Some 1500 Mule gimmers went under the hammer at Borderway Mart, Carlisle, to average £222.61 – up £47.38 on the year.

Top price was £265 paid for the reserve champion pen from Messrs Lawson, Hundith, who went on to sell 115 to average £244.

The champion pen from the Harrison family, Sceugh, made £260.

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Leading Prices

Mule gimmers – £265 (x10), £262 (x10), £238 (x25), £220 (x15) Hundith House; £260 (x10), £250 (x10), £248 (x29) £235 (x30) Sceugh Farm; £260 (x10), £258 (x10), £256 (x10), £220 (x10), Milton Mains; £260 (x10) Harthwaite House; £255 (x25) £250 (x25) £248 (x25), £232 (x25) £230, £228 (x25), £225 (x25) Broom Hill; £235 (x12), £225 (x15), £220 (x 16), Halton Park; £235 (x10), £230 (x15) The Guards; £220 (x4) Holebeck Farm.