Prime Cattle (under 30 mos)

Clean cattle trade was steadier with Keelham Farm Shop securing 8 purchases including the leading gross priced animal a 620kg Limousin cross steer sold by Mesrs AA&E Critchley & Son of Hutton which made 233.5p/kg or £1448 whilst also adding the leading p/kg price a 530kg Britsh Blue cross heifer also from Mesrs Critchley for 249.5p.  Leading steer p/kg was a 550kg Limousin cross from TW Cowperthwaite which sold to Hamlets Butchers at Garstang for 246.5p.

Steers

465-555kg                                             to 246.5p/kg

560kg+                                                   to 233.5p/kg

Heifers

485kg+                                                   to 249.5p/kg                        av. 209.76p/kg

Bulls

465-555kg                                             to 109.5p/kg

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

Steers

£ per head: AA&E Critchley&Son (Limx) 1425, TW Cowperthwaite (Limx) 1356

p/kg: TW Cowperthwaite (Limx) 246.5, AA& E Critchley & Son (Limx) 233.5       

Heifers

£ per head: AA&E Critchley&Son (Limx) 1425, (BBx) 1322, SD Bennett (Limx) 1348, CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 1302

p/kg: AA&E Critchley&Son (BBx) 249.5, (Limx) 237.5, JA Drake (BBx) 240.5,  SD Bennett (Limx) 234.5, D&FJ Leeming (Limx) 233.5

Bulls

£ per head: L Bamforth&Sons (B&W) 564

p/kg: L Bamforth&Sons (B&W) 109.5

Prime Cattle (over 30 mos)

Overall Average                                   180.05p/kg                           £1140.32

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

£ per head: K&J Marshall (Limx) 1157, (BBx) 1074, Church Farm Ent.(BBx) 1117,

p/kg: K&J Marshall (BBx) 193.5, (Blondex) 174.5, Church Farm Ent. (BBx) 174.5

A few more Beef cross cows but still 80% dairies and trade continued the recent gradual improvement. Empty, meated ,dairies were comfortably 113-117p throughout and the lean end also well supported from 80-90p. An improved selection of Beef cows including a heavy Native in a  920kg Belted Galloway from Tom Boothman of Linton which made £1007 and the section headed by a fed Limousin cow at £1116 or 139.5p/kg from Simon Bennett, of Silsden Moor. Once again a good lineup of buyers to sell the cast cows to.

Overall Average                                   110.41p/kg           £751.19

Black & White                       to 117.5 p/kg                       av. 106.74p/kg

Jersey                                     to 87.5p/kg

AAx                                         to 133.5p/kg                        av. 127.41p/kg

Belted Gall                            to 109.5p/kg

Longhornx                             to 108.5p/kg

Limx                                       to 143.5p/kg                        av. 137.46p/kg

Charx                                      to 114.5p/kg

Top Prices (£ per head or p/kg)

B&W:

£ per head: M Baul&Sons Ltd 980, RD Metcalfe&Son 925, JSS Verity 922, Church Farm Ent. 872, CM&EM Gratton 870

p/kg: CM&EM Gratton 117.5,116.5,116.5, JSS Verity 114.5, G Pickersgill&Sons 113.5, RD Metcalfe&Sons 113.5,113.5

Other Dairy

£ per head: JSS Verity (Jer) 424

p/kg: JSS Verity (Jer) 87.5

Native:

£ per head: T Boothman (Belt Gall) 1007, H&S Maudsley (AAx) 847, D&GM Scott (AAx) 796, JW Tinkler&Son (Longhorn) 781

p/kg: H&S Maudsley (AAx) 133.5, D&GM Scott (AAx) 121.5, T Boothman (Belt Gall) 109.5, JW Tinkler&Son (Longhorn) 108.5

Lim:

