Prime Cattle (under 30 mos)

April Show and Easter Show of Prime Cattle. Champion was 535kg British Blue cross heifer bred from a Beef cross Brown Swiss suckler cow presented by Mesrs KA&HL Fawcett of Barden which made the top price of the day at 269.5p/kg (£1441) when selling to George Cropper Jnr buying on behalf of Sandersons Butchers of Baxenden.

Top gross was a 590kg Limousin cross heifer sold by RT&J Critchley&Son of Hutton to Countrystyle Butchers of Lancaster for £1484 or 251.5p/kg. Countrystyle Meats also bought the second highest priced animal (p/kg) again a Critchley heifer this time a British Blue cross which weighed 570kg and made 258.5p/kg or £1473.

Prize Awards

Steer      1. F&B Smith                        2. S Bennett                         3. J Drake

Heifer     1. KA&HL Fawcett               2. RT&J Critchley&Sons      3. RT&J Critchley&Sons

Steers

465-560kg                                             to 257.5p/kg                        av.254.19p/kg

560kg+                                                   to 238.5p/kg                        av. 229.99p/kg

Heifers

485kg+                                                   to 269.5p/kg                        av. 219.12p/kg

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

Steers

£ per head: CD&RF Kitching (BBx) 1395, SD Bennett (Limx) 1374, F&B Smith (BBx) 1352, JA Drake (Limx) 1336

p/kg: F&B Smith (Limx) 257.5,250.5, SD Bennett (Limx) 254.5,              

Heifers

£ per head: RT&J Critchley&Sons (Limx) 1484, (BBx) 1473, KA&HL Fawcett (BBx) 1442, J&E Greenhalgh (Limx) 1389

p/kg: KA&HL Fawcett (BBx) 269.5, RT&J Critchley&Sons (BBx) 258.5, (Limx) 251.5, (BBx)249.5, JA Crake (Limx) 255.5

Prime Cattle (over 30mos)

Overall Average                                   169.5p/kg                             £1084.80

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

£ per head: CM&EM Gratton (BBx Hfr) 1085

p/kg: CM&EM Gratton (BBx Hfr) 169.5

Cast cattle trade becoming stronger by the week. B&W Dairies averaged £766 top of 121.5p/kg and a respectable margin between the heavies and the steaking cows. A pen of Tb Exempt Angus cows sold to 129.5p/kg for Mesrs G&MA Lawn  and a 640kg Montbelliarde Bull sold at 112.5p/kg or £934 for Mesrs SW&JE Ryder&Son of Harrogate. Buyers for all grades present and some coming up short of requirements.

Overall Average                                   115.00p/kg           £772.36

Black & White                      to 121.5p/kg                        av. 111.88p/kg

Mont                                      to 121.5p/kg                        av.113p/kg

AA                                           to 129.5p/kg                        av. 122.75p/kg

Limx                                       to 135.5p/kg                       

Top Prices (£ per head or p/kg)

B&W:

£ per head: GT Booth 1063, AN Bolland 974,924, JP&KE Hartley 948, CM&EM Gratton 946, CN&SA Harrison 891,

p/kg: N&SA Fort 121.5, JP&KE Hartley 121.5, CN&SA Harrison 120.5,120.5, CM&EM Gratton 120.5, AN Bolland 119.5

Other Dairy

£ per head: SW&JE Ryder&Son (Mont) 606,595,

p/kg: SW&JE Ryder&Son (Mont) 121.5,104.5

AA:

£ per head: G&MA Lawn 881,870,829,748

p/kg: G&MA Lawn 129.5,126.5,122.5,112.5

Lim:

