Prime Cattle (under 30 mos)

A very high quality show of mainly retail cattle saw Anthony Kitson with shops at Yarm and Northallerton buy the leading priced animal a 575kg British Blue cross heifer sold by Mesrs KA&HL Fawcett of Barden for £1492 or 259.5p/kg. Leading p/kg prices for both steers and heifers came from the pen of Mesrs F&B Smith of Westhouse whose leading priced heifer a British Blue cross weighing 530kg made 266.5p (£1412) and steer, a Limousin cross made 263.5p (£1383) both selling to Keelham Farm Shop for sale in their Skipton and Thornton stores.

Steers

465-555kg                                             to 263.5p/kg

Heifers

485kg+                                                   to 266.5p/kg                        av.233.32p/kg

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

Steers

£ per head: F&B Smith (Limx) 1383

p/kg: F&B Smith (Limx) 263.5

Heifers

£ per head: KA&HL Fawcett (BBx) 1492, AA&E Critchley&Son (Limx) 1479, (Blondex) 1435, (BBx) 1425, DA Wilcock&Sons (Blondex) 1437

p/kg: F&B Smith (BBx) 266.5, JA Drake (BBx) 263.5, KA&HL Fawcett (BBx) 259.5, AA&E Critchley&Son (Limx) 250.5,(Blondex)249.5, CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 249.5           

Prime Cattle (over 30mos)

Overall Average                                   142.95p/kg                           £892.82

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

£ per head: CM&EM Gratton (B&W Hfr) 1128, N&SA Fort (B&W Hfr) 658

p/kg: CM&EM Gratton (B&W Hfr) 154.5, N&SA Fort (B&W Hfr) 126.5

A good show of cattle carrying finish helped a buoyant trade with all buyers present after last week’s holiday affected sale. Across the board all classes of cow a good trade with meated dairies 120-130p and the next grade down nudging 120p and the plains 100p+.

Overall Average                                   121.91p/kg           £846.21

Dairy Shorthorn                   to 115.5p/kg       

Black & White                       to 130.5p/kg                        av. 119.58p/kg

Jersey                                     to 108.5p/kg

Montbeliarde                       to 128.5p/kg                        av.122.08p/kg

Fleckvieh                               to 129.5p/kg

Limx                                       to 143.5p/kg                        av. 135.00p/kg

BBx                                         to 129.5p/kg

Aberdeen Angus                  to 139.5p/kg                        av. 135.13p/kg

Top Prices (£ per head or p/kg)

B&W:

£ per head: GB Moorhouse 1201,1069, AN Bolland 1083, 1007,957, RD Metcalfe&Son 982, JD Taylor&Son 930

p/kg: AN Bolland 130.5,128.5, 127.5, GB Moorhouse 128.5, CN&SA Harrison 128.5, CM&EM Gratton 128.5, RD Metcalfe&Son 127.5, CN&SA Harrison 127.5, N&SA Fort 127.5

Other Dairy

£ per head: SW&JE Ryder&Son (Mont) 919,(Fleck) 881, H Downs&Son (Dairy Sh) 803, (Jer) 662

p/kg: SW&JE Ryder&Son (Fleck) 129.5, (Mont) 128.5, H Downs&Son (Dairy Sh) 115.5, (Jer) 108.5

Brit Blue:

£ per head: BS Simpson 758

p/kg: BS Simpson 129.5

Lim:

