FORWARD:
50 PRIME CATTLE comprising 2 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 9 Clean Cattle (over 30mos), 39 Cast Cattle
3,525 PRIME SHEEP comprising 3,266 Prime Hoggs, 259 Cast Ewes & Rams
36 REARING CALVES
13 LOADS OF PRODUCE
All beef continues to sell on a strong trade with cattle now categorised in 3 sections, clean cattle under 30 months, clean cattle over 30 months and cast cattle. Early part of the week cast cow prices continue to climb with an exceptional gross average of £910.94. 80% of cows on offer dairy which averaged £854.71. Dairies carrying meat 135p-144p, steakers 127p-134p. Pure bred Charolais cow headed the beef cows grossed £1724 or 180.5p/kg. Beef cross cows lead by KA & HL Fawcett with a Limousin cross making 164.5p/kg.
PRIME CATTLE (under 30 mos)
HEIFERS
501-590kg to 154.5p/kg
590kg+ to 191.5p/kg
Top Prices £ per head and p/kg
RG Church Ltd AAX Hfr £1149 191.5p
M Baul & Ptns B&W Hfr £850 154.5p
CLEAN CATTLE (over 30 mos)
To 193.5p/kg av 181.33p/kg £1038.59
Top Prices £ per head and p/kg
RG Church Ltd AAx Str £1275 183.5p
J Caygill&Ptns B&W Hfr £1273 180.5p
RG Church Ltd BBx Hfr £1059 187.5p
RG Church Ltd BBx Hfr £1042 189.5p
M Baul & Ptns B&W Hfr £1006 173.5p
R&J Stockdale AA Hfr £1005 179.5p
JJ Beckwith & Sons Limx Hfr £919 193.5p
CULL COW PRICES
Overall Average 132.64p/kg £910.94
Black & White to 173.50p/kg av 126.20p/kg
Char to 180.5p/kg
Sim x to 160.5p/kg av 151.21p/kg
AAx to 137.50p/kg
Top Prices (£ per head)
A Rogers Char £1724
G Lumb & Son Sim £1151
G Lumb & Son Sim £1115
JD Crabtree & Son B&W £1093
JD Crabtree & Son B&W £1059
CT Akrigg Limx £1036
EB Webster Sim £1026
WP Gratton B&W £1024
AL Dean & Son B&W £1021
D&C Cockburn Bros B&W £1019
Top Prices (p/kg)
A Rogers Char 180.5p
JD Crabtree&Son B&W 173.5p
KA & HL Fawcett Limx 164.5p
G Lumb & Son Sim 160.5p
CT Akrigg Limx 153.5p
G Lumb & Son Sim 153.5p
G Lumb & Son Sim 149.5p
WP Gratton B&W 143.5p
EB Webster Sim 141.5p
JD Crabtree & Son B&W 140.5p
Sheep trade took another huge leap forward today at Skipton with an overall average of 203p/kg for 3,266 head of hoggs sold (23p/kg up on the week). Commercial export hoggs were 210p to 230p all sale long, with pen after pen of 40kg Texels at £90 to £91. The smart Beltex sorts were 230p to 250p regular away with 35 pens selling at 230p or more to a top of 278.2p/kg, £108 each for 39kg from Taylor Bros, Rathmell who more pens at 252.6p, 245p and 240p, Whilst other Beltex sold at 259p and 243p from Fox Farms, 253.7p 248.8p 243.6p Hayley Baines, 246.6 MJ&G Taylor, 245.3p 244.9p PW Simpson. Texel hoggs topped at 240.5p form Gary Middleton others at 139.5p 134.5p 233p Steve Dorey, 238.5p Hayley Baines and 233.7p from George & John Stapleton. 24 hoggs sold for £100 each or more t £112 from A&CL Gray of Summerbridge.
Heavy Hoggs found a very ready market today with the 46kg to 52kg weight range averaging 198.9p/kg or £95.07 each. Best Mule hoggs were 200p to 205p, Customers achieving over 200p for Mules were CD&RF Kitching, Steve Dorey, Neil & Stephen Taylor (6 pens), Andrew Sayer and R&A White & Son, whilst the good fleshed sorts were 190p to 199p. Best Swaledale were very nearly 200p with Roger & Sam Naylor selling a well finished pen at 198p.
Cast sheep followed the lamb trade and were better to sell on the week.
