Craven Dairy Auction
A small show today but a cracking trade and a good show of quality even though there wasn’t many on offer. The three Pedigree Bulls drew a large crowd and some fierce bidding, especially Ingleview Casper. A well fleshed bull boasting a strong back pedigree sold for £2200 to Mark Goodall of Tong, Bradford. Another bull entry from Brian Moorhouse didn’t quite reach the mark in the ring but sold outside for £1800. In the milkers David Fort topped the day with a lovely, sweet 30kg heifer selling for £1820 to AG Parker of Emley. A run of handy Incalf heifers from Stephen Simpson of Bishop Monkton got away nicely topping at £1300 and averaging £1233.
Judge – Shaun Sowray
Prize Awards: Newly Calven Heifers: 1st & 2nd A Lawson & Son 3rd DA Fort
Newly Calven Cows: 1st & 2nd R Simpson & Son
Champion & Reserve – A Lawson & Son
Newly Calven Heifers (av £1713.33): to £1820 DA&SA Fort
Newly Calven Cows to £1480 A Lawson & Sons
Incalf Heifers (av £1233.33): to £1300 R Simpson & Sons
Pedigree Bulls (av £1600) to £2200 R&E Butterfield
Rearing Calves to £420 (45)
B&W av £122.87 Cont av £325 Native av £194
Cracking trade in the calf ring this morning with a packed ringside of buyer around our temporary ring. The trade of the day was for the black and white bulls with a storming average of £122.87 with 10 over £100 and topping at £230 twice for a two of the finest black and white bulls from Stephen Marshall of West End. Best continental bulls are still commanding strong prices with a limousin bull from David and Richard Pickersgill of Hawksworth reaching £420 however it was the heifers today that outstripped their male counterparts with Lim heifers averaging £362 and apart from a run of twin heifers, british blue heifers were a flying trade with Church Farm Enterprises topping at £405 and £400.
Bull Calves
Black & White (Av £122.87) to £230 x2, £220 JC&DJ Marshall
Limousin x (Av £420) to £420 G Pickersgill & Sons
Brit Blue x (Av £325.9) to £400 A Sowray & Son
Aberdeen Angus (Av £216.25) to £250 JC&DJ Marshall & Son
Saler (Av £90) to £90 Town Head Farm Products
Heifer Calves
Aberdeen Angus (Av £172.5) to £205 DL DM & J Heron
Saler (Av £125) to £125 Town Head Farm Products
British Blue (Av £305.22) to £405 Church Farm Enterprises
Lim (Av £362) to £385 A Sowray & Son