Autumn livestock sales

Prizes: 1 D Alderson, East Lowfield, £58; 2 NB&R Hird, Gillfield, £82; 3 JW Dent & Sons, Naby View, £63.

Prices : £82, £48 NB&R Hird; £63, £53, £45, £42, £41, £38 JW Dent & Sons; £60, £51, £44. £43 JB&GE Luck; £58, £43, £37 D Alderson; £54, £40 TJ&PJ Dixon; £50, £47, £42, £40 J&BI Walton & Son; £48 J&K Metcalf; £48. £43 J&SE Bainbridge; £47, £40, £39 PRE&E Marwood; £45, £37.50 TB Law; £45, £39 HH Barker & Son; £44 GA Turnbull; £44, £38 LC&D Wearmouth; £43, £41, £40 JF Hutchinson; £40, £37 JG Dent; £39 EW Guy & Sons; £39 L Guy & Son; £39. £38 JS Luck & Son; £39 HR Surtees; £38.50 S Bayles & Sons; £38 WF&JC Metcalf

HAWES. - Tues of last week. - Early autumn show of fat calves. Champion: Lim bull, T Tennant & Son Askrigg, £170 to AW Thompson Malton.

Prices:

Lim bulls to £170 av £100; hfrs to £46 av. £23.40; BB bulls to £155; Fries bulls to £28 av £9.

Wed of last week. Annual sale of pedigree Blue-faced Leicester sheep for A&KM Barnes at Cowden, Great Harwood, Lancashire. Fwd: 66 rams & ram lambs, 65 ewes & ewe lambs.

Prices in gns: aged (stock) rams to 320 av 255; shlg rams to 1,100 av 217; ram lambs to 300 av 149; aged ewes to 90 av 58; gimmer shlgs to 200 av 80; ewe lambs to 60 av 47.

Tues. - Annual sale of Dalesbred and Swale ewes. Correct Dalesbred to £20 av £10.62; correct Swale to £57 av £29.87

Prices. - Dalesbred: R&AE Sayer, Bishopdale £20, £15. Swale: RS Harker £57, £42, £40; A Hunter £52, £41; Mossdale Farms £51; JC Nelson & Son £50, £47, £46; PF&KA Sowerby £50; W&JE Baines £47, £44; JG Brunton £44; Shaw Farm S Bell & Sons £43; TM Kitching £42, £41; R&E Cowperthwaite, Mrs DH Hesletine £42; HB Capstick, BR Lawson & Son £41; C Gibson & Son £40.

Mon. - Second show & sale of mule gimmer lambs & gimmer shearlings. Fwd: 15,172 gimmer lambs to £50 av £28.66 (up £3.46 on 1999); 174 gimmer shlgs to £49 av. £39.48 (up £5.43). Champion lambs J Fawcett & Son, Swaledale £50 to Wain, Derbyshire; 2 GM&M Preece, Kirkby Lonsdale, £40 to Bearpark Farms, Carperby; 3 TW Dinsdale & Sons, Aysgarth £48 to Bearpark Farms.

Prices . - Gimmer lambs: K&A Fawcett & Sons, J Fawcett & Son £50; TW Dinsdale & Sons, MM&EA Robinson £48; G Rawsthorne £46, £43; JC White £45; WM Heron & Son, JA Harper, AG&C Gott & Son £44; K&A Woof, R&RM Dent £43; MT Dinsdale £42; JJ&D Huddleston & Sons £41. Gimmer shlgs: JS Cloughton £49; K Metcalfe & Sons £46; JC Hodgson & Co £45; JJ Postlethwaite £44; C&HD Newlove £42; GR Scarr £41.

KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Thurs of last week. Special annual show & sale of 750 breeding cattle, feeding bulls, bullocks & hfrs. Store cattle av £403.93 (up £20.64). Judge: J Gray, Bridlington.

Prizes, bullocks. - BBX: 1 AM Brown & Sons, Beech House, £680 to G Burrows; 2 C Steadman, Ellergill, £615 to J Fieldson. Lim: 1 W Richardson & Son, Ghyll House, £700 to JL Gray & Son; 2 W Richardson & Son £650 to G Scott. Hfrs. - Lim X: 1t & Stan Davis trophy W Richardson £1,250 to D Whaite; 2 GA Slack, Stoneriggs, £750 to J Little.

