77 Rearing Calves to £490
B&W av £93.11 Cont av £366.22 Native av £218.6
Calves continue on the strong trade with a good show being well supported from start to finish. Right through well reared calves making a good trade with 28 Black and White calves averaging £93.11 and 11 of 28 well over £100 and topping at £200 for a fine calf from Richard Spence of Low Jackfield.
Native calves for the quality of the show were very strong with an overall average of £218.6 and Richard Sutcliffe of Queensbury topping at £275 for a 1mth old calf.
Again the most in demand calves were the British Blue’s with some strong consignments from the Ripon area and Gargrave making some good prices with not the strongest show we’ve seen but straight calves were easily making into the £400’s topping at £490 and £480 with some fine examples from Fred Houseman and Shaun Sowray.
Bull Calves
Limousin x (Av £385) to £385 A Sowray & Son
Brit Blue x (Av £391) to £490 Church Farm Enterprises
Hereford (Av £227) to £300 HJ&K Blackwell
Shorthorn (Av £168) to £168 JR CJ & D Drake
Ab Angus (Av £211) to £275 P&RM Sutcliffe
Black & White (Av £93) to £200 F Spence
Heifer Calves
Limousin x (Av £332) to £350 F Spence
Brit Blue x (Av £318) to £475 A Sowray & Son
Ab Angus (Av £232) to £235 DL DM J Heron
Craven Dairy Auction (7 head)
Despite a number of entries withdrawing due to favourable weather conditions trade was strong with an average show of heifers selling well. Duncan and Gary Robinson of Eldroth were judged to be 1st in the show and went on to cement their top placing with the top price a respectable £1660 for a heifer giving 31kg and joining father and son team Fred and Mike Longster. Other vendors were please with their trade with Mark Stapleton selling his 3 honest heifers to a nice average.
Stronger Show expected next fortnight with a 12 Consigned already including 8 Brown Swiss Heifers.
Judge – Robin Jennings
Prize Awards: Newly Calven Heifers: 1st DR Robinson 2nd & 3rd SM&MT Stapleton
In-Calf Heifers: 1st RA&HE Simpson
Champion – DR Robinson Reserve – SM&MT Stapleton
Newly Calven Heifers (6): av £1368 to £1660 DR Robinson
Incalf Heifers (1): to £1240 RA&HE Simpson