Special livestock sales

Prizes. - Ewes: 1 D Metcalfe; 2 I Watson; 3 D Metcalfe. Shlgs: 1 WT Robinson; 2 J Bainbridge; 3 D Metcalfe. Suff tup lamb: 1 J Spedding; 2 M Robson; 3 K Coatsworth. Suffolk shlg: 1&2 S Poulter; 3 D Alderson. Char ram: 1 T Denham. Texel shlg tups: 1 D Alderson; 2&3 N&A Bainbridge. Acc Suff ram: 1&2 L Peel. Acc Champion ram: 1&2 WT Robinson.

Prices. - Mule ewes: £75 TA Metcalfe & Son; £68 I&RA Watson; £65, £60 Mrs A Dent, £60 JW Heslop, A Bell. Shlgs: £104, £95 WT Robinson; £102, £90 J&SE Bainbridge; £100, £96 Mrs A Dent, £96 WA Raw; £90, £88 W Raw; £88 W B Rutter & Son; £87, £85, £82 T A Metcalfe; £80 HR Wilkinson.

Acc rams (in gns): 340; 200 L Peel; 150, 100 WT Robinson. Females: 125, 110, 105, 95 WT Robinson; 92 L Peel. Non-acc rams: 750 S Poulter; 680 KO&EA Stones; 580, 550, 450 S Poulter; 500 J Spedding; 460gns D Alderson; 440gns N&A Bainbridge.

HAWES. - Mon & Tues. Largest sale of breeding sheep in the country. Great annual show and sale of Mule Gimmer lambs for North of England Mule Sheep Association.

Fwd Mon: 15,313 Mule gimmer lambs to £192 av £65.27 (down £8.99 on 2003). Fwd Tues: 11,818 Mule gimmer lambs to £320 av £66.91 (down £2.08); overall 27,131 av £66 (down £5.80).

Mon prizes. - Judges: K Millican and J Telford. 1 WC Porter & Son, Reeth, £100 to C Hutchinson, Kirkby Wiske; 2 DA&MA Brown & Son, Coverdale, £116 to M Brown, Newton le Willows; 3 RA Busby & Son, Marrick, £140 to S Hudson, Ham, Derbyshire.

Prices: J&EA Barker £192, £120, £110, £86; WM Heron & Son £175, £128, £88; RA Busby & Son £140, £102, £86; E Fairburn & Sons £128, £88; DA&MA Brown & Son £116; £90, £82; GP Taylor & Sons £112, £84; JW&ME Taylor & Sons £108, £104; HW&G White £105, £83; JC&E Pedley £105, £91; WC Porter & Son £105, £100; WA&A Booth £102; MA Crocker £100; JJ&D Huddleston & Sons £100; JC&N Throup £100, £85; AV Caton £98; C&M Hugill £95; G&HR Shields £95; S Bell & Sons £94; A&KM Barnes £94; DA Robinson £93; JH Sharp & Sons £91; JT Dixon & Sons £90; JW Dixon £90, £84; BD&A Horner £90, £85; RW Bainbridge £88; KW&J Clarkson £88; BR Fawcett £88; SM Bell £87; JR & LA Capstick £87; Allan & Watson £84; J&K Metcalf £83; J&JH Whaley £83.

Tues prizes. - Judges A Brown & WL Grainger. 1 T Ayrton & Son, Over Wyresdale, £180 to R Heigh, Bentham; 2 G Rawsthorne, Nether Kellet, £320 to R Wilson, Armathwaite; 3 R&PE Hargreaves & Sons, £130 to WL Grainger, Penrith.

Prices: G Rawsthorne £320, £140, £100, £95; T Ayrton & Son £180, £90; G Hird & Sons £150, £90; WA Dinsdale & Son £138, £110, £87; R&PE Hargreaves £130, £114, £88; W&D Lawson & Son £126, £110; N White £124, £100; J Fawcett & Son £122; Lord £122; Breck House Enterprises £98; J Allison & Sons £96; W&JF Baines £95; JH Pedley £94, £82; Bank House Farm £93; JF&HES Caton £92; K Calvert £92; KA Fawcett & Sons £90; N Iveson (LB) £90; PD Marsh £90; J Nelson & Son £90; J Sunter & Sons (RG) £90; CT&JE Willoughby £90; D Pratt £89; F Dinsdale & Sons £88, £83; J Handley £88; W Sutcliffe & Sons £87; JW&JH Burton & Son £86; JC Heseltine £86; A Lodge £86; AJ&J Sunter £85; R&E Cowperthwaite £84; Walburn Hall Farms £84; R Hunter £83; GM&M Preece £82; RFC Simpson & Sons £82; J Sunter & Son (Nova) £82.

