Craven Dairy Auction (27 head)
A cracking bull trade in the dairy ring today with David, Claire and Suzy Lawson presenting two tremendous bulls, both bred from the famous Newbirks Jazz family and boasting tremendous back pedigrees sold to a ready ringside of buyers. The first prize bull Newbirks Reebok, a tremendous dark bull found a new home with Gary Swires of K Swires & Co, Beckwithshaw with the other cracking bull from Newbirks selling for £1900 to Tony Swires of Stainburn.
In the milkers, David Booth of Broom House, Lothersdale chose the heifer from Colin Price of Keasden as his Champion with a heifer from David and Suzy Lawson taking the Reserve Champion rosette and also the highest price of the day. The Champion, a 14 day calved 27 litre heifer ended up selling for £1650 to IR&DE Wellock of Kirkby Malham. The reserve champion from David Lawson found a new home with Brian Blezard of Ribchester, giving 28 litres and calved 28 days she went on to make £1950. Jeremy Taylor of Skipton brought three fine pedigree heifers to sell and found a buoyant trade at £1920, £1900 and 1700.
A good show of older cows was punctuated by a tremendous 2nd calver from Ian Parkinson of Barden which sold for £1720 to JP&KE Hartley, Beamsley.
Incalf heifers were a flying trade with two from Peter Baul averaging £1615 and topping at £1650. The heifers due june and july were highly sought after, however both ended up with Wick Williams of Nantwich.
Judge – David Booth
Prize Awards: Newly Calven Heifers: 1st AC Price, 2nd A Lawson & Son; 3rd JD Taylor & Son
Newly Calven Cows: 1st J Wellock 2nd MD Parkinson; 3rd RG Johnson
In-Calf Heifers: 1st M Baul & Partners 2nd M Baul & Partners
Maiden Heifers 1st M Thomas; 2nd M Thomas
Champion – AC Price Reserve – A Lawson & Son
Newly Calven Heifers (av £1666): to £1950 A Lawson & Son
Newly Calven Cows (av £1414): to £1720 MD Parkinson
Incalf Heifers (av £1615): to £1650 M Baul & Partners
Pedigree Bulls (av £2150) to £2400 A Lawson & Son
Maiden Heifers (av £585) to £820 MJ Thomas
Rearing Calves to £460 (87)
B&W av £92.92 Cont av £358.92 Native av £167.37
Good healthy show of calves through the ring and what a cracking trade. Best continental calves were a pleasure to sell with 8 British Blue Heifers from £400 to £460 and averaging £388, British Blue bulls weren’t far behind with 10 calves from £400 to £455. Black and White bulls were again a strong trade with all quality averaging £92 and topping at £140 for a fleshy Holstein bull calf from J Wellock at Eshton. Native calves enjoyed a healthy trade too, a lot of Herefords through the door this morning with bulls topping at £350 for a tremendous bull from J Peel of Newsholme and heifers topped at £200 twice for entrants from ID&JC Briggs, Guiseley.
Sale Next Week 10.45am.
Bull Calves
Limousin x (Av £263) to £385 C Watson
Brit Blue x (Av £364.25) to £455 Church Farm Enterprises
Aberdeen Angus (Av £215) to £355 RD Guy & Son
Flekvieh (Av £265) to £330 C Watson
Hereford X (Av £214.38) to £350 J Peel
Shorthorn (Av £118) to £160 Flasby Estates
Black & White (Av £92.92) to £140 J Wellock
Heifer Calves
Hereford x (Av £155.71) to £200 x2 ID&JC Briggs
Ab Angus (Av £151) to £250 JP&KE Hartley
British Blue (Av £388.08) to £460, £430 Church Farm Enterprises;
Lim (Av £263) to £385 C Watson