Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle inc Craven Champions Show.
Forward: 680 head of cattle
Comprising: 195 Young Feeding Bulls, 469 Bullocks & Heifers, 2 Feeding Cows & 14 Breeding Cattle.
Show report (Tuesday Evening)
2016 was the first year of a new format for The Craven Champions Show & Sale of Cattle with the prize show being held on the evening before sale. There were 48 head present for showing and judging was undertaken by Mr Robin Williamson of Hamsterley near Bishop Auckland, a successful producer of show cattle himself. With 10 classes to judge, his choice as supreme champion calf was the first prize British Blue cross Bullock consigned by The Walker Family of Brennand Farm, Dunsop Bridge, a farm which lie’s high in the hills above the Hodder Valley. The family who are regular consignors at the mart with their Store Cattle, Mule Gimmer Lambs and Swaledale draft Ewes retained the Jack Walker Trophy which the family gave to the sale for the first time in 2014. At Wednesday’s sale the bullock went on to make the highest price in sale when attracting bids from several interested parties, before being sold to Michael Wynne and his daughter Ellie from Matlock for £2,700. The Walker Family also had reserve champion male with a super dark blue and white bullock which was bought by Matt Keel for £1500, and reserve champion female with a chocolate coloured British Blue sired heifer that Rob Walker won with in the young handlers class purchased by The Shorrock of Cliviger for £1,800. Stepping up to the Female Championship with a homebred dark red Limousin cross heifer was Jonathan and Adam Townley of Clapham which had stood first in the un-haltered heifer class and this found a new home with The Jowett family of Queensbury. (A full list of results and prices below) Other leading prices on the day were £2,600 and £2,000 for the second and third prize British Blue Heifers from the Walker family whose run of 7 cattle averaged a wonderful £1,915, whilst Sheila Mason of Keasden Head at Clapham made £1,850 of a smart but young Blue heifer that didn’t win a ticket in the pre sale show
The Craven Champions show was included in the regular fortnightly sale of Store & Breeding Cattle for which another large show of 680 head were forward for sale. Young bulls were varied in quality but a strong list of prices either side of £1,100 for the smart and strong stuff could be produced. In the store section, outwith the show, commercial cattle were good to sell, with some of the shorter keep cattle showing a rise on the fortnight, whilst cattle rising a year old were keenly contested by a very busy ringside of buyers. The average price today for 469 Bullocks & Heifers was £1014.22
Class 1 – Bullock Any breed Un-haltered
1st JC Walker & Son Lot 444 selling for £1500 M Keel
2nd H Harvey & Son Lot 505 selling for £1240 Thompson Bros
3rd H Harvery & Son Lot 504 selling for £1050 M Thuey
Class 2 – Heifer Any breed Un-haltered
1st E&M Townley Lot 379 selling for £1550 S&NV Jowett
2nd JC Walker & Son lot 446 selling for £1550 D&CE Marston
3rd H Harvey & Son Lot 507 selling for £1200 Thompson Bros
Class 3 – Limousin Bullock
1st J Midgley Lot 484 selling for £1180 P&BH Hodgson
2nd Mellin & Cropper Lot 486 selling for £1150 Thompson Bros
3rd H Harvey & Son Lot 508 selling for £1350 JR Metcalfe
Class 4 – Limousin Heifer
1st E&M Townley Lot 381 selling for £1400 IK&AM Grisedale
2nd H Harvey & Son Lot 510 selling for £1080 J&JE Bradley
3rd Mellin & Cropper Lot 487 selling for £1000 D Nickson
Class 5 – Brit Blue Bullock
1st JC Walker & Son Lot 447 selling for £2700 M Wynne
2nd BL&R Lund Lot 539 selling for £1200 I Swales
3rd H Harvey & Son Lot 511 selling for £1080 Sedgwick
Class 6 – Brit Blue Heifer
1st Mellin & Cropper Lot 488 selling for £1300 M Wynne
2nd JC Walker & Son Lot 449 selling for £2000 S&RE Williamson
3rd JC Walker & Son Lot 448 selling for £2600 D&CE Marston
Class 9 – AOB Bullock or Heifer
1st MR Ewbank Lot 519 selling for £1120 M Wynne
2nd K&GJ Huck Lot 455 selling for £1180 S&NV Jowett
3rd BL&R Lund Lot 541 selling for £1020 TJ Curson
Class 10 – Young Handlers
1st JC Walker & Son Lot 450 selling for £1800 J Shorrock
2nd S&T Fawcett Lot 340 selling for £1300 M Wynne
3rd BL&R Lund Lot 542 Unsold
Male Champion – JC Walker & Son Lot 447
Male Reserve – JC Walker & Son Lot 444
Female Champion – E&M Townley Lot 379
Female Reserve – JC Walker & Son Lot 450
Overall Supreme Champion – JC Walker & Son Lot 447
Overall Reserve Champion – E&M Townley Lot 379
NEXT SALE – WEDNESDAY 2nd MARCH 2016.
