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Gisburn Auction Mart – Thursday 19 16 January 2012 - Hill Hogg Show & Sale

A fantastic entry and show of hill hoggs was forward on Thursday at Gisburn Auction Marts for all three classes of Swaledales, Lonks and Gritstones.

Jim Walker & Richard Alpe of Saddle end Farm, Chipping, Preston once again retaining their title and name on the Nutter Family trophy, with their pen of 10 Swaledale hoggs weighing 45kgs, they went on to sell for £80 per head to Meadow Top Livestock Ltd.

Reserve champion and winners of the first prize with the Lonk class went to Mark & Elaine Hartley, Roughlee, Nelson with his 41kgs Lonk hoggs selling to Roy Schofield at £82.50 per head.

Robert Haworth, Helmshore, Rossendale won the Gritstone class, with a pen of five hoggs weighing 44kgs which sold to J & E Medcalfe & Son for £82

Jonathan Turner, sheep auctioneer, said “Prime hoggs are increasing in demand, this was clearly shown today with, prices strengthening all the way to the finish. I am looking forward to a good trade next week and hardening through February in to March as numbers will now become a big player. Having just looked through my diary from last year, on the same sale last year hoggs averaged 178p/kgs. That’s 18p/kg less or £7.56 for a 42kg hogg”.

Ewes still a fantastic trade for all types with many buyers present for all qualities . Many scanned ewes now entering the market and fetching a good price.

Auctioneers Richard Turner & Son

Jim Walker

Jim Walker with his champion pen of Swaledale hoggs, which weighed 45kgs and sold for £80.

Mark Hartley

Mark Hartley with his reserve champion pen of Lonk hoggs, which weighed 41kgs and sold fro £82.50.

Robert Haworth

Robert Haworth with his first prize pen of Gritstone hoggs which weighed 44kgs and sold for £82

Gisburn Auction Mart – Thursday 19 16 January 2012 Cogent Pedigree Dairy Cattle Show & Sale Results

Judge	Simon Thompson
Class 1	Best Pedigree Newly Calved Heifer
1^st	WA & A Booth, £2400 to NW & Mrs JM Coulthurst & Son
2^nd	G & MA Smith, £2420 to T Pickup
3^rd	J & M Singleton & Sons, £2300 to F Talbot & Co.
Pedigree new calved heifers sold to £2420 at Gisburn’s Pedigree sale on Thursday. Regular vendor WA & A Booth, Feizor, Austwick took the champion rosette with a Durham Sam daughter giving 35kgs. She was praised by judge Simon Thompson, Ribchester, Preston for the quality of her udder and body capacity and sold to NW & J M Coulthurst, Goosnargh, Preston for £2400. Reserve Champion came from Robert Smith, Samlesbury, Preston she was by Langs–Twin-B-Dondee and sold for top price of £2,420 to T Pickup, Entwistle, Bolton. Trade continued at a strong price with 14 of the 26 heifers on offer making £2,000 or more. Regular winner J & M Singleton & Sons, Goosnargh, Preston missed out on the prizes but topped at £2,300 to F Talbot & Co, Ribchester, Preston and £2,250 to livestock agent A Greenhalgh. Garstang farmers W Cornthwaite sold their Bolivia Allen heifer to J & MM Walmsley & Son, Worston, Clitheroe for £2200. Two young in-calf cows for SA & C Thompson, made £2,050 and £2,020 both in-calf for end of January to the Simmental. In the regular milkers Frankland Farms took top price of £1,960 to JT & F Thornber, Sawley, Clitheroe. Heifer calves made to £420.00

Gisburn Auction Mart – Monday 16 January 2012

A STAGGERING TRADE FOR CAST SHEEP – TOPPING AT £155

Gisburn Auction Marts Monday morning sale (16 Jan) saw an improved entry of cast sheep at the weekly sale of prime sheep. Best Texel ewes topped at staggering £155 from David Houghton, Affetside, Bury. Next best was another pen of Texel ewes at £150 from the same vendor. Mark & Richard Ireland, Whalley, Blackburn sold Texel ewes for £141. Charlie Carter, Wimarleigh, Preston achieved £132 for his pen of lowland ewes. Whilst RM Shackleton, Broughton, Skipton sold a pair Jacob cross ewes for £120. Horned ewes peaked at £65 from George Rawcliffe, Houghton, Preston. With all cast ewes averaging £93.25

Auctioneers Richard Turner & Son

Gisburn Auction Mart – Monday 16 January 2012

A record Entry at Pig Sale

A record entry of 375 breeding and store pigs were forward at Gisburn Auction Marts opening New Year sale on Saturday 14 January.

Topping the trade was David Pawson, Blackburn with a pair of quality prime Pietrain pigs; they sold for £136 to W Taylor & Son, Bamber Bridge, Preston.

Regular vendor, Peter Lambert, Hebden Bridge won the first prize rosette in the store pig class, these later sold for £88.

Weaners hitting the 18-22kg bracket and white in colour attracted the usual good trade for the Chinese market in Manchester topping at £34 from A Butterworth, Stacksteads, Rossendale. A large number of cull pigs from a Scottish vendor, sold to £130.

Averages: Weaners £18; Stores £46; Prime £106.

Auctioneers Richard Turner & Son

CHAMPION PIGS

The champion pair of prime pigs with vendor David Pawson, which sold for £136.

Gisburn Auction Mart – Monday 16 January 2012

Machinery Sale Saturday 14 January

Gisburn Auction Marts first anything and everything machinery sale of the year, on Saturday 14 January was as popular as ever with both vendors and customers braving sub zero temperatures.

As usual there was a yard full of items totalling 300 lots and ranging from the usual slurry tankers and cattle trailers to wheel barrows and hand lots. The sale also included a garage clearance sale which saw large spanners and stilsons saws selling well with an array of comments “They don’t make them like they used to do!” A clearance from a local garden centre also caused some interest and the vendor would be delighted with some the prices achieved, especially for a cast iron lamp post selling at £160. Bargain of the day at £2 was a box of Christmas lights and decorations which were snapped up by the auctioneer’s clerk.

Large machinery in good ex farm condition continued to sell well to Irish buyers, two slurry tankers sold at £3500 and £1180 both going over the water.

Non vat sheep equipment was much sought after by regular Saturday customers with sheep racks making up to £140 and sheep snackers to £600.

The two tractors on offer both sold but were in the bargain basement. A three cylinder Renault non runner sold for £440 and David Brown £1200.

Next Machinery sale dates are Tuesday 27 March for large machinery and the next “Everything and Anything” sale is Saturday 19 May.

Auctioneers Richard Turner & Son

Gisburn Auctions Christmas Prime Lamb Show - Thursday 15 December 2011

Gisburn Auctions Christmas prime lamb show, on Thursday 15 December saw an outstanding pen of 5 Beltex lambs from regular vendor Robert Lambert, Wigglesworth, Skipton taking the championship and reaching £185 per head or 451p/kg weighing 41kg. Mr Lambert also took the reserve championship with his 38kg Beltex lambs going under the hammer at £122 per head.

A fantastic show of lambs was forward at the show selling to packed ringside of buyers with a good trade to match. Over a 1000 lambs forward for sale with an overall average of 194p/kg. Full report of all show classes available below.

A record price of £3400 at Christmas Pedigree Dairy Show & Sale - 15 December 2011

A record top price of £3,400 topped the Gisburn auction market Christmas pedigree dairy cattle show. Regular vendor Colin Singleton, Goosnargh, Preston fought off strong opposition from new and regular vendors to take the championship. His Braveheart heifer was three weeks calved giving 31kg and sold to A Greenhalgh on behalf of a Cumbrian pedigree breeder. Pre-sale show judge David Talbot had a tough task with the best ever show of cattle in front of him and for reserve champion he choose Brian Whitfield, Wolverley, Wem, Shropshire with his Holmland Hero second lactation cow giving 37 litres this also sold to A Greenhalgh on behalf of North Yorkshire pedigree breeder for £2,900. Local buyer David Walmsley, Worston, Clitheroe took another Singleton heifer at £2,800 this time by Magot and giving 32 litres. Colin Middleton, Mitton, Clitheroe took home several of the Mr Whitfield cows at £2,450 and £2,000. Lee Donkin, Copster Green, Blackburn also had a successful day selling his Sandy Valley Bolton heifer to Tom Pickup, Entwistle, Bolton for £2,620 and also winning the in calf class and the Frank Wade trophy with a Baxter heifer selling at £1,920 to JS & KM Wilson & Son, Helsington, Kendal. Frankland Farms, Rathmell, Settle were also in the money at £2,120 with a Hellifield Dundee heifer giving 24kgs selling to GT Blezard, Ribchester, Preston. Trade was brisk right to the end of the sale when G & MA Smith, Samlesbury, Preston sold their Wildman heifer to John Dodgson, Bank Newton, Gargrave, Skipton for £2,250.

In the regular milkers trade was similar to last week. PK Smith, Burnley top at £1,880 and MR Smith, Laneshawbridge, Colne at £1,810.00. Heifer calves topped at £440 for a red and white Holstein to J & S Hartlley, Bashall Eaves, Clitheroe.

Averages Pedigree newly calved heifers £2089; Pedigree newly calved cows £2258; Pedigree in-calf heifers £1570; Heifer Calves £368

Auctioneers: Richard Turner & Son

Colin Singleton with his champion newly calved heifer which sold for £3400 and Ian Plews, of Cogent Breeding, the pre-sale show sponsor.

YOUNG FARMERS DOMINATED PRIME CATTLE SHOW - Thursday 8 December 2011
Gisburn Auction Marts Christmas Prime Cattle show was dominated by Craven Young Farmers , judged by the very capable, 18 year old Harry Wood. Who after much deliberation awarded the championship to the first prize winner of the Young Handlers Class, a British Blue steer, born in May 2010, exhibited by 19 year old, show cattle enthusiast, Clare Cropper on behalf of Cropper & Mellin, Long Preston, Skipton. This later in the day went to make the top price of £2901.60 (520p/kg), to Luke Swales buying on behalf of Knavesmire Butchers, York. The first £500 from the sale of the beast was donated to the Harry’s Star Children’s Brain Tumour charity based in Yorkshire. Cropper & Mellin also presented the reserve champion and first prize winner of the best continental heifer class, an April 2010 born, Limousin heifer, weighing 592kgs, she sold at £2072 (350/kg). Next best in the bidding stakes was a 478kg, black homebred Limousin heifer, sired by Haltcliffe Dougie, from DM & RE Capstick, Hellifield, Skipton, exhibited by 10 year old Paddy Capstick, which joined Townson & Son Quality Butchers, Brierfield, Lancashire at £1458 (305p/kg). The judge, Harry Wood, said “There was an outstanding show of quality prime cattle forward, its great to see so many farmers and buyers gathered to watch some of the country’s best prime cattle compete before being put up for auction by Richard Turner.” Hayley Baines, Trawden, Colne achieved £1577.24 (262p/kg) for her April 2010 born, 602kgs steer which won the British Blue class and sold to Bowland Foods. In the native breed section, David Pawson, Pleasington, Blackburn was triumphant with his April 2010 born Aberdeen Angus heifer, weighing 540kgs and sold for £1414.80 to quality butchers Richard & Barbara Binns, Saltaire, Bradford. 33 show cattle forward, 11 Premium Steers averaged 255p/kg; 28 Premium Heifers averaged 247p/kg

Champion prime cattle in the ring Tom Robinson, Vice Chairman of Gisburn Auction Marts, Clare Cropper & John Mellin with the Champion which sold for £2901.60 (520p/kg).	Judging of prime cattle Eighteen year old Harry Wood of Bowland Foods, Preston, judging the prime cattle show

Champion Young Handler Mark Hartley presenting the Young Handlers trophy to Clare Cropper with her heifer which went on to win supreme champion of the day.	Christmas Prime Cattle Champion John Mellin and Clare Cropper with the champion animal which sold for £2901.60 (520p/kg), to Knavesmire Butchers, York.
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BUYERS FLOCK FROM A FAR TO CHRISTMAS STIRK SHOW & SALE - Thursday 8 December 2011

Buyers from as far afield as Norfolk and Carlisle competed with local buyers to create spirited bidding at Gisburn Auction Marts Christmas show and sale of stirks on Thursday 8 December.

