Prime Cattle (under 30 mos)

Steers

465-555kg                                             to 249.5p/kg        av. 246.5p/kg

560kg+                                                   to 252.5p/kg        av. 216.75p/kg

Heifers

400-480kg                                             to 250.5p/kg        av 228.67p/kg

485kg+                                                   to 254.5p/kg        av 194.10p/kg

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

Steers

£ per head: JA Drake (Contx) 1502, TH Heslop&Sons (Limx) 1444,1376, SD Bennett (Limx) 1436, J Baines (Limx)

p/kg: JA Drake (Limx) 252.5, SD Bennett (BBx) 249.5, SD Bennett (BBx) 249.5,(Limx) 245.5,243.5,JR Metcalfe (Contx) 243.5

Heifers

£ per head: S&P Scriven (BBx) 1438, JR Metcalfe (Limx) 1238, JA Drake (Limx) 1219, JM Townsend (Contx) 1199,(Limx) 1152

p/kg: S&P Scriven (BBx) 254.5, JR Metcalfe (Limx) 250.5,247.5

Prime Cattle (over 30mos)

Overall Average                                   103.94p/kg           £662.64

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

£ per head: A Beresford (Hefd) 752, J Simpson&Son (Ayr) 573

p/kg: A Beresford (Hefd) 118.5, J Simpson&Son (Ayr) 89.5

Overall Average                                   97.60p/kg             £661.31

Black & White                       to 112.5p/kg                        av. 93.15p/kg

Dairy Shorthorn                   to 92.5p/kg

Blondex                                 to 128.5p/kg                        av. 121.83p/kg

Limx                                       to 128.5p/kg                        av. 113.00p/kg

BBx                                         to 117.5p/kg                        av. 111.57p/kg

Sim                                         to 114.5p/kg                        av. 98.31p/kg

AAx                                         to 95.5p/kg                          av. 94.42p/kg

Top Prices (£ per head or p/kg)

B&W:

£ per head: M Mosley 918,889, J Caygill&Ptns 838, G Abbott&Sons 797, NA Bell 794,MP Jennings (Dairy) Ltd 779

p/kg: M Mosley 112.5,105.5,104.5, MP Jennings (Dairy) Ltd 107.5, J Caygill&Sons 104.5,103.5, DA Fort 103.5

Brit Blue:

£ per head: SR Petty 698, TB Moorhouse &Son 658

p/kg: TB Moorhouse&Son 117.5, SR Petty 106.5

Lim:

£ per head: CT&EM Hammond 964,942, DG Boothman 859,769

p/kg: CT&EM Hammond 128.5,126.5, DG Boothman 111.5,111.5,

Sim

£ per head: EB Webster 698

p/kg: EB Webster 114.5

MATURE BULL

Overall Average                                   93.40p/kg             £992.39

Top Prices and p/kg

£ per head: K&M Berry&Son (Hefd) 1020, RL Wright&Son (Saler) 965

p/kg: RL Wright&Son (Saler) 95.5, K&M Berry&Son (Hefd) 91.5

3,373 Prime Sheep

A cracking trade today with everything up a gear to record an overall average of 154.7p against an SQQ average (upto 45kg) of 158.8p. The very smartest stuff this week was 210p plus topping at 241p for smart Beltex crosses from FW&JM Eddington, Bell Busk. Top per head of £95 was achieved twice from TH Mellin, Black Lane Ends and James Garth & Son of Keasden.

A commercial Beltex type of ¾ Texel was 180p to 200p whilst a nice export weight was 160p to 170p. Commercial Export weights 150p to 155p. Heavy lambs were good to sell averaging 145p, whilst Mule lambs were stronger than last week generally £20 over the weight. Swaledale lambs were generally better quality than of late averaging 130p.

Cast sheep now getting tighter in numbers and trade was sharper as a result.

Prime Lambs  – Overall Average  £66.93 per head or 154.64p/kg         

32.1kg to 35.9kg                 to 176.5p/kg         av 134.53p/kg      or £46.28 per head

36.0kg to 45.5kg                 to 241p/kg            av 160.31p/kg      or £67.64 per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg                 to 197.9p/kg         av 145.34p/kg      or £69.46 per head

52.1kg and over                 to 153.07p/kg       av 135.02p/kg      or £68.68 per head

Beltex average £75.47 per head or 177.9p/kg

£ per head: £95 TH Mellin; £95 James Garth; £94 FW&JM Edington; £93 K Saffery; £93 GH&G Emmott; £93 P Crabtree;

p/kg: 241.0p FW&JM Edington; 235.9p DN&D Capstick; 230.6p K Saffery; 230.0p 227.5p James Garth; 227.0p DN&D Capstick;

Suffolk average £67.84 per head or 164.3p/kg

£ per head: £74 CH&C Fearnley; £73 MP Jennings; £70.50 R Emmott; £70 B Spensley Ltd; £70 GW Houseman & Partners

p/kg: 164.3p TH Mellin; 156.7p R Emmott; 156p P&A Riley; 153.4p CH&C Fearnley; 153.3p DW&CJ Towler; 151.1p CD&RF Kitching

