Forward:
81 Prime cattle comprising Clean Cattle 8 (under 30 mos), 4 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos), 3 Mature Bulls & 66 Cast Cattle
2,040 TOTAL HEAD OF SHEEP comp:
1,943 Prime Sheep comprising 1098 Spring Lambs, 230 Prime & Lightweight Hoggs, 586 Cast Ewes & 29 Cast Rams. 97 Breeding Sheep. 41 Rearing Calves. 3 Loads of produce.
Prime Cattle (under 30 mos)
Monthly Show –
Bullock
1st TW Cowperthwaite 2nd TW Cowperthwaite 3rd JR Matcalfe
Heifer
1st J Baines 2nd TW Cowperthwaite 3rd J Baines
Champion – J Baines Reserve – TW Cowperthwaite
Steers
465-555kg to 238.5p/kg
560kg+ to 233.5p/kg av 197.86p/kg
Keelham Farm Shop of Thornton nearly completed a clean sweep of all the prize winners at the June Show of Prime Cattle. Firstly buying the champion a 525kg British Blue cross heifer shown by Jim Baines of Trawden for 280.5p/kg (£1473) followed by the reserve champion a 575kg pure Limousin heifer from Bill Cowperthwaite of Malham Moor for 253.5p/kg(£1458). The Keelham buying spree was only interrupted by the sale of the third prize heifer another Jim Baines British Blue heifer weighing 485kg which was snapped up by RC Binns of Saltaire for 240.5p or £1166.
Heifers
485kg+ to 280.5p/kg av 227.54p/kg
Top Prices £ per head and p/kg
Steers
£ per head: TW Cowperthwaite(Lim) 1354,1328, JR Metcalfe(BBx) 1157, BR&JM Jarvis (B&W)869
p/kg: JR Metcalfe(BBx)238.5, TW Cowperthwaite (Lim) 233.5,19.5,BR&JM Jarvis(B&W)142.5
Heifers
£ per head: J Baines (BBx)1473,TW Cowperthwaite(Lim)1458,J Baines(BBx)1166
p/kg: J Baines(BBx)280.5,TW Cowperthwaite(Lim)253.5,J Baines(BBx)240.5,GT Booth(B&W)146.5
Prime Cattle (over 30 mos)
Overall Average 124.20p/kg £703.26
£ per head: TB Moorhouse&Son (BBx) 849, N Parker (B&W) 848, J Roberts (B&W) 740
p/kg: TB Moorhouse&Son(BBx) 141.5, J Roberts (B&W) 126.5, N Parker (B&W) 119.5
Cull Cow Prices
Overall Average 124.2p/kg £779.95
Dairy
1st A&M Beecroft 2nd G Abbot & Son 3rd J Wellock
Beef
1st KW Gamble 2nd Twaite bros 3rd JC&N Throup
Champion – KW Gamble Reserve – Thwaite Bros
Black & White to 130.5p/kg av 114.08p/kg
Jersey to 118.5p/kg av 117.45p/kg
Dairy Shorthorn to 88.5p/kg
Swed Red to 122.5p/kg
Limx to 142.5p/kg av 131.08p/kg
BBx to 170.5p/kg av 140.66p/kg
Blondex to 147.5p/kg
Simx to 127.5p/kg
AAx to 137.5p/kg av 120.31p/kg
Top Prices (£ per head or p/kg)
B&W:
£ per head: G Abbott&Sons 972,954, A&M Beecroft 972,J Wellock 963,IR&DE Wellock 929,896, JP&KE Hartley 912
p/kg: IR&DE Wellock 130.5,125.5,124.5 A&J Carr&Son129.5,G Abbott&Sons 125.5,JSS Verity 124.5,CM&EM Gratton124.5
Other Dairy
£ per head: G Abbott&Son(Swed Red)839,G Boothroyd&Son(Jer)769
p/kg: G Abott&Son (Swed Red)122.5. G Boothroyd&Son (Jer) 118.5
Brit Blue:
£ per head: Thwaite Bros 1241,KW Gamble 1202,D&S Hollings 1019
p/kg: KW Gamble 170.5,Thwaite Bros 165.5, TB Moorhouse&Son 146.5,
Lim:
£ per head: Thwaite Bros 1012,J&CN Throup 948,913,B SpensleyLtd 854,CH&C Fearnley 834,816
p/kg:Thwaite Bros 142.5,JC&N Throup 141.5,141.5, JR Taylor&Son 134.5, B Spensley Ltd 134.5
AAx
£ per head: J Drinkall Ltd 853, DA Ogden&Son 825,H&SMD Lund 794
p/kg: J Drinkall Ltd 137.5, H&SMD Lund 134.5, JR Taylor&Son 122.5
MATURE BULL
Overall Average 100.5p/kg £730.52
£ per head: H Downs&Son (B&W)879,C Winterburn(Hefd)864,JSS Verity(Jer)449
p/kg: H Downs&Son(B&W)100.5,JSS Verity(Jer)97.5, C Winterburn (Hefd) 96.5
97 Breeding Sheep
Todays entry consisted of 31 Sheep with 47 lambs and 19 Geld Gimmer Hoggs. Trade was generally a touch sharper for this late season sale and with numbers tightening fast there was a nice bit of competition at the ringside.
