Prime Cattle (under 30 mos)

Still, plenty of heat in the trade for late Christmas purchases and stock to hang over into the New Year. Robertshaws Farm Shop of Thornton secured the highest gross a 605kg British Blue cross heifer from Bill Cowperthwaite who farms on Malham Moor which made 272.5p/kg or £1649. Robertshaws Farm Shop also purchased the heifers, male counterpart a 585kg Limousin cross steer from CD&RF Kitching of Threshfield for £1606 or 274.5p/kg which was also the days highest price per kg. 11 of the days entry made £1499 or more with purchases additionally spread round the ring to Ralph Pearson, Wholesale Butchers, Barkers Yorkshire Butchers and Keelham Farm Shop.

Steers

465-555kg                                             to 262.5p/kg                        av.258.11p/kg

560kg+                                                   to 274.5p/kg                        av.265.51p/kg

Heifers

485kg+                                                   to 272.5p/kg                        av. 243.75p/kg

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

Steers

£ per head: CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 1606,1534, (BBx) 1561, S&C Thompson (Limx) 1566, J Middleton (BBx) 1499

p/kg: CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 274.5,264.5,264.5, S&C Thompson (Limx) 265.5, J Middleton (Limx) 262.5,258.5

Heifers

£ per head: TW Cowperthwaite (BBx) 1649, CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 1597,1580,1555, (Blondex) 1520, S&C Thompson (Limx) 1538

p/kg: TW Cowperthwaite (BBx) 272.5, CD&RF Kitching (Blondex) 271.5, (Limx) 270.5,265.5,257.5, S&C Thompson ((Limx) 258.5               

Cull Cow Prices

Overall Average                                   123.79p/kg                           £821.12

Black & White                      to 113.5p/kg                       

Brown Swiss                         to 95.50p/kg

Beef Short                             to 153.50p/kg                     

Top Prices (£ per head or p/kg)

A small entry and cattle a very good trade as factories start to look towards post-Christmas stock. A Native breed entry was back at pre summer value.

B&W:

£ per head: JP&KE Hartley 715

p/kg: JP&KE Hartley 113.5,

Other Dairy

£ per head: D&P Brown (Brown Swiss) 559

p/kg: D&P Brown (Brown Swiss) 95.50

Native

£ per head: T Riley (Beef Short) 1190

p/kg: T Riley (Beef Short) 153.5

Prime Pigs

Pigs sold tremendous today with orders for the gilts very strong. The top price today was 245ppk for Champion pigs from D Thackray, Harrogate weighing 85Kgs coming to £208.25 followed by 175ppk from D&A Livestock weighing 92kgs coming to £161.58 for the reserve Champions. The same vendor then took third place selling another trio of gilts to 155ppk weighing 97kgs coming to £151.39.

Class 1 – Prime Pigs Under 98kg

1st D Thackray 85kg 245p/kg Barkers Yorkshire Butchers

2nd D&A Livestock 92kg 175p/kg Barkers Yorkshire Butchers

3rd D&A Livestock 97kg 155p/kg Barkers Yorkshire Butchers

Champion – D Thackray

Reserve – D&A Livestock

4,280 Prime Sheep comprising 3897 Prime Lambs, & 383 Cast Ewes & Rams

Craven Cattle Marts Ltd conducted their Christmas Show & Sale for Lowland Prime Lambs today where in total there was a super entry of 3900 lambs and nearly 400 ewes forward for sale, including 41 pens of lambs in the show. The overall average for every lamb sold was up 3p/kg this week at 225.2p/kg, whilst for comparison the SQQ (upto 45.5kg) was 229.3p/kg.
The standard of Lambs in the show was excellent, creating a very hard job for our experienced show judge Mr Anthony Swales of Knavesmire Butchers in York who gave extreme consideration to every pen that was entered. Mr Swales choice as the Supreme Champions came from the trimmed section when a pen of 35kg Beltex crosses from Calderdale lamb producer John Midgley of Dean House Farm in Luddendenfoot caught his eye and were awarded the ES Hartley Trophy and champion rosette. The lambs entered the sale ring and were keenly contested, but the successful bid of £360 each (1,028p/kg) came from Clare Cropper, and the lambs will be on sale in Croppers Butchers, Farm Shop & Deli in Accrington, Lancashire.
The reserve champions came from Anthony & Emma Thompson of Foulridge, well known for producing quality show lambs it was no surprise they appeared amongst the prizes. Weighing 38kg, the Beltex crosses made £180 each and sold to the judge where they will be on offer in Knavesmire Butchers in York.
Local butchers, farmshops and wholesalers were keen supporters as usual at this fixture, with Robertshaws of Thornton securing the 1st Prize pen of Down cross Lambs at £119 each from RKR Wood of Stokesley. Knavesmire Butchers purchased the first prize pen of untrimmed continentals from Tim Robinson of Longridge, weighing 42kg they sold for £165.
Hartshead Meat Co in Mossley the other prize winning continentals at £158 (43kg) from RH&MR Ireland of Whalley, £152 (44kg) from Hayley Baines of Horton in Craven and £150 (41kg).

