Christmas livestock sales

Cattle judge T M Ewbank, Appleby.

Prizes. - Hfr: 1 & winner of the R I Brown cup for the champion beast and Kirkby Stephen Tradesmans cup for the best heifer and cash prize donated by J & D Haigh: Messrs A D & A Richardson, Bank End sold to 194.5p; 2 and reserve champion: Messrs Sowerby, Terry's Farm sold to 151.5p. Bullock: 1 A D & A Richardson, Bank End sold to 1111.5p; 2 G R Birbeck, Castle Hill sold to 119.5p. BBX hfrs to 1151.5p Castle Hill.

Lambs. - Cont X to £27.80 Hill Top East; £27.50 Bracelet Hall; £26 Waskew Head; £25 Stonefold. Swaledale to £26.50 Stoneykeld; £26.20 Side Farm; £26 Low Oxnop, Rakehead, High Lane (Capstick); £25.80 Smardale Hall, Espland Tarn House; £25.50 Bridge End (Brass), Cotegarth, Arngill House. Suff to £25.50 Stonefold; £25.20 Douthwaite Head. Chev X to £28.20 Intake Bottom; £25.80 Douthwaite Head; £26 Rookby Scarth; £27 Arngill House, Stock Farm. Suff to £25.50 Stonefold; £25.20 Douthwaite Head; Herdwick to £24.50 Douthwaite. Swale to £35.20 Hole House; £34 Mossdale, Birch Bush; £32 Ghyll Brow; £32.50 Nicholson; £31.80 High Skennerskeugh; £31.50 Well House, Croft Farm; £31 Barras, Wharton Hall; £30.80 Smardale Hall, Bracelet Hall, Hewthwaite; £30.50 Low Whygill Head, Pry House, Bleathgill; £30 Sadghyl; £33 Harbour Flatt. Mules to £40 Nicholson; £38.20 Low Farm; £37.20 Bents, Third Sunbiggin; £36.80 Rookby (Cousin), Maisongill; £37 Milburn Farms; £36.50 Ghyll Brow, The Park Wall, Stripes, Buckles Farm, High Field (Dinsdale); £36.20 Longwell, Croft House; £36 Smardale Hall. Blackfaced to £31.80 Wharton Hall. Suff X to £39 Low Hall; £38.80 Mansgrove. Rough Fell to £33.50 Midfield; £31.20 High Lane (Boustead); £31 Low Wilkinson, Home Farm (Todd); £30.20 Smardale Hall. Cheviot X to £40 Woodfoot (Bousfield); £39.50 Rookby Scarth. Cont X to £50 Beckhouses; £42.80 Hill Top East; £42 Birks; £40.50 Stoneyhead; £39.50 Low Whygill Head, Row Ere; £38.80 Garton Farm; £38 High Lane (Boustead), Southwaite Bents; £40.20 Lady Ing; £41.50 Calda Croft; £41.20 Broad Head; £40 High Griseburn.

Ewes and rams. - horned rams to £24 Carpool; £17.80 Barras. Polled rams to £39.50 North View; £30 High Griseburn. Horned ewes to £18 New Hill (Kipling); £17 Broadmire, South House, Rayson Hall, Woodside; £17.20 Croft Farm, Villa Farm; £19.80 Crooks Beck; £19 Punchard, Beck Head; £17.50 Birch Bush. Halfbred ewes to £35 Waltby Farm; £25 Maisongill.

LEYBURN. - Last Fri. Christmas show & sale of store cattle.

BB blk: 1 W Orme £530. BB hfr: 1, 2, & 3 J W Wilkinson £800, £540, not sold; others over 450kg: 1 J W Wilkinson £685; 2 M A Suttill £530; 3 J T Dixon & Sons £540; others under 450g: 1 J Duffus & Son £435; 2 G K Hird & Sons £470; 3 J T Dixon & Sons £515; other hfr over 400kg: 1 W Orme £530; other hfr under 400kg: 1 J Duffus & Son £435; 2 & 3 M L Keeble, £515, £515. Feeding bull: 1 R & A E Sayer £380; 2 & 2 Mrs A M Brown & Sons £440, £295.

Champion: J W Wilkinson, BB hfr. Reserve: J Wilkinson, Lim blk. Best Lim: W Orme.

