Prime Cattle (under 30 mos)

Steers

465-555kg                                             to 224.5p/kg                        av. 214.65p/kg

560kg+                                                   to 232.5p/kg                        av. 205.90p/kg

Heifers

400-480kg                                             to 242.5p/kg                        av. 199.00p/kg

485kg+                                                   to 247.5p/kg                        av. 190.02p/kg

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

Steers

£ per head: JA Drake (BBx) 1360, CD&RF Kitching (BBx) 1285, JR Metcalfe (Blonde) 1156, RG Church (Limx) 1143

p/kg: JA Drake (BBx) 232.5,  CD&RF KItching (BBx) 229.5, 205.5, JR Metcalfe (Blondex) 224.5

Heifers

£ per head: JA Drake (BBx) 1360, CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 1306, SD Bennett (Limx) 1262, (Blondex) 1218, JR Metcalfe (BBx) 1193

p/kg: SD Bennett (Limx) 247.5, JR Metcalfe (BBx) 243.5, 242.5,  CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 237.5, JA Drake (BBx) 232.5

Prime Cattle (over 30 mos)

Overall Average                                   145.31p/kg                           £927.87

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

£ per head: RG Church Ltd (Limx Str) 1094, (B&W Hfr) 722, E&KM Marshall (B&W Hfr) 968,

p/kg: RG Church Ltd (B&W Str) 164.5, (B&W Hfr) 124.5, E&KM Marshall (B&W Hfr) 145.5,

Overall Average                                   111.31p/kg           £741.68

Black & White                       to 148.5p/kg                        av. 106.10p/kg

MRI                                         to 121.5p/kg                        av. 118.75p/kg

Limx                                       to 150.50 p/kg                     av. 140.95p/kg

Simx                                       to 132.5p/kg

Top Prices (£ per head or p/kg)

B&W:

£ per head: A Sowray&Son 1062, Church Farm Ent. 961, JC Marshall 960, J Gooch 889, G Abbott&Sons 872, RW&M Walker 871

p/kg: A Sowray&Son 148.5, RW7M Walker&Son 118.5, JC Marshall 118.5, 115.5, J Gooch 118.5, Church Farm Ent. 116.5,

Other Dairy

£ per head: C Watson (MRI) 765, Haven Lea Farms Ltd (MRI) 618

p/kg: C Watson (MRI) 121.5, Haven Lea Farms Ltd 115.5

Simx:

£ per head: Haven Lea Farms Ltd 669

p/kg: Haven Lea Farms Ltd 132.5

Lim:

£ per head: KA & HL Fawcett 1106,  D Wells 1061,1053

p/kg: KA&HL Fawcett 150.5, D Wells 139.5, 133.5.

MATURE BULL

Overall Average                                   129.50p/kg           £1288.53

AA

£ per head: JB Swires 1289

p/kg: JB Swires 129.5

3,799 Sheep (comprising: 3,297 Lambs and 502 Cast Ewes)

Another good entry of lambs were keenly bid for and some cracking prices for the meat regardless of breed. Like the last few weeks, the 41kg to 44kg well fleshed sorts receiving most interest and better prices per kilo, heavier types again keenly contested with 46kg to 52kg lambs averaging £90.65 or 191.5p. Those under 40’s, unless well finished, were more in the 185 region and fleshed ones 190p to £2.

Sarah Warriner and Mark Harryman made the trip over to Skipton with a full trailer of well fed lambs and were well rewarded. They topped the market per head and per kilo with Beltex Lambs weighing 46kg, selling for £122 or 265p purchased by Vivers Scotlamb. They also had further pens at £111 or 264p to Vivers, £110 and £104 to Keelham Farmshop and £100 to Vivers. Nick Capstick from Bolton by Bowland was next at £120 or 250p for his 48kg Beltex purchased by Vivers Scotlamb. Richard Crabtree from Clifton, Otley was in the 100 Club again, his run topping at £106.50 purchased by Keelham, and another pen at £100. Others in the 100 Club were B&J Sutcliffe, Thorpe with Suffolks at £103, Hurries Farm from Otterburn with Texels at £100 and Tim Robinson from Longridge with Beltex at £100.

Messrs Warriner and Harryman in addition to their pens at 265p and 264p had further pens at 253p and 234p (twice) to Vivers. Nick Captsick, B-by-B made 250p, whilst Richard had 240p, 236p and 235p.

Good Mule Lambs now getting more numerous, and better end above 180p, Messrs Reeday of Hetton topping at 186.6p (47kg £88 each).

Prime Lambs  – Overall Average  £79.37 per head or 188.5p/kg            

32.1kg to 35.9kg                 to 182.9p/kg         av 169.3p/kg         or £55.33 per head

36.0kg to 45.5kg                 to 264.3p/kg         av 188.3p/kg         or £78.33 per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg                 to 265.2p/kg         av 191.5p/kg         or £90.65 per head

52.1kg and over   to 192.2p/kg         av 187.4p/kg         or £90.66 per head

Beltex average £81.21 per head or 203.1p/kg

£ per head:£122 £111 £100 £97 S Warriner; £120 DN&D Capstick; £106.50 £94 £93 P Crabtree; £100 TA Robinson;

p/kg: 265.2p 264.3p 253.1p 234.4p  S Warriner; 250.0p DN&D Capstick; 240.5p 236.7p 235.0p P Crabtree;

