23 Prime cattle comprising 1 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 1 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 21 Cast Cattle.
3,425 TOTAL SHEEP including:
1,939 Prime Sheep comprising 49 Spring Lambs, 1,453 Old Season Lambs, 437 Cast Ewes & Rams.
1,486 Breeding Sheep comprising 525 ewes with 957 lambs at foot & 4 geld gimmer hoggs.
73 Rearing Calves.
42 Dairy Cattle.
4 Loads of produce.
Prime Cattle (under 30 mos)
Heifers
501-590kg to 129.5p/kg
Prime Cattle (over 30 mos)
Overall Average 137.7p/kg £893.75
Overall Average 120.64p/kg £798.04
Black & White to 123.5p/kg av 111.61p/kg
Limx to 137.5p/kg av 133.16p/kg
Blondex to 131.5p/kg
BBx to 130.5p/kg av 129.99p/kg
Top Prices (£ per head or p/kg)
Brit Blue:
£ per head: JA Throup 939,907
p/kg: JA Throup 130.5,129.5
Lim:
£ per head: K&J Marshall 949,M Ryder&Sons 880,835 JA Throup 874,789
p/kg: K&J Marshall 137.5, M Ryder&Son 136.5, JA Throup 134.5,P Fortune 131.5,
Blondex
£ per head: JA Throup 894
p/kg: JA Throup 131.5
B&W:
£ per head: MJC&VA Staveley&Sons 1034,804, AN Bolland 894,832, JC&DJ Marshall&Sons 834
p/kg: JC&DJ Marshall&Sons 123.5, AN Bolland 122.5,117.5,115.5,115.5,MJC&VA Staveley&Sons 115.5
Mature Bull
Overall Average 101.5p/kg £903.35
Top Prices (£ per head or p/kg)
£ per head: N&R Sutcliffe 903
p/kg: N&R Sutcliffe 101.5
Prime Sheep
A nice Bank holiday show of Prime Sheep produced a fast selling trade for spring lambs with all the regular wholesalers and retail butcher customers present at the ringside to purchase stock. An overall average of £122.45 per head was recorded with CR&M Wilson, Wilpshire, Blackburn having top price at 318.4p/kg.
A lighter show of Old Season Lambs were presented for sale. The light weights and export weight sheep were every bit as good to sell as recently, with nice sorts that were fleshed and well presented 220p to 230p. The smarter end 250p plus up to 320.5p/kg for a fantastic pen from Croft House Farm. The heavier hoggs were a shade harder to cash on the week.
Cast sheep were plentiful in number but still found an active ringside of customers keen to fill their orders. The very best end of Continental ewes £130 to £150, first crosses around the £100 mark, good Mule £80 to £90.
Spring Lambs – Overall Average £122.45 per head or 282.32p/kg (SQQ – 296.1p)
Texel average £121.58 per head or 306.77p/kg
£ per head: £130, £121(x2) CR&M Wilson
p/kg: 318.4p, 317.1p CR&M Wilson
Suffolk average £111.57 per head or 278.93p/kg
£ per head: £115, £114, £104 S&M Craven
p/kg: 302.6p, 278p, 247.6p S&M Craven
Charollais average £126.16 per head or 267.51p/kg
£ per head: £132, £130 x2, £128 x2 JD&V Towers
p/kg: 295.3p, 290.9p, 283p, 282.6p JD&V Towers
Old Season Lambs – Overall Average £93.37 per head or 210.6p/kg (SQQ – 222.19p)
25.5kg to 32.0kg to 177.4p/kg av 174.6p/kg or £54.36 per head
32.1kg to 35.9kg to 214.9p/kg av 197.6p/kg or £68.20 per head
36.0kg to 45.5kg to 320.5p/kg av 224.3p/kg or £93.90 per head
45.6kg to 52.0kg to 217.4p/kg av 198.7p/kg or £96.94 per head
Beltex average £117.53 per head or 287.88p/kg
£ per head: £125 £124 £121 £120 A Atkinson; 110.50 £99.50 RG Church Ltd; £96 TH Heslop & Son
p/kg: 320.5p 307.7p 288.1p 281.8p A Atkinson; 251.1p 242.7p RG Church Ltd; 234.1p TH Heslop Ltd
Texel average £95.50 per head or 214.6p/kg
£ per head: £115 J Baines; £108 GW Thackray; £104 Watson Livestock; £104 T Kiernan; £102.50 T Blackwell; £ 102 B Watchorn;
p/kg: 252.5p P&J Brown; 241.5p TA Robinson
