Prime Cattle (under 30 mos)

Steers

560kg+                                                   to 182.5p/kg        av. 182.5p/kg

Steers

£ per head: E Parker (Hefdx) 1323, 1177

p/kg: E Parker (Hefdx) 182.5,182.5

Heifers

£ per head: JD Taylor&Son (B&W Hfr) 510

p/kg: JD Taylor&Son (B&W Hfr) 93.5              

Trade remains cool for the cast cattle, although a good line-up of bidders present to put cows away onto feed for the New Year. Meated dairies around the 100p/kg with the steaking types making into the mid 90s. Meat in the beef crosses similarly steady but interest in feeders.

Overall Average                                   92.5p/kg               £609.92

Christmas Show of Cast Cattle

Cont.      1. EB Webster                      2. BL&R Lund                        3. BL&R Lund

Dairy       1. G Pickersgill&Sons           2. G Pickersgill&Sons           3. CM&EM Gratton

Black & White                       to 103.5p/kg                        av.87.4p/kg

Sim                                         to 116.5p/kg                       

Limx                                       to 153.3p/kg                        av.96.93p/kg

BBx                                         to 147.5p/kg

Charx                                      to 84.5p/kg

Top Prices (£ per head or p/kg)

B&W:

£ per head: G Pickersgill&Sons 739,725, CM&EM Gratton 722,697, JSS Verity 694,685, AP Townsend 678

p/kg:  G Pickersgill&Sons 103.5,98.5, CM&EM Gratton 99.5,97.5, WA Brown 98.5,JSS Verity 96.5, AP Townsend 95.5

Contx:

£ per head: EB Webster (Sim) 1007, BL&R Lund (BB) 974, D&FJ Leeming (Limx) 913, BL&R Lund (Limx) 847

p/kg: D&FJ Leeming (Limx)153.5,92.5, BL&R Lund (BBx) 147.5, (Limx)118.5,

3,609 Prime Sheep comprising 3176 Prime Lambs & 433 Cast Ewes & Rams

Following on from Sundays Xmas Show, todays trade was better on the week, with handy weighted lowland lambs receiving keen bidding and would be 5p dearer on the week. Heavy lambs also up a gear, mainly about £2-£3 a head up. But hill bred lambs got the best lift, Mules pushing £30 over the weight, whilst handy weight horned wethers could make either side of 160p/kg.

Lambs topped at £114 for Beltex from Thomas Boothman of Linton purchased by Vivers Scotlamb, this was also the top per kilo price at 259.1p. Ellis Bros made £106 and Robert Lambert from Wigglesworth made £105, boths pens to Vivers Scotlamb. Mark & Gemma Dobson of Hartlington made £102, Michael Hall of Scosthrop £101 and £99, and Duncan Halliday from Sowerby Bridge made £99 as did Martyn Jennings from Cowling and Colin Whitelock from Gargave.

Per kilo Ellis Bros made 258.5p, Robert Lambert 256.1p,  Michael Hall 246.3p, FW&JM Eddingotn 239.0p, Ellis Bros 234.5p 233.3p.

Prime Lambs  – Overall Average  £79.52 per head or 180.51p/kg         

32.1kg to 35.9kg                 to 190.6p/kg         av 148.8p/kg         or £50.33 per head

36.0kg to 45.5kg                 to 259.1p/kg         av 188.1p/kg         or £78.66 per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg                 to 215.2p/kg         av 172.8p/kg         or £82.84 per head

52.1kg and over   to 183.3p/kg         av 162.3p/kg         or £87.56 per head

Beltex average £90.46 per head or 212.7p/kg

£ per head: £114 T Boothman; £106 Ellis Bros’ £105 RJ Lambert; £101 JM Hall; £100 TA Robinson.

p/kg: 259.1p T Boothman; 258.5p Ellis Bros; 246.3p JM Hall;  

Suffolk average £79.48 per head or 171.6p/kg

£ per head: £91 £89 £88 J&C Wright; £89 J Greenwood (Moor Monkton); £88 PN Hugill, £87 JP&KE Hartley

p/kg: 193.3p JP&KE Hartley; 190.5p R&E Pollard; 185.6p J Greenwood; 184.5p CD&RF Kitching;

Texel average £79.86 per head or 177.8p/kg

£ per head: £102 MJ&GC Dobson, £99 C&SB Whitelock, £99 £97 MP Jennings;  £99 DJ Halliday; £98 FW&JM Eddingotn; £97 R&E Pollard; £96 GT Booth; £94.50 D&J Carlisle; £94 £91 D&A Livestock; £92 D Shuttleworth; £92 JJ&D Cowking

p/kg: 239.0p FW&JM Eddington; 225.0p 220.0p AN Throup; 222.0p DJ Halliday; 216.3p A Jenkinson; 214.8p D&J Carlisle