David Wilcock, Billinge, Wigan picked up both the champion and reserve out of the173 cattle forward, with a pair of 7 month old Limousin heifers which sold for £880 and £800 to AA & E Critchley & Son, Hutton, Preston and John Mellin, Long Preston, Skipton respectively.

Topping the sale was craven farmer, David Capstick, Swinden Moor, Hellifield, Skipton with an eleven month old Limousin steer, sired by Haltcliffe Dougie, which sold for £1000 to JR & B Webster of Taylors Farm shop, Latham, Ormskirk. Next lot from the same vendor sold at £930 was another Limousin steer by the same sire, this time selling to WMS (Norfolk) Ltd.

Averages Bulls: BB £717; Sim £632; BB £599. Heifers BB £544; Blonde £530; Lim £488.

Left to right: The champion stirk which sold for £880, with Martin Wilcock and Geordie Parker, pre-sale show judge.

Click on the link below for more photos from the sale on Thursday 8th December 2011 by John Eveson

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Gisburn Auction Marts Sat 3 Dec– Young Handlers Sheep Show
For the second year running Issy Hartley, Roughlee, Nelson was triumphant at Gisburn Auction Marts Annual Young Handlers’ Sheep Show on Saturday 3 December, with a perfectly trimmed black Zwartbles cross Texel gimmer lamb. Fourteen year old Miss Hartley, a keen member of Pendle Forest Young Farmers and Fisher Moore School pupil had spent the last few weeks preparing her lamb to the highest possible standard for exhibition, which had earlier in the day won the first prize rosette in the highly contested 12 to 16 year old age group class. Later in the day the lamb was sold at auction for the top price of the day, £155. Reserve champion rosette and first prize winner in the 17 to 27 year old age group class, went to 17 year old Victoria Seed, chairman of Chipping Young Farmers club and an A level student a Newman College, Preston. Laura Banks, a member of Samlesbury Young Farmers, who works on her parent’s dairy farmer at Hutton, Preston was second in this class with her well presented Beltex lamb which sold for £135 The Capstick brothers, Swinden Moor, Hellifield, Skipton dominated the 11 years and under age group class, when they achieved a hat trick. Picking up the first prize rosette was ten year old Paddy Capstick, a year six pupil at Settle Middle School, with his black Suffolk cross Zwartbles lamb named Lady Baa Baa, which sold for £90 Second prize was awarded to the youngest of the brothers Thomas, age five years old, a pupil of Long Preston Primary School, this time with a white Texel lamb which sold for £108. With elder brother 11 year old Robert, a member of Coniston Cold Young Farmers and year seven pupil at Settle Middle School picking up the third prize rosette with another black Suffolk cross Zwartbles named Misha B which sold for £102. Richard Seed an active member of Chipping Young Farmers Club had the honour of giving the vote of thanks to the judge and sponsors; he was placed second in the 12 to 16 year old age group class with his Beltex lamb, which sold for £136. Texel sheep guru and previous winner of numerous national prime stock competitions Alex Brown, Tockholes, Darwen was the judge. Describing the day as “A tremendous opportunity to encourage the farmers of the future, and demonstrate to them the importance of the live auction system.” Special prizes were awarded to competitors Rebecca & Hannah Chapman, Bewerley, Harrogate; John Critchley, Hutton, Preston; George Fitton, Halton West, Skipton; Rachel Harrison, Slaidburn, Emma Johnson, Bewerley Harrogate; Sam & Molly Phillipson, Briercliffe, Burnley, Laura Robinson, Tosside, Skipton: William Stamper, Chipping; Sarah Whitley, Summerbridge, Harrogate. The show was very kindly sponsored by Judith Smith of JS Accountancy, Clitheroe & Pearson’s Farm Supplies, West Marton, Skipton. Auctioneers Richard Turner & Son



Champion Issy Hartley Left to right Alex Brown, pre-sale judge, Judith Smith of JS Accountancy show sponsor and Issy Hartley the champion young handler	Reserve Victoria Seed Alex Brown, pre-sale judge, Judith Smith of JS Accountancy show sponsor and Victoria Seed the reserve champion young handler

Young Farmer Group All the young handlers with Issy Hartley the champion young handler and her lamb.	Picking up the first prize rosette in the 11 years and under age group class was ten year old Paddy Capstick

Gisburn Auction Marts Christmas Show Of Store Cattle - Sat 3^rd Dec 2011
British Blue heifers were keenly bid at Gisburn Auction Marts Christmas Show Of Store Cattle with David Capstick, Swinden Moor, Hellifield, Skipton achieving £1200 for the champion.
At eighteen month old, this H eifer was quickly placed in the pre-sale show judged by Roger & Joe Webster.
Next lot from Mr Capstick was another British Blue heifer, months old she sold for £1140 to Mick Mills, Derbyshire.
Regular vendor Philip Ireland, Waddington, Clitheroe sold his British Blue heifer for £1100.
	Champion Store Animal

Gisburn Auction Mart Christmas Pigs Show and Sale – Sat 3^rd Dec 2011
A whopping show of pigs was forward at Gisburn Auction Mart Christmas Pigs Show and Sale last Saturday. With 272 forward for sale, all pigs being sold well above expectations finding homes far and wide across the country.
The judge Mick Mills, who had travelled from Derbyshire, had his work cut out selecting from four classes of pigs and awarding the championship to Sidney Launders, Tottington, Bury with an outstanding pair of Pietrain cross prime pigs. They sold to buyer Stephen Taylor, Bamber Bridge, Preston at a price of £212 per head under stiff competition from judge Mr Mills. Reserve champion pure Pietrains from David Pawson, Blackburn sold to £165 per head again to Mr Taylor.
Renowned pig breed, Mr Pawson was in the money again when he sold a pure Pietrain breeding boar, winner of the first prize breeding class, at £250, the purchaser E Edwards, Mid Wales.
Auctioneer, Jonathan Turner commented what an fantastic sale day, with a superb show of quality pigs from regular, new and far afield customers and finish the last pig sale day this year by thanking vendors and buyers for their continued support and wishing them all Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Gisburn Auction Marts next pigs sale will be Saturday 14 January 2012 with the New Year Show and Sale.
	Judge Mick Mills with Mr. Sidney Launders and his Championship Pigs

Strong Prices for Cull Cows - Thursday 1 December 2011
Despite the pressure on the easing of deadweight prices the live weight cattle trade proved good, with 325 cattle forward cull cows were in demand on Thursday 1 December 2011 at Gisburn Auction Marts. The top price of the day was for the champion and first prize winner of the British Blue cow class from Chris Akrigg, Buckden, North Yorkshire. Weighing 966kgs, she sold for 222p to total £2144.52.
Second prize British Blue cow from Richard Seed, Chipping, Preston, Lancashire weighing 886kgs, sold for 198p to total £1754.28.
Next in the bidding stakes was the third prize British Blue cow from R Holt, Loveclough, Rossendale weighing 776kgs, this time selling for 218p/kg or £1691.68. The purchaser of all three cows was the pre-sale judge Andrew Atkinson, Kettlesing, Harrogate, North Yorkshire.
325 cattle forward, Premium Cows to 222p/kg averaged 139p/kg; & Dairy Cows to 133p/kg averaged 109p/kg.
Auctioneers: Richard Turner & Son
	John Akrigg with the champion cull cow which achieved £2145
Christmas Prime Bulls Show & Sale
Top price at Gisburn Auction Marts prime bull show and sale on Thursday 1 December was 300p/kg or £1566 for the champion. A British Blue bull from R Seed & Son, Chipping, Preston, Lancashire weighing 522kgs, the purchaser was Stephen Swales on behalf of Knavesmire Butchers, York.
JC Walker & Son, Dunsop Bridge, Clitheroe, Lancashire were next best at 290p/kg or £1595 with another British Blue, the purchaser was again Mr Swales.
Top 50% of the young bull trade averaged 212p/kg, out of 325 cattle forward premium heifers average 200p/kg
Auctioneers Richard Turner & Son
	Richard Seed with the champion young bull which sold 300p/kg

gisburn auction MARTS CHRISTMAS dairy show & sale

thursday 1 december 2011

Newly calved heifers peaked at £2450 for the champion at Gisburn auction marts commercial dairy show and sale, on Thursday.

A superb class of newly calved heifers where forward for judging. However, judge Kelly Hill, Gresford, Wrexham had no hesitation in placing Brian Hall, Gargrave, Skipton, North Yorkshire very smart black heifer the champion rosette, nine days calved and giving 27 litres she sold, following spirited bidding from a packed ring side to NW & JM Coulthurst & Son, Coulthurst, Goosnargh, Preston, Lancashire.

Next best was J & AH Rogerson, Singleton, Poulton le Fylde, Lancashire at £2250 with their very milky second prize newly calved heifer, giving 34 litres, she sold to JJ Crosier, Gisburn, Clitheroe, Lancashire. Jon Midgley, Luddenden, Halifax, West Yorkshire had a very successful day with his red heifer, picking up the first prize in the coloured class and reserve champion in the newly calved animal section, she sold to the judge at £2220.

Tom Richardson, Catterall, Garstang, Preston a breeding consultant with Alta Genetics was delighted with his third prize newly calved heifer which sold for £2050 to CH & SA Harrison, Elslack, Skipton, North Yorkshire.

Numerous newly calved heifers achieved £2000 these included Peter Smith, Burnley, Lancashire and Frankland Farmers, Rathmell, Skipton, North Yorkshire.

