HAWES. - Thurs of last week. Annual show & sale for Blue-faced Leicester Sheep Breeders' Assn. Fwd: 34 aged rams, 148 shlg rams, 466 ram lambs, 51 females. Aged rams to £5,200 av £1,061 (down £379 on 2003). Shlg rams to £6,200 (down £279 on 2003). Ram lambs to £23,000 av £1,228 (down £23 on 2003).

Prizes. - Shlg rams: 1 J Wight & Sons, Midlock, Crawford, £2,700 to J Wharton, Tebay; 2 GT Davies & Son, Tygwyn, £900 to J&M Kerr, Maybole; 3 Lord, Hewgill, £1,800 to R Emmott, Cockermouth. Ram lambs: 1 & overall champion WC Porter & Son, Riddings,£4,000 to Mrs Sharp, Lauder; 2 & res JW Smith-Jackson, Melkridge, £5,000 to J&M Kerr; 3 WC Porter & Son £2,500 to GW Lee, Frosterley. Females: 1 J Fawcett & Son, Hollins, £750 to P Webster, Shrewsbury; 2 J Fawcett & Son £700 to DIL Jones, Brecon; 3 F Dinsdale & Sons, Melmerby, £450 to JE&JI James, Builth Wells. Aged ewes & gimmer shlgs: 1 WC Porter & Son £1,300 to EG Bulman, Northallerton; 2 W&D Lawson & Son, Gragareth, £200 to R Metcalfe; 3 F Dinsdale & Son, Melmerby, £450 to JE&JL James.

Prices. - Aged rams: W&CW Dent £5,200 to RD Archer, Wark, £3,000 to Lord, Stainmore; G Rawsthorne £4,000 to JA Alderson, Barras; W Buckle, Barras, & K Fawcett, Stainmore; JC&N Throup £2,000 to G Fairburn, Harrogate. Flock av: W&CW Dent, Greenriggs £4,100(2).

Shlg rams: G Rawsthorne £6,200 to J Nelson & Son; WC Porter & Son £3,200 to JC&N Throup; J&AE Barker £3,000 & £2,400 to TW&TB Edgar; J Wight & Sons £2,800 to Clarke, £2,000 to John Wharton; Lord £2,400 to J Fawcett; Ellis Bros £2,200 to M Horsfield, £2,200 to Wallace; JH Pedley £2,200 to JK Renwick; N White £2,100 to M Barker; WA&A Booth £2,000 to W P Walker. Flock avs: G Rawsthorne, Lunedale, £2,750 (3); J Wight £2,750 (2); WJ Barker, Keer £2,125(4); Lord, Hewgill £2,000 (3).

Ram lambs: HW&MA Alderson & Son £23,000 to A&KM Barnes; J&EA Barker £10,000 to WM Hutchinson & Sons; Lord £10,000 to WC Porter & Son; G Rawsthorne £6,000 to Hargreaves, £6,000 to D&HM Watson; W&CW Dent £5,800 to N McQuish, H Mackaskill & J&A Brown; RA Busby & Son £5,400 to Procter Farms; G Rawsthorne £5,000 to Lawson, £5,000 to W&CW Dent; JW Smith-Jackson £5,000 to J&M Kerr; W&CW Dent £4,800(2); £3,100, £2,600; Lord £4,500(3), £4,000, £3,500, £3,000; G Rawsthorne £4,500, £4,000, £3,800, £3,200, £3,000(2), £2,500; RA Busby & Son £4,000; J Wight & Sons £4,200, £4,000; WC Porter & Son £4,000, £3,500, £3,000, £2,000(2); J Fawcett & Son £3,800; PD&PJ Ellis £3,500; J&AF Barker £3,100, £2,500; WA Dinsdale & Son £3,000; GP Taylor & Sons £3,000; WA&A Booth £2,800, £2,500; T Ayrton & Son £2,600, £2,400; M Dawson £2,600; R&PE Hargreaves & Sons £2,600; GT Davies & Son £2,500(2); WC Porter & Son £2,500(2). Flock av: HW&MA Alderson & Son, Howgill Grange, £6,775(4); Gordon Rawsthorne, £3,960(10); J Wight & Sons £3,400(3); J&AE Barker £3,300(6); Lord £3,127(15); RA Busby & Son, Harland £3,020(5)

