Prime Cattle Show

The judge at the November Prime Cattle Show, Alan Beecroft of Countrystyle Butchers backed his judgement and bought both the Overall Champion and second prize heifer from Mesrs AA&E Critchley&Son of Hutton. The Critchley’s champion was a 595kg Limousin cross heifer which made 268.5p/kg or £1598 and their second prize heifer was again a 540kg Limousin which made 252.5p/kg or £1364. Top price on the day was a 505kg Blonde cross heifer consigned by Bill Cowperthwaite of Malham Moor which made 289.5p/kg or £1462 when selling to George Cropper. First prize steer and leading priced steer was also presented by Mers AA&E Critchley, a Limousin cross weighing 615kg which sold to Mesrs J&E Medcalf of Halifax for 246.5p/kg or £1516. 12 retail butchers present and an excellent of entry of high quality cattle met a very good trade.

Bullocks –              1^st & Reserve AA&E Critchley & Son                                2^nd J Baines                            3^rd SD Bennett

Heifers –                1^st & Champion AA&E Critchley & Son                             2^nd AA&E Critchley&Son     3^rd CD&RF Kitching

Prime Cattle (under 30 mos)

Steers

465-555kg                                             to 254.5p/kg        av.248.59p/kg

560kg                                                     to 249.5p/kg        av. 228.58p/kg

Heifers

400-480kg                                             to 244.5p/kg        av. 197.68p/kg

485kg+                                                   to 289.5p/kg        av. 245.82p/kg

Bulls

465-555kg                                             to 112.5p/kg

560kg+                                                   to 171.5p/kg        av. 152.73p/kg

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

Steers

£ per head: AA&E Critchley&Son (Limx) 1516, S&P Scriven (BBx) 1459, J Baines (BBx) 1443, SD Bennett (Limx) 1422, TW Cowperthwaite (Limx) 1406,  JA Drake (Limx) 1397

p/kg: CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 254.5, JR Metcalfe (BBx) 249.5, SD Bennett (Limx) 249.5, JA Drake (Limx) 249.5, AA&E Critchley&Son 246.5, TW Cowperthwaite (Limx) 244.5, CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 244.5

Heifers

£ per head: AA&E Critchley & Son (Limx) 1598,1364, JA Drake (Limx) 1504, TW Cowperthwaite (Blondex) 1462, SD Bennett (Limx) 1461, CD&RF Kitching (BBx) 1436

p/kg: TW Cowperthwaite (Blondex) 289.5, AA&E Critchley&Son (Limx) 268.5, 252.5,  JA Drake (Limx) 268.5, CD&RF Kitching (BBx) 256.5, J Baines (Limx) 254.5, SD Bennett (Limx) 245.5.

Bulls

£ per head: Hurries Farm (AA) 1338, B Haigh (Brown Swiss) 816

p/kg: Hurries Farm (AA) 171.5, B Haigh (Brown Swiss) 129.5   

Prime Cattle (over 30 mos)

Overall Average                                   129.73p/kg                           £ 726.48

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

£ per head: G&MA Lawn (AA Hfr) 988, JD Taylor&Son (B&W Hfr) 816, JT Rushton (B&W Hfr) 554

p/kg: G&MA Lawn (AA Hfr) 186.5, JD Taylor&Son (B&W Hfr) 130.5, ID&JC Briggs (B&W Hfr) 108.5

Very little in the way of warm meat about in today’s selection of dairies which maintained the increase seen last week. Beef crosses got away well to feeding customers with a high percentage of non-assured cattle whilst an assured 785kg Limousin cow from KA&HL Fawcett of Barden made £1134 or 144.5p closely followed by a Saler cow from S&NV Jowett of Queensbury which made 147.5p/kg or £1114.

Overall Average                                   106.72p/kg           £676.25

Black & White                       to 139.5p/kg                        av. 98.68p/kg

Limx                                       to 144.5p/kg                        av. 118.48p/kg

BBx                                         to 120.5p/kg                        av. 119.06p/kg

Saler                                       to 147.5p/kg                        av. 134.84p/kg

AA                                           to 127.5p/kg                        av. 118.69p/kg

Beef Shorthorn                    to 116.5p/kg                        av. 106.89p/kg

Top Prices (£ per head and p/kg)

B&W:

£ per head: JD Taylor& Son 879, N&SA Fort 865, EJ Fort 784, M&R Smith 774,714, E&KM Marshall 709,703

p/kg:JD Taylor&Son 139.5, E&KM Marshall 113.5,112.5, RM Spence 110.5, JC&DJ Marshall&Sons 108.5

Brit Bluex:

£ per head: T&S Gamble 939, 846

p/kg: T&S Gamble 120.5,117.5

Lim:

£ per head: KA&HL Fawcett 1134, JT Robinson 876,801, D&J Isherwood 848

p/kg: KA&HL Fawcett 144.5, D&J Isherwood 131.5, JT Robinson 122.5,120.5

Saler

£ per head: S&NV Jowett 1114,693

p/kg: S&NV Jowett 147.5, 118.5.

