BARNARD CASTLE. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 582 sheep inc Whit show for spring lambs. Champion pen: Brian Law, 38.5kg £69 to Peats Butchers.
Prizes. - Suff lambs: 1 K&RE Robson, 45k £67.80; 2 B&L Robson, 43.5k £65; 3 JB Stephenson, 40.5kg £59. Cont lambs:1 champion; 2 WR Thompson, 39kg £62; 3 WT Elstob & Son, 39kg £60.
Prices: Mule hoggs & lambs to £106; Mule ewes & lambs to £77. Std lambs to 179.2p av 153.3p; med to 157.8p av 145.8p; heavy to 147.3p av 139.6; lt hoggs to 112p av 88.2p; std to 108p av 98.8p; med to 124p av 102.2p; heavy to 130p av 116.2p; owt to 119p av 90.4p. Cast sheep: Cont £30.50; Leics £30; Mule £28; Swale £23.50.
PENRITH. - Fwd: 2,959 breeding & store sheep for annual "Troutbeck" sale.
Prices. - Mule hoggs & singles: £54.50, £50 Clickham; £53, £50 Town Head (Holliday); £52.50, £51.50, £50.50, £50 Little Blencowe Farm; £50 Baggra Yeat. Mule shlgs & doubles: £38.50 Town Head (Barker). Texel shlgs & singles: £40 Town Head (Barker). Cheviot ewes & singles: £35 Sunnyslack; £32.50 Deepdale Hall. With doubles: £33 Sunnyslack. Cont ewes & doubles: £35 Little Musgrave Farm. Lleyn ewes & doubles: £34.50 Norman Farm. Swale ewes & singles: £29.50 Undercragg. With doubles: £25 Undercragg; Swale ewes NCM & singles: £28 Undercragg; £27.50 Ulcatrow. With doubles: £25 Ulcatrow. Herdwick ewes & singles: £26.50 Anns Cottage. With doubles: £24.50 Anns Cottage. Herdwick gimmer hoggs: £32 Harry Place.
KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Mon. Fwd: 229 cattle, 66 ewes & lambs for latter New Fair sale of beef breeding & store cattle, ewes & hoggs with lambs at foot & geld gimmer hoggs. Top sheep price £40 per life for Texels & doubles.
Prices, bullocks. - Char: £572 Starrah. Lim: £628, £610 Blandswath; £598, £595 Valley Farm; £572(2) Enterber. BB: £535 Oak Tree; £525 Asby Grange. BA: £500 Helbeck Farm; £495 Yore House Holstein £500 Eden Flatt; £468 Enterber; £410 Stripes Simm £590(4) Helbeck Grange. Store hfrs. - BA: £548, £515, £472, £568 Helbeck Farm; £540, £490, £452 Clockeld. BB: £558 Clockeld; £515 Stripes; £500, £465 Millbeck; £475 Valley Farm. Herefd: £440, £420 Helbeck Grange. Lim: £578, £545(2), £530 Peatgates; £518 Starrah Simm £412 Helbeck Grange. Young feeding bulls/stirks. - Lim: £412 Bridge End; £382 Lamb Paddock. BB: £308 Sandford Hall. Breeding cattle. - BB hfr & hfr calf £800 Horns Farm; with bull calf £780 Horns Farm; Lim cow & bull calf £850 Hewgill House; Lim cow & steer calf £800 Musgrave House; Lim hfr & hfr calf £600 Cocklake Farm; AA cow & hfr calf £500 Flakebridge.
Sheep. - Rough Fell corr & twins £28 Steppes Farm; Swale corr & singles £22 Eskerleth Farm; Cheviot X corr & twins £25 Eskerleth Farm; Mule ewes & twins £38 Bridge End (Hall); Texel ewes & twins £38.50 Bridge End (Hall); Texel shlgs & twins £40 Bridge End (Hall); Mule Hoggs (geld) £56 Eskerleth Farm.
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