Prime Cattle (under 30 mos)

At the April Show of Prime Cattle the champion was found in the pen of Mesrs AA&E Critchley&Son by the show Judge Anthony Kitson who owns shops at Northallerton and Yarm. The champion was a 600kg Limousin cross steer presented by Mesrs Critchley which made the leading gross price of £1599 or 266.5p/kg when selling to D&A Gregory of Bacup. Phil Gregory then added the joint highest priced p/kg animal a 555kg British Blue cross heifer from James Drake of Denholme for 266.5p/kg or £1479. Reserve Champion was a 535kg British Blue cross heifer consigned by Mesrs AA&E Critchley&Son and sold for 246.5p/kg or £1319 to Mesrs J&E Medcalf of Halifax. A strong trade and a small but high quality entry.

Bullocks – 1st & Champion AA&E Critchley&Son​2nd J Drake​3rd TW Cowperthwaite

Heifers – 1st & Champion AA&E Critchley&Son​2nd J Drake​3rd CD&RF Kitching

Judge – Anthony Kitson

Steers

465-555kg​to 225.5p/kg​av. 218.11p/kg

560kg+​to 266.5p/kg​av. 250.12p/kg

Heifers

485kg+​to 266.5p/kg​av. 240.58p/kg

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

Steers

£ per head: AA&E Critchley (Limx) 1599, JA Drake (BBx) 1436, TW Cowperthwaite (Limx) 1341

p/kg: AA&E Critchley&Son (Limx) 266.5, JA Drake (BBx) 245.5, TW Cowperthwaite (Limx) 237.5

Heifers

£ per head: J Baines (BBx) 1484, JA Drake (BBx) 1479, CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 1390, AA&E Critchley&Son (Blondex) 1388, HW Timm (Limx) 1371

p/kg: JA Drake (BBx) 266.5, CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 250.5,242.5, TW Cowperthwaite (Limx) 246.5, AA&E Critchley&Son (BBx) 246.5​

Cull Cow Prices

Overall Average​101.98p/kg​£637.40

The usual limited audience for cast cattle on a Bank Holiday but buyers of plain and feeding cattle well represented resulting in 

Black & White​to 99.5p/kg ​​av.90.44p/kg

Norw. Red​to 101.5p/kg​

Limx​to 111.5p/kg​

Beef Sh​to 118.5p/kg

Top Prices (£ per head or p/kg)

B&W: 

£ per head: M&H Jackson 562, JR Dodgson&Son 491,421

p/kg: M&H Jackson 99.5, JR Dodgson&Son 88.5,82.5, 

Other Dairy

£ per head: M&H Jackson (Nor Red) 660

p/kg: M&H Jackson (Nor. Red) 101.5, 

Lim: 

£ per head: G&A Gaythorpe 820

p/kg: G&A Gaythorpe 111.5

Native

£ per head: New York Farms (Beef Sh) 871

p/kg: New York Farms (Beef Sh) 118.5

2,657 SHEEP comprising 19 NEW SEASON LAMBS, 2426 OLD SEASON LAMBS and 212 CAST SHEEP

Today was the opening day of our new Lingfield sale ring and there was a great show of sheep for a bank holiday Monday and another very sharp trade to go with it when Spring Lambs levelled at 289.86p/kg and Old Season Lambs levelled at 250.37p/kg (+9p on the week). The day started with the charity sale of a single Mule Wether Lamb, it had previously been champion at the Addingham Sheep Breeders Show in December and had been away on feed in readiness for today’s sale. In keeping with tradition, the first animal in a new sale ring is sold for charity, and so following spirited bidding, £155 was paid by Mr Andrew Atkinson for the lamb in aid of Manorlands Hospice in Oxenhope. 
There were 19 Spring Lambs forward, handy weights were all over £3 kilo, topping at 342p/kg for 40kg Charollais from Charles Marwood of Whenby purchased onbehalf of Roland Agar (Wholesale Butchers) of Ilkley. Top price per head was £150 for Charollais cross Beltex’s from JD&V Towers of Farleton selling to Kendalls Farmers Butchers of Pateley Bridge and Harrogate. 
In the Old Season Lamb section there were 2426 head sold to a stronger trade on the week and some great runs of lambs were forward on the day. RL&AR Phillips of Burton Leonard presented another fantastic consignment of Beltex crosses which topped at 361p and £159 per head for 44kg sold to Vivers Scotlamb, others at 348p 347p 342p 339p 337p 332p 327p 322p and the run of 74 averaging 312p or £130 per head. Messrs Hutchinson of Faceby sold their usual run of well fed hoggs topping at 334p or £154 to Hartshead Meats Mossley and 328p. Rob Bailes from Aldborough had a great run of Continental bred hoggs, the best of which reached 331.8p/kg or £146 for 44kg selling to Vivers Scotlamb. There was a good long list of smart hoggs over £3 kilo, details of which are in the report further down. In the lump there were some tremendous prices, Messrs Phillips £159 £152 £146, EP&JM Hutchinson £154 £148 £147x2 £145 £144, first time vendor J Cawkwell from Goole had a pen of 7 at £152 and a pen of 11 at £149 and Rob Bailes made £146 and £144. Heavy Lowland Hoggs were great to sall all day, with one run of 33 lambs averaging 56kg and £145 per head and another run of 55 lambs averaging 47kg levelling at £140.75 per head. Handy weight continental cross sorts were a nice trade as well, with 240p to 275p regular away for first cross nice skinned lambs, one consignment of 217 Texel and Charollais crosses from halfbred ewes averaging 45kg 260.9p £118.42. Mule lambs were dearer on the week generally 225p to 235p, topping at £124 and £118 from Steve Dorey, who also sold Mashams at £118. Horned lambs easily upkept last weeks rates, whilst meated lightweights would be dearer. 

