Craven Dairy Auction (29 head)
Milkers into an extra gear today with a top price of £2200 for a heifer from Tony Swires of Stainburn who also saw his consignment of four average £2020. KT Wood & Son, Holcombe found their reserve champion heifer first in the ring but nobody held watching it reach £2100 selling to regular supporter Brian Blezard of Ribchester.
Shaun Sowray judged the pre sale show which saw him choose a 28 litre, 14 day calved heifer from Tony Swires of Stainburn and stuck to his guns and bought her for £1950. A second calved cow from Fort’s of Glusburn reached £1680 also selling to the judge.
Incalf heifers were a flyer too with the Roberts family of South Crosland having the pick of the trade with £1420 the top call for their enrty which was incalf to the Aberdeen Angus and due end of August with Incalf heifers averaging £1237 overall.
Judge – Shaun Sowray
Prize Awards: Newly Calven Heifers: 1st & 3rd A Swires 2nd KT Wood
Newly Calven Cows: 1st DA Dort
In-Calf Heifers: 1st & 2nd RA&HE Simpson 3rd JLP Roberts
Champion – A Swires Reserve – KT Wood
Pedigree Newly Calven Heifers (av £1857.50): to £2200 A Swires, Stainburn
Newly Calven Heifers (av £1615): to £2100 KT Wood, Holcombe
Newly Calven Cows (av £1680): to £1680 DA&S Fort, Glusburn
Incalf Heifers (av £1237): to £1420 JLP Roberts
B&W av £75 Cont av £332 Native av £240.6
Native calves on fire today with the best calf hitting £385 for a month old bull from Michael Heron of Bramhope with another of his entries hitting £350. Black and whites may look cheaper on the week but a lot of calves today from 14- 21 days old making £75 - £95 with a month old Friesian from Michael Heron again making £170.
A cracking suckler bred calf from Paul Leadbeater got snapped up for £440 with Paul and Janet Bolland of Dykelands seeing their strong blue bull hit £410.
Calves overall were a lot younger today on average which resulted in an easier average on paper however for what was on offer trade was certainly strong.
Bull Calves
Limousin x (Av £440) to £440 JP Leadbeater
Brit Blue x (Av £307) to £410 PJ&JE Bolland
Ab Angus (Av £280) to £385 DL DM J Heron
Black & White (Av £75) to £170 DL DM J Heron
Heifer Calves
Ab Angus (Av £211) to £330 JP&KE Hartley
British Blue (Av £263) to £310 RL Wright
Limousin (Av £330) to £330 CN Bentley