Prime Cattle (under 30 mos)

Leading purchaser was Keelham Farm Shop from Skipton securing 5 purchases including the leading priced p/kg heifer at 249.5p from Mesrs RT&J Critchley&Sons from Hutton whose Limousin heifer weighed 535kg and grossed up to £1334. Top gross was a 575kg Limousin cross heifer from Mesrs CD&RF Kitching of Threshfield  which sold to Stanforths Butchers of Skipton for £1349 or 232.5p.

Another high quality show with 10 of todays entry making 230p or over.

Steers

465-560kg                                             to 245.5p/kg                        av.213.19p/kg

560kg+                                                   to 237.5p/kg                        av. 234.97p/kg

Heifers

480kg                                                     to 249.5p/kg                        av. 227.89p/kg

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

Steers

£ per head: CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 1349, RT&J Critchley&Sons (Limx) 1342, (Blondex) 1313

p/kg: TW Cowperthwaite (Limx) 245.5, RT&J Critchley&Sons (Blondex) 245.5, (Limx) 237.5, SD Bennett (Limx) 239.5,

Heifers

£ per head: CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 1394,1340,(BBx) 1313, RT&J Critchley&Sons 1335

p/kg: RT&J Critchley&Sons (Limx) 249.5, TW Cowperthwaite (BBx) 246.5, CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 241.5.  

Overall Average                                   101.01p/kg                           £635.25

A few plain cows holding back the average but dairies carrying finish comfortably 110p and over.

Black & White                      to 116.5p/kg                        av. 98.84p/kg

AAx                                         to 116.5p/kg

Top Prices (£ per head or p/kg)

B&W:

£ per head: A&SL Throup&Son 820,662, JP&KE Hartley 786, Wood Bros 775,689,

p/kg: Wood Bros 116.5,108.5, JP&KE Hartley 111.5, A&SL Throup&Son 111.5,109.5,

Native

£ per head: D Jeffrey (AAx) 810

p/kg: D Jeffrey (AAx) 116.5

2,440 Prime Sheep comprising 2129 Spring Lamb & Hoggs, 311 Cast Ewes & Rams

Lamb numbers taking a seasonal increase today, and another good trade on the day too with an overall selling average of 191p. All classes keenly bid for with heavy lambs maintaining prices from 190p to 210p, whilst the handyweight lambs were a stand on trade from last week with several firms competing hard for the nicely finished 37kg to 39kg types.
Top prices per head were 53kg Texels at £114 per head from John Wood Trawden purchased by Nick Dalby on behalf of Kendalls Farm Butchers. Swaledale Foods purchased 57kg continentals from TH Mellin Black Lane Ends also at £114, whilst Kendalls also purchased lambs at £113 from M&R Smith of Winterburn. TE Walker Barden sold 55kg at £111 to J&E Medcalf Ltd Halifax, and Fox Farms Clitheroe had a great run of lambs topping at £109 per head for 46kg selling to Vivers Scotlamb Annan. Hartshead Meat Co also buying good butchers lambs with 44kg at £108 from AF Harker Long Preston and also £108 for 47kg again from M&R Smith.
Per kilo Vivers Scotlamb purchased the principle pens at 276p (38kg) from E&M Townley Clapham, 252p from E Pennock & Son Beamsley, 242p Fox Farms, and 240p P Crabtree & Son Otley. Others at 245p from AF Harker Long Preston to Hartshead Meat Co.
A larger show of cast sheep levelled at £73 across for all breeds with a very competitive trade seen, best Continental Ewes up to £120 purchased by Lancashire Direct Halal Meats with other good sorts into three figures, nice heavy ewes in the 90’s. Best Mule Ewes touching £80 but mid 70’s onwards, and best Horned ewes in the 60’s, but second quality lean meated ewes late 50’s to £60.

