WEDNESDAY 13th APRIL
FORTNIGHTLY SALE OF 110 FEEDING BULLS, ALSO 50 BEEF FEEDING CATTLE & 320 STORE BULLOCKS & HEIFERS.
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EVERY MONDAY AT 11:30am – Ewes with Lambs at Foot –
Easter Monday Show & Sale of Ewes & Shearlings with Lambs at Foot.
Entries to the office by 12noon Friday prior to sale please.

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Saturday 14th May
Spring Sale of Grassland & Muck Equipment, Farm Machinery, Implements, Tractors, ATVs, Vehicles, Plant Equipment, Stone, Timber, Builders Supplies.

Prime Cattle (under 30 mos) Sales every Monday at 11:30am

A very good pre-Easter trade as catering and retail demand builds up. Top price was £1946 or 316.5p/kg paid by Ralph Pearson for a 615kg Limousin cross heifer from CD&RF Kitching of Threshfield. Top steer was £1912 or 321.5p/kg which was the leading price by weight for a 595kg Limousin cross from F&B Smith of Masongill, which sold to Robertshaws Farm Shop in Thornton. Also, amongst the Robertshaws Farm Shop purchases was another F&B Smith owned animal this time a Limousin cross heifer which weighed 540kg and made 316.5p/kg or £1709. 5 B&W heifers are included in the AHDB heifer average of 242p/kg with the continental cross heifer average 300.25p/kg against a steer average of 307.92p/kg.

Steers

560kg+                                                   to 321.5p/kg                        av.307.92p/kg

Heifers

485kg+                                                   to 316.5p/kg                        av.242.21p/kg

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

Steers

£ per head: F&B Smith (Limx) 1913, CD&RF Kitching (BBx) 1834, (Path) 1826

p/kg: F&B Smith (Limx) 321.5, CD&RF Kitching (Path) 309.5, (BBx) 293.5           

Heifers

£ per head: CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 1946, (Devonx) 1793, R&E Cowperthwaite & Son (BBx) 1879, F&B Smith (Limx) 1709

p/kg: CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 316.5, (Devonx) 291.5, F&B Smith (Limx) 316.5, R&E Cowperthwaite & Son (BBx) 280.5

Prime Cattle (over 30 mos)

Trade strong again in this category for an entry of mainly B&W heifers and an odd dairy bred Limousin steer at 219.5p/kg or £1504.

Overall Average                                                   185.54p/kg                           £1129.91

Top prices £ per head and p/kg

£ per head: JG Hall&Son (Limx) 1504, J Wellock (B&W) 1519, PA Whittaker (AAx) 1147 A&J Carr&Son (B&W) 1090,1049

p/kg: JG Hall&Son (Limx) 219.5, PA Whittaker (B&W) 199.5, J Wellock (B&W) 193.5, A&J Carr&Son (B&W) 192.5,189.5

Cull Cow Prices Sales every Monday at 11:30am

The cast cow trade has no limits at the moment and some lean dairies at 150p and the meat 170p+. A non farm assured Blonde cow at 195.5p/kg and non UK dairies at 178.5p/kg.

Overall Average                                   169.3p/kg                             £1124.66

Black & White                      to 187.5p/kg                        av.163.36p/kg

Montx                                    to 183.5p/kg

Swed Red                              to 178.5p/kg                        av.173.57p/kg

Limx                                       to 185.5p/kg

BBx                                         to 193.5p/kg

Top Prices (£ per head or p/kg)

B&W:

£ per head: Wood Bros 1340, RW&M Walker 1297, J Caygill&Ptns 1238, GD&A Midgley 1195, JSS Verity 1173,1167,1163

p/kg: JSS Verity 187.5, 175.5,167.5, J Caygill&Ptns 179.5, PA Whittaker 169.5, RW&M Walker 168.5, Wood Bros 167.5

