Rearing Calves to £390 (66)
B&W av £84.34 Cont av £304.2 Native av £277.19
Strong numbers of dairy calves forward this morning with B&W and MRI’s taking up 60% of the sale. Black and whites were certainly healthier with the best nicely into the early £100’s with competition strong for commercial types making a healthy average. Best blues from Geoff and Margaret Booth topped the continentals at £390 for a strong blue bull.
Bull Calves
Limousin x (Av £306.67) to £345 JC & DJ Marshall
Brit Blue x (Av £314.18) to £390 GT Booth
Aberdeen Angus (Av £303.3) to £320 S Breare
MRI (Av £119.4) to £145 L&A Watson
Black & White (Av £84.34) to £180 F Spence
Heifer Calves
Simmental x to £345 HJ&K Blackwell
Limousin x (Av £215) to £230 A&SL Throup
Brit Blue x (Av £265) to £300 H&M Dugdale & Son
Aberdeen Angus (Av £237.5) to £245 D&J Herd
Saler to £270 RL Wright &Son
Craven Dairy Auction (36 head)
A wide range of goods on sale again with trade a certainly a touch dearer with no rocketing prices but a strong bottom made all types a handy trade. Fresh heifers regularly making good money today with even the poorer sorts selling away well with bidders plentiful right through the sale. Robert Crisp of Calton took top honours today with his big dark heifer which sold for £1880 to regular supporter Alf and Andrew Townsend.
Youngstock again saw some good competition with heifer calves well fought over to average £325 for 5-8 week old good.
Judge – Shaun Sowray
Prize Awards:
Newly Calven Heifers: 1st & 2nd ASE Crisp 3rd GB Jennings
Newly Calven Cows: 1st 2nd 3rd DL Leeming
Champion & Reserve – ASE Crisp & Son
1st Quality Newly Calven Heifers (9): av £1535.55 to £1880 ASE Crisp
2nd Quality Heifers (4) av £827
Pedigree Newly Calven Heifers (5): av £1606 to £1700 M Baul & Partners
Newly Calven Cows (11): av £1242.50 to £1650 DL Leeming Ltd
Incalf Heifers (1): to £1340 MGT Corner
Maiden Heifers (2) to £640 AJ Ogden
Heifer Calves (7) av £324.3 to £400 A&SL Throup & Son