Forward: 520 head of cattle
Comprising: 119 Young Feeding Bulls, 370 Bullocks & Heifers, 30 Breeding Cattle & 1 Grazing Cow
At the special Spring Prize Show & Sale of Store Bullocks & Heifers the judge, Mr Stephen Maskill of Hebden Bridge made the prize awards below. Sale sponsors were Massey Bros Feeds of Walton le Dale, Preston.
Trade in general was decent, buyers obviously keeping an eye on prime trade when purchasing strong short keep cattle, but plenty of interest in grazing and summering cattle.
HEIFERS
Class 1 – Brit Blue x
1st – KA&HL Fawcett selling for £1280 to JM Townsend
2nd – JC Walker & Son selling for £1320 to JM Townsend
3rd – E&M Townley & Son selling for £1230 to JB Eastwood
Class 2 – Limousin x
1st – J&G Huck selling for £1140 to JM Townsend
2nd – C Cropper selling for £1120 to JM Townsend
3rd – J&G Huck selling for £1090 to JM Townsend
Class 3 – Any Other Breed
1st – E&M Townley selling for £1080 to JM Townsend
BULLOCKS
Class 2 – Limousin
1st – E&M Townley selling for £1040 to JM Townsend
Champion – KH&L Fawcett selling for £1280 to JM Townsend
Reserve – E&M Townley selling for £1040 to JM Townsend
PRICES AND AVERAGES
Young Bulls – Continental x average £888, Native Average £682
Charollais x to £920 av £900 Top Price – RM Wilson
Limousin x to £1230 av £854 Top Price – S & T Fawcett
Blonde x to £970 av £833 Top Price – S Kenny
British Blue x to £1320 av £988 Top Price – R Davey
Simmental x to £920 av £870 Top Price –C & RH Weatherhead
Ab Angus to £680 av £642 Top Price –MD Farms Ltd
Saler to £840 av £840 Top Price – Bents Farms Ltd
Black & White to £210 av £210 Top Price – M Ryder & Sons
Principle Prices:
£1320 R Davey; £1250 £1230 £1200 S&T Fawcett; £1180 £1100x2 B Lund; £1160 £1130 £1060 EW&JR Parkinson; £1100 E&AM Simpson; £1080 TC Altham; £1080 E&SCL Harker; £1080 D&S Hollings; £1080 DG Johnson;
£1070 L Mellin; £1070x5 WA&VJ&JA Towler; £1060 G&H Sztejnke;
Top price pen of three or more bulls
(£15 Prize) 5 Lim x @ £1070 WA&VJ&JA Towler, Grindleton
(£10 Prize) 3 Sim x @ £850 J&AJ Coates & Son, Westhouse
Store Bullocks – Continental x average £1023, Native average £877
Charolais x to £1090 av £984 Top Price – KP Drinkall
Limousin x to £1160 av £1013 Top Price – A Wainwright & Sons
Blonde x to £950 av £903 Top Price – TE & S Ridding
British Blue x to £1180 av £1061 Top Price – JSS Verity
Ab Angus to £1185 av £951 Top Price – JSS Verity
Hereford to £1190 av £1092 Top Price – KP Drinkall
MRI to £1025 av £968 Top Price –Messrs B Spensley Ltd
Mont Bel to £790 av £790 Top Price – J Howarth
Black & White to £735 av £715 Top Price –J Howarth
Principle Prices:
£1090x2 KP Drinkall; £1185 £1180x2 £1165 £1010x4 JSS Verity; £1165 £1140 £1115x5 B Spensley Ltd; £1160 RL Phillips; £1160 £1150 £1135 A Wainwright; £1155 WF Naylor; £1145 JA Drake; £1140x2 H&SMD Lund; £1135 WP&B Walker;
Top price pen of three or more bullocks
(£15 Prize) 3 Brit Blue x @ £1115 B Spensley Ltd, Thorlby
(£10 Prize) 4 Brit Blue x @ £1110 JSS Verity, Whitewell
Store Heifers – Continental x average £878, Native average £820
Charolais x to £1280 av £812 Top Price – MD Farms Ltd
Limousin x to £1245 av £861 Top Price –KP Drinkall
Blonde x to £1200 av £898 Top Price – K & C Hird Ltd
British Blue x to £1320 av £922 Top Price – JC Walker & Son
Simmental x to £785 av £707 Top Price – N Tiffin
Ab Angus to £985 av £839 Top Price – C Wellock & Son
Black & White to £690 av £690 Top Price – JSS Verity
Bazadaise to £1080 av £1033 Top Price – R Holmes
Principle Prices:
£1320 £1150 JC Walker; £1280 £1165 KA&HL Fawcett; £1280 MD Farms; £1255 £1245 KP Drinkall; £1245 £1140 J&G Huck; £1230 E&M Townley; £1200x3 £1195 K&C Hird; £1175x2 B Spensley Ltd; £1155x2 JSS Verity; £1150 £1140 E&M Townley; £1150 JD Taylor; £1135 R Holmes;
Top price pen of three or more heifers
(£15 Prize) 3 Bld X @ £1010 R Holmes, Crossroads
(£10 Prize) 3 Lim x @ £975 J Walmsley, Pleasington
Breeding Cattle
Hereford Cow with Lim Calf to £700
Lim x Cow with Sim x Calf to £980
Brit Blue x Cow with AB Angus to £1180
Dispersal from JR Smith
Charollais x Incalf Cow to £980 av £837
Simmental x Incalf Cow to £1020 av £900
Limousin x Incalf Cow to £940 av £805
Brit Blue x Incalf Cow to £980 av £770