Prime Cattle (under 30 mos)

Steers

560kg+                                   to 192.5p/kg        av 187.65p/kg

Heifers

485kg+                                   to 158.5p/kg        av 137.78p/kg

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

Steer

£ per head: GW&EJ Parker (Hefdx)1202,(Limx)1117,(Hefdx)1097

p/kg:GW&EJ Parker (Limx)192.5,(Hefdx)187.5,183.5

Heifer

£ per head: JJ Beckwith&Son (AAx)848,M.Hutchinson (B&W)681

p/kg:JJ Beckwith&Son (AAx)158.5,M Hutchinson (B&W) 118.5

A few more fed cattle available and trade a touch firmer. Feeding cattle were keenly bid with a number of lightweight beef crosses suitable for grazing a very good trade.

Overall Average                                   107.94p/kg           £663.16

Black & White                       to 121.5p/kg                        av 106.96p/kg

Jersey                                     to 50.5p/kg

MRI                                         to 109.5p/kg                       

AAx                                         to 124.5p/kg                       

BBx                                         to 135.5p/kg

Salerx                                     to 135.5p/kg

Top Prices (£ per head or p/kg)

B&W:

£ per head: GT Booth 930,859,850,824,EJ Fort 889,PJ Bolland 868,827,N&R Sutcliffe 783

p/kg: G France 121.5,GT Booth 120.5,118.5,118.5,PJ Bolland 116.5,116.5,EJ Fort 115.5

MRI

£ per head:N&R Sutcliffe 635

p/kg:N&R Sutcliffe 109.5

Brit Blue:

£ per head: I Barrett&Son 705

p/kg: I Barrett&Son 135.5

Other Beef:

£ per head: AB Gill (Salerx)678,(AAx)728

p/kg:AB Gill(Salerx)124.5,(AAx)124.5

2,638 Prime & Cast Sheep

Spring Lambs: A nice trade generally for spring lambs today if the quality was right, best Beltex, Suffolk and Continental sorts 270p to 310p, nice sorts around 250p with a few pens of very commercial types around 210p to 230p.

The show was kindly judged by Mr Mick Etherington who gave the following awards:

Single Continental

1^st JD&V Towers, 44kg £138 to RC&B Binns, Family Butchers, Saltaire.

2^nd JD&V Towers, 45kg £138 to RC&B Binns, Family Butchers, Saltaire.

Pair of Continental

1^st JD&V Towers, 44kg £133 to RC&B Binns, Family Butchers, Saltaire.

2^nd JD&V Towers, 43kg £128 to Roots Farmshop

3^rd JD&V Towers, 51kg £134 to Messrs Woodends Butchers, Adel

Single Down x

1^st ML Evans, 52kg £130 to RC& B Binns, Family Butchers, Saltaire

2^nd ML Evans, 42kg £116 to A Atkinson, Felliscliffe

Pair of Down x Lambs

1^st ML Evans, 43kg £122 to A Atkinson, Felliscliffe

Champion: JD& V Towers (Single), Reserve Champion, JD&V Towers (Pair)

Spring Lambs – Overall Average 252.95p/kg

Suffolk

£ per head: £130, £122, £116 ML Evans

p/kg: 283.7p, 276.2p, 250p ML Evans; 218.5p JD Herd

Charolais

£ per head: £138x2, £136, £134, £133, £131, £130, £128 JD&V Towers & Son

p/kg: 313.6p, 306.7p, 302.3p, 297.7p, 289.4p, 278.7p, 262.7p, 260p JD&V Towers & Son

In the Prime Hogg section numbers were down on the week with trade having seen a reduction during the course of last week. Handy weight sheep were a reasonable trade, some decent runs of continental sheep still commanding 210p to 220p, the best sorts 240p to 300p, commercial types 190p to 200p. Anything out of the mainstream though, weighing 47kg upwards were a very variable trade with heavy hoggs generally finding a more cautious enquiry from buyers. Decent Mule lambs 43kg to 45kg though could still manage 185p to 190p.

Cast Sheep bucked the trend and were a stronger trade.

