Rearing Calves to £400
B&W av £88.30 Cont av £354.67 Native av £230
Quiet show forward this week however again trade flying for these handy calves. Straight black and whites flying off the shelves with Richard Spence at £155 for his B&W bull at 4 weeks and Chris Drake at £145 for a 5 week old Holstein bull calf.
Blues pretty potent also however it was a strong limousin bull from Chris Watson of Horton Pasture that topped the days trade at £400 with John and Rob Marshall making the most of the strong trade and hitting £385 for a sweet 4 week old bull.
Calves continue to be in strong demand and the auction offers the best place to maximise price. Please come and drop some of and find out.
Bull Calves
Limousin x (Av £345) to £400 C Watson
Brit Blue x (Av £358.75) to £385 JC Marshall
Black & White (Av £88.30) to £155 RM Spence
Heifer Calves
British Blue (Av £353.33) to £380 J Gooch
Hereford (Av £200) to £200 JC Marshall
Shorthorn to £260 JC Marshall