Forward:
77 Prime cattle comprising 36 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 3 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 38 Cast Cattle.
3,647 Prime Sheep comprising 2,878 Spring Lambs & 769 Cast Ewes & Rams.
70 Rearing Calves.
34 Dairy Cattle.
Prime Cattle (under 30 mos)
Keelham Farm Shop made the most of the opportunity at the July Primestock Show when securing 23 head of cattle from an excellent entry of high quality clean cattle. Purchases included the Overall Champion a British Blue Steer from Malham Moors Bill Cowperthwaite which tipped the scales at 560kg and made the top gross on the day of £1481 or 264.5p/kg. The reserve champion also dropped to Keelham Farm Shop when the 575kg British Blue Steer was sold by Simon Bennett of Silsden Moor for 230.5p/kg or £1325.
Monthly Show –
Bullocks: 1st S Bennett 2nd G Beresford 3rd TW Cowperthwaite
Heifers: 1st TW Cowperthwaite 2nd G Beresford 3rd BS Simpson
Champion: TW Cowperthwaite Reserve: S Bennett
Steers
465-555kg to 249.5p/kg av. 236.15p/kg
560kg+ to 231.5p/kg av. 208.94p/kg
Heifers
400-480kg to 257.5p/kg av. 230.73p/kg
485kg+ to 264.5p/kg av. 228.84p/kg
Top Prices £ per head and p/kg
Steers
£ per head: G Beresford&Son (BBx)1451, SD Bennett (BBx) 1325, J Baines (BBx) 1304, JA Drake (BBx) 1296,(Limx) 1250
p/kg: TW Cowperthwaite (BBx) 249.5, DA Wilcock&Sons (Limx) 247.5, J Baines (BBx) 241.5, JA Drake (BBx) 236.5,233.5
Heifers
£ per head: TW Cowperthwaite (BBx) 1481, E&M Townley (Blondex) 1430, G Beresford&Son (BBx) 1342, SD Bennett (BBx)1325
p/kg: TW Cowperthwaite (BBx) 264.5, JR Metcalfe (Limx) 257.5, DA Wilcock&Son (Limx) 249.5, E&M Townley&Son (Blondex) 246.5
Cull Cow Prices
Monthly Show
Dairy: 1st WP Gratton 2nd WP Gratton 3rd GB Moorhouse
Beef: 1st KW Gamble 2nd AV Caton 3rd BL&R Lund
Overall Average 108.81p/kg £745.36
Black & White to 116.5p/kg av.100.86 p/kg
Simx to 134.5 p/kg
Dairy Sh to 88.5 p/kg av p/kg
Limx to 147.5 p/kg av. 125.38p/kg
BBx to 113.5p/kg
Blondex to 139.5p/kg av. 137.97p/kg
AAx to 108.5p/kg av. 102.38p/kg
Top Prices (£ per head or p/kg)
B&W:
£ per head: WP Gratton 944,891, GB Moorhouse 887, GT Booth 884,863, G Abbott&Sons 845, RE Ayrton&Son 845, PJ Bolland 813
p/kg: WP Gratton 116.5, JC&DJ Marshall&Sons 115.5, 111.5, GT Booth 113.5, PJ Bolland 111.5, GT Booth 110.5, RE Ayrton&Son 110.5
Other Dairy
£ per head: IRG Collins&Son (Sh) 478
p/kg: IRG Collins&Son (Sh) 88.5
Brit Blue:
£ per head: J Jagger&Son 817
p/kg: J Jagger&Son 113.5
Lim:
£ per head: BL&R Lund 1097, AV Caton 1092, R Dodson 918, JW Stockdale&Son 880
p/kg: AV Caton 147.5, BL&R Lund 141.5, JW Stockdale&Son 137.5, R Dodson 115.5
Other Contx
£ per head: AV Caton (Simx) 1022, SM Towler (Blondex) 996, JC&N Throup (Blondex) 983
p/kg: JC&N Throup (Blondex) 139.5, SM Towler (Blondex) 136.5, AV Caton (Simx) 134.5
Native
£ per head: C Wellock&Son (AAx) 787, M&R Smith (High) 720
p/kg: M&R Smith (High) 127.5, C Wellock&Son (AAx) 108.5
MATURE BULL
Overall Average 89.50p/kg £859.49
Top Prices £ per head or p/kg
£ per head: CM& EM Gratton (B&W) 926, R Davy (Baz) 793
p/kg: R Davy (Baz) 95.5, CM&EM Gratton (B&W) 89.5
3,647 Prime & Cast Sheep
Numbers on the sharp increase as is expected at this time of year and trade was fairly good too given the large numbers of lambs. Best lambs were dearer on the week, topping at 277p for the Champion pen of lambs from Richard & Mark Ireland of Whalley, purchased by Mr Paul Watson. The Irelands also made 262p of a second pen, whilst Fox Farms in Clitheroe made 261p of Beltex crosses. John Turner of Draughton had top price per head of £107, Andrew Taylor of Broughton was next at £105, Richard & Mark Ireland made £104, Tony Kiernan of Longridge saw £104 £103 and £101, Mike Allen of Staithes was up to £103, and Geoff Booth of Lothersdale topped at £101.
