Rearing Calves to £515 (106)
B&W av £61 Cont av £378.34 Native av £264.29
Summer show and sale of calves was a superb day for all attending with a cracking trade right throughout the day. Native calves were certainly good to sell today with a number of buyers forcing a strong trade for both bulls and heifers with bulls stopping at £380 and heifers to £330 both from the Griffiths family of Penistone.
Continental calves at Skipton are always hard fought over with today’s champion no exception. Shaun Sowray of Bishop Thornton presented the champion, a fantastic calf, 6 weeks old and by Brennand General went on to sell for £515 to Ian Ibbotson of Oakworth. British Blue bulls met a scintillating trade with Fred Houseman of Burton Leonard topping at £460 saw all of his 12 british blue bulls and heifers average £427.
Limousin’s were out in stronger numbers than previously seen with Bulls topping at £405 and averaging £388.75 with heifers topping at £380 which saw both top prices represented by Metcalfe’s of Brearton.
Black and white calves would average less on the week although two trailers of plain calves did hamper what was on a whole a strong trade for black and whites with no fewer than 8 different buyers competing for every type. Genuine 3 -5 week old calves were £75 -£110 all day long.
Bull Calves
Limousin x (Av £388.75) to £405 RD Metcalfe & Son
Brit Blue x (Av £427.33) to £460 Church Farm Enterprises
Aberdeen Angus (Av £270.71) to £380 JR&EJ Griffiths
Hereford X (Av £290) to £290 JR Dinsdale
Simmental (Av £395) to £395 CN&SA Harrison
Pathanais (Av £295) to £295 CJ&DD Drake
Black & White (Av £61) to £140 JR&EJ Griffiths
Heifer Calves
Simmental x (Av £300) to £300 CN&SA Harrison
Ab Angus (Av £256.67) to £330 JR&EJ Griffiths
British Blue (Av £366.18) to £515 A Sowray & Son
Lim (Av £313.13) to £380 RD Metcalfe & Son
Calf Results
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BB Bull
1st A Sowray & Son
2nd A Sowray & Son
3rd F Spence
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BB Heifer
1st A Sowray & Son
2nd Church Farm Enterprises
3rd Church Farm Enterprises
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Lim Bull
1st RD Metcalfe & Son
2nd RD Metcalfe & Son
3rd A Sowray & Son
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Lim Heifer
1st RD Metcalfe
2nd RD Metcalfe
3rd RD Metcalfe
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Native Bull
1st DA&SA Fort
2nd JR Dinsdale
3rd JR&JE Griffiths
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Native Heifers
1st GD&JC Holme
2nd JR&JE Griffiths
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B&W Bulls
1st AJ&K Lee
2nd AJ&K Lee
3rd AL Dean & Son
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