Prime Cattle (under 30 mos)

A good entry of retail cattle for the Bank Holiday and an equally good attendance of customers to buy. Top of the gross values was Bill Cowperthwaite’s (Malham Moor) 620kg British Blue steer which went to Keelham farm Shop for £1509 or 243.5p/kg alongside the second highest price a 595kg British Blue steer from Mesrs CD&RF Kitching of Threshfield at £1490 or 250.5p/kg.

Highest priced by weight was the 500kg Limousin cross heifer from Mesrs AA&E Critchley & Son of Hutton which sold to Garstang’s Tim Hamlet for 273.5p/kg or £1368. Paul Leadbeater of Crossroads landed the second highest priced p/kg animal a 455kg Limousin heifer from KA&HL Fawcett of Barden for 263.5p/kg or £1199. DA Gregory & Son of Bacup secured the second highest priced priced steer from Mesrs Critchley & Son a 575kg British Blue cross at 254.5p/kg or £1463 and the highest gross priced heifer a 550kg British Blue heifer from AA& Critchley & Son for £1438 or 261.5p/kg.

Steers

465-555kg                                             to 236.5p/kg

560kg                                                     to 254.5p/kg                        av. 249.36p/kg

Heifers

400-480kg                                             to 263.5p/kg                        av. 259.46p/kg

485kg+                                                   to 273.5p/kg                        av. 221.76p/kg

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

Steers

£ per head: TW Cowperthwaite (BBx) 1510, CD&RF Kitching (BBx) 1490, AA&E Critchley & Son (Limx) 1464,

p/kg: AA&E Critchley & Son (Limx) 254.5, CD&RF Kitching (BBx) 250.5, TW Cowperthwaite (BBx) 243.5

Heifers

£ per head: AA&E Critchley & Son (BBx) 1438, 1379, (Limx) 1367,1308, CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 1319,

p/kg: AA&E Critchley & Son (Limx) 273.5, (BBx) 261.5, (Limx) 261.5, KA&HL Fawcett (BBx) 263.5,255.5.

Prime Cattle

Overall Average                                   145.50p/kg                           £822.08

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

£ per head: M Fewster (B&W Hfr) 822

p/kg: M Fewster (B&W Hfr) 145.5

Overall Average                                   127.56p/kg           £857.87

Black & White                      to 126.5p/kg                       

Simx                                       to 128.5

Top Prices (£ per head or p/kg)

£ per head: F Helliwell (Simx) 919 A&ED Booth (B&W) 797

p/kg: F Helliwell (Simx) 128.5, A&ED Booth (B&W) 126.5

1,398 Prime Sheep (comprising 412 Prime Lambs, 695 Prime Hoggs & 291 Cast Ewes & Rams)

A nice show of Spring Lambs for a Bank Holiday were better to sell than anticipated, levelling at 276p across the board. Top price per kilo came for a pen of 5 Texel Beltex crosses from Joe and Trevor Stoney, weighing 42kg, they sold for 354p or £149 each to Hamlets Butchers of Garstang. Plenty of smart end over 300p, Fox Farms selling for 336p to Vivers Scotlambs, and Tony Kiernan selling for 330p to Andrew Atkinson. Top price was £150 twice, both pens form Mark Evans and selling to Swaledale Foods.
Hoggs were a lesser trade, with better end 210p to 220p, commercial sorts 190p to 200p and lean types 160p to 180p. A few plain end sorts at less money.

Prime Lambs  – Overall Average  £115.64 per head or 276.46p/kg       

36.0kg to 45.5kg to 354.8p/kg         av 275.21p/kg      or £111.82 per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg to 314.9p/kg         av 282.69p/kg      or £136.23 per head

Suffolk average £109.37 per head or 265.21p/kg

£ per head: £150 x2 ML Evans; £148 SP&VM Morris; £148, £146, £141, £141 ML Evans; £118 A&EM Ashby & Sons;

p/kg: 314.9p ML Evans; 302p SP&VM Morris; 300p, 294.1p, 293.8p, 292p, 288.5p ML Evans;  282.9p SP&VM Morris;

Texel average £118.54 per head or 277.71p/kg

 £ per head: £149, £148 JA Stoney & Son; £147 D Clarke; £147 A&EM Ashby & Son; £143 J&J Garnett; £142 T Kiernan

p/kg: 354.8p JA Stoney & Son; 330.2p T Kiernan; 323.8p A&EM Ashby & Son; 319p J&J Garnett & Son;

