Prime Cattle (under 30 mos)

Countrystyle Meats of Lancaster bought the highest priced beast at £1407, a 540kg Limousin cross heifer at 260.5p/kg from Mesrs RT&J Critchley&Son of Hutton. A very good attendance of retail customers saw Tim Hamlet of Garstang buy the leading priced p/kg a 505kg Limousin cross heifer at 272.5p/kg or £1376 from Mesrs Critchley who also supplied a 500kg Limousin cross heifer to George Cropper of Baxenden for 267.5p/kg or £1338.

Steers

465-560kg                                             to 240.5p/kg                        av.239.51p/kg

560kg+                                                   to 246.5p/kg                        av. 242.10p/kg

Heifers

48-560kg                                               to 272.5p/kg                        av.201.89p/kg

Bulls

465-555kg                                             to 167.5p/kg

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

Steers

£ per head: JR Metcalfe (Blondex) 1394,(BBx) 378, CD&RF Kitching (BBx) 1393,

p/kg: CD&RF Kitching (BBx) 246.5, JR Metcalfe (Blondex) 244.5, (BBx) 235.5,    

Heifers

£ per head: RT&J Critchley&Son (Limx) 1407,1376,1356,1338, #CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 1342,

p/kg: RT&J Critchley&Son (Limx) 272.5, 267.5,260.5,253.5, 240.5, CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 246.5

Bulls

£ per head: D&J Isherwood (AA) 888

p/kg: D&J Isherwood (AA) 167.5

A lean selection of cows on the market for the most part but again the few meated cows were a shade easier for a consecutive week. An extra customer on the plain cows kept the lean cattle respectable.

Overall Average                                   94.57p/kg             £596.27

Black & White                      to 113.5p/kg                        av. 87.98p/kg

Jersey                                     to 67.5p/kg

Dairy Sh                                 to 95.5p/kg                          av. 84.5p/kg

Nor Red                                 to 74.5p/kg

Limx                                       to 134.5p/kg                        av. 94.70p/kg

BBx                                         to 135.5p/kg                        av. 116p/kg

AA                                           to 119.5p/kg                        av. 110.17p/kg

Top Prices (£ per head or p/kg)

B&W:

£ per head: AS&E Jeanes 819,797,776, PA Whittaker 810, JSS Verity 758,690

p/kg: P Sharp&Son 113.5, PA Whitaker 112.5, AS&E Jeanes & Son 108.5,108.5, JSS Verity 107.5

Other Dairy

£ per head: IRG Collins&Ptns (Dairy Sh) 548,501, JSS Verity (Nor Red) 443, (Jer) 375

p/kg: IRG Collins&Ptns (Dairy Sh) 95.5,90.5,89.5, JSS Verity (Nor Red)

Brit Blue:

£ per head: BL&R Lund 936, PN Garth 882, R&CR Mitchell 749, JE Cowperthwaite 747

p/kg: PN Garth 149.5, BL&R Lund 126.5, JE Cowperthwaite 120.5

Lim:

£ per head: BL&R Lund 798, JT Robinson 783, DR&G Snow 713

p/kg: DR&G Snow 134.5, BL&R Lund 116.5, JT Robinson 113.5

AA

£ per head: D&J Isherwood 1081, JT Robinson 980, TM Harrison 660

p/kg: D&J Isherwood 119.5, JT Robinson 109.5, TM Harrison 101.5

MATURE BULL

Overall Average                                   138.5p/kg             £1309

Lim

£ per head: JE Cowperthwaite 1309

p/kg: JE Cowperthwaite 138.5

3,343 Prime Sheep comprising 2,913 Prime Lambs & 430 Cast Ewes & Rams

A smaller show of sheep sold away reasonably well, and a strong overall average of nearly 171p. The smart lambs were a good trade, best sorts 220-250 regularly away up to 262.5p from Samantha Asquith of Otley and £106 from Fox Farms of Clitheroe. The next grade were 180p to 210p depending upon weight, with rather more interest in the handy weights 39kg to 43kg if smarter skinned and well fleshed. Lambs that have had additional feed certainly fairing better than a plainer grass fed lamb. More heavier lambs about today, with 1100 lambs scaling 46kg or more, which just held the trade for these. 

