HAWES. - Two-day show & sale of registered Swaledale shearling rams for Swaledale Sheep Breeders Association (B district). Overall av £887.49 (down £92.57 on year).
Wed. - Fwd: 305 rams to £24,000 av £906.48 (down £189.34 on year)
Prizes. - Large breeders: 1 & champion & res JW. Porter & Sons £22,000 to W Richardson & Son, £8,000 to JB Harker & Sons; 3 R Maxwood & Son £9,000 to A Haggas. Small breeders: 1 TA Blades £1,000 to MJ Sunter; 2 K&R&L Bradley £600 to JA&BE Robinson; 3 Mrs I White £1,400 to R. Bindloss & Son.
Prices: PE&KA Sowerby £24,000, £6,000; JW Porter & Sons £22,000, £8,000, £6,000, £1,700; R Marwood & Son £9,000, £6,200, £3,200, £1,000; SW Porter £5,200; WC Porter & Son £5,000; M&EM Wilson £4,600; RW Clarkson & Son £4,400, £2,000; Steeple Farm £3,800, £3,000; RS Harker £3,600, £3,200, £1,300; Flasby Estate, R&E Cowperthwaite £3,000; J Bradley £2,600(2); PM Dixon £2,100; JC Wade & Son £1,800; J Sunter & Sons £1,700; Mrs J White £1,400; JT Dixon & Sons £1,200; OR Lawson & Son £1,100; R Hutchinson & Sons £1,100, £1,000; JG Brunton, Brogden, TA Blades, DA&RCS Harker, P&P Raine, N Harrison, S Reynoldson & Son £1,000.
Thurs. - Fwd: 295 rams to £16,000 av. £863.76 (up £7.15 on year).
Prizes. - Large breeders: 1 & champion C&R Calvert £11,000 to JG Brunton; 2 & res AD Coates £1,000 to WM Hutchinson & Son; 3 A&E&RA Sowerby £10,500 to A&J Harrison. Small breeders: 1 Brown £3,000 to P Hallam; 2 P Mandley £12,000 to L Raine & Son, 3 A Hunter £8,000 to JP Beckwith.
Prices. - JR Rukin £16,000; JS Cloughton £14,200 £2,400; P Handley £1,200; C&R Calvert £1,000; A&E&RA Sowerby £10,500; A Hunter £8,000, £2,500; G Calvert & Sons £7,200, £7,000, £2,200, £2,000, £1,500, £1,200; R&B Thornborrow (WS) £5,000, £3,800, £2,000, £1,800; S Ewbank £4,400; CR Thornborrow (WS) £4,200, £2,100; P Hallam £4,000; £2,000; £1,100; Beadle & Sons £3,300; EC Coates £3,000; Ken Brown £3,000; Mossdale Farms £2,600, £1,100; W Allison & Sons £2,200; GJ&JM Scarr £2,000(2); CH Emmott & Son £1,850; Mrs AJ Calvert £1,800; T Metcalfe & Son (UG) £1,700; W Akrigg £1,500; Ron Metcalfe £1,300; T&RJ Tiplady, F&AG Horn £1,200; K Whitehead, JE Cowan £1,100; AD Coates, M Metcalfe £1000.
HEXHAM. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 176 breeding stock for show & sale. Judge: Peter Rowcroft, farm manager for Mrs V Allgood, Nunwick, Simonburn, Hexham. Champion: Lim hfr R Ridley & Sons; res: Lim hfr R Ridley & Son.
Prizes. - Lim hfr & calf: 1&2 R Ridley & Sons, Mickley Moor. AAX hfr & calf: 1 J Swinburne, Glebe Farm; 2 R Johnson, West Wharmley, Hexham.