The Ewes section saw a large show of sheep, with leaner nice selling types much better to sell, the overall average showing a rise of £10 per head on the week.
July Show
Cont x
1st & Champion RH&MR Ireland 36kg Texel cross @ 277.8p/kg or £100 to P Watson
2nd & Reserve M&B Allen 42kg Texel cross @ 250.0p or £103 to Andrew Atkinson for Hartshead Meats Ltd
3rd TA Robinson 41kg @ 219.5p or £90 to Vivers Scot Lamb
Down x
1st RA&M Earnshaw 45kg Suffolk cross @ 204p or £92 to Andrew Atkinson
Spring Lambs – Overall Average £80.25 per head or 196.04p/kg
32.1kg to 35.9kg to 208.6p/kg av 183.5p/kg or £62.80 per head
36.0kg to 45.5kg to 277.8p/kg av 196.7p/kg or £79.45 per head
45.6kg to 52.0kg to 221.3p/kg av 195.5p/kg or £91.65 per head
52.1kg and over to 190.9p/kg av 187.3p/kg or £103.40 per head
Beltex average £86.83 per head or 231.0p/kg
£ per head: £103 £101 T Kiernan; £94 Fox Farm; £93 £90 DN&D Capstick; £89 M&B Allen; £86 JR&DL Ogden; £86 JJ Beckwith;
p/kg: 261.1p Fox Farm; 240.5p T Kiernan; 238.9p JJ Beckwith; 236.8p 229.7p DN&D Capstick; 232.4p JR&DL Ogden;
Suffolk average £79.56 per head or 192.5p/kg
£ per head: £100 M&B Allen; £93 R&C Greenwood; £92 RA&M Earnshaw; £88.50 JA&JM Wade; £88 AJ Slater; £88 S Bolton;
p/kg: 209.8p M&B Allen; 206.0p F Reeday & Son; 204.4p 202.4p RA&M Earnshaw; 200.0p CD&RF Kitching; 198.8p GW Houseman;
Texel average £79.69 per head or 196.8p/kg
£ per head: £107 J Turner; £105 AJ Taylor; £105 RH&MR Ireland; £104 T Kiernan; £103 M&B Allen; £101 GT Booth;
p/kg: 277.8p 262.5p 238.9p RH&MR Ireland; 245.2p M&B Allen; 241.3p PR Simpson; 231.6p CT&EM Hammond;
Charollais average £75.63 per head or 190.1p/kg
£ per head: £96 £89 J Turner; £93 £80 GW Houseman; £88 £78.50 N Walker; £80 MW Harrison;
p/kg: 211.4p 195.1p GW Houseman; 197.4p 195.0p JR&DL Ogden; 195.6p N Walker; 193.5p J Turner;
Mule average £67.95 per head or 173.0p/kg
£ per head: £77.50 £70.50 KM&L Throup; £69 JH&J Ryder; £68.50 £63 JC&N Throup;
p/kg: 185.5p 184.5p KM&L Throup; 172.5p JH&J Ryder; 171.3p 168.6p JC&N Throup;
Rouge average £86.43 per head or 195.4p/kg
£ per head: £88.50 £88 £84.50 JA&JM Wade;
p/kg: 204.7p 196.7p 192.0p JA&JM Wade;
Lleyn average £80.17 per head or 196.3p/kg
£ per head: £81 CD&RF Kitching; £76 RW&B Chapman;
p/kg: 197.6p CD&RF Kitching; 190.0p RW&B Chapman;
Jacob average £55 per head or 163.5p/kg
£ per head: £81 £70 £48 T Fitton;
p/kg: 184.1p 179.5p 154.8p T Fitton;
Suffolk to £85.50, Texel to £107.50, Mule to £73.50, Lleyn to £68.50, Swaledale to £57.50, Masham to £62.50, Wensleydales to £68.50, Cheviot to £67.50, Beltex to £82.50
Top prices:
Lowland: £107.50 Hannah Brown; £99.50 NG Bailey Ltd;
Mule/Masham: £73.50 CT&EM Hammond; £72.50 CJ&J Harker
Horned: £57.50 KM&L Throup; £50.50 FG Throup
Hill: £68.50 RW&B Chapman; £68.50 NG Bailey Ltd
Cast Rams average £64.54
Texel to £99.50 BG&LM Hawksworth; Suffolk to £93.50 C&GA Guy & Son; Rouge to £94.50 JA&JM Wade & Son; Swaledale to £59.50 DB&E Greenwood; Beltex to £78.50 AM&HV Brown
