Prime Cattle (under 30 mos)

Heifers

485+kg                                   to 150.5p/kg        av 140.12p/kg

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

Dairy Heifer

£ per head: D&C Cockburn Bros (Montx) 978, (B&W) 823, IRG Collins (Sh) 643

p/kg: D&C Cockburn Bros (Montx) 150.5,(B&W)139.5, IRG Collins (Sh) 127.5      

Prime Cattle (over 30 mos)

Overall Average                                   124.96p/kg           £845.59

Top Prices and p/kg

£ per head: MJC&VA Staveley & Sons (B&W) 976,868

p/kg: MJC&VA Staveley & Sons (B&W)138.5,120.5

Overall Average                                   111.32p/kg           £764.27

Black & White                       to 119.5p/kg                        av 105.83p/kg

Jersey                                     to 109.5p/kg

Blondex                                 to 132.5p/kg                       

Limx                                       to 138.5p/kg                        av 129.74p/kg

BBx                                         to 134.5p/kg                        av 120.29p/kg

Simx                                       to 117.5p/kg

Stab                                        to 133.5p/kg

AAx                                         to 123.5p/kg

Hefdx                                     to 105.5p/kg

Top Prices (£ per head or p/kg)

B&W:

£ per head: JC Marshall 970,MJC&VA Staveley & Sons 870, T Craddock&Son 859, JF Longster&Son 853,JSS Verity 846

p/kg: JC Marshall 119.5,115.5, JSS Verity 117.5,MJC&VA Staveley 117.5,Church Farm Enterprises 116.5,JT Rushton 114.5

Brit Blue:

£ per head: JGE Heseltine&Son 931,SD Bennett 921, T Craddock&Son 860

p/kg: SD Bennett 134.5, T Craddock&Son 119.5, JGE Heseltine &Son 109.5

Lim:

£ per head: T Craddock&Son 912,866, P Fortune 901

p/kg: T Craddock&Son 138.5,118.5, P Fortune 134.5,

Other Breeds

£ per head: SD Bennett (Blondex) 1126, J&AJ Preston (AA) 945,D Beck (Stab)881,(Sim)817,JSS Verity (Jer)816

p/kg: SD Bennett (BBx)134.5,(Blondex)132.5,D Beck (Stab)133.5,J&AJ Preston 123.5

MATURE BULL

Overall Average                                   98.61p/kg             £1033.78

£ per head: J&R Paisley (Sh) 1180,MP Jennings (Dairy) Ltd (B&W)1043

p/kg: IRG Collins&Ptns (D. Sh) 110.5,J&R Paisley (Sh)97.5, MP Jennings (Dairy) Ltd 91.5

Numbers very similar to last week and more feeder finishers getting into gear and presenting hoggs for sale which is helping to hold numbers up. Lowland lambs were good to sell all sale long, Texels averaged 203.9p, Charollais 209.1p and Beltex crosses a lofty 259.7p. However the Hill bred lambs weren’t far behind, Mashams av 198.8p with Steve Dorey selling a pen of 47kg at £97 each, Mule were also good to sell averaging 194.2p topping at 204.7p (43kg at £88) from Martin & Val Brown, whilst a fantastic run of Scotch Black Faced lambs averaged 202.2p/kg. Hill lambs don’t pull the averages down at Skipton with 1,171 of the 2,848 head on offer being Mule, Masham, Horned or other Hill bred.

