10 THE WHITEHAVEN NEWS THURSDAY FEBRUARY 3, 2011BUSINESS NEWS

CockermouthAt Cockermouth on Wednesday,January 26, Mitchell’s hadforward 115 prime cattle, bullsand cows and 2,386 primesheep including ewes.

Cattle trade was good againwith top price per kilo going toLen Skelton, Low House Farm,whose Limousin heifer made200p/kg purchased by GeoffRiley. Mr Skelton’s run of heifersaveraged 195.36p/kg.

John Bowe, Hunday, sold anice Belgian X heifer at181.5p/kg to Haighs Butchers,Workington. Thomas Tyson, EastHouse, also sold a heavyLimousin heifer at 180p/kg toMark Lindsay, Butcher ofCockermouth.

Top priced steer per head was£1,330.12 for a Limousin fromHunday Farm and top pricedheifer was £1,155.60 for aBelgian, also from Hunday Farm.

Prime bulls were again verygood with Black and White bullsaveraging 141.36p/kg. Top priceper kilo was 175.5 pence for aLimousin from J Capstick,Whicham Hall.

Cast cows were similar on theweek.

PRIME STEERS (top pricep/kg): Limousin – 174.5pWhicham Hall; Belgian Blue –173.5p Hunday.

PRIME HEIFERS: Limousin –200p Low House; 181.5pHunday; 180.5p East House;Belgian Blue – 195.5p LowHouse; 180.5p East House;Blonde D’Aquitaine – 194.5pLow House; Charolais – 189.5pLow House.

PRIME BULLS: Limousin –175.5p, 174.5p Whicham Hall;170p

Bridekirk Hall; Belgian Blue –168.5p, 167.5p, 162.5pTownhead Farm; Black &White – 148.5p Grange Farm;147.5p Uldale Hall; 147.5pMillom Castle.

CAST COWS: Limousin –116.5p Hemplands; Black &White – 107.5p Stainburn Hall;100p Grange Grassings; 97.5pDearham Hall.

Prime lambs were a muchbetter trade than expected withplenty of ordinary Suffolks andTexels making 185 to 200pence. Plenty of Mules 165 to175 pence. An overall averageof 184.36p/kg was achieved

with 13 active buyers present.Top price per head was £112paid twice for lambs from BullSkelton, Rook Farm and FrankHindmoor, Thistleton Farm,purchased by Tony Harrison andMark Lindsay. Top price per kilowas 233.80 pence for Texelsfrom Ben Steele, EasthwaiteFarm, Wasdale.

PRIME LAMBS (£ per head):Texel – £112, £110 Rook Farm;Dutch Texel – £112 Thistleton;£107 Rook Farm; Rouge –£108 Hollins; £95.50 ChapelHouse; Lleyn – £106 Hollins;Mille Bleu – £97.50 Layriggs;Suffolk – £96.50 Allerby Hall;£84.50 Clappers; £83.50 LowHouse; Beltex – £92.50 ChapelFarm; Charollais – £83.50Grange Farm; £80 PlumblandMill; Herdwick – £71.50Stonecroft; £70.50 Thistleton;Swaledale – £66 ChapelHouse.

PRIME LAMBS (pence perkilo): Texel – 233.8pEasthwaite; 225p Cherry Tree;224p Allerby Hall; Beltex –218.8p Foxhouses; 217pCrooklands; 214p Gubbergill;Lleyn – 212.20p Chapel Farm;Rouge – 211.3p Rook Farm;Mille Bleu – 211p ThomsenEstates; Suffolk – 210.5pAllerby Hall; Charollais – 186pPlumbland Mill; 181.3p BrowTop; Mule – 181p Grange Farm;Herdwick – 178.7p Stonecroft;Swaledale – 163p Muncaster.

Cast Ewes and Rams wereprobably dearer on the week.

CAST EWES (£ per head):Texel – £114 Fitz Farm;Charolais – £101 Stanger Hill;Beltex – £96.50 Fitz Farm;Suffolk – £91.50 Birks Farm;Rouge – £81.50 Birks Farm;Scotch Blackface – £74.50Barkbeth; Bluefaced Leicester– £71 Millstone Moor; Mule –£68.50 Herdwick Croft; £68.50Hartsop Hall; £68.50 High LowHall; Swaledale – £64.50Thomsen Estates; Cheviot –£63.50 Calder Farm; Herdwick– £55.50 Brimmer Head.

