Prime Cattle (under 30 mos)

Both steers and heifers were headed by bids of 272.5p/kg with the first into the ring a 575kg British Blue cross from John Stephenson of Bordley which sold to Keelham Farm Shop of Skipton with a total selling price of £1567. Countrystyle Meats Ltd of Lancaster secured their high-flying heifer for 272.5p/kg from Mesrs CD&RF Kitching of Threshfield, this time a Limousin cross weighing 550kg with a gross value of £1499. On a day when 70% of the entry made over 260p/kg or above and £1400 or above, cattle were sold evenly around the ring with the top gross values amongst the heavy cattle which are an ever improving trade. The leading gross value was £1651 for another John Stephenson steer, a British Blue cross weighing 615kg which totalled £1652 when sold for 268.5p/kg to Mick Etherington of Eldwick.

Steers

560kg+                                                   to 272.5p/kg                        av. 264.43p/kg

Heifers

400-480kg                                             to 257.5p/kg

485kg+                                                   to 272.5p/kg                        av.249.18p/kg

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

Steers

£ per head: JS Stephenson (BBx) 1651,1567, TW Cowperthwaite (Limx) 1635, CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 1557,1456

p/kg: JS Stephenson (BBx) 272.5,268.5, CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 268.5,255.5, TW Cowperthwaite (Limx) 257.5,

Heifers

£ per head: RT&J Critchley&Sons (Limx) 1584, CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 1544,1513,1504,1499, Phoenix Grain Co Ltd (Limx) 1498

p/kg: CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 272.5,268.5,265.5,261.5, RT&J Critchley&Sons (Limx) 268.5,266.5, (BBx) 267.5, Phoenix Grain Co Ltd (Limx) 267.5,262.5,257.5.

Prime Cattle (over 30 mos)

Overall Average                                   158.5p/kg                             £990.63

£ per head: EJ Fort (B&W Hfr) 991

p/kg: EJ Fort (B&W Hfr) 158.5

Cull Cow Prices

An improved entry of cattle carrying finish and cows with scope for improvement, resulting in a firm trade. The odd thick dairy 120p and Steaking type cows occasionally not far behind at 117p. Beef cows to £1179 or 146.5p/kg for a Beef Shorthorn from New York Farms.

Overall Average                                   109.17p/kg                           £719.12

Black & White                      to 122.5p/kg                        av.105.03p/kg

Dairy Short                           to 122.5p/kg                        av. 107.50p/kg   

MRI                                         to 123.5p/kg                        av.121.44p/kg

Beef Short                             to 146.5p/kg       

Top Prices (£ per head or p/kg)

B&W:

£ per head: AN Bolland 956,712, N&J Thwaite 864, MP Jennings (Dairy) Ltd 779, Wood Bros 730, J Rushton 715

p/kg: AN Bolland 122.5, N Parker 118.5, N&J Thwaite 114.5, MP Jennings (Dairy) Ltd 114.5, JT Rushton 113.5

Other Dairy

£ per head: N Parker (Dairy Short) 839,634, N&R Sutcliffe (MRI) 735,716.

p/kg:  N Parker (Dairy Short) 122.5,101.5

Beef

£ per head: New York Farms (Beef Short) 1179

p/kg: New York Farms (Beef Short) 146.6

MATURE BULL

Overall Average                                   87.5p/kg                               £953.75