We continue to sell breeding sheep weekly and next weeks’ market has advance entries of 76 Swaledale Geld Gimmer Hoggs together with 40 Swaledale Ewes b/m with Mule and Continental lambs. Please advise further entries to the mart office by 12noon Friday for the online catalogue.
Masham Geld Hoggs to £104
Mule Geld Hoggs to £122
Texel Ewes Crct + Twins to £175
Mule Ewes Crct + Twins to £168
Jacob Ewes + Twins to £85
Mule Ewes BM + 1.5 to £120
Jacob Ewes Crct + 1.5 to £120
Suffolk Hoggs + Lambs to £165
Masham Hoggs + Lambs to £140
Mule Hoggs + Lambs to £160
A great show of sheep with over 1,000 new season lambs penned for sale and a trade that was sharper than anticipated by most attending todays sale. The monthly prize show was very well supported, with this month’s champions chosen by Martin McIntyre of Bainbridge and being consigned by Robert Towers of Farleton, Lancaster. His 44kg lambs by a Beltex ram out of Charollais ewes scales 46kg and sold for £107 per head to James Robertshaw of Keelham Farm Shop.
Hogg numbers about done for the season now and anything with a bit of meat was ok to sell, whilst a very large show of cast ewes and rams were probably just a shade easier on the week.
Monthly Show
Continental x
1st JD&V Towers & Son – 46kg @ £107 to Keelham Farm Shop
2nd B&M Craven – 41kg @ £92 to Nick Dalby
3rd JD&V Towers & Son – 42kg @ £90 to Andrew Atkinson
Down x
1st ML Evans – 45kg @ £89 to Andrew Atkinson
2nd J&A Spensley – 43kg @ £82 to RC&B Binns
3rd ML Evans – 44kg @ £85.50 to Keelham Farm Shop
Champion – JD&V Towers & Son
Reserve – ML Evans
Spring Lambs – Overall Average £79.11 per head or 187.11p/kg
32.1kg to 39kg to 221.1p/kg av 189.18p/kg or £72.82 per head
39.1kg to 45.5kg to 233.3p/kg av 186.9p/kg or £77.88 per head
45.6kg to 52.0kg to 232.6p/kg av 185.46p/kg or £87.45 per head
Rouge De L’Ouest average £83.21 per head or 185.71p/kg
£ per head: £97, £95, £91, £87, £85, £84, £82.50, £82, £80 JA&JM Wade & Son
p/kg: 197.7p, 196.4p, 193.9p, 193.6p, 190.2p, 186.7p, 185.1p, 184.5p 179.1p JA&JM Wade & Son
Suffolk average £77.21 per head or 182.22p/kg
£ per head: £98 JA&JM Wade & Sons; £89x3 ML Evans; £87 TH Mellin; £85.50 ML Evans; £85 F Reeday & Sons; £85 JE Naylor
p/kg: 202.3p ML Evans; 200p JD&V Towers; 197.8p x2 ML Evans; 197.7p TH Mellin; 194.3p ML Evans; 194p S Coar
Texel average £78.77 per head or 189.92p/kg
£ per head: £95 TA Robinson; £95 J&J Garnett; £93, £92 JD&V Towers; £92, £91x2 TA Robinson; £90 A&SL Throup
p/kg: 225p B&M Craven & Son; 221.1p MB Townley; 219p TA Robinson; 216.7p L Bancroft; 215.9p TA Robinson;
Charollais average £84.81 per head or 198.4p/kg
£ per head: £107, £105 JD&V Towers & Son; £98 JR Dinsdale; £90x2, £88x2 JD &V Towers & Son; £84 D Calvert & Son
p/kg: 233.3p, 232.6p, 220p, 214.3px2 JD&V Towers & Son; 208.5p JR Dinsdale & Sons; 205.3p Frankland Farms; 188.6p S Coar
Prime Hoggs – Overall Average £63.95 per head or 147.3p/kg
32.1kg to 35.9kg to 117.6p/kg av 117.6p/kg or £40 per head
36.0kg to 45.5kg to 172.2p/kg av 145.35p/kg or £74.61 per head
45.6kg to 52.0kg to 174p/kg av 155.82p/kg or £74.61 per head
52.1kg and over to 143.4p/kg av 129.83p/kg or £75.86 per head
Beltex average £81.57 per head or 170.9p/kg
