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CALVES - MONDAY 19TH FEBRUARY 2018

Rearing Calves to £500 B&W av £60.74 Cont av £374 Native av £216.31 Spring calf show and what a trade shame we just didn’t have more calves through the door. Pre Sale Champion went to a tremendous suckler bred limousin heifer from D&J Carlisle of Cracoe which sold for the top price of £500. The Reserve Champion a cracker of a bull from regular vendor Shaun Sowray of Sowray Bros, Bishop Thornton reached £440 with all his bulls averaging £433. Limousin bulls saw a strong trade with both Hayton & Stocks and Sowray Bros breaking £400 at £460 and £420 respectively. However it’s the heifers which seem to be dearer than any other centres at the minute with British Blues on average £40-£60/ head above that of other centres with 11 British blue heifers averaging £338.




A small selection of black and whites sold away to expectations however the native calves again commanded a healthy trade with Aberdeen Angus bulls averaging £262 and mixed show of heifers averaging £180 . Calves continue to be in strong demand please do not hesitate to contact if you are interested. 01756 792375

 

Bull Calves

Limousin x (Av £440) to £460 Hayton & Stocks                           

Brit Blue x (Av £385) to £440 A Sowray                                                        

Aberdeen Angus (Av £262.86) to £295 JC Marshall

MRI (Av £200) to £200 N&R Sutcliffe

Black & White (Av £60.74) to £85 x2 J Gooch: CN&SA Harrison                               

               
                                                                

Heifer Calves                                                                                                                                       

British Blue (Av £338) to £420 A Sowray & Son

Lim (Av £421.67) to £500 D&J Carlisle

Ab Angus (Av £180) to £205 JR&EJ Griffiths