In calf heifers were in demand, topping at £1700 from RH & DE Parker, Newton, Clitheroe, Lancashire, which sold to HA Bradley, Salterforth, Colne, Lancashire. Winning the in-calf section was H Hesketh, Longton, Preston with his heifer, due to the Holstein Friesian which sold for £1610 to J Shuttleworth & Son, Rylstone, Skipton, North Yorkshire. Heifer calves sold to £400

Averages Newly Calved Heifers £1762: Newly Calved Cows £1607; In Calf Heifers £1410;

Auctioneers: Richard Turner & Son

Left to right

Pre-sale show judge Kelly Hill with Brian Hall and his champion newly calved heifer which sold for £2450

Left to right

Jon Midgley alongside Kelly Hill, pre-sale show judge and his reserve champion newly calved heifer which sold for £2220

CHRISTMAS CALF SHOW COPY – THURSDAY 24 NOVEMBER 2011
Trevor Hodgson’s long journey down to Gisburn Auction Marts from Dent, Cumbria was worth while on Thursday 24 November, when he won the champion calf at the auction marts Christmas show for rearing calves.
The prize winning calf out a Holstein Friesian cow, sired by the British Blue bull Moorsley Anderson, stood proud at just six weeks old, and was picked out without hesitation by the pre-sale show judges Mike Teasdale, Malton, North Yorkshire and Tony Binns, Harrogate and created a flurry of bids in the sale ring, eventually being knocked down to fellow Cumbrians D & J Errington, Cockermouth, Cumbria for the days top price at £500.
Next best at £492 was the reserve champion, the first prize winner of the British Blue heifer class, an eight weeks old British Blue heifer, sired by Cowden Artic out a Holstein Friesian cow, from TW Holden & Son, Chaigley, Clitheroe, Lancashire, which later sold to calf rearer Richard Fitton, Kearsley, Bolton, Lancashire. Messrs Holden also picked up the second prize rosette in the British Blue Heifer class which sold for £410.
Regular vendor Colin Whitelock, Gargrave, Skipton, North Yorkshire had a successful day when his second prize British Blue Bull Calf sold for £435 to RM Teasdale, Scragglethorpe, Malton, North Yorkshire. Mr Whitelock was again in the money we he sold top price Limousin heifer at £432.
Of the 231 calves forward, 16 British Blue bull sold in excess of £400 and 18 British Blues achieved in excess or £300. Top price Limousin bull calf came from JO Fairbank, Greetlands, Halifax, West Yorkshire whose second prize calf made £398 to JA Swann, Little Ouseburn, York, North Yorkshire. At the other end of the scale Black and White dairy bulls continue to sell well, averaging £83 with at top price of £230 E & M Joule, Bolton, Lancashire.
Averages Bulls BB £365; Lim £309; Sim £382; AA £203, B & W £83 heifers BB £323; Lim £300; Sim £290; AA £158
Auctioneers Richard Turner & Son

PHOTOS
CHAMPION CALF (Left to right) Tony Binns & Mike Teasdale pre-sale judges with the champion calf and first prize British Blue heifer calf which sold for £500 with vendor Trevor Hodgson
RESERVE CHAMPION (Left to right) Tom & James Holden with the reserve champion and first prize British Blue heifer calf which sold for £492 to Richard Fitton.
RESULTS

Christmas Rearing Calves Show & Sale Results
Judge	Mike Teasdale & Tony Binns
Champion	JC Hodgson, £500 D & J Errington
Reserve	TW Holden & Son, £492 R Fitton
Class 1	Best British Blue Bull Calf
1^st	JC Hodgson, £500 D & J Errington
2^nd	C Whitelock, £435 RM Teasdale
3^rd	M & AT Parker, £380 JA Swann

Class 2	Best British Blue Heifer Calf
1^st	TW Holden & Son, £492 R Fitton
2^nd	TW Holden & Son, £410 J Garbutt
3^rd	Colin Whitelock, £432 J Garbutt

Class 3	Best Limousin Bull Calf
1^st	H Horsfield & Sons, £395 JA Swann
2^nd	Jo Fairbank, £398 JA Swann
3^rd	H Horsfield & Sons, £320 H Walton & Sons

Class 4	Best Limousin Heifer Calf
1^st	CR & JA Booth, £350 Bayes
2^nd	JE & BM Harrison, £328 E Wearmouth & Son

Class 5	Best Other Bull Calf
1^st	TW Holden & Son, £300 D Ellis
2^nd	J Robinson £365 JA Swann
3^rd	J Shuttleworth & Son £410 RM Teasdale

Class 6	Best Other Heifer Calf
1^st	J Shuttleworth & Son, £318 NB, RB & JE Fairweather

STRONG PRIME SHEEP TRADE – Monday 14^th November 2011

Gisburn Auction Marts weekly prime sheep sale on Monday (14 Nov), saw an increased entry of cast sheep with prices peaking at £116 for a Charollais ewe from AEM Pye, Goosnargh, Preston, Lancashire. Other top achievers from M Bowen, Mellor, Blackburn with his Texel cast ewes topping at £110. Ewes are on the up as we approach Christmas and will harden more into the New Year with supplies across the board getting tighter. Feeding ewes in strong demand with horned ewes surprisingly good to sell.

Averages: Overall Cast Ewes £68

Auctioneers Richard Turner & Son

MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT SALE RESULTS – SATURDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2011

Perfect autumn weather helped make Gisburn auction marts Saturday 19 November collective Machinery sale of ‘Anything & Everything’ a huge success.

As usual tractors always attract a crowd and late on in the sale, two International tractors from a Horton in Ribblesdale farmer, both sold at impressive prices. First lot under the hammer was the 1959 International B250 in very original condition, at £1400 and the next lot an International 475 with Perkins engine sold for £1700, proving again that old tractors are well worth looking after.

Good ex-farm machinery sold well with top price in the machinery section going to John Lund, Gisburn, Clitheroe, Lancashire when he sold a twin axle drop side tipping trailer to Horsfield Brothers, Foulridge, Colne, Lancashire for £3000. GA Hewitt, Giggleswick, Settle, North Yorkshire sold a Primex Trailer with sprung drawbar for a very respectable £2,550. An entry of surplus equipment from local farmers in good condition sold quickly with a galvanised cattle crush at £810 and a block of single calf pens at £340. Despite the hay and silage season a long way off a Welgar RP12 round baler sold for £1500 and a Claas pick up baler for £780.

W Moore, Catforth, Preston purchased the cheapest lot of the day which was a piano stool complete with music for £1.00. Several other lots were in the bargain section but a twin axle caravan at £40 must surely have been a snip for regular pig buyer John Bancroft, Bradford, West Yorkshire.

With 330 lots on offer it was almost dark by the end of a good days trading, the next sale is on Saturday 14January 2012.

Auctioneers Richard Turner & Son

DAIRY SALE – THURSDAY 3 NOVEMBER

A flying trade was the only way to describe the November Dairy Show & Sale at Gisburn on Thursday, sponsored by Dugdale Nutrition. The judge was dairy farmer Geoff Blezard, Ribchester, Preston who thoroughly enjoyed judging a strong class of new calved heifers.

Frankland Farms dominated the show, picking up the first & third prize rosettes in newly calved heifer class, selling very quickly to the pre-sale judges for £2250 & £2120.

Simon Thompson, Ribchester, Preston had the top price of the day with a newly calved cow at £2300, taking her home was Colin Middleton, Mitton, Whalley. Dairy auctioneer, Fred Spurgeon, said “Dairy cattle are in short supply and this was clearly reflected in today’s prices with several heifers achieving over £2,000

In-Calf Heifers topped at £1680 from H Hesketh (£1610); Bulling Heifers 1100 (£900) B Fawcett & new Vendor Andrew Ayrton sold his heifer calf at £290

Averages: Newly Calved Heifers £1710

Newly Calved Cows £1820

Auctioneers: Richard Turner & Son

AGRI – EXPO - FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER

Gisburn Auction Marts held a very successful hospitality stand at the event.

Red Hot Honey – John Mellin’s show stopping heifer, (bred by T Robinson & Son) & George Cropper’s Prime Lambs were very much admired and attracted a great number of Cumbrian farmers onto our stand.

BREEDING & STORE SHEEP SATURDAY 22 OCTOBER

Quality breeding ewes, still very much in demand with a pen of 27 Mule Ewes (2 shears) achieving £154 GN Graham, Harwood, Bolton. Others in the money included JM & FM Gillett £160 for Mule Shearlings, Lucas & Nairey at £160 for Charollais Shearlings & Cheviots shearlings £150. Gimmer Lambs saw Swinbank & Doyle and M Sowerbutts both top at £122. Breeding Rams saw Swinbank & Doyle headline at £400

		SUCKLED CALVES – SATURDAY 22 OCTOBER British Blues topped the trade at the suckled calf show with 171 forward Messrs Riding took the honours with Championship and Reserve. Steers £900 av £644, heifers £980 av £589, Bulls £610 av £587.Limousin stocks bulls £1620, In calf heifers £980, Cows with calves at foot £1200.A regular audience in the store section saw consistently keen bidding throughout the sale with Charolais steers to £980, British Blue heifers to £880 and Limousin bulls to £850.
Suckled Calf Show & Sale Results
Judge Robert Towers
Champion WP & E Riding, £900 G Foster
Reserve WP & E Riding, £790 JE & G Burrow
Best Bull
1^st	J Greenwood £620 JB Eastwood & Son
2^nd	J Greenwood £645 E Rossal
3^rd	JM Halstead, £660 G Foster
Best Heifer
1^st	WP & E Riding £790, JE & G Burrow
2^nd	WP & E Riding £980, AA & E Critchley & Son
3^rd	WP & E Riding £720 to R Webster
Best Steer
1^st	WP & E Riding, £900 to G Foster
2^nd	K Sunderland £780 G Lancaster & Sons
3^rd	K Sunderland £780 G Lancaster & Sons

THURSDAY 20 OCTOBER DAIRY CATTLE

James & Anne Rogerson, Singleton, Poulton le Fylde, took the championship of this months cogent pedigree sale with a beautiful Overside Dictator cow in her second lactation and out an excellent dam and VG grand dam, she was claimed by Gisburn pedigree breeder JJ Crosier for £2600 .

Simon Thompson, Longridge, Preston, Lancashire won the newly calved heifer class with Affetside Nell 34, again from excellent and very good breeding, she sold for £2400 to GT Blezard, Larbreck, Preston, Lancashire.

The next lot from Mr Thompson was his Affetside Bobtail 66, out of a VG86 cow and sired by Decker, she sold to Cheshire buyer WA Blockley.

Frankland Farms, Rathmell, Settle, North Yorkshire took the second prize rosette in the newly calved heifer class with a very smart heifer by Hellifield Dundee for £2300 to Mr Blezard.

Others selling at over the £2000 mark was TA Crook, Houghton, Preston, Lancashire at £2200. Colin Moorhouse, Halton West, Skipton, North Yorkshire at £2100 and Eric Armer, Catforth, Lancashire at £2040.

In the regular weekly section trade was brisk with in calf heifers topping at £1720 from John Mawson, Skipton & £1710 from H Hesketh, Longton, Preston, Lancashire.

Cattle were on show from Driffield, North Yorkshire to Blackpool, Lancashire & buyers were present from afar a field as North Wales

BREEDING RAMS – TWILIGHT TUPS 1 - Tuesday 27 September

The top price ram at Gisburn auction marts multi breed ram sale on Tuesday 27 September was £900 from eighteen year old Seth Blakey, Bolton by Bowland, Clitheroe, Lancashire.

Mr Blakey was delighted with his trade, having just graduated from Bishop Burton College with a National Diploma in Agriculture. His second prize Texel shearling ram was out of a homebred ewe and sired by Dutch Texel, which sold to Simon Duerden, Blacko, Lancashire.