Best prices other than prize winners. - Feeding bulls: J S Harker £388; B Fell £320. Blonde blks: R W Wood £592, £575; G K Hird & Sons £490, £350; J C Lancaster £395; B R Lawson £345; J T Dixon & Sons £545, £480, £468; K Whitehead £525; J Frankland & Sons £502, £495, £485; T & J E Gregg £490; C S Utley & Sons £478; J R Longstaff & Sons £478; J Linsley £470. Simm blks: H & H Snaith £570; A G Dent & Ptners £520, £380; T & J E Gregg £490; C Davison £488; N W & R E Hunter £445; R & A E Sayer £380. BB blks: C Davison £502, £458, £455, £450; W M Iveson £495, £460; T & J E Gregg £495; K Whitehead £450; N W & R E Hunter £390; B R Lawson & Son £380, £372, Thornton-Berry. Char blks: J C Lancaster £490, £418; R W Suttill £480, £448; R Hogg & Son £480; J Linsley £470. BB hfrs: J T Dixon & Sons £510, £382; J C Lancaster £375; Mrs A M Brown & Sons £340. Blonde hfrs: Mrs A M Brown & Sons £495, £450, £420; G K Hird & Sons £335; M W Stephenson £310. Lim hfrs: J Linsley £470; M L Keeble £465; J Duffus & Sons £465, £378; R L & C M Tuer £455, £370; J C Lancaster £400; G K Hird & Sons £400; D M Ellerton £400, £370; J Fawcett £380; T & J E Gregg £375; F & S Iveson £375, £348; R W Wallis & Sons £370; J R Longstaff £370. Char hfrs: W Allison & Sons £458, £380; J C Lancaster £412, £402, £358, £340; J W Fawcett & Son £332. Simm hfrs: C Davison £370; H & H Snaith £360.

Northallerton. - Tues. Christmas prize show & sale of prime cattle, sheep & pigs. There was an overall entry of 234 prime cattle, including 107 young bulls, 983 sheep including 86 ewes & 134 pigs including 7 sows. Cattle judges: Ray Liddle, of Thompsons Butchers, Northallerton & Robert White of White Butchers, Morton-on-Swale.

Prizes. - Supreme champion was a BB hfr of Geoff & Liz Walton of Hurworth-on-Tees. This beast weighed 540kgs & was purchased by Quality Fare supermarkets at 225p per kilo totalling £1,215. Reserve champion, a Lim hfr, again owned by the Waltons was also purchased by Quality Fare supermarkets. Weighing 470kgs & selling at 168p per kilo is totalled £789.60p. The overall best young bull, a Lim owned by Tom Walls of West Rounton & weighing 630kgs was purchased at a price of 112p per kg totalling £705.60p.

Cattle. - Best butchers steer Lim: 1 J H & K Wilson, Scorton 115p; 2 J L Marks, Bishopton 114p. Best butchers steer (excl Lim): 1 G & E Walton, Hurworth-on-Tees 122p; 2 G & E Walton, 128p. Best butchers steel (excl Cont): 1 G & E Walton, 111p. Best butchers hfr Lim: 1 G & E Walton, 168p; 2 G & E Walton 129p. Best butchers hfr (excl Lim): 1 G & E Walton, 225p; 2 J H & K Wilson, Scorton, 148p. Best young bull Lim: 1 T & T W Walls, West Rounton, 112p; 2 C H Duffus & Son, Thrintoft, 106.5p. Best young bull Cont (excl Lim): 1 J G Bradley & Son, Evenwood Gate, 105.5p; 2 J G Bradley & Son, 105.5p. Best young bull (excl Cont): 1 R W Coates, Constable Burton, 83.5p; 2 W Horton & Son, South Cowton, 91.5p.

Sheep: judge Mick Peacock of Moor Monkton, York. Best pen of lambs E Fairburn & Sons of Thornton Steward. A pen of Beltex weighing 44kg were purchased by Quality Fare Supermarkets at £92 per head or 209p per kg. The reserve champion lambs belonged to Messrs D Wrathall & Son of Whixley, York & were purchased by Messrs Woodhead Bros of Colne at £48 per head.

Prizes. - Best pen of 5 butchers lambs down X (42kg & under): 1 E S & S Hollins, Warlaby, £39; 2 I & W G Pattison, Yafforth, £41. Best pen of 5 butchers lambs down X over 42kg: 1 A Finkhill & Son, Thornton Steward, £48.50; 2 J R & A Newcombe, East Harlsey, £45. Best pen of 5 butchers lambs (any other breed 42kg & under): 1 E Fairburn & Sons; £43.80 to Thompsons, Northallerton; 2 G & E Walton, Hurworth-on-Tees, £42.80 to J Penny & Sons, Rawdon. Best pen of 5 butchers lambs (any other breed over 42kg): 1 E Fairburn & Sons, £92; 2 D Wrathall & Son, Whixley, £48.

Pigs: judge J Oxley of Coxhoe, Co Durham.

The overall best pen of pigs were a pen or porkers belonging to J V Moorhouse, Dalton, near Thirsk. They were purchased by Quality Fare Supermarkets at a price of 150p per kg or £113.25p per pig. Best pen of porkers: 1 J V Moorhouse, Dalton; 2 J V Moorhouse, 105p. Best pen of cutters: 1 J V Moorhouse, 98p; 2 J V Moorhouse, 96p. Best pen of baconers: 1 J V Moorhouse, 90p; 2 J V Moorhouse, 90p.

