Forward:
70 Prime cattle comprising 24 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 5 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 41 Cast Cattle
1,562 Prime Sheep comprising 1,253 Spring Lambs, 95 Prime Hoggs, 26 Mature Hoggs, 188 Cast Ewes & Rams.
247 Breeding Sheep (comprising 105 Sheep with 142 lambs at foot).
29 Rearing Calves.
6 Dairy Cattle.
Prime Cattle (under 30 mos)
June Primestock Show at which the Championship was won by Mesrs G Beresford & Son of Hellifield with a 730kg British Blue heifer which was won of a number of purchases made by Anthony Kitson for his shops in Yarm and Northallerton, at 238.5p/kg or £1741. Mr Kitson also added the reserve champion to his purchases, a 520kg British Blue cross heifer from Mesrs E&M Townley&Son of Clapham for 259.5p/kg or £1349.
Prize Awards
Str. 1.JR Metcalfe 242.5p 2. SD Bennett 236.5p 3. P Baines 229.5p
Hfrs. 1. R Beresford & Son 238.5p 2. E&M Townley & Son 259.5p 3. BS Simpson 214.5p
Steers
465-555kg to 242.5p/kg av. 221.79p/kg
560kg+ to 209.5p/kg av. 187.78p/kg
Heifers
400-480kg to 241.5p/kg av. 209.44p/kg
485kg+ to 259.5p/kg av. 230.76p/kg
Top Prices £ per head and p/kg
Steers
£ per head: JR Metcalfe (Limx) 1249, J Baines (BBx) 1205, CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 1173, SD Bennett (Limx) 1171
p/kg: JR Metcalfe (Limx) 242.5, SD Bennett (Limx) 236.5, J Baines (BBx) 229.5, CD&RF Kitching (BBx) 212.5, (Limx) 209.5
Heifers
£ per head: G Beresford&Son (BBx) 1741, E&M Townley&Son (Sim) 1397, (BBx) 1349, JM Townsend (BBx) 1349, (Limx) 1312
p/kg: E&M Townley&Son (BBx) 259.5, (Simx) 249.5, JM Townsend (Limx) 252.5, (BBx) 247.5, JR Metcalfe (Limx) 241.5, G Beresford&Son (BBx) 238.5, SD Bennett (Limx) 238.5
Prime Cattle (over 30mos)
Overall Average 126.56p/kg £888.47
Top Prices £ per head and p/kg
£ per head: JG Hall&Son (B&W) 966,936,861,860, E&KM Marshall (B&W) 819
p/kg: E&KM Marshall (B&W) 136.5, JG Hall&Son (B&W) 129.5,125.5,125.5,118.5
Cull Cow Prices
Overall Average 105.36p/kg £697.51
Black & White to 114.5 p/kg av. 97.17p/kg
Swed Red to 94.5p/kg
Mont to 134.5p/kg
Blondex to 118.5p/kg
Limx to 139.5p/kg av 126.08p/kg
BBx to 134.5p/kg av. 131.23p/kg
Shorthorn to 107.5p/kg
Hefdx to 124.5p/kg
Top Prices (£ per head or p/kg)
B&W:
£ per head: JD Taylor&Son 851,838,761,741, WP Gratton 842, 819,788, WA&A Booth 769, 756, EJ Fort 744
p/kg: JD Taylor&Son 114.5,109.5,103.5, WP Gratton 111.5, 109.5, 108.5, EJ Fort 109.5, RD Metcalfe&Son 105.5,
Other Dairy
£ per head: N Parker (Mont) 968, (Swed Red) 633
p/kg: N Parker (Mont) 134.5, (Swed Red) 94.5.
Brit Blue:
£ per head: BS Simpson 1036,861
p/kg:
Lim:
£ per head: CH&OF Hammond 909, SL&SD Lund 897, DW&CJ Towler 816, S Walmsley & Ptns 815,778, BS Simpson 777
p/kg: DW&CJ Towler 139.5, S Walmsley& Ptns 131.5,126.5, SL&SD Lund 125.5, BS Simpson 120.5
Blondex
£ per head: JC&N Throup 800
p/kg: JC&N Throup 118.5
Native
£ per head: JM Daggett (Sh) 806, RG Johnson&Son (Hefd) 691
p/kg: RG Johnson&Son (Hefd) 124.5, JM Daggett (Sh) 107.5
MATURE BULL
Overall Average 97.50p/kg £965.25
Friesian
£ per head: PA Whittaker 965
p/kg: PA Whittaker 97.5
Prime Sheep
Another good show of spring lambs with smart sorts in very good demand, up around 240p-250p or more. A nice prime lamb was 205p to 210p whilst a very commercial sort was 190p to 200p. Heavies followed too with a good trade, 190p-205p for straight sorts and 210p plus for smart heavies. Outwith the show Mark Evans made £116 of Suffolk crosses, and John Key made £115 per head of heavy suffolks. Nick Capstick also had £116 for 45kg Texels, Peter Houseman £110 for 53kg Suffolks and Bob Lancaster £109 for 47kg Texels. Richard & Mark Ireland made £107.50 for 38kg Texel Beltex crosses.