Next best was the first prize Texel shearling ram from Sam Mellor, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, which sold for £600 to Steven Entwistle, Darwen, Blackburn, Lancashire. Suffolk breeding and dairy farmer Mark Gornall, Clitheroe, Lancashire sold his Suffolk Shearling for £600 to JM Fisher, Belmont, Bolton, Lancashire. Alan Harker, Long Preston, Settle, North Yorkshire was in the money with his pen of Texel shearlings which sold topped at £590 and averaged £535.

Frank Cleary, Tockholes, Darwen, Lancashire sold £590 for his Beltex crossed Charollais lamb. Another Lancashire farmer to achieve over the £500 plus mark was Joe Holden, Edgworth, Bolton, Lancashire with his Texel shearling ram which sold for £590 to Simon Foster, Calton, Skipton, North Yorkshire.

M Williams & Sons journey from Denbyshire, North Wales was worthwhile when they sold their pen of Beltex shearlings to top at £580 to average £548.

The champion ram, was from the Hull House flock, a Castlecairn Red Arrow sired February born Texel lamb, out of a homebred ewe from John Mellin, Hellifield, Skipton, North Yorkshire this lamb sold to the pre-sale judge Richard and Jonathan Frankland on behalf Frankland Farms, Rathmell, Settle, North Yorkshire. Tony Turner, Derbyshire was the biggest vendor on the night with eleven Texel shearlings averaging £475.

In particular, Beltex cross Charollais lambs were in demand with Frank Cleary, Tockholes, Darwen, Lancashire selling his for £590 and Robert Towers, Farleton, Lancaster his for £550 and £520 Generally a good night –a 95% clearance rate with an overall average for all ages and quality of £346.

Averages:Texel Shearlings £394; Suffolk Shearlings £366; Charollais £350; Suffolk Lambs £322; Texel Lambs £271.

Auctioneers Richard Turner & Son

Next Twilight Tup Sale – Tuesday 18 October

BREEDING & STORE SHEEP SAT 24 SEPT

Probably the biggest Saturday sheep sale so far at Gisburn saw the yard packed to the rafters. The annual draft horned and hill going show and sale competing for the Frank Wade Perpetual Memorial trophy was co-judged by Henry Hawley, Grassington and Tom Boothman, Linton. First and third prize was awarded to T Robinson & Son, Catlow Farm, Slaidburn. Their three crop Swaledale ewes later sold for £130 and £122 respectively.

Jimmy Baines, Trawden took second prize and his drafts sold for £110.

Joe Jackson, Goosnargh, touching 90 years old!!! Still has an eye for a good pen of sheep. His fantastic pen of Cheviots won the hill going shearling class later sold for £158 to Jim Holden, Summerseat, Bury.

Variety is indeed the spice of life on a Saturday! Mule ewes sold to £134 and averaged just shy of £100. Mule shearlings met a firmer trade averaging £150 throughout. Mick Crawshaw, Trawden sold the top price Blue Faced Leicester ewes at £255 and £230, going north to Penrith and also top priced horned gimmer lambs at £88.

Richard Mawson, Addingham achieved top price Mule gimmers with a bonny pen of runners at £118. Store lambs sold to a high of £69 and an overall average right through of £55. Many more lots should have been presented in larger lots.

There was a lot of interest in the 70+ rams on offer. Top price in this section was for a Beltex shearling from CH Hull, Oswaldtwistle and plenty of Suffolks and Texels at the £300 mark, The surprise of this section was a very smart Herdwick ram from Mrs Gill Turner, which was keenly bid for and sold for £190.

HODDER VALLEY SHOW Saturday 10 September

A traditional show, being the perfect family day out, with something for everyone to enjoy. The President this year, Turner Robinson welcomed all visitors to the show. Our Guess the breed competition was well supported. John Mellin (Director) was the winner in the Adult section, apparently he didn’t ask the audience, but we are sure his friend was Blonde!!!

Rachel Pinder, West Bradford was the winner in the under 16 year old section

BREEDING & STORE SHEEP Saturday 10 September

Another full yard of sheep on Saturday 10 September all found new homes to a large audience of buyers, inspite of it being Hodder Valley Show. Ewes were still in demand, Correct Swaledales from P & JA Fielding briskly bid to £76. A run of full mouthed Mules from E & S Baines topped at £114. Texel ewes sold to £128. In the shearling section Mules readily sold in the £145 to £160 price bracket and Texels proved once again a better trade than at other centres recently, averaging £135 right through for all quality. Bonny faced twin born Mule gimmer lambs from Richard Mawson, Addingham sold to £130 (ave £128). Texel gimmers were a shade easier than last week, but still plenty of well grown lambs selling in excess of £85 (ave £81) for all quality. Messrs Brass Appleby’s first visit to Gisburn with Lleyn gimmer lambs proved successful with a total clearance and topping at £73. Henry Atkinson sold powerful tight skinned Texe/Beltex shearling rams to £490 down to £475. Store lambs sold to £69 for short keep Texels and plenty in excess of £60. Gritstone and Cheviot lambs always seem to sell well on Saturday in the mid to late £50 region. Mule lambs all sold in excess of £50. Vendors should not be nervous about presenting lambs in bigger lots, as Henry Hawley demonstrated with 78 in the ring.

BREEDING & STORE CATTLE

Saturday 10 September at Gisburn

Winners of Guy Machinery Ltd Vouchers

Highest Price Bull – £995, JS Langhorn, Ulverston

Highest Price 3 Steers - £805 D Seed, Wakefield

Highest Price 3 Heifers - £740 N & M Hugill, Hellifield

PRIME LAMBS Thursday 8 September –

A much improved trade for prime lambs this week with an overall average for up to 39kg lambs 174p/kg.Top price on the day was achieved by RH & MR Ireland, with their 42kg Texels achieving £86.50/head.Top price/kg on the day coming from again Messrs RH & MR Ireland with their 39kgs Texels achieving 207p/kg. On the day an improved trade with a shortage of numbers forward with the normal ringside buyers with new buyers present to fill new orders. To be noted were good runs of lambs from H & FG Smalley with his 40kg Charollais achieving 183p/kg & others such as WA Towler, with their 39kg Texel lambs achieving 195p/kg. Mule wether becoming more apparent in numbers, selling between £18 and £20 over their weights with H Horsfield & Sons selling 44kg mule wether to £63 head.Ewes a much improved trade today. More quality needed today to suit buyers’ needs. Top price for M & E Hartley with a Texel ewe selling for £109. Feeders in massive demand looking the most expensive on the day with all buyers looking to fill these type of orders. Mule ewes very good to sell & increasing in price every week, topping today at £85/head. Horned ewes good to sell with the best up to £70/head for good Lonks.

MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT Tuesday 6 September

Despite floods and strong winds the autumn machinery sale was very well supported and gave lots of vendors the chance to have a clearout before winter. Older livestock trailers were out in force and sold from £300 to £500 with useable later models selling to £1000. Larger equipment was in demand from Machinery dealers, two well used rear discharge spreaders sold easily at £4500 and £3800. Vicon fertilizer spreaders no mater how old, were still in demand and even the worst example can make £180 to £200. Tipping trailers attracted strong bidding with a 10 tonne twin axle Weston Trailer selling at £3500. The Tuesday sales always attract a good row of tractors and vehicles. Jonathan Turner took the opportunity to offer his much loved Discovery 3 which sold at £8000. Top price tractor was New Holland 7840 dual power, which at £9700 was a respectable price for this popular model. David Moorhouse drove one of his grey Fergie to the sale and despite it being a scraper tractor it sold for £640. A David Brown selectamatic which had lived rough for the last few years, but still ran well sold for £760. Star attraction was Barrie Jackson’s David Brown 1490 4wd which was VAT free and in superb condition. This tractor fit the description of work or play and sold a very respectable £5400 to a local farmer. Finishing the sale was a Nissan Pickup which despite being well used came with a MOT and new tyres sold for a satisfactory £3000. Next Machinery & Equipment Sale Saturday 19 November

Gisburn Auction Marts Breeding Sheep Sale Saturday 3rd September

Mule Shearlings were the highlight of the day at Gisburn Auction Marts Shearling & Gimmer Lamb show and sale on Saturday 3 September.

Cameron & Irene Walton, Hellifield, Skipton, North Yorkshire took the first prize ticket in the pre-sale show, sponsored by Laycocks Chemists, Skipton, the pen of ten powerful shearlings achieved the top price of £200 each.

Other notable Mule shearling prices were James Towler, Grindleton, Clitheroe with a run of smart shearlings selling between £192 and £185.

Texel shearlings sold to £160 for the first prize continental section winners from Tim Jackson, Goosnargh, Preston. In general other Texel shearlings were in the £140-£120 price bracket. Demand for Lleyn shearlings was good with most pens selling around the £140 mark.

Topping the ewe trade at £170 was JC & I Walton, with a pen of powerful, 2 shear Mules. Plenty of pens of Mule 2-4 shears ewes sold between £100 and £140.

The first Mule gimmer lambs of the season were show by Richard Mawson, Addingham, Ilkley, West Yorkshire and readily sold for £112 twice, a great start to the season as main show and sale of gimmer lambs is not until the Saturday 17 September at Gisburn.

First prize in the continental gimmer lamb show was E & M Townley & Son, Clapham, Lancaster which sold for £95. Second prize went to MH & MA Handley, Slaidburn, Clitheroe, Lancashire with Lleyns, which sold for £82. Top price of the day and third prize went to Julie Lee, Accrington, Lancashire with her Millennium Blue ewe lambs which went on to sell for £132. Numerous runs of Texel ewe lambs sold in the mid £80.

Rams sold well with Swinbank & Doyle, Tosside, Skipton achieving £460 for a two shear Texel ram. SR Symes sold Texel ram lambs to £235. Don’t forget the Twilight Tups sale on Tuesday 27 September.

Averages: Ewes Mule £116; Texel £111, Suffolk £125; Shearlings Mule £165, Texel £147, Lleyn £127, Ewe Lambs Blue M £116, Mule £109, Chev £89.

Auctioneers Richard Turner & Son

Richard Mawson, with his first prize gimmer lambs which sold for £112, alongside Rosie Elms of pre-sale show sponsors Laycocks Agricultural Chemists

Gisburn Auction Marts Prime Lamb Show & Sale Thursday 1 September

Robert Lambert, Wigglesworth, Skipton, North Yorkshire was the worthy winner of Gisburn Auction Marts September show and sale on Thursday 1 September.

His pen of six Beltex cross lambs, sired by a homebred ram and out of Texel ewes, they weighed 41kgs and sold for £89 to the pre-sale show judge, Anthony Swales on behalf of Knavesmire Butchers, York.

Averages Beltex 199/kg; Texel 164p/kg, Charollais 163p/kg

Auctioneers Richard Turner & Son

Robert Lambert with his pen of his first prize lambs which sold for £89 to Knavesmire Butchers York.

Gisburn Auction Marts Dairy Show & Sale Thursday 1 September

J & AH Rogerson, Singleton, Poulton Le Fylde achieved the top price of £2150 for his second lactation cow, just seven days calved at Gisburn Auction Marts dairy show and sale on Thursday 1 September.

The purchaser of this first prize winning cow was Roger Naylor, Middleton, Ilkley, North Yorkshire who went on to pick up an other newly calved heifer at the same price from Gordon Beresford, Hellifield, Skipton, North Yorkshire.