Texel average £67.76 per head or 153.1p/kg

£ per head: £85 £84 £82 £80 RH&MR Ireland; £83 JH&JA Hewetson; £82 FW&JM Edington; £80 D&J Carlisle; £80 H Barker;

p/kg: 200.0p 184.8p 182.6p 181.7p RH&MR Ireland; 192.1p B Lund; 190.5p D&J Carlisle; 17.8p H Barker;

Mule average £63.31 per head or 144.3.p/kg

£ per head: £70.50 WM Hall; £67.50 JC&N Throup; £67.50x2 FW&JM Edington; £67 R&C Greenwood; £67 Ashfield Farms;

p/kg: 151.3p G&MA Lawn; 151.2p 148.8p PL Metcalfe; 150.0p K Dickinson; 148.8px2 JR Lancaster; 147.7p JM Townsend;

147.7p R Mawson

Charollais average £67.53 per head or 150.9p/kg

£ per head: £74 £70.50 £69 WM Hall; £73 £70 JG Senior; £69 HW&F Wilkinson; £69 A Guy & Son;

p/kg: 167.5p 165.9p 192.8p JG Senior; 154.5p 150.0p HW&F Wilkinson; 154.5p P Crabtree; 150.0p A Guy & Son;

Lleyn average £67.27 per head or 149.4p/kg

£ per head: £67.50 DC Wood; £67 CD&RF Kitching;

p/kg: 150.0p DC Wood; 148.9p CD&RF Kitching;

Rouge average £71.25 per head or 173.7p/kg

£ per head: £72.50 Frankland Farms; £70 James Garth & Son;

p/kg: 181.3p Frankland Farms; 166.7p James Garth & Son;

Swaledale average £46.61 per head or 132.2p/kg

£ per head: £54 K Dickinson; £53 £52.50 £50 JM&S Tennant; £52 K Huck; £50 T Atkins;

p/kg: 142.9p 138.2p JM&S Tennant; 136.8p K Huck; 136.4p J&AJ Coates; 134.3p T Atkins;

Cull Ewes average £53.74

Suffolk to £92.50, Texel to £99.50, Hampshire to £77.50, Mule to £64.50, Herdwick to £34.50, Swaledale to £46.50

Lowland: £99.50 JR Lancaster; £93.50 JE&ME Grange; £92.50 HR&E Wass

Mule/Masham: £64.50 JM Townsend; £64.50 FG Throup; £64.50 N Heseltine

Horned: £46.50 JM&S Tennant; £46.50 S Horsfield; £45.50 P Addyman & Son;

Hill: £34.50 E Gudgeon; £32.50 W Watson

Cast Rams average £64.88

Texel to £119.50 JM Smith & Son; Suffolk to £105.50 JM Smith & Son; Herdwick to £47.50 M Vann 

Rearing Calves to £400 (61)

B&W av £70.32 Cont av £325.64 Native av £234

Struart Petty of Draughton took the top price of £400 with his fine British Blue bull with all blue bulls averaging £330. Blue heifers were a touch easier with arguably not the sweetest of calves on show averaging £272. Good show right through the black and whites with only an odd bobby calf simmering the average to a respectable £70.32.

Always worth remembering the average age of our calves when comparing prices with Black and White calves 41.2 days old on average and Continentals 44.4 days.

Bull Calves

Limousin x (Av £267.5) to £325 N Hitchen                   

Brit Blue x (Av £330) to £400 SR Petty                          

Hereford (Av £245) to £285 K&M Berry & Son

Charolais x to £380 A&SL Throup & Son                                                        

MRI (Av £126.6) to £148 L&A Watson                                          

Black & White (Av £70.32) to £112 M&R Smith                          

Heifer Calves                       

Limousin x to £220 N Hitchen                         

Brit Blue x (Av £281) to £350 JR&MJ Moon                  

Aberdeen Angus (Av £222.5) to £255 RD Guy                                                             

Simmental x to £250 A&SL Throup & Son                                                     

Prize Awards:       Newly Calven Heifers:         1^st JD Taylor           2^nd & 3^rd A Lawson & Son

                                Newly Calven Cows:            1^st & 2^nd A Lawson & Son                    3^rd WR Ireland

                                In-Calf Heifers:                     1^st & 2^nd MGT Corner           3^rd I Oliver & Partners

                                Champion – JD Taylor         Reserve – A Lawson & Son

1^st Quality Newly Calven Heifers (10): av £1479 to £2000 M Baul & Partners

2nd Quality Newly Calven Heifers (6) av £1010 to £1180

Newly Calven Cows (5): av £1537 to £1680 A Lawson & Sons

Pedigree Newly Calven Heifers (9): av £1673 to £1950 A Lawson & Son  

Incalf Heifers (6): av £1107 to £1280 I Oliver & Partners

Maiden Heifers (4) av £615 G Woodmansey & Son

Heifer Calves (4) av £265 to £310 J&SA Lancaster