Spring Lambs – Overall Average £81.43 per head or 191.94p/kg           

36.0kg to 45.5kg to 276.3p/kg         av 191.07p/kg      or £79.73 per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg to 229.8p/kg         av 191.93p/kg      or £90.99 per head

52.1kg and over   to 215.1p/kg         av 201.58p/kg      or £100.50 per head

Beltex average £95.05 per head or 227p/kg

£ per head: £109 Fox Farm; £108 AF Harker; £106 E Pennock; £105 E&M Townley & Son; £104 Fox Farms; £99 J Robinson;

p/kg: 276.3p E&M Townley; 252.4p E Pennock; 245.5p AF Harker; 242.2p, 239p Fox Farms; 239p Ellis Bros;

Texel average £81.81 per head or 192p/kg

£ per head: £114 J Wood; £113 M&R Smith; £111 TE Walker; £108 M&R Smith; £107 S Breare; £107 Ellis Bros; £107 P Crabtree

p/kg: 240.2p P Crabtree; 238.6p Ellis Bros; 231.3p FM Shepherd; 229.8p M&R Smith; 228.6p CD&RF Kitching; 226.8p DJ&LJ Holt

Charollais average £72.01 per head or 183p/kg

£ per head: £99 RG Johnson; £94 Fox Farms; £89 J Metcalfe; £86 GH&G Emmott; £83 Fox Farms; £77.50 J Metcalfe;

p/kg:204.3p, 202.4p Fox Farms; 202p RG Johnson; 191.1p GH&G Emmott; 189.4p J Metcalfe; 188.8p E&M Townley & Son

Suffolk average £80.32 per head or 184p/kg

£ per head: £114, £107 TH Mellin; £103 RA&M Earnshaw; £102 TH Mellin; £95 EJ Redmayne; £93 L Mellin; £92 MJ Spensley;

p/kg: 214p, 200px2 TH Mellin; 198.9p S Breare; 194p TH Mellin; 192.9p MJ Spensley; 192p RA&M Earnshaw; 191.7p MJ Spensley;

Mule average £60.23 per head or 161p/kg

£ per head: £75 Ellis Bros; £66 JC&N Throup; £65 JM Daggett; £64 FG Throup; £53 JA&JC Throup;

p/kg: 170.5p Ellis Bros; 166.7p JM Daggett; 164.1p FG Throup; 161p JC&N Throup; 155.9p JA&JC Throup;

Rouge average £86.92 per head or 190p/kg

£ per head: £94 £88.5, £85, £84.5, £84 JA&JM Wade & Son;

p/kg: 195.8p, 192p, 188.9p, 188.3p, 186.7p JA&JM Wade & Son;

Suffolk to £95.5, Texel to £120, BFL to £50, Mule to £81.5, Charollais to £83.5, Swaledale to £66.5, Rouge to £90.5, Bleu Du Mein to £54.5, Beltex to £95.5.

Top prices:

Lowland: £120, £111.5 M Crabtree;

Mule/Masham: £81.5 TP&EA Clayton; £79.5 JB Bancroft;  

Horned: £66.5 AJ Mason; £62.5 JH Throup;

Hill: £50 AJ Mason  

Cast Rams average £75.10

 Texel to £103.5,  Swaledale to £64.5.

Rearing Calves to £360x2 (30)

B&W av £56.20 Cont av £275 Native av £175

Just 30 calves through the door this morning with the Calf show looming next week. Best calves could still make a handy price with some 4 week old Blue bulls from Joss Lancaster of Horton in Craven selling to £360 twice. A couple of sweet Angus heifers from Hartley’s of Bolton Abbey that reached £185 & £165. Continental heifers saw a straight trade for the young show of calves on offer with the best being a solid calf from PJ&JE Bolland.

Bull Calves

Limousin x (Av £260) to £260 PJ&JE Bolland                

Brit Blue x (Av £310) to £360 x2 J&SA Lancaster                                                         

Simmental (Av £270) to £270 AP Townsend

Black & White (Av £56.20) to £95 Town Head Farm Products                 

Heifer Calves                       

Ab Angus (Av £175) to £185 JP&KE Hartley                                                 

British Blue (Av £205) to £265 PJ&JE Bolland

Lim (Av £180) to £250 E&AM Simpson