Prime Cattle (under 30 mos)

Countrystyle Meats of Lancaster set their Christmas stall out and secured 12 purchases at this week’s sale including the highest grossing animal a Blonde cross steer from James Drake which tipped the scales at 555kg and made the leading steer price of 255.5p/kg. Leading p/kg was a British Blue cross heifer weighing 515kg sold by Mesrs AA &E Critchley & Son of Hutton which made 269.5p/kg grossing out at £1388 when bought by Countrystyle Meats.  Following hard on the heels of this high was a black Limousin cross heifer weighing 545kg from James Drake of Denholme which sold to George Cropper of Baxenden for 266.5p/kg or £1452.  The Lingfields Christmas Primestock show takes place on Sunday with a strong entry of retail cattle both haltered and unhaltered assured. Judging at 11am with sale at 3pm approx.

Steers

465-555kg                                             to 255.5p/kg                        av. 249.51p/kg

560kg+                                                   to 200p/kg                            av.178.02p/kg

Heifers

400-480kg                                             to 209.5 p/kg                       av.198.74p/kg

485kg+                                                   to 269.6p/kg                        av. 237.82p/kg

Bulls

560kg+                                                   to 178.5p/kg

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

Steers

£ per head: JA Drake (Blondx) 1418, JR Metcalfe (Blondx) 1406, CD&RF Kitching (Blondx) 1362, (Limx) 1317

p/kg: JA Drake (Blondx) 255.5, TW Cowperthwaite (Limx) 251.5, 249.5, CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 248.5, (Blondx) 245.5

Heifers

£ per head: JA Drake (Limx) 1452, CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 1399, AA&E Critchley&Son (BBx) 1388,1386, IJ Pratt (Limx) 1386

p/kg: AA&E Critchley (BBx) 269.5, (Limx) 261.5, (BBx) 261.5, JA Drake (Limx) 266.5, SD Bennett (Limx) 259.5, CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 257.5.

Bulls

£ per head: M Fewster (AA) 1133

p/kg: M Fewster (AA) 178.5

Prime Cattle (over 30 mos)

Overall Average                                   133.5p/kg             £1074.68

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

£ per head: Church Farm Ent. (B&W Hfr) 1074

p/kg: Church farm Ent. (B&W Hfr) 133.5      

Overall Average                                   101.91p/kg           £674.36

A shortage of warm fed meat in the cast cow lines but a number of entries coming off TMR in the dairies bucked the trend with heavy cows with condition 110p. A few more beef cows scanned empty on the market with dairy crosses filling the Continentals and as a result most feeders backing off in the mid 120s because of the types available. A heavy Beef Shorthorn cow from Joe Drinkall at £1007 or 118.5p/kg  and a 580kg Belted Galloway from Tom Boothman made 120p/kg.

Black & White                       to 113.5p/kg                        av.96.91p/kg

MRI                                         to 111.5p/kg                        av. 93.47p/kg

Danish Red                            to 104.5p/kg

Brown Swiss                         to 84.5p/kg

Limx                                       to 117.5p/kg                        av. 110.72p/kg

BBx                                         to 127.5p/kg                        av. 124.06p/kg

Hefd                                       to 97.5p/kg

Galloway                                to 120p/kg                            av.111.69p/kg

Beef Shorthorn                    to 118.5p/kg

Top Prices (£ per head or p/kg)

B&W:

£ per head: J Caygill&Ptns 900, 839, JD Taylor&Son 864, AP Townsend 854, JT Rushton 799, RM&LJ Throup 763

p/kg: AP Townsend 113.5,109.5, J Caygill&Ptns 112.5, JD Taylor&Son 111.5, JT Rushton 109.5, JH Bradley&Son 109.5

Other Dairy

£ per head: N&R Sutcliffe (MRI) 675,377, SR Petty (Swed Red) 596,DA&S Fort (Brown Swiss) 570,

p/kg: N&R Sutcliffe (MRI) 111.5, 72.5, SR Petty (Swed Red) 104.5, DA&S Fort (Brown Swiss) 84.5

