Prime Cattle (under 30 mos)

Keelham Farm Shop arrived in good form to fill the shelves in their Skipton and Thornton shops buying 7 out of 12 clean cattle presented for sale. Top call was p/kg and gross was Malcolm Metcalfe from Baldersby with a Limousin cross heifer weighing 590kg which sold to Keelham Farm Shop for 247.5p/kg or £1460.

Steers

465-555kg                                             to 241.5p/kg        av. 240.5p/kg

560kg+                                                   to 231.5p/kg

Heifers

400-480kg                                             to 220.5p/kg

485kg+                                                   to 247.5p/kg        av.232.29p/kg

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

Steers

£ per head: JA Drake (Baz.x) 1308, CD&RF Kitching (Blondex) 1292,(Limx) 1281

p/kg: CD&RF Kitching (Blondex) 241.5, CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 239.5, JA Drake (Bazx) 231.5

Heifers

£ per head: JR Metcalfe (Limx) 1460, JM Townsend (BBx) 1269, JA Drake (Limx) 1237, CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 1236

p/kg: JR Metcalfe (Limx) 247.5,  JA Drake (Limx) 242.5, JM Townsend (BBx) 239.5, 230, CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 239.5,235.5  

Cast cattle very similar trade to previous weeks but a shortage of meat causes a reduction on paper. All heavy meated dairies 126-130p but under 40 month dairies slightly easier.

Overall Average                                   117.21p/kg           £728.32

Black & White                       to 153.5p/kg                        av. 115.55p/kg

Blondex                                  to 155.5p/kg

Top Prices (£ per head or p/kg)

B&W:

£ per head: JR Dinsdale&Sons 1054, JD Crabtree&Son 973, H Downs&Son 913, 845, D&P Spence&Sons 835, 816  

p/kg: H Downs&Son 153.5,130, 128.5, JD Crabtree&Son 132.5, D&P Spence & Son 129.5, 127.5, JR Dinsdale&Sons 128.5,

Blondex:

£ per head: JC&N Throup 956

p/kg: JC&N Throup 155.5

MATURE BULL

Overall Average                                   117.96p/kg           £1052.79

£ per head: MP&SL Tyson (AA) 1134, D White (Lim) 972

p/kg: D White (Lim) 117.5, MP&SL Tyson (AA) 117.5

2,811 Prime Sheep

More lambs about today and another decent trade again. Heavy lambs were keenly contested all day, the 52kg and over bracket averaging 215.8p and the 45-52kg range levelling at 221.8p or £104.94 per head. There were however a lot of lambs in the entry 38kg or less and these generally sold away about 205-210p. Smart goods were not as numerous as usually seen, the best end in around the 250p mark. Cast sheep forward in good numbers and were a very similar trade, although more lean sucked ewes now getting into the entry.

Spring Lambs  – Overall Average  £85.61 per head or 212.5p/kg           

32.1kg to 35.9kg                 to 211.80p/kg       av 202.50p/kg      or £70.48 per head

36.0kg to 45.5kg                 to 254.80p/kg       av 212.37p/kg      or £85.60 per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg                 to 237.00p/kg       av 221.82p/kg      or £104.94 per head

52.1kg and over                  to 220.40p/kg       av 215.87p/kg      or £117.00 per head

Beltex average £93.47 per head or 239.67p/kg

£ per head: £111 TA Robinson; £107 WA&VJ&JA Towler; £100 E&M Townley & Son; £100 P Crabtree & Son; £96 D Teal;

p/kg:254.8p WA&VJ&JA Towler; 252.3p TA Robinson; 250p AW&N Wade; 243.9p, 243.6p P Crabtree & Son

Suffolk average £83.84 per head or 206.83p/kg

£ per head: £119 J Turner; £114 RA&M Earnshaw; £99 TH Mellin; £96.50 RJ&LM Wilkinson; £96 TH Mellin; £96 D&A Livestock;

p/kg: 228p RA&M Earnshaw; 220.4p J Turner; 220p TH Mellin; 218.2p D&A Livestock; 213.3p MW Harrison; 212.5p R Emmott;

Texel average £86.03 per head or 213.21p/kg

£ per head: £113 I Marsden; £111 J Turner; £110 I Marsden; £110 W&SM Bilsborough; £109 T Smith; £109 MP Jennings

p/kg: 250p A&AR Phillipson; 245.5p J Turner; 245.5p DG Boothman; 243.2p E&M Townley & Son; 240p SJ Sugden;

Charollais average £82.92 per head or 206.47p/kg

£ per head: £99 TH Mellin; £88.50, £86 D&A Livestock; £82 MJ&RH Wallbank; £68 JR Taylor & Son;

p/kg:215.2p TH Mellin; 210.7p, 209.8p D&A Livestock Ltd; 205p MJ&RH Wallbank; 200p JR Taylor & Sons

Mule average £75.04 per head or 193.55p/kg

£ per head: £84 JA Throup; £80 J&K Harker; £73 JR Taylor & Son; £73 JC&N Throup; £67 JM&S Tennant; £60 JR Taylor & Son

p/kg: 200p JA Throup; 197.3p JR Taylor & Son; 195.1p J&K Harker; 192.1p JC&N Throup; 186.1p JM&S Tennant;

Suffolk to £95.50, Texel to £121.50, Mule to £83.50, Lleyn to £89.50, Swaledale to £58.50, Gritstone to £54.50, Cheviot to £82.50, Beltex  to £83.50.

Top prices:

Lowland: £121.50 J Watson; £107.50 HJ&TJ Howarth;

Mule/Masham: £83.50 R&M Towell; £79.50 S&D Bennett;  

Horned: £58.50, £51.50 CD&RF Kitching;

Hill: £89.50 CD&RF Ktiching; £82.50 RH&JS Vickery;  

Cast Rams average £77.59

Texel to £88.50 FI Ibbotson; Swaledale to £65.50 JW Sayer

Rearing Calves to £425

B&W av £115.80 Cont av £349.18 Native av £196.66

Black and Whites were on fire today with Geoff and Margaret Booth of Lothersdale topping proceedings at £225 with an overall average of £115.80 for all types, it is clearly worthwhile bringing these calves to market to sell in front of strong competition.

Continental bulls were certainly as good as last week with nowhere near the quality on show today, however the best on show was from Richard Spence, Sutton in Craven reaching £415 for his British Blue bull. Heifers again outstripping bulls today with Fred Houseman seeing his calf reach £425 to regular supporters Malcolm and Stephen Abbott with all heifers averaging £349.50.   

Bull Calves

Limousin x (Av £205) to £205                          

Brit Blue x (Av £348.87) to £415 RM Spence                                                               

Aberdeen Angus (Av £180) to £235 S&PE Bowker & Son

Black & White (Av £115.80) to £225 GT Booth                            

Heifer Calves                       

Ab Angus (Av £227.50) to £280 RM Spence                                                 

British Blue (Av £349.50) to £425 Church Farm Enterprises

Lim (Av £165) to £165 Town Head Farm Partnerships