Forward:
38 Prime cattle comprising 22 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 1 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 15 Cast Cattle
3,028 Prime Sheep comprising 2796 Prime Lambs & 232 Cast Ewes & Rams
69 Rearing Calves
13 Dairy Cattle
5 Loads of produce
Prime Cattle (under 30 mos)
Mesrs F&B Smith took the honours for the highest grossing animal with their one and only entry a 540kg British Blue cross steer which sold to Lancaster’s Countrystyle Meats Ltd for £1498 and the leading p/kg price of 277.5. Jim Baines had a 605kg Limousin cross steer at £1436 which sold to Stanforths Butchers whilst top of the heifer gross prices were CD&RF Kitching of Threshfield whose 595kg Limousin cross made £1490 (256.5p/kg) when selling to Keelham Farm Shop of Skipton. Keelhams sister shop in Thornton bought a 595kg Limousin cross heifer for £1455 (244.5p/kg) from TW Cowperthwaite of Malham Moor. Leading p/kg heifer was a 530kg Limousin cross heifer sold by Mesrs RT&J Critchley&Son of Hutton for 256.5p/kg or £1359 to Hamlets Butchers of Garstang. Another very good attendance of buyers with Countrystyle Meats the leading purchaser with 5. Sunday sees the Lingfields Christmas Primestock Show and a good entry is anticipated.
Steers
465-560kg to 277.5p/kg av.256.57p/kg
560kg+ to 243.5p/kg av. 224.45p/kg
Heifers
480-560kg to 256.5p/kg av. 243.73p/kg
Top Prices £ per head and p/kg
Steers
£ per head: F&B Smith (BBx) 1499, J Baines (Limx) 1437, CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 1411
p/kg: F&B Smith (BBx) 277.5, CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 256.5, RT&J Critchley&Son (Limx) 254.5
Heifers
£ per head: CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 1490, TW Cowperthwaite (BBx) 1455, RT&J Critchley&Sons (Limx) 1359
p/kg: RT&J Critchley&Son (Limx) 256.6, S&P Scriven (BBx) 251.5, CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 250.5,245.5, A Rayton (BBx) 247.5,243.5.
Prime Cattle (over 30mos)
Overall Average 139.5p/kg £1053.23
Top Prices £ per head and p/kg
£ per head: D&S Hollings (Limx) 1053
p/kg: D&S Hollings (Limx) 139.5
A light show of cast cattle with all classes of cow firmer and 10p/kg up on the week.
Overall Average 92.52p/kg £592.10
Black & White to 98.5p/kg av. 80.93p/kg
Gallx to 118p/kg
AA to 145.5p/kg
Charx to 95.50p/kg av. 92.00p/kg
BBx to 94.50p/kg
Simx to 91.50p/kg
Top Prices (£ per head or p/kg)
B&W:
£ per head: JD Taylor&Son 813, CM&EM Gratton 597, JT Rushton 570
p/kg: JD Taylor&Son 98.5, JT Rushton 93.5, CM&EM Gratton 90.5,84.5.
Contx:
£ per head: TE Walker (Charx) 711, D&S Hollings (BBx) 690, T&J Smith (Simx) 627
p/kg: TE Walker (Charx) 95.5, 88.5, D&S Hollings (BBx) 94.5, T&J Smith (BBx) 94.5
Native:
£ per head: Hurries Farm (AA) 960, TG Boothman 690,
p/kg: Hurries Farm (AA) 145.5, T Boothman (Gall) 118
3,028 Prime Sheep
Less sheep about today, a fairly mixed show for quality with more first cross Texels and hill bred lambs in the entry, but trade as a result of the lighter numbers lifted 8p/kg on the week to stand at 175.5p/kg across the board.
Per kilo, smart end at 272.5p/kg from S&P Scrivin, Elslack (40kg @ £109) to Vivers Scotlamb, Bill Logan, Malham Moor topped at 257.1p (42kg £108) to Paul Watson, Whilst Richard & Mark Ireland made 250p (39kg @ £97.50) to Vivers Scotlamb. A good list of other smart pens from 220p to 250p. 444 Beltex crosses levelling at 210p/kg. The handy weighted Lowland bred lambs have been good to sell all day, outwith the Beltex types, the next grade of better skinned ¾ Texels have been 190p -210p, a good first cross 185p - 190p and most others around 180p.