Brit Blue:

£ per head: JW Stockdale&Son 907, G&PS Fleetwood 797,787,778

p/kg: G&PS Fleetwood 127.5, 122.5, 117.5, JW Stockdale&Son 122.5

Lim:

£ per head: PL Metcalfe 699, SR Petty 695,650, JW Stockdale&Son 613

p/kg: PL Metcalfe 117.5, JW Stockdale&Son 109.5, SR Petty 109.5, 106.5

Native

£ per head: J Drinkall Ltd (Beef Sh) 1007, J Drinkall Ltd (AAx) 818,759,SR Petty(Gall) 700,696

p/kg: T Boothman (Gall) 120, J Drinkall Ltd (AAx) 120.5,118.5, (Beef Sh) 118.5,

MATURE BULL

Overall Average                                   104.6p/kg             £957.08

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

£ per head: AP Townsend (BB) 1159, West Berwick Farm (Stab) 756

p/kg: AP Townsend (BB) 135.5, West Berwick Farm (Stab) 77.5

4,104 SHEEP comprising 3,802 LAMBS and 302 CAST SHEEP

A much larger show of sheep this week, and a nice trade too on the day, recording an overall average of 173p/kg. Best lambs saw some strong prices, but they had to be handy weights 39kg to 43kg to hit the heights of 240p to 260p, with trade topping at 278p or £111.50 for a pen of 3 Beltex crosses from James and Jennifer Garth of Keasden selling to Paul Watson. Messrs Garth sold a further pen of 6 at £102 each. Mark & Elaine Hartley from Roughlee had a pen of 4 Beltex crosses weighing 41kg sell at £109 each, whilst there were 4 pens at £108 each from Duncan Halliday of Sowerby Bridge, John Nutter of Hurst Green, and 2 pens from Richard Simpson of Pateley Bridge who had a further pen at £100. Other 3 figure pens were Kevin Marshall £106, Frankland Farms £106, James Towler £104.50, Fox Farms £104, Ellis Bros £104 £102 £100, Issy Hartley £100, Henry Atkinson £100, John Thwaite (H-in-C) £100.
Mule Lambs were just a shade easier on the week, but horned lambs upkept recent better rates.

Prime Lambs  – Overall Average  £75.79 per head or 172.89p/kg         

32.1kg to 35.9kg                 to 201.5p/kg         av 164.4p/kg         or £57.12 per head

36.0kg to 45.5kg                 to 278.8p/kg         av 176.3p/kg         or £74.61 per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg                 to 220.8p/kg         av 164.93p/kg      or £79.07 per head

52.1kg and over                  to 200p/kg            av 165.9p/kg         or £88.50 per head

Beltex average £87.19 per head or 203.11p/kg

£ per head: £111.50 James Garth & Sons; £109 AM&E Hartley; £108 J&F Nutter; £108 DJ Halliday; £106 K Marshall;

p/kg: 278.8p James Garth & Sons; 265.9p AM&E Hartley; 263.4p J&F Nutter; 255p Ellis Bros; 254.9p WA&VJ&JA Towler

Suffolk average £74.9 per head or 161.11p/kg

£ per head: £87.50 TH Atkins; £86 MJ Spensley; £86 R Emmott; £86 R&VM Clarke; £85.50 HB Atkinson; £85 MJ Spensley;

p/kg:190p HB Atkinson; 181.8p MP Jennings; 168.9p G&MA Lawn; 168.6p R&VM Clarke; 167.6p SR Petty; 167p N&M Hugill

Texel average £76.69 per head or 174.20p/kg

£ per head: £108x2 L Simpson; £100 TR Thwaite & Son; £100 L Simpson & Sons; £100 AM&E Hartley; £100 HB Atkinson;

p/kg: 243.9p AM&E Hartley; 242.5p, 241.5p G Sunderland; 228.2p D Reay; 228p E&KM Marshall; 223p JJ Beckwith & Sons

