Prime Cattle (under 30 mos)

A nice entry of cattle for a Bank Holiday Monday and the May Prize Sale. Judging was in the hands of Martin Brown and his awards saw The Kitching Family of Threshfield awarded Championship honours with a 570kg Limousin Heifer which later sold for 281.5p or £1604 to Keelham Farm Shop Skipton. Keelham took 2 other prize winners from Messrs Kitching, 2^nd Prize Heifer 580kg 255.5p £1481 and 1^st prize Bullock 570kg 250.5p £1427. Keelham had 7 purchases altogether and included the second prize bullock from Messrs Critchley Preston 525kg 254.5p £1336. Other retail purchases included Stanforth Butchers Skipton with a 580kg heifer 241.5p £1400 from Messrs Critchley amongst their two purchases whilst GJ Cropper Baxenden purchased 2 heifers for his Sandersons Butchers shop including a sweet 555kg heifer at 251.5p £1395.

Cows were a sharp trade, better black and whites either side of 120p, middle of the road out of parlour types 100p to 110p and just a couple of plain lasses in the 80’s.

May Prize Sale

Bullock – 1^st CD&RF Kitching                                             2^nd RT&J Critchley

Heifer – 1^st & Champion CD&RF Kitching                       2^nd & Reserve CD&RF Kitching          3^rd RT&J Critchley

Heifers

501- 590kg                                            to p/kg

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

Lim Hfr

£ per head: £1604 £1466 CD&RF Kicthing;

p/kg: 281.5p CD&RF Kitching; 251.5p AA&E Critchley;

Blonde Hfr

£ per head: £1481 CD&RF Kitching; 

p/kg: 255.5p CD&RF Kitching;

Blue Hfr

£ per head: £1334 AA&E Critchley;

p/kg: 249.5p AA&E Critchley;          

Galloway Hfr

£ per head: £1158 T Boothman

p/kg: 205.0p T Boothman;

Steers

501- 555kg                                            to 254.5p/kg

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

Lim Blk

£ per head: £1336 AA&E Critcley

p/kg: 254.5p AA&E Critchley

560kg plus                                             to p/kg

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

Lim Blk

£ per head: £1427 CD&RF Kitching

p/kg: 250.5p CD&RF Kitching

Galloway Blk

£ per head: £1336 T Boothman

p/kg: 198.0p T Boothman

Overall Average                                   p/kg        £

Black & White                      to 120.5p/kg        £979

AA                                           to 117.5p/kg        £928

BBx                                         to 118.5p/kg        £693

Top Prices (£ per head or p/kg)

B&W: av 112.4p/kg

£ per head: £979 £938 GT Booth

p/kg: 120.5 N&SA Fort; 119.5x2 GT Booth

Brit Blue: av 118.5p/kg

£ per head: £693 W Midgley

p/kg: 118.5p W Midgley

AA: av 114.7p/kg

£ per head: £928 D Jeffery; £758 TM Harrison;  

p/kg: 117.5p D Jeffery; 111.5p TM Harrison;

1498 Prime Sheep

A reasonable show for a bank holiday Monday and a straight trade all round. Champion pair of Spring lambs being snapped up by Kitson & Sons, who made several other purchases on the day. Consigned by Dave and Laura Coar, Darwen they weighed 43kg and made £120 each. John Nutter from Hurst Green had a run od good heavy lambs and they caught the eye of Andrew Atkinson purchasing for Hartshead Meat Co in Mossley when his 48kg Suffolk crosses sold for £126. Top price per kilo was Fox Farms from Clitheroe at 185p selling to Yorkshire Halal Meat Co.
Hoggs were a very end of season type affair, the better fed sorts still commanding good prices, best at 266p on two occasions from Nick Capstick Bolton by Bowland, both pens purchased by Yorkshire Halal Meat Co. The same vendor also made 255p and 251p with Stephen Pepper making 245p and 243p. Top price hoggs were Beltex crosses making £120 per head from Hywell Williams Llandadog purchased by Kendall Farm Butchers, whilst Stephen Pepper made £118 to Hartshead Meat Co. P Hargreaves Barrowford made £116 whilst Rob Bailes Aldborough had a great run including 3 pens at £115 then £114.50 and another at £114, John Wood Trawden made £115, and EP&JM Hutchinson Faceby matched them at £115.

Cast Sheep were a decent show, several pens of strong Ewes £100 to £125, other decent Lowland Ewes in the 90’s. Decent horned ewes making in the 50’s and £60’s.