Females. - Gimmer lambs to £3,200 av £609; K Barker £3,200; Ellis Bros £1,500, £450, £300 J Fawcett & Son £600; DA&MA Brown & Son £500(2); JJ&E Lawson £450; J Nelson & Son £450. Shlgs: Ellis Bros £800; DA&MA Brown & Son £500; E Fairburn & Sons £300. Aged ewes: G Rawsthorne £2,800, £2,600, £1,000; Ellis Bros £400; KA Fawcett & Sons £400; W C Porter & Son £400. Flock av: Keer £3,200(1); Lunedale £2,133(3); Ilkley Moor £690 (5); Hollins £683(3).

Sat. - Fwd: 603 breeding sheep for sale of Swaledale ewes & gimmer shlgs for Mossdale Farms, RA Sowerby & PE&KA Sowerby.

Prices. - Mossdale Farms: 9 individual ewes to £1,600 av £568.89; 224 ewes (2-3 crop) to £210 av £84.60; 12 individual gimmer shlgs to £1,200 av £518.33; 168 gimmer shlgs to £84 av £74.49. RA Sowerby: 5 individual ewes to £1,000 av £380; 64 ewes (2-3 crop) to £84 av £60.13; 45 gimmer shlgs to £82 av £75.07. PE&KA Sowerby: 7 individual ewes to £1,000 av £571.43; 23 ewes (1-3 crop) to £110 av £65.22; 53 gimmer shlgs to £200 av £81.36.

Mon. - Fwd: 2,026 Swaledale ewes, 127 rams, ram lambs & females. Annual sale of crossed Swaledale ewes, also special sale of Blue-faced Leics, Suff & Cont rams & females. Corr Swale ewes to £86 av £40.11 (down £14.09 on 2003); BM ewes to £42 av £18.65 (down £8.86); feeding ewes to £18 av £13.09 (no chgange).

Prices. - Corr Swale ewes: JC Nelson & Son £86, £74, £52; WM&JE Shuttleworth £81, £76(2); WA Dinsdale & Son £80, £65, £61, £50; Walburn Hall Farms £77, £76, £65, £54(2); Mrs D Heseltine & JR Akrigg £64; D&DR Alderson (Gun) £61, £52, £549; IE&M Kearton £56(2); Drinkall Bros £53, £46, £45; JS&D Cloughton & Son (CG) £47; RW&MA Suttill £46; W&JE Baines £43. BFL aged rams to £390 av £155.57; KW&J Clarkson £390, £260, £110; A&NJ Heseltine £380; A Spence £350, £100; J Sunter & Sons (RG) £250, £150, £120, £100; CT&JE Willoughby £200; B Spence & Sons £200, £130; A Rickaby £200; B&J Park £200; BD&A Horner £180, £100; N Harland £180, £155; Walburn Hall Farm £160; D Pratt £150, £120; JC Heseltine £150; DT Dinsdale £150; R Mudd & Sons £110; GR Scarr £100; W Iveson £100; J Coates £100; S&RJ Calvert £100. Shlgs to £310 av £184.76; JS Cloughton (BP) £310, £300, £160; DT Dinsdale £280, £180; J Alderson (Bainbridge); £280, £190, £170, £130; JE&DJ Hutchinson £210; K&A Woof £200, £180, £160; A Spence £200; F Dinsdale & Sons £200 (2); JC Heseltine £160; K Metcalfe & Sons £110; B Spence & Son £100. Lambs to £300 av £172; AC Hutchinson £300, £210, £200, £170, £150, £140, £100; P Fell £200(2); KW&J Clarkson £160(2); £140(2), £130. Gimmer shlgs to £100. Suff aged rams to £250 av £172.50; DS&P Wells £250, £200; H Avison £150. Shlgs to £230. DS&P Wells £230; AC Bailey £130. Lambs to £190 H Avison. Texel, Texel X & Beltex aged rams to £220 av £148; B Maughan £220, £200, £140; JF Bowe & Son £110. Shlg rams to £140 av £135; AC Bailey £140; B Maughan £130; GN Robinson & Son £110. Other Cont aged rams to £150 av £125; AT Pratt £150; AC Bailey £100.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Last Fri. Fwd: for annual prize show & sale 2,751 Swaledale gimmer lambs, also 1,516 Swale & other breed ewes, 299 Blue-faced Leics, Texel, Suff, Cheviot & Char rams & females. Judge for Swaledale gimmer lambs: T Wallace, Farneyshield. Swale ewes av £33.81 (down £4.99); Swale gimmer lambs av £40.82 (up 75p); rams av £336.13 (up £37.58); females av £103.70 (up £6.77); BFL to £1,600 av £500.36.