Mule average £67.78 per head or 153.83p/kg

£ per head: £84 JR Crabtree; £81 S&D Robinson; £80 SJ Sugden; £77 TH&A Pickard & Son; £75 JH Throup; £73.50 IMA & RJ Smith

p/kg: 164.8p T&C Robinson; 160p SJ Sugden; 159.3p G&MA Lawn; 157.9p DA Robinson; 157.8p TH&A Pickard & Son

Charollais average £75.36 per head or 169.76p/kg

£ per head: £89 Frankland Farms; £85.50 D Pawson & Sons; £81 P Shackleton; £76 Brafferton Manor; £73.50 A Fisher;

p/kg: 194.3p D Pawson & Sons; 179.3p A Fisher; 176.7p Brafferton Manor; 168.3p DA Pratt; 167p Brafferton Manor

Swaledale average £57.12 per head or 139.84p/kg

£ per head: £64 S&D Robinson; £63, £62 JW Sayer & Son; £61.50 WB Woodsworth; £61.50 S&D Robinson; £60 WB Woodsworth

p/kg:151.2p JW Sayer & Son; 150px2 S&D Robinson; 147.4p C MEllin; 146.5p JW Sayer & Son; 146.3p C Mellin; 143.6p JH Throup;

Dalesbred average £48.50 per head or 134.72p/kg

£ per head: £48.50 RH&EA Close;

p/kg: 134.72p RH&EA Close

Suffolk to £97.50, Texel to £91.50, BFL to £45.50, Mule to £75.50, Lleyn to £68.50, Swaledale to £49.50, Gritstone to £18.50, , Beltex  to £89.50, Lonk  to £47.50.

Top prices:

Lowland: £91.50 M Crabtree; £91.50 AL Thompson

Mule/Masham: £75.50 GT Booth; £69.50 C Nelson & Sons

Horned: £49.50 C Nelson & Sons; £47.50 AE Schindler

Hill: £68.50, £65.50 DC Wood

Cast Rams average £41.93

 Texel to £51.50, BFL to £45.50, Teeswater to £77.50, Lleyn to £76.50, Swaledale to £31.50.

Rearing Calves to £420 (47)

Best calves were a selling away well today with a couple of fresh faces ringside bidding fiercely for the best calves. Middle of the road continentals were a touch easier, however continentals were a cracking trade once again with John Marshall of Dacre topping at £340 and £330 with AA bull average of £281. Black and whites were not as dear today with a younger show of calves on offer with an average of £44.63. Heifers a touch harder to place today with Fred Houseman again topping at £360 for a shapey british blue with Robert Throup of Snaygill at £300 for a straight limousin type. 

Bull Calves

B&W av £44.63 Cont av £306.67 Native av £254.5

Limousin x (Av £269) to £320 D Clarke                          

Brit Blue x (Av £338) to £420 Church Farm Enterprises                                                             

Aberdeen Angus (Av £281) to £340 JC Marshall

Shorthorn to £200 JH Bradley & Son

Saler (Av £300) to £300 RL Wright & Son                     

Black & White (Av £44.63) to £90 RL Wright & Son                    

Heifer Calves                       

Ab Angus (Av £150) to £150 PJ&JE Bolland                                                   

British Blue (Av £257.22) to £360 Church Farm Enterprises

Lim (Av £240) to £300 RM&J Throup

Prize Awards:      

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

Newly Calven Cows:            1^st DA&SA Fort, 2^nd DA&SA Fort 3^rd DA&SA Fort

Champion – GB Moorhouse              Reserve – SJ Sugden

 Pedigree Newly Calven Heifers (av £1765) : to £2150 GB Moorhouse

Newly Calven Cows (av £1466): to £1800 DA&SA Fort

Newly Calven Heifers (av £1326): to £1480 GB Jennings

Maiden Heifers (av £587.50): to £620 D&J Herd

Pedigree Bull to £1300 GB Moorhouse