, £1295, £1285, £1275, £1265(x2), £1175 C& R Met calf £1385, £1365, £1315, £1085 G & MF Turnbull & Sons £1305 DH Ettey & Son
Limousin: £1365, £1275(x2), £1205, £1035 G & MF Turnbull & Sons £1285 C& R Met calf £1275, £1025 Messrs Ashley £1255, £1115 PJ Dixon £1135, £1095, £1085, £1015, £995 RE Williamson £1135 K Lind £1005, £945 RW & C Spry
5 Prime Lambs & 70 Hoggs & 151 Cast Sheep
Prime lambs
Top price per head was a Continental lamb at £131.80 from B & JD Beadle & Son, Scaife House Farm, Staindrop. Same Vendor also achieved top price per kilo of 333p for a pair of Continental lambs.
Other leading prices per head: £125.80, £123.20 B & JD Beadle & Son (Cont)
Other leading prices per kilo: 331.5p, 329.5p B & JD Beadle & Son (Cont)
Prime hoggs
Top price per head was a Beltex hogg at £133.80 from JR Wilkinson, Langlands, Barningham
Other leading prices per head: £129.80, £115.80, £109.80 J Walshaw & Son (Cont) £129.80, £114.80, £109.80 JD Kearton (Belx/Cont) £129.80, £100.80 JR & L Harding (Cont) £129.80 JR Wilkinson (Tex) £119.80, £118.80, £116.20, £112.80, £99.80, £83.80 IS & JD Cowan (Cont) £118.20, £89.80 SM & F Donald (Cont) £114.80, £109.80 JW & EA Watson (Cont) £100.00 DE Stones (Cont)
Suffolk hoggs sold to: £119.80 DE Stones £111.80 J Walshaw & Son £100.00 SR Plumb
Mule hoggs sold to: £114.80 DE Stones £93.80 J Walshaw & Son
Top price per kilo was 295p for a Beltex hogg from JD
Kearton, Ovington House, Ovington
Other leading prices per kilo: 278p, 239.5p JD Kearton (Belx/ Cont) 260.5p, 247p, 237.5p, 226.5p IS & JD Cowan (Cont) 252p JR & L Harding (Cont) 252p, 234p J Walshaw & Son (Cont) 244p, 225.5p JW & EA Watson (Cont) 244p SM & F Donald (Cont)
Cast sheep - ewes
Top priced ewe was a Texel at £180.00 from ER Thompson, High Corn Park, Cotherstone
Other leading prices per head: £167.50 ER Thompson (Tex) £131.00 J Wigham (Tex) £124.50 J Walshaw & Son (Cont) £108.50 JR & L Harding (Cont) £104.50 T & DI Allen & Son (Cont) £103.50 SM & F Donald (Cont) £99.50 G & MF Turnbull & Sons (Tex) £98.50 DE Stones (Cont) £95.50 JR Dowd (Cont)
Zwartble ewes sold to: £117.50 J Walshaw & Son
Mule ewes sold to: £114.50, £106.50 G & MF Turnbull & Sons £109.50 SM & F Donald £109.50, £104.50 JW & EA Watson £100.50 AA Walton & Son £97.50 DE Stones £84.50 J Walshaw & Son £79.50, £68.50 SR Plumb
Swale ewes sold to: £111.50 ER Thompson £99.50, £84.50 G & MF Turnbull & Sons £84.50 JW & EA Watson £75.50 J Walshaw & Son £69.50 AA Walton & Son
Suffolk ewes sold to: £109.50 J Walshaw & Son £96.50 JR Dowd £84.50 SR Plumb
BF Leic ewes sold to: £99.50 J Walshaw & Son £70.50 JW & EA Watson
Goats from JR & L Harding, High Farm, Cleatlam sold for £94.80, £93.80 & £79.50 Rams
Top priced ram was a Beltex at £91.50 from J Wigham, Butterknowle
Prize show and sale of mule and continental hoggs and lambs
Barnard Castle Auction Mart held its Prize Show & Sale of Mule & Continental Hoggs and lambs. The judging was expertly carried out by Robbie Dalton, West End Farm, Hunderthwaite, who awarded the first prize ticket for the Mule Hoggs & Lambs to M Hedley, Cotherstone.
Prize list
Mule Hoggs & Lambs: 1st M Hedley, Sunnycroft, Cotherstone - £292; 2nd M Hedley, Sunnycroft, Cotherstone - £285; 3rd GS&SE Wilson, High House, Marwood, Barnard Castle - £190
Continental Hoggs & Lambs: 1st D&M Buck, Quarry Grange, Barnard Castle (Dutch Spotted X with Beltex Lambs) - £272; 2nd W Morley & Son, Warden Hill, Westgate (Tex/Leic with Char Lambs) - £238; 3rd D&M Buck. Quarry Grange, Barnard Castle (Dutch Spotted X with Beltex Lambs) - £267
Suffolk Hoggs & Lambs: 1st S Plumb, Keysbeck Farm, Farndale - £245; 2nd S Plumb, Keysbeck Farm, Farndale - £232; 3rd S Plumb, Keysbeck Farm, Farndale - £238
Top price of the day were the first prize pen of Mule Hoggs & Beltex lambs from M Hedley, Sunnycroft, Cotherstone which were sold for £292 to Bob Richmond, Leeds. Top priced Continental Hoggs & Lamb were a pen of 5 Dutch Spotted Texel Cross Hoggs with Beltex lambs from D&M Buck, Quarry Grange, Barnard Castle which sold for £272 to Chris & Elaine Dent, Bowes.