Prizes: 1 R Marwood & Son, Long Green £125 to judge; 2 RS Harker, Overthwaite, £85 to Dawson, Kentmere Hall; 3 D Birbeck, Villa Park, £100 to B Smith, Whygill Head.

Prices, ewes. - Mule: £60, £59 Uldale; £57 High Lane (Boustead). Swale: £65, £50 Hodgson House; £60(2), £50 Park House (Hodgson); £60, £58 Stennerskeugh; £60. £56 West Stoneykeld; £52, £50 Riddings. Swale gimmer lambs: £125, £85, £50 Long Green; £100, £55 Villa Park; £85, £62, £55 Punchard; £85, £50 Overthwaite; £82, £65, £53(2) Halfpenny House Farm; £70, £52 Park Lodge; £69, £50 Gillgate; £68, £50 Hoggarths; £66 Hartley Castle; £63 Hillside; £60 Thorns; £56 West Stonesdale; £54 Frith Holme; £52 Kisdon; £52, £51 Well House. BFL shlgs: £350 Croft House (Richardson); £250, £240 High Plains.

Rams. - BFL shlgs: £1,000, £800 Asby Grange; £1,000 Swathburn; £700, £500 High Stennerskeugh; £650, £500 High Plains; £600 Asby Hall. BFL aged rams: £1,400, £900 Asby Grange; £1,000 High Plains. BFL lambs: £1,600, £750, £550(2) Harkerside; £1,400, £1,300, £500 Swathburn; £1,250 Castle Hill Farm; £1,200, £900, £850, £800 West Dowgill; £1,100, £950, £850 Asby Hall; £800 (2) Riddings; £550(2) Marrieforth; £500(2) Asby Grange; £500 Abbey Park. Texel shlgs: £400, £360, £350 Hwogill Foot; £340, £300 Nuncote Nook Farm. NC Cheviot: £320 Nuncote Nook Farm. Beltex X Texel shlgs: £310 Ewebank Farm. Suff shlgs: £320 School Hill; £300 Nuncote Nook Farm.

MIDDLETON in TEESDALE - Fwd: 5,064 unX Swaledale ewes & 386 gimmer shlgs for annual sale. Ewes av £65 (up £2.07 on year); shlgs av £62.73 (down £5.85).