There were part lighter weights about in the springers as well, sample prices include John Garnet making £80 for nice 34kg Beltex crosses, John Tennant had £62 for 34kg Mule Wethers, and Ken Throup £68 for 35kg Texel crosses out of Mules.
The monthly show was kindly judged by Mr James Robertshaw and his awards were as follows.
Monthly Show
Cont x
1st Frankland Farms 38kg @ £125 to Keelham Farm Shop
2nd DN&D Capstick 38kg @ £108 to Hartshead Meats
3rd R Ogg 42kg @ £102 to Vivers Scotlamb
Down x
1st G Lawn & Son 36kg @ £87 to Keelham Farm Shop
2nd ML Evans 44kg @ £97to Keelham Farm Shop
3rd FM Shepherd & Son 41kg @ £80 to Andrew Atkinson
Champion – Frankland Farms, Rathmell
Reserve – DN&D Capstick, Bolton by Bowland
Spring Lambs – Overall Average £84.46 per head or 207.5p/kg
25.5kg to 32.0kg to 203.1p/kg av 203.1p/kg or £65 per head
32.1kg to 35.9kg to 235.3p/kg av 195.0p/kg or £66.63 per head
36.0kg to 45.5kg to 328.9p/kg av 207.8p/kg or £84.44 per head
45.6kg to 52.0kg to 232.6p/kg av 208.9p/kg or £98.93 per head
52.1kg and over to 216.7p/kg av 205.8p/kg or £101.6 per head
Suffolk average £84.67 per head or 203.2p/kg
£ per head: £116 £107 £103 ML Evans; £115 JA Key; £104 GH&G Emmott; £103 J Lawn;
p/kg: 256.4p 242.0x2 G&MA Lawn; 232.6p 220.5p 220.5p ML Evans; 216.7p GH&G Emmott;
Texel average £85.43 per head or 211.9p/kg
£ per head: £125 Frankland Farms; £116 DN&D Capstick; £110 GW Houseman; £109 Bob Lancaster;
p/kg: 328.9p Frankland Farms; 284.2p DN&D Capstick; 282.9p RH&MR Ireland; 269.2p Bob Lancaster;
Charollais average £83.52 per head or 204.7p/kg
£ per head: £103 JD&V Towers; £98 TA Robinson; £94 JD&V Towers; £87 GW Houseman; £86.50 N Walker; £86.50 I Barrett;
p/kg: 245.2p 235.0p JD&V Towers; 233.3p TA Robinson; 226.3p 214.5p RN Thompson; 212.2p GW Houseman;
Down x average £84.67 per head or 180.6p/kg
£ per head: £91 £74 £65 K Stuart;
p/kg: 185.0p 182.0p 178.8p K Stuart;
Mule average £62 per head or 182.4p/kg
£ per head: £62 JM&S Tennant;
p/kg: 182.4p JM&S Tennant;
Rouge average £87 per head or 193.3p/kg
£ per head: £87 JA&JM Wade;
p/kg: 193.3p JA&JM Wade;
Hampshire average £76 per head or 176.7p/kg
£ per head: £76 new York Farms
p/kg: 176.7p New York Farms
Prime Hoggs – Overall Average £ per head or 155.01p/kg
32.1kg to 35.9kg to 158.8p/kg av 158.8p/kg or £54 per head
36.0kg to 45.5kg to 164.3p/kg av 156.8p/kg or £64.70 per head
45.6kg to 52.0kg to 166.7p/kg av 160.7p/kg or £78.18 per head
52.1kg and over to 154.1p/kg av 136.2p/kg or £86.43 per head
£ per head: £100 K&M Berry; £94 WA Nutter; £89.50 WM Hall; £83 S Lord;
p/kg: 166.7p WA Nutter; 165.3p S Holt; 164.3p 162.8p S Lord;
Mature Hoggs – Overall Average £62.83 per head or 126.7p/kg
£ per head:£79 FC N & M Walker; £71.50 DA Pratt;
p/kg: 145.7p FC N & M Walker; 143.0p DA Pratt;
Suffolk to £104.5, Texel to £98.50, BFL to £84.50, Mule to £74.50, Swaledale to £51.50, Charolais to £108.50.
