Special livestock sales

Prizes , - Lim X hfr & calf: 1 Needless Hall £1,300; 2 Mickley Moor £1.080. BBX hfr & calf: 1 Sleights House £1,000; 2 Mickley Moor £1,000. Hfr AO Cont X & calf: 1 Sleights House £1,300; 2 West Wharmley £1,020. AAX hfr & calf: 1 West Wharmley £780; 2 Old Town £700. In-calf hfr: 1 Thornham Hills £600; 2 Intake £730.

Prices. - Lim x hfrs & calves: £1,420 High Knipe; £1,350, £1,320, £1300 Needless Hall; £1,200, £1,150 Brackenthwaite; £1,150, £1,100, £1,050, £1,020; Sleights House; £1,120, £1,100 Branton Middle Steads; £1,000 Old Town; £980, £950 West Wharmley; £950 Highwood, £950 High Knipe (2nd calver); £920 High Studdon. BB hfrs & Calves: £1000 Mickley Moor; £900, £820 Sleights House. In-calf hfrs. - BB: £730, £700, £680(2) Intake. Herefd X: £620, £610, £600(2) Thornham Hills. Lim X: £570, £560 Tecket. Bulling hfrs: AA x Fries£490, £480 Thrunton Lowfield,

Mon. - Fwd: 402 Blackface, Swaledale, Cheviot, Leics, Suff, Texel & other Cont rams for show & sale, plus 3rd special sale of Down & Leics rams.

Prizes. - Aged Blackface (judge: Chris Walton, Wanwood Hill): 1 Allensgreen £220; 2 Low Stokoe £160; 3 Bridgeford £120. Swaledale (judge: John Short, Alwinton): 1 Low Leam £370; 2 The Raw £250; 3 Low Leam £230. Cheviot (judge: David Walton, Greyside): 1 High Thorneyburn £520; 2 Flotterton £240; 3 High Thorneyburn £160. Prices. - Blackface lambs: £300 High Staward; £200 East Land Ends. Blackface shlgs: £120 Thornton Tower; £100 Brieredge. Blackface 2-shear: £160 Low Stokoe. 3-shear: £220 Allensgreen; £120 Bridgeford. Swale shlg: £370 Low Leam; £250 The Raw; £230 Low Leam; £220 High Shaw; £200 Low Leam & High Shaw. Swale 3-shear: £110 Rawfoot; £90 Spittalshield. Cheviot shlg: £520, £260, 3200, £160 High Thorneyburn; £240 Flotterton; £160 Gilston. Cheviot 2-shear: £120, £100(2) Mowhaugh. 3-shear: £140 Gilston. Leics lambs: £420; £230, £190(2) Melkridge Farm. Leics shlgs: £480 Melkridge Farm; £380 Bog Hall; £300 Woodhouse; £280 Emley Farm; £280 Warksfield Head; £280(2) Tenter House. Leics 2-shear: £180 Tenter House. 3-shear: £160 Tecket Farm. Suff lambs: £190 Low Struthers; £150 Temperley Grange. Suff shlg: £300(2), £270 Saugh House; £280(2) Flotterton; £260 West Cocklaw; £250 Black Heddon, Cornhills; £220 Nesbit, Roseden. Suff 2-shear: £140 West Fenwick; £120 Heddon Steads. 4-shear: £100 West Fenwick. Texel shlgs: £520 Loanend; £320, £220 Brinkburnhope; £270 Wydon Farm; £230 Kiln Cottage; £200 Black Heddon. Beltex shlgs: £280, £210 High House; £260 High Hedley Hope. Beltex 2-shear: £120 Glebe Farm.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Sat. Fwd: 4,350 breeding & store sheep for Luke Fair sale. Averages: Swaledale ewes £39.52 (down £2.13); Swale gimmer lambs £34.99 (up £4.32); Mule gimmer lambs £54.17 (up £5.32); Swale gimmer shlgs £53.64 (down £3.29); Texel rams £168.42 (up £15.21); Swale rams £65.18 (up £16.92); Blue-faced Leics rams £242.92 (up £22.49)