Heavier lambs a touch dearer on the week, Best end 200p (£95-£100), nice sorts 180p (£85-£94), commercial end 160p to 170p (£79 - £84).
More hill bred lambs about today, and Mule lambs also a bit dearer with 150p to 160p the mark, heavier lambs 46kg plus, £72 - £77.50 topping at £80, handy weights 42kg – 44kg at £66-£70. WA&A Booth, Feizor with a pen of 36 weighing 50kg at £76.50, some other sample prices 45kg £71.50, 42kg at £67, 46kg at £71.50, 44kg at £70. Horned lambs also dearer, better end of wethers 150p to 160p, topping at 164.9p (37kg at £61) for swaledales, tups 135p to 140p.
**Remember this coming Sunday is the Christmas Show & Sale, still time to get entries, phone office Tuesday. Judging at 11am on Sunday and sale at 1:30pm. **
Prime Lambs – Overall Average £77.39 per head or 175.58p/kg
32.1kg to 35.9kg to 218.2p/kg av 164.73p/kg or £55.91 per head
36.0kg to 45.5kg to 272.5p/kg av 181.72p/kg or £76.77 per head
45.6kg to 52.0kg to 208.38p/kg av 164.78p/kg or £79.34 per head
52.1kg and over to 182.2p/kg av 156.87p/kg or £86.39 per head
Beltex average £88.46 per head or 210.06p/kg
£ per head: £109 S&P Scrivin; £108 WC Logan; £105 HB Atkinson; £102 T Kiernan; £100 JC Marshall; £100 M&B Allen;
p/kg: 272.5p S&P Scrivin; 257.1p WC Logan; 250p RH&MR Ireland; 250p HB Atkinson; 243.6p F&R Fielden;
Suffolk average £76.73 per head or 160.99p/kg
£ per head: £86 J&C Wright; £86 TH Mellin; £85 R Emmott; £84 D&A Livestock Ltd; £82, £82 J&C Wright; £82 D&J Carlisle
p/kg: 175p CD&RF Kitching; 168.5p RA&M Earnshaw; 166.7p I Coates; 164.6p TH Mellin; 163.3p PL Metcalfe; 161.4p A Todd;
Texel average £77.39 per head or 174.18p/kg
£ per head: £94 D&A Livestock; £93 T Boothman; £92 R Emmott; £91 TR Thwaite & Son; £90 D&A Livestock; £90 HB Atkinson;
p/kg: 218.4p PD Holme; 218.2p J&J Garnett; 213.9p J Drinkall Ltd; 209.8p H Metcalfe; 209.8p S Breare; 209.3p HB Atkinson;
Mule average £70.19 per head or 153.27p/kg
£ per head: £80 M&B Allen; £77.5 A&SL Throup; £76.5 WA&A Booth; £74 I Coates; £73 J Nelson; £73 TH Mellin;
p/kg:159.5p CD&RF Kitching; 158.9p S&P Scrivin; 155.4p R&KA Burley & Son; 155.3p TH Mellin; 153.6p R&KA Burley & Son
Charollais average £80.17 per head or 187.39p/kg
£ per head: £97, £91 RH&MR Ireland; £82 T Kiernan; £77.5 JD Simpson; £71.5 J Peel;
p/kg: 206.8p RH&MR Ireland; 193.8p JD Simpson; 182.2p T Kiernan; 170.2p J Peel; 161.7p RH&MR Ireland;
Swaledale average £56.31 per head or 141.88p/kg
£ per head: £66 C Nelson & Sons; £61 J Peel; £61 K Huck; £61 K Huck; £55 P Addyman & Son; £53 AJ Mason;
p/kg:164.9p J Peel; 153.5p C Nelson & Sons; 145.2P K Huck; 143.9p AJ Mason; 143.2p AJ Mason
Dalesbred average £57.33 per head or 152.52p/kg
£ per head: £62 x2 K Lister & Sons; £61.5 RH&EA Close; £60 K Lister & Sons; £57.5 A&SL Throup & Son; £54.5 AC Price;
p/kg:157.7p RH&EA Close; 155.4p A&SL Throup & Son; 155p x2 K Lister & Sons; 152.9p RH&EA Close; 150px2 K Lister & Sons
Cull Ewes average £52.42
Nice trade throughout with numbers tighter and a bit better to sell on the week.