Prime Hoggs  – Overall Average  £83.24 per head or 189.45p/kg                                                          

25.5kg to 32.0kg                 to 258.1p/kg         av 173.81p/kg      or £52.47 per head

32.1kg to 35.9kg                 to 300p/kg            av 192.08p/kg      or £65.99 per head

36.0kg to 45.5kg                 to 307.5p/kg         av 196.44p/kg      or £81.85 per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg                 to 228.3p/kg         av 183p/kg            or £87.79 per head

52.1kg and over   to 198.1p/kg         av 158.15p/kg      or £89.50 per head

Prime Hogg Show

Continental x

1^st M Hall

2^nd AM&HV Brown

3^rd AM&HV Brown

Beltex average £98.43 per head or 245.89p/kg

£ per head: £125, £123x2, £122, £115 AM&HV Brown; £116 K Saffery; £114 PW Simpson; £107 AN Throup

p/kg: 307.5p, 300p, 297.6p, 294.9p, 290.5p, 286p AM&HV Brown; 280p H Brown; 276.3p PW Simpson 

£ per head: £96 S Dorey; £92 R&DA Earnshaw; £92 S Dorey; £90.50 Brafferton Manor; £90 E Simspson & Son

p/kg: 198.7p, 196.7p Brafferton Manor; 194.2p JM&VJ Howard Ltd; 191.7p N&J&S Taylor;

Texel average £87.12 per head or 194.96p/kg

£ per head: £108 MP Jennings; £104 M Hall; £103.50, £100.50 MP Jennings; £100 H Raw; £98 K Saffery;

p/kg: 245p K Saffery; 241.9p M Hall; 241.3p K Saffery; 222p MP Jennings; 219p GT&BF Blezard; 

Mule average £78.88 per head or 172.16p/kg

£ per head: £85.50 R&KA Burley; £85x2, £84 J Pickles; £84 JM&VJ Howard Ltd; £84 R&KA Burley & Son

p/kg: 193p N&J&S Taylor; 192.7p Brafferton Manor; 190.7p N&J&S Taylor; 186.7p, 183.7p JM&VJ Howard Ltd

Charollais average £ per head or 213.12p/kg

£ per head: £93 Frankland Farms; £91 G Curtis; £88 R Naylor; £88 J Farrington; £87.50 S Dorey; £87 RG Greenwood & Son;

p/kg: 221.4p Frankland Farms; 204.9p Brafferton Manor; 195.6p J Farrington; 189.6p G Curtis; 187.2p R Naylor

Swaledale average £64.67 per head or 168p/kg

£ per head: £79.50 MIR Heseltine; £78.50 GJ&G Schofield; £77 DS Hollings; £76.50 N&J&S Taylor; £75.50 GJ&G Schofield

p/kg: 187.8p DS Hollings; 184.9p MIR Heseltine; 184.1p GJ&G Schofield; 175p MIR Heseltine; 174.4p JS&M Pate

Dalesbred average £67.14 per head or 163.23p/kg

£ per head: £71, £69, £65.50, £63.50 R Naylor;

p/kg: 164.3p, 163.8p, 162.8p 161.4p R Naylor;

Scotch Black Face average £80.84 per head or 184.54p/kg

£ per head: £91, £86.50, £85.50, £85.50, £85 JE Slater; £84.50 AM&HV Brown; £81 JE Slater; £80.50 H Raw

p/kg: 194.3p, 190p, 188.9p, 188.4p, 188p JE Slater; 187.8p AM&HV Brown; 183p H Raw

Cheviot average £78.49 per head or 187.81p/kg

£ per head: £74 JS&M Pate; £70 JM&VJ Howard Ltd; £66.50 J Lord

p/kg 180.5p JS&M Pate; 179.7p J Lord; 162.8p JM&VJ Howard Ltd

Lleyn average £78.45 per head or 177.72p/kg

£ per head: £84 West Berwick Farm LLP; £84 A Elsworth; £80x2, £68, £64 West Berwick Farm LLP; £61.50 RA Jennings

p/kg: 186p West Berwick Farm LLP; 179p A Elsworth; 178.9p, 178.7p 173p West Berwick Farm LLP; 170.8p R&A Jennings

Cull Ewes average £81.86

Suffolk to £102.5, Texel to £135.5, BFL to £96.5, Mule to £99.50, Lleyn to £83.50, Swaledale to £54.66, Masham to £94.50, Charolais to £113.50, Cheviot  to £94.50, Beltex  to £133.50, Lonk  to £74.50.