Top prices:
Lowland: £108.50 WM Hall; £104.50 GH&G Emmott
Mule/Masham: £74.50 R Emmott; £72.50 R Emmott
Horned: £51.50 JW Sayer & Son; £45.50 K Huck
Hill: £84.50 CM Ryder; £72.50 BS Simpson
Cast Rams average £89.79
Texel to £103.50 SP&VM Morris Suffolk to £110.50 G&MA Lawn; Charollais to £95.50 P&J Sedgwick; BFL to £86.50 JW Sayer & Son
247 Breeding Sheep (comprising 105 Sheep with 142 lambs at foot)
A large show for late in the season with over 100 outfits presented for sale and a slightly sharper trade as some customers look to make use of grass growth with the hotter weather. Older sheep were generally equivalent of £50 plus per life and singles £55 to £65 per life.
Next weeks’ sale includes a dispersal, at short notice, of 117 Mule Ewes with strong Lambs. Full details below.
NEXT MONDAY
WEEKLY SALE OF 200-250 OUTFITS OF SHEEP WITH LAMBS @ FOOT
The sale includes, at short notice, a genuine flock dispersal of 117 Mule Ewes (flock ages) all with strong twin Charollais sired lambs at foot and 30 Pedigree Charollais Ewes (MV Acc) on behalf of Mrs J Sedgwick and the Late Mr P Sedgwick, Bough Gap, Trawden.
Entries please to the Mart Office by 12noon Friday for inclusion in the online listing
(Prices per outfit)
Texel Cross
Hoggs with Singles to £150 NM Parker
Hoggs with Twins to £155 NM Parker
Shlgs with singles to £128 H Metcalfe
2 Shear with Twins to £158 R Caton
Correct with Twins to £158 Messrs Worsnop-Petyt
Correct with Singles to £122 H Metcalfe
b/m with twins to £152 R Caton
Beltex
2 Crop with Twins to £170 R Caton
3 Crop with Twins to £155 R Caton
Correct with Singles to £130 R Caton
b/m with Twins to £165 R Caton
Suffolk Cross
Hoggs & Singles to £120 L Brown
Correct with singles to £110 Messrs Worsnop-Petyt
b/m with Singles to £110 F Marrison
Mule
Hoggs with Singles to £125 L Brown
Shlgs with Singles to £120 L Brown
Correct with Twins to £160 GR Danvers
b/m with twins to £135 L Brown
b/m with singles to £125 F Marrison
Charollais
Correct with singles to £158 L Brown
Welsh
b/m with twins to £90 L Brown
Zwartbles x
Hoggs with Singles to £130 NM Parker
Cheviot
b/m with twins to £132 R Caton
29 Rearing Calves to £385
B&W av £80.27 Cont av £337.5 Native av £195
A small show with only 29 landing on the dock with arguably the weather and the ensuing Calf Show being the major factors for such a small show. Fred Houseman yet again topped the trade with a highly sought after blue heifer reaching £385. Blue bulls didn’t top so high but averaged a healthy £357.5 however a tremendous Friesian calf from John Wright of Kirk Syke, Airton which sold for £230.
Bull Calves
Limousin x (Av £295) to £300 RD Metcalfe
Brit Blue x (Av £357.50) to £375 Church Farm Enterprises
Black & White (Av £80.27) to £230 RL Wright & Son
Heifer Calves
Hereford (Av £195) to £195 K&M Berry
Brit Blue x (Av £283.7) to £385 Church Farm Enterprises
Craven Dairy Auction (6 head)
A lightening trade for the handful in today with a rare second calver from Sally Wellock of Oakworth stealing the show and taking the highest price for almost a year at £2250 for a 2nd calver giving 33kgs. The second prize heifer from DA&SA Fort, Glusburn also met a steamy trade at £1580 with Andrew Jennings’s consignment to £1380. Could of sold 10 times more today but clearly silage time rightly took priority.
Healthy numbers looking like being forward next fortnight with 12 already booked in. Please get them rung in by next Tuesday for catalogue purposes.
Judge – David Berry
Prize Awards: Newly Calven Heifers: 1st Jenning Farmers 2nd DA Fort 3rd R Johnson & Son
Newly Calven Cows: 1st J Wellock
Champion – J Wellock Reserve – Jennings Farmers
Newly Calven Heifers (5): av £1366 to £1580 DA&SA Fort
Newly Calven Cows (1): to £2250 J Wellock, Oakworth