B&W

£ per head: N Parker 954

p/kg: N Parker 87.5

4,383 Prime Sheep comprising 3,716 Prime Lambs, & 667 Cast Ewes & Rams

Sheep numbers just about the same as last week, but trade showing a fall on the week as peak season is upon us, but still an overall of 202p/kg or £90.49 for the last week in September is fantastic, and quite happy to settle for that.
It was the commercial bred sheep that were cheaper on the week, whilst the smart goods and retail shop lambs were along similar lines to last week.
Sample prices from the sale, the first lamb in the ring was a 52kg Beltex from L Simpson & Son Pateley Bridge, it made £141.50 selling to A Atkinson. Messrs Simpson also sold 50kg Texels at £139.50. Ellis Bros 50kg £138.50. George Sunderland 51kg £130.50, JR Crabtree 49kg £137, N Boynton 47kg £145.50, WH Marsden 55kg £136.50, H Atkinson 43kg £134. £120 to £140 was a common price region for the heavy shop lambs.
Handyweight smart lambs, Taylor Bros 41kg £118, T&C Robinson 42kg £115 and 41kg £111, DG Boothman 39kg £102.50, Ellis Bros 42kg £126.50, H Atkinson 39kg £123, Frankland Farms 43kg £120 and 43kg £115, S&P Scrivin 44kg £119, G Sunderland 44kg £11.50, L Simpson 45kg £128.50, FW &JM Eddington 46kg £120.
Commercial Texel x Lambs out of Mule or Hill Ewes 190p to 210p today depending style and finish,
Mule Wethers, JJ Beckwith 45kg at £91, S&P Scrivin 54kg £100, Ashfield Farms 45kh £87.50, JM Wilson & Son 50kg £95, AN Fothergill 39kg £72.50, AJ Taylot 51kg £95, Ellis Bros 49kg £93, JH Throup 46kg £89, JK Wilson 44kg £85, Messrs Ashby 49kg £95.50,
Horned Lambs. JM Tennant 34kg £61.50, P Arnold 39kg £72.50, Hayton & Stocks 35kg £67.50, JR Paisley 34kg £61, AN Fothergill 31kg £53.50.
 

An entry of 667 Feeding Ewes and Tups sold to a top of £142.50 from Richard Wilson followed by J Barnes at £140.50. Ewes sold much dearer than expected with trade dropping as last week went on and last weekend. Mules sold the same as last week with best in the £80’s Feeding types in the £50’s with stronger Ewes £60’s and good lean meat with strength £70’s. Horned sheep sold dearer than last week with a top of £69.50 pens with meat at £40-£55 Lean small types £20’s and into £30’s with some plain ewes making less. White faced ewes sold to an average of £87.50 with the trade being the exact same as last week with some best ewes selling dearer on the week. Cheviots all selling in the £50’s and into the £60’s with no massive ewes in the entry.

Prime Lambs – Overall Average £90.49 per head or 202.7p/kg              

32.1kg to 35.9kg to 207.4p/kg         av 187.3p/kg         or £64.35 per head

36.0kg to 45.5kg to 315.4p/kg         av 204.1p/kg         or £86.70 per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg to 309.6p/kg         av 202.2p/kg         or £96.83 per head

52.1kg and over   to 248.2p/kg         av 192.4p/kg         or £105.10 per head

Beltex average £102.90 per head or 246.4p/kg

£ per head: £145.50 N&AD Boynton; £141.50 £139.50 £137.50 £136.50 £133.50 L Simpson; £138.50 Ellis Bros; £134 A Atkinson;

p/kg: 315.4p 311.6p A Atkinson; 309.6p N&AD Boynton; 301.2p Ellis Bros; 287.8p Taylor Bros; 285.6p 284.4p L Simpson;

Texel average £89.38 per head or 202.8p/kg

£ per head: £137.50 JR Crabtree; £136.50 N&AS Boynton; £136.50 WH Marsden; £127 £123.50 Menwith Pigs; £123.30 L Simspon;

p/kg: 290.4p N&AD Boynton; 280.6p JR Crabtree; 267.4p Frankland Farms; 262.8p DG Boothman; 257.3p Menwith Pigs;

Suffolk average £89.22 per head or 195.3p/kg

£ per head: £119.50 JL North; £117 £114.50 £106.50 £99 TH Mellin; £99 £98.50 Ashfield Farms; £98 Haddon Farms;

p/kg: 213.5p K&J Marshall; 212.7o 204.8p TH Mellin; 206.0p JL North; 204.8p CD&RF Kitching; 200.0p L Simpson;

Charolais average £80.54 per head or 189.6p/kg

£ per head: £98 P Crabtree; £86 JM Smith; £81 RE Metcalfe; £76.50 RM Shackleton;

p/kg: 195.5p JM Smith; 192.2p P Crabtree; 188.4p RE Metcalfe; 186.6p RM Shackleton;

Mule average £84.67 per head or 189.3p/kg

£ per head: £100 S&P Scrivin; £95.50 A&EM Ashby; £95 AJ Towler; £93 JH Throup; £93 Ellis Bros; £92.50 BS Simpson; £91 JJ Beckwith;

p/kg: 202.2p JJ Beckwith; 194.9p A&EM Ashby; 194.4p Ashfield Farms; 193.5p JH Throup; 193.2p JM Wilson; 193.2p JK Wilson;

