Prices at the special livestock sales at the annual show of Bluefaced Leicester females and Swaledale sheep at Hawes auction mart on January 17 and at the Bonanza show of store cattle at Penrith auction mart on January 19.

HAWES

Sat. Annual show & sale of individual Blue-faced Leicester females for the Blue-faced Leicester Sheep Breeders’ Association. Judge: Andrew Campbell, Lochgoilhead, Argyll. Fwd: 68 sheep. Overall av £930; gimmer hoggs to £5,000 av £980; gimmer shlgs to £1,500 av £680; ewes to £3,400 av £1,137.

Prizes. – Gimmer hoggs: 1 champion M/S Lord, £3,000 to I&P Brown, Ravenstonedale; 2 I&P Brown, £2,400 to J Wight & Son, Biggar; 3 E Fairburn & Sons, £2,800 to N McKenna, Co Derry. Ewes & gimmer shlgs: 1 reserve champion WA&A Booth, £2,000 to A Caton, Bell Busk; 2 J Wight & Son, £600 to A Ramsden, Hawes; 3 Mrs C Wood, £1,100 to GB&GE Luck, Bowes.

Prices. – Gimmer hoggs: M/S Lord £5,000, £3,000; WA&A Booth £3,200, £600(2); E Fairburn & Sons £2,800, £2,600; I&P Brown £2,400, £300; JJ&E Lawson £1,400, £1,000, £500, £400; RJD Wilson £1,300, £700, £350; S Allan & Sons £1,050; W&CW Dent £1,000; A Caton £700, £500; A Campbell £600; WM Hutchinson & Son £550; Breck House Ent £500; J Bell £450; AJ Mason £400; WC Porter & Son £350; LJ&DA Cousin £300. Gimmer shlgs: M/S Lord £1;500; C Wood £1;100; J Wight & Sons £1;000, £800, £700(2), £600, £500; JC&N Throup £650; I&P Brown £600; WA&A Booth £600; J Bell £600; R&PE Hargreaves £500(3). Ewes: WA&A Booth £3,400, £2,000; R&PE Hargreaves £1,500, £500; C Wood £1,100(2), £700; W&CW Dent £700, £500; WM Hutchinson & Son £550.

Fwd: 42 sheep. Annual show & sale of individual registered Swaledale ewes, gimmer shearlings & gimmer hoggs for the Swaledale Sheepbreeders’ Association. Judge: Andrew Dixon, Garnthwaite, Barnard Castle, & Dan Humble, Wearhead. Overall av £827; gimmer hoggs to £600 av £385; gimmer shlgs to £2,600 av £760; ewes to £3,800 av £975.

Prizes. – Ewes: 1 champion W Richardson & Son, £3,800 to T Brogden, Brough; 2 JH&CL Harrison, £1,600 to Owlands Farm, JS Calvert and M Bainbridge; 3 MW Skidmore Ltd, £800 to A&M Brennand, Chapel-le-Dale. Gimmer shlgs: 1 reserve champion N Richardson, £2,600 to E Coates, Gunnerside; 2 N Richardson, £700 to DW Hutchinson; 3 JH&CL Harrison, £450 to RJ Drewery, Penistone. Gimmer hoggs: 1 W Richardson & Son, £1,500 to M&C Rukin, West Stonesdale; 2 N Richardson, £350 to TW Hutchinson, Forest-in-Teesdale; 3 N Richardson, n/s.

Prices. – Gimmer hoggs: W Richardson & Son £1,500, £600; N Richardson £350. Gimmer shlgs: N Richardson £2,600, £700; MW Skidmore Ltd £2,600; RA Sowerby £800; WM Hutchinson & Son £700; JH&J Bland £600, £500; J&SJ Bland £600; P Ewbank £500; AP&D Sowerby, £500. Ewes: W Richardson & Son £3,800, £2,000, £1,000; JH&CL Harrison £1,600(2), £600, £500; WM Hutchinson & Son £1,100; MW Skidmore Ltd £800; CM Sowerby £750; G Cartmel £550; AP&D Sowerby, £500.

