Prime Cattle (under 30 mos)

Top price was a Limousin cross heifer from Malcolm Metcalfe of Baldersby weighing 415kg and making 258.5p/kg when sold to Charlie Clough of Queensbury.

Steers

465-555kg                                             to 225.5p/kg                        av. 203.92p/kg

Heifers

400-480kg                                             to 258.5p/kg                        av. 240.76p/kg

485kg+                                                   to 236.5p/kg                        av. 185.71p/kg

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

Steers

£ per head: JR Metcalfe (Limx) 1049, CD&RF Kitching (Blondex) 1011

p/kg: JR Metcalfe (Limx) 225.5, CD&RF Kitching (Blondex) 185.5.

Heifers

£ per head: JR Metcalfe (Limx) 1230, CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 1174,JM Townsend (Limx) 1102,1088,

p/kg: JR Metcalfe (Limx) 258.5, JM Townsend (Limx) 236.5,229.5, JR Metcalfe (Limx) 236.5, D&A Livestock Ltd 218.5

Overall Average                                   98.53p/kg             £687.24

Cast cattle a firmer trade. Dairies carrying finish 100p and upwards, feeding cows attracting plenty of interest and Mature Bulls a very good trade. Mature bulls headed by a 1245kg Limousing bull from JC Marshall which made 119.5p or £1524 when weighed at 1245kg.

Black & White                       to 111.5p/kg                        av. 98.38p/kg

MRI                                         to 97.5p/kg                         

Limx                                       to 109.5p/kg                        av. 106.41p/kg

BBx                                         to 114.5p/kg                        av 109.5p/kg

Hefdx                                     to 102.5p/kg

Top Prices (£ per head or p/kg)

B&W:

£ per head: J Caygill&Ptns 925, Church Farm Enterprises 882, RE Ayrton&Son 878, JW Morrell 865,854, JD Taylor&Son 841

p/kg: M Mosley 111.5, RE Ayrton&Son 110.5, JW Morrell 109.5, 108.5, J Caygill&Ptns 108.5, Church Farm Enterprises 107.5

Other Dairy

£ per head: N&R Sutcliffe (MRI) 605

p/kg: N&R Sutcliffe (MRI) 97.5

Brit Blue:

£ per head: DG Boothman 819, TH&A Pickard&Son 740

p/kg: DG Boothman 114.5, TH&A Pickard 106.5

Lim:

£ per head: FM Shepherd&Sons 605,602  

p/kg: FM Shepherd&Son 109.5,103.5

Native

£ per head: FM Shepherd&Son (Hefdx) 677

p/kg: FM Shepherd&Son (Hefdx) 102.5

MATURE BULL

Overall Average                                   118.27p/kg           £1277.33

Lim

£ per head: JC Marshall 1524, I Barrett7Son 1031

p/kg: JC Marshall 119.5, I Barrett&Son 116.5

A smaller show this week resulted in sharper trade and a strong overall average of £110 or 261p. Gerald and Jonathan Beresford of Hellifield led the sale at 304p/kg for a nice Texel x lamb purchased by Edwards Farm Butchers of Padiham.

Spring Lambs  – Overall Average  £110.58 per head or 261.17p/kg       

36.0kg to 45.5kg                 to 304.9p/kg         av 261.25p/kg      or £107.53 per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg                 to 260.9p/kg         av 260.9p/kg         or £120 per head

Texel average £123.34 per head or 295.7p/kg

£ per head: £125, £122 G Beresford & Son

p/kg: 304.9p,  290.5p G Beresford & Sons 

Charollais average £118.43 per head or 270.03p/kg

£ per head: £128, £120 DN Smith; £117, £110 P&J Sedgwick

p/kg: 290.9p, 260.9p DN Smith; 268.3p, 265.9p P&J Sedgwick

Good numbers forward for the Hogg section, and meated types gaining the premium they deserve, but anything short of meat is understandably less money than the good stuff. Best Hoggs up around 280p/kg from Henry Atkinson, Anthony Thompson and K Saffrey. Nick Capstick topped the shop at £125 per head purchased by Nick Dalby. Commercial hoggs if meated sold away to a similar trade on the week.

Prime Hoggs  – Overall Average  £81.02 per head or 184.26p/kg          

25.5kg to 32.0kg                 to 137.5p/kg         av 130.6p/kg         or £40.54 per head

32.1kg to 35.9kg                 to 261.8p/kg         av 179.52p/kg      or £61.36 per head

36.0kg to 45.5kg                 to 286.8p/kg         av 191.69p/kg      or £79.91 per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg                 to 244.7p/kg         av 177.33p/kg      or £85.94 per head

52.1kg and over                 to 227.3p/kg         av 167.81p/kg      or £88.32 per head

Beltex average £97.23 per head or 230.83p/kg

£ per head: £125 DN&D Capstick; £118 K Saffrey; £117x2 DN&D Capstick; £117 G Beresford & Sons; £115x2 K Marshall;

p/kg: 286.8p HB Atkinson; 283.8p AL Thompson; 281p K Saffrey; 277.8p TH Heslop & Sons; 263.2p K Saffrey;

