Prime Cattle (under 30 mos)

The clean cattle trade is bucking the trend nationally with yet another good entry, headed up by Mesrs CD&RF Kitching of Threshfield who presented both top priced (gross) heifer, a Limousin weighing 600kg at £1413 or 235.5p and the highest grossing steer a 575kg British Blue cross selling to Robertshaws Farm Shop, Denholme for £1377 or 239.5p/kg. Keelham Farm Shop, Skipton accounted for the leading price per kg, a Blonde x heifer from RT&J Critchley&Sons of Hutton which weighed 520kg and sold for 258.5p/kg or £1344. Another good attendance of buyers led by Robershaws Farm Shop with 4 and Countrystyle Meats Ltd with 3.

Steers

465-560kg                                             to 244.5p/kg                        av. 223.19p/kg

560kg+                                                   to 239.5p/kg                        av. 195.07p/kg

Heifers

400-480kg                                             to 242.5p/kg

480kg+                                                   to 258.5p/kg                        av. 230.38p/kg

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

Steers

£ per head: CD&RF Kitching (BBx) 1377, RT&J Critchley&Sons (BBx) 1357

p/kg: RT&J Critchley&Sons (BBx) 244.5, CD&RF Kitching (BBx) 239.5, JR Metcalfe (Limx) 235.5   

Heifers

£ per head: CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 1413, 1392, 1371, RT&J Critchley & Sons (Limx) 1356, (Blondex) 1344, Phoenix Grain Co Ltd (Limx) 1336

p/kg: RT&J Critchley&Sons (Blondex) 258.5,(Limx) 255.5, 253.5, CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 248.5,238.5,236.5,235.5, Phoenix Grain Co Ltd (Limx) 226.5

Prime Cattle (over 30 mos)

Overall Average                                   140.55p/kg                           £850.33

To Prices £ per head and p/kg

£ per head: T Boothman (Belt.Gall Hfr) 1013,908, E&KM Marshall (B&W Hfr) 830,

p/kg: T Boothman (Belt. Gall Hfr) 150,150, E&KM Marshall (B&W Hfr) 139.5,

Cast cows a sharp trade with the handful of meated cattle compensated for by the majority of the entry which were lean and plain. That aside all classes were good with just an odd plain below 70p and B&W dairies 110-116p if dry and carrying finish.

Overall Average                                   99.84p/kg             £636.33

Black & White                      to 116.5p/kg                        av.100.94p/kg

Dan Red                                 to 88.5p/kg

Brown Swiss                         to 88.5p/kg

Charx                                      to 106.5p/kg        

Top Prices (£ per head or p/kg)

B&W:

£ per head: G Hayton&EC Stocks 927,842, M Baul&Sons Ltd 788, JD Taylor7Son 775,756, JSS Verity 750, IR&DE Wellock 747

p/kg: JD Taylor&Son 116.5, G Hayton&EC Stocks 114.5,114.5, JSS Verity 114.5,111.5,IR7DE Wellock 111.5, RM&LJ Throup 110.5

Other Dairy

£ per head: A&G Midgley (Brown Swiss) 558, JSS Verity (Dan Red) 513

p/kg: A&G Midgley (Brown Swiss) 88.5, JSS Verity (Dan Red) 88.5

2,191 Prime Sheep comprising 1,849 Spring Lamb & 342 Cast Ewes & Rams

Lamb numbers a bit tighter today than expected, but this certainly helped trade along the way with prices generally firmer on the week. A&K Kiernan from Preston had a nice consignment of ¾ bred lambs and it was from these that the top price head and per kilo was found, weighing 43kg selling for £117 per head or 272p/kg they were purchased by Vivers Scotlamb. The same buyer vendor combination also accounted for lambs at £115 (45kg 255p), whilst TR Thwaite & Son Horton in Craven sold lambs at £113 purchased by Kendalls Farm Butchers in Pateley Bridge and Harrogate. R&E Pollard of Colne made £112 of Texels purchased by Hartshead Meat Co, Mossley, whilst GR&SM Wearmouth Glusburn also made £112 per head purchased by Worsley Wholesale Meats. Mr Kiernan made £110 of another pen and closely followed by KA&HL Fawcett & Son Barden at £109 for Texels. Per Kilo, A&K Kiernan led the way at 272p others at 256p 255p and 240p, whilst E Pennock & Son Bolton Abbey had a great pen at 257p. Heavy lambs 46kg to 52kg were up 5p on average on the week with customers definitely keener. Overall just shy of 193p.
Cast sheep were an excellent trade today with 10 buyers operating strongly. Heavy Ewes were up to £130.50 from JG Hall & Son Gargrave and the same from JP&KE Hartley Beamsley and JT Rushton from Elslack made £120 of Texels. Plenty of others stronger ewes either side of £100, whilst nice lean ewes were in the 80’s and 90’s. Best Mules this week topped £93.50 from GW Houseman Padside who had others at £80. Nice Mules generally £75 to £80 if not over fat. More horned ewes getting about now, good fleshed sorts making in the 60’s, nice lean sorts in the 50’s. An overall selling average of £74.93 was recorded, about £2 up on the week.