The general trade on the day again saw handyweight lambs very good to sell to sell again today, with 37kg to 42kg nice Continentals dearer on the week, whilst 43kg to 46kg were similar on the week. Heavier Lowland lambs were good to sell as well with weight averages showing a slight increase.

Mule, Masham, Horned and Cheviot lambs were forward in much larger numbers, with 954 head amongst todays entry. Best Mules and Mashams 210p/220p, topping at 220.7p with cracking wether lambs off specialist feeder Steve Dorey of Newark that sold to Scotbeef Ltd. Horned Wethers were an excellent trade with 190p/200p a common price area, best sorts over 200p. More Mule, Masham & Horned Wethers required each week for customers ringside.
Next Week is the Christmas Show for Hill Bred Lambs. Please let the office know if you intend bringing lambs to show and to book your show lambs in.

Best ewes selling tremendous again! Suffolks selling to £137.50 and Texel ewes to £132.50. Best end continentals £125-£130 with heavy cross ewes £115-£120 with a pen of 7 from R Spencer selling at £129.50 for their crossed cont ewes. £85-£98 for medium meat ewes with best bred mediums £100+ Lean meat ewes £78-£85 with some leaner/smaller goods in the £68-£74 region. Mules good to sell again with R Spencer, Rotherham selling top price pen of Mules at £97.50. Heaviest £90+ good meat ewes £82-£88. Medium mules £72-£78. 55 Cheviots sold today with a top price of £83.50 from LJ Penter, Litton. Beltex ewes selling well with some good types from JGE Heseltine & Son, Bolton Abbey selling 3 to £117.50. Horned ewes similar on the week plain ewes £20+ lean meat £42-£48 and best Dalesbred ewes on the day up to £70.

Xmas show next week so ewes required in more numbers.

For more details on Prime & Cast Sheep trade ring either of our auctioneers, Ted Ogden 07855 958211 or Kyle Hawksworth on 07538 539077.

CHRISTMAS SHOW & SALE OF LOWLAND LAMBS

Judge – Anthony Swales

Class 1 – Suffolk x

1st RK Wood 48kg £119 Robertshaws Farmshop

2nd EP&JM Hutchinson 55kg £110 Hartshead Meat Co

3rd EP&JM Hutchinson 54kg £117 Swaledale Foods

Class 2 – Continental Un-trimmed

1st TA Robinson 42kg £165 Knavesmire Butchers

2nd H Baines 44kg £152 Hartshead Meat Co

3rd RH&MR Ireland 43kg £158 Hartshead Meat Co

Class 3 – Continental Trimmed

1st J Midgley 35kg £360 G&C Cropper

2nd AL Thompson 38kg £180 Knavesmire Butchers

3rd AL Thompson 41kg £150 Hartshead Meat Co

Overall Champion – J Midgley

Reserve Champion – AL Thompson

Untrimmed Champion – TA Robinson

Prime Lambs – Overall Average £98.69 per head or 225.3p/kg              

32.1kg to 35.9kg to 1028.6p/kg       av 252.4p/kg         or £85.83 per head

36.0kg to 45.5kg to 473.7p/kg         av 229.4p/kg         or £94.98 per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg to 282.6p/kg         av 216.9p/kg         or £103.51 per head

52.1kg and over   to 263.6p/kg         av 201.2p/kg         or £110.66 per head

Beltex average £111.88 per head or 267.9p/kg

£ per head: £360 A&G Midgley; £180 TJ Thompson; £165 TA Robinson; £158 £150 RH&MR Ireland; £156 Ellis Bros; £152 H Baines; £150 IM Thompson;

p/kg: 1028.6p A&G Midgley; 473.7p TJ Thompson; 392.9p TA Robinson; 380.5p Ellis Bros; 367.4p 362.5p RH&MR Ireland; 365.9p IM Thompson;

Texel average £97.99 per head or 225.6p/kg

£ per head: £132 £129 M Ryder & Sons; £130 £128 IM Bell; £122 BL&R Lund; £122 J Howard; £120 RH&JS Vickery; £120 EP&JM Hutchinson;  

p/kg: 305.1p 256.1p D&A Livestock; 263.4p BL&R Lund; 262.2p JJ&D Cowking; 252.4p JR Crabtree; 250.0p WH&JW Hartley; 249.0p J Howard;

Suffolk average £98.65 per head or 215.3p/kg

£ per head: £119 RKR Wood; £117 £110.50 £107.50 £107 EP&JM Hutchinson; £114 £110 TH Mellin; £110 SR Dorey;

p/kg: 247.9p RKR Wood; 236.4p D&A Livestock; 234.5p SR Dorey; 227.2p JL&J Pate; 225.0p CD&RF Kitching; 224.5p TH Mellin;