Suffolk average £96.61 per head or 207.0p/kg
£ per head: £103 £100 £98.50 G Bell; £101 PN Dalby; £98 TH Heslop & Son; £97.50 E Simpson & Son; £96.50 T Kiernan;
p/kg: 222.7p TH Heslop & Son; 215.5p RG Church Ltd; 214.4p T Kiernan; 212.5p JG Senior; 208.3p G Bell; 207.4p E Simpson & Son;
Charollais average £94.80 per head or 214.5p/kg
£ per head: £101.50 B Watchorn; £99 JG Senior; £99 E Simpson & Son; £98.50 £93 J Lord; £97 S Pepper;
p/kg: 232.5p J Lord; 225.6p B Watchorn; 220.2p T Kiernan; 215.0p S Pepper; 210.6p JG Senior; 210.6p E Simpson & Son;
Lleyn average £87.71 per head or 206.2p/kg
£ per head: £99 396.50 £91 £77 West Berwick Farm; £76.50 £70.50 GM&SC Pickles;
p/kg: 222.0p 220.p 185.6p 175.0p West Berwick Farm; 190.5p 170.0p GM&SC Pickles;
Mule average £88.50 per head or 192.6p/kg
£ per head: £96 RG Church Ltd; £93.50 KG Stapleton; £93 £91.50 GW Thackray; £92x2 J Pickles; £92 WH&JW Hartley;
p/kg: 216.3 JK Wilson; 211.3p GJ&G Schofield; 210.7p S Horsfield; 200.0p G Saville & Son; 200.0p WH&JW Hartley;
Swaledale average £68.88 per head or 191.2p/kg
£ per head: £93 £85.50 RG Church Ltd; £92 JM&S Tennant; £89 £82 WP&B Walker; £85 JG Senior; £82 £75.50 S Horsfield;
p/kg: 213.8p 197.7p RG Church Ltd; 212.5p JG Senior; 210.3p 204.1p S Horsfield; 202.9p JK Wilson; 197.1p S Pepper;
Dalesbred average £62.58 per head or 191.4p/kg
£ per head: £94 £76.50 JK Wilson; £53 JM Wilson;
p/kg: 212.5p 207.1p JK Wilson; 176.7p JM Wilson;
Cheviot average £96.17 per head or 220.2p/kg
£ per head: £99 GW Thackray; £99 £98.50 £97.50x2 T Kiernan; £98.50 E Simpson & Son; £98.50 £98 J Lord; £97.50 GW Thackray;
p/kg: 236.3p TA Robinson; 231.7p 227.9p J Lord; 231.0p 226.7p GW Thackray; 229.1p T Kiernan; 226.8p JG Senior;
Masham average £84.91 per head or 208.4p/kg
£ per head: £86.50 JK Wilson; £84 RG Church Ltd
p/kg: 210.0p RG Church Ltd; 206.0p JK Wilson;
Gritstone average £79.93 per head or 207.8p/kg
£ per head: £100 J Lord; £93.50 E Simpson & Son; £72.50 T Shepherdson;
p/kg: 212.5p E Simpson & Son; 207.1p T Shepherdson; 196.1p J Lord;
Cull Ewes average £76.05
Suffolk to £108.50, Texel to £150.50, Charollais to £109.50, BFL to £96.50, Mule to £89.50, Masham to £90.50, Beltex to £91.50, Lonk to £77.50, Lleyn to £91.50, Swaledale to £69.50, Dalesbred to £63.50.
Top prices:
Lowland: £150.50 JW Mellin; £144.50, £140.50 SD Bennet
Mule/Masham: £90.50 JB Doyle, £77.50 K&J Marshall
Horned: £77.50 G Greenwood; £69.50 TL MM GT Haynes
Hill: 96.50 Ellis Bros; £91.50 G&A Fort
Cast Rams average £109.86
Suffolk to £95.50, Texel to £137.50, Beltex to £92.50, Zwartbles to £119.50.
Top Prices: £137.50 K&J Marshall; £127.50 P Johnson; £121.50 N Garth
Breeding Sheep (525 Outfits)
The largest show of Ewes with lambs at foot seen for a regular weekly sale at Skipton Mart were forward today and all classes sold away quite nicely. There was something for all tastes with several runs of young Mule and Continental Ewes that again caught the eyes of those purchasers looking to buy sheep to run in flocks. The older sheep represented a slightly better selection than of late with some decent strong lambs on straight ewes for feeder/finishers to run at grass until the summer.
Forthcoming Sales –
MONDAY 28th APRIL - 11:30am – Usual Weekly Sale of 400 to 500 Outfits. Catalogue listing online from Friday lunchtime. Please advise Mart Office of entries.
MONDAY 5th MAY – Annual Special Show & Sale of Hoggs with Lambs and Geld Gimmer Hoggs together with weekly sale of Ewes with lambs at foot.