Other Dairy

£ per head: Dakin Partnership (Swed Red) 1339,1230, (Montx) 1220

p/kg: Dakin Partnership (Montx) 183.5, (Swed Red) 178.5,168.5

Contx

£ per head: GT Booth (BBx) 1471, BC Chapman (Blondex) 1339, DR&G Snow (Limx) 1113

p/kg: BC Chapman (Blondex) 195.5, GT Booth (BBx) 193.5, DR&G Snow (Limx) 185.5

Prime Sheep Sales Every Monday at 12:30pm

4,284 Prime Sheep comprising 97 Spring Lambs, 3500 Hoggs & 687 Cast Ewes & Rams

N/S LAMBS
More forward for sale today and another very sharp trade to see an overall selling average of 343p or per head . Top price at 400p or £160 was Harry Walters of Penistone. Others at 395p or £158, 391p and 387p from B&ME Craven & Son York. M&J Smith York made £159.50 or 379.8p. Messrs Marwood of Whenby made £154 or 375p of 41kg Charollais.
 

O/S LAMBS
Lightweight and Standard weight lambs (under 40kg) were very good to sell and way short of requirements, a sign that these weights generally aren’t available in any great quantity at the moment. Mediums were a decent trade (40-45kg) being similar on the week.
Heavies and overweights were forward in large numbers with 1066 scaling 46kg to 52kg and 992 head at 53kg or more, and these are coming under price pressure in recent weeks especially for commercial sorts.

OVER 52kg
Prices for overweight’s peaked at £164 for Texels from PR Weaver, Newark who sold others at £158 £155 and £150. EP&JM Hutchinson made £156 and £151. Smart skinned lambs could make £140 regular away, commercial sorts £125 to late £130’s.

46kg to 52kg
EP&JM Hutchinson presented a cracking run of Continental crosses and made £162 £161.50 £160 £157 twice and £156 or 325p to 343p pkg. Messrs Atkinson Harrogate sold 46kg at £160 or 347p. J Drinkall Anglezarke sold 47kg to £154. JGE Heseltine of Bolton Abbey made £155 of 48kg.

36kg to 45kg
Easily the best weight bracket to sell, especially the 37kg to 42kg well fleshed sorts, but only 1/3rd of the entry hitting this specification. JE Burrow made £170 and £166 or 415p and 377p.
J Kitching of Harrogate made £159 of 42kg or 378p.
JC Marshall Dacre made £156 of 45kg 346p a price matched by JGE Heseltine of Bolton Abbey.
Messrs Atkinson of Harorgate made 400p when selling 36kg Beltex at £144.
 

32kg to 35kg
A sharp trade for anything well fleshed. 305p for 35kg from JGE Heseltine. JJ Garnet 35kg at £102, JG Broadley of Masham and I&J Smith of Penistone both made £101 of 34kg.

Hill Bred
Mule wethers generally just a shade harder work this week, Having said that some excellent prices in the lump with KN&CA Heath Macclesfield making £135.50 and £134. Masham from PT&L Johnson Lincoln made £125. Per kilo IM Bell of Carleton made 271p and S&P Scrivin Elslack sold at 260p.  
Horned lambs saw Messrs Forshaw of Longridge sell Scotch Blackface at 293p and 280p. S&P Scrivin made 273p of Gritstones and 270p of Lonks. Swales made to 243p from RG Church Otley or in the lump sold to £119.50 from KN&CA Heath Macclesfield and £113 CT Akrigg of Cray. Dalesbred 243p from B Dibb. Cheviots peaked at 270p from H Downs & Son.

