FORWARD:
84 PRIME CATTLE comprising 9 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos) 15 Cattle (under 48 mos), 60 Cast Cattle
3,640 PRIME SHEEP comprising 3,198 Prime Lambs, 442 Cast Ewes & Rams
121 REARING CALVES
26 DAIRY CATTLE
3 LOADS OF PRODUCE
CLEAN CATTLE UNDER 30mo
At the Opening Show of Primestock the Champion and Reserve were both sourced from Bernard Simpson of Heathfield. The Champion a British Blue Heifer weighing 485kg joined James Robertshaw of Keelham Farm Shop for 260.5p/kg.
Heifers –
1st & 2nd BS Simpson 3. J Baines
CAST CATTLE RESULTS –
Dairy Bred –
1st JA Drake 2nd R Greenwood 3. DA Fort
Beef x –
1st B Spensley Ltd 2nd RG Church Ltd 3. K Lister & Son
Champion - B Spensley Ltd
PRIME HEIFER PRICES
501kg to 590kg to 257.5p/kg av 242.82p/kg
590kg + to 260.5p/kg av 191.81p/kg
Top prices £ per head and p/kg
BS Simpson Limx Hfr £1377 257.5p
J Baines Blonde x Hfr £1354 229.5p
BS Simpson Limx Hfr £1354 227.5p
BS Simpson BBx Hfr £1263 260.5p
RG Church Ltd AAx Hfr £1112 176.5p
RG Church Ltd AAx Hfr £1110 180.5p
PRIME CATTLE (30mo to 48mo)
Overall average 129.21p/kg or £709.35
Black & White to 128.5p/kg av 113.85p/kg
Limx to 140.5p/kg
BBx to 174.5p/kg av 159.04p/kg
AAx to 136.5p/kg
Devonx to 140.5p/kg
Top prices £ per head and p/kg
R Davy BBx Hfr £1117 174.5p
JA&E Metcalfe BBx Hfr £976 138.5p
CJ Lumb Limx Hfr £892 140.5p
JA Drake B&W Hfr £818 118.5p
R Davy BBx Hfr £817 168.5p
Overall Average 118.14p/kg £779.09
Black & White to 132.5p/kg av 113.91p/kg
Brit Blue to 145.5p/kg av 132.84p/kg
Simx to 138.5p/kg av 131.86p/kg
Limx to 161.5p/kg av 142.55p/kg
Top Prices (£ per head)
B Spensley Ltd Limx £1106
RG Church Ltd BBx £1055
RG Church Ltd BBx £1033
R Davey Simx £1012
J Wellock B&W £992
A&M Beecroft B&W £972
KM&L Throup B&W £968
JSS Verity B&W £960
K Lister & Sons Limx £948
B Spensley Ltd Limx £949
Top Prices (p/kg)
B Spensley Ltd Limx 161.5p
RG Church Ltd BBx 145.5p
RG Church Ltd BBx 145.5p
LR Thompson Sim 138.5p
KA&HL Fawcett Limx 137.5p
K Lister & Sons Limx 135.5p
B Spensley Ltd Limx 135.5p
E Bradley & Son B&W 132.5p
A&M Beecroft B&W 130.5p
DE & MA Booth B&W 127.5p
PRIME SHEEP (3,640 Head)
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A large show of sheep was presented to a full company of buyers today where we also held
the monthly prize sale of Prime Sheep. Judging was undertaken by Mr Bobby Booth who
awarded the results as shown below. Prizes were generously given by Guy Farm Machinery.
Trade was very much as anticipated, the lowland sheep were good to sell, especially if well fleshed. 38 pens of lambs sold at over 200p per kilo to a top of £94 for a pen of 34kg or 276p/kg from Paul Simpson, Wigglesworth. A Further 54 pens of lambs sold from 175p to 200p/kg. The Hill lambs though were slightly cheaper on the week, handy weight Mules £12 to £15 over the weight, Heavy Mules, 46kg upwards were around £9 to £12 over the weight. Averages for the whole sale were, Standard Quality Quotation (SQQ) Lambs from 25.5kg to 45.5kg was 159.2p whilst the overall average was 156.1p/kg, this for a show of 2,368 lowland lambs and 828 Hill bred lambs.
The ewes were better to sell, although there are a lot more plain ewes in the market at this of year to normal.
