Prime Cattle (under 30 mos)

Keelham Farm Shop stepped up and bought 9 cattle from the weekly sale their highest gross a Limousin cross steer consigned by TW Cowperthwaite of Malham Moor which weighed in at 595kg and made 242.5p/kg or £1443.

Steers

465-555kg                                             to 242.5p/kg                        av. 240.28p/kg

560kg+                                                   to 242.5p/kg                        av. 237.69p/kg

Heifers

400-480kg                                             to 237.5p/kg

485kg+                                                   to 240.5p/kg                        av. 171.31 p/kg

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

Steers

£ per head: TW Cowperthwaite (Limx) 1442, JA Drake (Limx) 1372,CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 1346,1256, JR Metcalfe (Limx)

p/kg: TW Cowperthwaite (Limx) 242.5, 241.5,  CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 242.5, 241.5, JR Metcalfe (Limx) 239.5, 237.5.

Heifers

£ per head: CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 1342, 1251, SD Bennett (Limx) 1263, 1069

p/kg: SD Bennett (Limx) 240.5, 237.5, CD&RF Kitching (Limx)  237.5, 229.5.

Prime Cattle (over 30 mos)

Overall Average                                   113.48p/kg                           £695.04

Top Price £ per head and p/kg

£ per head: RM Spence (B&W Hfr) 699, Ellis Bros (B&W Hfr) 691

p/kg: RM Spence (B&W Hfr) 115.5, Ellis Bros (B&W Hfr) 111.5

A good percentage of cattle carrying

Overall Average                                   102.91p/kg           £682.23

Black & White                       to 113.5p/kg                        av. 99.47p/kg

Jersey                                     to 67.5p/kg

Dairy Sh                                 to 113.5p/kg

Swed Red                              to 109.5p/kg                        av. 106.16p/kg

MRI                                         to 78.5p/kg                          av. 77.98p/kg

Saler                                       to 119.5p/kg                        av. 114.04p/kg

BBx                                         to 142.5p/kg

Hefdx                                     to 107.5p/kg                        av. 107.5p/kg

AA                                           to 117.5p/kg                        av. 115.15p/kg

Top Prices (£ per head or p/kg)

B&W:

£ per head: MP Jennings (Dairy) Ltd 881, 865, JC Marshall 870,  G Abbott7Sons 868, GT Booth 840, 838

p/kg: GT Booth 113.5, JC&DJ Marshall&Sons 112.5, Kingstone Farms Ltd 112.5,  JSS Verity 109.5, MP Jennings (Dairy) Ltd  109.5

Other Dairy

£ per head: M Fewster (Swed Red) 810, H Downs&Son (Dairy Sh) 732, SW&JE Ryder&Son (Swed Red) 692,

p/kg: H Downs&Son (Dairy Sh) 113.5, M Fewster (Swed Red) 109.5,  SW&JE Ryder & Son (Swed Red) 102.5,

Brit Blue:

£ per head: D&FJ Leeming 848

p/kg: D&FJ Leeming 142.5

Saler:

£ per head: Beeston Hall Farms Ltd 825,738

p/kg: Beeston Hall Farms Ltd 119.5, 108.5

Native

£ per head: G&MA Lawn 1093,999,812, R&E Pollard (Hefdx) 564

p/kg: G&MA Lawn 117.5, 117.5, 113.5, GR&SM Wearmouth 110.5.

MATURE BULL

Overall Average                                   123.97p/kg           £1032.04

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

£ per head: J Cheetham (Char) 1186, SW&JE Ryder&Son (Mont) 878

p/kg: J Cheetham (Char) 127.5, SW&JE Ryder&Son (Mont) 119.5

A smaller show today with vendors reacting to lower prices later in the week, and things no better today really. Smart lambs got away ok, and handy weighted lambs 38kg-41kg were a decent trade too. Heavier sorts were less money on the week, and mules generally a couple of pounds less too. Horned lambs along similar lines to last week. Ewes saw a decent trade for the heavy types, over fat Mules would be slightly cheaper, but lightweight lean ewes were quite a bit dearer on the week.

