FORWARD:
71 PRIME CATTLE comprising 12 Cattle (under 30 mos), 19 Cattle (under 48 mos), 40 Cast Cattle
3,383 PRIME SHEEP comprising 2,855 Prime Lambs, 528 Cast Ewes & Rams
85 REARING CALVES
12 DAIRY CATTLE
PRIME CATTLE (under 30 mos)
The monthly Primestock show saw Brian Lund back in first place in the heifer section with a British
Blue Heifer weighing 535kg which joined regular purchasers Keelham Farm Shop for the top price of
253.5p/kg or £1,356.
Heifer s –
1st B Lund 2nd J Baines 3rd B Simpson
Champion – B Lund Reserve – J Baines
STEERS
650+kg to 237.5p/kg
HEIFERS
501-590kg to 253.5p/kg av 234.5p/kg
590kg+ to 203.5p/kg av 179.04p/kg
Top Prices £ per head and p/kg
B Lund Limx Hfr £1356 253.5p
Roger Wood Blondex Hfr £1323 203.5p
JJ Beckwith & Sons Limx Str £1235 237.5p
Roger Wood Blondex Hfr £1223 216.5p
AL Dean & Son B&W Hfr £1223 167.5p
PRIME CATTLE (30mo to 48mo)
Overall average 146.07p/kg or £970.20
Black & White to 171.5p/kg av 136.59p/kg
Limx to 204.5p/kg av 190.31p/kg
Blonde x to 170.5p/kg
Dairy Shorthorn to 149.5p/kg av 134.31p/kg
AAx to 166.5p/kg av 163.54p/kg
Top prices £ per head and p/kg
JC Marshall AAx Hfr £1274 166.5p
JD Crabtree & Son B&W Hfr £1209 171.5p
M Swires B&W Hfr £1187 169.5p
JD Crabtree & Son B&W Hfr £1171 168.5p
Thwaite Bros Limx Hfr £1169 178.5p
J Midgley Limx Hfr £1115 204.5p
J&G Huck Blonde Hfr £1091 170.5p
M Swires B&W Hfr £1065 169.5p
M Swires B&W Hfr £1032 138.5p
CULL COW PRICES
Dairy Bred –
1st M&RM Holmes 2nd G Abbott & Son 3rd JD Crabtree & Son
Beef Bred –
1st J Shorrock 2nd JC&N Throup 3rd JC&N Throup
Champion – J Shorrock Reserve – M&RM Holmes
Overall Average 119.86p/kg £768.70
Black & White to 142.5p/kg av 116.08p/kg
Limx to 160.5p/kg av 140.34p/kg
Blondex to 126.5p/kg av 125.54p/kg
Top Prices (£ per head)
G Abbott&Sons B&W £1284
AN Bolland B&W £1128
J Shorrock Limx £1107
JC&N Throup Limx £989
JD Crabtree&Son B&W £976
AL Dean&Son B&W £963
JC&N Throup & Son B&W £938
JD Crabtree&Son B&W £913
B Lund Limx £907
KM&L Throup B&W £901
Top Prices (p/kg)
J Shorrock Limx 160.5p
JC&N Throup Limx 145.5p
JC&N throup Limx 145.5p
B Lund Limx 138.5p
AN Bolland B&W 137.5p
JD Crabtree&Son B&W 136.5p
G Abbott&Sons B&W 134.5p
KM&L Throup B&W 131.5p
AN Bolland B&W 130.5p
PRIME SHEEP (3,383 Head)
A larger show of sheep than anticipated met with a trade some 12p/kg up on average.
Smart sorts as usual anywhere from 180p upwards to a top of 238.1p from Anthony
Thompson, Foulridge. Commercial export hoggs were a lot dearer on the week, some as
much as 20p/kg, 165p to 175p was common place for nice Continental and Suffolk cross Lambs, whilst plainer export weights were 155p to 160p. The Hill hoggs were much better to sell today, with Mules a lot sharper on the week, handy weighted Mules 40kg to 44kg were £18 to £22 over the weight, around 145p to 150p/kg, whilst Light weight Mule were 130p to 140p, leaving an average of 142p for Mules. Horned Wether Hoggs also found trade some 15p to 20p dearer on the week, but tup hoggs dragging the Swaledale average back. Cull Sheep would be about £5 each dearer on the week.
Today we held our Monthly Prize Show of Prime sheep, and the following awards were given by our judges.
Continental (pen 5)
1st A Thompson 42kg @ £100 to Huntleys Country Store, Samlesbury
2nd Procters Farms 38kg @ £85 to Vivers Scot Lamb
3rd S Pepper 38kg @ £82 to Vivers Scot Lamb
Down x (pen 5)
1st CD&RF Kitching 40kg @ £70 Andrew Atkinson
2nd TR Thwaite 41kg @ £68 A Atkinson
3rd JW Barker 53kg @ £75 Riley Bros
Mule/Masham (pen 10)
1st C Nelson & Son 53kg @ £64.50 A Atkinson
2nd B Simpson 48kg @ £66 J Bowling
3rd MIR Heseltine 42kg @ £64 Woodhead Bros
Swaledale (pen 10)
1st ASE Crisp 49kg @ £66 Yorkshire Halal Meats
2nd B Simpson 44kg @ £63 Yorkshire Halal Meats
3rd RG Church 44kg @ £59.50 Paul Watson
Dalesbred (pen 10)
1st R Close 33kg @ £41.50 Yorkshire Halal Meats
Other Hill (pen 10)
1st S&P Scriven 35kg @ £43.50 Andrew Atkinson
Champion – A Thompson Reserve – Procters Farms
Today we had a new name as purchasers of the Champion pen of hoggs at the Monthly Show when they were were knocked down to George Cropper Jnr who is the New Head Butcher at Huntleys Country Store, Samlesbury, Preston.