Monthly Show

Cont x

1st & Champion D&L Coar 43kg £120 Kitson

2^nd D&L Coar 42kg £118 Andrew Atkinson Livestock

3^rd Fox Farm 40kg £114 Yorkshire Halal

Down x

1^st & Reserve J Nutter 48kg £126 Andrew Atkinson;

2^nd ML Evans 45kg £120 Andrew Atkinson;

3^rd J Key 44kg £105 Andrew Atkinson;

Spring Lambs – Overall Average £109.22 per head or 251.45p/kg        

36.0kg to 45.5kg to 285p/kg            av 257.64p/kg      or £106.66 per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg to 262.5p/kg         av 241.74p/kg      or £115.23 per head

52.1kg and over   to 232.7p/kg         av 218.49p/kg      or £122.36 per head

Charollais average £103 per head or 251.2p/kg

£ per head: £103 RJ&J Towers Ltd;

p/kg:251.2p RJ&J Towers Ltd

Suffolk average £106.42 per head or 240.08p/kg

£ per head: £128, £125 ML Evans; £121 J&F Nutter; £120 ML Evans; £115 J&F Nutter; £114 JA Key; £112.5 G Walters;

p/kg: 266.7p ML Evans; 263.4p JA Key; 258.8p AN Bolland; 257.5p AN Bolland; 257.4p J&F Nutter; 256.1p AN Bolland

Texel average £113.63 per head or 261.21p/kg

£ per head: £126 Fox Farms; £126, £124, £122 J&F Nutter; £120.5, £120 D&L Co ar; £119 J&F Nutter; £118 D&L Coar;

p/kg: 285p Fox Farms; 282.9p PA&NS Tattersall; 282.1p TA Robinson; 281p, 279.1p  D&L Coar; 276.9p TA Robinson

Prime Hoggs – Overall Average £90.52 per head or 194.2p/kg              

32.1kg to 35.9kg to 235.3p/kg         av 167.5p/kg         or £57.62 per head

36.0kg to 45.5kg to 266.7p/kg         av 204.0p/kg         or £84.17 per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg to 241.3p/kg         av 194.8p/kg         or £94.20 per head

52.1kg and over   to 223.3p/kg         av 180.3p/kg         or £99.98 per head

Beltex average £100.26 per head or 226.37p/kg

£ per head: £118 S Pepper; £116, £115, £114 R  Bailes; £114 S Pepper; £110 RJ Capstick; £109 DN&D Capstick;

p/kg: 266.7px2 DN&D Capstick; 253.5p, 251.4p DN&D Capstick; 245.5p, 243.2p S Pepper; 239.6p R Bailes;

Suffolk average £90.36 per head or 206.12p/kg

£ per head: £105 Barton Contractors; £96 B Dibb; £95.5 B&J Sutcliffe; £93.5 AJ Bancroft; £89.5x2 B&J Sutcliffe;

p/kg: 217.1p CD&RF Kitching; 208.1p B&J Sutcliffe; 194.7p RG Church Ltd; 179p B&J Sutcliffe; 167.5p B&J Sutcliffe;

Texel average £95.2 per head or 202.75p/kg

£ per head: £120 HW Williams; £116 R Bailes; £115 J Wood; £115 EP&JM Hutchinson; £114 J Wood; £114 TA Robinson

p/kg:241.3p P Hargreaves; 240.4p JG Hall & Son; 237.5p J Wood; 234.7p EP&JM Hutchinson; 230.8p HW Williams

Mule average £78.11 per head or 166.13p/kg

£ per head: £98.5 SP&VM Morris; £94 Barton Contractors; £92.5 T Shepherdson; £90.5 JM&VJ Howard Ltd;

p/kg:200p RG Church Ltd; 191.8p Barton Contractors; 188.1p PL Metcalfe; 187.2p J Pickles; 186p M&B Allen;

Charollais average £80.16 per head or 171.66p/kg

£ per head: £104 S Pepper; £93 B Dibb; £82 JM&VJ Howard Ltd; £78 MW Harrison; £76 B Dibb; £71 JM&VJ Howard Ltd;

p/kg: 205p JM&VJ Howard ltd; 200p B Dibb; 169p JM&VJ Howard Ltd; 159.2p MW Harrison; 155p B Dibb;

Swaledale average £72.72 per head or 176.21p/kg

£ per head: £89, £87.5 JP Stirke; £83 C Nelson; £78 J Pickles; £77.5 JP Stirke; 76x2 J Pickles; £76 RG Church Ltd; £73 PL Metcalfe;

p/kg: 195p, 194.9p, 190p J Pickles; 189.4p JP Stirke; 186.5p, 185.4p RG Church Ltd; 178.6p JP Stirke; 162.7p C Nelson