£ per head: SD Bennett 1116, JC&N Throup 1031, L Bamforth&Sons 918,

p/kg: L Bamforth&Sons 143.5, SD Bennett 139.5, JC&N Throup 130.5

MATURE BULL

Overall Average                                   106.15p/kg           £856.24

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

£ per head: T Wild & R Ellis (Lim) 1157, H Downs7Son (Fries) 1024, JSS Verity (Jer) 388

p/kg: T Wild& R Ellis (Lim) 117.5, H Downs&Son (Fries) 109.5, JSS Verity (Jer) 77.5

Prime Sheep

More sheep about today and a very nice trade as well. Quite a few lots of smart sheep, and top price this week went to James Towler of Grindleton with 42kg Beltex at £120 per head or 285p/kg when selling to Vivers Scotlamb. There was a strong trade all day for nice bred lambs with a decent bit of weight, Ron Wartigg from Thurgoland made £119 and £117 twice for Texels, DN&D Capstick of Bolton by Bowland made £118, £122 and £110 twice of Texels, J Shuttleworth & Sons of Rylstone had 45kg Beltex sell for £115 each, Mike Allen of Staithes had Beltex at £112 and £110 each. The following vendors who all sold lambs at £110 were JS Eddleston of Great Harwood, T Walmsley of Haverah Park, D&A Livestock Haverah Park and CM&EM Gratton of Warsill. A further 33 pens sold for £100 to £109. Beltex types handy weights were generally 235p to 250p. Commercial lambs upkept last weeks good rates, with nice skinned sorts 210p to 220p, and first crosses 190-205p.
Hill breed lambs were again good to sell with Mules increasing in value each week and coming nicely nto season. A few pens of heavy Mule sinto the 90’s topping at £96 from Mike Allen, whilst Andrew Taylor of Broughton topped at 189p, and Steve Dorey had Mashams at 206p. Breed average of 183.3p. Overall sale average for lambs of 194p.
Good Ewes continue to sell well, whilst lean ewes are harder to cash.  

Prime Lambs  – Overall Average  £82.76 per head or 194.9p/kg            

32.1kg to 35.9kg                 to 193.9p/kg         av 161.7p/kg         or £55.61 per head

36.0kg to 45.5kg                 to 285.7p/kg         av 196.5p/kg         or £81.47 per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg                 to 243.5p/kg         av 200.4p/kg         or £95.93 per head

52.1kg and over                 to 214.5p/kg         av 177.3p/kg         or £103.24 per head

Beltex average £94.09 per head or 222.2p/kg

£ per head: £120 WAVJJA Towler; £119 £117x2 R Wartigg; £118 £112 DN&D Capstick; £115 J Shuttleworth; £112 M&B Allen;

p/kg: 285.7p WAVJJA Towler; 255.6p J Shuttleworth; 251.3p H Atkinson; 243.6p K Saffery; 243.5p M&B Allen; 243.2p JG Hall;

Suffolk average £86.15 per head or 193.5p/kg

£ per head: £106 R Emmott; £97 £93 S Dorey; £95x2 J Shuttleworth; £93.50 FA Holmes; £93 P Keyes; £93 Ashfield Farms;

p/kg: 215.9p CD&RF Kitching; 213.1p 211.4p S Dorey; 208.0p R&VM Clarke; 206.5px2 J Shuttleworth; 203.3p FA Holmes;

Texel average £84.39 per head or p/kg

£ per head: £110 T Walmsley; £110 £105 D&A Livestock; £110 £107 CM&EM Gratton; £108 £105 H Atkinson; £104 H Metcalfe; £104 JR Crabtree;

p/kg: 229.2p T Walmsley; 225.6p 225.0p 218.6p H Atkinson; 223.7p Flasby Estate; 222.5p 220.0p D&A Livestock; 221.3p JR Crabtree;

Mule average £77.21 per head or 183.3p/kg

£ per head: £96 M&B Allen; £93 JK Wilson; £89 L Throup; £87 £83.50 AJ Taylor; £84.50 JI&MP Greenwood; £84 CD&RF Kitching;

p/kg: 189.9p AJ Taylor; 187.8p JI&MP Greenwood; 187.5p WAVJJA Taylor; 186.9px2 186.6p S Dorey; 186.7p CD&RF Kitching;

