A NEW centre record for a crossing-type Bluefaced Leicester was achieved at Carlisle when the pre-sale champion from Marian and William Porter made £32,000.
The brother-and-sister duo from Riddings, Richmond, achieved a personal best for their small flock. Sired by Brennand S1, a tup purchased out of Hawes for £12,000, he is bred from a Hewgill dam which was bought from John Lord for £6000, going back to Riddings L7.
A full brother to this boy made £16,000 at Hawes the previous week.
He was knocked down in a four-way split to Kevin Ridley of the Shitlington flock, Hexham; Malcolm and Gary Thornborrow of the Dawyck flock, Peebles; Messrs Shennan of the Farden flock, Girvan; and Alec and Anders Brown of the Macqueston flock, Thornhill.
This ram lamb from Dan and Jordan Rutter- Armstrong, Howgate, made £8000
Dan and Jordan Rutter-Armstrong of the Howgate flock, Penrith, were next in the money at £8000. Their ram lamb is sired by Smearsett D15 and out of a Carry House ewe which was bought at Carlisle. Martin Allan, Greenhow, Dufton, Appleby, took this lamb home.
The best in the Carry House pen realised £5200
Martyn Archer, Carry House, Hexham, also had a field day selling 10 ram lambs to average £2810. His top two priced rams were both sons of Midlock Magic, a tup bought out of Hawes for £25,000 and bred the majority of Hawes sale leaders this year, with the Carry House pen up to £20,000. The best for Carry House made £5200 when selling to George and John Browell, Quarry House, Thockrington, Hexham, while the latter made £3800 to Messrs Johnson, Oddendale, Shap, Penrith, having stood fourth in the pre-sale show.
This was closely followed at £5000 for the best from the Reed family of the West Biggins flock, Bishop Auckland. Messrs Hill, Great Asby, Appleby-in-Westmorland, got for their money a ram lamb by Spurrigg P2, out of a Carry House bred dam, and his full brother made £6500 at Hawes.
John and Callum Park of the Forebrae flock, Dalpeddar, Sanquhar, took £5000 from James and Tom Hamilton, Kirkton, Abington, Biggar. This ram lamb is a son of the £5000 Carlisle purchase, Alwinton P3 and out of a home-bred dam by Drimsynie M5.
The Parks of Forebrae took £5000 for this ram lamb
Another by the Midlock Magic sire realised £5000 for Andrew Hunter, Steel, Hexham. This ram lamb is out of a home-bred ewe which is a daughter of the £12,000 West Biggins N2. Messrs English, Wark, Hexham Northumberland, were the final bidders
Achieving a personal best of £4500 was Alex Kirkpatrick of the Barr flock, Sanquhar, when he sold his ram lamb to Messrs Hedley, Earlston. A son of Duhonw R12 he is out of one of the best ewes in the flock which is a daughter of Underwood P3.
Amy Campbell, Glenrath, Peebles sold her pen leader for £4000 to WD Barrowman, Mid Knockglass, Stranraer. This March-born ram lamb is a son of Carry House S24 and he is bred from a Drimsynie K1 daughter.
After their big purchase, Alec and Anders Brown, Macqueston, reached £4000 for their ram lamb, a son of the £15,000 Hewgill R2, which bred 12 Mule ewe lambs in their top pen at Castle Douglas this year which made £200 per head. Out of a home-bred ewe which goes back to Highberries M1, he sold to Nick Milton, Benderloch, Oban.
Topping the shearling trade at £4000 was the Gass family, Nunscleugh, Carlisle. A son of Carry House R5, a tup purchased at Hawes for £5500, his dam is backed by home-bred genetics. John Nicholson, Roadhead, Carlisle, took this boy home.
Auctioneers: Harrison and Hetherington.
averages:
113 shearling rams, £992.48 (-£134.90 for 29 more sold); 210 ram lambs, £1315.21 (+£212.68 for 63 fewer); females, £400
Flock averages
Flock (No.) Top (£) Avg (£)
Shearlings
Harsondale (4) 2500 1875.00
Nunscleugh (9) 4000 1611.11
Thornton Le Dale (4) 3000 1525.00 Quarry House (10) 2500 1500.00
Edlingham (7) 1800 1228.57 Silloans (6) 1600 1175.00
Todhills (4) 1800 1100.00
Hot Bank (8) 1600 1087.50
Dunhonw (3) 1400 1400.00
Kilnstown (4) 1200 800.00
Scrogton (5) 1000 790.00
West Butsfield (4) 800 712.50
Alwinton (3) 800 666.67
Homilton (12) 1000 600.00
Ersock (10) 900 580.00
Barton (5) 1100 580.00
Coquet View (3) 650 550.00
Linkshead (6) 900 541.67
Newfield Mains (7) 550 478.57
Ram lambs
Carry House (10) 5200 2810.00
Howgate (4) 8000 2750.00
Steel (8) 5000 2475.00
West Biggins (4) 5000 2475.00
Macqueston (4) 4000 2375.00
Cottage (3) 2200 2133.33
Forebrae (5) 5000 1960.00
Glenrath (5) 4000 1760.00
The Dyke (3) 3000 1600.00
Wedderburn (4) 3000 1550.00
Midlock (7) 3000 1500.00
Nunscleugh (5) 1600 1320.00
Bleagill (6) 2200 1233.33
Easter Dawyck (6) 2500 1233.33
Culdoach (3) 1900 1200.00
Burnton (4) 2500 1175.00
Hamildean (5) 1800 1140.00
SP Dalpeddar (3) 1400 1133.33
Shitlington (8) 1800 1087.50
Broomie Bank (3) 1800 1066.67
Scarrowmanwick (7) 3000 978.57
Binsey (3) 1200 966.67
Mcffi (4) 1200 925.00
Llanilltyd (3) 1000 900.00
Kilnstown (4) 1400 887.50
Hill House West (3) 1200 833.33
Breck House (4) 1100 825
Shafthill (3) 1000 766.67
Quarry House (4) 1000 750.00
Glenlaugh (5) 900 740.00
Yore House (3) 800 700.00
Mid Knockglass (10) 1400 685.00
Riddings (3) 1000 683.33
Firth (5) 1000 680.00
Todhills (4) 1200 675.00
Farewell Grange (4) 1000 625.00
Penhill (3) 1000 616.67
New Hartrigg (7) 1000 614.29
Rowntree (7) 1000 571.43
Marriforth (4) 650 550.00
Cairndale (5) 800 500.00
Bewcastle (3) 550 483.33
Linkshead (3) 450 400.00
Kristaim (4) 350 237.50
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