RAMS: Bluefaced Leicester– £93.50 Millstone Moor; Texel– £86.50 Row Brow; Cheviot –£83.50 Windhall; Herdwick –£65.50 Stool End.

UlverstonUlverston Auction Mart reportfor Tuesday, January 25

PRIME HOGGS (673): Afewer number forward sawprices slipping slightly butfollowing national trends. Theaverages on the day were172.45p/kg and £69.70. Topprice reached £84.50(206.10p/kg) for a pen ofspectacularly well shaped BeltexHoggs weighing 41kg exhibitedby D Nicholson, Birch Bankbeing purchased by J G & SHarryman, The Galleon.

Other leading prices: £83(Texel) Woodend; £82.20 (Texel)Hill Park; £79 (Suffolk) FarMountbarrow; £78.50 (Suffolk)Salterwath; £76 (Suffolk) SheepParks; £76 (Herdwick) Fell FootFm; £76 (Cheviot) Salterwath;£76 (Charollais)Woodend/Stribers/NibthwaiteGrange; £75.80 (Cheviot)Harbarrow; £70 (Zwartble)Crosbythwaite; £73 (Swaledale)Castle Hill; £67 (Mule) Arklid.

Averages £ per head: Beltex£84.50 ave, £84.50 max;Charollais £68.33, £76; Cheviot£67.90, £76; Herdwick £65.42,£76; Kerry £66, £66; Masham£65.80, £65.80; Mule £66.25,£67; Suffolk £74.50, £79;Swaledale £62.33, £73; Texel£73.45, £83; Zwartble £70,£70.

PRIME CATTLE / OTMCATTLE (21): A pleasing entryof Prime were forward but moreOTM cattle are required as moreare keenly sought after. Thedemand is huge as new andadditional buyers are starting toutilize the mart. The averageson the day were 155.70p/kg forsteers, 153.50p/kg for heifersand 108.50p/kg for OTM cattle.Top price Prime on the dayrealised 167.50ppkg twice.

Firstly a strong 666kgCharolais Steer (£1115.55)exhibited by E Bilsborough,Moor Green being purchased byT Postlethwaite & Co, Urswickand secondly a well fed 636kgLimousin Steer (£1,065.30)exhibited by E I Wilson,Sandgate, also being purchasedby T Postlethwaite & Co,Urswick. Top price heiferrealised 161.50p/kg for a wellfinished 574kg Limousinexhibited by R Falconer & Son,Water Blean being purchased byS Mason & Sons. Top Price OTMreached 120.50p/kg for a goodBelgian Blue feeding cowshown by D H & B Satterthwaite

& Daughter, High Farm, beingpurchased by T Postlethwaite &Co, Urswick.

Other leading prices:Limousin Steer 154.50p/kgAdgarley; Limousin Heifer160.50p/kg Water Blean;Belgian Blue Steer 156.50p/kgSandgate; Friesian Steer160.50p/kg New Hall; CharolaisSteer 158.50p/kg Sandgate;Charolais Heifer 134.50p/kg FarMountbarow; OTM BB Cow106.50p/kg High Farm; OTMHere Cow 98.50p/kg Hill Farm.

DAIRY, STORE CATTLE &CALVES: A small numberforward saw prices improvingfrom that of previous weeks.Dairy reached a high of £1,200for a strong Holstein Friesiancow in its third lactationexhibited by I Sweeting,Beckside Farm, Ulverston. Asmall entry of bull calves sawprices reaching £265 for monthold Limousins exhibited by M/sKirkby & Longworth, Sella Farm.Store cattle had an average of£683.60 with trade improvingas big Limousin Steers reached atop of £870 for RC Fox, HillFarm.

Other leading prices:Simmental Steers £690 Pit Farm;Friesian Steers £840 Low Shaw;Friesian Steers £735 Fell Side;Belgian Blue Heifers £865 NewHall; Charolais Heifers £475Southfield.

CAST EWES/RAMS (223):An increase in numbers sawtrade staying similar to that ofprevious weeks with an averageof £51.34. The top price on theday was £88 for huge Texelsexhibited by AC Butcher,Ulverston being purchased by GJones, Wrexham.

Other leading prices: Texels£75 Moor Green; Suffolks £83Bandrake; Mules £74 MansriggsHall; Swaledales £50 Low Hall;BFL £50 Low Hall; Herdwicks£55 Little Guards; Scotch £40Bandrake; Lleyn £72.50 HolmeGate; Cheviot £43 NibthwaiteGrange.