Prices . - Cont X cow & bull calf: £755 Halligill; £710 Broadmire. With hfr calf: £670 Halligill; £660 Town Head (Close). Lim X hfr & bull calf: £700 Green Farm. Feeding bulls. - Lim X: £500 Beechwood House; £492 Ousgill; £455 Hebblethwaite Hall. Char X: £470 Ellergill (Cannon). BBX: £525 The Pry. Hfrs. - Lim X: £1,250 Ghyll House; £750 Stoneriggs; £520 Cotegarth; £490 Beech House; £450 Lower Griseburn; £475 Easegill Head; £462 Bowness Farm; £448 Long Green; £445 Garnthwaite; £460 Hawkrigg; £430 Bowberhead; £408 Crosby Lodge. BBX: £538 Rudd Hills., £480 Broad Fell; £480 Rutherford Farm; £480 Overthwaite; £445 Hawkrigg; £440 Cotegarth; £430Overthwaite. Char X: £520 Quarry Close; £498 Waterhouses; £450 Shawmill; £410 Needle House. BAX: £585 High Lane (Capstick); £528 Lanrigg (Holmes); £465 Stennieskeugh; 3460 Uldale; £450 Quarry Close; £410 Sleddale Hall. Simm X: £435 Ellergill (Cannon). Bullocks. - Lim X: £700 Ghyll House; £645 Keld Farm; £625 Hawkrigg; £570 Hillary Hall; £550 Rudd Hills; £545 Maisongill; £538 Garnthwaite; £528 Crosby Lodge; £510 Stoneriggs. Char X: £640 Broad Fell; £565 Langrigg (Holmes). Fries: £482 Low Rutter. BBX: £680 Beechwood House; £625 Overthwaite; £615 Ellergill (Steadman); £570 Rudd Hills; £565 Sykeside; £535 Hillary Hall; £535 Stoneriggs; £535 Hawkrigg. Simm X: £549 Langrigg (Holmes); £525 Sykeside. BAX: £570 Langrigg (Holmes).

MIDDLETON in TEESDALE. - Tues of last week. Fwd: 5,955 Mule gimmer lambs for annual show & sale for NEMSA members. Av £32.33 (up £4.32). Judges: Jacksons, Reagill Grange.

Prizes: 1 & GM Toward & Sons perpetual cup HW Alderson & Son, Howgill Grange,s £100 to AM Brown & Sons; 2 MC Dent & Son, Wythes Hill, £90 to RW Dalton; 3 JB&GE Luck & Son, Milestone House,£76 to Jackson.

Prices: 100 Howgill Grange; £90, £52, £50 Wythes Hill; £76 Milestone House; £66, £57 Hullerbush; £66 Hillgill; £61 Pikestone; £56 Lane Head; £55 Dousgill; £52, £50 Nabb Form; £52 Crogg Hill; £61 Parrick House; £50 East Farm; £49 High Shipley; £48 High Beck Head, Fellowship.

Fri of last week. - Annual show & sale of 7,954 Swale gimmer lambs. Overall av £24.21 (up £1.49). Judges: FA Caton, A Caton, Skipton.

Prizes. - Pen 10 crowned lambs: 1 & JL Dawson trophy CR Raine & Son, Stanhope Gate, £80 to the judges; 2 R Marwood & Son, Long Green £69 to Tarn Bros; 3 L Raine & Son, Coach & Horses, £80 to SR Raine, Huddlesfield.

Prices: £80, £42 Stanhope Gate; £80 Coach & Horses; £79, £69, £65, £64, £61, £56, £42(2) Long Green; £65 Rigg Farm; £52, £44 West Briscoe; £50 Naby; £48, £46 High Beckhead; £48 Valley Farm; £48, £42 High Birk Hatt; £46 High Blackton; £45 Frith Holme; £44 Crummah; £42 Birch Bush.

PATELEY BRIDGE. - Sat. fwd 200 store sheep for sale of Scotch horned wether lambs and store lambs. Judge: M Hewitt, Austwick.

Prizes: Scotch horned wether lambs: 1 S Church, Lofthouse, £22 to A Atkinson; 2 S Harker, Lofthouse, £21.50 to A Atkinson.

Prices. - Scotch wether lambs to £22; Suff la,bs to £32; Mule lambs to £27; Masham £28.80.

PENRITH. - Fri of last week. Annual prize show & sale of 833 Suff & Cont rams. Suff judge: J Campbell, Thrunton, Northumberland.

