Prime Cattle (under 30 mos)

An excellent show of clean cattle at the July Prime Show saw Mesrs RT&J Critchley&Sons of Hutton secure the Championship with a 545kg Limousin cross heifer which sold to Countrystyle  Meats Ltd of Lancaster for 258.5p/kg or £1409. The reserve champion was 590kg Limousin cross steer, winner of the steer class which was consigned by John Mellin of Long Preston and sold to Keelham Farm Shop of Skipton for 239.5p/kg or £1413.

With cattle spread around 8 buyers, trade was firm with leading buyers Countrystyle Meats and James Robershaw with 6 each.

Steers

465-560kg                                             to 254.5p/kg                        av.218.11p/kg

560kg+                                                   to 239.5p/kg                        av. 200.82p/kg

Heifers

400-480kg                                             to 245.5p/kg                        av. 219.43p/kg

480kg+                                                   to 259.5p/kg                        av. 228.66p/kg

July Prime Cattle Show

Steers –                 1. JA Mellin                           2. RT&J Critchley&Sons      3. CD&RF Kitching

Heifers-                  1. RT&J Critchley&Son        2. Phoenix Grain Ltd           3. RT&J Critchley&Sons

Steers

£ per head: JA Mellin (Limx) 1413, AV Bailey (Baz) 1395, RT&J Critchley&Sons (Limx) 1387

p/kg: RT&J Critchley&Son (Limx) 254.5, CD&RF Kitching (BBx) 241.5, JA Mellin (Limx) 239.5.       

Heifers

£ per head: CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 1423,(BBx) 1388, RT&J Critchley&Sons (Limx) 1409, JA Mellin (Limx) 1386

p/kg: RT&J Critchley&Sons (BBx) 259.5,(Limx) 258.5, CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 247.5,244.5(BBx) 243.5, SD Bennett (Limx) 245.5

Cast cow trade remained better with dairies up to 118.5p/kg and the lean cows still comparatively well sold.

Overall Average                                   101.16p/kg           £684.17

Black & White                      to 118.5p/kg                        av. 98.66p/kg

Simx                                       to 121.5p/kg       

Limx                                       to 119.5p/kg                        av.106.42p/kg

Top Prices (£ per head or p/kg)

B&W:

£ per head: JT Rushton 865, M Baul&Sons Ltd 843,810,772, J Gooch 830,

p/kg: JT Rushton 118.5, M Baul&Sons Ltd 115.5, 106.5, 103.5,102.5,J Gooch 114.5,114.5,

Contx

£ per head:

p/kg: JC&N Throup&Son (Simx) 121.5, A Wilson & Son (Limx) 119.5

Prime Sheep

Another nice entry of sheep for sale today, and although lambs were less money on the week, an overall Skipton Mart average of 197.2p/kg or £83 per head represents a very good result on the day with the GB countrywide average settling at 191p.
The heavier retail and wholesale butchers lambs again found a good following, top price per head of £116 achieved by JR Taylor & Son, Winterburn for Texels selling to Worsley Wholesale Butchers. Messrs DA&SA Fort Glusburn made £115 of Texels, this time purchased by J&E Medcalf Ltd. Next highest price at £114 for Texels was paid to JB Hacking Clitheroe by L Wood & Sons Scammonden, whilst RJ Lambert Wigglesworth made £110 per head for Continentals, and JR Taylor made £110 with a second pen of Texels. Vendors with Lambs at £109 were TH Mellin Black Lane ends and GH Emmott Steeton. 50 pens of lambs on the day making £100 or more.
Top price per kilo was 260p/kg, paid to B Spensley Ltd Thorlby for 40kg Beltex crosses purchased by Vivers Scotlamb. Other better lambs on the day mainly 230p to 240p/kg.
Heavier lambs were good to sell all day, and were short of buyers requirements, whilst the smart skinned ¾ Continental lambs were quickly bid for and most of these were 210p to 225p, regardless of weight. Heavy first cross lambs were generally above £2, with the 46kg to 52kg weight bracket averaging a strong 211p/kg or £101.12 per head.
Handyweight lambs 40kg-42kg needed to be the smarter sorts to make over £2, whilst a commercial type of Continental was around 190p and Suffolk Mules in the 180’s, but a lighterweight lamb (37kg to 39kg) was in comparision in good demand generally 5p/kg more.

A slightly smaller show of Cast sheep were still a decent trade, peaking at £120.50 for Continentals, other nice ewes from mid 80’s to just over £100. Better Mules mid to late 70’s, and Swales into the mid 60’s for good types, and 50’s for nice lean meat ewes. Overall selling average of £70.28 for Ewes and Rams.

Today we held our July Primestock show and a strong line up of lambs went before Mr H Bosworth who undertook judging duties for the day. He selected 5 Texel crosses weighing 46kg from Rob Marshall of Harrogate as the champion pen, and these sold for £106 per head to Vivers Scotlamb, who also purchased the 2^nd prize pen form David & Laura Coar of Darwen for £97.50. Ellis Bros from Addingham were 3^rd in class with 44kg making £99 to Brayton Farm Shop. In the down cross category, Messrs Frankland Farms took first prize with 39kg’s making £88 each. Thanks to all vendors and buyers for their support at this months event.