Rearing Calves to £450 (70)
B&W av £152.5 Cont av £333.32 Native av £220.6
A sublime trade in the calf ring once more with black and whites fiercely bid over to an average of £152.50 and topping at a majestic £280 for a superb bull calf only 1 month old from Michael Heron of Bramhope, Paul and Janet Bolland received £240 for their best B&W bull and Anthony Bolland receiving £225 and £205 for two of his consignment. Black and White Calves averaged 29 days old.
Continentals were again good to sell with our genuine 4-6 week old calves as dear as ever with James Gooch, Cononley taking the top price with £450 for a 40 day old British Blue bull with Martyn Jennings, Cowling not far behind at £440. Pickersgills of Guiseley topped the Limousin’s at £420 for a cracking calf out of a Friesian cow. Heifers saw a healthier trade topping at £400 for a sweet thing from John Marshall, Monk Ing and averaging £325 for a mixed bag.
Natives tasted the good going also with heifers actually out selling the bulls today with some added interest taking the heifer average to £234.48 and Bulls to £216 however Michael Heron took the top trump with a mighty Angus bull reaching £335.
Bull Calves
Black & White (Av £152.50) to £280 DL DM &J Heron
Limousin x (Av £310.78) to £420 G Pickersgill
Brit Blue x (Av £385) to £450 J Gooch
Red Hereford x (Av £190) to £190 x2 K&M Berry
Danish Red X (Av £125) to £125x2 K&M Berry
Ab Angus (Av £216) to £335 DL DM & J Heron
Saler (Av £280) £280 RL Wright & Son
Heifer Calves
Limousin x (Av £326.67) to £345 JC Marshall
Brit Blue x (Av £319.29) to £400 JC Marshall
Ab Angus (Av £234) to £275 JC Marshall
Craven Dairy Auction (34 head)
With more signs of the Dairy Depression ending the today’s sale saw a fervent trade which was ever the more obvious when the Champion from Samantha Sugden walked in. The Bossman Daughter bred By Samantha which had calved 20 days and giving 30kg went on to sell for £2200 to Edward Fort of Silsden Moor.
Reserve Champion from Sally Wellock of Oakworth met an equally ferocious trade with her 9 day calved 30kg heifer and a Shottle daughter sold for £1900 to regular supporter John Howard of Heslaker. Tony Swires of Stainburn, Otley saw his heifers well bid and reach £1750 for his prize winner and £1600. Other Noted Prices: J Wellock £1700, RW&M Walker £1650, M Baul & Partners £1600.
Judge – Sowray Bros
Prize Awards:
Newly Calven Heifers: 1st SJ Sugden 2nd J Wellock 3rd A Swires
Newly Calven Cows: 1st DL Leeming
In-Calf Heifers: 1st 2nd & 3rd I Oliver & Partners
Champion – SJ Sugden Reserve – J Wellock
Pedigree Newly Calven Heifers : av £1616.29 to £2200 Samantha Sugden
Newly Calven Heifers : av £1349 to £1750 A Swires
Newly Calven Cows : to £1000 DL Leeming Ltd
Incalf Heifers: av £1130 to £1300 I Olivers & Partners
Bulling Heifers av £580 to £680 E Pennock & Son