Prices, Hfrs & bull calves. - Lim: £1,280, £1,000 Highwood, £1,100 Sleights House, Rose Cottage, £1,070, £1,060 West Wharmley, £1,060, £1,000 Mickley Moor; £980 Steel Hall; £940 Old Town, Sleights House. Herefd: £650, £640(2) Wigdon Walls. Hfrs & hfr calves: Lim: £1,140, £870 Highwood, £980, £850 Mickley Moor, £960 West Wharmley, £920 West Moralee. BB: £520 West Wharmley; £460 Glebe Farm. Herefd X: £600 & £590 Wigdon Walls. Stock cows: Wainsrigg £660. Lim cows & bull calves: £800, £720; £540 West Raw. With hfr calves: £510, £500 West Raw. Third calved Lim cow & bull calf £560 Grottington. Lim X calf hfrs: £640, £590, £580, £520, £500 Chollerton. Bulling hfrs: Simm X £500 Overthwaites; Lim X £380, £360 Grasslee; AAX £280 Fryston Common Farm.
KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 1,165 bullocks for annual Luke fair sale. Av £456.82.
Prices . - BBX: £695 Rennells House; £660 Little Strickland; £645 Asby Mill; £625 Aiderbank; £612 Brinns; £560 Town Head (Wharton), Park View, Sykeside; £615 Musgrave House. Lim X: £700 Asby Mill; £645 Aiderbank; £640 Little Strickland; £620 Mill Rigg; £605 Row End; £598 Bridge End; £595 Moor End; £595 Huller Bush; £588 Park View; £585 Prospect House; £555 Brinns; £550 Enterber, Sykeside; £580 Roseleigh; £615 Waterhouses; £610 High Stennerskeugh; £580 Glasslyn House. Char X: £596 Waterhouses; £590 Row End (Little); £580 Sawbridge Hall; £578 Moor End; £565 High Griseburn, Asby Mill, Sykeside, Glasslyn House; £560 Prospect House, Brinns; £555 Whitewall. Fries bullocks: £400 Langton Gate. BAX: £575 Sawbridge Hall, Aiderbank, Elm Pot. Simm X: £570 Sykeside; £560 Aiderbank.
Last Fri. - Luke fair sale of gimmer & wether lambs. Mule & Masham gimmer lambs av £25.20 (up £3.80 on year); wether lambs av £23.60 (up £8.65).
Prices . - Mule gimmer: £37 Duckintree; £29.50 Bybeck; £29 High Shipley, Rutherford Farm. Mule wether: £23.20 Leonards Cragg. Suff wether lambs: £24 Leonards Cragg.
Sat. - Luke fair sale. Fwd: 2,691 Swaledale ewes & gimmer shearlings, 1,035 Swaledale gimmer lambs, 248 rams of all breeds. Averages (highest of season): ewes up £7.78 on year; gimmer lambs up £4.56; Swale ewes av £21.28; Swale gimmer lambs av £22.30.
Prices. - Swale ewes: £48 Pry House; £42 West Stonesdale; £40 Hoggarths, Punchard; £39 Throstle Hall, Stennerskeugh; £38 Frith Holme; £36 Heggerscale (exors JR Sanderson); £35 High Stennerskeugh. Swale gimmer shlgs: £42 Punchard; £39 Stoneykeld; £38 Heggerscales (exors JR Sanderson); £36 Crummah; £35 Cononish, Barwise Hall. Swale gimmer lambs: £44 Outhwaite; £40 Connish; £38 Heggerscale (exors JR Sanderson); £34 Shawmire; £33 Stoneykeld. Texel shlg rams: £240 Langrigg (Holmes ); £160 Milbourne House; £105 Stripes; £140 Leather Howe; £120 Brough Castle. Aged Texel rams: £280 Howslacks; £135 Stripes. Texel rams lambs: £110 Caidacroft. Aged Blue-faced Leics rams: £140 Coach & Horses; £120 High Street (Frith). Suff ram lambs: £100 Flakebridge. Cheviot shlg rams, £220 Burthwaite. Aged Swale rams: £160 Arngill House, Smardale Hall, Whitewall, Heggerscale (exors JR Sanderson). Swale shlg rams: £80 Holly Cottage; £75 Bybeck.
Mon. - Latter Luke fair sale. Fwd 341 cattle (in annual show & sale of 131 suckled bull calves). Bulls av £392.60; store cattle av £354.88. Judge: J Mounsey, Skelton.