July Prime Lamb Show

Cont x –

1^st & Champion JC Marshall 46kg £106 to Vivers Scotlamb

2^nd D&L Coar 42kg £97.5 to Vivers Scotlamb

3^rd Ellis Bros 44kg £99 Brayton farmshop

Down x

1^st & Reserve Frankland Farms 39kg £88 Andrew Atkinson

2^nd FM Shepherd 37kg £74 Andrew Atkinson

3^rd JP&KE Hartley 42kg £82 Paul Watson

Mules

1^st JC&N Throup 43kg £73 Paul Watson

Spring Lambs – Overall Average £83.12 per head or 197.18p/kg           

36.0kg to 45.5kg to 260p/kg            av 195.41p/kg      or £80.36 per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg to 237pp/kg          av 211.81p/kg      or £101.12 per head

52.1kg and over   to 217p/kg            av 193.45p/kg      or £87.24 per head

Beltex average £85.41 per head or 212.15p/kg

£ per head: £110 RJ Lambert; £101.5 J Sugden; £100 TA Robinson; £97.5 D&L Coar; £97 Ellis Bros; £97 D&L Coar; £96 Ellis Bros;

p/kg: 240p Ellis Bros; 232.1p D&L Coar; 230.7p J Sugden; 223.7p RH&MR Ireland; 222.2p TA Robinson; 220.5p D&L Coar; 

Texel average £82.51 per head or 197.29p/kg

£ per head: £116 JR Taylor & Son; £115 DA&S Fort; £114 JB Hacking & Son; £109 GH&G Emmott; £108 x2 MJ Spensley;

p/kg: 260p B Spensley Ltd; 237p GH&G Emmott; 230.4p JC Marshall; 229.8p MJ Spensley; 228.9p, 228.3p GH&G Emmott;

Charollais average £77.50 per head or 186.75p/kg

£ per head: £78, £77 JR&DL Ogden

p/kg: 187.8p, 185.7p JR&DL Ogden

Suffolk average £80.47 per head or 192.36p/kg

£ per head: £110 JR Taylor & Son; £109 TH Mellin; £108, £106 ML Evans; £104 B Spensley Ltd; £104 R&E Pollard; £103 TH Mellin

p/kg:225.6p Frankland Farms; 222.2p TH Mellin; 221.3p R&E Pollard; 219.1p TH Mellin; 216.3p, 215.6p ML Evans; 

Mule average £71.5 per head or 171.63p/kg

£ per head: £85 Ellis Bros; £74,  JC&N Throup;

p/kg:180.9p Ellis Bros; 172.1p, JC&N Throup;

Suffolk to £97.50, Texel to £120.50, BFL to £86, Mule to £78.50,  Swaledale to £64.50, Teeswater to £69.50,Kerry Hill to £63.50, Beltex to £68.50, Lonk to £68.50.

Top prices:

Lowland: £120.50 DA Towell; £105.50 CJ&DD Drake

Mule/Masham: £78.50 D Clarke; £77.50 T&S Binns;  

Horned: £64.50 JM Daggett; £63.50 JC&N Throup

Hill: £69.50 GF Harker & Son; £63.50 DJD Knowles;  

Cast Rams average £82.70

Texel to £91.5, BFL to £89.5, Down  to £74.5.

Rearing Calves to £410 (42)

B&W av £56.15 Cont av £285 Native av £185

A quiet show of calves this Monday but a straight trade throughout the sale with best prices received for  Bull calves particularly Aberdeen Angus and British Blue with a 4 ½ week old Angus from Stephen Marshall of West End selling to £275 and a  shapely British Blue from RLWright & Son, Airton selling to £410.

Throughout it was a show of calves that just lacked the quality of previous weeks despite this a nice trade was received for the majority with a lot of young calves showing potential making good money.

Bull Calves

Brit Blue x (Av £340) to £410 RL Wright & Son                                                           

Aberdeen Angus (Av £222.5) to £275 JC&DJ Marshall

Black & White (Av £56.15) to £135 J Caygill & Partners                            

Heifer Calves       

Ab Angus (Av £127.5) to £160 RL Wright & Son                                                          

British Blue (Av £202.5) to £210 M&R Smith & DE&MA Booth

Craven Dairy Auction (14 head)

 A handy show of dairy cattle for this morning’s show & sale, pre sale judge Shaun Sowray went about  his work quickly and efficiently picking a cracking heifer from the Lawson family of Arthington as his Champion and closely followed by a super grafeeti daughter bred by Brian and Judith Moorhouse of Hesper Farm, Bell Busk.  These two heifers would be the envy of most farmers and quickly made their way to the top two prices of the day. Newbirks Crest Jazz a cracking heifer bred by Lawson’s homebred bull Newbirks Crest and boasting 38litres of milk was vigorously bid for with the hammer eventually falling at £2500 to AL Dean & Son of Threshfield. Aireburn Grafeeti Dellia the Reserve Champion, by the renowned Ladys-Manor RD Grafeeti, who herself was giving 32kg again found the eye of Angus Dean this time selling for £2450. The Third prize heifer presented by Richard and Andrew Walker of East Morton, a lovely wearing heifer giving 35kg sold away nicely eventually selling for £1850 to Mark Goodall of Tong.

A run of Incalf heifers from two vendors were highlighted by the 1^st Prize heifer from J Roberts, Huddersfield, due to AA at the end of July, a stylish black heifer sold for £1520 to Will Shuttleworth of Rylstone.

Judge – Shaun Sowray

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

Incalf Heifers: 1^st JLP Roberts 2^nd RN Verity; 3^rd RN Verity                                          

                                Champion – A Lawson & Son                            Reserve – GB Moorhouse

Newly Calven Heifers (av £1675): to £1850 RW&M Walker

Pedigree Newly Calven Heifers (av £2042.5) to £2500 A Lawson & Son

Incalf Heifers (av £1355) to £1520 JLP Roberts