Charollais average £131.96 per head or 294.09p/kg

£ per head: £144 KJ Marston; £143, £142, £139 T Kiernan; £131 KJ Marston; £127, £123, £121 T Kiernan;

p/kg: 330.2p T Kiernan; 327.3p, 319.5p KJ Marston; 295.7p 295.3p 292.9p 286p 263p T Kiernan;

Beltex average £129.33 per head or 331.62p/kg

£ per head: £132, £128 Fox Farm;

p/kg: 336.8p, 322p Fox Farm;

Prime Hoggs  – Overall Average  £98.53 per head or 197.52p/kg          

32.1kg to 35.9kg to 208.8p/kg         av 174.69p/kg      or £60.64 per head

36.0kg to 45.5kg to 220p/kg            av 190.64p/kg      or £78.32 per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg to 230.6p/kg         av 207.38p/kg      or £99.67 per head

52.1kg and over   to 220.8p/kg         av 204.12p/kg      or £113.44 per head

Beltex average £88.43 per head or 204.4p/kg

£ per head: £95, £90, £88.50, £80 TA Robinson;

p/kg: 215.9p, 209.3p, 200p ,172.7p TA Robinson;

Suffolk average £99.80 per head or 182.4p/kg

£ per head: £102.5 B Watchorn & Son; £77, £70 DR&FE Wallbank; £70 C Crowther

p/kg: 209.2p B Watchorn & Sons; 170.7p C Crowther; 157.1p DR&FE Wallbank; 155.1p HJ&TJ Howarth

Texel average £100.71 per head or 202.7p/kg

£ per head: £124 I Marsden; £117 B Watchorn & Son; £115 S&D Robinson; £113.5 B Watchorn & Son; £113 W Crane

p/kg: 230.6p F Webster; 220.8p I Marsden;  220p TW Cowperthwaite; 219.1p 214.2p 212.7p B Watchorn & Son; 213p W Crane

Mule average £70.74 per head or 163.3p/kg

£ per head: £101 H Downs & Son; £84 J Pickles; £71 H&M Plews;

p/kg: 208.8p H&M Plews; 194.2p H Downs & Son; 173.7p H&M Plews

Charollais average £101.16 per head or 204.5p/kg

£ per head: £116, £111, £108, £102.5 B Watchorn & Sons; £94 L Broster; £89 B Watchorn & Sons; £68.5 B Shackleton

p/kg: 217.6p, 214.8p, 213.5p, 203.8p 202.3p B Watchorn & Son; 186.8p I Marsden; 185.1p B Shackleton; 180.8p L Broster

Lonk average £72.86 per head or 181.71p/kg

£ per head: £89 B Dibb; £74 J Lord; £68 C Crowther; £67 C Crowther; £66.50 B Shackleton

p/kg: 202.3p B Dibb; 190p B Shackleton; 189.7p J Lord; 171.8p, 170p C Crowther;

Swaledale average £68.67 per head or 152.33p/kg

£ per head: £87, £80 S&D Robinson; £75 WP&B Wakler & Son; £75 MR Ewbank; £74 CM Ryder; £74 AG Horn; £69 J Pickles

p/kg: 180.5p CM Ryder; 177.6p S&D Robinson; 168.3p, 166.7p J Pickles; 164.4p AG Horn; 159p J Pickles; 152.7p H&M Plews

Gritstone average £79.05 per head or 196.13p/kg

£ per head: £86.5 B Dibb; £82 GW Thackray; £76 B Dibb; £74 J Lord;

p/kg: 206p B Dibb; 200p GW Thackray; 189.7p J Lord; 176.7p B Dibb;

Cheviot average £74.39 per head or 188.18p/kg

£ per head: £92 C Middleton; £84 GW Thackray; £84 J Lord; £78 GW Thackray; £78 C Middleton; £74 J Lord;

p/kg: 200p GW Thackray; 200p J Lord; 189.2p J Lord; 185.7p GW Thackray; 185p J Lord; 184p, 181.4p, 180p C MIddleton

SBF average £84.86 per head or 198.87p/kg

£ per head: £87.5, £84 x2, £81 GW Thackray;

p/kg: 203.5p 200p x2 172.3p GW Thackray

Suffolk to £101.5, Texel to £116.5, BFL to £94.5, Mule to £94.5, Lleyn to £107.5, Swaledale to £74.5, Masham to £77.5, Charollais to £114.5 Lonk  to £65.50.

