Prime Cattle (under 30 mos)

May Primestock Show. The Championship was awarded to new exhibitor Bill Cowperthwaite of Tennant Gill with a 630kg Pure Bred Limousin Steer which sold to Phillip Gregory of Bacup for 230.5p/kg or £1452. Reserve Champion was a Limousin cross steer shown by Brian Lund of Walshaw which weighing 565kg joined Keelham Farm Shop for top pence per kg price of 238.5p or £1348.

Steers

465-555kg                                             to 187.5p/kg

560kg+                                                   to 238.5p/kg        av 207.48p/kg

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

Steers

£ per head: TW Cowperthwaite (Lim) 1452,1405,CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 1374,B Lund (Limx) 1348

p/kg: B Lund (Limx)238.5,TW Cowperthwaite (Lim) 230.5,219.5,CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 193.5,GW&EJ Parker (Limx) 187.5

Prime Cattle (over 30 mos)

Overall Average                                   141.08p/kg           £782.74

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

£ per head: M&R Smith (High Str) 1032, JJ Beckwith&Sons (B&W Hfr) 732, I Fothergill (Sim Hfr) 585

p/kg: M&R Smith (High Str) 179.5, JJ Beckwith&Sons (B&W Hfr) 129.5, I Fothergill (Sim Hfr) 113.5

Overall Average                                   112.98p/kg           £701.04

Black & White                       to 114.5p/kg                        av 102.29p/kg

Limx                                       to 131.5p/kg                        av 129.14p/kg

BBx                                         to 112.5p/kg

Top Prices (£ per head or p/kg)

B&W:

£ per head: MD Parkinson&Son 767,RH&EA Close 629,

p/kg: MD Parkinson&Son 114.5,D&J Herd 102.5

Brit Blue:

£ per head: D Glassbrook 669

p/kg: D Glassbrook 112.5

Lim:

£ per head: SL&SD Lund 1085, A&N Fothergill&Sons 835,752

p/kg: A&N Fothergill&Sons 131.5,127.5, SL&SD Lund 128.5

British White

£ per head: MJ&PJ Campbell 630

p/kg: MJ&PJ Campbell 110.5

MATURE BULL

Overall Average                                   92.99p/kg             £760.96

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

£ per head: MJ&PJ Campbell (Brit White) 958, JSS Verity (Swd Red) 715, (Jer) 610

p/kg: MJ&PJ Campbell (Brit White) 102.5,JSS Verity  (Swd Red) 90.5, (Jer) 90.5

Breeding Sheep (2,209 Head)

Incorporated into today’s sale was the Annual Show & Sale of Geld Gimmer Hoggs and Hoggs with Lambs at foot attracting a total entry of 2,209 head comprising 569 Geld Hoggs and 728 Sheep with 912 Lambs at foot.

Buyers were a little more cautious than of late, but still the strong outfits of Mule and Continental Hoggs with lambs at foot were good to sell, John Stapletons homebred Texel Hoggs with Beltex lambs at £290 were the sale leaders and his run created an enormous amount of interest. David Coates’s champion pen of Mule Hoggs led that section at £255 per outfits whilst Robert Johnson had a run of 150 Mule Hoggs with lambs and they sold away to a top of £240 per outfit. Several good runs of hoggs with lambs already entered for next weeks sale which will be at the usual time of 11:30am in The Lingfield Sale ring. Please let us have entries by 12noon on Friday for inclusion in the weekly online catalogue.

Show Results

Judge – Geld Hoggs: Kevin Wilson. Hoggs & Lambs: Hannah Brown

Class 1 – 10 Geld Mule Gimmer Hoggs

1^st IT Manning

2^nd JC Crabtree & Son

3^rd JF&HES Caton

Class 2 – 10 Geld Cont Gimmer Hoggs

1^st KG Stapleton

2^nd JF Norcross

3^rd Mesrs Nutter

Class 3 – 5 Mule Hoggs & Lambs

1^st D&J Coates

2^nd R Hanson

3^rd R Johnson & Son

Class 4 – 5 Cont Hoggs & Lambs

1^st KG Stapleton & Son

2^nd KG Stapleton & Son

3^rd T Boothman

Prices:

Gimmer Lambs

Texel av £113

£162 £150 JL North; £135 KG Stapleton; £130 JF Norcross; £130 £128 KW&EJ Browes;

Suffolk av £116

£118 £115 B&M Craven

Masham av £104

£114 £95 T Lund; £90 L Millar

Mule av £111

£135 P Addyman; £132 JC Crabtree; £130 JF&HES Caton; £128 IT Manning; £125 SW&JE Ryder; £125 J Peel; £125 J Hopkinson;

Charollais av £120

£120 JF Norcross

Swaledale av £60

£60 B&J Sutcliffe;

