Jennings Farmers sells champion dairy heifer for £2,000 at Skipton Auction Mart Andrew Jennings, of Jennings Farmers, Fountains Abbey, emerged victorious at Skipton Auction Mart’s Craven Dairy Auction on Monday. (SEPT 26) Mr Jennings’ pedigree newly calven heifer topped the sale at £2,000 after being awarded the championship by judge Rob Marshall, of Dacre. The heifer, 28 days calved, giving 33 litres, boasted a good back pedigree, being by Carrock Shockwave, and was sold to Stephen and Eddie Jeanes, of Sutton-in-Craven.

Craven Dairy Auction (32 head) A victorious day for Andrew Jennings of Jennings Farmers, Fountains with his Pedigree Newly Calven Heifer topping at £2000 and taking the Craven Dairy Sale Championship at the late September sale. The heifer boasting a good back pedigree and giving 38ltrs went on to sell for £2000 to Stephen and Eddie Jeanes of Sutton In Craven.

Craven Dairy Auction (55 head) A smaller show of milkers but a big show of followers today with the Final part of dispersal from David Leeming at Burnt Yates who brought 27 Incalf Heifers and 7 Maidens. In the Pre Sale show Frank Wrathall judged the two Heifers from Robert Crisp of Calton in Malhamdale to be Champion and Reserve with Brian Moorhouse of Bell Busk in 3rd with his heifer.

Crisp new calvers double tops at Craven Dairy Auction Malhamdale’s Robert Crisp, of Nelson Farm, Calton, bagged a championship and reserve championship double at Skipton Auction Mart’s opening September Craven Dairy Auction. (Mon, Sept 12) Show judge Frank Wrathall, of Gisburn, awarded principal honours to Mr Crisp’s first and second prize newly calven commercial heifers, both by a son of the renowned Genus dairy bull, Picston Shottle, and both out of daughters of another Genus sire, Garrison, who has been used to good effect by the Dales dairy farmer over the years.

Forward: 43 Prime cattle comprising 19 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos) & 24 Cast Cattle including 2 Mature Bulls. 3,344 Prime Sheep comprising 2,660 Prime Lambs, 684 Cast Ewes & Rams. 74 Rearing Calves. B&W av £84 Cont av £353 Native av £284 51 Dairy Cattle.

Rearing Calves to £425x3 (52) B&W av £85.30 Cont av £355.33 Native av £236.2 52 calves up for sale this morning with black whites seeing a resurgence in price back to a healthy average of £85.3. Continentals remained a straight average at £355 for all types topping three times at £425 for two bulls and a heifer from Church Farm Enterprises with two more heifers at £415 and £410. Parkers from Bentham saw their sweet blue bull make £380 and John Blackwell have a Simmental at £360.

Rearing Calves to £500 (127) B&W av £60.86 Cont av £328.17 Native av £251.5 Real show of calves today with 127 landing on the docks this morning and a healthy trade to boot, British Blues headlined the very top prices with Church Farm Enteprises taking the top four highest prices with some tremendous calves which topped at £500, 490 x2 and £475. Geoff and Margaret Booth of Lothersdale were not far behind at £475 and Shaun Sowray at £470.

Rearing Calves to £430 (74) B&W av £110.68 Cont av £332.38 Native av £235 A healthy number forward today with the goods on offer well fought over today. Again friesian’s and Black and Whites were good to sell with plenty of cover for all types and headed to an average of £110.68 for an average of 29.5 days of age. Quality was a bit down on previous weeks in the continental section an steadied the average to £332 for all goods despite Geoff and Margaret Booth of Lothersdale topping at £430 and Fred Houseman not far behind at £425. Fred Houseman topped the heifers however at a high of £400 and £395. Limousin’s were out in stronger numbers than late with Shaun Sowray and Robert Metcalfe topping the report sheets.

Double success for KT Wood at Craven Dairy Auction Broadwood Edge farmer Louise Wood took both Champion and Reserve at Craven Dairy Auction on Monday. (JULY 25) Louise and brother Sam sold their newly-calven heifers to a high of £1,600 and £1,480, the champion being a home-bred heifer giving 32 litres, sold to Alf and Andrew Townsend from Southfield, Burnley and the reserve going to the Sowray brothers from Bishop Thornton.

Rearing Calves to £490 (65) B&W av £118 Cont av £382 Native av £216.5 Yet again a swift trade in the calf ring for all types. Hayton Stocks topped the day’s trade with some 2 month old Simmentals topping at £490. Mark Houseman was in charge of Church Farm Enterprises’ consignment today with their bulls topping at £460 and 6 between there and £420 from the same home. RM Spence took the top with his Friesian calf at £205 with days average for B&W’s at £118. Natives saw more fierce competition with good show receiving a healthy trade, bulls to £330 for a AA out of a Friesian and Natives averaging £216.5.

Rearing Calves to £480x2 B&W av £102.5 Cont av £390.7 Native av £255.83 Trade not quite as electric as last week but continentals and natives on the receiving end of a better trade. Top price of the year however was seen for the best Friesian bull on sale at £310 from R&M Spence, Sutton In Craven. British Blue bulls saw an elevated trade despite no barnstorming prices an average of £421 was seen for a show of good quality with Church Farm Enteprises, GT Booth, Wrights of Ayrton and Parker of Bentham all having bulls well above £400. Simmental took joint top at £480 from Hayton and Stocks with Blondes seeing a super trade averaging £363 for good quality items.

Rearing Calves to £450 (70) B&W av £152.5 Cont av £333.32 Native av £220.6 A sublime trade in the calf ring once more with black and whites fiercely bid over to an average of £152.50 and topping at a majestic £280 for a superb bull calf only 1 month old from Michael Heron of Bramhope, Paul and Janet Bolland received £240 for their best B&W bull and Anthony Bolland receiving £225 and £205 for two of his consignment. Black and White Calves averaged 29 days old.

Rearing Calves to £440X2 (50) B&W av £124.09 Cont av £330.30 Native av £185 Strong trade again for calves with black and whites yet again a scintillating trade with the average age around 31 days and averaging an impressive £124 with John Wright of Airton topping at £230 with John Dugdale of Stackhouse at £225. The France family of Liversedge saw their calves average £142 for fortnight old friesians topping at £195, £190 and £180.

Craven Dairy Auction (19 head) A good day in the dairy ring and about time too, with the green shoots of a recovery in the liquid milk trade with a much improved trade met the vendors who turned out with a healthy show of milkers on offer for the late show and sale of Dairy Cattle kindly sponsored by Trouw Nutrition, Woldmarsh and NMR.

Rearing Calves to £480 (75) B&W av £120.36 Cont av £356.85 Native av £247.38 Church Farm Enterprises took the top honours at Skipton Auction for the Summer Calf Show with his British Blue Bull reaching £480. Michael Heron of Bramhope took the reserve champion place with a superb Aberdeen Angus heifer which went on to sell for £330. Black and whites saw a stiff trade right through the sale with Paul Bolland of Airton taking the highest price at £230 with John Wright of Kirk Syke not far behind at £215 such a trade saw the black whites on offer reach £120.36 average, with 10 over £100.