PRIME HOGGS – Overall Average £82.11 per head or 203.0p/kg
32.1kg to 35.9kg to 240.0p/kg av 179.14p/kg or £61.06 per head
36.0kg to 45.5kg to 278.2p/kg av 211.95p/kg or £86.59 per head
45.6kg to 52.0kg to 229.3p/kg av 198.94p/kg or £95.07 per head
52.1kg and over to 194.7p/kg av 174.74p/kg or £97.39 per head
Mature Hoggs to 176.6p/kg av 157.96p/kg or £82.67 per head
Beltex average £90.64 per head or 232.1p/kg
TOP PRICES: £111 PW Simpson or 278.2p/kg Taylor Bros
Texel average £87.88 per head or 210.5p/kg
TOP PRICES: £112 A&CL Gray or 240.5p/kg GJ Middleton
Suffolk average £91 per head or 208.1p/kg
TOP PRICES: £106 G Bell or 226.9p/kg CD&RF Kitching
Charollais average £84.48 per head or 207.5p/kg
TOP PRICES: £99.50 or 226.2p/kg S Dorey
Mule average £81.02 per head or 192.8p/kg
TOP PRICES: £91 G Bell or 206.4p/kg CD&RF Kitching
Zwartable average £87.50 per head or 182.2p/kg
TOP PRICES: £91 or 197.8p/kg R Naylor
Swaledale average £59.97 per head or 166.7p/kg
TOP PRICES: £89.50 N&J&S Taylor or 198.7p/kg R Naylor
Masham average £74 per head or 200.0p/kg
TOP PRICES: £74 or 200.0p/kg S Dorey
Dalesbred average £53.95 per head or 162.4p/kg
TOP PRICES: £78 or 195.0p/kg R Naylor
Lonk average £83.18 per head or 201.1p/kg
TOP PRICES: £87 J Lord or 203.6p/kg R Naylor
SBF average £57.63 per head or 177.3p/kg
TOP PRICES: £71.50 or 198.6p/kg T Kiernan
Lleyn average £81.94 per head or 206.8p/kg
TOP PRICES: £97 or 233.3p/kg Hurries Farm
CULL EWES average £54.57
Suffolk to £121.50, Texel to £117.50, Charollais to £125.50, BFL to £87.50, Mule to £71.50, Gritstone to £29.50, Teeswater to £77.50, Lleyn to £, Swaledale to £55.50, Dalesbred to £45.50.
TOP PRICES:
LOWLAND: £125.50 CW Marwood; £121.50 J&M Calvert
MULE/MASHAM: £71.50 RG Greenwood; £70 KM&L Throup
HORNED: £55.50 C Nelson & Son; £45.50 J Verity & Son
HILL: £87.50 KM&L Throup; £86.50 JW Sayer & Son
CAST RAMS average £50.71
Mule to £58.50, Texel to £80.50, Charollais to £43.50, BFL to £83.50, Teeswater to £78.50, Lleyn to £70.50, Swaledale to £29.50, Dalesbred to £56.50.
TOP PRICES: £83.50 J Verity & Son; £80.50 G Beresford & Son
REARING CALVES to £385 average £115.92 (36)
Snow, Snow, Glorious Snow! The weather held a vendor or two back this week but the buyers were alert to those who had braved the wintery conditions. Yet another strong trade for black and white calves with 90% going well into the £90’s and on to a top of £122 for AL Dean & Son of Threshfields. The pick of the Continentals was provided by Graham Hayton of Ghyll Bottom Farm with a pair of 2mth old Limousins out of British Friesians reaching £385 & £375 respectively, DL Leeming Ltd followed close behind with a blue bull at £370. Always interesting to watch the back of the Guardian to see how we get on against competition in the area it provides interesting reading.
BULL CALVES
Limousin x to £385 av £302 G Hayton & EC Stocks
Brit Blue x to £370 av £337 DL Leeming Ltd
Black & White to £122 av £76 AL Dean & Son
PRODUCE
Spring Barley Straw Rounds £19 per bale
Barley Straw Small Bales £2.50 per bale
Barley Straw Quads £18 per bale
Wheat Straw Quads £64 per ton
Haylage £16.50 per bale
Hay Small Bales £3.50 per bale
Hay Rounds to £30 per bale
Hay Quads £20 per bale
Rye Grass Hay Quads £90 per ton