700 HEAD comprising 200 Young Bulls and 500 Bullocks and Heifers
Entries to Mart Office by Wednesday 24th February
Prices and Averages
Young Bulls – Continental x average £919,
Charollais x (Av £1011)
£1040 £1030x5 £970 D Pawson; £930 J&AJ Coates;
Limousin x (Av £918)
£1180 JW Stockdale; £1180 A Knowles; £1160 J Nelson & Son; £1150 £1130x2 JM Townsend; £1140 WH&MA Keighley; £1130x2 JT Robinson;
Brit Blue x (Av £936)
£1240 £1200 £1120 £1100 WH&MA Keighley; £1160 £1140 £1090 EW&JR Parkinson; £1140 JM Townsend; £1110 S&T Fawcett; £1090KA&HL Fawcett;
Blonde (Av £867)
£1140 £890 x2 Roger Wood; £1050 £1010 £100 £990 Saddle End Farms; £970 JE Cowperthwaite; £880x2 JH Throup;
Top price pen of three or more bulls
(£15 Prize) 3 Char x @ £1030 D Pawson
(£10 Prize) 3 Lim @ £750 A Priestley
Store Bullocks – Continental x average £1062, Native average £890
Charollais x (Av £1032)
£1210x2 W King; £1115 E&AM Simpson; £1100x3 AC Ward; £1050x4 JA Throup; £1010 TE Walker;
Limousin x (Av £1052)
£1360 R Gray; £1350 £1240 £1220 H Harvey & Son; £1270 A&M Brennand; £1250x4 £1220 W King;
Brit Blue x (Av £1095)
£2700 £1500 JC Walker & Son; £1270 A Fawcett; £1200 BL&R Lund; £1200 £1160 H Harvey & Son; £1195 K&J Marshall; £1175 A&AR Phillipson;
Ab Angus (Av £879)
£1020 £985 KM&L Throup; £1015x3 E Pennock & Son; £835 DA Ogden;
Simmental (Av £1205)
£1205x4 A Fawcett;
Hereford (Av £918)
£1210 A Fawcett; £940 TH Mellin; £900 £760x2 JH&J Ryder;
Black & White (Av £866)
£900x3 £895x4 £770x2 B&LN Dibb; £845 A Knowles;
Top price pen of three or more bullocks
(£15 Prize) 4 Lim @ £1250 W King
(£10 Prize) 4 Sim @ £1205 A Fawcett
Store Heifers – Continental x average £1003, Native average £987
Charollais x (Av £1009)
£1200 £1110 A Fawcett; £1140 £1070 JE Mawer; £1115x2 £1070 W King; £1025 E&AM Simpson;
Limousin x (Av £949)
£1550 £1400 E&M Townley;
Brit Blue x (Av £1077)
£2600 £2000 £1800 £1550 JC Walker & Son; £1850 JH&SM Mason; £1380 GW Wallbank; £1340 J Nelson & Son; £1320 £1310 D Broadbent; £1300 JA Mellin; £1300 S&T Fawcett;
Ab Angus (Av £950)
£1010 TH&A Pickard; £920x2 E Pennock & Son;
Simmental (Av £1022)
£1190 A Fawcett; £1100 £1080 £970x3 £875 R Holroyd;
Blonde (Av £913)
£1180 £1120 K&GJ Huck; £1140 K&J Marshall; £1140 D Broadbent; £1120 MR Ewbank; £1000 S&T Fawcett;
Top price pen of three or more heifers
(£15 Prize) 4 x Lim x @ £1150 W King
(£10 Prize) 5 x Lim x @ £1070 W King
Breeding Cattle
Lim Hfr with Lim Calf to £2250
Brit Blue Hfr with Lim Calf to £1700
Lim Cow Incalf to £1060
Brit Blue Hfr Incalf to £1280