Prime Cattle (under 30 mos)

James Robertshaw was the leading buyer at todays sale buying 9 in total for Robertshaws Farm Shop at Thornton and Keelham Farm Shop Skipton. Stanforths Butchers in Skipton who bought 4 accounted for the top gross and leading priced heifer a 580kg Limousin cross heifer sold by Threshfield’s CD&RF Kitching which made 242.5p/kg or £1407. Keelham Farm Shop in Skipton picked up the leading p/kg steer a 550kg Limousin cross from Mesrs Kitching for 245.5p/kg or £1350 whilst Robershaws of Thornton picked up the leading p/kg lightweight heifer from Steve Walton of Phoenix Grain Ltd, a 505kg Limousin cross at 234.5kg.

Steers

465-480kg                                             to 245.5p/kg

Heifers

400-480kg                                             to 234.5p/kg                        av. 230.71p/kg

480kg+                                                   to 242.5p/kg                        av.217.74p/kg

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

Steers

£ per head: CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 1350

p/kg: CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 245.5

Heifers

£ per head: CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 1407,1341, TW Cowperthwaite (Limx) 1395, RT&J Critchley&Sons (Limx) 1377

p/kg: CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 242.5,239.5,235.5, TW Cowperthwaite (Limx) 238.5, RT&J Critchley&Sons (Limx) 247.5.

Prime cattle (over 30 mos)

Overall Average                                   132.6p/kg                             £921.58

To Prices £ per head and p/kg

£ per head: JD Taylor&Son (B&W Hfr) 982,861

p/kg: JD Taylor&Son (B&W Hfr) 134.5,130.5.                             

Feeders took advantage of a slightly easier trade and a high percentage of lean cattle to fill pens. The odd meated dairy now 116p/kg and not just as much spark on the lightweight plain cows.

Overall Average                                   101.91p/kg           £645.15

Black & White                      to 115.5p/kg                        av. 100.03p/kg

Jersey                                     to 77.5p/kg

Blondex                                 to 118.5p/kg       

Limx                                       to 136.5p/kg

Hefdx                                     to 110.5p/kg

Top Prices (£ per head or p/kg)

B&W:

£ per head: C Smith&Sons 815, JD Taylor&Son 812, RD Metcalfe&Son 779, CN&SA Harrison 745, PA Whitaker 727

p/kg: CN&SA Harrison 115.5, RD Meatcalfe&Son 115.5,110.5, PA Whitaker 114.5, JM Smith&Son 108.5, C Smith&Son 106.5

Contx

£ per head: S Jowett (Limx) 1065, TP&EA Clayton (Blondex) 729, DJ Grassam (BBx) 712

p/kg: S Jowett (Limx) 136.5, TP&EA Clayton (Blondex) 118.5, CN&SA Harrison (Simx) 107.5, DJ Grassam (BBx) 105.5.

Native

£ per head: TP&EA Clayton (Hefdx) 713

p/kg: TP&EA Clayton (Hefdx) 110.5

MATURE BULL

Overall Average                                   81.5p/kg               £815

Native

£ per head: PJ&RH Wallbank (Beef Sh) 815

p/kg: PJ&RH Wallbank (Beef Sh) 81.5

1,263 Prime Sheep comprising 961 Spring Lamb, 302 Hoggs Cast Ewes & Rams

A similar sized entry of NS Lambs were a very mixed show for quality this week. The nice skinned lambs with a bit of weight for butcher trade saw the over 46kg range average 220p. Top price per head was £124 from J Barnes Farming, Sawley with 52kg’s at £124 or 238.5p/kg, selling to Kendalls Farm Butchers in Harrogate and Pateley Bridge. Next was John Nutter from Hurst Green who made £120 of 54kg Continentals selling to L Wood & Son Scammonden. Tim Robinson Longridge made £119.50 of 49kg Texel Beltex (243.9p) purchased by Kendalls Farm Butchers. Bob Lancaster West Marton made £119 of 47kg Texel Beltex, these were also top price per kilo at 253.9p, the purchasers were Hartshead Meat Co. B Spensley Ltd Thorlby made £118 of 52kg, whilst TH Mellin Black Lane Ends made £117 of 52kg. Richard Towell Glusburn had £116 for heavy Texels and S SPensley & Co Gargrave made £115 of 52kg Texels. Messrs Hitchen Luddendenfoot made 250p of 44kg Texels at £110 each, Tim Robinson 243.9p of 49kg (£119.50), and A&EM Ashby Farnley 242.2p (45kg £109).
The handyweight category saw better skinned types 220p to 240p, first cross lambs 205p to 215p depending on quality, a couple of large runs of un-castrated commercial types under £2.