£ per head: G Ellis 1009

p/kg: G.Ellis 135.5

MATURE BULL

Overall Average                                   112.5p/kg             £934.75

Mont

£ per head: SW&JE Ryder&Son 112.5

p/kg: SW&JE Ryder & Son 935

3184 Prime Sheep (comprising 2914 Prime Hoggs & 270 Cast Ewes & Rams)

Similar numbers forward, and trade took a very nice lift on the week to level at 210p across the board or £95.31 per head, with an SQQ average of 222p. The smart sorts were scarce and these sold very strongly, 8 pens over £3 per kilo with Jeff Burrow, Hanlith leading the way at 343p (39kg £134) to Vivers Scotlamb. The same vendor had further pens at 329p (41kg £135) and 317p (41kg £131). Henry Atkinson had a great pen of 39kg at £130 or 333p, and others at 37kg £116.50 or 315p. James Towler from Grindleton was in amongst the high prices at 321p with 42kg at £135. The rest of the smart hoggs on the day 260p to 300p (35 pens), with handy weight export hoggs 225p to 255p.
Heavy Lambs followed suit and were dearer on the week, Smart butchers types up at £132 for 48kg form JE Burrow, and 46kg at £130 H Atkinson, William and Mick Oldfield, Gisburn sold 48kg at £128, Neil Tattersall, York sold 52kg at £125, Bill Logan Malham Moor sold 48kg at £123, other smarter 50kg to 55kg selling at £110 to £120, the good heavies £100 to £110, and commercials £95-£100.
Hill bred lambs were a keen trade, best Mules and Swales over £2 kilo, Cheviot bred lambs 210p,
Steve Dorey selling Mules to 212.5p (36 at 44kg £93.50) 209p (32 at 43kg £90) with Ben Simpson Hope Valley also selling Mules to 212.5p (14 at 44kg £93.50) with better end of heavier Mules into the mid 90’s RJ Ashworth West Marton selling 2 pens of 20 Mules 50kg £94, RG Church 49kg £93.50, Joey & Helen Drinkall Anglezarke 31 Mules 51kg £95, . Jimmy Baines had Swales to 204.9p (43kg £88), Phillip Stirke from Easingwold had Dalesbred to 208p twice (44kg £91.50) and 3 pens of 49kg Swales all at £92 each , A Phillipson Burnley sold Lonks to 207p (46kg £95.50) and Ben Simpson sold Scotch Black Faced to 216p (40kg £86.50). 

Hogg Show

Cont X

1^st HB Atkinson 46kg £130 to Vivers

2^nd WA VJ JA Towler 42kg to £135 Hamlets Butchers

3^rd JE Burrow 39kg to £134 Vivers

Down X

1^st  S Dorey 56kg £104 to  Swaledale Foods

Mule/Masham

1^st S Dorey 41kg £84.5 to Vivers

2^nd S Dorey 49kg £91 to P Watson

3^rd J Pickles 48kg £90 to P Watson

Horned

1^st J Baines 46kg £91.5 to P Watson

2^nd J Pickles 48kg £90 to P Watson

Champion – HB Atkinson

Reserve – WA VJ JA Towler

Prime Lambs  – Overall Average  £95.32 per head or 210.28p/kg         

32.1kg to 35.9kg to 234.3p/kg         av 189.51p/kg      or £64.39 per head

36.0kg to 45.5kg to 343.6p/kg         av 223.34p/kg      or £94.39 per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg to 282.6p/kg         av 200.37p/kg      or £97.67 per head

52.1kg and over   to 218.9p/kg         av 185.29p/kg      or £100.68 per head

Beltex average £116.88 per head or 286.15p/kg

£ per head: £135 WA&VJ&JA Towler; £135, £134, £132, £131 JE Burrow; £130x2 HB Atkinson; £128 Stocks Enterprises;

p/kg:343.6p JE Burrow; 333.3p HB Atkinson; 329.3p JE Burrow; 321.4p WA&VJ&JA Towler; 317.1p JE Burrow

Suffolk average £96.93 per head or 209.51p/kg

£ per head: £109 J&C Wright; £108 PC Longdin; £107 J&C Wright; £106 J Greenwood; £104x2 Stocks Enterprises; £104 HL Kitching

p/kg: 231.1px2 Stocks Enteprises; 223.9p x2 CR Brittain; 222.9p J&C Wright; 222.1p CD&RF Kitching; 221.8p S Dorey;

Texel average £97 per head or 216.81p/kg

£ per head: £132 PA&NS Tattersall; £120 HB Atkinson; £119 Stocks Enterprises; £119 JP Broadwith; £119 HB Atkinson;

p/kg: 300p HB Atkinson; 293.3p PA&NS Tattersall; 282.9p HB Atkinson; 276.9p A&G Midgeley; 265.9p HB Atkinson;

Mule average £88.87 per head or 192.99p/kg

£ per head: £95 J Drinkall Ltd; £94x2 J Ashworth; £93.5 BA Simpson; £93.5 S Dorey; £93.5 RG Church Ltd; £93 RJ Ashworth;

p/kg:212.5p BA Simpson; 212.5p S Dorey; 209.3p S Dorey; 205.8p JK Wilson; 204.58p WA&VJ&JA Towler; 203.6p G&MA Lawn;

