Craven Dairy Auction (22 head)
First sale after the New Year and Jonathon Caygill from Rylstone takes the top honours with a cracker of a homebred heifer selling for £2100 to AG Parker of Huddersfield. Reserve Champion a super 2nd calver from Thomas and Elizabeth Simpson of Red House Farm, Ripon made the top price of the day giving 42 litres was snapped up by Brian Blezard of Ribchester for £2180 with their second prize cow heading to the same home for £1780.
A Pedigree Bull from GB Moorhouse of Bell Busk, “Aireburn Trump” a 14 month bull boasting it’s Dam, the Yorkshire Herd Competition Champion Cow 2016 and 2017, and also sire by “Seagull-Bay-MJ Solaris” was highly sought after and ended up with Stephen Breare and Sons George and Joss reaching £2400.
Judge – Frank Wrathall
Prize Awards: Newly Calven Heifers: 1st J Caygill 2nd ASE Crisp 3rd M&R Smith
Newly Calven Cows: 1st & 2nd T&E Simpson 3rd ASE Crisp
Champion – J Caygill Reserve – T&E Simpson
Newly Calven Heifers (av £1455): to £1780 ASE Crisp
Newly Calven Cows (av £1786): to £2180 T&E Simpson
Pedigree Newly Calven Heifers (av £1544): to £2100 J Caygill & Partners
Rearing Calves to £420 (51)
B&W av £90.33 Cont av £313 Native av £185
A handy show of calves today and b&w’s What a Trade!!!! Just a straight show of calves but 8 different buyers on black and whites meant for a rocketing trade and a sky high average of £90.33, with a fleshy Holstein bull from A&SL Throup hitting the top price of £175. A plainer show of continentals got away on a straight trade with the best goods from Fred Houseman of Church Farm Enteprises still getting away well with three bulls over £400 and topping at £420.
Bull Calves
Limousin x (Av £290) to £290 D Clarke
Brit Blue x (Av £330.38) to £420 Church Farm Enterprises
Aberdeen Angus (Av £175) to £175 C Barraclough
Norwegian Red (Av £175) to £175 J Gooch
Simmental (Av £350) to £350 CN&SA Harrison
Black & White (Av £90.33) to £175 A&SL Throup
Heifer Calves
Simmental x (Av £) to £
Ab Angus (Av £190) to £215 JH Bradley & Son
Saler (Av £185) to £185 RL Wright & Sons
British Blue (Av £290.9) to £320 JR&MJ Moon
Lim (Av £245) to £305 D Clarke