Prizes: 1 JA Alderson, Barras, £560 to Mounsey; 2 W Thompson, Hill Top, £472 to Mounsey.
Prices, bulls. - Lim X: £510 Hill Top; £500 Barbon Fell; £470 Low Roughhill; £460 Ausgill; £448 Abbott Park Farm; £435 Hebbethwaite Hall; £430 Lamb Paddock. Char X: £465 Barbon Fell; £435 Shawmire. BBX: £560 Barras; £442 Asby Grange. BAX: £438 Stoneygarth; £430 Castle Bank (Spensley); £435 Broadmire. Hfrs. - Char X: £400 Mill Moor. BAX: £475 Castle Bank (Spensley); £405 Smardale Hall. BBA: £498 Glasslyn House. Lim X: £538 Low Garth; £548 Hebblethwiate Hall; £488 Park View; £480 Glasslyn House; £475 Musgrave House; £460 Stonecrest; £440 Stripes; £455 Burton Hill; £520 Smardale Hall; £500 Moor End. Simm X: £445 Glasslyn House. Bullocks. - Char X: £430 Rudd Hills. Lim bullocks: £520 Rudd Hills; £485 Smardale Hall; £470 Ellergill (Steadman).
LAZONBY. - Fwd: 9,607 Mule gimmer lambs for fourth sale. Overall av £29.74.
Prices : £40 The Bog; £39, £34 Farneyshield, Rise Head; £38, £34 Brougham House; £38 Turnings; £38 Blackburn Bridge; £37 Underbank; £36, £35 Crindledyke; £36, £35(2), £34 Outhwaite; £36 Crossgill; £36 Green Farm (Hodgson); £36, £34 Coatfith Hill; £36, £35 Green Farm (Shap); £35 Dyke Row; £35 Milburn Grange, Hall House (Sibson), Hill Top, Low Craig, Oddendale (Johnston), Tow Bank, £34 Broadmeadows, Thackthwaite, Cross Fell House, Miller Hill, Norman Cragg, Reaygarth, Helm Croft, Roachburn, Morley Hill, Ravenwood, Morley Hill, Ravenwood, Pringle House, Town Head (Ivinson), £34 Belezies.
PENRITH. - Show & sale of suckler calves. Judge: D Dickinson, Greenburn, Cannonbie. Champion: WG Reed & Sons, Knarr Farm, Slaggyford, Carlisle, Lim steer, £620 to judge; res: Teasdale, Doddick Farm, Threlkeld, BB hfr, £460 to A Storey, Ivegill.
Prizes. - Lim X bullock calf: 1 Reed; 2 C Smith, High Scilly Hall. Lim X hfr calf: 1&2 C Smith. BBX bullock calf: 1 HD Teasdale; 2 Reed. BBX hfr calf: 1&2 Teasdale. Bullock calf AOB: 1 Teasdale; 2 R Cookson & Son, Winter Cragg. Hfr calf AOB: 1 P&MR Carruthers, Raw Foot; 2 Cookson.
Prices, bullocks. - Lim X: £620 The Knarr; £550 Green Marsh; £555 Bolton Mill. BA: £530 Green Marsh; £440 Third Sunbiggin Farm; £435 Wintercagg. BB: £550 Scales Farm (Braithwaite); £515 Knarr Farm, Doddick Farm; £500 Raw Foot. Feeding bulls. - BAX: £400, £390 Helm Bar. Lim X: £340 Collene Croft.Hfrs. - Lim X: £440 Harry Place Farm; £395 Oddendale; £385 High Scilly Hall. BA: £510 Swindale; £505 Raw Foot; £325 Winter Cragg. BB: £460 Doddick Farm; £450 Raw Foot; £375 Raw Foot.
STOKESLEY. - Mon. Show & sale of suckled calves.
Prizes. - 1 Miss L Thompson, Leath House, £350 to B Jackson, Alne; 2 A Thompson, Leath House, £372 to D Trewhitt, Kirby Sigston.
l Some reports have been held over, owing to lack of space.
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