East Lancashire farmers, Robert & Mary Mares, Darwen sold their newly calved heifer, giving 36 litres at £2000 to JWC George & Sons, Pembrokshire. Wales.

Stuart Forshaw, Longridge, Preston, Lancashire picked up the first prize rosette in the pre-sale show with his newly calved heifer, which sold for £2060. Ceasing milk production Simon Thompson, Longridge, Preston, Lancashire achieved £2050 for his three weeks calved, second prize heifer. W Cornthwaite, Clayton on Brock, Garstang, Preston sold his four week calved heifer, giving 32 litres, she sold for £2020 to David Coulthurst, Goosnargh, Preston, Lancashire.

Averages: Newly Calved Heifers £1752; Newly Calved Cows £1655

Auctioneers Richard Turner & Son

Dugdale Nutrition Dairy Cattle Show & Sale
Best Newly Calved Heifer
1^st	S Forshaw, £2060 JWC George & Sons
2^nd	SA & C Thompson, £2050 JWC George & Sons
3rd	G Beresford, £2150 R Naylor
Best Newly Calved Cow
1^st	J & AH Rogerson, £2150 to R Naylor
2^nd	WA & A Booth, £1580 to E Moss
3^rd	R Jackson & Son, £1600 to GJ & G Billington
Best Coloured Newly Calved Animal
1^st	D Graveston, £1850 to N Edmondson
2^nd	F Barton & Son, £1140 to S Postlethwaite
3rd	D Graveston, £1660 to J Hoggart

Stuart Forshaw with his first prize newly calved heifer which sold for £2060

Thursday 18 August - Cogent Dairy Sale

16 animals achieved £2000 or more

Simon Thompson, Ribchester, Preston, Lancashire was the worthy winner of the champion rosette at Gisburn Auction Marts August pedigree dairy cattle show, on Thursday 18 August. Sponsored by Cogent Breeding and judged by the very capable, 23 year old Jenny Booth of the Moortop herd, Earby, Colne, Lancashire.

The two weeks calved, Baxter sired heifer, giving 32 litres sold for £2220 to J & M Walmsley & Son, Worston, Clitheroe, Lancashire. Mr Thompson was very much in the money, with his three other newly calved heifers selling well.

The next being a Penn-Gate Finest out of a very milky family, with proven records, this heifer, again two weeks calved and giving 31 litres, achieved £2160 selling to Brian Blezard, Hothersall, Longridge, Preston. Straight behind her into the sale ring was Affetside Bunty sired by Overside Dictator, she sold for £2020 to Tom Green, Wrightington the final lot from Mr Thompson, being a Dixie-Lee Aaron sired heifer, two weeks calved and giving 34 litres, she sold at £2000 to J Redmayne, Samlesbury, Preston, Lancashire.

A total of 16 animals sold for £2000 or more, these included heifer rearers, Frankland Farms, Rathmell, Skipton, North Yorkshire who consistently exhibit quality homebred heifers. They sold their Wa-Del Cashmere sired heifer, which picked up the third prize rosette at £2200 to R & J Mitton, Cold Coates, Clapham, Lancaster. Their second prize heifer in the pre-sale show was sire by Penbank Riverbank and sold for £2150, with the Frankland heifers sold for £2000, £1880, £1960 & £1400.

Established Yorkshire pedigree breeder, JD Taylor & Son, Broughton, Skipton sold his Smellows Peggy 4, sired by Far-o-La Debbi-Jo Decker at £2180 to JJ Crosier, Gisburn, Clitheroe, Lancashire. Another from the same vendor was a Smellows Coriolanus bred heifer, which achieved £2080, taking her home was B Blezard. Mr Taylor’s final lot was an Inspired Colonel sired heifer at £1990 to dairy agent, David Hancock, Alton, Nantwich, Cheshire.

Regular vendors J & M Singleton & Sons, Goosnargh, Preston, Lancashire sold a Mr Minister sired heifer at £2080 to J Pickervance, Brindle, Chorley, Lancashire.

Ceasing milk production DJ Tatham, sold his newly calved cow at £2060 to JJ Crosier. Other cows vendors included, Geoff Booth, Lothersdale, West Yorkshire with his second lactation cow, by the popular sire Gillette Final Cut, she sold for £1760 to J Pickervance.

The very much established twice monthly young stock sales came in to there own, with 48 young stock forward and topping at £1280 for a bulling heifer from E & W Threlfall, Rishton, Blackburn, Lancashire. A yearling from DE Richardson, Salesbury, Blackburn sold for £920 to LR Hamer & Son, Rishworth, Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire. Calves peaked at £540 from D & A Travis, Lupton, Carnforth, Lancashire.

Top Prices
£2220	SA & C Thompson
£2200	Frankland Farms
£2180	JD Taylor & Son
£2160	SA & C Thompson
£2150	Frankland Farms
£2080	JD Taylor & Son
£2080	J & M Singleton & Son
£2060	DJ Tatham
£2020	SA & C Thompson
£2020	MR & GP Beresford
£2020	David Wilson
£2020	J & AH Rogerson
£2000	Frankland Farms
£2000	SA & C Thompson
£2000	W Cornthwaite
£2000	J & M Singleton & Son

Averages Newly Calved Heifers £1800: Newly Calved Cows £1739, Heifer Stirks £715

Auctioneers Richard Turner & Son

CHAMPION HEIFER, JUDGE & SPONSOR
Champion heifer which sold for £2220 with show sponsor Ian Plews of Cogent Breeding, vendor Simon Thompson and judge Jenny Booth

JENNY BOOTH

Pre-sale show judge Jenny Booth, in the judging ring

CHAMPION HEIFER

Champion heifer which sold for £2220 with show judge Jenny Booth, vendor Simon Thompson & Ian Plews of Cogent Breeding, show sponsor

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT JANE CHAPMAN 01200 441351 0784 105 0693

Thursday 18 August 2011 – Prime Lambs – Cast Ewes

Gisburn Auctions prime lamb sale on Thursday 18 August saw a good entry of lambs forward to a keen ringside of buyers with over 1500 forward. Overall average of 174p/kgs or £72 per head was above national average better than other markets on the day. With commercial types 38Kg - 45Kg achieving £30-£35 over their weights demand was good. Smarter Texel and Beltex still hitting the 200p/kgs and above topping at 220p/Kg from K Heys, Wigan. Other good sorts over the £2/kgs from A Wood, Trawden reaching 210p/kgs and RH & MR Ireland, Whalley reaching 204p/Kg. Mules weather lambs now starting to come through in noticeable numbers selling to above £80 per head or £30 over their weights. Horned lambs selling to around £25 over their weight. For further information or advice please contact the auctioneer.

Cast ewe trade on the up! Thursdays ewes very good to sell for all types with 200 forward. Top at £120 horned at £87 per head no rams today. Price will remain over the next week.

PRIME SHEEP Thursday 4 August.

At Gisburn Auction Marts on Thursday 4 August an increased number of prime lambs were forward due to seasonal patterns with all regular ringside buyers present. A resulting average of 172p/kg for 1858 prime sheep was very much in line with other auctions on the day.

The month prime lamb classes saw a total entry of over 170 lambs forward. Judges Anthony Swales and son Luke of Knavesmire Butchers had there work cut out selecting the champion pen going to Richard and Mark Ireland from Whalley with a pen of 5 Texel lambs weighing 41kgs selling at £93 per head or 227p/kg to the judge.

All lambs hitting the 37kg -42kg spec remained good to sell being around the £30 - £32 over their weights. The best butcher type lambs still hitting the £2 per kg mark with the best topping at 227p/kg.

Continuing to sell well were smaller weighted store/further finishing lambs regularly hitting the £65 - £70 bracket with all buyers keen to acquire these sorts.

Auctioneers Richard Turner & Son

Photo left to right - Mark Ireland with his champion lambs which sold to the judges, Luke & Anthony Swales for £93 each

FARMERS OF THE FUTURE Young Farmers Gimmer Lamb Show and Sale on Saturday 30 July 2011
A huge crowd of spectators looked on to watch the farmers of the future prepare and parade sheep at Gisburn Auction Marts Young Farmers Gimmer Lamb Show and Sale on Saturday 30 July. A total of twenty two farmers entered the show, aged between two and twenty six years old.
The overall champion was fifteen year old Hannah Chapman, Bewerley, Harrogate, North Yorkshire a pupil of Nidderdale School and secretary of Nidderdale Young Farmers. Her Texel crossed Cheviot lamb prepared to a very high standard and perfectly trained for handling caught the eye of the judge, sheep showing guru, Neil Tattersall, Ellerton, York. Miss Chapman’s lamb went on to sell for £108 to Ian Ibbotson, Oakworth, Keighley, West Yorkshire.
Seven year old Oscar Simpson, Wigglesworth picked up the first prize rosette in the under 11 year old class, with his very smart Black Texel lamb which later sold for £160 to JT Dobson, Clitheroe, Lancashire. Five year old, William Burnop, Clitheroe, with another black lamb, fresh from winning at the Great Yorkshire Show two weeks ago, picked up the second prize rosette in the same class.
Alex Nutter, Higham, Lancashire was awarded first prize in the under 27 year old class. Full of enthusiasm, twenty year old Miss Nutter caught the judge’s eye with a beautifully prepared Texel Lamb, which sold for £95 to David Stamper, Chipping, Preston, Lancashire.
Young farmers eagerly await their next show at Gisburn Auction Marts on Saturday 3 December.
Auctioneers Richard Turner & Son

Photo:Champion YF H Chapman	Photo: Alex Nutter	Photo: Oscar Simpson
Hannah Chapman and her champion gimmer lamb with show sponsor Mike Redfern on behalf of Townson Fuels	Alex Nutter with her first prize gimmer lamb in the under 27 year old class, with show sponsor Judith Smith on behalf of JS Accountancy.	Oscar Simpson with his first prize gimmer lamb in the under 10 year old class and show sponsor Judith Smith, on behalf of JS Accountancy

Young Farmers Gimmer Lamb Show & Sale Results – 30^th July 2011
Judge	Neil Tattersall
Supreme Champion	Hannah Chapman
Class 1	Under 11 Years
1^st	Oscar Simpson, £160 W Burnop
2^nd	William Burnop £155 JT Dobson
3^rd	Robbie Moore Halifax £140
4^th	William Stamper £140 FH Jams
Special Prize	Thomas Capstick £105 G Cropper
Special Prize	Emma Burnop £160 JT Dobson
Class 2	Under 16 Years
1^st	Hannah Chapman £108 FI Ibbotson
2^nd	Rachel Harrison £90 D Stamper
3^rd	Robert Capstick £90 FH James
4^th	Megan Thomas £98 N Spencer
Special Prize	Paddy Capstick £90 G Cropper
Special Prize	Emma Johnson £76 FH James
Class 3	Under 27 Years
1^st	Alex Nutter £95 D Stamper
2^nd	Laura Moore £115 S Roberts
3^rd	Laura Robinson £100 FH James
4^th	Sarah Eddleston £120 PW Simpson
Special Prize	Adam Townley £135 A Chippendale
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT JANE CHAPMAN 07841050693 OR 01200 441351

Young Farmers Photo Gallery- Saturday 30 July 2011

Cogent Breeding Pedigree Dairy Show & Sale - 21 July 2011

Lancashire and Cumbrian buyers were out in force at Gisburn auction marts weekly dairy sale, on Thursday 21 July, trade was brisk with over 20 cattle heading north.