Native

£ per head: Hurries Farm (AA) 848, JM Daggett (Beef Sh) 664, 640, P. Shackleton (AA) 624

p/kg: Hurries Farm (AA) 127.5, JM Daggett (Beef Sh) 116.5,108.5

MATURE BULL

Overall Average                                   113.5p/kg             £1197.13

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

£ per head: A Sowray&Son (Beef Sh) 1197

p/kg: A Sowray&Son (Beef Sh) 113.5

Plenty of sheep forward for sale today, with 4,393 sheep penned for sale, and a good trade to go with it, lambs 4p up on the week to level at 174.63p/kg. A great show of smart lambs met with strong bidding, the champion lambs sold for £118 each, consigned by T&C Robinson of Tosside, selling to Keelham Farmshop, whilst Richard & Mark Ireland’s Reserve Champion pen sold for the leading price on the day £122 each to Hamlets Butchers of Garstang. Outwith the prize winners, Tom Walmsley sold lambs at £115 each to Kendalls Farm Butchers of Pateley Bridge and Harrogate, whilst the same buyers purchased lambs from Ralph & Val Crabtree of Low Snowden for £109 each. Vivers were in good form, buying lambs from Henry Atkinson, Kettlesing at £108, Cecil Hutchinson, Kirkby Wiske £106, Thomas Fall, Middleham £104, and Michael Hall, Scosthrop £102. Mike Allen of Staithes sold lambs to £101 purchased by Hartshead Meat Co.
Per kilo prices saw Messrs Ireland at 297p to Hamlets Butchers, T&C Robinson 281p to Keelham Farmshop, Cecil Hutchinson 272p to Vivers, Henry Atkinson 270p, George Sunderland 256p, Thomas Fall 253p, Thomas Walmsley 250p.
Smart lambs were the best trade for several weeks, and best end continued to sell well with a long list over 230p. Nice lambs found a stronger trade, plenty of nice continentals at 190p to 210p, commercial sorts 170p to 190p.
Hill Lambs took another nice step up trade, Mules again rising in value on the week, and good Horned Wethers in the 150p to 160p region.
Cast sheep were a large show and generally maintained last weeks trade.

Monthly Show

Cont x

1^st T&C Robinson 42kg £118 Keelham Farm Shop

2^nd M&R Ireland 41kg £122 Hamlets Butchers

3^rd M&B Allen 44kg £101 Hartshead Meats

Down x

1^st JP&KE Hartley 48kg £90 Millstones

2^nd D&A Livestock 45kg £85 Hartshead Meats

3^rd J&C Wright 47kg £86 Swaledale Foods

Mule

1^st M&B Allen 56kg £90 Swaledale Foods

2^nd K Flintoff 51kg £77 D Palmer

3^rd K Gamble 410kg £66 Yorkshire Halal

Horned

1^st K Lister 40kg £64.50 Yorkshire Halal

Champion – T&C Robinson

Reserve – M&R Ireland

Prime Lambs  – Overall Average  £75.57 per head or 174.6p/kg            

32.1kg to 35.9kg                 to 177.1p/kg         av 153.4p/kg         or £52.99 per head

36.0kg to 45.5kg                 to 297.6p/kg         av 178.5p/kg         or £74.80 per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg                 to 227.1p/kg         av 167.6p/kg         or £80.00 per head

52.1kg and over                 to 164.9p/kg         av 154.0p/kg         or £78.45 per head

Beltex average £86.04 per head or 209.24p/kg

£ per head: £122 RH&MR Ireland; £118 T&C Robinson; £115 D&A Livestock; £108 HB Atkinson; £106 AC Hutchinson;

p/kg: 297.6p RH&MR Ireland; 281p T&C Robinson; 271.8p AC Hutchinson; 270p HB Atkinson; 256.4p G Sunderland;

Suffolk average £75.23 per head or 171.15p/kg

£ per head: £96 R Smith; £90 JP&KE Hartley; £86.50 RA&M Earnshaw & Son; £86 J&C Wright; £85 D&A Livestock; £82 R Emmott;  

p/kg: 202.5p J&JA Preston; 192.9p MR Davis; 188.9p D&A Livestock; 187.5p JP&KE Hartley; 185.9p J&JA Preston;

