Prime Cattle (under 30 mos)

A very good show of cattle at the July Prime Show with the champion JM Townsend’s (Laneshawbridge) 540kg British Blue cross Heifer which sold to Keelham Farm Shop for 264.5p/kg or £1428. Reserve champion was a pure bred Limousin heifer weighing 535kgt consigned by Mesrs AA&E Critchley & Son from Hutton which sold to Jeff Burrow for 279.5p/kg or £1495.

Top price £ per head was a 580kg British Blue cross heifer sold by Jim Baines of Trawden which made 259.5p/kg or £1505 when selling to D&A Gregory&Son of Bacup.

Monthly Show

Heifers -                 1^st & 3^rd JM Townsend        2^nd AA&E Critchley

Bullocks -               1^st JR Metcalfe                      2^nd AA&E Cricthley               3^rd J Baines

Champion -           JM Townsend                       Reserve – AA&E Critchley

Steers

465-555kg                                             to 257.5p/kg                        av. 250.00p/kg

560kg+                                                   to 258.5/kg                          av. 213.25p/kg

Heifers

400-480kg                                             to 251.5p/kg                        av. 224.14p/kg

485kg+                                                   to 279.5p/kg                        av. 215.63p/kg

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

Steers

£ per head: JR Metcalfe (BBx) 1496, AA&E Critchley&Son (BBx) 1448, J Baines (Limx) 1394, H Rigby (BBx) 1274

p/kg: AA&E Critchley&Son (BBx) 258.5, CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 257.5, JR Metcalfe (BBx) 253.5, J Baines (Limx) 244.5

Heifers

£ per head: J Baines (Limx) 1505, AA&E Critchley&Son (Limx) 1495, 1401, JM Townsend (BBx) 1428, CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 1356

p/kg: AA&E Critchley (BBx) 279.5, 259.5, JM Townsend (BBx) 264.5, 259.5, J Baines (Limx) 259.5, CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 253.5

Prime Cattle (over 30 mos)

Overall Average                                   149.67p/kg                           £919.22

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

£ per head: JD Taylor&Son (B&W) 1059, E&KM Marshall (B&W) 980, J Drake (B&W) 928, DM Smith (B&W) 914

p/kg: JD Taylor&Son (B&W) 165.5, E&KM Marshall (B&W) 155.5, RH Lofthouse (B&W) 150.5, CJ&DD Drake (B&W) 149.5

Overall Average                                   124.55p/kg           £855.22

Better show of dairies and a higher percentage of heavy cows carrying finish. A slight improvement in trade on the week with particular interest in the young cows Holstein Friesians to 165.5p/kg. Only 4 cows below 100p in today’s sale of 44 cast cattle.

Black & White                       to 165.5p/kg                        av. 122.54 p/kg

Swed Red                              to 103.5p/kg

Blue Albion                           to 122.5p/kg                       

Limx                                       to 145.5p/kg                       

BBx                                         to 145.5p/kg

Blondex                                 to 136.5p/kg

AAx                                         to 136.5p/kg                        av. 131.78p/kg

Beef Shorthorn                    to 133.5p/kg

Top Prices (£ per head or p/kg)

B&W:

£ per head: DM Smith 1233, J Caygill&Ptns 1173, 1157, 1127, 1072, 1041,971,961, CM&EM Gratton 942

p/kg: DM Smith 165.5, 158.5, J Caygill&Ptns 164.5, 136.5, 134.5,132.5,132.5, JSS Verity 133.5, D&P Spence&Son 133.5

Other Dairy

£ per head: RH Lofthouse (Blue Albion) 772, JSS Verity (Swed Red) 544

p/kg: RH Lofthouse (Blue Albion) 122.5, JSS Verity (Swed Red) 103.5,

Contx

£ per head: P Fortune (Limx) 997, A Thompson Farms Ltd (BBx) 997, F Stephenson (Blondex) 799,794.

p/kg: P Fortune (Limx) 145.5,  A Thompson Farms Ltd (BBx) 145.5, F Stephenson (Blondex) 136.5, 133.5

Native

£ per head: DG Boothman (AAx) 1133, J Shorrock (Beef Sh) 1008,  DA Ogden&Son (AA) 784

p/kg: DG Boothman (AAx) 136.5,  J Shorrock (Beef Sh) 133.5, DA Ogden&Son (AA) 125.5

MATURE BULL

Overall Average                                   144.99p/kg           £1170.90

Cont

£ per head: TB Moorhouse (Blonde) 1192 JR&A Blades (Lim) 1149

p/kg: JR&A Blades (Lim) 145.5, TB Moorhouse (Blonde) 144.5

2,208 Prime Sheep

Lambs were a better trade than anticipated with an overall average of 214p/kg looking a nice result on the day. Commercial Lambs with a bit more weight on board were keenly contested and would be 10p/kg dearer than the lighter commercial lambs (37kg-39kg). Better lambs generally 230p to 250p, top per kilo 263.4p/kg from Henry Atkinson, 263.1p from Rob Paisley, Ilkley, others at 261.p Henry Atkinson, 259.0p GA Hewitt & Son, Giggleswick,  256.5p JA Stoney & Son Pateley Bridge. Messrs Stoney also had the top price head of £118 selling to Countrystyle Meat of Lancaster. Ellis Bros £113.50, Rob Paisley £110.50, Henry Atkinson £110, George Wearmouth £110.
Today was the Monthly Prize Show and judging was carried out by Mr Nick Dalby. His Champions came from Michael Hewitt of Giggleswick selling for £101 to Hartshead Meat Co.

