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CALVES - MONDAY 15TH MAY 2017

Rearing Calves to £400 B&W av £88.30 Cont av £354.67 Native av £230 Quiet show forward this week however again trade flying for these handy calves. Straight black and whites flying off the shelves with Richard Spence at £155 for his B&W bull at 4 weeks and Chris Drake at £145 for a 5 week old Holstein bull calf. Blues pretty potent also however it was a strong limousin bull from Chris Watson of Horton Pasture that topped the days trade at £400 with John and Rob Marshall making the most of the strong trade and hitting £385 for a sweet 4 week old bull. Calves continue to be in strong demand and the auction offers the best place to maximise price. Please come and drop some of and find out.




Bull Calves

Limousin x (Av £345) to £400 C Watson                       

Brit Blue x (Av £358.75) to £385 JC Marshall                                                                                               

Black & White (Av £88.30) to £155 RM Spence                           

                                                                               

Heifer Calves       

British Blue (Av £353.33) to £380 J Gooch

Hereford (Av £200) to £200 JC Marshall

Shorthorn to £260 JC Marshall