Spring Lambs  – Overall Average  £134.15 per head or 289.8p/kg​

36.0kg to 45.5kg ​to 342.5p/kg ​av 339.8p/kg ​or £133.67per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg ​to 276.0p/kg ​av 265.3p/kg ​or £132.67 per head

52.1kg and over ​to 283.0p/kg​av 253.3p/kg ​or £139.00 per head

Charollais average £134.15 per head or 289.9p/kg

£ per head: £150 £138x2 £132 £130 JD&V Towers; £137 £135 £129 £128 CW Marwood; 

p/kg:£342.5p 339.5p 337.5p CW Marwood; 283.0p 276.0p 260.0p JD&V Towers; 

Old Season Lambs  – Overall Average  £108.84 per head or 250.3p/kg​

32.1kg to 35.9kg ​to 317.6p/kg ​av 236.8p/kg ​or £80.34 per head

36.0kg to 45.5kg ​to 361.4p/kg ​av 253.2p/kg ​or £104.67per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg ​to 319.6p/kg ​av 255.1p/kg ​or £121.40 per head

52.1kg and over ​to 269.1p/kg​av 230.2p/kg ​or £133.00per head

Beltex average £120.44 per head or 303.4p/kg

£ per head: £159 £152 £146  £143 RL&AR Philips; £147x2 £145 £144 £143 EP&JM Hutchinson; £146 RJ Bailes; 

p/kg: 361.4p 348.8p 347.6p 342.5p 339.0p 337.8p 332.5p RL&AR Philips; £334.1p EM&JM Hutchinson; 331.8p RJ Bailes; 

Suffolk average £114.35 per head or 240.0p/kg

£ per head: £135 £130 £128 £122 £118 S Dorey; £125 G Bell; £121 B DIbb; £116.50 A&AR Philipson; £105 CR Brittain; 

p/kg: 254.2p 251.1p 236.8p S Dorey; £253.3p A&AR Philipson; 245.1p G Bell; 232.7p B DIbb; 231.8p FI Ibbotson; 

Texel average £111.70 per head or 252.3p/kg

£ per head: £154 £148 £142 EP&JM Hutchinson; £152 £149 £141 £139 J Cawkwell; £151 £140 PC Longdin; £144 £139 RJ Bailes; 

p/kg: 314.6p PC Longdin; 308.9p RJ Bailes; 302.1p EP&JM Huitchinson; 300.0p 291.9p 289.5p 285.7p H Atkinson; 283.3p F Webster; 

Charollais average £111.15 per head or 250.6p/kg

£ per head: £131 £130 £122 B Watchorn; 

p/kg: 265.2p 262.2px2 B Watchorn; 

Mule average £101.56 per head or 223.8p/kg

£ per head: £155 Manorlands; £124 £118 S Dorey; £116.50 R&KA Burley; £115.50 G Bell; £113 B Dibb; £113 M&B Allen;  £111.50 JW Stockdale; 

p/kg: 258.3p Manorlands; 234.8p G Bell; 233.0p R&KA Burley; 232.6p GJ&G Schofield; 230.8p CD&RF Kitching; 229.3p J Pickles; 227.3p S Dorey; 