Suffolk average £78.76 per head or 166.2p/kg

£ per head: £103 AL Thompson; £89 K Marshall; £89 D Bell; £88 H Downs & Son; £87 TA Robinson; £86.50 GW Thackray

p/kg:206p AL Thompson; 190.9p T Kiernan; 188.1p S Forshaw; 180.7p D Towers; 177.1p S Dorey; 171.4p BR&JM Jarvis

Texel average £82.13 per head or 186.33p/kg

£ per head: £112 I Marsden; £110 DN&D Capstick; £110 SM Collinson; £107, £105.5 K Marshall; £102 HB Atkinson;

p/kg:247.5p GW Thackray; 246.3p Brafferton Manor; 238.5p T Kiernan; 234.4p K Marshall; 231.7p T Kiernan

Mule average £76.88 per head or 169.43p/kg

£ per head: £87.50 EJ Redmayne; £85 GW Thackray; £85 S Dorey; £84.50 GW Thackray; £84 D Towers; £84 GW Thackray

p/kg:181.8p S Forshaw; 180.5p Brafferton Manor Farms; 178.8p BR&JM Jarvis; 177.3p J Pickles; 176.3p G Greenwood

Charollais average £78.95 per head or 187.3p/kg

£ per head: £87 J Lord; £84 T Kiernan; £81 D Towers; £79 D Towers; £74 FW Pybus; £73 Fox Farms; £69 J Lord;

p/kg: 195.3p T Kiernan; 192.1p Fox Farms; 188.1p D Towers; 184.1p D Towers; 181.6, 181.3p J Lord

Swaledale average £52.24 per head or 148.44p/kg

£ per head: £75.50 Brafferton Manor; £70 BR&JM Jarvis; £66 JL&J Pate; £66 H&M Plews; £64 D Towers; £64 GW Houseman

p/kg:184.1p Brafferton Manor Farms; 173.7p JL&J Pate; 166.7p BR&JM Jarvis; 161p H&M Plews; 160p D Towers;

SBF average £76.03 per head or 173.24p/kg

£ per head: £80.50 Stocks Enteprises; £80 GW Thackray; £77, £76 AR&CA Parkinson; £73.50 Brafferton Manor;

p/kg:191.7p Stocks Enterprises 188.5p Brafferton Manor Farmers; 186p GW Thackray; 165.2p AR&CA Parkinson

Suffolk to £109.50, Texel to £126.50, BFL to £81.50, Mule to £79.50, Lleyn to £71.50, Swaledale to £57.50, Masham to £74.50, Dalesbred to £44.50, Beltex  to £83.50,

Top prices:

Lowland: £126.50x3 H Atkinson; £114.50 DA Towell;

Mule/Masham: £79.50 S Spensley; £76.50 KG Stapleton; 

Horned: £57.50 CD&RF Kitching; 56.50 T&J Smith;

Hill: £71.50 £59.50 CD&RF Kitching; 

Cast Rams average £84.50

Texel to £107.50; Swaledale to £58.50;

613 Breeding Sheep (comprising 228 Sheep with 385 lambs at foot)

A very similar entry to last week and trade fairly similar as well. More young sheep with lambs beginning to come forward now and offering good choice to farmers who want to increase find sheep to include in their flocks. Top of the shop this week was John Atkinson who sold a pair of Texel Ewes with 3 Beltex cross lambs for £240 the outfit.

b/m with Twins to £155 S Breare

Mule

Hoggs & Singles to £160 L Simpson & Son

Shlg with Twins to £182 L Simpson & Son

2 Shear with twins to £200 RE Metcalfe & Son

Correct and Twins to £150 DM White

b/m and twins to £140 A&SL Throup

b/m with Singles £108 RD Metcalfe & Son

Masham

Correct with twins to £140 A&SL Throup

Cheviot

b/m & Twins to £122 B&ME Craven

Suffolk

Correct & Twins to £150 B&ME Craven

Charollais

b/m with twins to £130 B&ME Craven

Rearing Calves to £400 (52)

B&W av £74.43 Cont av £333.85 Native av £154.66

What felt like a hard sell today turned out well on paper for what was on offer, the British Blue section witnessed a healthy average of £383.3 with Fred Houseman topping at £400 with Brian Wellock and Richard Shuttleworth chasing him at £390 and £385 respectively for genuine 6 week old calves with plenty past £350, with heifers up to £350 from the houseman family again. In the black and white section Wrights of Airton topped with some strong Holstein bred calves at £135. 

Bull Calves

Limousin x (Av £302.5) to £305 JC&DJ Marshall & Son                              

Brit Blue x (Av £383.33) to £400 Church Farm Enterprises                                                                                       

Simmental to £360 SR Shuttleworth

MRI (Av £138.50) to £145 N&R Sutcliffe       

Ab Angus (Av £130.6) to £180 JM Smith & Son

Black & White (Av £74.43) to £135 RL Wright & Sons                

Heifer Calves                       

Limousin x to £170 JC&DJ Marshall                                

Brit Blue x (Av £283) to £350 Church Farm Enterprises                             

Ab Angus (Av £135.63) to £175 Church Farm Enteprises