Craven Dairy Auction Christmas Show 42 head to £2500. Weekly Calf Sale 72 head to £400
B&W av £56.46 Cont av £246 Native av £165
Craven Dairy Auction Christmas Show (42 head)
A busy day with the Christmas Dairy Sale and by far one of the best shows of cattle this year with quality right through the shippon. Trade was slow and steady and not helped by further doom and gloom in the industry, but the sale got underway with a certain hype and enthusiasm. Trade did get going through the middle of the sale with the arrival of the champion from David Lawson which was 21 days calved and giving 32 Litres, the heifer eventually reached £2500 and was knocked down to regular supporter Stephen Jeanes and his Son Edward.
All in all there was a straight trade for most animals considering the circumstances with the show of cattle probably not reaching their deserved value. Next Sale 15th December, let’s hope things look a little better by then.
Judge – Ian Collins
Prize Awards: Newly Calven Heifers: 1st A Lawson & Son 2nd JJ&JD Booth 3rd M Swires
Newly Calven Cows: 1st A Swires 2nd T&DA Penrose 3rd DE&MA Booth
In-Calf Heifers: 1st 2nd 3rd RA&HE Simpson
Champion – A Lawson & Son Reserve – JJ&JD Booth
Newly Calven Heifers (6): av £1739 to £1920 M Swires
Newly Calven Cows (4): av £1590 to £1920 M Swires
Pedigree Newly Calven Heifers (22): av £1755 to £2500 A Lawson & Son
Incalf Heifers (10):
av £1210 to £1400 RA&HE Simpson
Rearing Calves to £400
B&W av £56.46 Cont av £246 Native av £165
Good show of calves with the Christmas Show next week and trade remained good particularly for young Continental calves and Black and White Bulls.
Bull Calves
Limousin x (Av £234) to £290 AP Townend
Brit Blue x (Av £272) to £400 Church Farm Enterprise
Saler (Av £205) to £245 P Sharp & Son
Mont Bel (Av £175) to £192 K Talbot
Black & White (Av £56) to £128 RL Wright & Son
Heifer Calves
Limousin x to £150 PJ Bolland
Brit Blue x (Av £253) to £370 Church Farm Enterprise
Hereford to £165 K&M Berry
Saler to £135 RL Wright & Son