Prime Hoggs  – Overall Average  £82.37 per head or 198.95p/kg                                                          

25.5kg to 32.0kg                 to 217.7p/kg         av 171.29p/kg      or £51.71 per head

32.1kg to 35.9kg                 to 300p/kg            av 203.6p/kg         or £69.50 per head

36.0kg to 45.5kg                 to 300p/kg            av 203.63p/kg      or £83.82 per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg                 to 220.7p/kg         av 193.82p/kg      or £93.07 per head

52.1kg and over   to 184p/kg            av 172.7p/kg         or £94.94 per head

Beltex average £99.55 per head or 259.67p/kg

£ per head: £120, £119, £116, £111x2 PW Simpson; £114 M&E Thornber; £114, £108 AM&HV Brown;

p/kg: 300px2, 297.5p, 297.4p 288.2p 285.7p PW Simpson; 288.2p AM&HV Brown; 271.4p M&E Thornber

Suffolk average £88.34 per head or 191.83p/kg

£ per head: £99 JE Slater; £97.50 £96.50 S Dorey; £96 R Caton; £95 PN Dalby; £95 S Dorey; £95x2 RG Church Ltd

p/kg: 211.3p CD&RF Kitching; 211.1p RG Church Ltd; 208.1p JM&VJ Howard; 206.5p S Dorey; 202.4p RG Church Ltd

Texel average £86.45 per head or 203.95p/kg

£ per head: £111, £105, £102.5, £101.5, £100 K Saffery; £101.5 PW Simpson; £98.50, £98 J Hodgson; £97.50 CN Patchett

p/kg: 270.7p, 256.1p, 250p K Saffery; 242.1p J Baines; 231.3p Lea & Son; 227.3p K Safffery; 220.9p J Hodgson

Mule average £83.90 per head or 194.19p/kg

£ per head: £95 CT Akrigg; £92 RG Church Ltd; £91, £90.50, £90, £89.5x2, £89 S Dorey; £89 AM&HV Brown;

p/kg: 204.7p AM&HV Brown; 203.4p, 202.3p S Dorey; 202.3p AM&HV Brown; 202.2p S Dorey; 201.1p R&C Greenwood

Charollais average £85.46 per head or 209.09p/kg

£ per head: £97.50 J Lord; £96.50, £94 R Hodgson & Sons; £93.50 SJ Schofield; £93 R Hodgson & Sons; £92.50 JG Senior

p/kg: 220.2p, 219.4p JG Senior; 216.3p, 214.4p R Hodgson & Sons; 213.9p Lea & Sons; 207.8p SJ Schofield

Swaledale average £65.58 per head or 176.15p/kg

£ per head: £85.50 JE Cowperthwaite; £82.50 RG Church Ltd; £80.50 J&K Harker; £80 GW Houseman & Partners;

p/kg: 193.1p T&A Hird; 192.5p, 191.4p x2 GW Houseman & Partners; 191.2p JK Wilson; 189.5p DS Hollings

Masham average £82.14 per head or 198.86p/kg

£ per head: £97, £82 S Dorey; £76 RG Church Ltd; £60 R Caton

p/kg: 206.4p, 200p S Dorey; 194.9p RG Church Ltd; 176.5p  R Caton

Lonk average £76.61 per head or 188.96p/kg

£ per head: £85.50, £80, £75.50, £73.50 C Crowther; £85, £79, £75 Lea & Son; £67 P Fortune

p/kg: 198.8p, 193.6p, 193.4p, 186p C Crowther; 186.1p P Fortune; 183.7p, 178.6p Lea & Son

Scotch Blackface average £83.27 per head or 202.22p/kg

£ per head: £92, £87, £86, £85.50, £82x2, £77 J&E Slater;  £65 Lea & Son

p/kg; 209.1p, 204.8p 203.6p 202.6p 202.3p, 200px2 J&E Slater; 191.2p Lea & Son

Lleyn average £81.85 per head or 210.14p/kg

£ per head: £82, £79 CD&RF Kitching

p/kg: 210.3p, 207.9p CD&RF Kitching

Jacob average £73.89 per head or 185.06p/kg

£ per head: £94 JR Atkinson; £85, £83.50 M&R Smith; £81 JR Atkinson; £72 T&K Shepherdson;

p/kg: 195.7p Lea & Son; 188.9p, 185.6p M&R Smith; 184.6p T&K Shepherdson;

362 Cull Ewes average £89.26

An increased show of ewes and cast rams sold away very well, heavy sheep receiving a very good following, Henry Atkinson of Felliscliffe selling Suffolks to £169.50 and Continental Ewes to £148.50, however it was the second quality and leaner lighter ewes that were very good to sell and seemed to be on every buyers shopping list, with lean Mules and similar half bred sheep looking a very good trade.