RIPON. - Wed. Christmas show & sale of prime cattle, sheep & pigs

Cattle: judge B Glaves (Brompton). The F B Smeeton Trophy for the Cattle Championship: N. & A.D. Boynton (Grewelthorpe) for a BB hfr weighing 510kg & selling for 259.5p per kg (£1,323,40). This beast also won the Edward Harrison Cup for best buchers hfr & the Christopher Johnson Memorial Salver for best home-produced beast. Abel Cup for Reserve cattle champion: G W Hammond & Son (Kirby Fleetham) for a Lim X bullock weighing 490kg 175.9p (£879.55). T G Bell Memorial Rosebowl for best butchers young bull: W G Johnston & Sons (Aldfield) for a BB weighing 590kg 129.5p (£764.05).

Best butchers bullock Lim: 1 Reserve champion. BB: 1 T A Greensit & Sons (West Tanfield) 128.5p. Any other breed Cont: 1 G.W. Hammond & Son 123.5p. Best butchers hfr Lim: 1 J E, F M & J K Wilson (Arkendale) at 137.5p. BB: 1 Champion beast. Any other breed: 1 T A Greensit & Sons 125.5p. Best butchers young bull BB X: 1 W G Johnston & Son 129.5p. Lim: 1 J E , F M & J K Wilson at 115.5p. Any other breed: 1 Ashford Bros (Carthorpe) at 99.5p. Best buchers young bulls Fries: 1 H Avison (Agglethorpe) at 9.15p.

Sheep: judge A Atkinson (Harrogate). The R Scorer & Sons Trophy for the championship: D Wilson (Helmsley) for a pen of five Texel X lambs weighing 44kg & selling for £66 each (150p). Arthur Spilman Memorial Salver for best heavy lambs: D E Poulter (Sawley) for a pen of five Texel X cross lambs weighing 53kg & selling for £47.50 each (80.6p).

Best pen of five lambs non-Cont up to 49kg: 1 S D Poulter (Sawley) at £37.20 per head. Over 45kg: 1 Robinson Partners (Pannal) at £44.80. Best pen of five lambs Cont up to 44.9kg: 1 D Wilson, champion pen. Over 45kg: 1 D E Poulter at £47.50 per head.

Pigs: judge A Butterfield (Barnsley). NatWest Bank plc Salver for championship: A Marshall (Knaresborough) for a pen of four porkers selling for £92.30 per head (130p). These pigs also won the best pen of four porkers section.

Best pen of four cutters: 1 A Marshall at 105.5p. Best pen of four baconers: 1 A Marshall at 93.5p. The Jopling trophy for most points in show was awarded to G W Hammond & Sons.

Stokesley. - Tues. Christmas show & sale of cattle, sheep & pigs.

Cattle, judge, J Woodhead (Colne, Lancs). Champion beast BB hfr from W Bainbridge (Seamer) 200p (£1,128). Res champion BB bullock, W Wardman (Yearby) to 135p. Bullocks, Lim: 1 F Fairburn at 116p, 2 & 3 W Wardman 114p, 115p. BB, 1 Res champion; 2 W Wardman at 125p to R A Norman (Boosbeck); 3 W Wardman 115p. Any other breed, 1 J Sunter (Bishop Auckland). 103p; 2 W Wardman 109p. Hfrs, Lim, 1 W Wardman 123p; 2, 3 S Newcombe & Sons (Bedale) 129p & 120p. BB, 1 Champion; 2 W Wardman at 130p; 3 S Newcombe & Sons at 126p. Bulls lt, 1 R & D Harland at 115p; 2 M Fenby (Whitby) at 108p; 3 C Boocock (Freeborough) at 101p. Heavy, J O Brewis (Sheraton) at 109.5p; 2 Wharton Farms (Stanghow) at 103.5p; 3 W Wardman at 100p.

Sheep, judge J. Woodhead. Champion pen of Char lambs Donaldson partners (Busby) to £49.50 per head. Res pen of Texel X lambs from R & D Harland to £48.50. Suffs 38-42kg, 1 R & D Harland at £39.20; 2 Donaldson Partners at £42. Suffs 43kg & over: 1 R & D Harland to £44; 2 Donaldson at £49; 3 H S Petch & Son (Newton). Conts 38-42kg: 1 Champion pen; 2 R & D Harland at £43; 3 G.Tate Ltd (Kirklevington) at £40. 43kg & over: 1 R & D Harland; 2 A R Wilson (Nunthorpe); 3 T. Brown (Dunsdale). Horned Blackface: 1 C Boocock at £34.50; 2 C Boocock at £33; 3 F.Dale (Egton) at £29.50. Mules: 1 B Hugill (Stokesley).

Pigs, judge W Adlington (Stokesley). Porkers: 1 J G B Brown & Co (Brierton) to 85p; A R Hutchinson & Sons (Tamebridge) at 88p; 3 T H Souter (Sexhow) to 78p. Sows: 1 J Heseltine (Brotton) at £130.