80 Rearing Calves & 22 Dairy Cattle.
Rearing Calves to £600. B&W av £47 Cont av £358 Native av £153.
Newly Calven Heifers: to £2500 av £1938 GB Moorhouse
Rearing Calves to £600
B&W av £47 Cont av £358 Native av £153
A bank holiday bonanza, a fantastic trade was had by all with a full ringside of buyers present and trade was buoyant especially the Continental calves with plenty of travelled buyers making it phenomenal for well reared British Blue Calves with a top price of £600 for a superb blue from Fred and Mark Houseman of Church Farm Enterprises. Other notable prices were £590 and £550(x2) for Shaun and Peter Sowray, creating a brilliant British Blue average of £450.
Bull Calves
Limousin x (Av £209) to £340 JW Stockdale
Brit Blue x (Av £450) to £600 Church Farm Enterprises
Brown Swiss X (Av £25) to £40 E Bradley & Son
Aberdeen Angus (Av £147) to £215 K Talbot
Black & White (Av £47) to £175 F Spence
Heifer Calves
Limousin x (Av £135) to £160 Townhead Farm
Brit Blue x (Av £356) to £420 Church Farm Enterprises
Ab Angus to £150 GB Moorhouse
Hereford X (Av £190) to £190 HJ&K Blackwell
Craven Dairy Auction (22 head)
A wide variety of Dairy Cattle today with a solid trade throughout for all sections most notably
was the run of Incalf heifers which were a good trade for the type of goods. Newly Calven cattle
were slow to start in places with the majority of cattle taking time to get to their deserved price. Brian Moorhouse found the big bidders with his Newly Calven Home Bred Heifer from a EX92 Dam from the Scilla family and by the popular Regancrest Mr Sam, giving 34kg and just 14 days calved she eventually realised the days top price of £2,500 and is on its way to the Kayley family of Halton West. Other noted prices came from the reserve champion from the Robinson Family of Eldroth and Jeremy Taylor of Broughton making £2080 and £2000 respectively.
Prize Awards: Newly Calven Heifers: 1st GB Moorhouse
2nd DR Robinson
3rd JD Taylor
Newly Calven Cows: 1st J&J Whittaker
2nd J&J Whittaker
3rd RW&M Walker
In-Calf Heifers: 1st MGT Corner
2nd MGT Corner
3rd H Wilson
Champion – GB Moorhouse Reserve – DR Robinson
Newly Calven Heifers: to £2500 av £1938 GB Moorhouse
Newly Calven Cows: to £1865 av £1301 J&J Whitaker
Incalf Heifers: to £1800 av £1382 MGT Corner