Masham average £112.88 per head or 234.0p/kg

£ per head: £118 £103 S Dorey; 

p/kg: 236.0p 230.0p S Dorey;

Cheviot average £127.53 per head or 234.6p/kg

£ per head: £131 £128.50 C Middleton; £115x2 BF Blezard; 

p/kg: 255.6px2 BF Blezard; 238.0px2 C Middleton; 

Swaledale average £76.64 per head or 207.1p/kg

£ per head: £107 £97 R Tennant; £106 CT Akrigg; £99 J Baines; £90 £87 J Pickles; £85x2 T&A Hird; 

p/kg: 225.0p 213.9p 212.5p J Pickles; 225.0 J Baines; 217.9p T&A Hird; 212.5px2 T&A Hird; 

Lleyn average £70.82 per head or 203.5p/kg

£ per head: £72 J Attey; £70.50 RG&SJ Paul; 

p/kg: 211.8p J Attey; 201.0px2 RG&SJ Paul; 

SBF average £88.86 per head or 221.7p/kg

£ per head: £99.50 £96 £94 J&E Slater; £91 B Dibb; £87 £74.50 JE Greenwood; 

p/kg: 231.4p 228.6p 223.8p J&E Slater; 227.5p B Dibb; 212.2p 206.9p JE Breenwood; 

Cull Ewes average £80.39

Suffolk to £138.5, Texel to £133.5, Mule to £98.5, Lleyn to £89.5, Swaledale to £66.5, Charollais to £112.5, Cheviot to £69.5, Beltex to £76.5, Herdwick to £58.5 .

Top prices:

Lowland: £138.5 PN Hugill; £133.5 S Spensley

Mule/Masham: £98.5 W Stapleton; £98.5 S Spensley; 

Horned: £66.5 JW Stockdale & Sons; £59.5 CT Akrigg

Hill: £89.50 J Attey; £73.50 RG&SJ Paul  

Cast Rams average £71.5

Texel to £79.5, Lleyn to £61.5.

230 Breeding Sheep 

A small show today found a stronger trade by around £10 to £15 per family. 

Due to the poor weather, buyers are looking for outfits with lambs a minimum of 2 to 3 weeks old. 

Texel + Single​to £170 av £139​LM Braithwaite

Texel + Twin​to £195 av £185 ​AN Throup

Texel Shlg + Twin​to £185​N Pepper

Mule + Single​to £145 av £125​H Wood

Mule Shlg + Single​to £145​JF Norcross

Mule + Twin​to £120​N Pepper

Mule + 1.5​to £162​H Wood 

Cheviot + Single​to £135​JF Norcross

Suffolk + Twins​to £130​LM Braithwaite

Rearing Calves to £470 (51)

B&W av £56.5 Cont av £335 Native av £247

Despite this morning’s Snow the vast majority of vendors braved the elements to joins us for the grand unveiling of the new calf ring and also the Easter Calf show. The packed crowd saw Colin Whitelock of Gargrave take top honours with a tremendous British Blue x bull selling for £460 with his reserve champion limousin bull reaching £450. Other top prices for Continental bulls £470, £460, £450 x3 & £415 with top price heifers today £450, £440, £410, £400 x2, £380. Native calves hit a higher gear today especially with some strong calves from Alan Middleton of Hartley’s, Bolton Abbey topping at £355. Some handy Limousin calves from GCL Stephenson, Kirkby Lonsdale sold away nicely with heifers past £300 and bulls to £360 for month old calves. A big thank you to Martin Hutchinson of Mixenden for judging the show with the next calf show coming on the 7th May.   

Bull Calves

Limousin x (Av £331.67) to £450 C&SB Whitelock​

Brit Blue x (Av £391) to £450 Church Farm Enterprises​

Aberdeen Angus (Av £292.5) to £355 JP&KE Hartley

Flekvieh (Av £216) to £255 C Watson

Black & White (Av £56.50) to £115 RM Spence​

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Heifer Calves​

Hereford x (Av £270) to £270 JC Marshall​

Ab Angus (Av £180) to £280 JP&KE Hartley ​

British Blue (Av £314) to £450 Church Farm Enteprises 

Lim (Av £288.75) to £310 GCL Stephenson​​

Produce

Haylage​Mini Hestons​to £36 per bale

Hay​Mini Hestons​to £73 per bale

​Small Bale​to £4.80 per bale​

Wheat Straw​Mini Hestons​to £48 per bale​