PRIME LAMBS – Overall Average £61.45 per head or 152.75p/kg
32.1kg to 35.9kg to 187.7p/kg av 138.4p/kg or £47.50 per head
36.0kg to 45.5kg to 238.1p/kg av 157.6p/kg or £63.90 per head
45.6kg to 52.0kg to 187.5p/kg av 147.2p/kg or £70.79 per head
52.1kg and over to 155.4p/kg av 132.7p/kg or £7194 per head
Beltex average £71.33 per head or 185.4p/kg
TOP PRICES: £100 or 238.1p/kg AL Thompson
Texel average £67 per head or 162.0p/kg
TOP PRICES: £90 K Marshall or 217.1p/kg Procters Farms
Suffolk average £66.35 per head or 158.2p/kg
TOP PRICES: £75 FH&N Fell or 175.0p/kg CD&RF Kitching
Charollais average £62.94 per head or 155.4p/kg
TOP PRICES: £71 or 182.1p/kg R Emmott
Mule average £61.58 per head or 142.0p/kg
TOP PRICES: £71 JM Brown or 156.0p/kg W&J&E Harker
Zwartable average £53.75 per head or 145.2p/kg
TOP PRICES: £60 or 150.0p/kg G Saville & Son
Swaledale average £47.19 per head or 129.0p/kg
TOP PRICES: £66 ASE Crisp or 143.2p/kg BS Simpson
Dalesbred average £46.27 per head or 127.9p/kg
TOP PRICES: £52 or 136.8p/kg JM Brown
Gritstone average £65.82 per head or 156.5p/kg
TOP PRICES: £70.20 JW Barker or 165.9p/kg B Dibb
Cheviot average £48.47 per head or 147.0p/kg
TOP PRICES: £61.50 or 166.2p/kg PD Bowdin
Masham average £59.97 per head or 140.8p/kg
TOP PRICES: £63 or 160.3p/kg JC&DJ Marshall
Lleyn average £49.49 per head or 143.3p/kg
TOP PRICES: £66 CD&RF Kitching or 160.0p/kg GM&SC Pickles
CULL EWES average £53.89
Suffolk to £119.50, Texel to £113.50, Masham to £52.50, BFL to £77.50, Mule to £55.50, Gritstone to £43.50, Cheviot to £79.50, Lonk to £35, Lleyn to £,30.50 Swaledale to £37.50, Dalesbred to £45.50, Beltex to £61.50.
TOP PRICES:
LOWLAND: £113.50 A Atkinson
MULE/MASHAM: £55.50 I Holgate
HORNED: £45.50 JD&DJ Marshall
HILL: £79.50 J Wood
CAST RAMS average £59.35
Texel to £84.50, Charollais to £81.50, Gritstone to £35, Cheviot to £, Lonk to £, Lleyn to £, Swaledale to £48.50, Lleyn to £53.50, Beltex to £60.
TOP PRICES: £84.50 J Lord; £81.50 TB Moorhouse
REARING CALVES to £400 average £198.05 (81 Calves)
There was a mixed trade for calves today but a larger offering with 81 head forward for sale. Middle of the road continental calves less money than of late, however some exceptional calves from Geoff and Margaret Booth of Lothersdale, JP & KE Hartley, Bolton Abbey and RD Metcalfe of Brearton brought the average back up topping at £400. Black and White Calves fell back to a steady average of £61 with anything 28 days averaging £75 - £80. Native calves met a warming trade with Bulls averaging £170.27 and Heifers £152 topping at £225 for an Angus Bull Calf from JM Smith & Son, Carleton. An entry of 10 Stirks met a good trade topping at £620 for some well fleshed British blue and ¾ Friesian Bulls.
BULL CALVES
Limousin x to £140 av £125.8
Brit Blue x to £400 av £316.33
Hereford x to £160 av £140
Aberdeen Angus to £225 av £177.89
Black & White to £110 av £60.79
Meuse Rhine Issel to £130
HEIFER CALVES
Limousin x to £150 av £138.3
Brit Blue x to £350 av £253.62
Aberdeen Angus x to £152 av £115.4
Hereford x to £190 av £152.50
BULL STIRKS
B&W to £620 av £470
Brit Blue X to £620
Aberdeen Angus to £450 av £425
CRAVEN DAIRY AUCTION (12 head)
Despite a small entry the ring was full and attentive for when the first animal came in the ring it quickly reached a price of £2180 for a 2nd Calver from Robert Crisp, Calton. Second in the ring was Jeremy Taylor’s Champion, a Newly Calven Pedigree Heifer from the Melody bloodline reaching and £2450 which will be travelling to Bielby, York with Mr Reed. He followed this feat with an identical trade for a Miss America Heifer which was judged second to its counterpart by Mr Wick Williams, Nantwich. A good trade was received by debutant vendor, Mr Bradley of Hartwith, also received a flying trade for his Pedigree Heifer taking his 3rd Prize consignment to £2350. Next Dairy Auction 18th February.
Prize Awards: Newly Calven Heifers: 1st JD Taylor 2nd JD Taylor 3rd H Bradley & Son
Newly Calven Cows: 1st T&DE Bell 2nd T&DE Bell
CHAMPION – JD Taylor RESERVE – JD Taylor
Newly Calven Heifers av £1647 to £1900 RG Johnson
Newly Calven Cows av £1890 to £2180 ASE Crisp
Newly Calven Pedigree Heifers av £2416 to £2450 JD Taylor
CHIEF PRICES
£2450 x 2 JD Taylor; £2350 H Bradley & Son; £2180 ASE Crisp; £1900, £1720, £1620, £1600 RG Johnson.