50 PRIME CATTLE comprising 7 Cattle (under 30mos), 2 Clean Cattle (over 30mos), 41 Cast Cattle
2,449 PRIME SHEEP comprising 2,168 Prime Hoggs, 281 Cast Ewes & Rams
28 REARING CALVES
375 EWES & LAMBS
10 LOADS OF PRODUCE
PRIME CATTLE (under 30 mos)
The rescheduled Easter Show of Prime Cattle produced a good entry from John and Alison Spensley
of Thorlby who took the championship and reserve. Their Champion and first prize heifer a 580kg
Charolais cross heifer joined Mesrs D&A Gregory & Sons retail butchers of Bacup for 246.5p/kg
or £1430. Mesrs Gregory were again purchasers of the third prize heifer a Blonde cross from
Roger Wood of Crossroads which made 240.5p/kg or £1467.
HEIFERS
501-590kg to 246.5p/kg av 207p/kg
590kg+ to 240.5p/kg av 236.51p/kg
Top Prices £ per head and p/kg
Roger Wood Blonde x Hfr £1467 240.5p
B Spensley Ltd Char x Hfr £1430 246.5p
Roger Wood Blonde x Hfr £1285 227.5p
B Spensley Ltd Char x Hfr £1218 217.5p
DE & MA Booth B&W Hfr £974 175.5p
Overall Average 123.33p/kg £803.73
As anticipated cows a very good trade with suppliers stocking up for re-opening tomorrow after the Easter break. A shortage of fed cows but a good indicator was that the top 11 Dairy cows averaged 139.86p/kg. Feeders keen on young lean dairies and beef crosses with the latter topping at 164.5p/kg for an Aberdeen Angus cross.
Mature bulls sought after with James Hall from Darnbrook heading up the section with a Longhorn weighing 825kg making 143.5p/kg or £1183.
Black & White to 160.5p/kg av 119.58p/kg
Charx to 150.5p/kg av 143.87p/kg
Brit Blue to 148.5p/kg
AAx to 164.5p/kg
Limx to 139.5p/kg
MATURE BULLS
Overall Average 138.41p/kg £998.86
B&W to 134.5p/kg
Longhorn to 143.5p/kg
Galloway to 136.5p/kg
Top Prices (£ per head)
G Abbott&Sons B&W £1209
J Whittaker Charx £1136
CM&EM Gratton B&W £1067
AN Bolland B&W £1045
J Whittaker AAx £1036
AN Bolland B&W £1011
AN Bolland B&W £970
JC&N Throup Limx £963
GB Moorhouse B&W £961
J Whittaker Charx £928
Top Prices (p/kg)
J Whittaker AAx 164.5p
CM&EM Gratton B&W 160.5p
J Whittaker Charx 150.5p
DR&FE Wallbank BBx 148.5p
G Abbott & Sons B&W 146.5p
AN Bolland B&W 146.5p
AN Bolland B&W 141.5p
JC&N Throup Limx 139.5p
AN Bolland B&W 138.5p
AN Bolland B&W 137.5p
PRIME SHEEP
The averages may show a slight reduction, but in truth trade very similar. Quality Beltex types, 7 pens over 300p/kg and some fantastic runs of sheep, Fox Farms £137 £133 £128 £127 £123x2 £122 £121 Sarah Eddleston £125 £116, Tim Robinson £125 £121, Stock Enterprises £121 £115, Geoff Blezzard £116, Jim Baines £115, Greame Jackson £109. Fox Farms 342p 324p 300p 297p 295p, Sarah Eddleston 324p 320p 305p, Tim Robinson 297p 295p, Stocks Enterprises 300p. Commercial Export sheep 210p to 225p, but those lacking finish are not as dear as a few weeks ago with processors definitely sticking to fleshed sorts 40kg to 43kg. Hill bred lambs a similar trade as long as they are finished, best Mules around 200p.
Cast Sheep were a phenomenal trade compared to recent weeks, the sale average price up into the £70’s for some time with heavy ewes £120 to £140 regular away, and better Mules up into the high 80’s.
PRIME HOGGS – Overall Average £80.91 per head or 197.76p/kg
32.1kg to 35.9kg to 324.2p/kg av 188.8p/kg or £63.81per head
36.0kg to 45.5kg to 342.5p/kg av 203.5p/kg or £82.60per head
45.6kg to 52.0kg to 227.2p/kg av 192.7p/kg or £93.20per head
52.1kg and over to 200.0p/kg av 176.7p/kg or £96.54per head
Beltex average £103.73per head or 267.1p/kg
TOP PRICES: £137 or 342.5p/kg Fox Farms
Texel average £83.59per head or 199.4p/kg
TOP PRICES: £125 TA Robinson or 300.0p/kg Stocks Enterprises
Suffolk average £83.54per head or 190.3p/kg
TOP PRICES: £98 J Drinkall or 212.5p/kg CD&RF Kitching
Charollais average £83.10per head or 192.5p/kg
TOP PRICES: £95 PW Simpson or 205.6p/kg B Dibb
Mule average £75.71per head or 183.4p/kg
TOP PRICES: £89 JR Lancaster or 202.4p/kg CD&RF Kitching
Lleyn average £76.33per head or 198.8p/kg
TOP PRICES: £85.50 or 208.5p/kg W Tomlinson
Swaledale average £59.10per head or 163.3p/kg
TOP PRICES: £82 R Tennant or 184.1p/kg RG Church Ltd
Lonk average £74.14per head or 180.3p/kg
TOP PRICES: £82 D Feather or 190.8p/kg J Lord
Cheviot average £81.11per head or 194.1p/kg
TOP PRICES: £95.50 WH&JW Hartley or 208.1p/kg B Dibb
SBF average £78.54per head or 191.3p/kg
TOP PRICES: £81 MD Shields or 193.8p/kg J&E Slater
Gritstone average £82per head or 207.7p/kg
TOP PRICES: £83 J Lord or 207.5p/kg B Dibb
CULL EWES average £73.84
Suffolk to £129.50, Texel to £136.50, BFL to £133.50, Mule to £89.50, Down to £147.50, Teeswater to £73.50, Jacob to £81.50, Lleyn to £83.50, Swaledale to £45.50, Dalesbred to £54.50, SBF to £74.50.
