Prime Cattle (under 30 mos)

Monthly Show

The winner of the September Prime Show was Ben Townsend of Laneshawbridge whose 505kg Limousin cross heifer was picked out by judge Jeff Burrow who then bought his champion for 257.5p/kg or £1300. RT&J Critchley&Son of Hutton produced the reserve a 485kg Limousin cross heifer which sold to Countystyle Meats Ltd of Lancaster  for 258.5p/kg or £1254. Top gross was £1518 or 259.5p/kg paid by Jeff Burrow for a 585kg Limousin cross heifer from Simon Bennett of Silsden Moor.

Keelham Farm Shop purchased 8 cattle at the September show.

Heifers

1^st & Champion JM Townsend                          2^nd & Reserve RT&J Critchley & Sons              3^rd SD Bennett

1^st SD Bennett                                                      2^nd JR Metcalfe                                                     3^rd JR Metcalfe

Steers

465-555kg                                             to 259.5p/kg                        av. 240.04p/kg

560kg+                                                   to 243.5p/kg                        av. 238.85p/kg

Heifers

400-480kg                                             to 240.5 p/kg

485kg+                                                   to 262.5p/kg                        av.245.15 p/kg

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

Steers

£ per head: JR Metcalfe (Limx) 1449, SD Bennett (Limx) 1388, JA Drake (BBx) 1384

p/kg: SD Bennett (Limx) 259.5, JR Metcalfe (Limx) 244.5, 242.5, R Wilson (Limx) 242.5

Heifers

£ per head: SD Bennett (Limx) 1518,1307, RT&J Critchley&Son (Limx) 1448, Phoenix Grain Co Ltd (Limx) 1396

p/kg: RT&J Critchley&Son (Blondex) 262.5,(Limx) 258.5, SD Bennett (Limx) 259.5, JM Townsend (Limx) 257.5.       

Cast cattle were up a gear again with the increment masked by plain cows which continue to sell well. Top dairies now 125-130p/kg. One or two lightweight Beef cross feeding cows on the market and a good trade to 150.5p/kg.

Overall Average                                   107.94p/kg           £639.80

Black & White                      to 131.5p/kg                        av. 106.63p/kg

Limx                                       to 149.5p/kg                        av.134.17p/kg

Blondex                                 to 98.5p/kg

Top Prices (£ per head or p/kg)

B&W:

£ per head: JD Crabtree&Son 907,820, N&J Thwaite 896, JP&KE Hartley 870, JSS Verity 867,

p/kg: JD Crabtree&Son 131.5, JSS Verity 128.5, N&J Thwaite 124.5, JSS Verity 123.5

Lim:

£ per head: D&FJ Leeming 792, 662,

p/kg: D&FJ Leeming 149.5, 145.5,

MATURE BULL

Overall Average                                   113.22p/kg           £803.85

To Prices £ per head and p/kg

£ per head: J Greenwood (Lim) 1147, N Throup (Dext) 460

p/kg: J Greenwood (Lim) 127.5, N Throup (Dext) 88.5

Prime Sheep

A larger show of lambs met with another solid trade and an overall selling average of 191p/kg, interesting to note this is 11p above the same week last year. The Monthly Prize Show of Lambs was kindly judged by Mr Jim Holden from Woodhead Bros Meat Co, and in a strong line up he found his champions in a pen of 5 Beltex crosses from Richard & Mark Ireland. Weighing 42kg they sold for £107 each or 254.8p to Vivers Scotlamb. Top call of the day was 265.1p (43kg @ £114) from Ellis Bros of Addingham Moorside, again purchased by Vivers Scotlamb. A further 13 pens sold for over 230p. Average for the Beltex Lambs was 220p.
Heavy lambs of all breeds found a good enquiry, the 45.5kg to 52kg range averaging £91.19 or 191p/kg. Top price of £112 again paid to Ellis Bros. In the Over 52kg range, Ian Marsden of Hoylandswaine, Penistone sold lambs to £117, purchased by J&E Medcalf Ltd, Halifax.
There were 1968 Texel lambs in the mix today averaging 190.9p/kg, whilst Mule lambs topped at 181p from Richard Caton and averaged 170p.
Lambs in the mid to late 30’s finding a ready market if well fleshed, but a few under finished pens finding some resistance.

