FORWARD:
32 PRIME CATTLE comprising 2 Clean Cattle (Over 30 mos), 30 Cast Cattle
3,302 PRIME SHEEP comprising 3,003 Prime Hoggs, 299 Cast Ewes & Rams
48 REARING CALVES
52 DAIRY CATTLE
6 LOADS OF PRODUCE
2,385 BALES OF PRODUCE
PRIME CATTLE (Over 30mos)
Overall average 187.78p/kg or £1098.53
Black & White to 184.5p/kg
Lim to 192.5p/kg
Top prices £ per head and p/kg
JG Hall&Son B&W £1273 185.5p
JJ Beckwith & Sons Lim £924 192.5p
Trade for Cast cattle and over 30 months clean remains as strong as ever. Entry slightly reduced by weather conditions and cattle carrying meat hard to come by. Lean cattle however continue to sell well.
Overall Average 128.65p/kg £829.56
Black & White to 139.5p/kg av 121.61p/kg
Brit Blue x to 156.5p/kg
Simx to 155.5p/kg
MRI to 126.5p/kg
Top Prices (£ per head)
AJ Mason Lim £1280
G Lumb&Son Simx £1260
F Glassbrook BBx £1056
G Lumb&Son Simx £1045
G Lumb&Son Simx £1019
DC Hall B&W £1000
RD Metcalfe&Son B&W £981
JG Hall&Son B&W £970
DC Hall B&W £969
JR Dinsdale & Son B&W £963
Top Prices (p/kg)
AJ Mason Lim 176.5p
F Glassbrook BBx 156.5p
G Lumb&Son Simx 155.5p
G Lumb&Son Simx 155.5p
G Lumb&Son Simx 151.5p
JR Dinsdale&Son B&W 139.5p
RD Metcalfe&Son B&W 139.5p
JG Hall&Son B&W 138.5p
DC Hall B&W 137.5p
G France B&W 136.5p
Sheep trade was up another level today, especially the Beltex and ¾ Texels types which were trading at almost unprecedented levels with several wholesale companies out bidding the retail butchers. 2 pens topped £3 per kilo, Hayley Baines had a pen of 7 Beltex at 305.1p/kg (39kg £119) and Paul Simpson sold a pen of 11 Beltex at 301p (39kg £117.50) Others at 296.3p and 292.7p from Hayley Baines, 294.9p from RL Handy, 293.1p from Ian Lancaster, 292.5p form Kevin Marshall, 292.3p from Fox Farms and 292.1p from John Stephenson. A further 20 pens sold at 250p to 290p/kg and 37 pens form 230p to 250p/kg. In the lump, best price was £126 from JW Stockdale & Son, £121 (43kg) Paul Simpson and £120 (42kg) from Hayley Baines. Commercial Export lambs easily up kept last weeks improved rates, whilst hill lambs were dearer, especially Swaledales, best end over 200p, James Drake at 206p Rita Heseltine making 202p (£83 of 41kg) Roy Nelson topping at £94 with 48kg wethers. A good run of 120 Scotch BlackFaced Hoggs topped 228p from Keith Slater, Goosnargh to average 218p. Mules again remained good to sell, top end 212p from Steven Towler, Malham Moor, Steve Dorey selling a large of Mule & Masham Hoggs from 205p to 210p, Kevin Wilson, John Thackray and Phillip Metcalfe also in this price bracket. All this helped to produce an overall average of 209p/kg up some 6p/kg on the week. Cast Sheep were a much improved trade especially for the heavy sorts.
