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DAIRY & CALVES - MONDAY 23RD APRIL 2018

Craven Dairy Auction (4 head) A small show of dairy but those who attended would be glad they did. Mark Chadwick of Chadwick and Leaver, Burnley officiated and deemed Sammy Sugdens Zebra daughter the best in show today, the homebred heifer giving 28 litres went on to sell for the sale top price of £1980 selling to Richard Sutcliffe of Queensbury.

 

 

Reserve Champion a Fantasmic daughter from Peter Baul of Bishop Thornton sold away well reaching £1880 and heading home with Brian Blezard of Ribchester. Brian Moorhouse also had a nice strong milky heifer giving 35kg reached £1950 and also headed to Ribchester with Mr Blezard.

 

 

Judge – Mark Chadwick

Prize Awards:       Newly Calven Heifers:        1st SJ Sugden                         2nd M Baul & Partners                         3rd GB Moorhouse

Champion – SJ Sugden                       Reserve – M Baul & Partners

 

Newly Calven Heifers (av £1832): to £1980 SJ Sugden







 

Rearing Calves to £410 (68)

B&W av £115.4 Cont av £345.4 Native av £145

 

Better numbers of rearing calves today with Black and Whites selling away the nicest of all the breeds. Stephen Marshall of Summerbridge saw the trade of the day with his Friesian bull to £250 with James Dugdales strong black and whites topping at £175. Overall the substantial number of black and whites today averaged £115.4. Continentals were a straight trade with the best of the bull trade up at £415 for a tremendous Limousin  Bull from C Watson, Horton Pasture. British Blues presented by Fred Houseman of Church Farm Enterprises reached £390 three times. Native heifers were hard to place today ranging from £225 down to £115 this morning however Aberdeen Angus bulls soared to an average of £245.

 

Bull Calves

Limousin x (Av £352.86) to £415 C Watson                  

Brit Blue x (Av £381) to £390 x3 Church Farm Enterprises                                                       

Aberdeen Angus (Av £240) to £275 Flasby Estates

Flekvieh (Av £135) to £135 C Watson

Hereford X (Av £145) to £175 JA Lawn & Sons

Shorthorn (Av £106.54) to £180 Flasby Estates

Black & White (Av £115.4) to £250 JC&DJ Marshall & Sons                     

                                                                               

Heifer Calves                       

Simmental x (Av £280) to £280 CN&SA Harrison                                                        

Ab Angus (Av £138) to £225 Flasby Estates                                                  

British Blue (Av £310) to £310 H&M Dugdale & Son

Lim (Av £215) to £215 M&R Smith.

Hereford (Av £121) to £155 JA Lawn