CULL EWES

No let-up in trade today with ewes selling to a top price of £329.50 from Mr A Atkinson, Harrogate. Best Texel ewes selling over £200 for size, weight and frame. Well-bred medium ewes £165-£180. First cross heavies £170-£190 with a few reaching over £200. Medium first crossed ewes full fleshed £135-£150 and smalls £120+. Plain feeding ewes of all cross’s sold at £70-£90. Beltex ewes sold to £213.50 from David & Karen Shuttleworth, Gargrave. A large run of lean meat Suffolk ewes fresh spained from B&M Craven sold in the range of £130-£155 with heavies £170. Suffolks topped at £237.50 from N Agar, Liverton Redcar. Heavy Mules sold to £155.50 from B&M Craven, Kexby. Fat mules £132-£150 with mediums £125-£135 and lean mules £100-£115. Plain mules £65-£85 depending on size. Swale ewes sold to £119.50 from AL Dean & Sons, Threshfield. Full meat swales with size £100-£119.50. Lean ¾ meat swales £70-£85 and plain ewes £40-£55 with some very light ewes in the £20-£35 range. Lonks sold to £89.50 from AE Schindler, Skipton. Cheviot ewes sold to £107.50 from D&GM Scott, Clitheroe. Zwartble ewes sold to £194.50 from J&A Stevenson, Saltburn by the Sea.

Spring Lambs – Overall Average £ per head or 343.2p/kg       

36.0kg to 45.5kg to 400.0p/kg         av 349.4p/kg         or £142.14 per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg to 322.4p/kg         av 301.0p/kg         or £148.10 per head

52.1kg and over   to 235.7p/kg         av 235.7p/kg         or £132.00 per head

Texel average £142.98 per head or 345.2p/kg

£ per head: £160 H Walters; £159.50 M&J Smith; £154 £153 £151 £145 B&M Craven; £144 I Townson; £139.50 H Walters;

p/kg:  400.0p 367.1p 353.8p 329.3p H Walters; 391.9p 387.2p 358.1p B&M Craven; 379.8p M&J Smith; 327.3p I Townson;

Suffolk average £144.83 per head or 328.6p/kg

£ per head: £158 ML Evans; £151 £147 £145 £143.50 £143 £141 £140 M&J Smith;

p/kg: 376.9p 371.8p 368.3p 367.9p 361.5p 336.6p 325.6p M&J Smith; 322.4p ML Evans;

Charolais average £150 per head or 348.0p/kg

£ per head: £158 B&M Craven; £154 £152 £150£149 £148 CW Marwood; £146 M&J Smith;

p/kg: 395.0p 366.7p B&M Craven; 375.6p 370.7p 357.1p CW Marwood; 347.6p M&J Smith;

Zwartable average £107.20 per head or 273.4p/kg

£ per head: £118 £100 J&A Stevenson;

p/kg: 377.8p 268.2p J&A Stevenson;

Prime Hoggs – Overall Average £122.44 per head or 255.9p/kg (SQQ 275p)

32.1kg to 35.9kg to 305.7p/kg         av 261.4p/kg         or £90.65 per head

36.0kg to 45.5kg to 415.0p/kg         av 278.0p/kg         or £116.18 per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg to 347.8p/kg         av 253.4p/kg         or £124.10 per head

52.1kg and over   to 328.9p/kg         av 229.1p/kg         or £130.45 per head

Beltex average £129.43 per head or 308.4p/kg

£ per head: £170 £166 JE Burrow; £162 £161.50 £160 £157 £156 EP&JM Hutchinson; £160 A Atkinson; £159 J Kitching; £156 JC Marshall; £156 £155 JGE Heseltine;

p/kg: 415.0p 377.8p JE Burrow; 400.0p 367.5p 361.0p 347.8p A Atkinson; 378.6p 361.3p J Kitching; 350.0p JC Marshall;  246.7p JGE Heseltine;

Texel average £123.56 per head or 254.2p/kg

£ per head: £164 £158 £155 £150 £148 £147 £146 £145 PR Weaver; £148 EP&JM Hutchinson; £145 £144 PC&EJ Longdin;

p/kg: 333.3p 331.0p A Atkinson; 330.6p 326.8p 323.8p CR Brittain; 325.6p A Atkinson; 320.9p MP Jennings;