Spring Lambs – Overall Average £83.42 per head or 192.6p/kg             

36.0kg to 45.5kg to 272.1p/kg         av 192.25p/kg      or £80.96 per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg to 233.3p/kg         av 196.54p/kg      or £93.22 per head

52.1kg and over   to 211.3p/kg         av 186.52p/kg      or £97.11 per head

Beltex average £94.34 per head or 220.17p/kg

£ per head: £117, £115, £110 T Kiernan; £107x2 P Crabtree & Son; £106 T Kiernan; £105 JC Marshall; £105 T Kiernan;

p/kg: 272.1p, 256.1p, 255.6p, 240p, 238.1p, 235.7p T Kiernan; 233.3p, 233.3p, 231.1p JC Marshall; 230.5p T Kiernan;

Charollais average £76.97 per head or 183.97p/kg

£ per head: £97 JA&JM Wade & Son; £93.5 JB Spensley Ltd; £93 R&E Pollard; £78 JP&KE Hartley; £77.5 SP&VM Morris & Son

p/kg: 207.8p B Spensley; Ltd; 206.7p R&E Pollard; 198.7p SP&VM Morris; 198p JA&JM Wade & Son; 194.9p D&A Livestock Ltd;

Suffolk average £80.26 per head or 184.68p/kg

£ per head: £96 R&AM Earnshaw & Son; £96 ID&JC Briggs; £93 A&ED Booth; £92 CD&RF Kitching; £90x2 JA&JM Wade & Son;

p/kg:200p ID&JC Briggs; 194.4p CH&C Fearnley; 193.5p AL Dean & Son; 193.2p RA&M Earnshaw & Son; 191.7p CD&RF Kitching;

Texel average £84.59 per head or 194.38p/kg

£ per head: £113 TR Thwaite & Son; £112 GR&SM Wearmouth; £112 R&E Pollard; £109 KA&HL Fawcett; £107 P&D Holden;

p/kg:257.3p E Pennock & Son; 233.3p R&E Pollard; 227.4p E Pennock & Son; 226.7p J Howard; 225p A&EM Ashby & Son;

Rouge average £85.91 per head or 196.52p/kg

£ per head: £98, £93 T Kiernan; £92 JA&JM Wade & Son; £92 T Kiernan; £89, £87.5 JA&JM Wade & Son; £87 T Kiernan

p/kg:208.5p, 207.1p, 202.4p T Kiernan; 200p JA&JM Wade & Son; 195.7p T Kiernan; 194.4p JA&JM Wade & Son;

Suffolk to £98.50, Texel to £130.50, Mule to £93.50, SBF to £62.50, Swaledale to £58.50, Rouge to £103.50, Cheviot to £62.50, Herdwick to £36.50, Lonk to £62.50.

Top prices:

Lowland: £130.50 JG Hall & Son; £130 JP&KE Hartley;

Mule/Masham: £93.50, £79.50 GW Houseman & Partners

Horned: £62.50 T Houghton; £62.50 JG Hall & Son; 

Hill:  £62.50 T Houghton; £61.50 CD&RF Kitching

Rearing Calves to £465 (108)

B&W av £57 Cont av £329 Native av £142.3

The July calf show saw a fantastic amount of high quality calves penned for sale this morning with a very solid trade received throughout the sale. The pre-sale show was kindly judged by Richard Umpleby of Killinghall and went about his quickly and thoroughly. His Champion and Reserve were both tremendous British Blue calves from Shaun Sowray of Bishop Thornton. Both calves sired by the dependable AI sire Kracker saw the bull calf just pip the heifer to the top spot, however at sale time nothing could split them with both calves selling for £440.

The a strong trade throughout the sale meant for many pleased faces leaving the ring, on the whole calves would be slightly younger than previous show weeks, despite this those really sweet shapey calves could still break the £400 barrier. Best continental heifers could more than keep up with their male counterparts with the highest price calf of the day again from Sowray’s, sired by AI Sire Jack she went on to sell for £465 and its mate £440.

Native calves wouldn’t see any records broken for best calves however young calves were a pleasure to sell with both bulls and heifers 3 – 4 weeks of age regularly £140 -£150. A mixed show of Dairy Bull calves saw a straight trade. By far the best was a fleshy calf from Ralph Guy or Earby who saw his calf reach £165.

Principle Prices

£465, £440 x2, £435 A Sowray & Son; £425 C&SB Whitelock; £420 MH&DE Wallbank; £420 JP&KE Hartley; £400, £390 x2 Church Farm Enterprises; £390, £375 C Smith; £370 x2 Church Farm Enterprises; £370 JF Longster & Son;

Bull Calves

Limousin x (Av £288.33) to £425 C&SB Whitelock                      

Brit Blue x (Av £345) to £440 A Sowray & Son                                                            

Aberdeen Angus (Av £156.83) to £170 JM Smith & Son

Hereford X (Av £172.5) to £215 KJ Slater Ltd

Shorthorn (Av £122.5) to £175 IRG Collins & Son

Charollais (Av £378.33) to £390 C Smith                       

Black & White (Av £57) to £165 RD Guy                       

Heifer Calves       

Hereford x (Av £119.5) to £130 KJ Slater Ltd                                                               

Ab Angus (Av £127.25) to £150 X2 J Wellock                                                               

Shorthorn (Av £125) to £135 Flasby Estates

British Blue (Av £322.31) to £465 A Sowray & Son

Lim (Av £175) to £300 C&SB Whitelock

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