Craven Dairy Auction (15 head)
A much improved trade this week with Arla’s price increase looking to be the main catalyst today. Richard and Andrew Walker of East Morton took the Championship this morning with a cracking home bred heifer that was calved 14 days giving 31 litres sold to Richard Sutcliffe of Queensbury for £2180. The Reserve Champion picked out by Peter Sowray was presented by Wilson Stewart, Carlisle sold for £1880 selling to Richard Sutcliffe again.
1st Prize cow from DS&A Fort of Glusburn sold for £1920 to the Sowray Bros of Bishop Thornton. Incalf heifers presented by Robert Lambert of Milehouse sold to a fierce trade which were bid strongly to £1500 and £1440 respectively selling to Roger Naylor of Langbar.
Maiden heifers from R&E Pollard of Colne topped the section at £720 for a 11 month old Stirk.
Judge – Peter Sowray
Prize Awards: Newly Calven Heifers: 1st RW&M Walker 2nd WR Stewart; 3rd KT Wood
Newly Calven Cows: 1st DA&S Fort;
In-Calf Heifers: 1st Lambert – Milehouse; 2nd Lambert - Milehouse
Champion – RW&M Walker Reserve – WR Stewart
Newly Calven Heifers: av £1808 to £2180 RW&M Walker
Newly Calven Cows: to £1920 DA&S Fort
Incalf Heifers: av £1470 to £1500 Lambert – Milehouse
Rearing Calves to £460 (75)
B&W av £85.93 Cont av £372.89 Native av £312.5
Cracking show of Continental calves forward this morning with Geoff and Margaret Booth of Dowshaw Farm topping proceedings at £460, followed by £450 and £445 from the same home. Continental heifers were good to sell yet again with the Sowray Bros, Bishop Thornton topping at £400 with a lovely dark heifer at 29 days old.
Natives were a flyer also with Church Farm seeing their Angus bull calf hit £345 and a heifer to £300. Black and whites were very similar on the week with an average of £85.93 and calves topping at £155 for a well fleshed Friesian type from Paul and Janet Bolland of Dykelands
Bull Calves
Limousin x (Av £400) to £400 EJ Fort
Brit Blue x (Av £390.26) to £460 GT Booth
Aberdeen Angus (Av £345) to £345 Church Farm Enterprises
Black & White (Av £85.93) to £220 J Caygill & Partners
Heifer Calves
Simmental x (Av £320) to £320CN&SA Harrison
Ab Angus (Av £184.29) to £300 Church Farm Enterprises
British Blue (Av £360) to £400 A Sowray & Son
Lim (Av £280) to £280 EJ Fort