Texel average £76.20 per head or 172.7p/kg

£ per head: £109 JR Crabtree & Son; £100 D&A Livestock; £99, £96.50 HB Atkinson; £96 MR Davis; £96 HB Atkinson;

p/kg: 228.6p MR Davis; 227.1p JR Crabtree; 220p IMA&RJ Smith; 219.3p, 215.2p HB Atkinson; 212.8p FW&JM Eddington

Mule average £69.19 per head or 157.7p/kg

£ per head: £90 M&B Allen; £78.50 x2 BS Simpson; £77 M&B Allen; £76 S&P Scrivin; £76 BS Simpson; £75 AJ Taylor; £74 JK Wilson

p/kg: 165.4p A Butler; 165p KW Gamble; 162.8p JR Smith; 162.5p JC&N Throup; 161.7p S&P Scrivin; 161.6p JH Throup;

Charollais average £76.05 per head or 178.67p/kg

£ per head: £84 D&A Livestock; £84 A Guy & Son; £78 Brafferton Manor; £77 CR&J Kippax; £74, £73.50 Brafferton Manor 

p/kg:195p Brafferton Manor; 190.9p D&A Livestock; 190.9p A Guy & Son; 179.1p CR&J Kippax; 172.1p Brafferton Manor

Rouge average £74.18 per head or 177.6p/kg

£ per head: £90 Ellis Bros; £77, £76, £74, £72 JB Bancroft;

p/kg: 191.5p Ellis Bros; 180.5p, 180p, 172.7p, 151p JB Bancroft;

Swaledale average £49.83 per head or 138.06p/kg

£ per head: £64 AJ Mason; £62.50 C Mellin; £58, £55.50 K Huck; £50 RW&B Chapman; £47 JM&S Tennant; £45 AN Throup

p/kg: 160.3p C Mellin; 156.1p AJ Mason; 150p K Huck; 138.9p RW&B Chapman; 138.2p JM&S Tennant; 138.1p K Huck 

Dalesbred average £53.22 per head or 144p/kg

£ per head: £64.50, £56, £51 x2 K Lister & Sons; £50 J&ME Carr; £49.50 RH&EA Close;

p/kg: 161.3p, 147.4p, 146px2 K Lister & Sons; 137.5p RH&EA Close; 128.2p J&ME Carr;

Suffolk to £87.50, Texel to £95.50, BFL to £46.50, Mule to £75.50, Lleyn to £58.50, Swaledale to £41.50, Cheviot to £71.50, Beltex  to £74.50, Lonk  to £35.50.

Top prices:

Lowland: £95.50 M&R Smith; £91.50 D Fall & Sons;

Mule/Masham: £75.50 JD Taylor & Sons; £73.50 JD Taylor & Sons  

Horned: £58.50 K Lister & Sons; £41.50 P Addyman & Son

Hill: £71.50 J Caygill; £66.50  A Fisher;  

Cast Rams average £59.71

Suffolk to £55.50 AN Bolland, Texel to £98.50 R Bradley & Son, BFL to £79.50 KM&L Throup, Rough Fell to £62.50 WA Brown, Swaledale to £36.50 JR Crabtree, Lonk  to £55.50 C Crowther.

Rearing Calves to £480 (52)

A handy trade for calves today with an exceptional calf from Hartley’s at Bolton Abbey topping the proceedings at £480. Overall calves were a touch dearer with black and whites averaging £64.59, native calves again good to sell with seasonal buyers forcing the trade which helped to push Graham Hayton’s Aberdeen Angus steer calves to £450.  

Bull Calves

Limousin x (Av £273.33) to £300 C Watson                 

Brit Blue x (Av £332.14) to £480 JP&KE Hartley                                                          

Flekvieh (Av £222.50) to £240 C Watson

Hereford X (Av £205) to £260 ID&JC Briggs

Longhorn (Av £190) to £190 AP Townsend

Black & White (Av £64.59) to £120 AP Townsend                      

Heifer Calves                       

Simmental x (Av £335) to £350 AP Townsend                                                             

Ab Angus (Av £140) to £145 RE Ayrton                                                         

British Blue (Av £282) to £295 Church Farm Enterprises

Lim (Av £232.5) to £240 C Watson

Steer Calves

Ab Angus (Av £445) to £450 Hayton & Stocks                                                              

Prize Awards:       Newly Calven Heifers:         1^st ASE Crisp          2^nd G Fort               3^rd ASE Fort

                                Newly Calven Cows:            1^st MD Parkinson  2^nd J Wellock

Champion – ASE Crisp         Reserve – G Fort

Newly Calven Heifers (av £1541.43): to £2100 ASE Crisp & Son

Newly Calven Cows (av £1363 ):  to £1780 MD Parkinson

Pedigree Newly Calven Heifers: to £2050 G Fort