£ per head: BS Simpson 832,767,  T Wild & R Ellis 791

p/kg: BS Simpson 143.5, 134.5, T Wild & R Ellis 127.5

Aberdeen Angus

£ per head: G&MA Lawn 1172,1096,1057,1044,995

p/kg: G&MA Lawn 139.5,136.5,134.5,134.5,130.5

4050 SHEEP comprising 62 NEW SEASON LAMBS, 3510 OLD SEASON LAMBS and  478 CAST SHEEP

A much larger show of all round with 4,049 Prime & Cast sold today, and prices were well up on the week as well. First in the ring were the Spring Lambs and these set the pace for the day. When 62 head averaged 319.4p and numbers were way short of requirements form buyers. Top price was £162 on two occasions, both from JD&V Towers & Son of Farleton, purchased by D&J Isherwood and Andrew Atkinson and making to 360p/kg from D&A Livestock of Haverah Park selling to Andrew Atkinson.
A more mixed show of Old Season Lambs were a great trade, levelling at 280p/kg right through with a general shortage of the very smartest hoggs compared to usual weeks here at Skipton. What were out to sell could command prices of 340p to 400p/kg, Andrew Phillips of Burton Leonard topping the sale at 402.8p/kg. Pete Longdin of Wellingly topped the £’s per head at £172, EP&JM Hutchinson £171 £170, Andrew Phillips £170, TE Walker £170. There were some very good heavy hoggs in the Mart today, and the best way to report prices would be by saying the best heavies were £110-£115 above weight, nice sorts £100-£110 and well fleshed commercials £85-£100. Hill bred sheep saw some good runs generally around the £80-£85 over region or 250p, Best Mules to £141 from JK Wilson of Blubberhouses and £138 from Bernard Simpson of Pateley Bridge. Lightweight Horned lambs were good to sell if well fleshed and the best end were 230p to 255p, plainer sorts 210p-230p.
Cast Sheep were a very sharp trade and there was a shortage of heavy sheep so an overall average of £85 is a good return on the day.

Spring Lambs  – Overall Average  £135.36 per head or 320.14p/kg       

36.0kg to 45.5kg                 to 360p/kg            av 331.33p/kg      or £133.39 per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg                 to 326.1p/kg         av 313.19p/kg      or £154.31 per head

Texel average £109.57 per head or 332.61p/kg

£ per head: £144, £127 D&A Livestock; £125 JT Rushton; £115 D&A Livestock;

p/kg:360p, 334.2p, 310.8p D&A Livestock;

Charollais average £146.44 per head or 309.92p/kg

£ per head: £162 HD&V Towers & Son; £162, £160 CW Marwood & Son; £158 JD&V Towers & Son; £156 CW Marwood & Son

p/kg: 356.4p CW Marwood & Son; 351.3p D&A Livestock; 338.1p, 325p, 323.9p CW Marwood & Son;

Suffolk average £144.69 per head or 332.61p/kg

£ per head: £156, £149 JA Key; £150, £147 ML Evans; £146 D&A Livestock; £144, £138, £127 JA Key

p/kg:356.1p D&A Livestock; 351.2p, 345p JA Key; 341.9p ML Evans; 331.1p JA Key; 326.1p ML Evans;

Old Season Lambs  – Overall Average  £122.9 per head or 281.3p/kg   

32.1kg to 35.9kg                 to 291.4p/kg         av 247.45p/kg      or £84.6 per head

36.0kg to 45.5kg                 to 410.5p/kg         av 288.68p/kg      or £120.29 per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg                 to 344.7p/kg         av 278.2p/kg         or £134.01 per head

52.1kg and over                  to 305.6p/kg         av 266.74p/kg      or £149.37 per head

Beltex average £139.32 per head or 327.77p/kg

£ per head: £170, £168 RL&AR Phillips; £164 HB Atkinson; £163 RL&AR Phillips; £163 EP&JM Hutchinson; £163 HB Atkinson;

p/kg:402.8p RL&AR Phillips; 402.6p HB Atkinson; 400p, 390.2p, 386.4p , 384.6p, 375.7p, 368.3p RL&AR Phillips;    

Suffolk average £133.53 per head or 278.14p/kg

£ per head: £171 EP&JM Hutchinson; £168 J&F Nutter; £165 D&J Ishewrwood; £164 J&F Nutter; £163 G Beresford & Son;

p/kg: 297.9p, 297.7p S Dorey; 295.7p J Greenwood; 293.5p S Dorey; 292.9p J&F Nutter; 291.8p HB Atkinson; 