PENRITH

Mon. Fwd: 950 Bonanza show & sale of store cattle. Cattle av £1,107 for all sold. Judge: Louise Todd, Market Rasen. Champion & Bonanza Trophy: Lim hfr, WD&B Thompson, East Unthank, £1,510 to a local buyer. Res champion: first-placed British Blue bullock, MTP&SD Wills, Fawcett Park, £1,280 to MJ&EA Sedgwick, Long Myres Farm, Durham.

Prizes. – Lim bullock: 1 R&JM Ridley, Ranbeck, £1,335; 2 WD&B Thompson, East Unthank, £1,195. Lim hfr: 1 WD&B Thompson, East Unthank, £1,510; 2 EJ Ivinson & Sons, Skelling Farm, £1,365. Brit Blue bullock: 1 MTP&SD Wills, Fawcett Park, £1,280; 2 E&DW Charlton, Crown Point, £1,235. Brit Blue hfr: 1 E&DW Charlton, Crown Point, £1,065. Leading avs 10-plus cattle: £1,358(10) Well House (Strong); £1,338(10) Little Croft; £1,295(10) Terrys Farm; £1,264(20) Blands Farm; £1,256(16) Hole House (Ivinson); £1,244(10) Ranbeck; £1,235(14) Undercragg; £1,217(12) Greenhow; £1,215(20) Skelling Farm; £1,203(16) Annfield; £1,198(25) Moss Dyke; £1,198(20) Low Row; £1,192(16) Bank Farm; £1,165(10) Sleddale Hall; £1,163(35) Thackwood; £1,160(30) Home Farm (Metcalfe).

Prices. – Bullocks. – Brit Blue: £1,505 Far Close Farm; £1,495 Lingstubbs; £1,435(2) Hole House (Ivinson); £1,425 Brampton Hall; £1,335 Moss Dyke; £1,335 Annfield Farm. Lim: £1,485 Littlebeck; £1,425(2) Well House (Strong); £1,425 Friarbiggin; £1,425 Blands Farm; £1,415 Little Croft; £1,395 Bank Farm; £1,395 Ellergill; £1,385 Croft House (Bowman); £1,385 Far Close Farm; £1,365(2) Terrys Farm; £1,365 Nook Farm (Atkinson). Char: £1,475 Ploveriggs; £1,455 Little Croft; £1,325 Hole House (Ivinson). Saler: £1,315 Colstons. Herefd: £1,245 Nook Farm (Baines). AA: £1,225 Low Row; £1,195 Nook Farm (Baines); £1,165(2) Street House (Maughan); £1,075(2) South Dyke. B&W: £1,225 Greenhow; £1,195 Lingstubbs; £1,025(4) Friendship Farm; £955(4) South Dyke. Simm: £1,205 Little Croft; £1,135 Whinney Garth; £935 (9 m-o) Gilpin Farm. BA: £1,185 Sleddale Hall; £1,175 Winter Cragg. Beef Shorthorn: £1,135 Kitridding Farm; £955 High Harberwain. Cont: £1,015 Hall O The Gate; £935 Glasslyn House. Hfrs. – Lim: £1,510 East Unthank; £1,405 Ranbeck; £1,385 Skelling Farm; £1,355 Moss Dyke; £1,335 Annfield Farm; £1,315 Low Row; £1,275 Knarr Farm; £1,275 Kirkbarrow Hall; £1,275 Undercragg. Brit Blue: £1,425 Home Farm (Metcalfe); £1,405 Hole House (Ivinson); £1,325 Hewer Hill; £1,225 Shap Abbey; £1,185 Kirkbarrow Hall; £1,155 Sleddale Hall. Simm: £1,365 Thackwood. BA: £1,285 Hole House (Coulston); £1,175 Moss Dyke; £1,135 Sleddale Hall. Char: £1,275 Ploveriggs; £1,225 The Wath; £1,225 Waterside House; £1,205 Moss Dyke; £1,185 Colstons; £1,155 Westray; £1,155 Brackenslack; £1,135 Thackwood. Herefd: £1,225 Annfield Farm. Saler: £1,155 Colstons. AA: £1,095 Skygarth; £1,065(2) Low Row; £1,065 Friendship Farm. B&W: £1045 Annfield Farm. Beef Shorthorn: £905 Kitridding Farm. Bulls. – Lim: £1,045 The Old Vicarage; £985 Lodge Farm; £935 Fox Tower View. Brit Blue: £975 Fox Tower View. BA: £905 Dyke No.