Prime Cattle (under 30 mos)

Countrystyle Meats of Lancaster gathered up the leading gross and p/kg animal in the cattle ring a 565kg Limousin cross heifer from Mesrs RT&J Critchley&Sons of Hutton which made £1460 or 258.5p/kg. Critchleys also sold the leading priced steer a Limousin cross weighing 560kg at 255.5p/kg or £1461. Leading buyers were CountystyleMeats Ltd and Keelham Farm Shop with 4 each.

Steers

465-560kg                                             to 242.5p/kg                        av.228.62p/kg

560kg+                                                   to 255.5p/kg                        av. 227.85p/kg

Heifers

400-480kg                                             to 191.5p/kg

480kg+                                                   to 258.5p/kg                        av. 221.27p/kg

Bulls

560kg+                                                   to 179.5p/kg

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

Steers

£ per head: RT&J Critchley&Sons (Limx) 1431,1322, CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 1424, JA Drake (Limx) 1360

p/kg: RT&J Critchley&Sons (Limx) 255.5,242.5, JR Metcalfe (Limx) 240.5, (Pie) 238.5, JA Drake (Limx) 234.5

Heifers

£ per head: RT&J Critchley&Sons (Limx) 1461,1353,1320, SD Bennett (Limx) 1401,(BBx) 1353,

p/kg: RT&J Critchley&Son (Limx) 258.5, 251.5, JR Metcalfe (Limx) 256.5, SD Bennett (BBx) 239.5

Bulls

£ per head: J Walsh (AA) 1149

p/kg: J Walsh (AA) 179.5  

Overall Average                                   113.59p/kg           £678.94

Increased numbers and trade warming up for all categories. Meated dairies touching 120p and the plain cows similarly well bid with 92.5p the bottom marker for a lean lightweight. More Beef cross feeding cows available and an extra buyer made them a good trade to 149.5p/kg with a similar story in the young dairies if sound and fit to feed.

Black & White                      to 119.5p/kg                        av. 105.70p/kg

Dairy Short                           to 117.5 p/kg                       av. 96.00p/kg

Blondex                                 to 129.5p/kg                       

Limx                                       to 149.5p/kg                        av. 115.33p/kg

BBx                                         to 138.5p/kg                        av. 129.5p/kg

Parth                                      to 135.5p/kg

Charx                                      to 139.5p/kg

Top Prices (£ per head or p/kg)

B&W:

£ per head: JC Marshall 948, GB Moorhouse 853, JSS Verity 776, KT Wood&Son 774

p/kg: GB Moorhouse 119.5, JC Marshall 118.5, Kingstone Farms 115.5,115.5, JSS Verity 112.5

Other Dairy

£ per head: IRG Collins&Ptns (Dairy Sh) 670,454,428

p/kg: IRG Collins&Ptns (Dairy Sh) 117.5,98.5,86.5

Brit Blue:

£ per head: GW Wallbank 1072, Thwaite Bros 912,796, FM Shepherd&Sons  786

p/kg: Thwaite Bros 142.5,138.5, GW Wallbank 136.5, FM Shepherd&Sons 135.5,

Lim:

£ per head: C Nelson&Sons 994, T Wild&R Ellis 879, E Simpson&Son 796, Ellis Bros 753

p/kg: C Nelson&Sons 149.5, T Wild & R Ellis 146.5, Ellis Bros 125.5

Other Contx

£ per head: M Bentham (Parth) 847, JE Cowperthwaite (Blondex) 809.

p/kg: M Bentham (Parth) 135.5, JE Cowperthwaite (Blondex) 129.5

MATURE BULL

Overall Average                                   109.5p/kg             £1127.85

Sim

£ per head: D Clarkson 1128

p/kg: D Clarkson 109.5

3,735 Prime Sheep comprising 3131 Prime Lambs, & 604 Cast Ewes & Rams

A large show of sheep faced a trade that was down on the week with weaker demand displayed from the processing sector, even with all the regular faces in attendance, however an average 173.4p/kg was one of the better results on the day, and given the size of the entry too. Some strong prices for quality sorts, with Kevin Huck, Bordley recording top price of £119 or 258.7p for Beltex crosses, Ian Marsden of Hoylandswaine made £109. Better end of heavy lambs in the £90’s, medium quality mid to late 80’s. Better sorts of handy weight lambs in the 180’s, commercial sorts either side of 170. Best Mules making in the mid £70’s.
Ewes were a nice trade with extra buyers in attendance and medium and best sorts in strong demand.