KIRKBY STEPHEN - Last Fri. Annual show & sale of 10,379 NEMSA Mule gimmer lambs & 124 shlgs. Av £67.43 (down £7.42 on year). Judges: Mrs J Sedgewick, P Cornelius, C Hutchinson.

Prizes. - Open class: 1 & overall champion, C Jackson Cup, mart cup and NEMSA Rosette Lord, West Dowgill, £240 to J Sedgewick; 2 & res champion HR Hayton & Son, Asby Grange, £200 to AM&HV Brown; 3 WM Hutchinson & Sons, Redgate, £175 to M Allen. Exhibitors of no more than 200 lambs and Kirkby Stephen NEMSA branch members only: 1 & William Dent Memorial Cup Jenkinson, Whingill, £112 to Capstick; 2 WM Heron & Sons, High Green, £97 to Lawson; 3 IH&J Brown, Oak House, £95 to JW Little.

Prices. - Mule shlgs: £78 Lady Ing. Mule gimmer lambs: £240, £115, £88, £82, £75, £74, £72 West Dowgill; £200, £130, £90, £82, £77(2), £76, £73, £72, £71 Asby Grange; £175, £152, £105, £78, £72(2), £71, £70 Redgate; £160, £105, £80, £76, £72, £70 Swathburn; £112, £100, £80, £70 Greenriggs; £112, £78, £73 Whingill; £110, £98 Riddings; £98, £97, £80, £75, £73(2), £72, £70 Asby Hall; £97, £85, £82, £74 High Green; £95, £79, £70 Oak House; £95, £80 Highfield; £92, £71, £70 Croft House; £90 Rake Head; £90, £82, £75, £72, £70 Coach & Horses; £90, £71 Buckles Farm; £88 East Lowfield; £88, £71, £70 Howgill Grange; £87, £77 Dale Forge; £86, £79, £72, £71(2) Villa Farm; £84, £73, £70 Gaythorne Hall; £83, £70(3) Park House (Metcalfe); £83 Oak Tree; £82, £71 Yore House, Bridge End; £81, £78, £72, £70 West Biggins; £81, £73, £72, £71 Mutton Hall; £81, £71 Tarn House; £81, £75 The Lane Farm; £80, £72, £71 Thorney Gale; £79 Southwaite; £78 Windy Hill; £78, £72, £70 Water Houses; £77, £75(2), £74 Hanging Wells; £78 High Green (Alderson); £76, Easegill Head; £76, £70 High Stennerskeugh; £76 Town End; £76, £70(3) Bleathgill; £76, £70 Williams House; £75 Stoneygarth, Hartley Castle; £74 Bull & Cave; £74, £70(2) Ellergill; £74, £73, £72, £70 Park House (Hodgson); £74, £71 Lockholme Hall; £73, £72, £70 South House; £73, £70 Fell House; £72, £71 Cranberry; £72 High Plains, Stoneykeld; £71 Hillside, Gill Gate, Town Head (Wharton); £72, £71 Braida Garth; £72 Eden Flatt; £71, £70 Ravenseat; £70 Gillses, Lunesdale Terrace, Stennerskeugh, Town Head Farm, Mount Pleasant, Valley Farm, Claylands, Dale Forge, Bank View.

LAZONBY. - Thurs of last week. Annual show & sale of 9,090 Mule gimmer shlgs & 790 Mule 2-shear ewes. Judge: D Capel, Somerset (regular customer at Lazonby for 50 years).

Prizes. - Champion pen & MJ Davidson Memorial Trophy, WL Grainger, Eamont Bridge, £142 each to Ron & Fran Wilson, Armathwaite; 2 HG Jackson, Littlebeck, £138; 3 WL Grainger £120.

Leading flock avs: WL Grainger 98 £124.04; HG Jackson 69 £120.98; PJ Elliott, Bank House, 44 £115.77; M Kidd, Briggle, 92 £109.65; G Rylands, Spedding Farm, 62 £107.37; BR Davidson, West View, 83 £106.57; ED Davidson, Spedding Farm, 204 £106.27; JJ&E Lawson, Kirkland Green, 120 £104.58; GG&MA Harrison, Sceugh, 200 £102.78; G Sowerby, Terrys Farm, £85 £100.

Top prices: £142 Eamont Bridge; £138 Littlebeck; £122 Spedding Farm (Rylands); £120 Kirkland Green, Bank House, Spedding Farm (Davidson); £114 Hewer Hill; £112 Sceugh, Briggle; £111 West View; £103 Old Mill Flat; £102 Rook Farm, Ravenwood; £100 Broak Oak, Terrys Farm; £99 Laypool; £98 Miller Hill; £97 Town Head; £96 Holebeck, Blandswath; £95 Milton Mains, Shatton Hall, Wiza Farm.