Prizes. - Suff ram lamb: 1 & WH Rebanks memorial cup RS Stevenson, Howgill Foot, £310 to judge; 2 B&SR Stobbart, Hullerbank, £310 to judge. Shlg or over: 1 R Batty, Selside Hall, £450 to Kendal; 2 Hewson, Parton Farm, £280 to Edmondson, Ulverston.

Prices. - Texel rams: £190, £180, £170, £150 Broadlea; £185 Salkeld Road; £180, £165, £160, £150 Bordered Hills; £160 Romany Way; £150 Gainford. Suff rams: £460, £180 Williamsgill; £400, £195, £160 Hullerbank; £320, £200 Hewgill Foot; £290, £240, £205, £190(2), £180(2), £170(3) Town End (Rebanks); £255, £210, £200, £195, £190, £185, £180 Whingill; £250, £240, £235, £215, £200(2) Wickerfield; £225, £220, £200(3), £195(2), £190(2), £180(4) Wayside; £225 Lockholme Hall; £210, £170 Brougham Castle; £210 Pennine View; £195(2), £170 Gunnerwell; £200, 3190 Selside Hall; £190, £180, £170 Bank House.

Beitex X: £170 High House. Char: £120 Rigglands.

Suff & Euro shlgs & aged rams. - Suff rams: £450, £420, £430 Selside Hall; £280 Parton Farm; £380 Littlebeck; £310, £280, £250 Wayside; £300, £260, £255, £250(3) South View; £255(2),£250(3) Town End (Mounsey); £290 Williamsgill; £330(2), £320, £295, £290(2), £270(2), £265, £260(4), £250(2) High Hall. Cont rams: £380(2), £350, £260 Raw Foot; £260 Croft Ends; £300 Cherry Trees; £280(2), £250 Robberby; £250 Littlebeck; £250(3) Broadlea; £280, £265, £260 Town End (Mounsey); £330, £250 Salkeld Road; £290, £280 Low Field; £305 Lansmere.

ST JOHN'S CHAPEL. - Sat. Swale gimmer lambs, store sheep, ewes & tups.

Prices. - Swale gimmer lambs: £32, £32.50 Dry Gill; £32 Ireshope Burn; £31(3) South Wellhope; £30 Dyke Raw, Gledhill; £28 White Hills; £27 Weardale Estates. Store lambs: Suff X & Texel X lambs: £31.20 White Stones; £24.20 Newland Side Bungalow, Short Thorns, Westernhopeburn. Mule: £23.20 Jolly Body; £20.50 Westernhopeburn; £20.50 Park View; £19.20 Shittlehope Side. Swale: £15 Park View. Ewes, Mule: £42(3) Lane Head; £41 White Stone. Tups, Texel: £150 Warden Hill.

TOW LAW. - Wed of last week. Fourth store lamb sale, catalogued entry of 1,582.

Prices. - Suff X: £32.40 Needless Hall; £32.20. £32. £31.80, £31 The Whins; £31.80. £31.20, £30.80 New Hall; £31.20. Fulforth; £28.40 Red House; £28.20, £27.50 Butsfield Abbey; £28 West End; £27.20, £25.60 Raby Estates; £26.80 Snape Gate; £25.80 Castle Wood; £25.20 Lodge House; £24 Whickham Grange. Texel X: £30, £26.80 Snape Gate; £27.50 West End; £25.50 South Park; £24 Langley Moor. Mule wether: £27.20 White Lea; £26.60 Fulforth; £25.20. £24.80 Landieu; £24 Langley Moor; £23 West End, Holebeck House.

Thurs & Fri of last week. - Special 2-day show & sale, fwd: 13, 252 Mule gimmer lambs. Overall average for 2 days £30.21 (up £2.28 on year).

Thurs. - Judge: L Curtis, East Farm, Ashhendon, Aylesbury, Bucks. Overall champion: T Collingwood & Sons, Ambling Gate, £62 to MV Dale, Meadow View, Londonderry, Northallerton; 2 JE Dobson & Son, White Kirkley, £52 to W Barron, Morrow Edge, Burnhope, Co Durham; 3 MW Skidmore & Sons, North Hanging Wells, £50.50 to M Wigham, 21 Corner Terrace, Cockfield, Bishop Auckland.