Cont X Lambs

1^st M&R Ireland £107 £42kg Vivers  Scot Lamb

2^nd F&R Fielding £103 £41kg Vivers Scot Lamb

3^rd D&L Coar £104 £43kg Vivers Scot Lamb

Suffolk X lamb

1^st CD&RF Kitching £83 42kg Vivers Scot Lamb

2^nd J&KE Hartley £93 47kg J Bowling

3^rd J&C Wright £95 50kg J Bowling

Mule Lambs

1^st JK Wilson £76.5 47kg P Watson

2^nd B Simpson £75 45kg A Atkinson

Prime Lambs  – Overall Average  £82.91 per head or 191.61p/kg         

32.1kg to 35.9kg to 200.0p/kg         av 200.0p/kg         or £70.00 per head

36.0kg to 45.5kg to 265.1p/kg         av 191.6p/kg         or £80.80 per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg to 238.3p/kg         av 191.7p/kg         or £91.19 per head

52.1kg and over   to 205.6p/kg         av 185.4p/kg         or £97.70 per head

Beltex average £95.19 per head or 221.09p/kg

£ per head: £114, £112 Ellis Bros; £109 G Sunderland; £107 TA Robinson; £107 RH&MR Ireland; £106 TA Robinson;

p/kg: 265.1p Ellis Bros; 254.8p RH&MR Ireland; 251.2p F&R Fielden; 242.3p J&J Garnett; 241.9p D&L Coar;

Suffolk average £81.38 per head or 181.33p/kg

£ per head: £97, £95 J&C Wright; £94.5 D&A Livestock; £93 JP&KE Hartley; £88 T Walmsley £88 BW Appleton

p/kg: 220p T Walmsley; 197.9p JP&KE Hartley; 197.6p CD&RF Kitching; 196.9p D&A Livestock; 195.2p CD&RF Kitching;

Texel average £82.2 per head or 190.83p/kg

£ per head: £117 I Marsden; £111 W Watson; £110 I Marsden; £109 W Watson; £108 x2  I Marsden; £106 J Robinson;

p/kg:231.1p F&R Fielden; 228.3p JC Marshall; 226.8p, 226.2p F&R FIelden; 225.5p J Robinson; 223.9p D Wright;

Mule average £74.87 per head or 170.5p/kg

£ per head: £86 BS Simpson; £85 E Pennock; £85 M&B Allen; £79 BS Simpson; £78 Richard Caton; £76.5, £75 JK Wilson;

p/kg:181.4p R Caton; 177.1p M&B Allen; 176.2p E Pennock & Son; 175.5p, 171.7p BS Simpson; 167.5p FW&JM Eddington;

Charollais average £78.36 per head or 185.04p/kg

£ per head: £91.5 GW Thackray; £91 D&A Livestock; £77.5 S Oddie £77, £76, £74 GW Thackray; £74 D Bolton;

p/kg: 206.8p D&A Livestock; 187.8p, 186.7p 185.4p 181.7p GW Thackray; 180.5p D Bolton; 180.2p S Oddie

Suffolk to £77.5, Texel to £113.5, Mule to £76.5, Swaledale to £33.5, Gritstone to £22.5, Cheviot to £77.5, Beltex  to £53.5, LLeyn to £64.5.

Top prices:

Lowland: £113.5, 110.5 HB Atkinson;

Mule/Masham: £76.5 SJ Sugden; £74.5 R&M Towell

Horned: £33.5 JH Throup; £28.5 BR Fawcett;

Hill: £77.5 T&C Robinson; £64.5 RW&B Chapman

Cast Rams average £72.42

Suffolk to £47.5, Texel to £93.5, BFL to £80, Swaledale to £58.5, Beltex  to £61.5,

Rearing Calves to £415 (100)

B&W av £81.87 Cont av £307.85 Native av £152

100 calves through the door this morning with a handy trade to meet them. All types would see good averages with British Blue bulls topping the averages at £355 and topping at £415 from J&SA Lancaster. Black and whites were nice to sell with a superb show of pure and ¾ Friesian bred calves which were £160 - £200 and topping with a cracking bull only 20 days old from Michael Heron of Bramhope at £200 with 7 Friesians from Pickersgills of Guiseley averaging £171.43. Regular Holstein Friesian calves saw a straight trade with the better fleshed calves £60 - £100 and lesser goods £30 - £60.

Continental heifers saw a number of bidders with 80% of British Blue heifers selling over £300 and topping with regular supporter Fred Houseman of Church Farm Enterprises at £400.

Next week is the Craven Dairy Sale with Entries closing Wednesday at 12 noon

For more information on calf or Dairy sales please contact Sam on 07538539077 

Bull Calves

Limousin x (Av £245) to £300 GCL Stephenson                           

Brit Blue x (Av £355.41) to £415 J&SA Lancaster                                                        

Aberdeen Angus (Av £211) to £240 DL DM &J Heron

Flekvieh (Av £156.25) to £200 C Watson

Dairy Shorthorn (Av £45.40) to £65 Flasby Estate

Black & White (Av £81.87) to £200 DL DM &J Heron                 

Heifer Calves                                       

Ab Angus (Av £103) to £130 DL DM & J Heron                                                            

British Blue (Av £312.27) to £400 Church Farm Enterprises

Lim (Av £203) to £250 GCL Stephensom

Hereford (Av £110) to £120 EJ Fort