Prime Hoggs  – Overall Average  £70.59 per head or 163.75p/kg          

25.5kg to 32.0kg                 to 162.10p/kg       av 128.91p/kg      or £39.73 per head

32.1kg to 35.9kg                 to 217.6p/kg         av 151.14p/kg      or £52.11 per head

36.0kg to 45.5kg                 to 236.8p/kg         av 166.46p/kg      or £70.31 per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg                 to 202p/kg            av 158.06p/kg      or £75.21 per head

52.1kg and over   to 183p/kg            av 151.36p/kg      or £84.24 per head

Beltex average £80.25 per head or 188.45p/kg

£ per head: £99 RJ Lambert; £97 DN&D Capstick; £95 Ellis Bros; £94 JS Eddleston; £91 RJ Lambert; £90 WA&VJ&JA Towler

p/kg: 236.8p J&M Blakey; 217.6p MB Townley; 216.2p RJ Lambert; 216.2p WC Logan; 213.6p JS Eddleston;

Suffolk average £73.20 per head or 161.25p/kg

£ per head: £82 Ashfield Farms; £80 G Beresford & Sons; £76 A Fisher; £76 TR Thwaite & Son; £75 T Charnley;

p/kg:170p A Fisher; 166.3p Ashfield Farms; 165p J Mallender; 163.4p FA Holmes & Son; 163.3p CD&RF Kitching;

Texel average £73.19 per head or 168.14p/kg

£ per head: £95, £94 WC Logan; £94 J Baines; £91x2 DN&D Capstick; £90 SD Bennett; £89.50 P&J Brown & Son

p/kg: 215.9p WC Logan; 210.8p MB Townley; 208.9p WC Logan; 205.1p JS Eddleston; 203.5p CT&EM Hammond;

Mule average £68.01 per head or 155.23p/kg

£ per head: £84 M&B Allen; £76 M Ryder & Son; £74 R&N Carlisle; £72.50 G Beresford & Son; £72.50 J Baines

p/kg: 176.7p M Ryder & Sons; 159.3p JJ Beckwith & Sons; 158.8p Fair Place Farm; 158.3p JJ Beckwith & Sons;

Swaledale average £55.35 per head or 141.81p/kg

£ per head: £76 Heseltine and Akrigg; £65 K Huck; £65 MR Ewbank; £65, £63.50, £62.50 JE Cowperthwaite;

p/kg: 152.5p Heseltine and Akrigg; 151.4p WA Brown; 148.5p C Mellin; 147.4p, 147p TE Walker; 146.2p Heseltine & Akrigg

Lleyn average £71.69 per head or 162.46p/kg

£ per head: £73, £70 CD&RF Ktiching;

p/kg: 162.8p, 162.2p CD&RF Ktiching

Suffolk to £98.50, Texel to £119.5, Mule to £70.50, Lleyn to £78.50, Swaledale to £53.50, Dalesbred to £54.50.

Top prices:

Lowland: £119.5 J Watson; £109.50 BL&R Lund

Mule/Masham: £70.50 AJ Taylor; £67.50 RM Crabtree

Horned: £54.50 WM Hall; £53.50 GB&G Grange & Sons

Hill: £78.50, £63.50 DC Wood

Cast Rams average £52.42

Texel to £80.50 J Mallender: Suffolk to £64.50 CR&J Kippax

Rearing Calves to £435 (44)

B&W av £67.50 Cont av £368.4 Native av £195

A flying trade for continentals today with British Blue bulls from Moons of Wigglesworth watching their 10 British Blues receive a storming trade with all British Blue bulls averaging £411.7 and with the ringside of buyers today you could have sold a heap more. Black and Whites again a cracking trade with the top Friesian from John and Rob Marshall topping at £160 and plenty of strong B&W’s knocking on towards the £100 barrier a few bobby calves tempered the trade but still a healthy average at £67.50 for all goods.

Blue Heifers were a cracking trade also with a packet of men chasing the good calves with anything well reared quickly bid into the £350’s.

NB Calf Show Next Week With a Strong Show of Calves and Strong Buyer Attendance Aswell

Bull Calves                            

Brit Blue x (Av £411.7) to £435 JR&MJ Moon                                                              

Ab Angus to £195 JC Marshall & Son

Saler to £230 RL Wright & Sons                      

Black & White (Av £67.50) to £160 JC Marshall & Son                               

Heifer Calves                       

British Blue x (Av £345.75) to £355 JR&MJ Moon                                                       

Limousin (Av £320) to £325 AP Townsend                                                   

Prize Awards:       Newly Calven Heifers:         1^st Jennings Farmers 2^nd A Lawson & Son 3^rd M Baul & Partners

                                Newly Calven Cows:            1^st A Lawson & Son 2^nd EJ Fort 3^rd MD Parkinson

                                In-Calf Heifers:                     1^st WR Ireland 2^nd WR Ireland

                                Champion – Jennings Farmers          Reserve – A Lawson & Son

Pedigree Newly Calven Heifers (Av £1596): to £2000 Jennings Farmers

Newly Calven Heifers (Av £1407): to £1520 ASE Crisp

Newly Calven Cows (Av £1502): to £1760 A Lawson & Son  

Incalf Heifers (av £1150): to £1180 WR Ireland & Son

Maiden Heifers (av £335) to £380x2 A&SL Throup