£ per head: £83.50, £70 PJ Brown
p/kg:174p, 152.2p P&J Brown & Son
Suffolk average £64.89 per head or 135.2p/kg
£ per head: £65 D&GM Scott; £64 MR&VL Parsons; £44 B&J Sutcliffe
p/kg: 135.4p D&GM Scott; 133.3p MR&VL Parsons; 118.9p B&J Sutcliffe
Texel average £64.53 per head or 150.3p/kg
£ per head: £83 MP Jennings; £82 P&J Brown & Son; £79 JR&PH Hodgson; £77.50 P&J Brown & Son
p/kg: 172.2p P&J Brown & Son; 170.8p P&J Brown & Son; 163p MP Jennings; 159.1p M Burrill; 147.1p JR&PH Hodgson
Mule average £48.91 per head or 131p/kg
£ per head: £68 J&T Simpson; £50 J&T Simpson; £50 JM&VJ Howard
p/kg: 134.7p WI Thwaite; 128.3p J&T Simpson; 122p JM&VJ Howard
Cheviot average £72.81 per head or 158.2p/kg
£ per head: £75.50, £68.50 J Lord
p/kg: 159.3p, 156.3p J Lord
Swaledale average £55.38 per head or 140.7p/kg
£ per head: £75, £74 K Dickinson; £70 JS Tennant; £60, £57, £56 M Burrill
p/kg: 146.2p, 142.9p, M Burrill; 142.9 JM&S Tennant; 137.5p B&J Sutcliffe;
Cull Ewes average £73.13
Suffolk to £68.50, Texel to £156.50, BFL to £99.50, Mule to £71.97, Lleyn to £74.50, Swaledale to £69.50, Rouge De L’ouest to £117.50, Dalesbred to £82.50, Cheviot to £78.50, SBF to £66.50, Charollais to £129.50.
Top prices:
Lowland: £156.50 W Watson; £136.50 W Watson; £127.50 T Harrison; £126.50 W Watson
Mule/Masham: £89.50 JP&KE Hartley; £84.50 CM Ryder; £78.50 S Spensley & Co; £77.50 CM Ryder
Horned: £82.50, £69.50 A&N Fothergill & Sons; £69.50 K Dickinson;
Hill: £99.50 AJ Mason; £95.50 CM Ryder; £85.50 Westalls
Cast Rams average £107.64
Texel to £161.50 W Watson; Suffolk to £109.50 D Sayer; Charollais to £136.50 H Raw; BFL to £108.50 D Sayer; Beltex to £114.50 H Raw; Lonk to £95.50 JT Robinson
41 Rearing Calves to £545
B&W av £111 Cont av £419.7 Native av £263.7
A Fantastic trade for rearing calves today with calves in serious demand, anything well fleshed and looking good were unstoppable. The black and white trade was exceptional for the best calves with fleshy holsteins time after time well into £110 to £145 and topping at £170 for the third calf in the ring from Chris Harrison, Elslack and the same price for a sweet calf from Geoff and Margaret Booth, Lothersdale. They didn’t have to be old either with main of the top prices being 24 days to 1mth and 15 days old.
Two strong runs of calves from John Marshall at Monk Ings and Fred Houseman, Burton Leonard were well supported with mainly blues these two vendors had some tremendous prices with fred topping the bulls at £545 and John the heifers at £480.
Natives were hard to stop also with 1 ½ Mth old calves touching mid £350’s and averaging £263 right through.
Trade looks set to continue with buyers adamant not to leave empty handed, farmers looking for Suckler replacements were also out in force adding further upward pressure to prices. Be sure to remember we have a vibrant Calf, Cast Cow and Dairy ring allowing you to sell and buy everything you require on one day.
Bull Calves
Brit Blue x (Av £460) to £545 Church Farm Enterprises
Ab Angus (Av £275) to £345 Church Farm Enterprises
Black & White (Av £111) to £170 CN&SA Harrison
Heifer Calves
Limousin x (Av £322) to £355 JC Marshall
Brit Blue x (Av £411) to £480 JC Marshall
Ab Angus to £230 RE Ayrton