Topping the trade was a Karona Bonar heifer, just one week calved from Gordon Beresford, Halton West, Skipton, she sold for £2380 JJ Crosier, Gisburn, Clitheroe, Lancashire. Another Lancashire farmer, Geoff Blezard, Hothersall, Ribchester, Lancashire picked up the next best at £2320, a Overside Dictator heifer out of a VG dam and an EX Grand Dam from Colin Booth, Feizor, Austwick, Lancaster. Again hitting the £2320 mark was Brian Hall, Gargrave, Skipton with his 35 litre heifer which sold to David Coulthurst, Goosnargh, Preston, Lancashire..

Whytil Final Cut Renske 32 from J & M Singleton & Sons, Goosnargh, Preston, Lancashire sold for £2200 to Tom Wilson, Rockliffe, Carlisle, Cumbria Close, who went on to pick several more lots, they included a smart black heifer from Joe Holden, Edgworth, Bolton, Lancashire at £2100 along with another three heifers and three cows at £2000 and £1920 from John Airey, Chipping, Preston and a Hill Topper Warden cow at £1980 from RM Shackleton, Broughton, Skipton, North Yorkshire.

In calf heifers for Geordie Parker, Newton, Clitheroe, Lancashire due to the Limousin for late August sold to £1,790 to David Shuttleworth, Gargrave, Skipton, North Yorkshire. Whilst his brother John Shuttleworth, Rylstone, Skipton, North Yorkshire sold his heifer calves at £380 to Peter Smith, Burnley, Lancashire.

With the calving season underway numbers are expected to continue for the forthcoming weeks.

Auctioneers Richard Turner & Son.

Photo Champion Hfr

Whytil Final Cut Renske 32 from J & M Singleton & Sons

which sold for £2200 to Tom Wilson.

Photo Gordon Beresford Heifer

The Karona Bonar heifer, from Gordon Beresford

which sold for £2380 JJ Crosier.

COGENT BREEDING PEDIGREE DAIRY SHOW & SALE 16 JUNE 2011
Top price of £2520 for a Gillette Final Cut heifer from Colin Singleton, Goosnargh, Preston set the pace for a very lively sale at Gisburn Auction Marts monthly pedigree sale on Thursday 16 June. Out of a VG cow and three weeks calved this heifer caught the eye of judge Colin Price, Keasden, Clapham, Lancaster and she was sold to David Walmsley, Worston, Clitheroe, Lancashire. Mr Walmsley also took home the reserve champion, another heifer at £1980 from the same vendor. Third prize heifer was also a Gillette Final Cut heifer and she was claimed by F Talbot & Co, Ribchester, Preston at £2020. Other leading bids were £1920 for a Sandhole Rattle heifer from Messrs Hollingworth, Middleton, Manchester she went to Brian Blezard, Ribchester, Preston, Lancashire. In calf heifers sold to £1740 and the top price commercial new calved heifer came from Messrs Wensley, Westby, Kirkham, Lancashire at £1800. Heifer calves topped at £400 from David Mattinson, Bracewell, Skipton, North Yorkshire. Auctioneer Fred Spurgeon, said “Today saw a top quality show, with several eager buyers happy to buy quality bloodlines.” The show was kindly sponsored by Cogent Breeding. Averages Pedigree Newly Calved Heifers £1818. Auctioneers Richard Turner & Son
(Champion Heifer)
Left to right Champion heifer from Colin Singleton with the pre-sale judge Colin Price	Champion & Reserve Champion (left to right) The Champion and Reserve Champion from Colin Singleton, Goosnargh Preston

Saturday 21 May Anything & Everything Machinery Sale

Saturdays “Anything & Everything” Sale at Gisburn Auction proved as popular as ever with 290 lots on offer. As well as the usual seasonal farm machinery several miscellaneous items turned up to cause lots of interest for the crowd. A Land Rover off road buggy with a Range Rover V8 engine which was every boy racers dream sold for an impressive £800 to Paul Baines. Garden furniture sold well with a complete picnic table & chairs going for £75.00. Bargain of the day must surely have been the trampoline which despite lots of interest sold for just £10.00 to Brian Hook of Ingleton. Farm machinery sold well with a 24' bale trailer selling to £1400 and a twin axle tipping trailer to £1250. Both vehicles on offer sold with an Isuzu Trooper at £1000 and a Suzuki Vitari at £1280.

The next sale is on Saturday 30 July.

Auctioneers: Richard Turner & Son

In Pig Gilts in Demand at Gisburn – Saturday 21^st May 2011

Gisburn’s regular fortnightly pig sale once again saw a full house of pigs for sale.

With a excellent show of good quality pigs on offer new and existing customers were in keen demand.

The highlight of the day was a pedigree Pietrain in pig gilt from regular vendor D Pawson of Blackburn which saw furious bidding and sold at £420 to Mr P Lambert from Hebden Bridge.

Other highlights included a Large white cross sow with 11 Pietrain cross piglets, attracting a huge audience, and selling for £275 for the family.

With a strong entry of store pigs trade kept strong right through topping at £96 per head and averaging £60.50.

Weaners were less in numbers but still a strong trade topping at £38 per head with buyers still plenty of room for more.

For further marketing advice please contact the auctioneer and catalogue entries to the Sawley office by 12 noon Tuesday before the sale. Many thanks.

cogent PEDIGREE DAIRY CATTLE sale 19 MAY 2011

This months Cogent Pedigree Sale saw a very brisk trade with only 18 entries forward. Colin Price took the honours when Judge Graham Young chose his 2^nd calf cow champion, she was a superb young cow giving 38 litres and by Ladino Park Talent and with 2 generations of Ex in her pedigree she made £2,450 to David Coulthurst of Longridge.

Stuart Forshaw took reserve champion with a newly calved heifer purchased from the Hollywood sale as a bulling heifer. She was a superb heifer by the very popular Sandy Valley Bolton and giving over 30 litres she sold for £2,350 to A Greenhalgh for a Cumbrian customer. Also in the pedigree class a Jersey heifer from Aimee Beresford, Halton West, sold to the judge Graham Young for £1,020. In-calf heifers from Colin Barritt sold to £1360 to F Wrathall and in-calf heifers from Malcolm Bretton sold to £1580 and averaged £1570. A pen of bulling heifers from Johnny Metcalfe sold to £920 and heifer calves from Tom Shuttleworth to £410

Total of 51 cattle were on offer.

Photo: left to right – Ian Plews (Cogent Representative) Graham Young (Judge) Colin Price (Vendor Champion heifer).

Auctioneers: Richard Turner & Son

Gisburn Market May 2011

May Anniversary Sale reached a high with 272 prime cattle. William Timms took the championship with a blue heifer 558kg @ 233ppk selling to Jim Wood for Stephen Hallsworth, Messrs Hallsworth Butchers, Whalley. Matt Townsend took Reserve with a blue steer 502kg @ 224ppk. Sheila Mason won the young bull class with a blue bull 504kg @ 213ppk and topped the heifer class with a limousin x heifer 490kg @ 236ppk. Edward Parkinson topped the young bull price with a blue bull 512kg @ 216ppk. Cull cows topped with a blue cow from David Capstick 836kg @ 201ppk. 37 OTM culls averaged 138ppk, 54 mature beef culls averaged 135ppk, 56 mature dairy culls to 136ppk averaging 115ppk, 8 cull stock bulls to 140ppk average 123ppk.

Left to right: Brian Snowden (PM & M), William Timms (Vendor), Diane Eatough (PM & M) and Roy Schofield (Judge)

Auctioneers Richard Turner & Son

Thursday 12 May 2011 - Prime Sheep

Spring lambs the main focus for me today with a good show of Lambs averaging 265p/Kg or £106 per head. Top price on the day from AA & E Critchley, Preston with a lovely pen of lambs going under the hammer at 288p/Kg or £121 per head. A good run of Suffolks from SV & P Morris, Dutton sold at £107 per head weighing 39Kg. PA & M Wikinson, Formby had a good run of commercial lambs weighing 36Kg and 37Kg sold at £96 per head to Dunbia, Preston. New season lambs now in demand with many of our buyers now moved over on to them. Please contact the auctioneer should you want any marketing advice.

Hoggs a very similar trade to last week averaging 220p/Kg now becoming less in numbers. The best still selling at 260p/Kg. Ewes a good trade on the week up on last week with similar numbers. Best Texels fetching £138 per head best Mules over £100 Lonks at £91 and swales to £68.

Please contact the auctioneer if you require any marketing information. Please see market report for full details.

Gisburn Champion Lambs to 389p/kg at Gisburn Auction’s May Aniversary Prime Lamb Show

Winning pen of five Beltex lambs from Robert Lambert, Wigglesworth received overall championship at Gisburn Auctions May Aniversary prime lamb show. Judge George Cropper, butcher from Accrington had his work cut out with just short of 100 show lambs to choose from. Weighing in at 36Kg Lamberts lambs went under the hammer at £140 per head or 389p/Kg selling to Accrington Butcher Meadow Top Livestock.

Second prize was awarded to Frankland Farms with their pen of 5 Beltex Lambs weighing in at 36Kg being knocked down at £130 per head or 361p/kg to A Sanderson, Accrington.

Third prize was awarded to J Whalley & Sons, Darwen with a pen of 39kg Texels achiving £105 per head or 270p/kg selling to A Atkinson Livestock.

Winning and taking second in the Native Class was L J Bancroft with two pens of super Suffolk lambs. First prize pen of lambs weighing 34kg sold at £94.50 or 278p/kg to Meadow Top livestock, Accrington. Second prize weighing 38Kg sold for £103.50 or 272p/kg to A Atkinson Livestock. Third prize was awarded to R & EB Kenworthy, Todmorden with his pen of 5 Dorset lambs weighing 42Kg and selling for £96 or 229p/kg to A Birtwistle & Son.

Right to Left: Judge George Cropper, Vendor Robert Lambert and show sponsor l’Ansons. Champion Pen of Lambs weighing 36kg selling to Meadow Top Livestock @ £140 per Head or 388p/Kg.

Auctioneers comment

With over 800 Prime sheep trade was buoyant too. An overall entry of 173 spring lambs averaged a firm 263p/kg. With plenty of buyers present demand is becoming ever more present for new season lambs.

A good entry of 483 quality hoggs for time of year met good demand averaging 220p/kg or £91.56 per head.

Ewes also better in numbers on the week meeting a similar strong trade. Best Mule types Just over the £100 mark with Grits making £93 per head and best Texels £132 per head Rams also good to sell averaging £78 per head.