Masham average £87.80 per head or 188.3p/kg

£ per head: £95 JM Wilson; £86 D&GC Newbould;

p/kg: 190.0p JM Wilson; 187.0p D&GC Newbould;

Rouge average £118.13 per head or 262.4p/kg

£ per head: £124.50 £120.50 JC Marshall; £120 Frankland Farms; £100 Ellis Bros;

p/kg: 279.1p Frankland Farms; 250.0p Elis Bros; 241.0p 222.3p JC Marshall;

Swaledale average £64.28 per head or 177.3p/kg

£ per head: £77 P Addyman; £74.50 RW&B Chapman; £72.50 P Arnold; £61.50 JM&S Tennant;

p/kg: 185.9p P Arnold; 180.9p JM&S Tennant; 179.1p P Addyman; 172.6p A&N Fothergill;

Dalesbred average £68.82 per head or 179.50p/kg

£ per head: £70 £67.50 Hayton & Stocks;

p/kg: 192.9p 179.5p Hayton & Stocks;

Cheviot average £100.44 per head or 195.8p/kg

£ per head: £110 RH&MR Ireland; £105.50 £98 TA Robinson;

p/kg: 203.7p RH&MR Ireland; 196.0p 185.1p TA Robinson;

Cull Ewes average £66.05

Suffolk to £112.50, Texel to £142.50, BFL to £117.50, Mule to £89.50, Lleyn to £76.50, Swaledale to £69.50, Teeswater to £75.50, Dalesbred to £55.50, Zwartble to £92.50, Cheviot to £66.50, Beltex to £91.50, Lonk to £58.50, Hampshire to £79.50, Gritstone to £59.50, Jacob to £37.50

Top prices:

Lowland: £142.50                R Wilson

Mule/Masham: £89.50      AJ Taylor

Horned: £69.50                    J Greenwood

Hill: £ 76.50                          CD&RF Kitching

Cast Rams average £81.50

Texel to £127.50, Cheviot to £53.50,

 Rearing Calves to £420

Calves met a much better trade for both black and whites and continentals than anticipated. 11 Black and Whites with many bobbie calves in the entry sold to a average of £69 with tops of £130 from RM Shackleton followed by another good strong calf from the same vendor at £120. AA Bull Calves sold from £290-£230. Hereford bulls back a touch on the week with prices all aroud £180-£220. Blue Bulls sold to a fierce trade with Percy and Janet Bolland selling two good sweet Blues at £420, £410. Blue Bulls sold to an average of £345. Shortage of Blue heifers in the entry and many more required next week, Heifers sold at £280-£240.

Large entry of calves is needed for next weeks sale at 10:30am. Buyers requiring large numbers with next week being slightly quitter and more farmers not shut up from 6-day movements.

Bull Calves

Limousin x (Av £211) to £225                           JC&DJ Marshall                                                   

Brit Blue x (Av £345) to £420                           PJ&JE Bolland                                                      

Aberdeen Angus (Av £256) to £290 RM Shackleton    

Hereford (Av £200) to £220                              HJ&KL Blackwell  

Black & White (Av £69) to £130                      RM Shackleton                   

Heifer Calves       

Aberdeen Angus (Av £140) to £200 RM Shackleton                                                                                                   

Hereford (Av £185) to £190                              AP Townsend                                      

British Blue (Av £260) to £280                         RM Shackleton                                   

Limousin (Av £235) to £235                              KT Wood                                              

19 Dairy

Today’s trade was flying - with the eight fresh heifers from regular vendors topping at £2520 for Dowshawdale Mogul Ilse from GT Booth being snapped up by Mark Goodall, Tong - the eight averaged £2011.25 with a string of three heifers from John Thompson, Butterknowle, Durham making £2400, £2300 and £1750. Regular vendor Robert Crisp also had two of his three heifers make £1950 each.

Brothers Paul and Robert Lange began dispersing their NMR recorded herd as they are retiring with a batch of 11 cows and heifers fresh since early July - with a seventh calver and four youthful fifth calvers within the group - their trade topped at £1600 for a second calf ABS Grazie who is one of three travelling to the Hough family in Cheshire. The Lange draft of 11 averaged £1273.

Next sale is Monday 12th October with more entries sought for a growing number of buyers as new faces and regulars both left the ring empty handed today.

Pedigree Newly Calven Heifers                        to £2520 av £2114

Commercial Newly Calven Heifers                  to £1950 av £1536

Commercial Newly Calven Cow                       to £1600 av £1287

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