Beltex av £162

£162 DG Boothman

Hoggs & Single Lambs

Texel av £198

£290 £270 £250x2 £235 KG Stapleton; £265 £250x2 T Boothman’ £180x2 J&J Garnertt; £180 SJ Buckley;

Mule av £192

£255 £205x2 D&J Coates; £240 £230 £210 £205 RG Johnson; £202 DR Hanson;

Charollais av £192

£250 £190 £180 SJ Buckley

Beltex av £250

£250 SJ Buckley

Hoggs & Mixed

Suffolk to £210

£210 £168 SJ Buckley; £180 £178 S&RE Williamson

Texel to £190

£190 £160 SJ Buckley; £155 S Bosworth; £150 T Metcalfe;

Beltex to £205

£205 SJ Buckley;

Ewes & Lambs

Texel:

Shlgs with Twins - £214 T Boothman £212 JK Foster

Correct with Twins – £218 AM Leach £212 £210 R Scull £200 S Holt £180 T Boothman

Correct with Singles – £175 S Holt £152 T Metcalfe

Correct with 1.5 lambs - £218 £175 T Boothman

b/m with Twins - £178 AM Leach

Suffolk x:

Shlgs & Twins - £215 £170 SJ Buckley

Correct with Twins - £200 S Buckley

Mule:

Shlgs & Twins - £202 T Boothman

Correct with Twins - £186 L Millar £182 JE&ME Grange £172 £170 SM Towler £165 N Terry

b/m with Twins - ££158 £150 AM Leach £150 D Charnley

b/m with Singles - £112 N Terry

b/m with 1.5 lambs - £132 S&RE Williamson

Masham:

Correct with 1.5 lambs - £128

Dalesbred:

b/m with singles - £82 D Charneley

Swaledale:

b/m with singles £100 D Charnley

Gritstone:

Correct with Singles £115 R&EB Kenworthy

Lleyn:

Correct & 1.5 lambs £135 I Deighton

A Smaller Bank Holiday show of Hoggs were a shade better to sell on the week a shortage of numbers just created a bit more competition. Spring Lambs were also dearer on the week. Today we held our May Prize sale of Lambs and the following awards were given by judge Mick Etherington.

Monthly Spring Lamb Show

Class 1 – Pair of Continental

1^st MB Townley weight 39kg £108 Yorkshire Halal

2^nd T Robinson weight 41kg £110 RC Binns

3^rd T Robinson weight 45kg £98 Yorkshire Halal

Class 2 – Pair of Down x

1^st JD&V Towers 45kg £115 RC Binns

2^nd JD&V Towers 43kg £105 Keelham Farm Shop

3^rd ML Evans 47kg £106 A Atkinson

Champion – MB Townley

Reserve – T Robinson

Spring Lambs  – Overall Average  £92.48 per head or 215.78p/kg         

32.1kg to 35.9kg                 to 276.9p/kg         av 212.2p/kg         or £81 per head

36.0kg to 45.5kg                 to 268.3p/kg         av 220.3p/kg         or £91.22 per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg                 to 225.5p/kg         av 203.4p/kg         or £97.26 per head

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

Charolais average £92.59 per head or 215.4p/kg

£ per head: £101 JD&V Towers; £93 JD&V Towers; £92 S Coar; £90 MB Townley

p/kg: 234.9p, 221p JD&V Towers; 224.4p S Coar; 220.5p DN Smith; 214.3p MB Townley

Suffolk average £87.77 per head or 211.4p/kg

£ per head: £115 JD&V Towers; £106 ML Evans; £105 J Wellock; £105 JD&V Towers; £100 S&M Craven

p/kg: 255.6p, 244.2p JD&V Towers; 243.9p S&M Craven; 238.6p J Wellock

Texel average £94.23 per head or 230.8p/kg

£ per head: £110, £103 TA Robinson; £108 MB Townley; £100 x2  JD&V Towers; £100 M Ryder & Sons

p/kg: 268.3p TA Robinson; 243.9p JD&V Towers & Son; 240p TA Robinson

Prime Hoggs  – Overall Average  £74.80 per head or 171.4p/kg                                                             

32.1kg to 35.9kg                 to 181.8p/kg         av 159.7p/kg         or £54.06 per head

36.0kg to 45.5kg                 to 216.7p/kg         av 174.2p/kg         or £71.90 per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg                 to 191.3p/kg         av 169.3p/kg         or £81.56 per head

52.1kg and over   to 168.5p/kg         av 159.9p/kg         or £90.89 per head

Beltex average £87.79 per head or 187.79p/kg

£ per head: £92 DN&D Capstick; £88 Frankland Farms; £86 AM&HV Brown; £85 DN&D Capstick

p/kg: 216.7p AM&HV Brown; 193.1p RG Church Ltd; 191.3p Frankland Farms; 187.8p DN&D Capstick

