The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart held their annual
sale of Hillbred Suckler Calves at Longtown on Saturday
27th October 2007, when 563 head were forward. With a large ring of local and
distant buyers, all classes met a very fast selling trade.
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| Champion from J & AJ Nicholson,
Old Police House |
The judging prior to the sale was kindly sponsored by Barclays Bank
plc and the judging was carried out by Mr. David Dickinson, Greenburn
Farm, Canonbie, who awarded the championship to J & A J Nicholson,
Old Police House for a Limousin bullock.
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| John Nicholson with judge David
Dickinson |
Mrs. L Thomlinson presented
John Nicholson with the Jacob Thomlinson challenge trophy and the
bullock then sold for £600.
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| Mrs L Thomlinson, presenting the
Jacob Thomlinson Challenge Trophy for champion animal to John
Nicholson |
Reserve champion was a Limousin
heifer from Wanwood Partners, Wanwood Hill which sold at £430.
Other
prize winners were Limousin bullock 2nd Tinnis Hall, 3rd Wanwood
Hill, Limousin heifers 2nd Wanwood Partners, 3rd Tinnis Hall. Any
Other Continental bullock: 1st Old Police House, 2nd Cleughside.
Top
price of the day was £655 for Limousin bullocks from Tinnis
Hall, with heifers to £520 for Charolais from Mosside and Limousin
from Tinnis Hall.
The highlight of the sale was a tremendous show
of 140 Charolais & Limousins
from Greystoke Castle Farms with Charolais bullocks to £600,
Limousin £540
and heifers to £505 for Charolais and £430 for Limousin.
PRINCIPAL PRICES
Charolais bullocks: £610 Riggfoot, £600 Greystoke, £580
Riggfoot, £575 Mosside
Simmental bullocks: £515 Chapel Mains
Limousin bullocks: £655 Tinnis Hall, £600 Old Police
House, £565 D’Mainholm & Lowtodholes
Belgian Blue bullocks: £565 D’Mainholm, £555, £520
Old Police House, £500 Chapel Mains.
Angus bullocks: £615 The Gall, £545, £525 Chapel
Mains, £495 Cleughside.
Charolais heifers: £520 Mosside, £505 Greystoke Castle, £500, £480
Riggfoot, £470 Greystoke Castle
Limousin heifers: £520 Tinnis Hall, £495 Greensburn, £490
Low Huntwell, £455 Greensburn
Belgian Blue heifers: £400 Old Police House
Angus heifers: £365 The Barns
Charolais bull: £470, £460, £425 Low Brooms
Limousin bull: £360 Whitgates
BEEF BREEDING CATTLE
The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart held their annual
Autumn sale of beef breeding cattle on Saturday 27th October when
there were 202 forward. The cattle sold well to a top of £1250
for Belgian Blue cow with bull calves from Old Police House.
PRINCIPAL PRICES
Belgian Blue cow & calf: £1100 Becton Hall, £800
Fawcettlees
Limousin cow & calf: £920 Fieldfoot, £880 Old Police
House, £810 Southlambhill
Blonde cow & calf: £780, £760 Mossthorn
Belgian Blue heifer & calf: £1220, £720 Haggiston
Holm
Limousin heifer & calf: £1080, £1000, £960, £940, £900, £800
Falside Hill, £800 Parcelstown, £780 Southlambhill.
Blonde heifer & calf: £860 Falside Hill
Simmental heifer & calf: £800 Falside Hill
Limousin heifer & calf: £600 Southlambhill
Limousin bulling heifer: £650, £600, £570 Fellend
2006 sale report
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