STORE LAMBS: A small fewstore lambs saw trade stillholding firm with an average of£48.58. Top price reached £62for a pen of sturdy Texelsexhibited by M Johnston, HighField. Mules reached a high of£56.80 for exhibitor W R Fox,Smithy Beck and Suffolksreached £45.50 for P Eastham.

RURAL BUSINESS: LIVESTOCK PRICES

Sellafield boss inline for top award

A royal challenge foraward-winning duo

Bidderssnap upfarmA CUMBRIAN farm has soldfor £785,000 at auction.

High Lowscales Farm,near Millom, with more than155 acres of land, was splitinto five separate lots when itwent under the hammer atthe auction room in Ulver-ston on Thursday last week.

The farm belonged toSouth Lakes hotelierJonathan Denby. He sold upbecause he was losing over£50,000 a year on it andwanted to free up some timein his busy life.

Mark Fletcher, of Tun-bridge Wells, in Kent, won thefarm’s detached, four-bed-room Georgian farmhousewith a bid of £350,000.

He also won a barn and sixacres of land with a bid of£165,000.

Local farmers, MessrsShephard Brothers, of LowHouse Farm, Millom, wonthe other three lots.

They bid £75,000 for a 26.6-acre piece of land, £77,000 fora 32.3-acre piece of land and£118,000 for an 80-acre plot.

Trust aims to build nestegg for Barn Owls

A SELLAFIELD manager hasbeen nominated for anaward.

Tony Colyer, quality man-ager (functions) at the sitehas been nominated as theChartered Quality Institute(CQI) member of the monthfor March.

The award is in recogni-tion of organising Sellafield’s‘Business Excellence Day’ atthe Sellafield Centre.

Mr Colyer has been a mem-ber of the CQI for 25 years andgained fellowship status in2000.

He said: “I was surprisedand delighted to receive thenomination from the CQI.

“Although I played a majorrole in bringing about threesuccessful events, I was justone of several other individ-uals who formed a steeringgroup who all had a role.

“So this nomination is alsofor them and for senior mem-bers of the company who pro-vided support and commit-ment.”

A profile of Mr Colyer willappear in February’s editionof Quality World magazine.

THE Royal Oak pub in Beck-ermet has been temporarilytaken over by licencees of theaward-winning SantonBridge Inn.

Lesley Rhodes and JohnMorrow have taken on theventure of temporarily run-ning the Jennings Brewery atBeckermet.

They currently own theBridge Inn which holds thefamous annual World’sBiggest Liar competition.

Lesley said: “We have got abit of a challenge ahead. Wehave a fantastic chef, Craig,and my fantastic manager,

Tom, who has been with us atSanton Bridge for around sixand a half years.

“We want to stamp ourmark on the place and bringit up to the standard thatpeople expect at the BridgeInn.”

The Royal Oak will be runby their long serving man-ager, Tom Hart and thekitchen by head chef, CraigNiven, who recently workedat the famous Inver LodgeHotel in Loch Inver for theRoux Brothers.

NuGen formally launchWest Cumbrian baseBY ALAN IRVING

NUGENERATION Ltd, theconsortium behind the plansto develop a new nuclearpower station at Sellafield,has formally launched its op-erations in West Cumbria.

Stakeholders from all overthe area heard NuGen exec-utives speak of the employ-ment opportunities for localpeople and its desire to workharmoniously with the localcommunities.

About 70 guests coveringcommunity, business forums,nuclear and political arenasattended last Friday’s launchat Westlakes Science Park,where NuGen has now es-tablished its West Cumbrianbase.

Olivier Carret, the com-pany’s chief operating officer,told them: “We look forwardto being part of a local en-vironment in which there areso many industries directlyinvolved with nuclear, somany people with valuableskills and who know what itmeans to work in the nuclearindustry.

“Our goal is really to betreated here in West Cumbriaas neighbours, part of the environment and the fabric ofthe industry.

“We are making a strongand lasting commitment toinvolve and engage people inour plans and the opening ofour new office here at theheart of the business com-munity of West Cumbriameans that we will be able toactively contribute to Cum-bria’s Energy Coast visionand develop strong and longterm relationships with localcommunities in the area.

“There is a huge amount ofexpertise and knowledge thatcomes from the long tradition

of nuclear power in this areaand we are very much look-ing forward to working withthe people of West Cumbriaas our plans progress.”

NuGen is a partnership ofIberdrola, GDF Suez andScottish & Southern Energywho, between them, own andoperate almost 10,000 MW of

nuclear generating capacityacross Europe.

