MARKET REPORT - MONDAY 24TH FEBRUARY 2014 DAIRY 68 Rearing Calves & 39 Dairy Cattle Quiet on the milking front, but plenty of faces to sell them to. Brian Moorhouse, Bell Busk had the pick of the bunch with a superb home bred pedigree heifer giving 31kg reaching £2650 to a Mr Clarke of Hampsthwaite.

MARKERT REPORT - MONDAY 10TH FEBRUARY 2014 DAIRY 45 Rearing Calves 28 Dairy Cattle Once again calves a good even trade with black and whites just back on the previous week.

MARKET REPORT - MONDAY 10TH FEBRUARY 2014 DAIRY PRESS HOUSEMAN HEADS DAIRY & CALF PRICES @ SKIPTON Reigning Craven Cattle Marts’ Farmers of the Year, father and son Fred and Mark Houseman bagged their first Craven Dairy Auction title of 2014 at the early February show.

MARKET REPORT - MONDAY 27TH JANUARY 2014 Rearing Calves to £400 B&W av £92.03 Cont av £292.66 Native av £208.33 Craven Dairy Auction (15 head) BOCM Pauls Dairy Sale once again well supported with plenty of punters ringside and a flying trade to match.

Lawsons land another Skipton dairy title on 2014 debut Making their first Craven Dairy Auction appearance of the New Year, the Newbirks pedigree Holstein herd of David and Claire Lawson, of Mill Farm, Arthington, landed yet another title at the main BOCM Pauls-sponsored January show.

Rearing Calves to £450 (44) B&W av £110.38 Cont av £369.23 Native av £132.50 The smallest entry for a long time but one of the most electric atmospheres, all calves were a pleasure to sell with black and whites were on fire with buyers in abundance looking for good well fed calves that they have struggled to source elsewhere. Mark Houseman of Church Farm Enterprises topped black and white calves with 1 ½ Holstein Bull for £140 but was closely run by David Booth, Broom House, Earby who had another Holstein at £135 with 15 of the 21 Black and Whites realising over £100 Despite only 14 Blues being forward 6+ buyers were all competing hard for those top quality continentals. A good trade for Natives also considering the size and age, all sold to a good price. Dairy Sale Next week with calves wanted.

MARKET REPORT - MONDAY 13TH JANUARY 2014 PRESS Dales dairy farmer Robert Crisp, of Calton, started 2014 with another victory at the Craven Dairy Auction on Monday.

Craven Dairy Auction 23 head & 53 Rearing Calves A Smaller entry after last week’s show but good black and whites were well sought after along with good quality Continentals a lack of Natives was once again noticed with a number of buyers leaving empty.

MARKET REPORT - MONDAY 6TH JANUARY 2014 CALF SHOW Forward : 135 Rearing Calves to £500 av £209.55 B&W av £115 Cont av £305 Native av £195 Mesrs A Sowray & Son, Bishop Thornton started 2014 in fine style wining bothe Championship and Reserve. Their champion the first prize British Blue Bull a 34 day old calf by Fleuron sold to Lincolnshire buyers N&M Mason for £470. The reserve champion consigned from Mesrs Sowray was also awarded the first prize in the British Blue heifer calf and the 33 day old calf by a Norbreck Greenhill sire joined South Yorks buyer S Vodden for £350.

MARKET REPORT - MONDAY 6TH JANUARY PRESS CALVES The new rearing calf year at Skipton Auction Mart began as it had ended at January’s opening show and sale when brothers Shaun and Peter Sowray, of Bowes Green Farm, Bishop Thornton, followed up on their championship success at the final show of 2013.

The Lawson family in Wharfedale bagged their second Craven Dairy Auction championship and reserve championship double in as many outings at the early August show and sale at Skipton Auction Mart. (Mon, Aug 5)

Local vendors bag top Craven Dairy Auction honours