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DAIRY & CALVES - MONDAY 15TH JANUARY 2018

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