Monthly Show

Continental
1^st            GA Hewitt 39kg £101 selling to Hartshead Meats Mossley

2^nd           TA Robinson 44kg £98 selling to Hartshead Meats Mossley

3^rd           D&A Livestock 41kg £90 selling to Vivers Scot Lamb

Down x

1^st            ML Evans 45kg £109 selling to Swaledale Foods

2^nd           ML Evans 46kg £106 selling to Keelham Farmshop

3^rd           D&A Livestock 44kg £94.50 selling to Paul Watson

Mule

1^st            JC&N Throup 39kg £78 selling to Paul Watson

Champion – GA Hewitt                      Reserve – TA Robinson

Spring Lambs  – Overall Average  £85.95 per head or 214.64p/kg         

25.5kg to 32.0kg                 to 206.3p/kg         av 189.78p/kg      or £58.88 per head

32.1kg to 35.9kg                 to 224.2p/kg         av 201.29p/kg      or £68.40 per head

36.0kg to 45.5kg                 to 263.40p/kg       av 215.16p/kg      or £87.09 per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg                 to 256.5p/kg         av 221.86p/kg      or £104.21 per head

Beltex average £95.33 per head or 237.68p/kg

£ per head: £113.50 Ellis Bros; £113, £110, £108, £106 HB Atkinson; £103 P Crabtree; £101 GA Hewitt; £100 HB Atkinson

p/kg: 263.4p, 261.9p, 256.8p, 252.4p HB Atkinson; 259p GA Hewitt; 252.2p Ellis Bros; 251.2p P Crabtree & Son

Suffolk average £84.39 per head or 209.35p/kg

£ per head: £110 GR&SM Wearmouth; £109 ML Evans; £106 RA&M Eanrshaw; £106 ML Evans; £98 RA&M Earnshaw

p/kg:242.2p ML Evans; 230.4p ML Evans; 229.2p GR&SM Wearmouth; 227.4p EXEC M Calvert; 221.60p D&A Livestock

Texel average £86.09 per head or 211.98p/kg

£ per head: £118 JA Stoney; £110.5 J&R Paisley; £108 AJ Taylor; £108 T Boothman; £107 HB Atkinson; £106 J Turner

p/kg: 263.1p JR Paisley; 256.5p JA Stoney & Son; 250p Ellis Bros; 244p GA Hewitt; 240.7p Ellis Bros; 240.5p JP Barnes

Mule average £77.65 per head or 180.91p/kg

£ per head: £83.50 JM Daggett; £83 A Todd; £82 L Mellin; £80 RD Metcalfe & Son; £80 K Dickinson; £78 JC&N Throup

p/kg: 202.4p A Todd; 200p JC&N Throup; 200p RD Metcalfe & Son; 200p L Mellin; 198.8p JM Daggett; 194.7p JC&N Throup

Charollais average £63.26 per head or 184.92p/kg

£ per head: £81 CR&J Kippax; £50 D Bowler

p/kg:203.8p CR&J Kippax; 166.7p D Bowler

Suffolk to £96.50, Texel to £103.50, BFL to £81.50, Mule to £85, Lleyn to £60.50, Swaledale to £40.50,  Cheviot  to £79.50, Beltex  to £76.50.

Top prices:

Lowland: £103.50 x2 J Turner; £99.50 JR Airey;

Mule/Masham: £85 JC&N Throup; £82.50 JR Airey;  

Horned: £40.50 AM&HV Brown; £37.50 JW Sayer & Sons

Hill: £81.50 RD Metcalfe & Son;  £79.50 RH&MR Ireland;  

Cast Rams average £75.21

Texel to £92.50 JGE Heseltine; Swaledale to £67.50 JW Sayer & Son

Rearing Calves to £460 (75)

B&W av £85.93 Cont av £372.89 Native av £312.5

Cracking show of Continental calves forward this morning with Geoff and Margaret Booth of Dowshaw Farm topping proceedings at £460, followed by £450 and £445 from the same home. Continental heifers were good to sell yet again with the Sowray Bros, Bishop Thornton topping at £400 with a lovely dark heifer at 29 days old.

Natives were a flyer also with Church Farm seeing their Angus bull calf hit £345 and a heifer to £300. Black and whites were very similar on the week with an average of £85.93 and calves topping at £155 for a well fleshed Friesian type from Paul and Janet Bolland of Dykelands  

Bull Calves

Limousin x (Av £400) to £400 EJ Fort                             

Brit Blue x (Av £390.26) to £460 GT Booth                                                   

Aberdeen Angus (Av £345) to £345 Church Farm Enterprises

Black & White (Av £85.93) to £220 J Caygill & Partners                             

Heifer Calves                       

Simmental x (Av £320) to £320CN&SA Harrison                                                         

Ab Angus (Av £184.29) to £300 Church Farm Enterprises                                                        

British Blue (Av £360) to £400 A Sowray & Son

Lim (Av £280) to £280 EJ Fort

Prize Awards:       Newly Calven Heifers:         1^st RW&M Walker 2^nd WR Stewart; 3^rd KT Wood

                                Newly Calven Cows:            1^st DA&S Fort;

                                In-Calf Heifers:                     1^st Lambert – Milehouse; 2^nd Lambert - Milehouse

                                Champion – RW&M Walker              Reserve –  WR Stewart

Newly Calven Heifers:  av £1808 to £2180 RW&M Walker

Newly Calven Cows: to £1920 DA&S Fort  

Incalf Heifers: av £1470 to £1500 Lambert – Milehouse