Principle Prices - Ewes & Lambs
Mule Ewes Crct with Twins to £175 av £161
Mule Ewes Crct with Singles to £122
Mule Shlgs with Twins to £230 av £211
Mule Ewes with 1.5 to £220 av £146
Mule Ewes BM with Twins to £152 av £136
Mule Ewes BM with Singles to £100
Tex Ewes Crct with Twins to £228 av £181
Tex Ewes Crct with Singles to £180 av £123
Tex Ewes with 1.5 to £202 av £136
Tex Shlgs with Singles to £205
Tex Ewes BM with Twins to £185 av £152
Tex Ewes BM with Singles to £105
Suff Ewes with Twins to £182
Suff Ewes with Singles to £162
WFW Ewes with Twins to £138
Chev Ewes with Twins to £165
Welsh Mules BM with Twins to £148
Welsh Mules Crct with Twins to £165
Beltex 3shr with Twins to £250
Beltex Ewe with 1.5 to £150
Beltex Shlg with Twins to £260
Beltex Shlg with Single to £190
Rouge Shlg with Twins to £255
Rouge Ewe with 1.5 to £168
Char Ewe Crct with Single to £120
Ped Tex Gimmer Lambs to £200
Rearing Calves to £500
B&W av £84 Cont av £334 Native av £175
Fantastic day for all who attended with all types of calves finding a multitude of bidders ringside. With a number of farmer buyers and Smallholders out to snap up some grazers for the potentially brilliant Summer. Natives of all things were a serious price with David Holmes, Otley receiving a flying trade for his run of Shorthorn and Angus calves. Church Farm Enterprises yet again took top honours with a Blue Bull and a Blue Heifer both reaching £500, an elusive figure of late but was deserved today. Robert Metcalfe and Alf Townsend were also both making head way with their continental calves nudging the £400 mark and over.
Black and white calves would have the most realistic trade of all the breeds with a strong £84 average but there were the big prices in amongst them with 10 of the 36 B&W making over £100 and a top of £140 for a pure Holstein bull.
Bull Calves
Limousin x (Av £281) to £410 RD Metcalfe & Son
Brit Blue x (Av £401) to £500 Church Farm Enterprises
Shorthorn (Av £214) to £240 FA Holmes & Son
Mont Beliarde X to £225 K Talbot
Brown Swiss (Av £64) to £65 E Bradley & Son
Aberdeen Angus (Av £165) to £290 Church Farm Enterprises
Black & White (Av £84) to £140 Church Farm Enterprises
Heifer Calves
Limousin x (Av £) to £200 AP Townsend
Brit Blue x (Av £297.50) to £500 Church Farm Enterprises
Aberdeen Angus (Av £224) to £340 Church Farm Enterprises
Hereford to £205 HJ&K Blackwell
Simmental to £305 HJ&K Blackwell
Shorthorn (Av £222.5) to £225 FA Holmes & Son
Craven Dairy Auction (42 head)
Brilliant Spring Show and Sale of Dairy Cattle with a strong show of stock in most of the classes, the Newly Calven Cattle in particular was a hard fought section with David & Claire Lawson of Arthington coming out on top with a sweet 2nd Calver giving 40 litres and realised a price of £2200 to James Kayley of Halton West. Lawson’s also had the top price Newly Calven Heifer for a 11 day calved 28 litre heifer which hit the heights of £2420 and on its way to Brian Blezard’s at Ribchester. However Lawson’s were hard run to the top price with Church Farm Enterprises reaching £2380 to WE Blockley, Cheshire and £2350 Brian & Judith Moorhouse of Bellbusk which was snapped up by James Kayley, Halton West.
A brilliant show of Bulls just not quite the trade to match however. Brian Moorhouse was the Victor in the Bull Classes and with some frantic bidding ringside this Son of Gillette Windbrook and from his Yorkshire Herd Competition Conquering Family eventually made 2000gns and is now on his way to the Griffiths family of Penistone. Other notable entrants was Dalesbrad Pan Ash from Alan & Susan Throup which reached 1500gns and went to regular supporter Mark Goodall of Tong. The other noted bull Enchanted Celterix by Woodmarsh Asterix also made 1500gns and was picked up by Richard Walker, West Morton.
Prize Awards: Newly Calven Heifers: 1st M Baul & Partners
2nd GB Moorhouse
3rd A Lawson & Son
Newly Calven Cows: 1st A Lawson & Son
2nd A&G Midgeley
3rd H Downs & Son
In-Calf Heifers: 1st MGT Corner
2nd MGT Corner
3rd MGT Corner
Champion – A Lawson & Son Reserve – M Baul & Partners
Newly Calven Heifers: to £1820 av £1713 DR Robinson
Newly Calven Cows: to £1880 av £1610 H Downs & Sons
Pedigree Newly Calven Heifers: to £2420 av £1840 A Lawson & Son
Pedigree Newly Calven Cow: to £2200 av £1834 A Lawson & Son
Pedigree Newly Calven Brown Swiss Heifer: to £1650 D&P Brown
Incalf Heifers: to £1720 av £1550 MGT Corner
Maiden Heifers: to £900 av £810 R&E Pollard
Heifer Calves: to £370 av £185 A&SL Throup
Pedigree Bulls to 2000gns av £1500
Best Bull
1st GB Moorhouse
2nd R&E Butterfield
3rd JA Greenhalgh
Produce
Hay Small Bale to £3.20 per bale