Prices: £62, £42, £37 (av 32.71) Ambling Gate; £52, £48, £43, £42. £41.50 (£33.81) White Kirkley; £50.50, £42.50, £41.50, £41 (£35.29) North Hanging Wells; £48.50, £39, (£31.01) Kirkley House; £47.50, £44.50, £42.50, (£33.67) Allotment Farm; £47.50. £42.50, £41.50 (£32.98) Rose Hill; £46.50, £41 £38, £37 (£35,93) Smallsburn; £45. £44 (£34.41) Espershiels; £45, £43. £40.50 (£32.79) West Biggens; £44.50, £44 (£33.39) West Shipley; £44, £42, £41 (£31.91) White Mall; £43, £35.50 (£28.23) White House; £43, £33 (£32.14) Howgill Grange; £42, £37.50 (£34.73) Sunderland Cleugh; £41, £40 (£34.77) Newlands Hall; £40, £29 (£27.30) Backstone Bank; £40. £30 (£32.22) Dousgill; £40, £39 (£28.40) Landieu; £40. £32 (£32.02) West Greenridge; £40, £37.50 (£30.24) Allanshield; £39, £36 (£31.23) High Wiserley; £38.50, £36 (£32.05) Pease Myers; £38, £34 (£31.38) Haggate; £38, £33 (£30.25) Boltsburn; £35.50, £31 (£29.36) Heathery Burn; £34.50, £27.50 (£28.79) Noahs Ark; £33 (£29.46) Five Dykes; £32.50 (£27.22) Greta Farm; £31.50, £28.50 (£28.21) Dukes Hagg; £31.50 (£27.75) Nookton; £31 (£27.17) Eastgate House; £30 Beacon Rigg; £29. £26 (£27.17) Oakenshaw; £29. £28.50, £27.50 (£27.71) Birkside; £28, £27 (£26.44) Gordon House; £28, £27 (£26.06) Moory Lea; £26.50, £24.50 (£25.45) West Newlands; £26 Breckon Hill; £26 (£25.10) Slateyford; £25.50, £23 (£24.75) Walesmoor.

Fri. - Judge: E Bullman, Cloverick Moor, Thornborough, Bucks. Overall champion: T Potts, Redburn, £65 to RH Thompson, The Whins Farm, Newfield, Bishop Auckland; 2 M&B Coulthard, Bridge End, £49 to M Wigham, Cockfield; 3 PRE&E Marwood, Hullerbush, £51 to RH Thompson.

Prices: £65. £46 (av £35.25) Redburn; £51, £44 £41 (£36,48) Hullerbush; £50, £45 (£34.21) Lambs; £50, £48 (£32.01) Harthope; £49, £48 (£40.50) Bridge End; £47. £40 (£33,94) Red House; £47, £34 (£27.55); Low Wiserley; £46, £34.50 (£29.71) Fawnlees; £45 (£27.98) Stewartshield Meadows; £42.50, £32 (£28.53) Woodburn; £41.50, £32.50 (£30.70) Allergill; £40, £34 (£31.13) Westfold; £40, £32.50, £31.50 (£32.50) Tunstall House; £37.50, £30 (£28.50) Wolsingham Park Farms; £39, £34 (£30.59) Spitalshield; £38.50 (£25.86) Nova Scotia; £39, £38 (£30.75) Glenwhelt; £38, £31 (£32.13) St John's Hall; £34.50, £32.50, £32, £30.50 (£31.40) Standalone; £34, £29 (£30.95) Westburnhope; £33, £29.80 (£26.50) Park View; £32.50, £31. £30.50 (£28.36), £31, £29.50 (£28.33) Holebeck House; £31, £28.50 (£28.92) Eddis Bridge; £30, £29.50 (£26.79) Harwood Shield; £30, £29 (£27.22) Rogerley Hall; £30, £29 (£27.72) Newbiggen, £29.50, £26 (£28.27) Jolly Body, £29.50, £28.50, £27,50 av £27.85 Billingshield; £28.50 (£25.20) Stanhope Newfield; £28, £26.50 (£26.62) Field Head; £27.50, £26 (£25.68) Lumley Ling; £27.50, £27 (£25.60) Crooks Altar; £27 (£25.31) Thornley Park; £27 Lambshield; £26.50, £26 (£22.88) Burnhill; £26.50, £24 (£24.98) Ruffside; £26, £24.80 (£23) Sunniside; £26 (£24.50) Littlewood; £25.50, £25 (£24.69) Baal Hill