Texel average £123.63 per head or 283.4p/kg

£ per head: £172 PC Longdin; £170 TE Walker; £170, £168 x2; EP&JM Hutchinson; £169 T Hill & R Wright; £168 J&F Nutter;

p/kg: 356.4p, 352.5p, 343.9p EP&JM Hutchinson; 343.2p K Marshall; 343.2p MJ&GC Dobson; 331.8p PC Longdin; 

Mule average £109.18 per head or 250.14p/kg

£ per head: £141 JK Wilson; £138 BS Simpson; £134 J&F Nutter; £130.5 GW Thackray; £130 S Pepper; £130 JR Lancaster;

p/kg:286.7p S Forshaw & Sons; 279.5p J Baines; 274.4p Lupton Fawcett; 273.2p J&R Driver; 272.7p J&F Nutter;

Charollais average £116.74 per head or 280.43p/kg

£ per head: £146x2 S Forshaw & Sons; £140 PC Longdin; £110 JG Senior; £108 Stocks Enterprises; £102 TH Heslop & Sons

p/kg: 311.1p PC Longdin; 310.6p x2 S Forshaw & Sons; 261.5p TH Heslop & Sons; 257.1p Stocks Enterprises; 250p JG Senior 

Masham average £122.17 per head or 260.43p/kg

£ per head: £127 S Pepper; £122 S Dorey; £117 S Pepper; £99 D Asquith

p/kg:264.6p S Pepper; 259.6p S Dorey; 254.3p S Pepper; 241.5p D Asquith; 

Swaledale average £88.6 per head or 229.75p/kg

£ per head: £123, £120 JP Stirke; £120 JR Crabtree; £118 JG Senior; £116 I Wilson; £113.5 JP Stirke; £112 BS Simpson;

p/kg:266.7p JR Crabtree; 256.1p GW Thackray; 254.1p R&VJ Brown; 251.4p Fair Place; 251.4p R&VJ Brown 

Dalesbred average £111.66 per head or 243.82p/kg

£ per head: £130 JK Wilson; £119, £113 x2 JP Stirke; £97 JH&J Ryder; £88 Lupton Fawcett; £84 AN Fothergill

p/kg:275p Lupton Fawcett; 247.1p A&N Fothergill; 245.7p x2, 238p JP Stirke; 225.6p JH&J Ryder, 200p JK Wilson;

SBF average £107.36 per head or 255.78p/kg

£ per head: £109x3, £108.5, £108, £105, £104.5, £94 GW Thackray;

p/kg:265.9p, 259.5p, 259.5p, 257.1p 252.3p 250p 248.8p 235p GW Thackray; 

Lonk average £105.78 per head or 253.45p/kg

£ per head: £137 JG Senior; £130 SP&VM Morris; £123 JG Senior; £117 SP&VM Morris; £113 K Marshall; £107 S Dorey;

p/kg: 272.1p, 265.3p SP&VM Morris; 261p S Dorey; 258.5p, 251p JG Senior; 248.7p TH Atkins; 240.4p K Marshall

Gritstone average £108.07 per head or 255.72p/kg

£ per head: £121 J Lord; £118 W Holden; £116, £105 B Dibb; £100 C Middleton; £93 TH Atkins;

p/kg: 307.1p, 304.7p F&M Parkinson; 304.4p HB Atkinson; 302.4p BF Blezard Ltd; 300p W Holden; 291.7p J Lord;

Suffolk to £148.50, Texel to £158.50, Bleu to £125.50, BFL to £137.50, Mule to £129.50, Swaledale to £75.50, Masham to £69.50, Cheviot  to £139.50, Beltex  to £125.50, Lonk  to £89.50.

