Prime Cattle (under 30 mos)

Local breeders JW Stockdale & Sons of Burnsall were the top price at £1455 which was paid by Countrystyle Meats Ltd of Lancaster for their 550kg homebred Limousin cross heifer. George Cropper from Sandersons Butchers at Baxenden picked up the highest priced p/kg beast a 515kg homebred Limousin cross heifer at 271.5p/kg from Messrs F&B Smith of Westhouse.

James Robertshaw was the leading purchaser securing 6 top quality animals for shops in Denholme and Skipton with Countrystyle Butchers Ltd and Stanforths Butchers of Skipton with 4 each.

Steers

465-560kg                                             to 238.5p/kg

560kg+                                                   to 228.5p/kg                        av. 215.89p/kg

Heifers

480-560kgkg                                         to 271.5p/kg                        av. 222.23p/kg

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

Steers

£ per head: CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 1348, RT&J Critchley & Sons (Limx) 1300

p/kg:

Heifers

£ per head: JW Stockdale&Sons (Limx) 1455, CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 1430, RT&J Critchley&Sons (Blondex) 1420, F&B Smith(Limx) 1398

p/kg: F&B Smith (Limx) 271.5, RT&J Critchley&Sons (Blonde) 265.5, JW Stockdale&Sons (Limx) 261.5, JA Drake (Limx) 249.5               

More fed cattle for sale and some cows on the heavy side but the interest level very similar. Plain cows continue to sell well with the lowest 78.5p/kg but a good ring full of customers and one or two coming up short of numbers.

Overall Average                                   96.98p/kg             £694.96

Black & White                      to 108.5p/kg                        av. 95.92p/kg

AA                                           to 116.5p/kg                        av.106.50p/kg

Top Prices (£ per head or p/kg)

B&W:

£ per head: JD Taylor&Son 867,841, AL Dean&Son 844,780, J Gooch 836, 774, A Lawson&Son 802,779,778, M Baul&Sons Ltd 775

p/kg: Rainhall Farm Ltd 108.5, AL Dean&Son 107.5,107.5, J Gooch 104.5, 100.5, JD Taylor&Son 102.5, A Lawson&Son 101.5,

Native

£ per head: G&MA Lawn (AA) 949,680

p/kg: G&MA Lawn (AA) 116.5,96.5

3596 Prime Sheep comprising 3193 Prime Hoggs & 400 Cast Ewes & Rams,

Numbers back up this week with 3193 lambs sold to an overall selling average of 196.6pkg (SQQ 202.7pkg) or £86.52 per head, note, this is an all breeds and all weights average for 2339 lowland lambs and 847 hill bred lambs and includes both farm assured and none assured lambs .

Some great runs of fed sheep forward today from both Western and Eastern Counties complementing the good weekly consignments from local feeders. The smart sorts and handyweight lambs were still good to sell, very best end 260p plus, plenty of nice beltex 235p-255p, whilst a commercial handyweight was 210p to 225p. Kevin Marshall topped the sale at 302pkg with a great pen of 38kg Beltex at £115, Taylor Bros made 272p, Tony Kiernan 268p, Kevin Marshall two other pens at 259p and 253p, J Burrow 259p, Walter Parkinson 257p and 250p.
In the lump Tony Kiernan topped the sale at £126.

Lowland Heavy lambs 52kg to 56kg plus did not live up to last weeks good trade, the best end still £102-£108 a few pens in the one-teens, but commercial sorts more in the mid £90’s today. 46kg to 50kg Commercial types were also a shade cheaper on the week by around 5pkg.

As much as Skipton gets good runs of fed lowland lambs, it should be noted that todays entry of 3186 lambs included 847 hill bred comprising 506 Mule & Masham Wethers and 341 Horned lambs. Mules again saw best end of 47kg in the mid £80’s whilst 39kg-42kg Mules well fleshed were again selling around 185p to 190p, a sample of the best handyweight prices saw 42kg at £80 from Bob Stubbs and 39kg at £75 from SR Dorey. Horned lambs saw wethers sell well, best 34kg at £59.50 from Richard Brown, other well fleshed lightweights mid to late £50’s, although tups would be harder to cash this week.

Cast sheep saw 400 forward today, with trade quoted as being better on the week, tops at £111.50 from N Morphet, Stainburn, and strong ewes in good demand.

Prime Hoggs – Overall Average £86.52 per head or 196.6p/kg              

32.1kg to 35.9kg to 272.7p/kg         av 192.04p/kg      or £64.97 per head

36.0kg to 45.5kg to 302.6p/kg         av 203.23p/kg      or £85.38 per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg to 268.1p/kg         av 184.78p/kg      or £89.57 per head

52.1kg and over   to 198.1p/kg         av 167.26p/kg      or £93.05 per head

Beltex average £96.06 per head or 238.1p/kg

£ per head: £126 T Kiernan; £115 K Marshall; £108 W&J Parkinson; £106 MJ&GC Dobson; £106 £101 JE Burrow; £101 Taylor Bros; £101 JE Eddleston;

p/kg: 302.6p K Marshall; 272.7p 246.3p Taylor Bros; 268.1p 246.2p T Kiernan; 259.0p JE Burrow; 257.1p 250.0p W&J Parkinson;