For further marketing advice please contact the auctioneer. Spring lambs now in high demand to satisfy buyers requirements.

cogent PEDIGREE DAIRY CATTLE sale - 21 april 2011

Richard Lucas took the championship at the monthly Coegnt Pedigree Sale with a very smart Landino Park Talent heifer from his Meinspride herd. Giving 32ltrs she sold for £2300 to veteran cattle breeder JJ Crosier to join his newly established dairy herd at Gisburn. Regular vendor Colin Singleton took reserve champion with an Emerald Acres Baxter heifer out of 2 generations of VG breeding, she sold to Doug Wallbank of Higher Walton for £2180 who also paid the same price for the 3^rd prize heifer from Colin Singleton. She was a Den-K-Marshall daughter again out of 2 generations of VG breeding and giving 30kg. A Heather Holme Velvet heifer also from the Whytil herd sold to £2,050 to Tom Shuttleworth of Rylstone she was giving an impressive 33kgs. Other vendors in the top prizes were W G Cornthwaite of Claughton with a Baxter heifer at £1940 to Messrs. Redmayne of Samlesbury. In the regular milkers trade was brisk with 2^nd quality heifers at least £200 up on the previous week.

In the In-calf section Messrs Wensley of Great Plumpton had top price at £1700. 31 new calved heifers, 6 new calved cows, 5 in-calf heifers and 1 heifer calf were forward.

(Left to right) Front Row: Lewis Lomax, Andrew Lucas & William Lucas

Back Row: Ian Plews (Cogent) Aubrey Greenhalgh (Judge)

Auctioneers: Richard Turner & Son

Monday 18 April 2011

A smaller show of hoggs on the week with an overall average of 216p/kg. Spring lambs also selling to £90 per head.

Ewes were a fantastic trade with an overall average of £99 per head.

Topping the market was JM Hall with his stonking Texel ewe reaching £161, rams topping at £95 per head from TR Thwaite & Son and horned ewes reaching £79 for a pen of five Scoth ewes from W Mason & Son, Selside.

An extremely good run of ewes from P & N Tattersall, Ellerton, York pen of eight ewes topping a £155 per head and another pen of seven Texel ewes at £140 per head.

With ewes in high demand please contact the auctioneer for further information.

Thursday 14 April 2011

Prime Spring Lamb Show and Sale

Judge Richard Binns

Today's Prime Spring Lamb Show was very well attended with a fantastic entry of 60 spring lambs in total.

Championship of the day was won by RJ Lambert, Wigglesworth with his 40kg Beltex spring lamb pulled out from the rest by judge

Richard Binns of Saltaire selling for a overall total of £143 or 355p/kg to Accrington butcher George Cropper.

Reserve Champion again won by RJ Lambert, Wigglesworth for a pair of Beltex lambs weighing 32kgs selling to the judge Richard Binns for a £102 per head or 319p/kg.

Winning Class 1 The Best Native Lamb was Mrs D Waddington from Barley with her 35kg Suffolk lamb selling to A Birtwistle & Son for £96 per head or 274p/kg.

A very good trade was seen on the day for all spring lambs present with an overall average of 287p/kg.

Prime Hoggs were also a good trade on the day but with less numbers forward than last week.

Overall average was 208p/kg with top sale price of £122 per head from an excellent pen of Beltex hoggs from Brian Breaks of Clitheroe selling to John Seddon & Co., Blackburn.

Very worthy of mentioning was a good run of Texel x hoggs from E Simpson & Sons, Dinckley with their 39kg hoggs achieving £95 per head or 244p/kg selling to D Stamper of Chipping.

Some good runs of Mules also from J & M Pate of Gisburn and also Mr Collinson of Ribchester averaging between 208p/kg to 210p/kg.

Swale lambs were also good to sell.Ewe trade on the day was still firm with best ewes reaching £138 per head from CH Hull and WJ & DA Rhodes with mule ewes regularly £90-£95 per head for the best and lighter horned ewes topping at £70 per head from M & E Hartley.

No rams to sell today.

Gisburn Auction Easter Pig Show 2011

What an excellent show of 270 pigs that saw a massive audience and wealth of buyers with an equally good atmosphere to match. With not a single pen left in the building judge Richard Binns, butcher from Saltaire, Bradford had a tough job on his hands.

Champion was awarded to B & L Armistead, Barrow in Furness for an outstanding pair of Pietrian fat pigs selling to W Taylor & Son, Bamber Bridge for £150 per head.

Star of the show was Reserve Champion Pedigree in pig gilt from D Pawson, Blackburn with and outstanding breeding gilt. After heated bidding from bidders who had travelled far and wide the hammer was knocked down to P Lambert, Pilling at £440.

Winning the weaner class was regular vendor HS & SM Brewer with a really smart pen of 4 white cross pigs selling to H Ascroft & Son, Scarsbrick for £37 per head.

Winner of the store class went to S Launders, Tottington for a pen of 4 pietrian pigs bought by the judge RC & B Binns for £81 per head.

Please see market report below for all prizes and prices including pictures.

Overall a superb day with plenty of pigs on offer to suit all types of buyers. Next sale of pigs in a fortnights time on the 23^rd April. Please contact the auctioneer for more info and pre entry for the catalogue.

Sunshine Brings Sheep Out! – Saturday 9 April

Gisburn Auctions sale of sheep with lambs at foot on Saturday 9^th April and the recent good spell of weather attracted the biggest show anywhere in the country this season so far with 1351 forward.

Topping the market at £220 twice was Richard Caton, Stainforth, Settle, North Yorkshire with a run of tremendous Texel x Ewes all with twin lambs a foot. Other outfits from the same home sold to £218 twice and £210. Overall Texel x Ewes with twins averaged £181 and with singles topped at £190 (£125 ave). Mule Ewes with twins sold to £188 twice from Anthony Rogerson, Chipping, Preston and averaged £153 for all quality. Mules with singles sold to £115 (£105 ave). Texel x Shearlings with twins sold to £190 (£146 ave) and with singles to £150 (£134 ave). Horned and Gritstone Ewes with twins sold to £105 (£100 ave) and with singles to £100 (£81 bave).

Alec Moorhouse, Brogden topped the in-lamb section with powerful Texel x Mule Hoggs scanned with twins at £158 and scanned with singles to £148 (£144 ave).

Gritstone Gimmer Hoggs sold to £95 from Philip Feber, Water, Rossendale. Swalesdales from GB & G Grange & Son, Beamsley, Skipton to £70 and Texels to £90 from J D Holden, Haslingden.

Store Hoggs to £88 and Feeding Ewes to £108 sold well, reflecting the current confidence in the fat trade.

The next Saturday sale at Gisburn is on 23^rd April.

Auctioneers: Richard Turner & Son

Gisburn Auction Marts Dugdale Nutrition April Dairy Show & Sale

A special entry of 22 top quality cows and heifers from F Parkinson, Chipping took the prizes at Gisburn Auction Marts weekly show. Top price was £2,700 for a 3 week calved 33lt heifer that was chosen as first prize by Peter Dakin she was claimed by Tom Pickup of Turton. Ist prize cow sold to David Coulthurst of Longridge she had just calved her third calf and was giving over 50ltrs. Eight of the Parkinson cows and heifers sold over £2,000. Other milkers met a cautious trade with the best selling to £1,800 but there were heifers at around £1,500 mark that looked good value. A group of 8 Holstein Friesian heifers at 9 months old sold to £650 and heifer calves sold to £380. Total 66 cattle were forward.

Auctioneers: Richard Turner & Son

Saturday 26 March

There was a distinct lack of youth in the sheep yard at Gisburn Auction Mart on Saturday, but the ewes (many needing teeth) with lambs at foot sold very well indeed. Top price in Texel’s with twins was a 3 crop from S Ratcliffe, Oswaldtwistle at £202 (averaging £174.85). The same vendor had the highest price Texel’s with singles again with a 3 crop at £155 (averaged £118).

Brian Fawcett’s in lamb mule shearlings sold to £135 and his 3 crop mules to £138. Godfrey Haygarth’s Dalesbred gimmer hoggs were keenly bid to £60. Store hoggs sold well, reflecting the current fat trade: Texel’s £81 (averaging 69.59) Charollais £75 (average £70.50) Lonk £64 (average £58).

The next sale is on Saturday 9^th of April, when we hope to have some younger sheep on offer as well as our old lasses!

(Auctioneers: Richard Turner and Son)

St Patrick’s Day Parade – Thursday 17 March 2011

NO RAIN ON THE PARADE!!

There were 203 suckler bred and dairy bred stirks and young store cattle forward, the majority of which ranged in aged between six and ten months old, following the sale of calves on Thursday. Feeders from Norfolk and Wales, together with local farmer buyers ensured a good trade throughout, many exceeding vendor’s expectations and a total clearance.

Huge thanks to Peter Fox, Withgill who had the unenviable job of judging in the pens, but chose a shapey red roan British Blue Heifer from S Pearce, Northowram as Champion, which went onto sell for £600 to W M S (Norfolk Ltd).

Edward Hollingworth, Middleton was pleased to receive his guinness on St Patrick’s Day for the Reserve Champion, a Limousin x Steer which sold for £710 again going down to Norfolk.

Top price of the day and also going to Norfolk was £810 for a Blue x Steer from DM & RE Capstick, Swinden Moor.

STIRKS	Steers Top price (£)	Ave (£)	Heifers Top price (£)	Ave (£)
British Blue	810 DM & RE Capstick	528	725 DM & RE Capstick	455
Limousin	710 ER Hollingworth & Son	506	620 S Pearce	456
Baz			690 J Bosworth	603
Bax	710 DM & RE Capstick	505	670 DM & RE Capstick	442
Sax			485 P & C Holdings	485
Simmental	385 Little Livestock	385	420 GR Bulmer	392
Charolais			605 RM Wilson	492
Hereford			470 P & C Holdings	447
A Angus	605 JA Crocker	503	435 P & C Holdings	403
B & W	480 R & SA Wilson	245	490 GR Bulmer	408

Thursday 17 March 2011 – Pedigree Dairy Show & Sale

Another big entry of cattle at Gisburn’s weekly dairy sale met a strong trade for all types of cattle. Topping the commercial cattle was Bargh Bros of Bracewell with a heifer giving 28ltrs selling to Messrs Redmayne of Samlesbury for £2040. A group of nine Dutch & German heifers from Richard Marsden sold well topping at £1720. These heifers are becoming a regular feature of the sale and customers seem well satisfied with their performance. In the pedigree section the honours went to Tom Crook of Hoghton with a superb Weeton Jackson heifer out of an excellent 92pts Fowlerbrook Angela. She sold giving 33lts to Doug Wallbank of Samlesbury. Taking 2^nd prize was Colin Singleton showing a Regancrest Dolman heifer which sold giving 30kg to C F Morton & Sons, Samlesbury. Top price at £2120 was Gordon Beresford with a Jo Decker heifer which was very fresh and fell to regular customer David Shuttleworth. A consignment of in-calf heifers from H Ward, Yew Tree Farm, Brindle made to £1580 also to D Shuttleworth. Top price in-calf heifer came from Malcolm Bretton at £1650 having been served with sexed semen and run with Limousin x Holstein bulls, David Shuttleworth will have to wait and see what comes! 54 dairy were forward and 8 made £2000 or more.

Auctioneers: Richard Turner & Son

Photograph: Ian Plews (Cogent Representative), Aubrey Greenhalgh (Judge), Tom Crook (vendor) with Champion heifer.

Spring Show and Sale – Saturday 12 March

Saturdays Spring Show and Sale of Sheep with Lambs at foot, kindly sponsored by Allflex, saw less outfits forward than the previous fortnight but met with a much firmer trade.