Top prices:

Lowland: £158.50,£148.50,£145.50 D&A Livestock Ltd, £139.50 JA&JH Hewetson, £138.50 T&J Smith

Mule/Masham: £129.50 KG Stapleton, £127.50 JM Daggett, £127.50 DG Boothman, £135.50 AP Townsend

Horned: £75.50 BS Simpson, £71.50 K Dickinson, £69.50 Ellis Bros, £67.50 KG Stapleton

Hill: £139.50, £95.50 S Forshaw & Sons, £101.50 J Caygill&Ptns, £93.50 PJ&JE Bolland, £89.50 SP&VM Morris

Cast Rams average £129.50

Suffolk to £154.50, Texel to £134.50, BFL to £152.50, Char to £128.50,

Breeding Sheep

A large show of Store & Breeding Sheep forward for sale and quality outfits in high demand, especially younger ewes with strong lambs at foot. The 226 outfits of sheep with lambs topped at £230 for Texel Shearlings and Twins from Alan Midgley, Luddendenfoot, the same vendor with two further pens at £220. Peter Simpson of Dacre had a nice run of Texel Ewes with twins, topping at £228 and £225, with Andrew Throup of Silsden selling Texel Ewes and Twins to £225. Older ewes were decent to sell if they had older lambs at foot with purchasers discounting outfits with very young lambs. A useful entry of Store Hoggs found favour and sold away very well.

Texel Store Lambs                               to £77

Jacob Store Lambs                               to £67

Mule Shlg Inlamb                                to £138 av £133  R&DA Earnshaw

Mule Hogg Inlamb                               to £100                  S Pepper

Suffolk Ewe + Single                            to £128                  RG Johnson

Suffolk Ewe + Twins                            to £190 av £177 RJ Umpleby

Suffolk + Mixed                                    to £200                  A&G Midgley

Texel Ewe + Single                               to £178 av £121  J Hitchen

Texel Ewe + Twins                               to £228 av £187  P&AM Simpson

Texel + Mixed                                       to £185                  M Harker

Texel Shlg + Single                               to £172 av £151  A&G Midgley

Texel Shlg + Twins                               to £230 av £220 A&G Midgley

Mule Ewe + Single                               to £118 av £115  J Roberts

Mule Ewe + Twins                               to £172 av £144  DM White

Mule Shlg + Single                               to £140                  S Horn

Mule Shlg + Twins                                to £145                  S Horn

Jacob Ewe + Twins                               to £100                  K Woodhouse

Zwartable + Triplets                            to £220                  A&G Midgley

Rearing Calves to £425 (72)

B&W av £90.91 Cont av £289 Native av £203.5

72 Calves through the door today and a good covering of buyers around the ring. £425 was the top price today for a cracking blue bull from RL Wright & Son of Airton with two more at £400 to follow that one. Better end of the continentals sold away nicely with some more 14 – 20 day old blue bulls just easing the average back to £310. A rare sight of pens of Limousin X bulls and heifers were on show today and met a nice trade for the bulls topping at £380 and £360 from JC&DJ Marshall, West End.

Heifers were definitely buyable today with straight Limousin heifers settling out from the £200 to £250 mark. Blues faired better with Moon’s topping with a tremendous heifer at £400 and £395 with John and Rob Marshall at £350 with their entry although some nice rearing types at 14- 21 days steadying the average to £280. 

Bull Calves

Limousin x (Av £292.5) to £380 JC&DJ Marshall & Sons, West End                         

Brit Blue x (Av £310) to £425 RL Wright & Son, Airton                                                              

Aberdeen Angus (Av £246.25) to £290 JC&DJ Marshall & Sons, West End

Black & White (Av £90.91) to £165 Town Head Farm, Grassington                         

Heifer Calves                       

Hereford x (Av £150) to £150 JC Marshall, Dacre                                                        

Ab Angus (Av £161.67) to £165 DL&DM & J Heron, Bramhope                                                               

British Blue (Av £280) to £400 JR&MJ Moon, Wigglesworth

Lim (Av £215.63) to £250 RD Metcalfe, Brearton

Prize Awards:       Newly Calven Heifers:         1^st GB Jennings; 2^nd SM Stapleton

                                Newly Calven Cows:            1^st GB Jennings;

                                In-Calf Heifers:                     1^st GD &JC Holme

                                Champion – GB Jennings    Reserve – GB Jennings

Newly Calven Heifers (av £1275): to £1350 GB Jennings;

Newly Calven Cows to £1800 GB Jennings

Incalf Heifers: to £1400 GD&JC Holme