Prime Cattle (under 30 mos)

An exceptional show of high quality cattle saw a steer average of 236.28p/kg (£1320 av. weight 558kg) and a heifer average of 241.43p/kg (£1277 av. weight 530kg). 18 cattle from the entry made 230p or above. Countrystyle Meats Ltd of Lancaster accounted for a number of notable highs including the Champion a 545kg Limousin cross heifer from CD&RF Kitching of Threshfield which was the second top gross of £1463 or 268.5p/kg. Alan Beecroft also added 2 smart heifers from Mesrs AA&E Critchley&Son of Hutton both Limousins weighing 545kg and 540kg at 259.5p/kg and 253.5p/kg.

The day’s most prolific buyer with 2 outstanding pens of cattle was James Robertshaw with 7 for Keelham Farm Shop of Skipton and 6 for Robertshaws Farm Shop of Thornton. The highest grossing animal was in the Robertshaws pen which came from an excellent entry belonging to first time seller Alistair Hargreaves of Hargreaves Estates. The 615kg Limousin steer made 238.5p/kg, totalling £1467. Keelham Farm Shop had the highest priced p/kg steer on their list a handy weighted 500kg Limousin beats from Bill Cowperthwaite which made 251.5p/kg or £1258. Judge was John Townley of Clapham

 An 18 month old British Blue Bull from FW Horner, Buckden weighing 740kg made 169.9p or £1254 and sold to Pearson Wholesale Butchers of Bradford. 

Monthly Show

Bullocks - 1^st & Reserve Hargreaves Estates                 2^nd S&NV Jowett                 3^rd Hargreaves Estates

Heifers – 1^st & Champion CD&RF Kitching                     2^nd JT&J Critchley                3^rd JT&J Critchley

Steers

465-555kg                                             to 251.5p/kg                        av. 238.21p/kg

560kg+                                                   to 238.5p/kg                        av. 234.41p/kg

Bulls

560kg                                                     to 169.5p/kg

Heifers

400-480g                                               to 223.5p/kg

485kg+                                                   to 268.5p/kg                        av. 242.44p/kg

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

Steers

£ per head: Hargreaves Estates (Limx) 1467, 1431,1337, S&NV Jowett (BBx) 1438, CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 1307

p/kg: TW Cowperthwaite (Limx) 251.5, Hargreaves Estates (Limx ) 238.5,238.5,234.5, SD Bennett (Limx) 237.5, CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 237.5

Bulls

£ per head: FW Horner&Son (BBx) 1254

p/kg: FW Horner&Son (BBx) 169.5

Heifers

£ per head: CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 1463,1437,1353, AA&E Critchley&Son (Limx) 1369,1362,1346, SD Bennett (BBx) 1269, Phoenix Grain Ltd (Limx) 1269,1267

p/kg: CD&RF Kitching (Limx) 268.5, AA&E Critchley&Son (Limx) 259.5,253.5,253.5, Phoenix Grain Ltd (Limx) 248.5, TW Cowperthwaite (BBx) 244.5

Prime Cattle (over 30 mos)

Overall Average                                                   107.88p/kg                           £838.35

£ per head: M&R Smith (B&W Hfr) 838,802

p/kg: M&R Smith (B&W Hfr) 121.5,95.5      

Overall Average                                   96.13p/kg             £604.61

Black & White                      to 113.5p/kg                        av.97.72 p/kg

Jersey                                     to 87.5p/kg                          av.71.18p/kg

Swed Red                              to 90.5p/kg                          av.75.10p/kg

Salerx                                     to 127.5p/kg                       

Limx                                       to 129.5p/kg                        av. 124.74p/kg

BBx                                         to 107.5p/kg

Hefdx                                     to 93.5p/kg

Top Prices (£ per head or p/kg)

B&W:

£ per head: J Gooch 836, JSS Verity 777, 698,671,662,PA Whitaker 765, CN&SA Harrison 739

p/kg: JSS Verity 113.5,106.5, CN&SA Harrison 109.5, PA Whitaker 105.5, JP&KE Hartley 98.5