Continental (Pen of 5)
1st J Garnett 44kg selling for £1100 to Bowood Yorkshire Lamb
2nd WA Towler 40kg selling for £95 to Bowood Yorkshire Lamb
3rd K Stapleton & Son 47kg selling for £84 to Riley Bros
Down x (Pen of 5)
1st CD&RF Kitching 41kg selling for £67 to Woodhead Bros
2nd B Lund 49kg selling for £72 to Bowood Yorkshire Lamb
3rd B Lund 49kg selling for £72 to Bowood Yorkshire Lamb
Mule/Masham (pen of 10)
1st CD&RF Kitching 41kg selling for £56 to RT Booth
2nd ASE Crisp 49kg selling for £59 to A Atkinson
3rd I Mellin 43kg selling for £53 to P Watson for Dunbia Preston
Horned (Pen of 10)
1st ASE Crisp 45kg selling for £58.50 to A Atkinson
2nd N&M Sutcliffe 40kg selling for £52 to P Watson for Dunbia Preston
Champion – J Garnett Reserve – WA Towler
PRIME LAMBS – Overall Average £64.30per head or 156.17p/kg
32.1kg to 35.9kg to 276.5p/kg av 158.7p/kg or £54.19 per head
36.0kg to 45.5kg to 250.0p/kg av 159.3p/kg or £65.05 per head
45.6kg to 52.0kg to 195.7p/kg av 141.6p/kg or £68.13 per head
52.1kg and over to 158.5p/kg av 138.6p/kg or £76.09 per head
Beltex average £76.23per head or 203.07p/kg
TOP PRICES: £110 J&J Garnett or 276.5p/kg PW Simpson
Texel average £68.50per head or 164.45p/kg
TOP PRICES: £96 or 240.0p/kg M Hall
Suffolk average £63.39per head or 144.51p/kg
TOP PRICES: £78 Procters Farms or 165.1p/kg JP&KE Hartley
Charollais average £66.71per head or 157.17p/kg
TOP PRICES: £72 WM Hall or 165.0p/kg DB Nowell
Mule average £53.35per head or 127.06p/kg
TOP PRICES: £59 Ellis Bros or 139.50p/kg JJ Beckwith
Zwartable average £61.67per head or 136.03p/kg
TOP PRICES: £62 or 138.6p/kg MJ Beckwith
Swaledale average £42.98per head or 121.11p/kg
TOP PRICES: £58.50 ASE Crisp or 134.7p/kg FG Throup
Masham average £47.75per head or 129.05p/kg
TOP PRICES: £50.50 or 132.90p/kg D Charnley
Dalesbred average £46.71per head or 123.82p/kg
TOP PRICES: £51 or 137.8p/kg F&R Fielden
Gritstone average £64.40per head or 154.55p/kg
TOP PRICES: £65 or 158.8p/kg B Dibb
Cheviot average £67.13per head or 168.44p/kg
TOP PRICES: £70 or 184.2p/kg JW Mellin
Lleyn average £64.97per head or 145.82p/kg
TOP PRICES: £69.50 or 158.1p/kg GM&SC Pickles
CULL EWES average £51.37
Beltex to £82.50, Texel to £134.50, Charollais to £53.50, BFL to £74.50, Mule to £68.50, Gritstone to £76.50, Cheviot to £71.50, Lonk to £34.50, Lleyn to £68.50, Swaledale to £41.50, Dalesbred to £47.50, SBF to £43.50
TOP PRICES:
LOWLAND: £134.50 JL North; £134.50 JW Mellin;
MULE/MASHAM: £68.50 L Throup; £60 D&J Isherwood
HORNED: £47.50 RJ Bradley; £41.50 A&PM Hall
HILL: £71.50 A Atkinson; £70.50 RG Church Ltd
CAST RAMS average £70.73
Beltex to £91.50, Texel to £93.50, Charollais to £119.50, BFL to £54.50, Gritstone to £64.50, Cheviot to £77.50,
TOP PRICES: £119.50 PN Dalby; £93.50 JW Stockdale; £92.50 KG Stapleton
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The Monthly Calf Show
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REARING CALVES to £470 average £160.26
BULL CALVES av £160.26
A good show of strong quality calves saw the New Year in at the Opening BOCM Calf Show
with Mesrs A Sowray & Son of Bishop Thornton presenting an outstanding entry of calves
to take the honours. The Supreme Champion and first prize British Blue Bull calf a 38 day
old son of the Genus sire, Gamma joined Mesrs N&M Mason of Scunthorpe for £470,
who went home with a highly impressive pen of quality calves. Shaun and Peter Sowray’s
Reserve Champion the first prize British Blue Heifer was a 37 day old calf by the Cogent sire Echo which joined the co judges David and Julie Asquith of Otley for £400. David Smith trading with his brother as C.Smith from Sutton in Craven ran Mesrs Sowray a very close second in both British Blue classes and particularly worthy was their 36 day old bull calf that joined Mesrs Mason for £450. In a highly successful opening sale 10 calves made £350+ and numerous others £300+ reflecting the quality and strong demand. Of the 121 calves forward 68 were Black and White bulls which returned a healthy average of £81.43 with the top Friesian selling at £198 (F. Spence).