Prime Lambs  – Overall Average  £76.62 per head or 173.4p/kg            

32.1kg to 35.9kg to 150.0p/kg         av 137.31p/kg      or £46.00 per head                              (6)

36.0kg to 45.5kg to 223.3p/kg         av 174.68p/kg      or £74.22 per head              (2435)

45.6kg to 52.0kg to 258.7p/kg         av 170.19p/kg      or £80.90 per head              (658)

52.1kg and over   to 183.9p/kg         av 156.89p/kg      or £81.69 per head              (29)

Beltex average £82.69 per head or 193.73p/kg

£ per head: £119 K Huck; £109 I Marsden; £100 RD Capstick; £99 DJ Halliday; £97 K Huck; £96 JA&JH Hewetson;

p/kg:258.7p K Huck; 220p DJ Halliday; 219.8p DJ Halliday; 219.5p DW&CJ Towler; 219.5p , 214.3p F&R Fielden;

Suffolk average £72.73 per head or 166.84p/kg

£ per head: £96 ML Evans; £92 J&C Wright; £84 J Strange & Son; £84 A Fisher; £84 ML Evans; £82.5 RA&M Earnshaw;

p/kg: 181.1p ML Evans; 178.3p R&VM Clarke; 176.7p RA&M Eanrshaw & Son; 175p A Fisher; 173.3p J Strange & Son;

Texel average £75.43 per head or 173.25p/kg

£ per head: £112 Brafferton Manor; £103 A Jenkinson; £100 I Marsden; £98 JC Marshall; £98 RH&MR Ireland; £96 E Procter

p/kg: 228.6p Brafferton Manor; 223.3p J&M Blakey; 222.7p RH&MR Ireland; 215.9p J&M Blakey; 213p JC Marshall

Mule average £70.40 per head or 160.36p/kg

£ per head: £77 JR Smith; £76.5 F Reeday & Son; £76 JW Stockdale & Son; £74.5 JR Smith; £74 P Addyman & Son;

p/kg:164.4p P Addyman; 162.8p J&ME Carr; 162.2p KG Stapleton; 162p JR Smith; 161.7p JW Stockdale & Son;

Charollais average £77.65 per head or 174.72p/kg

£ per head: £89 JC Marshall; £88 J Strange & Son; £88 FM Shepherd & Sons; £85, £84.5, £82.5 J Strange & Son;

p/kg: 193.5p JC Marshall; 191.9p KJ Marston; 190.7p J Strange & Son; 187.2p FM Shepherd & Sons;

Suffolk to £84.5, Texel to £93.5, BFL to £65.5, Mule to £74.5, Lleyn to £67.5, Swaledale to £21.5, Masham to £81.5, Gritstone to £53.5,Beltex  to £81.5, Lonk  to £43.5.

Top prices:

Lowland: £93.5 IR Lampkin; £91.5 P Crabtree & Son

Mule/Masham: £74.5, £73.5 JA&JH Hewetson;

Horned: £43.5 SP&VM Morris; £40.5 KJ Marston;

Hill: £67.5 CD&RF Kitching; £65.5 SL&SD Lund

Cast Rams average £59.25

Texel to £85.5, BFL to £44.5

Rearing Calves to £395 (68)

B&W av £97.80 Cont av £274.79 Native av £210

A healthy number of calves forward this morning with once again the good black and whites calves on the receiving end of a strong trade. Stephen Marshall of West End took the top price with one Friesian X bull calves at £170 which was also matched by a strong Holstein bull from AL Dean & Son, Threshfield.

Continentals were not forward in just quite the quality of last week, however once again Joss Lancaster of Horton In Craven topped the proceedings with two of his British Blue bulls at £395. Again native bull calves were good to sell with 90% over £200 and peaking at £255 for a bull from Ralph Guy, Earby.

Heifers harder to place with less faces around this morning with blues particularly less than last week. Topping the heifers was a Limousin from Hayton and Stocks of Bolton Abbey at £390 which is on its way to making a suckler cow.   

Bull Calves

Limousin x (Av £237.5) to £310 JC&DJ Marshall & Sons                           

Brit Blue x (Av £306.4) to £395x2 J&SA Lancaster                                                      

Aberdeen Angus (Av £225.5) to £255 RD Guy

Flekvieh (Av £252.86) to £355 C Watson

Shorthorn (Av £97.5) to £100 IRG Collins

Black & White (Av £97.8) to £170 JC&DJ Marshall & Sons                       

Heifer Calves       

Aberdeen Angus (Av £135) to £135 x2 AJ Lee & RD Guy                                                           

British Blue (Av £221.11) to £260 PJ&JE Bolland

Lim (Av £355) to £390 Hayton & Stocks

Prize Awards:       Newly Calven Heifers:        1^st GB Moorhouse               2^nd GB Jennings                    3^rd KT Wood

                                Newly Calven Cows:            1^st GB Moorhouse               2^nd MD Parkinson

                                Champion – GB Moorhouse              Reserve – GB Jennings

Newly Calven Heifers (av £1554): to £1950 GB Jennings

Newly Calven Cows (av £1220): to £1250 MD Parkinson & Son  

Dispersal Heifers and Cows (av £538): to £740 J Rhodes