Other Dairy

£ per head: JSS Verity (Swed Red) 552,390, (Jer) 490,445,315

p/kg: JSS Verity (Swed Red) 90.5,71.5,70.5, (Jer) 87.5,86.5,66.5

Contx

£ per head: S&NV Jowett (Salerx) 905, TP&EA Clayton (Blondex) 880, D Clarkson (Limx) 874, MD Parkinson&Son (Limx) 835

p/kg: MD Parkisnon&Son (Limx) 129.5, S&NV Jowett (Salerx) 127.5, D Clarkson (Limx) 120.5, TP&EA Clayton (Blondex) 113.5

Native

£ per head: TP&EA Clayton (Hefdx) 533

p/kg: TP&EA Clayton (Hefdx) 93.5

4,254 Prime Sheep comprising 3,749 Spring Lamb, 505 Cast Sheep (475 Ewes & 30)Rams

A very large entry of 4254 sheep penned and sold today, with lambs levelling at a very respectable 174.5p/kg for a very mixed selection (last week 177p), and 505 Cast Sheep (comprising 475 ewes and 30 rams) averaging £53.58 each.

Lambs were very much as expected, the smart ¾ bred types were dearer on the week and very much in demand with buyers keen. Heavy lambs also found a fair following, with the 1174 lambs 46kg and above averaging 174p, just 2p down on the week. Its worth noting though that anything which had been fed and consequently well finished was keenly competed for and received a sharp trade on the day, but buyers are not as keen now for a commercial grass fed lamb and these would be cheaper on the week.

Ellis Bros of Addingham Moorside topped the sale at 255.7p (44kg £112.50) with 5 Beltex crosses purchased by Vivers Scotlamb. The same vendor also made 237p (43kg £102) for another pen of 5 Beltex crosses, also 233p (45kg £105) and 225p (43kg £97).
David & Laura Coar, Darwen topped the market per head at £117 for 46kg Beltex crosses which were the 2^nd highest per kilo at 254.3pkg again purchased by Vivers Scotlamb.
Tom Hill & Ruby Wright made their usual trip to Skipton from Doncaster with a nice consignment of lambs, the best of which were 253.5p (43kg £109).
George Sunderland from Cragg Vale presented the champion pen of lambs at todays September Show & Sale which was kindly judged by Mr Nick Dalby of Hartwith. His pen of 5 Beltex’s made 248.9p (44kg £109.50) selling to £109.50.
JG Hall & Son, Gargave had a great run up to 246.4p (42kg £103.50) and 236p (43kg £101.50) and 230.5p (43kg £99), whilst also making £107.50 of a pen of 49kg Texels.
N&AD Boynton, Ripon were in the prices with 235.9p (46kg £108.50) who also made £116 of 53kg Continental crosses and £110 each for a pen of 5 Beltex crosses to Hartshead Meat Co.
PR Simpson Calder Farm made 233.8p (40kg £93.50).
JC Marshall, Dacre was up to £109 for 52kg Texels selling to retail butchers Kendalls of Harrogate and Pateley Bridge.
Top price longwool lamb was at Teeswater from CW Marwood & Son, Whenby selling at £105 to W Rathmell.

A large show of Cast sheep found a very good following and sold to a very competitive average of £53.58 per head, tops at £127.50 for a Texel Ram from Richard Wilson of Crimple Head, Beckwithshaw and Ewes to £110.50 from the same vendor. Ben Townsend from Laneshawbridge also made £102.50 of Texel crosses, as did Peter Simpson of Calder Farm.

Pen of 5 Cont X

1^st G Sunderland £109.5 Vivers Sotlamb

2^nd G Sunderland £102.5  Hartshead Meat Co

3^rd Ellis Bros £102 Vivers Scotlamb

Pen of 5 Down Lambs

1^st J Earnshaw £80 Countrystyle Meats Farmshop & Restaurant, Lancaster

2^nd T Walmsley £79.5 A Atkinson

3^rd JP&KE Hartley £79.5 P Watson

Pen of 10 Mules

1^st JA Stoney £77 A Atkinson

2^nd WA&A Booth £74 N Dalby

3^rd ML Kayley £74 N Dalby

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

36.0kg to 45.5kg to 255.7p/kg         av 174.99p/kg      or £74.15 per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg to 254.3p/kg         av 174.03p/kg      or £82.53 per head