Charollais average £95.78 per head or 200.94p/kg

£ per head: £106, £103 JA Mellin; £102 HB Atkinson; £100 SB&C Harrison; £100 S Dorey; £98.5 JA Mellin; £94.5 A&AR Phillipson

p/kg:217p HB Atkinson; 214.6p JA Mellin; 212.8p S Dorey; 211.1p MJ Beckwith; 207.8p Stocks Enterprises;

Swaledale average £78.3 per head or 182.6p/kg

£ per head: £92 x3 JP Stirke; £91.5 J Baines; £88.5 J Pickles; £88 JP Stirke; £88 J Baines; £84 HL Kitching;

p/kg: 204.7p, 198.9p J Baines; 196.7p J Pickles; 187.8p x2 JP Stirke; 185.9p J Pickles; 184p JP Stirke

Dalesbred average £91.13 per head or 207.53p/kg

£ per head: £91.5x2 JP Stirke; £75 JA Mellin;

p/kg:208p x2 JP Stirke; 187.5p JA Mellin;

Cheviot average £94.72 per head or 203.34p/kg

£ per head: £97 J Lord; £94 J Drinkall Ltd; £92 BA Simpson;

p/kg: 208.9p J Drinkall Ltd; 198p J Lord; 187.8p BA Simpson;

Another nice trade with nowhere near the power on offer of last weeks show

Suffolk to £99.5, Texel to £103.5, Mule to £74.5, Swaledale to £47.5, Masham to £72.5, Cheviot to £84.5, Beltex to £90.5.

Top prices:

Lowland: £103.5 JA&JH Hewetson; £99.5 T Crocker

Mule/Masham: £74.5 AL Dean & Son; £74.5 A Calvert & Son

Horned: £47.5 W Rathmell; £41.5 JW Sayer & Son

Hill: £84.5 ID&JC Briggs; £69.5 S Spensley;  

Cast Rams average £55.29

 Texel to £77.5  Swaledale to £44.5, Beltex  to £59.5, Zwartble  to £59.5.

Rearing Calves to £375 (43)

B&W av £99.44 Cont av £309.64 Native av £184

Handy show of calves this morning and despite a quiet ringside of buyers a good steady trade was seen for all on offer. Best bulls were maybe a touch easier on the week with Fred Houseman of Church Farm Enterprises topping at £375 with a respectable average of 323.64 for Blue bulls. A nice run of limousin’s from Pickersgills sold away to a top of £290.

Heifers were a good trade once again today with a couple of buyers making best calves a nice trade topping with a cracking heifer again from Church Farm Enterprises at £350.

Black and White bulls set a fair pace early on today with some cracking Friesian type calves from Lee’s of Lothersdale topping at £155, £140 with a fleshy Holstein bull from CN&SA Harrison Elslack at £130 with other handy calves in the £70 to £100 bracket.

Bull Calves

Limousin x (Av £260) to £290 G Pickersgill & Sons                     

Brit Blue x (Av £323.64) to £375 Church Farm Enterprises                                                      

Aberdeen Angus (Av £201.32) to £255 JC&DJ Marshall & Son

Norwegian Red (Av £50) to £50 J Gooch                      

Black & White (Av £99.44) to £155 AJ Lee                   

Heifer Calves                       

Ab Angus (Av £110) to £110 JC&DJ Marshall & Son                                                   

British Blue (Av £302.63) to £350 Church Farm Enterprises

Lim (Av £260) to £260 G Pickersgill & Sons

A nice show of sheep with Continental and Suffolk cross ewes with nice lambs at foot in high demand, twins £200 to £225, singles £140 to £175, twins at £225 RJ Umpleby, Killinghall also £225 and £220 DP Moore, Triangle, Sowerby Bridge. Mule sheep were a mixed selection, with a shortage of best types and Mule outfits definitely benefit from lambs being just a shade older. Top Mule sheep £200 for Shearling Twins from David White Hebden.

Principle Prices

Suffolk Ewe with Single                      to £165

Suffolk Ewe with 1.5                           to £165

Texel Shlg with Single                         to £175

Texel Shlg with Twins                          to £225

Texel Ewe with Single                         to £160

Texel Ewe with Twins                          to £225

Texel Ewe with 1.5                              to £182

Mule Shlg with Single                         to £122

Mule Shlg with Twins                          to £200

Mule Ewe with Single                         to £132

Mule Ewe b/m with Twins                 to £165

Herdwick Ewe with Single                  to £80

Char Ewe with Twins                           to £128

Top Prices - £225 £220 D Moore; £225 £220 RJ Umpleby; £210 DM White; £205 M Burton;