LEYBURN. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 4,570 Mule gimmer lambs for special sale for NEMSA. Judges: Sam Hudson & John Thorpe.

Prizes: 1&2 DA&MA Brown & Son, Agglethorpe, £115, £110; 3 Bainbridge Bros, Marrick.

Prices: JT Dixon & Sons £98, £92; J Fawcett & Son £95, £85, £84, £82; GK Hird & Sons £94; WM Iveson £92, £84, £80; DA&MA Brown & Son £92, £88, £86; WA Dinsdale & Son £90; N White £88; RA Busby & Son £110, £88, £87, £80; JC Brown & Son £88, £81; KW&J Clarkson £86; TW Atkinson & Son £86; JB Harker & Sons £84; WN Avison & Son £83; J Allison & Sons £83; RW Wallis & Sons £81; Bainbridge Bros £81; GH&J Wallis & Son £80.

MIDDLETON in TEESDALE - Tues. Annual show & sale of 5,663 Mule gimmer lambs for NEMSA members. Av £62.67 (£4 down on year). Judges: P Scoreby, H Hutchinson & A Teward.

Prizes: 1 & GM Teward & Sons Perpetual Silver Cup HW Alderson & Son, Howgill Grange, £205 to AM&HV Brown; 2 HW Alderson & Son £140 to CR Raine & Sons; 3 JB&JE Luck & Son, Milestone House, £96 to P Charlton

Prices: £205, £140, £135 Howgill Grange; £100 Pikestone; £96, £82. £80, £76 Huller Bush; £96, £79, £78 Milestone House; £94, £86 Wythes Hill; £91 Nova Scotia; £91, £86 Pallet Stone Farm; £90, £70 West Shotton Farm; £87 Park House; £86, £83 High Beck Head; £84, £78, £75(2), £71 Dousgill; £82, £71 Lane Head; £81 Parrick House; £80 Grains O Beck; £78 Rigg Farm, Nabb Farm, Howgill Farm, Watgarth; £76 Ash Dub; £75, £73 High Shipley; £73 Naby View; £72 Fellowship Farm, East House; £71(2) Gibbs Neeze Farm; £71 Friar House Farm.

NORTHALLERTON. -Wed. Fwd: 1,193 store lambs for show & sale. Judge: A Hutchinson.

Prizes. - Cont X: 1 CH Phalp £44.20; 2 HL Kitching £42. Suff X: 1 DF Smith £42.20; 2 DH Lowther £41.50.

Prices. - Texel X: £44.20 CH Phalp; £42, £41.50, £40.50, £40.20 HL Kitching; £40.50 S Sanderson; £39.20 JG Wall; £38, £37.80, £37.50 R&S Percy; £34.80, £32.50 BA Cook. Suff X: £42.20, £41 DF Smith; £42 JJ Wilson; £41.80 E Hill & Sons; £41.50, £40.80 DH Lowther; £41.20 Mrs Roberts; £39.20 T Swinbank; £38.50 JG Wall; £37.70, £37.50 A Almond; £32, £31.50 IT Rudd. Char: £36.80, £36.50, £35.50 EA Hillary. Down X: £40 B Fountain. Cont X: £41 P Houlston; £38.80 D Alderson, Mrs Roberts; £38 WE Preston; £37 A Spence; £36.20, £34.50 M Simpson. Mule: £32 DA Wood.

PENRITH. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 473 Suff & Cont rams & ram lambs for annual show & sale. Judges: William & Frank Jackson, Reagill Grange. Champion & Solway & Tyne Texel Breeders' Club Trophy, G Pyman, Salkeld Road.

Prizes. - Texel ram (shlg or over): 1 G Pyman, Salkeld Road; 2 K Stones, Nuncote Nook. Texel ram lamb: 1 Taylor, Bordered Hills; 2 Hewson, Brough Head. Suff ram (shlg or over): 1 M Kennedy, Romanvale; 2 Hewson. Suff ram: 1 & WH Rebanks Memorial Cup for best Suff ram lamb M Kennedy; 2 Hewson.

Prices , rams. - Texel: £750, £680, £420, £400(2) Salkeld Road; £700, £580, £520 Clickham; £520 Galloper Garth; £500 Nuncote Nook, Lowfield (Wilson); £480 Kirkland Green, Colstons; £420 The Green. Beltex: £700, £520, £500, £450, £400(2) Whiteley Hey Farm; £700 Colstons; £550 Buckles Farm. Suff: £580, £500, £480 Romanvale; £520 Town End (Mounsey); £500(2) Brough Head; £480(2), £460(2), £420, £400 High Hall (Wharton); £460 Mansrigg Hall; £400 Brighton House Farm. Ram lambs. - Texel: £390 Brough Head; £360 Bordered Hills; £280 Howhill Farm. Suff: £360, £240(3) Romanvale; £340, £310, £250(2) Brough Head; £295 Broughton Moor.

