Prime Cattle (under 30 mos)

With a total of 13 retail accounts at the ringside the August Primestock Show saw the Championship awarded by James Robertshaw of Keelham Farm Shop to Jim Baines of Trawden for his 560kg Blonde cross heifer which sold to Anthony Kitson retail butchers with shops in Northallerton and Yarm for 319.5p/kg (£1789). Kitsons then added the reserve champion from Brian Lund of Walshaw to their shopping list, a 630kg pure British Blue Heifer which made 255.5p/kg or £1610.

Monthly Show

Heifers – 1^st B Lund             2^nd J Baines                            3^rd TW Cowperthwaite

Bullocks – 1^st J Baines          2^nd TW Cowperthwaite      3^rd JR Metcalfe

Champion – J Baines                           Reserve – B Lund

Steers

465-555kg                                             to 237.5p/kg        av 250.33p/kg

560kg+                                                   to 248.5p/kg        av 210.26p/kg

Heifers

400-480kg                                             to 243.5p/kg        av 168.09p/kg

485kg+                                                   to 319.5p/kg        av 237.32p/kg

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

Steers

£ per head: TW Cowperthwaite (Sim) 1425,(Limx) 1392, JR Metcalfe (Limx) 1396, J Drinkall Ltd (Char) 1294

p/kg: JR Metcalfe (Limx) 258.5,255.5, TW Cowperthwaite (Limx) 248.5,(Simx) 241.5, J Drinkall Ltd (Char) 237.5

Heifers

£ per head: J Baines (Blondex)1789,(BBx) 1477,B Lund (BB) 1610, JR Metcalfe (Limx) 1482, BS Simpson (BBx) 1378

p/kg: J Baines (Blondex) 319.5,(BBx) 273.5, TW Cowperthwaite (Limx) 278.5, B Lund (BB) 255.5, JR Metcalfe (Limx) 255.5

Prime Cattle (over 30 mos)

Overall Average                   126.78p/kg                           £806.25

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

£ per head: JR Taylor&Son (B&W St) 1011,(B&W Hfr) 921, JC Marshall (B&W Hfr) 872, M Baul&Sons Ltd (B&W Hfr) 848

p/kg: JR Taylor&Son (B&W St) 138.5,(B&W Hfr) 133.5, JC Marshall (B&W Hfr) 139.5, M Baul&Sons Ltd (B&W Hfr) 131.5

Overall Average                                   106.67p/kg           £702.42

Black & White                       to 112.5p/kg                        av 96.10p/kg

MRI                                         to 109.5p/kg                        av 106.79p/kg

Limx                                       to 175.5p/kg                        av 120.23p/kg

BBx                                         to 95.50p/kg                        av 88.71p/kg

Blondex                                 to 139.5p/kg                        av 132.00p/kg

Top Prices (£ per head or p/kg)

B&W:

£ per head: G Abbott&Sons 816, JT Rushton 743, Church Farm Enterprises 731, M Baul&Sons Ltd 729,SW&JE Ryder&Son 705

p/kg: G Abbott 112.5,JT Rushton 108.5, SW&JE Ryder&Son 101.5, M Baul&Sons Ltd 100.5,98.5 A&J Carr&Son 99.5

Other Dairy

£ per head: L&A Watson (MRI) 717,559

p/kg: L&A Watson (MRI) 109.5,103.5

Brit Blue:

£ per head: H&S Maudsley 630

p/kg: H&S Maudsley 95.5

Char:

£ per head: K Burton 1173

p/kg: K Burton 125.5

Lim:

£ per head: AJ Mason 1158, JE Sheard 747, JC&N Throup 713

p/kg: AJ Mason 175.5, JE Sheard 118.5, JC&N Throup 110.5

Blondex

£ per head: JC&N Throup 963, JR Taylor&Son 859

p/kg: JC&N Throup 139.5, JR Taylor&Son 124.5

Mature Bull

Overall Average                                   80.99p/kg             £635.78

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

£ per head: SW&JE Ryder&SON (Mont) 833, F Spence (B&W) 439

p/kg: SW&JE Ryder&Son (Mont) 91.5, F Spence (B&W) 66.5

A completely different story in the sheep market this week with the average price up by 15p/kg to stand at 156.5p/kg right through the sale. Handy weight lambs were a good trade and in best demand, as were the very smartest sorts with 2 extra buyers stood at the ringside today buying for wholesale and retail customers and the best end were regularly either side of £2. Heavy lambs also took a very good lift on the week, many of these selling either side of 150p/kg.