Prices, rams. - Swaledale (aged): £260 Sleddale View. Swale shlgs: £150, £120 Valley Farm; £110 Davygill; £100 Bowderdale. BFL shlgs: £550, £350(2) Seal Houses; £330, £300 Quebec Farm; £300 East Lowfield; £260, £240 Garth Side; £220 Midtown Farm (Bainbridge). BFL aged: £360 Midtown Farm (Bainbridge); £350, £230 Low Chapel; £320 Nabb Farm; £210 Hullerbush. BFL lambs £190, £160, £130(2) Low Thornberry; £130 Heronwood; £120 Midtown Farm (Bainbridge). Texel shlgs: £250, £230, £220(2), £210 Dykes Hill House; £230 West Hope; £200 School Hill, Colda Croft. Texel aged: £180 Moor End. Texel lambs: £110 (2) Colda Croft. Suff aged: £110 School Hill. Gimmer lambs. - Mule: £78, £68 Coach & Horses; £64 Cranberry; £60 Valley Farm, Stennerskeugh, Studfold; £59 East Lowfield. Swaledale: £60 Shepherds Lodge; £58, £42 Thwaite Farm; £58, £44 Ravenseat; £52 Station House; £51 Leekworth Gardens; £50 Dale Head; £49 Borren House; £48, £40 Cotegill; £45 Kisdon; £44 West Stonesdale; £44, £40 Holly Cottage Barn; £44 Hillandale; £43 Scarr House; £40 Castlethwaite, Valley Farm, West Hope. Masham: £64 Bankwood. Store lambs. - Mule: £35.50 Croup Farm. Texel: £33 Croup Farm. Swale ewes: £106 Punchard; £100, £80, £76, £70 Aygill; £84 Sleddale Hall; £82, £51 Hoggarths; £80, £68 Long Green; £68 Shepherds Lodge; £66, £53 Sleddale View; £62, £50 High Birk Hatt, Cononish, Borren House; £61, £59, £57, £52 Arngill House; £60 Frith Holme; £60, £57, £55 Uldale Farm; £58 Thwaite Farm; £57 West Stonesdale; £56 Hill House; £55, £53 Bridge End; £52(2) High Blackton; £50 Aisgill Farm. Swale gimmer shlgs: £85 Battle Hill; £59 Thwaite Farm; £52 Stott Fold; £51 Bayles Farm; £50 Aygill Farm. NC Cheviot shlgs: £46 Higher Tremail.

Mon. - Fwd: 720 suckled calves for annual show & sale. Judge: Neil Slack. Champion: HR Hayton & Son, Asby Grange, Lim X bullock; res: KA Brown & Sons, Asby Hall, BBX bullock. Champion Lim calf: HR Hayton & Son (bullock); champion BB calf: KA Brown & Sons (bullock), res BB calf: HR Hayton & Son, (bullock)

Prizes. - Lim X bullock: 1 HR Hayton & Son £880 to N Slack; 2 KA Brown & Sons £660 to A Maughan. Lim X hfr: 1 D&CE Marston, Easegill Head, £540 to R&J Critchley; 2 KA Brown & Sons £610 to Owen Bros. BBX bullock: 1 KA Brown & Sons £820 to Smith Bros; 2HR Hayton & Son £700 to KW Ludgate. BBX hfr: 1&2 HR Hayton & Son £920 to MJ Dickens, £820 to KW Ludgate. AOB bullock: 1 RW Clarkson, Low Whita, £740 to J Crichton; 2 HR Hayton & Son £600 to JA Barnett. AOB hfr: 1 HR Hayton & Son £535 to MJ Dickens; 2 WH&M Hutchinson, Uldale, £408 to D Barker. Haltered bullock: 1 HR Hayton & Son £660 to JA Barnett; 2 D&JH Richardson, Croft House, £620 to DT Todd Farms. Haltered hfr: 1&2 HR Hayton & Son £740 to P&B Hodgson; £570 to Smith Bros. Bull: 1 CJ&J Bousfield, Langrigg, £482 to D Barker