Mule average £71.51 per head or 160.3p/kg

£ per head: £78 AW&N Wade; £77.50(x2) £77  AJ Taylor; £77.50 JK Wilson; £77.50 £77 JC&N Throup; £77.50 £77 A&SL Throup; £77 WA&A Booth, £77 CD&RF Kitching;

p/kg: 166.7p 162.5p WA Brown; 164.8p CD&RF Kitching; 163.4p SR Dorey; 163.3p ML Kayley & Sons; 162.5p JH Throup; 162.2p FG Throup;

Charollais average £83.81 per head or 180.5p/kg

£ per head: £87.50 MP Jennings; £82.50 J Greenwood.

p/kg: 183.3p J Greenwood; 181.4p Stocks Ent

Swaledale average £56.70 per head or 153.3p/kg

£ per head: £66 WB Woodsworth; £64.50 £62 JH Throup; £64 P Addyman;

p/kg: 166.7p (x2) JR Smith; 161.8p JH&SM Mason; 161.3p 159.0p JH Throup; 156.3p WA Brown;

Suffolk to £93.50, Texel to £109.50, Mule to £64.50, Swaledale to £32.50, Beltex  to £91.50, Lonk  to £47.50.

Top prices:

Lowland: £109.50 (x2) KW Gamble; £100 (x3) K Marshall; £93.50 RJ Lambert

Mule/Masham: £64.50 JK Wilson; £64.50 SM Collinson; £63.50 J&C Wright

Horned: £47.50 SP&VM Morris

Rearing Calves to £470 (111)

Dairy av £79.62 Cont av £338.61 Native av £202.47

A fantastic day in the calf ring for the Christmas Calf show with the judging carried out by Will Gore-Browne of SIlsden Moor. The Champion Rosette ended up in the hands of Marcus Chadwick of Chadwick and Leaver of Southfield, Nr Burnley. A fantastic Simmental bred calf at just 7 weeks of age sold for £440 to the Judge.

A good show of calves throughout the day made for some heady prices, in particular British Blue x heifers which topped at £470 for a cracker from Sowray Brothers with Church Farm Enterprises seeing their calves reach £440 three times, with a section average of £355.95.

Continental bulls weren’t far behind the heifers with Martyn Jennings of Cowling selling the top price bull for £460 with Sowray’s selling the 1^st and 2^nd Prize British Blue bulls at £455 & £440 with a section average of £346.48.

Natives were once again on good form with an average of £248 for bulls and £143 for Angus heifers topping £340 for a strong Angus bull from Hayton & Stocks, with Hartley’s of Bolton Abbey receiving £280 for their Hereford Heifer.

A much better display of black and whites saw an equally improved trade this week averaging £71.67 and topping at £115 for a bull calf from AJ&A Walmsley, Ripley.

NB: Christmas Dairy Sale Next Week

Bull Calves

Limousin x (Av £334)

£415 C&SB Whitelock; £400 G Pickersgill & Sons; £325 AP Townsend; £310 M&R Smith                  

Brit Blue x (Av £346.48)

£460 MP Jennings; £455, £440 A Sowray & Son; £420 RM Spence; £420 GT Booth;                                                          

Aberdeen Angus (Av £248.57)

£340 Hayton & Stocks; £290 JT Rushton; £290 JP &KE Hartley; £270 ID&JC Briggs

Hereford X (Av £290)

£290 Flasby Estates;

Shorthorn (Av £133)

£310 Flasby Estates;

Pathanais (Av £400)

£400 A Sowray & Son

Simmental (Av £440)

£440 A Sowray & Son

Longhorn (av £100)

£100 AP Townsend                            

Black & White (Av £71.67)

£115 AJ&A Walmsley & Sons; £110 JS&J Walmsley; £110 JC Marshall; £100 RM&LJ Throup;                           

Heifer Calves       

Hereford x (Av £280)

£280 JP&KE Hartley                                                           

Ab Angus (Av £143)

£170 A Sowray & Son; £160 ID&JC Briggs; £140 x2 AJ Lee; £140 Flasby Estates; £135 CJ&DD Drake;                                            

British Blue (Av £355.95)

£470 A Sowray & Son; £440x3 Church Farm Enterprises; £400 PJ&JE Bolland; £395 Church Farm Enterprises

Lim (Av £260)

£430 C&SB Whitelock; £370 Hayton Stocks; £350 M&R Smith; £340 Hayton & Stocks; £300 M&R Smith