PRIME HOGGS – Overall Average £86.60 per head or 209.32p/kg
32.1kg to 35.9kg to 225.7p/kg av 190.5p/kg or £65.44 per head
36.0kg to 45.5kg to 305.1p/kg av 215.2p/kg or £87.46 per head
45.6kg to 52.0kg to 239.1p/kg av 201.2p/kg or £95.99 per head
52.1kg and over to 206.7p/kg av 172.5p/kg or £101.7 per head
Beltex average £105.39per head or 260.3p/kg
TOP PRICES: £121 PW Simpson or 305.1p/kg H Baines
Texel average £88.16per head or 210.2p/kg
TOP PRICES: £124 JW Stockdale or 292.7p/kg H Baines
Suffolk average £91.98per head or 119.7p/kg
TOP PRICES: £105 G Bell or 217.4p/kg G Beresford
Charollais average £87.43per head or 212.0p/kg
TOP PRICES: £105 RF&JP Critchlow or 232.5p/kg K Marshall
Mule average £82.63per head or 197.2p/kg
TOP PRICES: £95 H Baines or 212.8p/kg S Towler
BFL average £84.70per head or 145.2p/kg
TOP PRICES: £91 or 175.0p/kg JW Stockdale
Swaledale average £66.05per head or 182.1p/kg
TOP PRICES: £94 C Nelson & Son or 206.3p/kg JA Drake
Dalesbred average £61.67per head or 176.1p/kg
TOP PRICES: £66 JK Wilson or 189.4p/kg K Lister & Son
Masham average £80per head or 210.5p/kg
TOP PRICES: £80 or 210.5p/kg S Dorey
Lonk average £70.43per head or 186.6p/kg
TOP PRICES: £76 J Lord or 201.4p/kg FG Throup
Gritstone average £78.30per head or 201.7p/kg
TOP PRICES: £81 or 207.7p/kg B Dibb
SBF average £90.52per head or 217.9p/kg
TOP PRICES: £93.50 or 228p/kg J&E Slater
Jacob average £84.21per head or 192.0p/kg
TOP PRICES: £93 or 195.1p/kg M&R Smith
Lleyn average £72.30per head or 194.9p/kg
TOP PRICES: £82 or 205.0p/kg DC Wood
CULL EWES average £57.23
Suffolk to £127.50, Texel to £112.50, Charollais to £, BFL to £68.50, Mule to £72.50, Cheviot to £58.50, Lonk to £37.50, Lleyn to £83.50, Swaledale to £45.50, Dalesbred to £35.50, White Faced to £76.50, Teeswater to £69.50, Beltex to £115.50.
TOP PRICES:
LOWLAND: £127.50 TH Heslop & Son; £115.50 KG Stapleton
MULE/MASHAM: £72.50 TR Thwaite; £70.50 KG Stapleton
HORNED: £76.50 Lea & Son; £74.50 C Wray
HILL: £83.50 & £62.50 J Caygill;
CAST RAMS average £72.09
Texel to £134.50, Charollais to £57.50, Teeswater to £103.50, Cheviot to £49.50, Swaledale to £44.50, Dalesbred to £65.50.
TOP PRICES: £134.50 Lea & Son; £103.50 K Lister & Son
REARING CALVES to £372 average £146.38
BULL CALVES
Limousin x to £372 av £285 AP Townsend
Brit Blue x to £295 av £246 M Mosley
Aberdeen Angus to £216 Church Farm Enterprises
Black & White to £202 av £87 Church Farm Enterprises
HEIFER CALVES
Limousin x to £255 av £187 AP Townsend
Hefd x to £120 HJ&KL Blackwell
Aberdeen Angus to 216 Church Farm Enterprises
CRAVEN DAIRY AUCTION
With snow in the air and Spring seemingly a long way off, trade was a little quieter. Judge Tom Dodgson of Bank Newton was on hand to pick a fine champion from Messrs H Downs & Son and a reserve from Mesrs GW&M Coates of Baildon, both easily surpassing £2000. A run of strong incalf heifers from Lincolnshire (Brown Swiss x Holstein) topped at £1400 for a May calver. All in all a touch easier but still plenty of bidders in the dairy department.
Prize Awards: Newly Calven Heifers: 1st H Downs & Son
2nd GW&M Coates
3rd M Swires
Newly Calven Cows: 1st M Swires
2nd H Downs & Son
3rd M Swires
In-Calf Heifers: 1st J Rigg & Son
2nd J Lawn
3rd J Rigg & Son
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CHAMPION – H Downs & Son RESERVE – GW&M Coates
Newly Calven Heifers: to £2300 Av £1706 H Downs&Son
Newly Calven Cows: to £1980 Av £1709 M Swires
Pedigree Newly Calven Heifers: to £2260 Av £1958 A Lawson&Son
Incalf Heifers to £1400 Av £1208 J Lawn
Heifer Calves: to £350 Av £286 J Lancaster
CHIEF PRICES
N/C Heifers H Downs&Son £2300, £2180,£2050,£1980,£1820x2
M Swires £2120,£1980,£1950,£1820
DR Robinson £1900,£1900
N/C Cows M Swires £1980
H Downs&Son £1980,£1980,£1940,£1780
Ped N/C Heifers A Lawson&Son £2260,£1740
GW&M Coates £2150,£1800
M Baul & Ptns £2100,£1880
RG Johnson&Son £1780
Maiden Heifer J&SA Lancaster £350x3,£270
PRODUCE (IN MART)
Barley Straw Quads to £80 per tonne
Wheat Straw Hestons to £70 per tonne or £17.50 per bale
ON FARM PRODUCE SALE
Despite the weather conditions, a limited demand for produce in the on farm sale. The few lots that sold changed hands locally with some post sale interest in the clamp silage.
Round bale Haylage to £20 per bale