Prime Cattle (under 30 mos)

Prize awards

The June Primestock Show saw an outstanding show of cattle with 30 forward, most of which were high end retail types.

Mesrs RT&J Critchley&Son of Hutton sold a good pen which included the Supreme Champion a 510kg Limousin cross heifer which sold to Countrystyle Meats of Lancaster for 268.5p/kg or £1369. Also from the Cricthley pen was the first prize steer a Limousin cross weighing 550kg which also sold to Countrystyle Meats for 238.5p/kg or £1312. Top gross was a 575kg British Blue cross heifer sold by Mesrs CD&RF Kitching of Threshfield to Keelham Farm Shop of Skipton for £1394 or 242.5p/kg. Leading purchaser this week was Countrystyle Meats with 8 followed by Keelham Farm Shop at 5 and all other buyers contributing with Stanforths and Paul Ellison on 4 each.

Steers

465-560kg                                             to 249.5p.5kg                      av.230.8p/kg

560kg+                                                   to 235.5p/kg                        av. 212.18p/kg

Heifers

400-480kg                                             to 256.5p/kg                        av. 248.67p/kg

480kg+                                                   to 268.5p/kg                        av. 233.42p/kg

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

Steers

£ per head: H Feather (BBx) 1371, JA Drake (BBx) 1370, SD Bennett (Limx) 1342, JR Metcalfe (Limx) 1335

p/kg: F&B Smith (Limx) 249.5, S Jowett (Limx) 246.5,(BBx) 241.5, JR Metcalfe (Limx) 240.5, RT&J Critchley&Sons (Limx) 238

Heifers

£ per head: CD&RF Kitching (BBx) 1394, TW Cowperthwaite (Limx) 1372, RT&J Critchley&Sons (Limx) 1369, SD Bennett (Limx) 1362

p/kg: RT&J Critchley&Sons (Limx) 268.5,256.5, SD Bennett (Limx) 254.5, BA Fletcher (Limx) 249.5, CD&RF Kitching (BBx) 242.5

Prime Cattle (over 30 mos)

Overall Average                                   135.5p/kg             av. £995.93

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

£ per head: JD Taylor&Son (B&W Hfr) 995

p/kg: JD Taylor&Son (B&W Hfr) 135.5

Overall Average                                   111.52p/kg           £758.07

Cast cattle are no less on the week. Only the odd heavy dairy to 125.5p and a young MRI at 151.5p. The plain cows and steaking cows were a good trade and a  few more  Beef cows to 128.5p.

Black & White                      to 125.5p/kg                        av. 107.00p/kg

MRI                                         to 151.5p/kg

Limx                                       to 119.5p/kg

Saler                                       to 128.5p/kg                        av. 124.83p/kg

Gall                                         to 118p/kg                            av. 113.00p/kg

Hefdx                                     to 106.5p/kg                        av. 93.25p/kg

Top Prices (£ per head or p/kg)

B&W:

£ per head: AL Dean&Sons 899,846,771,736, N&SA Fort 776,E&KM Marshall 765,EJ Fort 732

p/kg: N&SA Fort 125.5,112.5, AL Dean&Sons 117.5, JD Taylor&Son 109.5, EJ Fort 108.5, E&KM Marshall 105.5

Other Dairy

£ per head: N&SA Fort (MRI) 909

p/kg: N&SA Fort (MRI) 151.5

Contx

£ per head: Beeston Hall Farms (Saler) 941,687, Bents Farm, (Saler) 940, T Craddock (Limx) 938

p/kg: Beeston Hall Farms (Saler) 128.5,125.5, Bents Farm (Saler) 120.5

Native

£ per head: TG Boothman (Gall) 891,842, Beckwith Cottage (Hefd) 719

p/kg: TG Boothman (Gall) 118,108, Beckwith Farm (Hefd) 106.5

MATURE BULL

Overall Average                                   96.5p/kg               £752.70

B&W

£ per head: AL Dean&Sons £753

p/kg: AL Dean&Son 96.5

1,407 Prime Sheep comprising 1,098 Spring Lamb, 311 Hoggs and Feeding Ewes/Rams

Lamb numbers really on the rise now with top side of 1,000 NS Lambs forward for sale and prices easing countrywide, however a solid overall average of 225p was recorded on the day. The Monthly Show saw Fox Farms from Clitheroe take championship honours with their pen of 5 Texel Beltex crosses weighing 40kg welling at £107 to The judge William Rathmell. Top price on the day per kilo went to FM Shepherd & Son Pateley Bridge 271.8p/kg selling to Hartshead Meat Co, Mossley.
Top price per kilo went to David & Laura Coar from Darwen at £124 per head selling to L Wood, Scammonden, whilst 3 pens of lambs made £118 per head, first from JC Marshall Summerbridge selling to N Dalby, then two pens from J Turner Draughton, one selling to Kendall Farm Butchers Pateley Bridge and the second to Keelham Farmshop Skipton. Three vendors MJ Spensley Elslack, DC Hall Coniston Cold, J&F Nutter Hurst Greed all sold lambs at £116 each and all three pens purchased by Swaledale Foods Skipton, whilst TA Robinson Longridge also made £116 to Kendalls Farm Butchers. The smarter ¾ bred lambs were generally 230p to 250p, a nice skinned commercial lamb 225p-230p, and a Suffolk/Texel x Mule 215p to 225p depending on weight. A commercial heavier lamb 210p.
Hoggs were a good trade for anything well fleshed, good sorts £109 £108 £103 £100 from J Barrett Barnoldswick, £108 RH Lofthouse Addingham, and £102 P Hargreaves Barrowford. Texel Ewes topped at £101, whilst horned ewes were the trade of the day seeing hill ewes average £56.36 per head and lowland ewes averaging £71.47 and Rams £81 per head.