Suffolk average £75.75 per head or 168.5p/kg

£ per head: £86 RG Church Ltd; £83 JE Naylor; £82.50 D Pennington; £82 T Kiernan

p/kg: 182.4p J Greenwood; 175.6p GW Houseman & Partners; 172.5p B&J Sutcliffe

Texel average £78.22 per head or 176.9p/kg

£ per head: £101, £97, £91, £90, £86 DN&D Capstick; £91 RG Church Ltd; £87.50 MJ&GC Dobson;

p/kg: 196.3p AM&HV Brown; 192.9p D&J Coates; 189.5p RG Church Ltd; 188.4p H Raw; 186.7p T Kiernan

Mule average £70.42 per head or 156.39p/kg

£ per head: £78.50 H Raw; £76.50 RG Church Ltd; £76 H Raw; £74 MD Parkinson; £70 AJ Bancroft

p/kg: 173.1p H Raw; 170.9p D Pennington; 168.6p J Drinkall Ltd;

Swaledale average £63.34 per head or 160.71p/kg

£ per head: £70 GW Houseman & Partners; £69.50 MJ Spensley; £68 MJ Spensley; £68 FW Pybus

p/kg: 169.50 MJ Spensley; 167.5p M Burrill; 166.7p GW Houseman & Partners; 165.9p MJ Spensley

Cheviot average £75.77 per head or 180.83p/kg

£ per head: £87, £83.50, £82.50 T Kiernan; £84.50 C Middleton; £82.50 MJ&GC Dobson; £80x4 C Middleton

p/kg: 197.7p, 189.8p, 183.3p T Kiernan; 182.5p C Middleton; 182.5p J Lord; 182.5p MJ&GC Dobson

SBF average £70.18 per head or 168.27p/kg

£ per head: £75 H Raw; £72 H Raw; £69 AM&HV Brown;

p/kg: 174.4p H Raw; 172.5p AM&HV Brown; 167.4p H Raw;

Gritstone average £74.50 per head or 169.65p/kg

£ per head: £74.50 J Lord

p/kg  177p J Lord; 171.9p, 167.7p B DIbb;

Charolais average £79.13 per head or 175.8p/kg

£ per head: £109.50 S Forshaw;  £83.40 Frankland Farms; £81.50 D Pennington

p/kg: 181.1p David Pennington; 167.9p C Booth

Lonk average £80 per head or 168.91p/kg

£ per head: £82 Bryan Dibb; £70 J Lord

p/kg:171.8p J Lord; 164p Bryan Dibb

Cull Ewes average £68.17

Suffolk to £116.50, Texel to £116.50, BFL to £, Mule to £92.50, Lleyn to £74.50, Swaledale to £57.50, Cheviot  to £47.50, Lonk  to £74.50.

Top prices:

Lowland: £116.50 R&E Pollard; £116.50 M Ryder & Sons; £111.50 R&DA Earnshaw; £111.50 S Forshaw

Mule/Masham: £92.50 JP&KE Hartley; £88.50 M Ryder & Sons; £85.50 N&J Thwaite 

Horned: £73.50 SP&VM Morris; £57.50 WB Woodsworth; £47.50 CD&RF Kitching; £43.50 E&E Metcalfe

Hill: £74.50 A&PM Hall; £66.50 CD&RF Kitching

Cast Rams average £87.38

Texel to £113.50 R&E Pollard; Suffolk to £87.50 JR Taylor & Sons; Charolais to £103.50 A&PM Hall; Swaledale to £68.50 E&E Metcalfe

Rearing Calves to £530

B&W av £111.64 Cont av £399.96 Native av £250.25

Fantastic trade today, with bank holiday yielding really strong prices throughout. A average number of calves at 52 met a fantastic trade with every vendor selling above expectations. Black and Whites were a pleasure to sell with well grown calves receiving strong support and averaging £111.64 with three fantastic calves from Whittaker’s of Bolton Abbey reaching £195 each.

Blues were lead again by the Houseman family from Burton Leonard with the top price of £530, but were chased hard by the Booth family of Dowshaw farm with six well reared British Blues selling to a fine trade.

Bull Calves

Aberdeen Angus (Av £262.78) to £310 S Nuttall                        

Brit Blue x (Av £453) to £530 Church Farm Enterprises                             

Saler x to £350 P Sharp & Son                                                                                                         

Black & White (Av £111.64) to £195 x3 PA Whittaker                               

Heifer Calves                       

Limousin x (Av £272.50) to £385 JC&DJ Marshall & Sons                          

Brit Blue x (Av £408.89) to £470 GT Booth                   

Aberdeen Angus (Av £215) to £255 S Nuttall                                                              

Saler to £350 P Sharp & Son