Suffolk average £80.05 per head or 186.5p/kg

£ per head: £104 S Warriner; £103 B&J Sutcliffe; £99.50 £94 £92 RJ&LM Wilkinson; £98 J Turner; £90.50 MW Harrison;

p/kg: 217.7p S Warriner; 211.9p J Sudgen; 200.0p M&B Allen; 198.7p D&A Livestock; 197.6p B&J Sutcliffe;

Texel average £80.16 per head or 189.7p/kg

£ per head: £110 £99 S Warriner; £100 Hurries Farm; £100 P Crabtree; £99 KP Drinkall; £99 DG Boothman;

p/kg: 234.1p 223.0p S Warriner; 228.9p 221.7p DN&D Capstick; 226.8p T Walmsley; 222.5p M&B Allen;

Mule average £73.45 per head or 175.8p/kg

£ per head: £88 F Reeday & Son; £86 TH&A Pickard; £80 KG Stapleton; £79 J Palmer; £77 A&SL Throup; £77 JC&N Throup;

£77 FG Throup;

p/kg: 186.6p 181.3p F Reeday & Son; 182.0p TH&A Pickard; 180.1p CD&RF Kitching; 180.0p AL Dean; 179.8p JK Wilson;

Charollais average £76.31 per head or 184.5p/kg

£ per head: £94 J Turner; £93 JW Barker; £88 M&B Allen; £87 TJH Procter; £87 P Crabtree; £83.50 LJ Clay; £83.50 T Atkins

p/kg: 200.0p P Crabtree; 197.0p TJH Procter; 195.6p M&B Allen; 193.4p JW Barker; 192.5p JD Simpson; 188.3p ST Gardner

Lleyn average £78.13 per head or 180.0p/kg

£ per head: £84 £80 £77 £75 £74 NG Bailey & Co; £76 RW&B Chapman;

p/kg: 181.8p 181.6p 180.5p 179.8p 177.6p NG Bailey & Co; 180.2p RW&B Chapman;

Swaledale average £53.11 per head or p/kg

£ per head: £60 £53 AJ Mason; £58 JI&MP Greenwood; £57 P Addyman;

p/kg: 165.1P 160.0P AJ Mason; 163.3p W Banks & Son; 161.0p JI&MP Greenwood;

Suffolk to £83.50, Texel to £108.5, BFL to £77.50, Mule to £73.50, Lleyn to £68.50, Swaledale to £58.50, Masham to £65.50, Gritstone to £64.50, Cheviot  to £66.50, Beltex  to £54.50, Charollais to £67.50.

Top prices:

Lowland: £108.5 R Ogg; £95.50 R Ogg

Mule/Masham: £73.50 TJH Procter; £69.50 R Ogg

Horned: £58.50 P Addyman & Son, 

Hill: £68.50 CD&RF Kitching; £64.50 OM Chapman

Rearing Calves to £425x3 (52)

B&W av £85.30 Cont av £355.33 Native av £236.2

52 calves up for sale this morning with black whites seeing a resurgence in price back to a healthy average of £85.3. Continentals remained a straight average at £355 for all types topping three times at £425 for two bulls and a heifer from Church Farm Enterprises with two more heifers at £415 and £410. Parkers from Bentham saw their sweet blue bull make £380 and John Blackwell have a Simmental at £360.

Native calves were up a gear on last week with Angus bulls averaging £293 and Herefords averaging £225.

Bull Calves

Limousin x (Av £330) to £330 JC Marshall                     

Brit Blue x (Av £378) to £425x2 Church Farm Enterprises                        

Charollais x to £350 G Abbott & Sons                                                            

MRI (Av £210) to £270 N&R Sutcliffe             

Ab Angus (Av £293.33) to £295 JC Marshall

Hereford (Av £225) to £250 JM Smith & Son

Simmental (Av £360) £360 HJ&K Blackwell                  

Black & White (Av £85.3) to £160 JC & DJ Marshall & Sons                       

Heifer Calves                       

Limousin x (Av £330) to £330 JC Marshall                     

Brit Blue x (Av £345) to £425 Chruch Farm Enterprises                             

Ab Angus (Av £203.33) to £245 JC Marshall & Son                                                     

Blonde x (Av £265) to £265 S Parker

Hereford to £185 JM Smith & Son                                                  

Prize Awards:       Newly Calven Heifers:         1^st A Lawson & Sons 2^nd GB Jennings & Son 3^rd RW&M Walker

                                Newly Calven Cows:            1^st GB Jennings 2^nd H Downs & Son

                                In-Calf Heifers:                     1^st I Olivers and Partners 2^nd I Olivers & Partners 3^rd SR Petty

                                Champion – A Lawson & Son            Reserve – GB Jennings

Pedigree Newly Calven Heifers (4): av £1473.3 to £1740 A Lawson & Son 

1st Quality Newly Calven Heifers: (12) av £1431.25 to £1700 GB Jennings

2^nd Quality Newly Calven Heifers (3) to £850

Newly Calven Cows (4): av £1295 to £1400 H Downs & Son  

Incalf Heifers (4): av £955 to £1040 I Olivers Partners

Heifers RWB (5) av £542 to £600 P Pogson

Maiden Heifers (2) av £660 to £800 SR Petty