Prices, bullocks. - AA: £398(2) Hall Close. BA: £740 Low Whita; £640, £505, £485 Flakebridge; £640 Asby Hall; £600, £585 Asby Grange; £520 Castle Bank; £529, £480 Stoneygarth; £529 Uldale; £502, £485, £480 Third Sunbiggin; £495 Sunnyside. BB: £820 Asby Hall; £700, £680, £660, £650, £640, £630 Asby Grange; £670, £665, £630 Park Lodge; £640 Thorneygale; £640 Ash Garth; £620 Croft House, High Stennerskeugh. Char: £490 Flakebridge. Lim £880, £650 Asby Grange; £660 Asby Hall; £620, £612 Naby View; £605 Green Farm; £600 Garnthwaite. Hfrs. - BA: £538, £492 Castle Bank; £555 Asby Grange; £500 Flakebridge; £435 High Lane; £408 Uldale; £400 Stoneygarth. BB: £920, £820, £740, £610, £515(2), £512 Asby Grange; £642, £570, £540 Park Lodge; £640 Asby Mill; £545, £500 Asby Hall. Baz: £282 Flakebridge. Lim: £628 Dufton Hall Farm; £610, £472 Asby Hall; £605 £502(5) Naby View; £540 Easegill Head; £480 Salterwath. Simm: £230(6) High Whitber. Bulls. - AA: £280 Galloper Park. BA: £450, £415(4) Ashfield. BB: £360 Low Field Farm. Char: £345 Low Greenhill. Lim: £480 Langrigg; £470, £458 Galloper Park; £455, £442, £422, £418, £415 Haccra; £448(3), £430(4) Rayne Farm; £440 Salterwath; £432, £418 Low Rough Hill. Simm: £325(6) High Whitber.

MIDDLETON in TEESDALE. - Tues. Fwd: 243 store cattle for annual show & sale. Overall av £529.25 (up £20 on year). Judge: S Dodd, Temple Sowerby.

Prizes. - Bullock: 1, overall champion & best beast shown by Strathmore Estate tenant JC&J White, Rigg Farm, £1,700 to B Hough; 2 & best beast shown by tenant of Lord Barnard CR Raine & Sons, Stanhopegate, £680 to Little. Hfr: 1&2 JC&J White £720 to S Dodd, £640 to K Harryman.

Prices, bullocks. - Lim X: £1,700, £670, £630 Rigg Farm; £740, £730 Woolpits Hill; £710, £700 Palletstone Farm; £700, £685, £675, £670(2), £660(3), £650(2), £648, £640, £630, £600(3) Step Ends; £685, £680, £625 Stanhopegate; £685 Bank Top; £670 The Pry; £660, £642 Fellowship Farm; £660, £610 Aukside; £640 Low Rigg; £622 Wythes Hill. BBX: £675 Stanhopegate. Char X: £700, £690, £680, £670, £600 Aukside. BAX: £505 Pallet Crag. Hfrs. - BBX: £525(2) Stanhopegate. Char X: £400 Sunnybrae. BAX: £350 Pallet Crag. Lim X: £720, £660, £640 Rigg Farm; £670 Palletstone Farm; £580 The Pry; £545, £500 Bank Top; £530, £515 Fellowship Farm; £525 Stanhopegate, Low Rigg.

NORTHALLERTON. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 1,330 store lambs, 240 store & breeding cattle, all for show & sale. Lamb judge: T Hugill; cattle judge: J Otterburn.

Prizes, lambs. - Cont X: 1 Mrs E Wood £44.50; 2 Simpsons £42. Cattle: 1 & overall champion J W Furness, Lim bull £480. Bullock: 1 L Garbutt £420. Hfr: L Garbutt £458.

Prices. - Suff X: £45.50 L Featherstone; £45, £39.20, £38.80 McIveson; £45 RL Garbutt; £43.50 E Hill; £43.20 RR Garbutt; £42.80, £42 Simpsons; £41.50 L Bainbridge; £40.80 IT Rudd; M Barley £42.20, £38.20, £35.50 W Ramsey; £38.20 JL Mason; £36 D Alderson; £33.50 AS Dowkes. Texel X: £44.20, £42.50 CB Wilkinson; £43.50 E Hill & Son; £42.50, £41.80 Simpsons; £40.50, £38 L Bainbridge; £40 S Sandersonl £39.80 DA Wood, G Parvin; £39.80, £33 P Allison; £37.80, £36.20, £35.20, £33.20 D Muir; £35 W Ramsey. Char: £38 LT Webster. Down: £38.50 B Fountain. Cont X: £44.50 Mrs E Wood. Mule: £30 A Wood. Breeding sheep. - Suff rams: £120, £95, £90 G Johnson. Mule shlgs: £59 Thornton Est. 2-shear: £58 Thornton Est. Mule corr: £50 J Blacker. Mule ewes: £35 S Sanderson. Texel shlg: £64 J Blacker. 2-shear: £48 J Blacker. Mule ewe: £11 A S Dowkes.