Prime Lambs  – Overall Average  £75.97 per head or 170.92p/kg         

32.1kg to 35.9kg to 154.3 p/kg        av 138.5p/kg         or £47.93 per head

36.0kg to 45.5kg to 262.5p/kg         av 176.0p/kg         or £75.03 per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg to 212.0p/kg         av 165.6p/kg         or £79.39 per head

52.1kg and over   to 162.3p/kg         av 151.6p/kg         or £83.49 per head

Beltex average £86.78 per head or 206.7p/kg

£ per head: £106 Fox Farm; £105 S Asquith; £100 P Crabtree; £98 WC Logan; £98 A Jenkinson; £98 GA Hewitt & Son; £98 F&R Fielden;

p/kg: 262.5p S Asquith; 248.7p JJ Beckwith & Son; 239.0p A Jenkinson; 238.1p P Crabtree; 236.6p T&C Robinson; 235.9p F&R Fielden;

Suffolk average £73.96 per head or 163.1p/kg

£ per head: £80.50 £80 RA&M Earnshaw; £80.50 JW Barker; £79 £76.50 CD&RF Kitching; £79 R Emmott; £78 FG Throup; £76.50 A Butler

p/kg: 175.6p 170.0p CD&RF Kitching; 167.9pPJ&JE Bolland; 166.7p RA&M Earnshaw; 166.3p  B Spensley ltd; 165.6p R&E Pollard; 164.6p R Emmott;

Texel average £75.35 per head or 170.5 p/kg

£ per head: £101 RH&MR Ireland; £94 S Spensley; £94 £93.50 JR Crabtree; £93 GB Moorhouse; £90 CD&RF Kitching; £90 SD Bennett;

p/kg: 211.9p JJ&D Cowking; 210.4p RH&MR Ireland; 209.3p CD&RF Kitching; 208.9p 207.8p JR Crabtree; 204.9p AW&N Wade; 204.9p A&AR Phillipson;

Mule average £69.10 per head or 151.1p/kg

£ per head: £79 £74 JC&N Throup; £78 £76.50 £75 BS Simpson; £78 WA&A Booth; £76 CD&RF Kitching; £75 M&B Allen;

p/kg: 161.0p JH Throup; 159.2p 157.6p BS Simpson; 158.3p CD&RF Kitching; 157.4p JC&N Throup; 155.6p JJ Beckwith;

Charollais average £75.50 per head or 156.2p/kg

£ per head: £81.50 £80 JW Barker; £79 CR&J Kippax; £77 JJ Beckwith & Sons; £69 GT Booth;

p/kg: 179.1p JJ Beckwith & Son; 160.5p GT Booth; 154.9p CR&J Kippax; 154.7p R&E Pollard;

Blue du Maine average £82 per head or 174.4p/kg

£ per head: £82 D Asquith

p/kg: 174.5p D Asquith

Swaledale average £46.88 per head or 133.1p/kg

£ per head: £59 JJ Beckwith & Son; £57 JH Throup; £48 S&D Robinson; £48 JH&SM Mason;

p/kg: 147.5 JJ Beckwith & Son; 142.5p JH Throup; 141.2p JH&SM Mason; 133.3p S&D Robinson;

Dalesbred average £48.26 per head or 142.6p/kg

£ per head: £54 £48.50 £46.50 Hayton & Stocks;

p/kg: 150.0p 145.3p142.6p Hayton & Socks;

Texel to £92.5, Mule to £76.5, Hampshire to £59.5, Swaledale to £31.5, Gritstone to £47.5, Cheviot to £41.5, Lonk to £30.5.

Top prices:

Lowland: £92.5 G Sunderland; £88.5 E&KM Marshall

Mule/Masham: £76.5 J Gooch; £59.5 CN&SA Harrison

Horned: £39.5 x2 DE&CP Sayer; £31.5 JC&N Throup;

Hill: £43.5 J Attey; £41.5 JR Crabtree;  

Cast Rams average £76.75

Texel to £107.5, Lleyn to £48.5.

Rearing Calves to £420 (88)

B&W av £41.83 Cont av £277 Native av £162

A good number of calves through the door this Monday with a two tier type of trade this morning. Best Continentals from the likes of Church Farm Enterprises and Joss Lancaster saw their calves reach £420 and £395 respectively with Lancaster’s Heifers topping the females at £360.  Middle of the road bulls were certainly less than a week ago, however a straight trade was had by all. Native bulls saw some fierce competition with James Wellock of Eshton and Smith’s of Carleton topping with Aberdeen Angus bulls at £310.

A run of Flekvieh calves from Chris Watson, Horton In Craven were once again keenly sought after topping with a super bull at £385 with the main of his run between £180 and £230.

Not a lot of flesh around in the Black and White Calves with the main of the calves in the £30 to £60 bracket with a Friesian from Richard Spence topping at £115.   

Next Week is the CCM Calf Show.

Bull Calves

Limousin x (Av £300) to £300 NA Bell                            

Brit Blue x (Av £297) to £420 Church Farm Enterprises                                                             

Aberdeen Angus (Av £247) to £310 J Wellock

Flekvieh (Av £171) to £385 C Watson

Shorthorn (Av £100) to £125 IRG Collins & Partners

Black & White (Av £42.83) to £115 RM Spence                           

Heifer Calves       

Ab Angus (Av £126.67) to £155 DL DM & J Heron                                                      

British Blue (Av £239) to £360 J&SA Lancaster