Hoggs were a sharp trade on the day, tops £113 £109 and £100 from Alistair Jenkinson Langbar, £100 also achieved by R Emmott Howden Park Silsden. Mr Jenkinson completed his run with sheep at £91 and £90 twice.

Ewes saw lean sheep very good to sell, Horned and Hill ewes mainly from £50 to £60, tops £60.50 Richard Caton Stainforth and Hill Ewes averaging £56.45. Lowland Ewes sell well for the lean types, but major resistance for overfat ewes, nice selling ¾ type Texels either side of £100, Richard Maudsley £107.50 and Andy Lambert £101.50  £100.50, Texels Ewes averaging £83.19 and a very strong an all in average for Ewes/Rams of £68.15.

Spring Lambs – Overall Average £90.21 per head or 210.58p/kg           

36.0kg to 45.5kg to 250p/kg            av 209.57p/kg      or £86.62 per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg to 253.2p/kg         av 220.41p/kg      or £105.13 per head

52.1kg and over   to 222.2p/kg         av 222.2p/kg         or £120 per head

Suffolk average £88.01 per head or 213.07p/kg

£ per head: £118 B Spensley; £117 TH Mellin; £114 J&F Nutter; £112 GW Houseman & Partners; £111 ML Evans; £110 TH Mellin

p/kg: 237.5p J&F Nutter; 236.4p R&E Pollard; 230.4p ML Evans; 230.4p RJ&J Towers Ltd; 229.8p FA Holmes & Son;

Texel average £89.11 per head or 211p/kg

£ per head: £124 J Barnes; £120 J&F Nutter; £116 R&M Towell; £115 S Spensley; £113 ML Evans; £110 J Hitchen;

p/kg: 250p J Hitchen; 242.2p A&EM Ashby & Son; 239.1p S Spensley & Co; 238.6p TA Robinson; 238.5p J Barnes;

Charollais average £83.1 per head or 200.11p/kg

£ per head: £102 RJ&J Towers Ltd; £98.5 D Calvert & Son; £94 A&AR Phillipson; £89.5 Frankland Farms; £89 RJ&J Towers Ltd;

p/kg: 218.6p A&AR Phillipson; 218.3p Frankland Farms; 217p RJ&J Towers Ltd; 212.2p D&A Livestock; 207p RJ&J Towers Ltd;

Beltex average £97.75 per head or 230.37p/kg

£ per head: £119.5 TA Robinson; £119 B Lancaster; £110 TA Robinson; £100, £99.5 P Crabtree; £95 H&S Maudsley;

p/kg: 253.2p B Lancaster; 243.9p TA Robinson; 237.5p H&S Maudsley; 236.9p, 227.3p P Crabtree; 224.5p TA Robinson;

Rouge average £92.45 per head or 211.45p/kg

£ per head: £95.5, £93, £92, £89.5 JA&JM Wade & Son;

p/kg:213.1p, 212.2p, 211.4p, 209.1p JA&JM Wade & Son;

Prime Hoggs Principle prices

£113, £109, £100, A Jenkinson; £100 R Emmott; £91, £90x2 A Jenkinson; £89 R Emmott; £89 D Calvert & Son; £84 x2 A Jenkinson;£82 P Ireland; £80 GW Houseman & Partners; £80 W Holden; £80, £79, F Townson; £75 GW Houseman & Partners;                 

Suffolk to £85.50, Texel to £107.50, Herdwick to £38.50, Mule to £77.50, Charollais to £61.50, Swaledale to £59.50, Cheviot to £60.50.

Top prices:

Lowland: £107.50, £104.50 H&S Maudsley;

Mule/Masham: £77.50 RD Metcalfe; £66.50 J Sugden;  

Horned: £59.50 A Jenkinson; £58.50 GW Houseman & Partners;

Hill: £60.50 R Caton; £38.50 R Caton

Cast Rams average £69.25

Suffolk to £54.50, Texel to £81.50, Bleu du Maine to £64.50, Beltex to £76.50.