The increasing number of buyers seeking Native breeds backed up a solid trade in this section for both male and female calves particularly if entries carried sire identitiy.
Prize Awards
Champion and Reserve Champion, the first prize British Blue Bull and Heifer were both presented by
Mesrs A Sowray & Son making £470 and £400.
BBx Bull 1. A Sowray & Son 2. DN&RM Smith 3. A Sowray & Son
BBx Hfr 1. A Sowray & Son 2. DN&RM Smith 3. A Sowray & Son
Lim x Bull 1. RH&EA Close
Native Bull 1. M DB &J Ashworth
B&W Bull 1. AL Dean & Sons
Cont x Male Stirk 1. E Pennock & Son 2. G Booth
Cont x Hfr Stirk 1. G Booth 2. G Booth 3. RH&EA Close
Limousin x to £405 av £340 F Spence
Brit Blue x to £470 av £354 A Sowray & Son
Char x to £290 G Abbott & Sons
Saler x to 220 av £193 RL Wright & Son
Aberdeen Angus to £250 av £178 JP&KE Hartley
Hefd x to £240 av £207 M DB & J Ashworth
Black & White to £198 av £81 F Spence
HEIFER CALVES
Limousin x to £330 av £224 F Spence
Brit Blue x to £400 av £303 A Sowray & Son
Saler x to £290 av £268 RL Wright & Sons
Hefd x to £250 HJ&KL Blackwell
CRAVEN DAIRY AUCTION (26 head)
A tidy entry of Newly Calved and Incalf Dairy cattle for the New Year sale found a ready ringside of
buyers. Judging was in the hands of local dairy farmer Angus Dean from Threshfield who awarded
championship honours to Jeremy Taylor with a pedigree New Calved Heifer from his Smellows herd
based at Broughton. With an opening bid of £2,000 she soon raced on to the days top price of £2,380
before being knocked down to Messrs Blockley, Chester. Messrs A Lawson & Son from Arthington presented 2 Pedigree Newly Calved heifers and these sold at £2,350 and £2,150 purchased by R Metcalfe and P Crabtree & Son respectively. Robert Crisp of Calton showed 3 grand homebred heifers all selling for over £2,000 each to a top of £2,250. Chris Broadwith presented the first prized Newly calved cow and this found a new home at £2,080 with Wick Williams.
Prize Awards: Newly Calven Heifers: 1st JD Taylor & Son, 2nd A Lawson & Son 3rd M Baul & Ptnrs
Newly Calven Cows: 1st 2nd & 3rd FA Broadwith
Incalf Heifer/ Cow 1st M Baul & Ptnrs 2nd & 3rd J Lawn
CHAMPION – JD Taylor & Son RESERVE – A Lawson & Son
Newly Calven Heifers 1st Quality to £2,380 av. £2,133
2nd Quality to £1,640 av. £1,483 overall average £1,855
Newly Calven Cows 1st Quality to £2,080 av. £1,782
2nd Quality to £1,000 av. £800 overall average £1488
Incalf Heifers to £1,640 av £1,386
CHIEF PRICES
JD Taylor & Son £2,380
A Lawson & Son £2,350 £2,150
ASE Crisp & Son £2,250 £2,070 £2,020
F Broadwith & Son £2,080 £1,880
M Baul & Ptnrs £2,000 £1,850
PRODUCE
Wheat Straw Sq £65 per ton
Wheat Straw Mini Heston £17 per bale
Barley Straw Round £21 per bale