Sale Highlights:

• Aged rams sold to £5200 from Messrs White, Rigg Farm, and Messrs Bland, Cotegill, which went on to sell to Messrs Emmott, Whitelees Farm, Consett.
• Next making £4500 was the overall champion aged ram from Burncroft Farm & R Hutchinson & Sons, which was purchased by Messrs Harrison, Sleddale Hall, Penrith.
• Messrs Dalton, Glenhill, Allendale sold an aged ram to make £3200 selling to Messrs Wearmouth, Gillses Farm, South Stainmore.
• Messrs Brogden, Helbeck Farm, Brough sold their aged ram to make £3000 selling to Messrs Hall, Hope House, Richmond.

Leading prices (above £500)

Lot 2 S Hodgson 600
Lot 4 TW Cowperthwaite 2000
Lot 8 Burncroft Farm & R Hutchinson 4500
Lot 14 JA Reed 700
Lot 16 T Brogden 3000
Lot 17 T Brogden 1000
Lot 18 M/s Hutchinson 2000
Lot 20 M/s White & Bland 5200
Lot 30 JG Thirlwall 550
Lot 31 P Fell 500
Lot 33 CR&MJ Birbeck 1800
Lot 35 L&F Brown 1000
Lot 36 Owlands Farm 800
Lot 39 GR Scarr 500
Lot 46 K&M Johnson 700
Lot 48 Clarkson & Stoddart 700
Lot 51 JH Pedley 600
Lot 63 KG Sowerby 1700
Lot 67 C Nelson & Sons 700
Lot 68 C Nelson & Sons 1800
Lot 72 WA&A Booth 1500
Lot 80 P Metcalfe 850
Lot 89 W&AW Watson 3000
Lot 91 N&N Foster 650
Lot 101 L Smith & Co 750
Lot 103 DR&JE Wood 900
Lot 105 K&M Sowerby 2000
Lot 106 MJ&JD Handley 1000
Lot 107 TD&M Moore 500
Lot 108 A Hartley 600
Lot 113 Bank House Farms 600
Lot 115 Bank House Farms 800
Lot 118 RS Harker & Son 2800
Lot 119 T Eccles 1100
Lot 120 F&MP Allinson & Son 1800
Lot 121 F&MP Allinson & Son 500
Lot 122 JA&CM Dalton 3200
Lot 124 JA&CM Dalton 500

66 Aged rams averaged £878.94 (up £51.97 on the year)