Rearing Calves to £470 (62)

B&W av £60.72 Cont av £331.83 Native av £180.14

62 calves through the door this morning with a healthy trade throughout the sale. It was always going to be a decent day when the first calf in the ring from Mark Smith of Winterburn got kicked off at £400 and selling for £430.  A large quantity of continental calves were once again on show however it was a Charollais X bull from David Smith of Sutton In Craven which topped proceedings at £470. Next highest price was a cracking Limousin from regular supporters G Pickersgill & Sons, Hawksworth who found their calf to be worth £450.

A large run of heifers meant for a trade not quite as potent as previous weeks however best calves still made respectable prices with John Marshall of Dacre topping the Blues at £340 however Pickersgills topped the females with another belting limousin at £390 this time around.

Natives a handy trade to £255 for an AA calf from Fewster’s of Cleckheaton with native heifers from Slaters of Goosnargh realising £145 and £130.  Black and whites were a two tier affair today, anything with a touch of flesh was quickly past £100 with lighter framed calves £40- £80, the section high came for a cracking 19 day old Friesian from Chadwick and Leaver at £180.

Principle Prices

£470 C Smith; £450 G Pickersgill & Sons; £445 RL Wright & Son; £440 JC Marshall; £430 M&R Smith; £415 C Smith;

£410 RL Wright & Son

Bull Calves

Limousin x (Av £345) to £450 G Pickersgill & Sons                     

Brit Blue x (Av £353.13) to £445 RL Wright & Son                                                      

Aberdeen Angus (Av £201) to £255 M Fewster

Charollais X (Av £442.5) to £470 C Smith

Black & White (Av £57.12) to £180 Chadwick & Leaver                            

Heifer Calves       

Ab Angus (Av £127.5) to £130 KJ Slater Ltd;                                                

Hereford (Av £145) to £145 KJ Slater Ltd:

British Blue (Av £272.65) to £340 JC Marshall

Lim (Av £250) to £390 G Pickersgill & Son

126 Breeding Sheep (comprising 56 Sheep with 70 Lambs at foot)
A decent sized entry for late in the season saw a nice trade for Continental Sheep with lambs at foot. Ewes with Singles to £155 and Twins £185. Hoggs with lambs this week to £155 twice.

Texel Ewes Correct Twins to £185
Texel Ewes Correct Singles to £155
Texel Shlgs Singles to £155
Texel Shlgs Twins to £185
Texel bm Twins to £155
Beltex Shlg Singles to £155
Beltex Correct Singles to £135
Mule Hoggs Singles to £155
Mule Correct Twins to £135
Mule Correct Singles to £135
Mule bm Twins to £135
Mule bm Singles to £110
Mule (1 teat) Singles to £110
Horned Ewes bm Singles to £70

Craven Dairy Auction (13 head)

A mixed shippon of milkers this morning with a bit of everything on offer. Topping the sale was the reserve champion heifer from GB Moorhouse of Bell Busk with his 33kg Graffeti daughter selling for £1800 to Brian Blezard, Ribchester. The Champion a nice white 29 litre heifer from Duncan Robinson of Eldroth which found a home with Tom Critchley of Hutton.

It was however the Incalf heifers which stole the show with Richard Verity of Grewelthorpe seeing two of his heifers reaching £1520 and a run of 6 averaging £1418.  A couple of September calvers from M Smith of Ripley sold to £1080 for a Nor Red X. 

Judge – Josh Clarke

Prize Awards:       Newly Calven Heifers:  1^st DR Robinson; 2^nd GB Moorhouse 3^rd M Smith

                                Newly Calven Cows: 1^st MD Parkinson             

                                Incalf Heifer: 1^st RN Verity; 2^nd RN Verity; 3^rd RN Verity                                             

                                Champion – DR Robinson                  Reserve – GB Moorhouse

Newly Calven Heifers (av £1510): to £1800 GB Moorhouse

Newly Calven Cows: to £1300 MD Parkinson

Incalf Heifers: (av £1418.33)  to £1520 x2 RN Verity