Today’s sale included the Monthly Prize Show of Lambs and judging was kindly undertaken by Mr Thomas Shepherdson. His choice as champions were a pen of Beltex crosses shown by Jonathan Townley of Nutta Farm, Clapham, weighing 39kg this pen of five were keenly sought after and secured by James Robertshaw, who along with sister Victoria, have recently opened the Keelham Farm Shop just off Gargrave Road in Skipton where the lambs will be on retail sale shortly. The reserve champions came from Frank & Robert Fielden of Todmorden, again weighing 39kg, they were secured for £89 each by Chris Hodgson purchasing on behalf of Kitson’s in Northallerton

Monthly Show

Continental x

1^st E&M Townley weighing 39kg sold for £106 to Keelham Farm Shop

2^nd F&R Fielden weighing 39kg sold for £89 to Anthony Kitson, Butchers

3^rd T&C Robinson weighing 41kg sold for £86 to Anthony Kitson, Butchers

Suff x

1^st H Raw weighing 40kg sold for £68 to T Shepherdson

2^nd H Raw weighing 48kg sold for £81 to N Dalby

3^rd JRA&M Earnshaw weighing 44kg sold for £74 to Keelham Farm Shop

Mule

1^st JC&N Throup weighing 43kg sold for £60.50 to P Watson

2^nd JC&N Throup weighing 46kg sold for £65.50 to A Atkinson

3^rd JA Throup weighing 44kg sold for £63.50 to P Watson

Champion – E&M Townley weighing 39kg sold for £106 to Keelham Farm Shop

Reserve – F&R Fielden weighing 39kg sold for £89 to CH Meats

2,925 Prime Lambs  – Overall Average  £66.49 per head or 156.49p/kg              

32.1kg to 35.9kg                 to 230.3p/kg         av 154.72p/kg      or £52.31 per head

36.0kg to 45.5kg                 to 271.8p/kg         av 157.86p/kg      or £66.00 per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg                 to 178.3p/kg         av 149.37p/kg      or £71.08 per head

52.1kg and over   to 161.7p/kg         av 150.74p/kg      or £81.90 per head

Beltex average £75.21 per head or 193.27p/kg

£ per head: £106 E&M Townley; £93 JR&PH Hodgson; £92 AM&HV Brown; £90 J Garth & Son; £89 F&R Fielden

p/kg: 271.8p E&M Townley; 231.6p AM&HV Brown; 230.8p J Garth & Son; 230.3p AM&HV Brown

Suffolk average £67.16 per head or 153.6p/kg

£ per head: £81 H Raw; £75 AL Dean & Son; £74 RA&M Earnshaw; £73.50 A Guy & Son; £73 AJ Shepherd; £72 H Barker

p/kg: 182.9p AL Dean; 172.5p A&A Bradley; 170p, 168.8p H Raw; 168.3p James Garth & Son; 168.2p RA&M Earnshaw 

Texel average £67.13 per head or 157.17p/kg

£ per head: £103, £97, £83 JW Mellin; £86 T&C Robinson; £84 RH&MR Ireland; £84 M Crabtree; £82 MP Jennings

p/kg: 216.7p AM&HV Brown; 209.8p T&C Robinson; 200p RH&MR Ireland; 195p S Bosworth; 190.9p M Crabtree