Mon. - Fwd: 510 cattle for first autumn cattle sale.

Prices , bullocks. - Lim X: £760, £738 Lankaber; £748(2) Ploveriggs; £738, £688 Oddendale Old Hall; £715(2), £688(2) Rose Farm; £710, £675 Countess Farm; £695, £640 Gill Head (Wilson); £682 Blencarn Hall; £690, £618 Millbeck Hall; £678 Hole House (Coulston); £678, £640 Askham Gate; £695, £675 (4), £650(2) Lowther Park Farms; £675 Carleton Hall Farm; £640 Howtown Hotel; £635(4) Providence House. Bax: £578, £550(2) Grange House; £540, £508(2) Swindale. Simm X: £668(3) Hole Farm (Mark); £622 Tilery. BBX: £725 Rose Farm; £728(2), £660(3) Hole Farm (Mark); £678 Wickerslack; £670, £660 High Dyke; £660, £655 Blencarn Hall. Herefd X: £560 Low Row. Char X: £735 Ploveriggs; £680 Countess Farm. AAX: £635 Low Row; £622 Wickerslack. MRI X: £558(7) Stamp Hill; £480, £458(2) Bennett Head. Fries: £48 (5), £43 (4) Low Row; £445(3) Sleagill House. Saler X: £512(3), £508(2) Newsham. Hfrs. - Lim X: £675, £572 Lankaber; £620, £580(2), £560(2) Well House; £578(2) Scotby Shield; £585(2), £572(5) Oddendale; £570 Moor End (Bruce); £558, £542 Nook Farm (Atkinson); £555, £538(5) Millbeck Hall; £550(4) Carleton Hall Farm; £528 Howtown Hotel. Simm X: £518 Rising Sun; £445(4) Dacre Banks. Char: £460, £448 Gillthwaite Rigg. Herefd: £498 Sleagill House; £422(2) Tilery. AAX: £472 Rising Sun. BAX: £538 Grange House. Bulls. - Lim X: £610, £540 Brackenslack; £552, £508 Knotts. MRI X: £378(2) Stamp Hill. BB: £498 Town End (Mounsey); £442 Stamp Hill. Holstein: £398(3) Brackenslack. Fries bulls: £318 Stamp Hill. Calves. - BB bulls: £220, £218, £202 Highgate; £162 Fremington. BB hfrs: £158 Highgate. Fries bulls: £82, £745 Fremington; £75 Causeway Foot.

SCOTS GAP. - Tues. Fwd: 1,240 Mule ewes, gimmers & ewe lambs for annual show & sale of Mule gimmer. Judge: David Johnson, Tuthill,

Prizes. - Mule gimmers (reared lambs) 1 FT Walton, Flotterton; 2 R Carins, High Shaw. Mule gimmers: 1 & champion & Joe Arthur Memorial Cup DF Brodie, Chesters, £126; 2 & res Mrs VM Armstrong, Carrick, £118.

Other top prices. - Mule gimmers: £118, £106, £96 Catcherside, £118, £102 Tenter House; £110 Coldwell; £106 Carrick; £106, £99, £98 Whiskershiel; £100 Hudspeth; £100(2) Flotterton; £98 Chesters. Suff X gimmers: £92, £86 Whitridge. Mule ewes : £58(2) Blagdonburn (3-crop); £56, £54 Hepple Whitefield (4-crop); £52 Wagtail (3-crop).

SKIPTON.- Tues of last week. Fwd: 8,000 Mule gimmer lambs. Judges: Robert Fawcett, Penrith, & Martin Brown, Newton-le-Willows, Bedale. Champion pen of 10, inaugural Chester Kneller Memorial Trophy & Ciba Geigy Perpetual Trophy: Ashley Caton, Otterburn, near Settle, £160 each (top price of day) to Martin Brown; chamiopn pen of 20 & second Ciba Geigy Perpetual Trophy: WA&A Booth, Feizor, near Settle, £130 each to Sandham Bros, Bradford.

Prizes: - Pen of 10: 1 AV Caton, Otterburn; 2 K Fawcett & Son, Barden; 3 Ellis Bros, Addingham Moorside. Pen of 20: 1 WA&A Booth, 2 Ellis Bros; 3 K Fawcett & Son.