Suffolk to £84.5, Texel to £92.5, BFL to £84.5, Mule to £71.5, Swaledale to £41.5, Dalesbred to £39.5.
Top prices:
Lowland: £92.5 TH Mellin; £92.5 GT Booth;
Mule/Masham: £71.5 JD Taylor & Son; £70.5 GT Booth;
Horned: £41.5 FW & JM Eddington; £34.5 AJ Mason;
Hill: £84.5 T&C Robinson;
Cast Rams average £73.5
Texel to £94.5 £, Charollais to £87.5.
Rearing Calves to £ (69)
Dairy av £32.40 Cont av £213.69 Native av £125
A harder day in the calf ring today with quality certainly not as strong as previous weeks, however the better end of the calves could still command a strong price. David Calvert of West Marton saw the best of the trade with two strong British Blue bulls at £370 and £380 along with £260 for a sweet young limousin heifer.
Not as much strength in the black and white calves today with £65 topping the trade for a bull from Samantha Sugden. Native bulls again saw a premium for the better quality calves with Flasby Estates seeing £275 for their strong bull calf.
On the whole an up and down sort of trade today with an odd face missing on the smaller calves making a significant difference on price with a lot of the best calves being held back for next weeks Christmas calf show.
NB Christmas Calf Show next week, Show 10.30am and Sale 11am.
Bull Calves
Limousin x (Av £270) to £350 D Calvert & Son
Brit Blue x (Av £251) to £380, £370 D Calvert & Son
Aberdeen Angus (Av £195) to £275 Flasby Estates
Dairy Shorthorn (Av £32) to £40 Flasby Estates
Hereford X (Av £125) to £125 Flasby Estates
Simmental (Av £190) to £200 D Calvert & Son
Black & White (Av £35.4) to £65 SJ Sugden
Heifer Calves
Simmental x (Av £250) to £250 D Calvert & Son
Ab Angus (Av £56) to £85 GB Moorhouse
British Blue (Av £167.5) to £170 P Sharp & Son
Lim (Av £211.25) to £260 D Calvert & Son
Craven Dairy Auction (13 head)
Suzy Lawson took the honours today with a cracking Pedigree 2nd Calver. The pre-sale show kindly judged by Aubrey Greenhalgh saw some quality animals on offer however it was the Cow from Lawson’s that was the clear winner. Boasting 48 litres and calved 14 days, after giving over 10,000 litres as a heifer at Newbirks as she went on to sell for £1980 to Brian Blezard of Ribchester.
Selling for the next highest price was almost the last animal in the ring. The 30kg, fortnight calved heifer from John Ireland of Thorpe Bassett near Malton ended up selling for £1980 to John Howard of Skipton.
On the whole a nice show of cattle down the shippon today meant for some strong averages despite there being several faces turning up to the ringside last minute before sale. Don’t forget the next Sale is the Christmas show on the 3rd of December.
Judge – Aubrey Greenhalgh
Prize Awards: Newly Calven Heifers: 1st M&R Smith 2nd WR Ireland 3rd ASE Crisp
Newly Calven Cows: 1st A Lawson & Son 2nd MD Parkinson
Champion – A Lawson & Son Reserve – M&R Smith
Pedigree Newly Calven Heifers (av £1742): to £1980 WR Ireland & Son
Newly Calven Heifers (av £1512): to £1620 WR Ireland & Son
Newly Calven Cows (av £1666.66): to £1980 A Lawson & Son
Produce
Wheat Straw Rounds to £14 per bale