Top prices:

Lowland: £135.50 JT Rushton; £133.50 DR Findlay; £126.50 GE Breare; £125.5 J&R Paisley

Mule/Masham: £99.50 AV Caton; £98.50 J&ME Carr; £97.50 J&T Booker; £96.50 H&S Maudsley;  

Horned: £77.50 AV Caton; £74.50 DM&SV Throup; £74.50 JW Sayer & Son; £74.50 JM Daggett

Hill: £96.50 AV Caton; £92.50 J&ME Carr; £94.50 AR Barker; £83.50 D&C Newhouse

Cast Rams average £104.63

Texel to £145.50 E&AM Simpson & Son; Suffolk to £119.50 FH&N Bell; Down to £136.50 GB&G Grange & Son; Beltex to £97.50 JR Metcalfe

Breeding Sheep (591 Head)

There were 216 Sheep with 375 lambs at foot forward for today’s weekly sale. Young sheep with strong lambs were again keenly bid for, £230 to £250 not an uncommon price. The top price on the day was £265 per outfit, achieved on three different occasions, twice by Thomas Boothman, Linton who sold a run of 72 Texel Shearlings and Young Ewes with twin Beltex, and Andrew Bailey, Eldroth sold Mule Shearlings with twins to the same amount. Older sheep with strong lambs were again good to sell, whilst those with younger lambs were a much better trade than last week.

Today we held our Special Early Show & Sale of Sheep with lambs, judging was carried out by Sarah Warriner of Pickering, and she gave the following awards. Sponsors were The British Wool Marketing Board.

Pen of 5 Continental Ewes with lambs

1^st T Boothman, Linton. £260 (Twins)

2^nd T Boothman, Linton. £265 (Twins)

3^rd T Boothman, Linton. £265(Twins)

Pen of 5 Mule Ewes with Lambs

1^st Bailey Farms, Eldroth. £250 (Twins)

2^nd Bailey Farms, Eldroth. £185 (Singles)

3^rd T Boothman, Linton. £225 (Twins)

Pen of 2 Mule Ewes with Lambs

1^st Bailey Farms, Eldroth. £265 (Twins)

2^nd Bailey Farms, Eldroth. £210 (Singles)

Champion – T Boothman

Reserve –T Boothman

Prices

Texel:

Shlgs with Twins - £265 £260 £250 £242 T Boothman;

Correct with Twins - £265 £240 £238 £232 £230(x2) T Boothman; £250 £245 £242(x2) £235 £230 P&AM Simpson; £238 RE Metcalfe & Son; £232 S Gardner.

Correct with Singles - £138 £118 RG Johnson & Son; £122 £112 R Caton.

B/M with Twins - £220 £180 W Crane, £198 S Gardner; £175 R Caton; £168 RJ Umpleby.

B/M with Singles - £108 RG Johnson & Son; £100 J Moore.

Suffolk x:

Correct with Twins - £180 R Caton; £170 RG Johnson & Son.

Correct & Singles - £130 RG Johnson & Son.

Mule:

Shearlings with Twins - £265 £250 Bailey Farms; £225 T Boothman.

Shearlings with Singles - £210 Bailey Farms.

Correct with Singles - £115 RG Johnson & Son.

b/m with Twins - £150 £145 FM Shepherd & Son.

b/m with Singles - £112 £110 FM Shepherd  Son

Geld Gimmer Hoggs - £100 JL Brown

Oxford cross

Correct with Twins - £225 T Boothman

Rearing Calves to £420 (61)

B&W av £72.36 Cont av £358.50 Native av £167.9

Bull Calves

Saler x (Av £210) to £210 RL Wright & Son                  

Brit Blue x (Av £382.5) to £420 F Spence                      

Aberdeen Angus x (Av £166.25) to £285 JC Marshall                                                                                                 

Black & White (Av £72.36) to £160 F Spence                               

Heifer Calves                       

Brit Blue x (Av £260) to £260 JP&KE Hartley                

Ab Angus (Av £169) to £315 F Spence                                                           

Saler to £185 RL Wright & Son

22 Cont X Jersey Stirks av £235 to £360 J&E Dickinson