Suffolk average £122.89 per head or 243.3p/kg

£ per head: £138 DJ Grassam; £134 £129 Grove Farm Lamb; £133 PC&EJ Longdin; £129 PT&L Johnson; £127 TJ Swiers;

p/kg: 281.1p J Greenwood; 269.6p RA&CP Walsh; 268.1p RG Church; 263.8p CR Brittain; 263.6p Heber Park; 261.4p GW Houseman;

Charolais average £124.44 per head or 275.6p/kg

£ per head: £145 EP&JM Hutchinson; £136.50 £135 £130 D&G Rowles; £135 GW Houseman; £135 J Greenwood; £130 H Downs & Son;

p/kg: 306.8p 285.7p 284.1p 279.5p 275.5p 266.7p J Greenwood; 270.0p GW Houseman; 269.0p SR Dorey; 261.8p M Banyard;  

Blue Texel average £124.88 per head or 276.3p/kg

£ per head: £133 CR Brittain; £126 D Clarke; £125 RG Church Ltd;

p/kg: 316.7p CR Brittain; 286.4p D Clarke; 285.7p TJ Swiers;

Mule average £114.83 per head or 244.5p/kg

£ per head: £135.50 £134 £129 £126 £124 KN&CA Heath; £125 IM Bell; £125 GW Houseman; £121.50 J Pickles;

p/kg: 271.1p IM Bell; 260.0p S&P Scrivin; 258.5p H Downs & Son; 255.8p SR Dorey; 251.2p JK Wilson; 251.1p GW Houseman;  

Masham average £114.29 per head or 249.3p/kg

£ per head: £125 PT&L Johnson; £117 SR Dorey; £108 H Downs & Son;

p/kg: 251.2p H Downs & Son; 248.9p SR Dorey; 240.4p PT&L Johnson;

Cheviot average £112.69 per head or 259.4p/kg

£ per head: £117.50 B Dibb; £117 SR Dorey; £116.50 TA&MA Crook; £113.50 BF Blezard; £113 Heber Park;

p/kg:274.4p H Downs & Son; 269.0p Heber Park; 257.1p SR Dorey; 255.4p B Dibb; 253.3p TA&MA Crook;

Lonk average £115.33 per head or 256.4p/kg

£ per head: £120 £108 S&P Scrivin; £118 A&AR Phillipson;

p/kg: 270.0p 255.3p S&P Scrivin; 245.8p A&AR Philipson;

Gritstone average £114.37 per head or 265.3p/kg

£ per head: £120 B Dibb; £120 £115 S&P Scrivin; £104 H Downs & Son; £102 SR Dorey;

p/kg: 273.8p 260.9p S&P Scrivin; 266.7p B Dibb; 261.5p SR Dorey; 236.4p H Downs & Son;

SBF average £111.72 per head or 287.5p/kg

£ per head: £112 £111.50 S Forshaw;

p/kg: 293.4p 280.0p S Forshaw;

Swaledale average £90.71 per head or 218.3p/kg

£ per head: £119.50 £110 KN&CA Heath; £113 CT Akrigg; £104.50 RG Church; £102 £101 £96 £95.50 SR Dorey; £101 PL Metcalfe;

p/kg: 243.0p 236.1p RG Church Ltd; 241.4p FG Throup; 238.9p JK Wilson; 238.8p 234.9p 234.1p 212.5p SR Dorey; 210.4p PL Metcalfe;

Dalesbred average £85.88 per head or 228.3p/kg

£ per head: £107 B Dibb; £96 £91 RH&EA Close;

p/kg: 243.2p B Dibb; 210.3p 200.0p RH&EA Close;

Cull Ewes average £123.42

Suffolk to £237.50, Texel to £329.50, BFL to £147.50, Mule to £155.50, Rouge to £161.50, Char to £159.50, Bleu to £199.50, Swaledale to £119.50, Cheviot to £107.50, Beltex to £213.50, Lonk to £89.50. Dales to £93.50, SBF to £99.50, Jacob to £99.50, Zwartbale to £194.50, Blue Texel to £149.50, Down x to £139.50

Top prices:

