85 Rearing Calves to £460
B&W av £57.08 Cont av £321 Native av £203
Good show of calves today with quality present right the way through the sale, there were strong prices for all stamps of calf with the top price coming from Richard Spence of Sutton who made £460 for a British Blue Bull. Other notable prices were £240 from David Holmes for a Shorthorn Bull and £430 for a British Blue Heifer from Church Farm Enterprises.
A strong trade which looks good coming in to Next Weeks CALF SHOW!! Judging: 10.30am Sale 11am Prizes for all Classes and Strong trades expected
Bull Calves
Limousin x (Av £290) to £355 JH Bradley & Son
Brit Blue x (Av £370) to £460 F Spence
Blonde x to £340 N&R Sutcliffe
Shorthorn (Av £222) to £240 FA Holmes & Son
Ab Angus (Av £193) to £260 DA Fort
MRI to £60 N&R Sutcliffe
Saler to £210 RL Wright & Son
Black & White (Av £57) to £160 F Spence
Heifer Calves
Limousin x to £250 J Gooch
Brit Blue x (Av £283)to £430 Church Farm Enterprises
Ab Angus (Av £190) to £200 M Mosley
Saler to £180 GD & JC Holme & Son
Simmental to £182 JM Smith & Son
Craven Dairy Auction (32 head)
A good show of dairy cows today with a busy ringside throughout the sale though they were certainly a choosey ringside. Robin Jennings of South Stainley hit the top step in the judging ring and went on to just fall short of the 2000 mark at £1980.
Regular trade topper David Lawson had a fine heifer which rocketed to £2300 and heading to Richard Sutcliffe of Queensbury.
Robert Crisp of Calton wasn’t far behind with a deep black heifer reaching £2100.
Despite the big prices some heifers did struggle and it shows in the averages but overall and considering the state of the industry the sale went well.
Judge – Wick Williams
Prize Awards:
Newly Calven Heifers: 1st GB Jennings 2nd A Lawson & Son 3rd GB Jennings
Newly Calven Cows: 1st JN&J Rennard
In-Calf Heifers: 1st 2nd & 3rd WG Walmsley
Champion – GB Jennings Reserve – A Lawson & Son
Newly Calven Heifers (8): to £2100 av £1654 ASE Crisp & Son
Newly Calven Cows (2): av £1450 to £1620 JN&J Rennard
Pedigree Newly Calven Heifers (11): av £1912 to £2300 A Lawson & Son
Incalf Heifers (11): to £1220 av £1090 WG Walmsley