Prime Cattle (under 30 mos)

July Primestock Show

The champion and Reserve were won by Mesrs KA&HL Fawcett of Barden with a brace of Britch Blue cross heifers the champion a 520kg animal which sold to George Cropper of Baxenden for 278.5p/kg or £1448 and the Reserve weighing 480kg which sold to Jeff Burrows for 254.5p/kg or £1222. The first prize steer was presented by Mesrs F&B Smith of Westhouse a 525kg homebred Limousin joining Tim Hamlet of Garstang for 263.5p/kg or £1383.

Leading buyers at the sale with 6 high quality cattle each were Countrystyle Meats of Lancaster and Keelham Farm Shop OF Thornton and Skipton.

Strs 1. F&B Smith                                2. AA&E Critchley&Son                      3. CD&RF Kitching

Hfrs 1. KA&HL Fawcett                      2. KA&HL Fawcett                               3. TWH Assets

Steers

465-555kg                                             to 263.5p/kg                        av. 234.46p/kg

560kg+                                                   to 259.5p/kg                        av. 241.68p/kg

Heifers

400-480kg                                             to 254.5p/kg                        av. 222.30p/kg

485kg+                                                   to 278.5p/kg                        av. 219.28p/kg

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

Steers

£ per head: AA&E Critchley&Son (BBx) 1479, CD&RF Kitching (Blondex) 1389, F&B Smith (Limx) 1383, SD Bennett (Limx) 1376

p/kg: F&B Smith (Limx) 263.5, AA&E Critchley&Son (BBx) 259.5, SD Bennett (Limx) 252.5, 239.5.

Heifers

£ per head: KA&HL Fawcett (BBx) 1448, AA&E Critchley&Son (Blondex) 1399, (Limx) 1393, JR Metcalfe (BBx) 1378, TWH Assets (AAx) 1339

p/kg: KA&HL Fawcett (BBx) 278.5, 254.5, AA&E Critchley&Son (Blondex) 266.5,(BBx) 252.5, TWH Assets (BBx) 250.5, JR Metcalfe (Limx) 249.5.

Prime Cattle (over 30 mos)

Overall Average                                   av.133.42p/kg                     £867.25

£ per head: A&J Carr (B&W Hfr) 926, GB Jennings (B&W Hfr) 809

p/kg: A&J Carr&Son (B&W Hfr) 143.5, GB Jennings (B&W Hfr) 123.5

Cast cattle maintained their recent values with the variation in average down to the higher numbers of lean cattle coming forward possibly now brought on by the weather conditions. Cattle carrying finish were 120p+ amongst the diaries and an odd Limousin cow at 159.5p/kg.

Overall Average                                   109.18p/kg           £682.69

Black & White                      to 127.5p/kg                        av. 104.76p/kg

Dairy Shorthorn                   to 123.5p/kg                        av. 113.48p/kg

MRI                                         to 118.5p/kg       

Limx                                       to 159.5p/kg                        av.119.21p/kg

BBx                                         to 116.5p/kg

Top Prices (£ per head or p/kg)

B&W:

£ per head: RD Metcalfe&Son 966, CJ&DD Drake 874, N&J Thwaite 871, E&KM Marshall 838, P&J Brown&Son 833,833

p/kg: A&J Carr&Son 127.5, P&J Brown&Son 124.5, N&J Thwaite 123.5, FA Holmes&Son 123.5, P&J Brown&Son 122.5,122.5

Other Dairy

£ per head: IRG Collins&Ptns (Dairy Sh) 798,753, N&R Sutcliffe (MRI) 788

p/kg: IRG Collins &Ptns (Dairy Sh) 123.5,116.5, N&R Sutcliffe (MRI) 118.5

Brit Blue:

£ per head: PN Garth 781

p/kg: PN Garth 116.5

Lim:

£ per head: AJ Mason 1188, DB&E Greenwood7Sons 784, D&J Carlisle 759

p/kg: AJ Mason 159.5, D&J Carlisle 127.5, DB&E Greenwood 123.5,

MATURE BULL

Overall Average                                   157.5p/kg             £1874

Lim

£ per head: JG Hall&Son 874

p/kg: JG Hall&Son 157.5

Prime Sheep

Sheep numbers vastly increased today as we start to see a more seasonal feel to the entry with over 3000 prime and cast sheep penned for the first time this season.  Lambs were reasonably well sold as well on the day, with the mart average of 217p comparing well against the England and Wales average for the day of 205.5p (ref:AHDB) Worth noting that there was a fair cross section of lambs in today, with 1595 Texel crosses averaging 216p, 483 Suffolk and Down cross lambs averaging 204p, and 306 Beltex crosses averaging 251p, a few Mules at 190p and 49 Rouge/Charollais at 214p.
A few lightweight lambs getting forward, those just a touch a short of meat sold around the 190p mark, but better meated types were over 200p. Stephen Pickard had some nice 34kg Texels at 213p, Richard & Mark Ireland sold some 36kg Texels at 226p, and some very smart 37kg Texels at 264p, and their third prize pen of show lambs weighing 38kg sold at 310p, whilst Richard Crabtree sod 38kg Beltex at 292p.
Quite a few commercial Suffolk and Texel Mules weighing 38kg 39kg, either side of 200p, but 40kg to 42kg were mainly selling for topside of 200p. A three quarter bred lambs 38-40kg was generally 210p to 250p, with Beltex crosses in this weight range anywhere from 230p to 270p and the real smart sorts more, 18 pens selling from 270p to 331p and 34 pens from 250p to 269p.
Heavier lambs were easy to place with only 291 lambs scaling 46kg or more, but averaging up at 228p (11p above mart average) which shows the relative demand for these at this time. Joint top price of the day of £139 came for some heavy Texels from Thomas Boothman, but the first at this mark was the champion pen from David & Laura Coar, Darwen, 5 great Texel Beltex crosses weighing 42kg, they sold to the show judge, Tim Hamlet at £139 or 331p/kg for sale in his retail butchers shop in Garstang. Over 20 pens of show lambs forward today and the full results are below.

Prime Lambs  – Overall Average  £90.39 per head or 217.18p/kg         

32.1kg to 35.9kg to 213.2p/kg         av 192.93p/kg      or £65.17 per head

36.0kg to 45.5kg to 331.0p/kg         av 216.76p/kg      or £88.17 per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg to 260.4p/kg         av 228.14p/kg      or £108.90 per head

52.1kg and over   to 235.6p/kg         av 222.4p/kg         or £122.1 per head

 Prime Lamb Show

Cont x Lambs       1^st D&L Coar £139 or 331p to Hamlets Butchers

                                2^nd D&L Coar £125 or 275.6p to Vivers Scot lamb

                                3^rd RH&MR Ireland £118 or 310.5p to Hamlets Butchers

Suffolk x Lambs   1^st R Earnshaw £99 or 225p to J Bowling

                                2^nd J Turner £109 or 213.7p to Andrew Atkinson

                                3^rd A Hartley £90.5 or 210.5p to J Bowling

Mule lambs          1^st ASE Crisp £80 or 190.5p to D Palmer;

                                2^nd ASE Crisp £74 or 194.7p to D Palmer

Beltex average £102.54 per head or 251.98p/kg

£ per head: £139 D&L Coar; £127 PR Simpson; £125 EP&JM Hutchinson; £124 D&L Coar; £123 Fox Farms; £122 Fox Farms;

p/kg: 331p D&L Coar; 310.5p RH&MR Ireland; 300p Fox Farm; 292.1p P Crabtree & Son; 290p GA Hewitt & Son

Suffolk average £84.96 per head or 204.55p/kg

£ per head: £112.5, £111 EP&JM Hutchinson; £110.5 J Metcalfe; £110 A&AR Phillipson; £110 JR Airey; £109 J Turner

p/kg: 237.8p F Reeday & Son; 234.4p EP&JM Hutchinson; 232.2p F Reeday & Son; 229.5p F Reeday & Son 

