Craven Dairy Auction (47 head)
The 2nd Yorkshire Holstein Club sale of the Year had a cracking turnout with 40 Milkers in the Shippon with the pre –sale judging ring brimming with heifers for Stephen and Malcom Abbott to Judge, and after much deliberating they chose the heifer from Alan and Susan Throup of Higher House, Silsden Moor.
The Champion a daughter of their Homebred Dalesbrad Hugo Boss Bull (EX90) and out of an Atlas Profit (VG87) Cow was sold 32 days in milk and giving 30kg reached £2120 selling to Brian Blezard of Ribchester. The Throup family also sold their 3rd Prize winner, by the same bull and from an 87 point Shottle Columbia cow, giving 32kgs sold for £2020 to Wick Williams.
Reserve Champion from Thomas and Elizabeth Simpson of Redhouse Farm, Ripon was a cracking 2nd calver giving 42kgs. Returning after a long time away from the dairy Thomas and Elizabeth saw their cow sell for £2020 to Wick Williams of Cheshire.
Robin Jennings of South Stainley showed a tank filling heifer giving 38kgs and calved 10 days this also found some stern bidding selling for £2020. Other notable prices was the second prize heifer from the Lawson Family of Arthington, a blueblood heifer sired by Michelob sold for £1980 to Brian Blezard. A sweet 30kg heifer from Peter Baul of Bishop Thornton sold for £1800 to Tom Critchley of Preston with £1940 being the stopping point for David Fort’s Heifer giving 26kg sold to Mark Goodall of Tong.
Judge – Malcolm and Stephen Abbott
Prize Awards:
Pedigree Newly Calven Heifers: 1st A&SL Throup; 2nd A Lawson & Son; 3rd A&SL Throup
Pedigree Newly Calven Cows: 1st GW&M Coates 2nd PJ Waring
Newly Calven Cows: 1st T&E Simpson 2nd T&E Simpson
Newly Calven Heifers: 1st SM&MT Stapleton 2nd RG Johnson 3rd DA&SA Fort
Champion – A&SL Throup Reserve – T&E Simpson
Pedigree Newly Calven Heifers: av £1728 to £2120 A&SL Throup
Pedigree Newly Calven Cows av £1820 to £1820 GW&M Coates
Newly Calven Heifers av £1614.64 to £2020 GB Jennings
Newly Calven Cows av £1960 to £2000 T&E Simpson
Maiden Heifers: to £690 GW&M Coates
Heifer Calves to £320 A&SL Throup
Rearing Calves to £440 x2 (107)
Native calves out in force this morning with a cracking trade to follow them. Genuine 4 week old native calves flew off the shelves from the start with a notable 3 week old Hereford Bull from Ian Briggs, Guiseley selling for £295, with natives topping at £345 for a Aberdeen Angus bull from JM Smith & Son, Carleton. Blues were up a gear today with the best bulls to £440 and £435 for entries from Hartley’s and Fred Houseman with a Simmental from Chadwick and Leaver of Southfield, Burley hitting £440 also.
A better quality show of black and white calves than we’ve seen over the last couple of weeks and a cracking trade with best friesians topping at £195 from the Pickersgill’s, Hawksworth with fleshy 3 week old goods £65 - £100 all day long.
Bull Calves Cont av £389.23 Native av £276.5
Limousin x (Av £405) to £430 G Pickersgill & Sons
Brit Blue x (Av £381) to £440 JP&KE Hartley
Aberdeen Angus (Av £284.09) to £345 JM Smith & Son
Hereford X (Av £260) to £295 ID&JC Briggs
Simmental (Av £440) to £440 Chadwick & Leaver
Black & White (Av £74.95) to £195 G Pickersgill & Sons
Heifer Calves Cont av £300.42 Native av £257
Simmental x (Av £260) to £260 A&SL Throup
Ab Angus (Av £271.07) to £335 JP&KE Hartley
Hereford (Av £188) to £230 ID&JC Briggs
Lim (Av £188) to £195 GD&A Midgeley
British Blue (Av £366.25) to £390 Church Farm Enterprises