Rearing Calves to £460 (127)
Dairy av £69 Cont av £303.65 Native av £170.5
A strong consignment of calves presented this morning after the three week Christmas break. However even more packed than the pens was the ringside of purchasers with no fewer than 25 different purchaser’s ringside.
The pre-sale judging was carried out by the regular ringside face of Tom Heseltine of Bolton Abbey. The Champion was chosen from the pen of British Blue bulls with Shaun Sowray’s tremendous British Blue bull taking the top honours and the sale top price of £460. Throughout the sale calves were a good steady trade with the better end of the Continental cross bulls regularly past £400. Middle road of the continentals were a straight trade this morning however a lot less buyers on this type of calf today.
Continental heifers peaked at £410 for the Reserve Champion from Church Farm Enterprises selling to the Abbott brothers of Dacre, with best heifers £350 - £400 all day long, although smaller plainer types were harder to place with prices ranging from £180- £240
Native bull calves were a straight trade today with more interest on heifers too today with bulls averaging £206 and heifers £135.
Dairy bull calves were well supported today despite a two tier show of calves. The best of the calves were either side of £100 with John Dugdale of Settle peaking at £150.
Bull Calves
Limousin x (Av £283.75) to £360 RE Ayrton & Son
Brit Blue x (Av £330.63) to £460 A Sowray & Son
Aberdeen Angus (Av £205.91) to £250 JP&KE Hartley & Son
Dairy Shorthorn (Av £76.33) to £120 Flasby Estates
Hereford X (Av £155) to £155 ID&JC Briggs
Black & White (Av £66.89) to £150 H&M Dugdale & Son
Heifer Calves
Ab Angus (Av £134.55) to £200 JP&KE Hartley
British Blue (Av £274.77) to £410 Church Farm Enterprises
Lim (Av £285) to £350 M&R Smith
Champion: A Sowray & Son Reserve Champion: Church Farm Enterprises
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BB Bull
1st A Sowray & Son
2nd A Sowray & Son
3rd C&SB Whitelock
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BB Heifer
1st Church Fm Enterprises
2nd A Sowray & Son
3rd JP&KE Hartley
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Lim Bull
1st M&R Smith
2nd C&SB Whitelock
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Lim Heifer
1st M&R Smith
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Native Bull
1st JP&KE Hartley
2nd JP&KE Hartley
3rd JR Wellock
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Native Heifer
1st JP&KE Hartley
2nd A Sowray & Son
3rd JR Wellock
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B&W Bull
1st ID&JC Briggs
2nd JR Wellock
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