69 Rearing Calves to £460
B&W av £71.87 Cont av £341.76 Native av £311.4
David Smith of Bents Farm, Sutton In Craven took the top honours at the Autumn Show and Sale of Calves. With a strong show of top end calves Richard Umpleby’s job was not easy, with some deliberation the sweet 5 ½ week old calf from the Smith family took his eye and took the top rosette and went to the day’s top price of £460.
Trade was not as electric as we have seen at previous calf shows but it wasn’t bad by any stretch, with all calves selling well in relation to the recent trade. 6 calves went passed the £400 barrier with Smiths, Sowray’s and Church Farm on the receiving end.
The natives were unstoppable today with first man in the ring Duncan Holme averaging £337.50 for his consignment of 4 Aberdeen Angus calves topping at £370 for a strong heifer whilst Nephew Alan Middleton made £320 of a handy bull to top off the native prices.
Black and Whites remained similar on the week with handier fleshy calves £75 - £100 and commercial types £55 - £75 with the very best up to £145.
Autumn Show Results -
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BB Bull Calf
1st C Smith & Son
2nd A Sowray & Son
3rd J Gooch
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BB Heifer Calf
1st A Sowray & Son
2nd Church Fm Enterprises
3rd J Gooch
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Limousin Heifer Calf
1st RD Metcalfe & Son
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Limousin Bull Calf
1st A Sowray & Son
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Native Bull Calf
1st Church Farm Enterprises
2nd JP&KE Hartley
3rd GD&JC Holme
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Native Heifer Calf
1st JP&KE Hartley
2nd GD&JC Holme
3rd GD&JC Holme
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Black and White
1st AL Dean
2nd RD Guy
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Continental Heifer Stirk
1st Church Farm Enterprises
2nd Church Farm Enterprises
3rd Church Farm Enterprises
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Other Continental Heifer
1st A Sowray & Son
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Champion – C Smith & Son Reserve – A Sowray & Son
Bull Calves
Limousin x to £320 RD Metcalfe & Son
Brit Blue x (Av £357.33) to £460 C Smith
Aberdeen Angus ( Av £283) to £320 GD &JC Holme
MRI to £160 N&R Sutcliffe
Shorthorn (Av £160) to £190 FA Holmes
Black & White (Av £71.87) to £145 WA Brown
Heifer Calves
Limousin x (Av £290) to £330 RD Metcalfe
Brit Blue x (Av £331.67) to £390 Church Farm Enterprises
Ab Angus (Av £345) to £370 GD&JC Holme
Charolais to £370 A Sowray & Son