Mule average £58.55 per head or 140.39p/kg

£ per head: £67.50 R&KA Burley; £67.50 CR&J Kippax; £65.50 JC&N Throup; £65 JM&S Tennant; £64.50 K&GJ Huck

p/kg: 150p CR&J Kippax; 146.7p R&KA Burley; 146.6p K&GJ Huck; 145.7p AM&HV Brown; 144.3p JA Throup;

Charollais average £67.48 per head or 155.31p/kg

£ per head: £79, £76.50 RC Lee; £74 Tom Walmsley; £71.50 M Crabtree; £68 HW&F Wilkinson; £67.50 N Parker

p/kg: 168.2p Tom Walmsley; 159.4p RC Lee; 157.3p B Spensley Ltd; 155.4p M Crabtree; 154.7p HW&F Wilkinson & Son

Swaledale average £44.13 per head or 134.73p/kg

£ per head: £44.50 S&D Robinson; £43 DA Robinson;

p/kg: 134.8p S&D Robinson; 134.4p DA Robinson

LLeyn average £54 per head or 144.64p/kg

£ per head: £63 CD&RF Kitching; £49.50 T Riley

p/kg: 150p CD&RF Kitching; 141.4p T Riley

Cull Ewes average £60.63

Suffolk to £87.50, Texel to £144, BFL to £75.50, Mule to £71.50, Lleyn to £68.50, Swaledale to £54.50, Masham to £54.50, Dalesbred to £26.50, Cheviot  to £78.50, Beltex  to £107.50, Lonk  to £45.50.

Top prices:

Lowland: £144 JW Mellin; £105.50 D Gray; £104.50 RH&MR Ireland

Mule/Masham: £71.50 DJ Halliday; £67.50 N&M Sutcliffe; £65.50 H&S Maudsley  

Horned: £54.50 KG Stapleton; £50.50 GF Harker & Sons; £48.50 JM&VJ Howard Ltd

Hill: £78.50 RH&MR Ireland; £75.50 J&K Harker; £68.50 RG&SJ Paul  

Cast Rams average £83.07

Texel to £115.50 JW Mellin Suffolk to £91.50 AN Bolland BFL to £63.50 K&GJ Huck

Rearing Calves to £570 (68)

B&W av £116.89 Cont av £456 Native av £280

Good show of calves for a non dairy day with 68 on offer. A few extra faces in the calf ring today with a strong trade throughout. Quality calves were on fire again with good continentals topping out at £570 and black and whites £260. Some top notch British Blues from Church Farm Enterprises, Richard Sutcliffe and Colin Whitelock taking the entry of 14 to an average of £481. Blue Heifers were a similar statement with Richard Shuttleworth helping the cause with an average of £400.83 for 6.

Angus’s and natives were in demand though in short supply with a strong bull from Richard Shuttleworth making £330 and George Fleetwood £260 with an Angus heifer.

Black and Whites sold well, today’s average of £116.89 for 38 calves shows the strength of the trade with a lot of Holstein bred calves nicely over £100. B&W’s topped at £260 for a Pure Friesian Bull from Richard Spence, Sutton.  

Today’s continental calves averaged 38 days of age and Black and Whites averaged 27 days.

NB: Next week is the Early Month Dairy Sale & the 17^th of August is the Late Summer Calf Show

Bull Calves

Limousin x (Av £450) to £450           J Gooch                 

Brit Blue x (Av £481) to £570           Church Farm Enterprises                  

Aberdeen Angus to £330                  SR Shuttleworth                                                 

Charollais (Av £535) to £535             FA Holmes                                            

Shorthorn (Av £147) to £160           G&PS Fleetwood

Black & White (Av £116.89)to £260 F Spence                              

Heifer Calves                       

Limousin x (Av £400) to £400           J Gooch                 

Brit Blue x (Av £400.83)to £465      Church Farm Enterprises                  

Simmental (Av £425) to £425          SR Shuttleworth                                                 

Ab Angus (Av £255) to £260             G&PS Fleetwood