Lowland: £329.50 A Atkinson; £237.50 N Agar;

Mule/Masham: £155.50 B&M Craven; £147.50 TA Broderick;  

Horned: £119.50 AL Dean & Son; £115.50 JR Airey;

Hill: £147.50 GJ&G Schofield; £137.50 JW Stockdale & Sons;  

Cast Rams average £154.31

Texel to £239.50, BFL to £134.50, Charollais to £141.50, Blue Texel to £199.50

39 Rearing Calves to £430 Sales Every Monday at 10:30am

Calves up a gear today and in general a quality show of mediums. Best calves exceeding £400 with top price from A Sowray & Son, Bishop Thornton for a blue bull calf at £430 followed by P&RM Sutcliffe, Queensbury selling a nice sweet blue bull again at £425. Nice rearing mediums £300-£360 with plainer or smaller end £240-£280. Overall avg £349. Char X bulls sold to £410. Lim Bulls sold to £400. Blue heifers in demand today with a more active audience ringside. Best heifers but still only 4/6 weeks old £330-£360 with mediums £300-£330 and smaller end £230-£270.

Bull Calves

Limousin x (Av £335) to £400                           A Sowray & Son                                                  

Brit Blue x (Av £349) to £430                           A Sowray & Son                                                  

Charollais (Av £410) to £410                            A Sowray & Son                  

Heifer Calves       

Aberdeen Angus (Av £215) to £300 A Sowray & Son                                                                                                  

British Blue (Av £303) to £360                         A Sowray & Son                                  

354 Breeding Sheep Sales Every Monday at 11:30am

Breeding sheep seeing a lift in trade today with a nice run of first cross Texel Shlgs all with twins from P&AM Simpson, Dacre selling from £302-£322. Mule 1&2 crop pairs from DM White, Hebdon sold to £250 with 3 crop ewes selling at £220. Char x ewes with twins sold at £285 and Beltex ewes from I Townson, Long Preston selling a £290 with pairs. Oxford singles from H Walters, Penistone sold at £140. Next Monday is the Easter Bank Holiday Show & Sale of Ewes and Shearlings with Lambs at Foot. Entries please to the Mart Office.

Texel Ewe with Twin Lambs                             to £322 av £293                  P&AM Simpson

Mule Ewe with Twin Lambs                              to £250 av £221                  DM White

Suffolk Ewe with Twin Lambs                          to £250                                  I Townson

Down Ewe with Single Lamb                            to £140                                  H Walters

Charolais Ewe with Twin Lambs                      to £285                                  JM Smith & Son

Blue Texel Ewe with Twin Lambs                    to £290                                  I Townson

100 Dairy

A great day round the ring today with exactly 100 head forward for the April Sale of Milkers and Speacial Spring Sale of Dairy Youngstock and Followers attracting a packed ringside. A full report to follow, but headlines show In milk cattle to a top of £2380 on two occasions, whilst Incalf Heifers peaked at £2400 from Messrs Sharp, Oakworth, run with bull to £2150, and the pick of the Maiden Heifers £1000 to £1200. (Full report to follow)

Ped B&W Cows Newly calven                                          to £2320                               av. £2050

Ped B&W Heifers Newly calven                                       to £2380                               av. £2043

Commercial B&W Heifers Newly calven                        to £2080

Ped B&W Heifers Incalf (Tewitthall)                               to £2400                               av. £1510

Ped B&W Heifers run with bull (Whychall)                    to £1300                               av. £1250

Commercial B&W Heifers run with bull                         to £2150                               av. £1062

Ped B&W Maiden Heifers (Bailmoor)                             to £1200                               av. £1050

Ped B&W Maiden Heifers (Whychall)                             to £1100                               av.£1012

Ped B&W Maiden Heifers (Shawdale)                           to £1200                               av.£1020

Ped B&W Maiden Heifers (Futureproof)                       to £1000                               av.£811

CONTACT DETAILS

Skipton Auction Mart
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