Suffolk average £86.69 per head or 187.4p/kg

£ per head: £98 £95.50 J&C Wright; £95 P&A Riley; £94.50 N Morphet; £94 NA Bell; £93 J Greenwood; £92 N Preston; £92 S&PE Bowker;

p/kg: 213.1p RJ Lambert; 208.3p 197.0 H Barker; 207.5p 205.8p 200.0p S Dorey; 194.4p 193.8 J Greenwood; 194.2p CR Brittain;

Texel average £87.93 per head or 201.7p/kg

£ per head: £109 T Kiernan; £107 £104 JE Burrow; £106 N Morphet; £106 HB Atkinson; £105 Taylor Bros; £105 BL&R Lund; £103.5 D Reay;

p/kg: 259.2p 283.8p K Marshall; 250.0p 246.2p 243.8p HB Atkinson; 246.1p J Greenwood; 243.6p RJ Lambert; 242.3p B Watchorn;

Mule average £79.51 per head or 180.2p/kg

£ per head: £88 £85 S Forshaw; £86 £85x3 J Pickles; £85.50 A&SL Throup; £84.50 TE Walker; £84.50 Bob Stubbs;

p/kg: 192.3p S Dorey; 188.8p 187.2p Disneyland; 190.5p Bob Stubbs; 186.0p Ellis Bros; 185.4p CD&RF Kitching;

Charollais average £87.35 per head or 204.1p/kg

£ per head: £94x2 £87 £86 CR Brittain; £89 B Watchorn & Son; £88 PC Longdin; £86.50 J Greenwood; £86 S Forshaw;

p/kg: 235.0p 223.8p 204.8p CR Brittain; 231.6p PC Longdin; 222.5p B Watchorn & Son; 201.3p Lambert-Milehouse;

Lonk average £75.70 per head or 181.2p/kg

£ per head: £81.50 C Crowther; £76.50 S&P Scrivin;

p/kg: 191.3p S&P Scrivin; 180.0p C Crowther;

Swaledale average £60.63 per head or 160.3p/kg

£ per head: £79 R&KA Burley; £72 W Mason & Son; £69 J&R Paisley; £68 RG Church; £67.50 H Smith; £66 JM&S Tennant;

p/kg: 175.8p W Mason & Son; 170.6p JM&S Tennant; 168.3p J&R Paisley; 165.9p RG Church; 165.6p TE Walker;160.0p JH Throup;

Dalesbred average £63.91 per head or 170.4p/kg

£ per head: £78.50 £72 AS&L Throup; £67 Hayton & Stocks;

p/kg: 175.0p R&VJ Brown; 171.4p 160.2p AS&L Throup;

Cheviot average £82.42 per head or 203.8p/kg

£ per head: £84.50 S Forshaw; £83 Bob Stubbs; £81 S Dorey;

p/kg: 207.7p S Dorey; 207.5p Bob Stubbs; 183.7p S Forshaw;

Suffolk to £69.5, Texel to £111.5, Teeswater to £70, Mule to £73.5, Lleyn to £67.5, Swaledale to £36.5, Dalesbred to £44, Gritstone to £40.5, Cheviot to £85.5, Beltex  to £82.5, Rough Fell to £43.5.

Top prices:

Lowland: £111.5 N Morphett; £104.5 S&PE Bowker & Son;

Mule/Masham: £73.5 CR&J Kippax; £72.5 J Sugden;

Horned: £44 Hayton & Stocks; £43.5 WA Brown

Hill: £85.5 DC Newhouse; £70 A Fisher

Cast Rams average £59.92

Texel to £88.5, BFL to £18, Charollais to £54.5, Cheviot to £96.5, Swaledale to £11.5, Rough Fell to £55.5, Beltex  to £69.5.

Rearing Calves to £400 (44)

B&W av £45.88 Cont av £255 Native av £245

Straight trade throughout the sale today with a healthy ringside of buyers present. Best Continentals were in handy numbers with Shaun Sowray and Mike Longster having the pick of the trades both at £400, with plenty of others £350 - £400.  A steady trade for the continental heifers on show with a sweet white heifer again from Sowray’s topping at £310.

Native bulls were nice to sell with a lovely run of 5-6 week Angus calves from Broadley farms selling between £230 and £265. Slim pickings of Black and white bulls however a strong bull from Ralph Guy still made a respectable £95.  

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Bull Calves

Limousin x (Av £275) to £300 Wood Bros                     

Brit Blue x (Av £333.7) to £400 A Sowray & Son; £400 JF Longster                                                        

Aberdeen Angus (Av £259.29) to £290 A Sowray & Son

Longhorn (Av £30) to £30 AP Townsend

Black & White (Av £45.88) to £95 RD Guy                    

Heifer Calves                       

Aberdeen Angus (Av £150) to £150 JC&DJ Marshall                                                  

British Blue (Av £214) to £310 A Sowray & Son

Lim (Av £175.83) to £250 Broadley Farms