Prime Sheep Show

Pen of 5 Cont x Lambs

1^st Fox Farms 40kg £107 to W Rathmell

2^nd D&L Coar 44kg £101 to Andrew Atkinson

3^rd JC Marshall 51kg £118 to Nick Dalby

Pen of 5 Down x Lambs

1^st J Spensley 47kg £112 to Andrew Atkinson

2^nd J&F Nutter 52kg £116 to Swaledale Foods

3^rd ML Evans 44kg £99 to Andrew Atkinson

Champion: Fox Farms

Reserve Champion; D&L Coar

Spring Lambs – Overall Average £93.10 per head or 225.28p/kg           

36.0kg to 45.5kg to 271.8p/kg         av 224.41p/kg      or £91.55 per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg to 258.3p/kg         av 216.81p/kg      or £103.99 per head

52.1kg and over   to 218.5p/kg         av 212.5p/kg         or £113.5 per head

Beltex average £107.05 per head or 239.95p/kg

£ per head: £118 £110 JC Marshall, £116 TA Robinson, £110 £109 D&L Coar, £107 Fox Farms,

p/kg: 267.5 Fox Farms, 262.2p JC Marshall, 242.2p D&L Coar, 240.7p DC Hall,

Texel average £92.14 per head or 228.54p/kg

£ per head:£124 D&L Coar; £118 J Turner; £116 D Hall; £113 L Mellin; £113 OM Chapman; £112 TH Mellin; £111 MJ Spensley;

p/kg: 271.8p FM Shepherd & Sons; 258.3p D&L Coar; 251.1p OM Chapman; 250p TA Robinson; 248.8p SP&VM Morris

Charollais average £90.27 per head or 220.95p/kg

£ per head: £98, £96 CH&OF Hammond; £92.5 SP&VM Morris; £91 D&A Livestock; £91 CH&OF Hammond; £89 SP&VM Morris;

p/kg: 228.2p SP&VM Morris; 222p D&A Livestock; 221.8p CH&OF Hammond; 220.2p SP&VM Morris; 213.3p CH&OF Hammond;

Suffolk average £94.28 per head or 219.89p/kg

£ per head: £116 MJ Spensley; £116 J&F Nutter; £112 MJ Spensley; £112 J&F Nutter; £112, £109 TH Mellin; £109 ML Evans

p/kg: 238.3p MJ Spensley; 237p, 235.6p TH Mellin; 233.3p J&F Nutter; 233.3p TH Mellin; 231.9p ML Evans;

Rouge average £100.34 per head or 216.89p/kg

£ per head: £101.5, £100, £99.5x2 JA&JM Wade & Son;

p/kg: 225.6p, 221.1p x2, 196.1p JA&JM Wade & Son;

Prime Hoggs – Overall Average £76.59 per head or 156.59p/kg            

32.1kg to 35.9kg to 144.1p/kg         av 136.54p/kg      or £45.67 per head

36.0kg to 45.5kg to 178.61p/kg       av 152.28p/kg      or £61.81 per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg to 170.7p/kg         av 160.76p/kg      or £76.5 per head

52.1kg and over   to 187.3p/kg         av 174.07p/kg      or £103.67 per head

Principle Prices

£109 J Barrett; £108 RH Lofthouse; £108, £103 J Barrett; £102 P Hargreaves; £100, £85 J Barrett; £84 D Clarke; £79.5 B Dibb; £78.5 J Drinkall Ltd; £77 T Priestley; £76 BS Simpson; £75 Oxton Farm; £75 J Barrett; £73 FG Throup; 

Suffolk to £75.5, Texel to £100.5, BFL to £74.5, Mule to £66.5, Swaledale to £56.5, Dalesbred to £56.5, SBF to £60.5,

Top prices:

Lowland: £100.5 S&NV Jowett; £89.5 K&J Marshall

Mule/Masham: £66.5 D Calrke; £64.5 J Turner;  

Horned: £60.50 J&JA Preston £56.5 FG Throup; £56.5 M Whiteley & Son

Hill: £74.5 BS Simpson; £50.5 K&J Marshall  

Cast Rams average £81.25

Texel to £89.5 Swaledale to £56.5.

Rearing Calves to £445 (53)

B&W av £55 Cont av £316.78 Native av £181.25

A healthy number of calves through the door this Monday with some very heady prices for the best calves today. £445 was the pinnacle today achieved by a belting calf from Shaun Sowray of Bishop Thornton, who also achieved the top price heifer at £380. Not quite the desire on the Limousin bulls today with a top of £350 for a Colin Whitelock calf.

Native calves were only seen in heifer form today with Hartley’s of Bolton Abbey getting their calves away nicely, topping at £190 x2. Black and whites saw a straight trade with Alf Townsend of Southfield Burnley topping at £90.

Principle Prices  

£445 A Sowray & Son; £435 Church Farm Enterprises; £430, £425 x2 J&SA Lancaster; £425 Church Farm Enterprises;

Bull Calves

Limousin x (Av £286.87) to £350 C&SB Whitelock                      

Brit Blue x (Av £340.94) to £445 A Sowray & Son                                                       

Black & White (Av £54) to £90 AP Townsend                              

Heifer Calves       

Simmental x (Av £172.5) to £190 AP Townsend                                                         

Ab Angus (Av £181.25) to £190 x2 190 x2 JP&KE Hartley                                                         

British Blue (Av £288) to £380 A Sowray & Son

Lim (Av £207.5) to £250 AP Townsend