Suffolk to £169.50, Texel to £148.5, BFL to £103.5, Mule to £89.68, Lleyn to £99.50, Swaledale to £47.02, Masham to £98.50, Cheviot  to £125.50, Beltex  to £136.5, Lonk  to £88.50.

Top prices:

Lowland: £169.50 H Atkinson; £148.5 H Atkinson; £145.5 H Atkinson;

Mule/Masham: £99.50 GT Booth; £97.50 Lea & Son; £96.50 KM&L Throup; £96.50 JE Naylor

Horned: £79.50 KM&L Throup; £67.50 FG Throup; £67.50 R&VJ Brown; £64.50 JK Wilson

Hill: £125.50, £122.50 H Atkinson; £112.50 Lea & Son; £102.50 Grain Farms Ltd; £100.50 J Binns  

42 Cast Rams average £93.11

Texel to £127.50 GT Booth; Suffolk to £87.50 Ashfield Farms; Swaledale to £81.50 Ashfield Farms Cheviot to £97.50 R&VJ Brown; BFL to £95.50 KR Verity; Beltex to £106.50 WA&VJ&JA Towler; Berrichon to £119.50 FE Coy & Son. 

Breeding Sheep

135 Ewes and Lambs at Foot

An Increased entry for the weekly sale attracted a large crowd of buyers to compete for a very nice entry. Sheep with strong lambs was the order of the day with the equivalent of £65-£75 for twins and £80-£95 per life for single. Commercial types of sheep with singles £65-£75 Per Life and twins £50-£60 Per Life. Average for the whole sale was £173.42 per family (£68.82) per life.

Texel

Rearing Calves to £510 (70)

B&W av £99.94 Cont av £335 Native av £204

70 Calves forward today with trade continuing to be strong for most types. A quality show of Friesian Calves resulted in an average of £99.94 for 36 calves. Blue bulls were not quite as strong as of late, with small calves drawing the price slightly but still averaged a respectable £335.73 and heifers (With suckler buyers ringside) outclassing the bulls to an average of £358.75.

Aberdeen Angus calves, well framed bulls and heifers were good to sell with Church Farm Enterprises and Moon’s of West Thornber reaching well into the late £200’s.

March Calf Show next week with 100- 120 Calves expected of the highest quality with show classes for all types.   

Bull Calves

Limousin x to £270 AP Townsend                   

Brit Blue x (Av £335) to £380 GT Booth                         

Shorthorn to £150 JM Smith & Son                                                

Simmental to £305 JM Smith & Son

Ab Angus (Av £201) to £250 JR&MJ Moon    

Saler to £182 RL Wright & Son                        

Black & White (Av £99.94) to £225 P Sharp & Son                      

Heifer Calves                       

Limousin x (Av £217) to £220 AP Townsend                

Brit Blue x (Av £358) to £510 Church Farm Enterprises                             

Ab Angus (Av £207) to £270 Church Farm Enterprises                                                              

Hereford to £200 HJ&K Blackwell                                                   

Prize Awards:       Newly Calven Heifers:         1^st DR Robionson                  2^nd RW&M Walker               3^rd Calvert Bros

                                Newly Calven Cows:            1^st 2^nd & 3^rd Calvert Bros

                                In-Calf Heifers:                     1^st & 2^nd RW&M Walker

                                Champion & Reserve – Calvert Bros

Newly Calven Heifers (8): av £1578 to £1750 RW&M Walker

Newly Calven Cows (3): av £1440 to £1500 H Downs & Son  

Pedigree Newly Calven Heifers (3):  av £1610 to £1780 Calvert Bros

Pedigree Dairy Cows (9) av £1511 to £1880 Calvert Bros

Incalf Heifers (2): av £1250 to £1300 RW&M Walker