In October last year theconsortium secured an op-tion to purchase nearly 500acres of NDA land on whichto build the Sellafield powerstation – £70 million is in-volved in the deal.

Subject to final investmentdecisions, based on variousissues such as planning, con-struction would start in 2015with commissioning in 2023.

Extending a warm wel-come to NuGen, ProfessorJohn Fyfe, Ambassador of theUniversity of Central Lan-cashire, said: “We seek to cre-ate new wealth, jobs and qual-ity of life for people livinghere and for future gener-ations.”

Twenty-five years ago, hesaid, the seeds were sown for

West Cumbria’s regenerationwith the setting up of Eng-land’s first economic devel-opment partnership whichled to the establishment ofWestlakes Science & Technol-ogy Park.

“We have different partner-ships now with Britain’s En-ergy Coast West Cumbria thefulcrum,” he added.

Copeland’s MP JamieReed, who was heavily in-volved in attracting the con-sortium’s interest, said: “Ihave been impressed by thehonest and transparent wayin which they have ap-proached the communitywith their plans but, at thesame time, we will have towork in a dedicated, inte-grated way to overcome anyobstacles on the way but wecan do it.”

Instructor Shameem is the Zumba queenBY SARAH ROBINSON

A COPELAND dance instruc-tor has received a top acco-lade in the country’s Zumbaawards.

Shameem Arnold, co-founder of Zumba Cumbria(now Moky Fit), beat off thou-

sands of others to be awardedthe prestigious title of ‘MostInspirational Instructor’.

Now Shameem has been in-vited to perform on stage infront of 5,000 people at thecountry’s largest outdoorZumbathon, in Twickenhamon June 11. The event will

raise money for the BritishHeart Foundation and Shoot-ing Star Children’s Hospice,which provides respite carefor terminally ill children.

Shameem said: “It’s an ho-nour to be nominated for this

THE World Owl Trust, basedat Muncaster Castle, haslaunched a campaign to fundthe building of 100 new nestboxes for one of Britain’smost beautiful birds.

Barn Owl numbers havebeen in decline over recentyears mainly due to the lossof traditional roost and nest-ing sites and suitable habitatareas.

There are now only be-tween 3,000 and 6,000 breed-ing pairs in the UK and ap-proximately 70 per cent ofthose rely on nest boxes tobreed successfully.

To raise funds for the newnest boxes, which cost ap-proximately £50 each, staffand volunteers from the

World Owl Trust are under-taking a gruelling 25 kmsponsored walk in the Ali-cante Mountains in SouthernSpain.

The walk involves climb-ing five peaks with a total1570 metres of ascent.

The trip, due to take placein the Spring, will be fundedentirely by the participantsand Brian Fagg, a director ofMountain Walks in Spain.

You can find more infor-mation on the World OwlTrust at www.owls.org. Tofind out about Muncaster goto www.muncaster.co.uk.

To make a donation for thecharity walk visit www.just-giving.com/Raedwulf-Ing-ham

■ LOOKING FORWARD: From the left, Copeland MP Jamie Reed, leader of Copeland Council Elaine Woodburn; Olivier Carret and LynnWilson from NuGen; Professor John Fyfe and Alfio Vidal from NuGen after the presentation Pictures: Mike McKenzie

■ THE WAYFORWARD:Olivier Carret,from NuGen,addresses theaudience at thepresentation

■ AWARDWINNER: Co-founder of Mokydance fitness,Shameem Arnold,leading a class

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prestigious award, let alonewin. I am proud to be able togo to London to representCumbria at this fantastic oc-casion after the terribleevents of the past 12 months.

“The Cumbrian spirit has

inspired me to keep goingwhen things get tough andit’s great to be able to provideinspiration for others in thisarea and now hopefullyacross the UK,” she added.

Zumba judges looked at

Shameem’s inspirationallife-story, from her personalbattle against ME which lefther unable to walk, to nowencouraging thousands ofdance-crazy participants toget fit through Moky dancefitness classes.

Moky fans who nominatedShameen said they were allinspired by how she hadcoped with her illness andinspired them to get fitter.

Her husband and Moky co-founder Mat added: “In manyways it was Shameem’s re-alisation during her illnessthat she might never recoverthat drives her achievementsnow. It is her zest for life anddesire to live every day as if itwere her last that sets herapart from all the others.”

BY SARAH ROBINSON

■ SOLD FARM: Lakes hotelierJonathan Denby Steve Barber