Charolais average £96.59 per head or 224.8p/kg

£ per head: £108.50 £108 £105.50 £103 J Greenwood; £107 TA Robinson; £103 SN Coy; £100 NL&CJ Brown; £98 LJ Pentre;

p/kg: 256.4p NL&CJ Brown; 234.8p 234.1p 230.9p 229.3p J Greenwood; 231.0p R Spencer; £230.0p B Shepherd; 228.9p SN Coy;

Mule average £87.73 per head or 205.8p/kg

£ per head: £106.50 £104 £103 EP&JM Hutchinson; £98.50 £95 J Pickles; £97.50 W Mason & Son; £97 W&J&E Harker; £95 PW Simpson; £95 JA&JH Hewetson; £95 J Redmayne;

p/kg: 216.7p CD&RF Kitching; 212.0p W Mason; £211.3p SR Dorey; 211.1p JA&JH Hewetson; 209.5p Ellis Bros; 209.1p JK Wilson; 206.8p R Caton;

Swaledale average £71.27 per head or 187.4p/kg

£ per head: £94.50 £89 C Nelson; £88 £77 R Tennant; £83 FG Throup; £81 AJ Mason; £79 G Huck; £76.50JL&J Pate;

p/kg: 205.4p 193.5p C Nelson; 201.5p 194.6p Hayton & Stocks; 197.6p FG Throup; 194.1p AJ Mason; 190.0p W&J&E Harker;

Dalesbred average £63.25 per head or 189.7p/kg

£ per head: £64.50 A&N Fothergill; £62 R Naylor;

p/kg: 189.7p A&N Fothergill; 187.9p R Naylor;

Masham average £86.04 per head or 216.4p/kg

£ per head: £107 EP&JM Hutchinson; £92.50 JL&J Pate; £90.50 £82.50 SR Dorey;

p/kg: 220.7p 217.7p SR Dorey; 215.1p JL&J Pate; 178.3p EP&JM Hutchinson;

Cheviot average £86.83 per head or 214.8p/kg

£ per head: £97.50 £90 £86.50 £86 LJ Pentre;

p/kg: 218.9p 215.0p 214.3p 212.5p 212.0p LJ Pentre;

Blue du Maine average £108 per head or 225.6p/kg

£ per head: £108x2 RKR Wood;

p/kg: 240.0p 216.0p RKR Wood;

Herdwick average £83.53 per head or 213.5p/kg

£ per head: £84 LJ Pentre; £83.50 KM&RJ Robinson;

p/kg: 214.1p KM&RJ Robinson; 200.0p LJ Pentre;

Cull Ewes average £74.93

Suffolk to £137.50, Texel to £132.50, Mule to £97.50, Lleyn to £88.50, Swaledale to £.50, Dalesbred to £69.50, Scotch BF to £63.50, Masham to £83.50, Cheviot to £83.50, Beltex to £117.50, Lonk to £57.50, Herd to £65.50.

Top prices:

Lowland: £137.50                EB Webster & Sons

Mule/Masham: £97.50      R Spencer & Sons

Horned: £60.50                    K Lister & Sons

Hill: £88.50                           CD&RF Kitching

Cast Rams average £84.96

Suffolk to £111.50, Texel to £129.50, BFL to £106.50, Swaledale to £58.50, Cheviot to £87.50, Beltex to £108.50.

41 Rearing Calves to £350

Trade of the day went to the black and white bulls at with a cracking run of calves from H&M Dugdale selling to £200 and the average of the section making £129. Angus bulls sold similar on the week with top price £290 and average being £267 for the 4. Blue bulls similar on the week with best goods a touch less all goods sold in-between £250-£350 with the younger end £250-£280 and best end in the £320-£350 bracket. Sim bull calf from AL Dean sold to £270. Blue heifers up to £300.

Bull Calves

Limousin x (Av £280) to £320                           G Pickersgill                                                          

Brit Blue x (Av £321) to £350                           M&R Smith                                                          

Aberdeen Angus (Av £267) to £290 JM Smith              

Simmental (Av £270) to £270                          AL Dean

Black & White (Av £129) to £200                    H&M Dugdale                      

Wagyu Cross (Av £100) to £100                      JC Marshall                          

Heifer Calves       

British Blue (Av £245) to £300                         Rainhall Farm Ltd                                               

Simmental (Av £183) to £215                          AL Dean & Son                                    

CONTACT DETAILS

Skipton Auction Mart
Gargrave Road
Skipton
North Yorkshire
BD23 1UD

Tel 01756 792375

Jeremy Eaton 07747 780481
Ted Ogden 07855 958211
Kyle Hawksworth 07538 539077