52.1kg and over   to 218.9p/kg         av 172.04p/kg      or £85.71 per head

Beltex average £85.73 per head or 210.35p/kg

£ per head: £112.5 Ellis Bros; £110 N&AD Boynton; £109.5 G Sunderland; £109 Hill & Wright; £108.5 N&AD Boynton;

p/kg: 255.7p Ellis Bros; 253.5p Hill & Wright; 248.9p G Sunderland; 237.2p  Ellis Bros; 235.9p N&AD Boynton; 

Texel average £76.91 per head or 174.82p/kg

£ per head:£117 D&L Coar; £116 N&AD Boynton; £109 JC Marshall; £107.5JG Hall & Son; £107 JM Townsend;

p/kg:254.3p D&L Coar; 246.4p, 236p, 230.2p JG Hall & Son; 227.3p JM Hall; 226.7p G Sunderland;

Charollais average £74.77 per head or 171.48p/kg

£ per head: £95, £94, £88 CW Marwood & Son; £86, £85.5 T Kiernan; £85 CW Marwood & Son; £84 T Kiernan;

p/kg:212.5p, 200p CW Marwood & Son; 194.3p, 190.9p, 187p, 174.4p T Kiernan; 173.9p A Guy & Son; 

Suffolk average £73.68 per head or 173.5p/kg

£ per head: £102 N Morphett; £88 A&ED Booth; £88 Ashfield Farms; £83 JP&KE Hartley; £81 A&ED Booth; £80 D&A Livestock

p/kg:185.5p N Morphett; 182.9p J Greenwood; 181.8p R&AM Earnshaw & Son; 173.3p RA&SE Spink; 172.8p D&A Livestock

Mule average £68.84 per head or 159.15p/kg

£ per head: £79.5 JP&KE Hartley; £77 JA Stoney; £77 P Addyman & Son; £75 JA Stoney & Son; £75 BS Simpson; £74 JH Throup;

p/kg:172.8p JP&KE Hartley; 164p JA Throup; 162.8p JA Stoney; 162.2p JC&N Throup; 160.9p PL Metcalfe 160.9p JH Throup

Masham average £71.72 per head or 160.57p/kg

£ per head: £73, £71, £70 A&SL Throup;

p/kg:165.9p, 157.8p 152.2p A&SL Throup;

Texel to £110.5, BFL to £82.5, Mule to £75.5, Lleyn to £80.5, Swaledale to £44.5, Dalesbred to £39.5, Cheviot to £60.5, Teeswater to £76.5, Lonk to £49.5.

Top prices:

Lowland: £110.5 R Wilson; £102.5 JM Townsend

Mule/Masham: £75.5 SD Bennett; £74.5 CG&D Townsend

Horned: £49.5 JG Hall & Son; £44.5 BS Simpson

Hill: £82.5 BS Simpson; £76.5 K Lister & Sons

Cast Rams average £61.3

Texel to £127.5, Swaledale to £58.5, Teeswater to £69.5, Dalesbred to £43.5.

Rearing Calves to £405X2 (46)

B&W av £113.33 Cont av £306.42 Native av £225

A handy show of calves for this Monday’s sale with 46 on sale. Trade was strong for most breeds today with British Blue x Heifers selling particularly well, especially the strongest with plenty selling for between £360 and  £405 which was the top price heifer presented by Shaun Sowray of Bishop Thornton.

Blue bulls were a solid trade with no breathtaking prices but good honest bulls anywhere from £360 to £390 with Andrew Ayrton of Eastby topping the day’s trade.

A couple of strong natives from Graham Hayton of Bolton Abbey sold to a high of £320 with heifers having an upturn in price averaging £175. A much improved trade for Black and Whites today with 6 buyers ringside making an average of £113 and topping with Wood Bros of Slattocks at £135.   

Bull Calves

Limousin x (Av £236.67) to £240X2 D Clarke               

Brit Blue x (Av £321.82) to £390 RE Ayrton & Son                                                      

Aberdeen Angus (Av £320) to £320 Hayton & Stocks

Dairy Shorthorn (Av £42.33) to £85 IRG Collins

Black & White (Av £113.33) to £135 Wood Bros                         

Heifer Calves       

Ab Angus (Av £175) to £280 Hayton & Stocks                                                             

British Blue (Av £302.22) to £405 x2 A Sowray & Son

Lim (Av £145) to £145 IRG Collins & Partners