TOP PRICES:
LOWLAND: £136.50 T Boothman; £134.50 N Caton
MULE/MASHAM: £89.50 A&SL Throup; £88.50 B Watchorn
HORNED: £81.50 S&JS Thompson; £74.50 CJ&J Harker;
HILL: £133.50 J Middleton; £83.50 West Berwick Farms
CAST RAMS average £105.61
Suffolk to £103.50, Texel to £132.50, Cheviot to £138.50, Lleyn to £89.50, Swaledale to £, Dalesbred to £.
TOP PRICES: £138.50 T Boothman; £132.50 A&CL Gray;
REARING CALVES
A cold and bitter day kept many farmers away defrosting parlours and combatting the miserable weather. However the vendors who braved the harsher climate met a strong trade with a strong Simmental bull calf from Andrew Ogden, Cowling reach £302. Duncan Holme had the trade of the day with a nice run of Aberdeen Angus calves averaging £204.50 and John Blackwell with three Hereford bull calves averaging £220 and topping at £250. Hope to see a larger entry next week.
BULL CALVES
Limousin x av £160 to £225 JC Marshall
Shorthorn to £250 JR CJ & D Drake
Aberdeen Angus av £204.50 to £222 GD& JC Holme
Black & White av £75.52 to £98 JC Marshall
Hereford X av £220 to £250 HJ&K Blackwell
Simmental to £302 AJ Ogden
HEIFER CALVES
Limousin x av £180 to £200 JC & DJ Marshall
Shorthorn x to £230 JR CJ & D Drake
Aberdeen Angus av £160 to 170 GD&JC Holme
PRODUCE (10 Loads)
Haylage Hestons to £40 per bale
Haylage Rounds to £36.00 per bale
Bales Hay Hestons to £33.50 per bale
Meadow Hay Bales to £32.50 per bale
Small Hay Bales to £3.50
375 EWES & LAMBS
A good entry of sheep & lambs for the Easter Show & Sale saw all outfits with strong lambs to sell to a good trade. The champions, a pen of 5 Texel Ewes with 6 Beltex Lambs sold at £260 per outfit from Greame Jackson, Bentham purchased by Kevin Marshall, who also bought the Reserve Champions and 1st prize pair with twins again from Greame Jackson. Thomas Boothman, Linton sold a pen of Texel Shearlings with twin lambs at £245, 4 Texel 2 Shrs & twins at the same money and 12 Oxford 3 crop with 20 lambs at £232.
Vendors please advise the office of entries and numbers by 12noon Friday prior to each Monday Sale for entries to be included in the online catalogue. This helps us greatly in advising buyers travelling distance of anticipated sale entries. Thankyou.
Show Results –
Class 1 – 2 Ewes with Lambs
1st GE Jackson selling for £235 to Kevin Marshall
2nd B&ME Craven selling for £208 to Parkin Butchers
Class 2 – 5 Ewes with Lambs
1st GE Jackson selling for £260 to Kevin Marshall
2nd RJ Umpleby selling for £155 to GT&B Blezard
Champion – GE Jackson (5) Reserve – GE Jackson (2)
Prices
Texel Shlgs & Twins to £245
Texel Shlgs & 1.5 Lambs to £218
Texel Shlgs & Singles to £162
Texel Ewes Crct & Twins to £235 av £182
Texel Ewes Crct & 1.5 Lambs to £260 av £215
Texel Ewes Crct & Singles to £138
Texel Ewes B/M & Twins to £155 av £128
Texel Ewes B/M & Singles to £128
Suffolk Ewes Crct & Twins to £135
Rouge 2 Shr & Twins to £212
Charollais Shlgs & Twins to £198
Charollais Shlgs & Singles to £150
Cheviot Ewes B/M & Twins to £132
Cheviot Ewes B/M & Singles to £132
Mule Ewes Crct & Twins to £132 av £142
Mule Ewes B/M & Twins to £130 av £123
Mule Ewes B/M & Singles to £105 av £88
Oxford Ewes Crct & 1.7 Lambs to £232
Zwartable Ewe Crct & Single to £100