Fries calves £162 JC Foster. Breeding cattle. - Simm cows & calf: £570, £400, £390, £360, £250, £200 C Bowser. Char cow & calf: £300 JW Hoyle. Herefd cow & calf £315, £300 JW Hoyle. Bulls. - Lim: £480, £462, £460, £458, £448, £438, £415, £405 JW Furness; £400, £385 Mrs L Taylor; £390 JA Houseman; £360, £328 W Flintoff; £342 H Thomson; £332 JW Hoyle; £305 C Thompson; £300 PJ Tweddle. Char: £470, £435, £365 JW Furness; £352 K Clemmit. Simm: £395 C Thompson; £388, £380, £345, £295 C Bowser. BB: £350 PJ Tweddle; £275 C Thompson. AA: £290 JM Bell. Holstein: £290 JA Houseman. Fries: £280, £225 HJ Thomson. Hfr: £265 PJ Tweddle. Hfrs. - Lim: £550, £370 JW Guy; £395 A Fawcett; £402, £365 Mrs E Wood; £362, £295 WG Ainsley; £345, £320, £310 W Lamb; £322, £308 Miss J Parlour; £245 C Bowser. Simm: £510, £440, £418, £412, £402, £400 J Platts; £482 GG Cooper; £415, £250, £200 C Bowser; WB: £270 W Lamb. BA: £375 A Fawcett; £325 W Brass. Bullocks. - BA: £645, £578, £560 MB Peckitt; £525 A Kirk; £472, £390, £360 W Brass. BB: £590, £565 CW Tate; £585 M Dale; £480, £382 Mrs R Broadley; £468 Miss J Parlour. Lim: £575, £488, £482, £395, £380 Miss J Parlour; £572, £540 SA Storey; £550, £488, £465, £440 A Kirk; £550 M Dale; £540, £530, £372 JW Guy; £518 W Lamb; £470 Mrs R Broadley; £438, £435 Mrs P Webster; £420 RL Garbutt; £415, £412, £338, £260 W Lamb. Simm: £540 GG Cooper; £462, £455, £420 Mrs R Broadley. AA: £500 NL Trewitt; £400 GG Cooper; £398, £375 A Kirk. Char: £478, £455, £425, £370 Mrs P Webster. Fries: £448, £385 CW Tate; £435 G G Cooper. Private sales Oct 25-29, 92 fat cattle include OTMS, 113 fat sheep.

Thirsk. - Sat. Annual show & sale of Beef Shorthorn cattle. New breed record of 3,000gns. Champion: Gerald Turton, Upsall, May 2002-born in calf hfr bred by AT Preston, York (Moreby Tracey out of Morbey Norah by Glenisla Pavorotti) bought by Wyllie, Tamworth; res: MW Baines, Coxwold, home-bred 2002-born bull, unsold through ring.

Prices , (all in gns cows in calf to 1,750 av 1,041; cows & bull calves to 1,250 av 1,084; cow & steer calf 1,050; hfr calves (spring born) to 550 av 400; in-calf hfrs to 3,000 av 1,712; maiden hfrs to 2,450 av 1,507; bulls shr 1,000 gns, bulls jnr 2,600 gns.

TOW LAW. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 421 store cattle for special sale. Judge: Keith Metcalfe, Blue House Farm, Piercebridge. Overall champion: BB hfr from S Gibson, South Road, High Etherley, £780 to T Davie, Minting, Lincs; res: BAX steer R&RE Everitt & Son, Kirkley House, £730 to A Steele, Steeley Farm.

Prizes. - Steer: 1 R&RE Everitt & Son BAX; 2 AE&NG Beveridge, Low West House, BB; 3 S Gibson, South Road, High Etherley, BB. Hfr: 1 S Gibson BB; 2 A Hall, Preston Tilery, Lim X; 3 S Gibson BB.