Texel average £89.5 per head or 216.06p/kg

£ per head: £139 T Boothman; £127 CM Scholey; £125 JC Marshall; £125, £122 EP&JM Hutchinson; £121 R&E Pollard

p/kg: 296.3p T Boothman; 272.1p Ellis Bros; 269.8p G&MM Dakin & Son; 264.9p RH&MR Ireland; 262.5p JC Marshall

Mule average £76.4 per head or 190.52p/kg

£ per head: £81 JC&N Throup; £80 CR&J Kippax; £80 ASE Crisp & Son; £76 Ellis Bros; £74 ASE Crisp;

p/kg:194.9p Ellis Bros; 194.7p, 190.5p ASE Crisp & Sons; 188.4p JC&N Throup; 186p CR&J Kippax; 184.6p KM&L Throup

Charollais average £87.02 per head or 210.65p/kg

£ per head: £119, £117 EP&JM Hutchinson; £114 J Turner; £112 EP&JM Hutchinson; £107.5 A Calvert & Son;

p/kg:260.5p EP&JM Hutchinson; 219.2p J Tunrer; 216.4p EP&JM Hutchinson; 215p A Calvert & Son; 212.8p x2 GH&G Emmott;  

Rouge average £98.41 per head or 218.5p/kg

£ per head: £104, £100, £99.5, £94x2 JA&JM Wade & Son;

p/kg: 226.1p 221.1p 217.4p 213.6 x2 JA&JM Wade & Son;

Suffolk to £98.5, Texel to £139.5, BFL to £94.5, Mule to £89.5, Lleyn to £91.5, Swaledale to £50, Masham to £82.5, Cheviot to £38.5, Beltex to £89.5, Lonk  to £25.5.

Top prices:

Lowland: £139.5 W Watson ; £137.5 J Watson

Mule/Masham: £89.5 JR&EL Mawson

Horned: £50 KG Stapleton; £45.5 AS Staveley

Hill: £94.5 Ellis Bros; £91.5 CD&RF Kitching

Cast Rams average £53.37

Suffolk to £47.5, Texel to £171.5, BFL to £110, Swaledale to £55.50,  Beltex  to £45.5

Rearing Calves to £445 (31)

B&W av £86.60 Cont av £315.5 Native av £188.33

Fred Houseman once again topped the calf trade with a couple of his tremendous British Blue bulls at £445 and £440. A healthy show of Aberdeen Angus calves today with a lot of the calves 3- 4 weeks averaging £211 and topping at £240 for a fleshy bull from James Wellock of Eshton. Black and whites a touch dearer on the week with Wood Bros topping at £115 for a fleshy black and white bull.

Bull Calves                            

Brit Blue x (Av £406) to £445 Church Farm Enterprises                                                             

Aberdeen Angus (Av £211) to £240 J Wellock

Blonde X (Av £290) to £290 N&R Sutcliffe

Black & White (Av £86.6) to £115 Wood Bros                             

Heifer Calves       

Ab Angus (Av £172.14) to £190 AJ Lee                                                          

Blonde x (Av £245) to £245 N&R Sutcliffe

British Blue (Av £270) to £280 BF Blezard Ltd

Lim (Av £270) to £290 P Crabtree & Son

Prize Awards:       Newly Calven Heifers:        1^st J Wellock 2^nd WR Stewart 3^rd WR Stewart

                                Newly Calven Cows:            1^st GB Moorhouse

                                Champion – J Wellock        Reserve – WR Stewart

Newly Calven Heifers (av £1791): to £2100 J Wellock; £2100 WR Stewart

Newly Calven Cows: to £1880 GB Moorhouse  

Shorthorn Newly Calven Heifers: av £1030 to £1080 A Wilkes

Shorthorn Newly Calven Cow: av £1300  to £1380 A Wilkes