Top prices:

Lowland: £116.5 M Crabtree; £114.5 KJ Marston

Mule/Masham: £94.5 BL&N Dibb; £89.5 L Broster;  

Horned: £74.5 JA Throup; £73.5 JK Wilson

Hill: £107.5 G&A Fort; £94.50 JK Wilson

Cast Rams average £77.81

Texel to £108.5, BFL to £77.5, Swaledale to £68.5, Cheviot  to £74.5.

56 Rearing Calves to £450 (56)

B&W av £157 Cont av £362.35 Native av £255.5

A very solid trade for calves this morning with a healthy show of 56 through the door. Some heady prices today too, no more so than the B&W Bulls averaging £157 right through (arguably the quality was very good today, but the trade was there to meet them). British Blue bulls were in a higher gear again with Fred Houseman topping at £450 for a tremendous bull with all BB Bulls averaging £415 with 10 calves over the average.  A tremendous run of Limousin heifers from Craig Stephenson of Kirkby Lonsdale which topped at £400 were highly sought after by both feeding and breeding farmers and all were 3 -4 weeks old.

Natives bulls were topped by Michael Heron at £300 twice for 2 sweet, 3/4week old bulls and John Rushton of Elslack topped the heifers at £265.

If you’re looking to bring some calves to the auction don’t forget to let us know the Friday before for the benefit of buyer attendance.

Bull Calves

Black & White (Av £157.53) to £210 JC&DJ Marshall & Sons  

Limousin x (Av £353.57) to £370 GCL Stephenson                     

Brit Blue x (Av £415.45) to £450 Church Farm Enterprises                                                       

Aberdeen Angus (Av £293.33) to £300 DL DM &J Heron

Norwegian Red (Av £140) to £140 J Gooch

Shorthorn (Av £113.75) to £155 Flasby Estates                                          

Heifer Calves                       

Aberdeen Angus (Av £233) to £265 JT Rushton                                                          

British Blue (Av £337.14) to £395 RL Wright & Son

Limousin (Av £322.78) to £400 GCL Stephenson

Breeding Sheep

A great sale for late season, and all classes selling to a better trade on the week. Hoggs and lambs peaked at £250 for the first prize winners, a Texel with Beltex Lamb from Michael Daggett of Burnsall, another pen making £220 from the same home. The same vendor also sold the 2^nd Prize, a Mule with Texel Lamb at £215 with another pen at £195. Richard Stockdale of Burnsall made £210 and £200 of Texel Hoggs with lambs, and Robert Johnson £190. John Bland and his shepherd Richard Saxon presented their Annual consignment of Swaledale Sheep with lambs for the Annual Bank Holiday show of Single Ewes with lambs. His run topped at £270 and £255 for Ewes with single Mule Gimmer Lambs, his first prize ewe was a Swaledale Shlg with Swaledale Gimmer Lamb and it made £225. A run of Herdwick Ewes with lambs from TCR Benson of Great Langdale topped at £110.

Texel Ewe + Single                               to £158 av £146

Texel Ewe + Twins                               to £155

Texel Shlg + Single                               to £182

Texel Shlg + Twins                               to £190

Texel Hogg + Single                             to £250 av £197

Texel Hogg + Twins                             to £210

Mule Ewe + Twins                               to £170 av £151

Mule Ewe + Mixed                              to £190

Mule Shlg + Twins                               to £175

Mule Hogg + Single                             to £215 av £192

Char Ewe + Twins                                to £185

Char Shlg + Single                                to £185

Swale Ewe + Single                             to £270 av £119

Swale Ewe + Twins                              to £195

Swale Shlg + Single                             to £225 av £197 

Beltex Shlg + Mixed                            to £180

Herdwick Ewe + Single                       to £105

Herdwick Ewe + Twins                       to £110

Craven Dairy Auction (4 head)

 A small show of dairy but plenty of buyers ringside looking for milk and a very nice trade was had. A close call to pick the champion by Stephen and Malcolm Abbott of Dacre and this was backed up by the prices with both Peter Bauls Pedigree heifer and Ian Parkinson’s 3^rd calver making £1,720. An impressive 6^th Calver presented by DA&SA Fort, Glusburn sold for £1300.  

Judge – Abbott Bros

Prize Awards:       Champion – M Baul & Partners                       Reserve – MD Parkinson

Newly Calven Heifers: to £1720 M Baul & Partners

Newly Calven Cows: av £1510 to £1720 MD Parkinson