Prices, steers, red CID. - Lim X: £695, £640, £610 China Hall; £500 Leazes Farm; £445, £435 Primroseside. Blue CID. - AAX: £420 Thornley Hall. Baz X: £568, £565, £532 & £530 Low West Farm. BBX: £700, £575, £570, £560, £548, £520, £495 Low West Farm; £645 Stockley Burn; £590, £580 White Kirkley; £590(2) Low West House; £555 Bridge End; £550 White Kirkley. BAX: £730 South Road, £730, £588(2), £510 Kirkley House; £685, £625, £565, £552, £545, £530, £510 Bridge End; £675, £668, £640, £610, £550, £530(2) Bishop Oak; £550 Lands Farm. Char X: £615, £575, £572, £565, £560(2), £555, £535(2), £520, £518 Low Hegeley; £552 Thornley Hall. Lim X: £665, £645, £642, £625, £590 Low House; £640, £602 Bishop Oak; £618 White Kirkley; £615 Bridge End; £612, £605, £602(2). £592, £585 Rogerley Hall; £605, £590 Nettlesworth West House; £600 Boltsburn; £600 Lands Farm; £598 Stockley Burn. Hfrs. - Baz X: £525 Low West Farm. BBX: £780, £640, £610, £495 South Road; £580, £535, £440, £435 Low West Farm; £530 Preston Tilery; £520 Stockley Burn. BAX: £585, £520(2), £505, £490, £450, £440 Bishop Oak; £562(2), £435, £395 Bridge End; £545 Kirkley House; £490 Lands Farm. Char X: £515 South Road; £455 Thornley Hall. Lim X: £645 Preston Tilery; £600 Leazes Farm; £590, £562, £550 South Road; £550 Thornley Park; £545, £522, £505 Lands Farm; £542 East Mayland; £540 Rogerley Hall; £535, £508 White Kirkley; £525, £520 Thornley Hall; £520, £500 Bridge End;

Thurs of last week. - Fwd: 776 suckled calves for annual special sale. Judge: Brian Hough, Park Grange, Park Lane, Pontefract, assisted by Steven Smith. Overall champion: 7-m-o BB steer, Rochester & Murray, Glebe Farm, £800 to TD Hough & Sons, Park Grange; res: 6-m-o BB steer, Rochester & Murray, £820 to CN Bentley, The Gables, Kepwick, Thirsk. Top price of day, £1000, BBX hfr, GW Lee & Sons, Stockley Burn, to AD&A Richardson, Low Bank End Farm, Appleby.

Prizes. - Steer; 1&2 Rochester & Murray (both BB); 3 P&EB Robson, Middle Horsleyhope, Lim X. Hfr: 1 AE&NG Beveridge, Low West House, BB; 2 JM Spedding, Harelaw, BB; 3 K Mitchelson, Dene House.

Prices, steers, blue CID. - BAX: £655 Jolly Body; £610, £530, £460 West Bridge End; £420 Thornley Pit House. BBX: £612, £580, £540 Glebe Farm; £550, £540, £458 Stockley Burn; £528, £475, £465 Low West Farm; £522, £490 West Biggens; £470 West Bridge End; £460 Allotment. Lim X: £600, £568, £565(2), £562, £532, £525, £515 West Biggens; £545, £542, £520 White Kirkley, £545, £540(2), £520, £512 Rogerley Hall; £542, £512 Stockley Burn; £535, £530 Stewartshields Meadow. Green CID. - BAX: £575, £540, £485, £530, £525 Kirkley House; £570, £560, £512, £490 Jolly Body; £540, £500 Gordon House; £532, £502, £480(2), £478, £475, £465(2) Low Wiserley; £460 East Mayland. BBX: £820, £800 Glebe Farm; £560 School House; £545, £515, £505, £502, £470(2), £455, £442 Low West Farm, £545, £480 Haggate; £535 White Kirkley; £510, £492, £480 Allotment; £500 Low Wiserley; £480 Newlandside. Char X: £550, £540, £515, £480, £470, £468, £460 West Shipley. Lim X: £740 Middle Horsley Hope; £680, £570 Redburn; £625, £575(2), £572, £555 £552, £545, £535 Friarside; £590 Holywell; £580, £560(2) Sunderland Cleugh; £570, £550(2) Binchester Hall; £545 Intake Farm; £530 Haggate. Hfrs. - AAX: £330 Thornley Park. Bax: £515 Redburn; £510 West Bridge End; £415 Jolly Body; £400 Gordon House; £370, £358 Low Wiserley; £370, £365 Kirkley House. BBX: £1,000, £520 Stockley Burn; £635 Harelaw; £530, £510, £470, £400 Low West Farm; £510, 3448, £445 Allotment; £460, £435, £430 Harelaw; £450 Dene House. Char X: £425 Halfway House; £392, £385, £355 West Shipley; £365, £360 Thornley Pit House. Lim X: £650, £550, £515, £468 White Kirkley; £552 West Bridge End; £540 Middle Horsley Hope; £540, £490, £480 Stewartshields Meadow; £515, £505 Glebe Farm; £510, £495 Stockley Burn; £510, £480, £472 Rogerley Hall; £505 Sowenburn; £495; £485 Redburn; £468 Friarside; £465 West Biggens.

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