83 Rearing Calves & 18 Dairy Cattle: Craven Dairy Auction (18 head)
A changeable sort of trade today with good heifers selling away well with Brian Moorhouse of Bell Busk topping the day’s trade with his Pedigree heifer giving 32kg and from the Aireburn Miss America family went on to sell for £1850 to Stephen and Eddie Jeanes, Glusburn. Another heifer from Hesper Farm went on to sell for £1750, which had been calved just 10 days and giving 27kgs sold to Brian Blezard of Hothersall Hall Farm.
Champion of the day went to a tremendous heifer from David and Suzy Lawson of Arthington which giving 28 litres sold to the Judge Mike Longster of Fellbeck. Robert Crisp of Calton sold his first heifer in the ring to the Sowray Bros of Bishop Thornton for £1600, the heifer which was giving 30kg and only a week calved certainly set the day off well.
Judge – Mike Longster
Prize Awards: Newly Calven Heifers: 1st A Lawson & Son; 2nd ASE Crisp; 3rd M Baul & Partners
Newly Calven Cows: 1st MD Parkinson
Champion – A Lawson & Son Reserve – ASE Crisp
Newly Calven Heifers av £1223 to £1600 ASE Crisp & Sons
Newly Calven Cows to £1580 MD Parkinson
Pedigree Newly Calven Heifers av £1473.89 to £1850 GB Moorhouse
83 Rearing Calves to £405
B&W av £39.69 Cont av £329.5 Native av £223.8
Continentals and Natives saw a strong trade right the way through the day with prices strong for all goods especially the middle of the road goods. Some big runs of calves arrived today and were not disappointed with Chris and Margie Hall, Fred Houseman and John Dodgson of Bank Newton all leaving with a good trade.
It was the Clarke family of Hampsthwaite who took the top price of the day with a super blue bull which reached the Sale high of £405. Middle of the road continentals and natives were hard fought over with hard reared calves arguably the dearest of the lot, with many being bid well into the mid £300’s. Natives saw £300 briefly with some good calves from Chris Hall of Shelley and Brian Wellock bringing a strong Aberdeen Angus which realised £280.
Black and whites a sticky trade with lesser calves hard to sell today with stronger better fleshed calves selling away better.
Bull Calves
Limousin x (Av £360) to £375 G Pickersgills & Son
Brit Blue x (Av £350.8) to £405 D Clarke
Simmental x to £330 HJ&KL Blackwell
Welsh Black to £195 JC Marshall
Ab Angus (Av £233.3) to £300 C&M Hall
Saler to £260 RL Wright & Son
Black & White (Av £39.69) to £95 G Pickersgill & Sons
Heifer Calves
Limousin x (Av £241.25) to £300 C&M Hall
Brit Blue x (Av £280.38) to £360 x2 Church Farm Enterprises
Ab Angus (Av £221.88) to £270 CM Hall
Lincoln Red (Av £250) to £270 D&P Brown