Rearing Calves to £460 (115)
B&W av £70.02 Cont av £338.7 Native av £224.6
A cracking show of Calves this morning and a strong trade to meet them, 115 calves saw a packed ringside on the new year bank holiday with the very best calves flying to strong prices. Fred Houseman and Geoff and Margaret Booth were at the Sharp end at £460 and £450 respectively with 12 Blue bulls past £400. The better blue heifers all sold away well with farmer buyers snaffling some quality entries with Martyn Jennings of Cowling having the pick of the trade at £390.
A super run of Flekvieh x calves from Chris Watson, Horton Pasture received fierce bidding topping at £350 and averaging at £290. Herefords met a healthy trade with John Blackwell of Gargrave topping at £260 with the 14 on offer averaging £234.
Older Black and Whites forced the trade in the dairy breds with a strong contingent over £100 and peaked at £145 for a fleshy calf from Johnny and Simon Moon of Wigglesworth.
NB: Calf Show 16th January
Bull Calves
Limousin x (Av £315.71) to £400 GCL Stephenson
Brit Blue x (Av £378.16) to £460 Church Farm Enterprises
Ab Angus (Av £224.17) to £280 J Wellock
Saler to £220 RL Wright
Hereford (Av £233.25) to £260 HJ&K Blackwell
Simmental to £355 CN&SA Harrison
Shorthorn to £220 JC Marshall
Flekvieh (Av £290) to £350 C Watson
Black & White (Av £) to £
Heifer Calves
Hereford x (Av £223.3) to £250 KM Berry
Ab Angus (Av £240) to £290 IR&DE Wellock
Limousin (Av £222) to £300 C Watson
Saler to £145 RL Wright & Sons
British Blue (Av £321.43) to £390 MP Jennings
Simmental to £320 CN&SA Harrison