Craven Dairy Auction (30 head)
A testing day for all with the milk price once again being reduced at the end of last week has had a clear knock on effect to the trade received by vendors today despite a quality show of in milk heifers and cows on offer. Brian Moorhouse of Bell Busk was tasked with the judging job today and picked out one of David Lawson’s well bred pedigree heifers which was a month calved and giving 31kg went on to sell for a sale high of £1380. Robin Jennings of South Stainley, Harrogate sold his reserve champion heifer for £1250 with another of his entries a 31kg Stainbank heifer bred by Micheleaob went on to sell for £1350.
Trade of the day was seen with the heifer calves with Alan Throup selling some well bred heifer calves at 8 weeks old and selling up to £340 with Mark Smith selling some also with a pair at £180 each.
Judge –
Prize Awards: Newly Calven Heifers: 1st A Lawson & Son 2nd GB Jennings & Son; 3rd A Lawson & Son
Newly Calven Cows: 1st DL Leeming Ltd
In-Calf Heifers: 1st I Olivers & Partners
Pedigree Bulls 1st Enchanted Holsteins 2nd A&G Midgley
Champion – A Lawson & Son Reserve – GB Jennings
Pedigree Newly Calven Heifers (11) av £1196 to £1380 A Lawson & Son
Newly Calven Heifers (4): av £987 to £1140 DR Robinson
Newly Calven Cows (1): to £900 DL Leeming Ltd
Incalf Heifers (1): to £860 I Olivers & Partners
Bulling Heifers (2) av £625 to £630 E Pennock & Son
Heifer Calves (9) av £222.5 to £340 A&SL Throup
Rearing Calves to £420 (53)
B&W av £66 Cont av £333.93 Native av £201.58
Bull Calves
Limousin x to £340 JC Marshall
Brit Blue x (Av £344) to £420 SG Midgeley
Ab Angus (Av £201) to £235 SG Midgeley
Swedish Red (av £102.5) to £115 M Fewster
Black & White (Av £66) to £115 PJ Bolland
Heifer Calves
Brit Blue x (Av £295.3) to £340 JC Marshall
Ab Angus (Av £205) to £230 JC Marshall
Saler to £190 RL Wright & Sons
Stirks
Limousin Bulls (av £413.33) to £440 Hayton & Stocks
Friesian Steer to £125 SG Midgeley
Limousin Steer to £325 SG Midgeley
Aber Angus Steer to £265 SG Midgeley
Limousin Heifer (av £255) to £260 SG Midgley