Top priced Suffolk Hoggs & Lambs from Simon Plumb, Farndale, these sold for £245 to Bob Richmond.
Other Leading prices Mule Hoggs & Lambs: £285, £260 M Hedley £205, £191, £188 RB Watson £190, £168, £165 GS&SE Wilson
Continental Hoggs & Lambs: £267 D&M Buck £238, £215 W Morley & Son £230 JR&L Harding £200 S Plumb
Suffolk Hoggs & Lambs: £238, £232, £218 S Plumb
Ewes & Lambs sold to: £235 from T&DI Allen & Son, Chatterley Farm £222 from S Logan, Gainford & £215 from JR&L Harding.
WOOLER May 17 and 18
Harrison and Hetherington held its fortnightly sale of store and grazing cattle at Wooler Mart
Topping the day’s trading was T WT el ford, Pasture Hill with a smashing Aberdeen Angus.x Steer at £1310 Top price per kilo went to D Harvey & Son, Shotton with a Limousin.x Steer at 314.3p
Leading prices per head – Steers: Aberdeen Angus: £1310, £1020 Pasture Hill, £1150, £1090 Cold Martin. Simmental: £870 Shotton. Limousin: £880, £840 Shotton
Leading prices per head – Heifers: Aberdeen Angus: £1260, £1050 Humbleheugh, £1060 Milfield Demesne. Limousin: £900, £840, £830 Shotton
Leading prices per kilo – Steers: Aberdeen Angus: 314.3p, 251.6p, 250.7p Shotton. Aberdeen Angus: 283p Shotton, 247.9p, 230.1p Doxford Dairy, 240p Pasture Hill. Simmental: 280.6p Shotton
Leading prices per kilo – Heifers: Limousin: 308.8p, 266.7p (2) Shotton. Aberdeen Angus: 239.5p, 228.3p Humbleheugh, 232p Shotton
Harrison and Hetherington held its weekly sale of primestock selling 548 prime sheep comprising of 71 Lambs, 328 Hoggs and 149 Cast Ewes & Rams
Lambs:
A good show of lambs forward for the first week sold well to average 312p with mainly weighty sorts forward. Sale topped at £160 for a pair of Suffolk.x from J Vickers, South Rennington
Leading prices per head: Suffolk: £160, £159, £146 South Rennington, £157, £155, £149 West Hall, £155, £147.50 Newstead, £140 Springhill (Berwick). Texel: £158.50, £157, £150 Newstead, £157 Ladykirk (Swallow), £152 Hetton Law
Leading prices per kilo: Texel: 333p Berryhill (Skeen), 333p West Hall, 330p Hetton Law Hoggs:
A good show of heavies were dearer on the week, commercial types harder to cash
Sale topped at £162 M Beal, Charlton Mires
Leading prices per head: Suffolk: £162, £157, £156, £150 Charlton Mires, £158.50, £148, £146.50 Berry Hill (Redpath), £157 Springhill, £155.50 Berryhill (Skeen). Texel: £158.50, £149 Berryhill (Skeen), £156 Springhill, £154.50, £151.50, £150.50 Charlton Mires, £152 Berry Hill (Redpath), £149 Springhill (Berwick), £148 West Hall. Vendeen: £146 North Lyham. Cheviot: £142, £138.50 North Lyham. Mule: £132 Newham Buildings
Cast Ewes:
Cast sheep hold the firm rates seen in recent weeks, as numbers continue to be slow in coming forward. Sale topped at £203 for a shapely Texel ewe from Rennie Livestock
Whilst cast tups peaked at £169 for a pen of stretchy tups from S White & Co, Bowshiel
Leading prices: Texel: £203 Attonburn, £187, £183, £169, £150 (2), £147 Berryhill (Skeen), £153 Milfield Demesne, £145 West Hall, £144 Berry Hill (Redpath). Suffolk: £163, £146 Berryhill (Skeen), £146 Quarry House, £140 Brackenside, £137 Newstead, £122 Sunnyside. Half Bred: £139 Berry Hill (Redpath). North Country Cheviot: £121, £117 Attonburn. Greyface: £120 Berryhill (Skeen), £112 Brackenside. Romney: £117 Attonburn. Easy Care: £94 Milfield Demesne. Blackface: £93 Treaty Park
Rams: Texel: £169, £168 Bowshiel