Charollais average £79.59 per head or 185.0p/kg

£ per head: £94 SM Russell; £82.50 £77.50 L Throup; £81 £70 B Shackleton;

p/kg: 195.8p SM Russell; 187.5p 184.5p L Throup; 184.1p 175.0p B Shackleton;

Lleyn average £58.71 per head or 166.4p/kg

£ per head: £90 £72 N Speake; £55 T Riley;

p/kg: 195.7p 180.0p N Speake;  £161.8p T Riley;

Swaledale average £58.40 per head or 159.7p/kg

£ per head:£81 TE Walker; £76 P Addyman; £73.50 G Huck; £67.50 RG Church; £65 JM&S Tennant; £65 J Middleton; £65 Ashfield Farms;

p/kg: 172.3p TE Walker; 171.1p Ashfield Farms; 170.6p 168.8p 168.6p RG Church; 167.0p G Huck; 166.7p JM&S Tennant;

Dalesbred average £60 per head or 162.2p/kg

£ per head: £60 RH&EA Close;

p/kg: £162.2 RH&EA Close;

Masham average £68.67 per head or 177.5p/kg

£ per head: £86 S Dorey; £60 RG Church;

p/kg: 204.8p S Dorey; 162.2p RG Church;

Suffolk to £113.50, Texel to £118.50, BFL to £78, Mule to £70.50, Swaledale to £42.50, Masham to £62.50, Gritstone to £35.50, Cheviot  to £52.50, Beltex  to £89.50, Lonk  to £46.50.

Top prices:

Lowland: £118.50 WH&MA Keighley; £113.50 £105 H Atkinson;

Mule/Masham: £70.50 RW Marston; £70 R&M Towell;  

Horned: £42.50 JI&MP greenwood; £39.50 A&PM Hall;

Hill: £78 £64.50 AJ Mason;

Cast Rams average £47.26

Texel to £63.50, BFL to £75.50, Zwartable to £65.50, Lleyn to £74.50, SBF to £41.50, Beltex  to £43.50, Lonk  to £47.50.

Rearing Calves to £420 (45)

B&W av £122.87 Cont av £325 Native av £194

Cracking trade in the calf ring this morning with a packed ringside of buyer around our temporary ring. The trade of the day was for the black and white bulls with a storming average of £122.87 with 10 over £100 and topping at £230 twice for a two of the finest black and white bulls from Stephen Marshall of West End. Best continental bulls are still commanding strong prices with a limousin bull from David and Richard Pickersgill of Hawksworth reaching £420 however it was the heifers today that outstripped their male counterparts with Lim heifers averaging £362 and apart from a run of twin heifers, british blue heifers were a flying trade with Church Farm Enterprises topping at £405 and £400.   

Bull Calves

Black & White (Av £122.87) to £230 x2, £220 JC&DJ Marshall

Limousin x (Av £420) to £420 G Pickersgill & Sons                      

Brit Blue x (Av £325.9) to £400 A Sowray & Son                                                         

Aberdeen Angus (Av £216.25) to £250 JC&DJ Marshall & Son

Saler (Av £90) to £90 Town Head Farm Products                        

Heifer Calves       

Aberdeen Angus (Av £172.5) to £205 DL DM & J Heron                                                           

Saler (Av £125) to £125 Town Head Farm Products

British Blue (Av £305.22) to £405 Church Farm Enterprises

Lim (Av £362) to £385 A Sowray & Son

Prize Awards:       Newly Calven Heifers:         1^st & 2^nd A Lawson & Son    3^rd DA Fort

                                Newly Calven Cows:            1^st & 2^nd R Simpson & Son

                                Champion & Reserve – A Lawson & Son

Newly Calven Heifers (av £1713.33): to £1820 DA&SA Fort

Newly Calven Cows to £1480 A Lawson & Sons

Incalf Heifers (av £1233.33): to £1300 R Simpson & Sons

Pedigree Bulls (av £1600) to £2200 R&E Butterfield