Rearing Calves to £420 (106)
Good show of calves forward again today with 106 through the door. Black and Whites were certainly dearer today with middle of the road calves a lump dearer today with the best calf from John and Rob Marshall of Dacre reaching £120. British Blue bulls topped the days proceedings at £420 from Church Farm Enterprises however Limousin’s from Pickersgill Bros and Simmentals from Hayton and Stocks both saw £410 for their consignments.
Natives again were good to sell with £340 topping the day’s trade for an Aberdeen Angus bull from Chadwick and Leaver, Burnley. There was plenty over the £300 mark with a rake of Hereford coming from the Rawson family of Thornhill topping at £330.
Bull Calves
Black & White (Av £70.50) to £120 JC Marshall
Limousin x (Av £355.83) to £410 G Pickersgill & Sons
Brit Blue x (Av £365) to £420 Church Farm Enterprises
Aberdeen Angus (Av £280) to £340 Chadwick & Leaver
Simmental (Av £397.50) to £410 Hayton & Stocks
Hereford X (Av £275) to £275 JC Marshall
Cont av £365.41 Native av £279.37
Heifer Calves
Ab Angus (Av £250) to £310 Church Farm Enterprises
Hereford (Av £168.5) to £270 RM Spence
British Blue (Av £306.07) to £400 Church Farm Enterprises & A Sowray & Son
Lim (Av £326.67) to £405 G Pickersgill & Son
Cont av £309.75 Native av £184.8
Craven Dairy Auction (13 head)
Georgina Fort of Silsden Moor had the best heifer in show today with Shaun Sowray kindly doing the officiating. The champion heifer originating from the Hawbank Herd at Eastby was giving 27 litres and sold to the judge Shaun Sowray for £1700. The first prize cow from the Lawson family of Arthington also reached £1700 selling to Sowray Brothers again.
NB A Change to the Sales Schedule which will now see the next Dairy Sale on the 23rd October and following every fortnight after that.
Judge – Shaun Sowray
Prize Awards: Newly Calven Heifers: 1st G Fort 2nd M&R Smith 3rd EJ Fort
Newly Calven Cows: 1st A Lawson & Son 2nd DA Fort
Champion – G Fort Reserve – A Lawson & Son
Newly Calven Heifers (av £1514): to £1700 x2 G Fort & A Lawson & Son
Newly Calven Cows (av £1385): to £1550 DA&SA Fort