Dalesbred average £77.48 per head or 178.99p/kg

£ per head: £87 JP Stirke; £78 B&J Sutcliffe; £77 JP Stirke; £67 B&J Sutcliffe;

p/kg: 189.1p JP Stirke; 177.3p, 171.8p B&J Sutcliffe; 151p JP Stirke;

Lonk average £82.16 per head or 168.23p/kg

£ per head: £87.5 B Dibb; £84 JM&VJ Hoard Ltd; £83, £80 SP&VM Morris; £74.5 JM&VJ Howard Ltd;

p/kg: 191p, 186.7p JM&VJ Howard Ltd; 178.6p B Dibb; 163.3p, 156.6p SP&VM Morris;

Cheviot average £86.61 per head or 200.33p/kg

£ per head: £93 E Simpson & Sons; £88 JM&VJ Howard Ltd; £88 Barton Contractors; £85 J Lord; £74 E Simpson & Son

p/kg:214.6p JM&VJ Howard Ltd; 207.3p J Lord; 197.9p, 176.2p E Simpson & Son; 166p Barton Contractors;

Suffolk to £105.5, Texel to £124.5, Mule to £92.5, Lleyn to £58.5, Swaledale to £55.5, Charollais to £73.5, Beltex to £94.5, Lonk to £63.5.

Top prices:

Lowland: £124.5 E Gudgeon

Mule/Masham: £92.5 S Spensley; £79.5 S Bennett  

Horned: £63.5 J Greenwood; £55.5 JA Throup;

Hill: £69.5 R&DA Earnshaw; £58.5 DC Wood;  

Cast Rams average £71.20,

Texel to £90.5, Swaledale to £54.5, Dalesbred to £58.5, Berrichon du Cher to £98.5.

Rearing Calves to £445 (40)

B&W av £101.5 Cont av £317.33 Native av £178.33

Blues into top gear again today with Brian Wellock presenting a tremendous blue bull on behalf of his son James of Seat House Farm, Eshton which sold for the sale high of £445 and is on it’s way to hull. A run of cracking blues from Joss Lancaster of Horton in Craven sold to £430 three times, £425, £400 and £395 and also topping the heifers at £330. Right through blue bulls were good to sell with a section average of £383.75. Blue heifers not quite as potent today with a show not just the standard of last fortnight despite this plenty faces were present to produce a respectable average of £255.88.   

A good show of black and white calves today with some nice runs of well fleshed calves seeing a very healthy average of £101.5 topping for a strapping bull from John & James Dugdale of Settle at £165 with a Pure Friesian from Richard Spence of Sutton In Craven at £135. Aberdeen Angus calves found a ready audience today with heifers flying off the shelves with an average of £197.5. 

Bull Calves

Limousin x (Av £400) to £400 MH&DE Wallbank;                      

Brit Blue x (Av £383.75) to £445 J Wellock;                                                 

Aberdeen Angus (Av £140) to £140 M Fewster

Black & White (Av £101.5) to £165 H&M Dugdale & Son                         

Heifer Calves       

Aberdeen  Angus (Av £197.5) to £205 ID&JC Briggs                                                   

British Blue (Av £255.88) to £330 J&SA Lancaster

Lim (Av £310) to £310 JC&N Throup

Suffolk                                   to £170                                  £170 SJ Buckley; £150 FG Throup;

Texel                                      to £240 av £191                  £240 £230 £210 KG Stapleton; £210x2 JM Daggett; £210x2 SD Bennett;

Mule                                       to £205 av £167                  £205 £190 £180 RG Johnson; £195 £180 CM&EM Gratton;

Beltex                                    to £245 av £197                  £245 £175 SJ Buckley; £205 HW Williams;

Ewes/Shearling

Suffolk with Single              to £145                                  £145 T Ogg

Suffolk with Twins              to £175 av £171                  £175 HW Williams

Texel with Single                 to £235 av £152                  £235 HW Williams

Texel with Twins                  to £210 av £178                  £210 B&ME Craven

Texel with 1.5                      to £190 av £153                  £190 R Bamforth

Texel Shlg with Single         to £200 av £195                  £200 R Bamforth

Texel Shlg with Twins         to £210 av £205                  £210 DS Thompson

Mule with Single                 to £118                                  £118 RD Metcalfe

Mule with Twins                  to £185 av £171                  £185 SM Coy

Mule Shlg with Single         to £132                                  £132 T Ogg

Mule Shlg with Twins         to £155                                  £155 T Ogg

Charollais with Single         to £170                                  £170 R Bamforth

Swaledale with Single        to £50                                    £50 RD Metcalfe

Beltex with Single               to £220 av £205                  £220 HW Williams

Lleyn Shlg with Twins         to £185                                  £185 Caring for Life