Four in a row for Threshfield farmers cravenherald.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cravenherald.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
CCM cattle auction. THRESFIELD brothers Charles and Richard Kitching again led the prime cattle trade at Skipton Auction Mart’s weekly Monday sale when consigning both the top price Limousin-x steer and heifer, the former tipping the scales at 635kg and grossing £1,762 (277.5p/kg), the latter weighing 590kg and making £1,625 (275.5p/kg). Both were among five acquisitions by Ralph Pearson Wholesale Butchers in Bradford, a further three claimed by Keelham Farm Shop in Skipton. Trade for the ten under 30-month clean cattle was very similar on the week, the best selling in the mid-270’s and commercial entries, including British Blue-x dairy fed heifers at 555kg, making to 236.5p/kg.
SKIPTON Auction Mart’s dairy sales co-ordinator Sarah Liddle reports on Monday’s Craven Dairy Auction, the most successful of the year to date, and looks forward to the next fortnightly sale on Monday, April 26, which also incorporates the big Spring Jersey sale. It was great to see more buyers in the auction, as we start to return to some normality and those present were treated to stock of all classes and ages. The sale commenced with eight top-notch fresh milkers through the ring, with seven breaking the £2,000 barrier. Two shared the day’s top price accolade of £2,350, the first from HS Petch & Sons, Whitegate Farm, Great Ayton, with a Mogul-sired heifer from their Mandy family selling to Brian Blezzard, Ribchester. Fresh since March 23 she was giving over 27kg/day.
Prime sheep trade goes from strength to strength at Skipton cravenherald.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cravenherald.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
With sheep numbers light countrywide, the 1,677 prime hoggs sold at Skipton Auction Mart on Monday averaged 257p/kg (SQQ of 264p), or £110.29 per head, which was dearer than expected in the circumstances, especially for handy weights. Per head prices peaked at 420p/kg, or £168 per head, for 40kg Beltex from J&M Blakey & Son, of Bolton-by-Bowland, the same gross achieved by Malhamdale’s Jeff Burrow with 44kg Beltex. Both pens sold to Brayton Farm Shop, Selby. Other best quality pens in the 36-45kg weight range made £130-plus, or 320-350p/kg, while the lowest price among the 46-52kg lowland lambs was £108 per head, with highs of £150, or 312.5p/kg, for a 48kg pen again from the Blakeys and again bought by Brayton Farm Shop.