Prices. - Ewes: £280, £100(2), £98, £88(2), £75 Stanhopegate; £130, £105, £100, £82, £78 High Birk Hatt; £110 Burncroft Farm; £105, £86, £76(2) Arngill House; £105, £78 The Rigg; £100, £98, £78 Newton Lodge; £100, £90, £86, £84 Toft House; £99(2), £70 Bank Top; £92, £81 Green Hills; £92(2), £70 Bink House; £92, £74, £72 West Brisco; £92, £88, £86(3), £79, £76 Wolf Cleugh; £90 Crumma; £89, £76 Bollihopeshield; £88, £82. £86, £72 Grains o' Beck; £88, £82 Blunt House; £88, £76(2) Battle Hill; £82(2) Step Ends; £82, £77 West Friar House; £80, £76, £70 Park End; £78 Home Farm; £77 Lane Head; £76 Ettersgill House; £74 Birkdale; £73 Stoney Hill; £72 The Pry; £71 Bail Hill; £70 Cronkley; £70 Peghorn Lodge. Gimmer shlgs: £100 Stanhopegate; £88, £74, £70(2) High Corn Park; £81 Low Houses; £76 Bink House, Grains o' Beck; £74 West Briscoe; £72 The Pry; £70 Park End, Peghorn Lodge.

Tues. - Fwd: 78 store cattle for show & sale. Hfr av no chnage on 2003; bullocks down £19. Judge: G Sunter, Rushyford.

Prizes. - Bullock, 12-m-o or over: 1 Tarn Bros, Toft House, £558 to judge; 2 Dowson & Sartin, Battle Hill, £535 to N Simpson. Hfr, 12-m-o or over: 1&2 Tarn Bros £458 to B Jackson, £432 to M Ewbank. Bullock, under 12-m-o: 1 MC Dent & Son, Wythes Hill, £545 to B Jackson; 2 C Bell, The Pry, £570 to G Sunter. Hfr, under 12-m-o: 1 & overall champion MC Dent & Son, Wythes Hill, £560 to B Jackson; 2 JC&J White, Rigg Farm, £382 to M Ewbank.

Prices. - Lim X bullocks: £610, £552, £540, £535, £530, £515 Battle Hill; £570 The Pry; £558, £510, £505 Toft House; £525 Seldom Seen. Lim X hfrs: £500, £445 The Oaks; £490, £450, £420 Battle Hill; £458, £432, £422, £412 Toft House; £405 Breckholme. BBX bullocks: £545 Wythes Hill. BBX hfrs: £560 Wythes Hill; £448 The Oaks. Char X hfrs: £420 The Oaks.

PATELEY BRIDGE. - Sat. Show & sale of horned breeding sheep & gimmer lambs. Judge: Kevin Wilson, Blubberhouses.

Prizes. - Dalesbred ewes: 1 J Beecroft, Middlesmoor, £62 each to D Verity, Bouthwaite; 2 J Beecroft, £56 to K Bradley, Menwith Hill. Swaledale ewes: 1 S Harker, Lofthouse, £72 to J Bradley, Darley; 2 J Beecroft, Middlesmoor, £50 to G Fairburn, Thornthwaite. Dalesbred gimmer lambs: 1 J Beecroft, Middlesmoor, £46 to K Wilson, Blubberhouses; 2 J Beecroft, £44 to C Jackson, Otley. Swale gimmer lambs: 1 Stean Estates, £40 to S Newbould of Fellbeck; 2 J Beecroft, £39 to S Church, Lofthouse.

ST JOHN'S CHAPEL. - Sat. Fwd: 2,515 Swaledale breeding & feeding ewes, gimmer shlgs, gimmer lambs and rams. Overall av ewes & shlgs down £7.48; warranted ewes av £41.20; BM & feeding ewes av £21; gimmer shlgs av £65.44; gimmer lambs £19.17 (down £12.94).

Prices. - Swale ewes corr: £68, £57 South Wellhope; £60 Smailsburn; £56 (2) Burtreeford; £52 Billingshield. Gimmer shlgs: £100, £95, £92(2), £85 South Wellhope; £92, £82(2), £78, £75 Hill Farm; £68 Whitehall; £66, £60 Ward Bray Farm; £60 Ireshopeburn. Gimmer lambs: £46(2), £40(2), £39, £38 Whitehall; £37 Gledhills; £36 Billingsheild, Meadow Cottage.

Blue-faced Leics shlgs Rams: £480 Whinfield Farm; £180 Golden Lands. Aged rams: £100 Warden Hill. Texel ram lambs: £110 Whitehall.

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