Kirkby Stephen stores meet flying trade

Store cattle met a red hot trade at Kirkby Stephen on Monday when auctioneer David Tomlinson of Harrison and Hetherington sold 1100 head to a packed ringside with a tremendous quality offering forward.

Heading the trade and taking the reserve overall championship was a British Blue sired heifer from Martin Brown and family and led out by daughter Hannah. This one sold at £3200 to the show judge Ian Pickup, Great Horwood.

Second best price was an £1800 sale for a British Blue sired heifer from K A Brown and Sons, Asby Hall, and the Browns also secured £1600 for a British Blue sired steer, while fourth best was a £1350 bid for the second placed Limousin cross heifer from Levens Farming Partnership.

Fifth top went to the overall champion, a Limousin cross heifer also from Levens Farming Partnership, Gaythorne Hall, which sold at £1300 to Mr Pickup.

Other top prices included a £1280 sale for a British Blue sired heifer from C J and A J Owen, Ravenseat, a