Judge Howard James chose Suffolk x ewes with twin month old Beltex x lambs at foot from Anthony Thompson, Foulridge as champions which went onto sell for £185. Reserve Champion and top price for the day went to Thomas Critchley’s Texel x ewes with twins at £200.

Mules with twins sold between £128 and £170.

Texel’s with twins sold between £126 and £200.

Broken mouth Lleyn ewes with twins sold to £164.

The In – Lamb section was dominated by Arthur Maude, Bradley with his run of 130 powerful Mule hoggs which sold to £182 (av £142). In-Lamb Texel x ewes sold to a top of £138 (av £120) and Texel x hoggs to £120 (av £100.40). Swaledale Shearlings from Bird and Gott sold to £92 and broken mouth Dalesbred due April to the Blue Faced Leicester to £70

Store hoggs sold well, reflecting the current buoyant fat trade topping at £85 (av £65.50) for Texel x and Mules to £80 (av £68.76)

Auctioneers: Richard Turner & Son

Spring Show and Sale Saturday 12 March - Store Cattle

Gisburn Auction Mart held their annual Spring Show and Sale of beef breeding and store cattle on Saturday with a good trade and total clearance of 340 cattle forward. Judge Clifford West from Driffield chose British Blues for champion and reserve from T Robinson & Son’s, Catlow Farm, Slaidburn herd. Champion heifer realised £1080 to Clifford West and reserve realised £920 to Ian Townson, Clitheroe.

Overall top price of the day went to T Robinson and Son for their 9 month old red Limousin heifer which sold for £1350 to J Mellin, Long Preston to join his summer show team.

Best Cow and Calf Class was won by B & M Slater, Chipping selling to M G K & Y Thompson, Long Preston for £1250, Second prize also sold to M G K & Y Thompson from D G Johnson, Bolton for £1290. Third prize sold to E R Hyde & Son, West Ardsley for £1170, From W Harrison, Longridge

L-R – Judge and Champion Purchaser Clifford West, Allflex Rep Jane Chapman, and Vendor Thomas Robinson with Champion.

Monday 7 March 2011 – Prime Hoggs (780 Total)

An excellent show of 643 prime hoggs forward to a audience of buyers with an excellent overall average of 205p/kg or £81.50 per head. Hoggs were an extremely good trade on the day with Texel types topping at £106 from Procters Farms and a top kilo price of 230.5p/kg also from Procters Farms. All Texel and Cheviot types sold well with export weight types averaging between 200p/kg and 225p/kg giving an excellent overall average. Hill type lambs also sold well with Mule lambs reaching £85 per head from BR Cornthwaite and topping at 200p/kg. Horned lambs topped at £78 per head from T Robinson & Sons with a top kilo price of 205p/kg from J Taylor.

Cast sheep were also a fantastic trade with the best Texels reaching £132 per head. Horned ewes topping at £94 per head and Rams reaching £96 per head. Trade for sheep meat holds strong and sees no signs of dropping.

Please keep hoggs coming forward for our new buyers seeking quality hoggs and for any further information please contact the auctioneer. Please do not forget our Spring Lamb Show & Sale on Monday 11 April.

Pedigree Dairy Show & Sale 17 February 2011

Top price of £2420 went to Colin Singleton of Goosnargh at Gisburn’ Cogent Pedigree Sale. By Comestar Lehros and giving 40kgs she sold to David Coulthurst also of Longridge. Regular Judge Aubrey Greenhalgh snapped up the reserve champion for an undisclosed client at £1980, this was one of the last Hellifield heifers from RA Philip she was giving 35kgs and was sired by Geonevric Convincer. Messrs. WA & A Booth took 3^rd prize and sold their Comestar Outside heifer to Colin Middleton of Mitton for £1980. Colin also bought a Stormatic heifer from R & L Mares for £2200, this heifer would surely have taken one of the rosettes but arrived just a few minutes late for the show. Messrs. Baldwin of Denham were also in the money with an Eastview Mason heifer making a very respectable £1840 to John Clowes. Newly calved Dutch pedigree heifers for P Marsden, Gargrave made to £1700. In calf heifers also met a strong trade selling to £1460 and averaged £1330.

38 Young stock followed with young HF heifers meeting a strong trade. A total of 90 dairy cattle were on offer.

Auctioneers: Richard Turner & Son

From Left to Right: Judge Aubrey Greenhalsh, Vendor of Champion

Colin Singleton, and Cogent Rep Ian Plews

Left to right: Judge Aubrey Greenhalsh, Cogent Rep Ian Plews and Vendor of reserve Champion R A Philip.

Thursday 10 February 2011 – Gisburn Prime Sheep

A very positive entry of 771 prime sheep all of good quality to Gisburn Auction’s Thursday market was seen with an average of 179p/kg or £72.00 per head. Best quality lambs from JV Fox, Withgill for his best Beltex lambs at £99.00 per head and best Texel types achieving £90.00 per head from RJ Lambert, Wigglesworth. Export type lambs very good to sell between 38kg to 42kg regularly selling between 190p/kg to 210p/kg. Mule lambs were also good to sell topping at £80.00 per head and averaging 175p/kg. Horned lambs topped at £72.00 per head and averaged 170p/kg.

A good entry of ewes also met a rising trade with lowland ewes at £100.00 per head and some very good quality horned ewes reaching £90.00 per head. Rams topped at £95.00 per head and lean ewes being trade of the day also very good to sell.

Please don’t forget the Hill Hogg Show & Sale this Thursday 17^th February and also our Prime Pairs Competition the following Thursday 24^th February. If you have any questions then please contact the auctioneer.

Monday 14 February 2011 – Prime Hoggs

A good entry of prime hoggs greeted by a strong audience of buyers for all types was seen this Monday with an excellent trade and positive lift in price and an excellent overall average of 190p/kg or £76.40 per head. Regular Texel hoggs between 38kg to 42kg were regularly between 190p/kg to 220p/kg. Mule lambs were also good to sell with a pen of 24 from Messrs EW & JR Parkinson, Dunsop Bridge selling to £78.00 per head and topping at £80.00 per head from J Mellin, Long Preston. Mules regularly £30.00 to £40.00 per head over their weight. Horned hoggs also good to sell topping at £79.00 per head averaging 170p/kg.

Ewes were up in numbers and also met a very good trade. Lowland ewes topped at £130.00 per head, whilst horned ewes topped at £70.00 per head, rams reached £89.00 per head and with lean ewes being very good to sell. For any further information on Monday’s green market please contact the auctioneer.

Prime Hoggs – Saturday 12 November 2011

Gisburn Auction Mart sold the first sheep with lambs at foot of the season, on Saturday 12 February, which met with a solid trade in spite of a weekend of rain! Topping the market of the 50 outfits forward was Diane Waddington of Blacko, with a Suffolk x S hearling with twins at £190 and a 2 crop Vendeen with twins at £178. Texels with twins averaged £170 and with singles averaged £142. Mules with twins were topped by SJ Burton, Pateley Bridge at £170 and averaged £152. Lleyn ewes with twins from the same home sold to £175 and averaged £169.

In lamb ewes were far better to sell than the previous fortnight with all classes finding pastures new, some as far away as Scarborough. Shaun Roberts, Clitheroe achieved top price in the Texel shearlings at £178 scanned for twins. Highlight of the day was a tremendous run of 100 tight skinned Texel x ewes from K Alderson, Ainsworth, which topped at £164 for April 2-4 shear lambers scanned with twins, down to £122 for broken mouthed. John Wood, Wiswell held the final part of his flock dispersal sale with Horsfield bred hoggs, scanned to the Suffolk, averaging £143. Store hoggs sold to £69.50 for Texel crosses from Rob Earnshaw, and to £65.50 for Suffolk crosses.

Auctioneers: Richard Turner and Sons

Ladies Day at Gisburn Auction Mart on Saturday 12 February included cash prizes for the top priced females in three sections.

K & C Hird Ltd, Colne won the In-Calf Heifer prize with his Limousin x heifer at £1,060. DM & RE Capstick, Swinden Moor claimed the prize in the Heifer under 24 months with a 21 month old Blonde D’Aquitaine x at £980. T Robinson & Sons, Slaidburn achieved highest priced heifer under 12 months with a 7½ month old Blue at £755.

The fortnightly Guy Machinery vouchers were awarded to Messrs Robinson, Cockerham with their Limousin x Bulls at £698. The heifer prize was claimed by Geoff Blezard with 3 Limousin x at £930 and the steer prize by A & T Smith, Dutton with 3 Simmental x at £682.

Other highlights included a 5 year old Limousin Bull from Bernard and Margaret Slater at £1,400. Andrew Bethell, Brindle dominated the top prices in the cows and calves firstly with a 2004 born Blue Cow by Netherwood Umpire out of Ridgedean Rona. She sold with her Limousin x heifer calf at foot for £1,740. Next at £1,540, her daughter by Bringlee Volkawagon with her Limousin x heifer calf at foot. Other commercial outfits from the same home sold in excess of £1,300.

James Law, Stacksteads made the difficult decision to disperse his herd of aged Limousin x Angus cows which sold five to seven months in-calf to the Limousin bull topping at £820.

Messrs. Capstick, Swinden Moor, Hellifield commanded a wide audience with their 14 Blonde x Blue heifers fit for service, topping at £980 (av £864) going to a number of well reputed commercial herds in the north west. Messrs. Robinson, Catlow Farm, Slaidburn also found a wide audience for their 18 Blue x 7mo bulls, steers & heifers topping at £800. Gisburn Market Saturday Cattle sales are starting earlier at 10.30am from 12 March to cater for increased entries, Vendors are requested to phone entries through so the auctioneers can advise regular and non local buyers.

Gisburn Prime Sheep Sale Thursday 3 February 2011

This Thursday saw a good entry of prime sheep forward for sale totalling 726 head. A good firm trade for hoggs of all types held throughout the sale finishing up at 173p/kg or 5p/kg up on last weeks trade. Export type Texel hoggs between 38kgs and 42kgs selling very easily with strong competition regularly finding 190p/kg to 205p/kg. A good entry of butchers lambs were forward with the best coming from M Barnes, Fence with some outstanding shaped Beltex lambs selling for £105.00 per head or 210p/kg. His 44kg Beltex hoggs selling to A Birtwistle & Son of Worsley. Achieving the best pence per kilo on the day was also Mr Barnes hitting 244p/kg for his 38kg Beltex hoggs again selling to A Birtwistle & Son. Also standing out from the crowd was Mr BT Breaks from Newton in Bowland with his 46kg Beltex hoggs achieving top price of the day at £106.00 per head or 230p/kg.

Mule lambs sold well generally £30 to £35 above their weight with top price from F Carr of Malham and 183p/kg from H Horsfield & Sons. Horned hoggs also found homes at a good price generally £27 to £30 over their weight. Horned hoggs topped at £64.50 per head or 174p/kg. With a lot of heavy hoggs coming forward and a standard price being given means the overall average is skewed downward because of this. Also worth mentioning was a good entry of lightweight inside fed hoggs from J Shorrock of Cliviger weighing 33kgs at £62.00 per head or 187.00p/kg.

Cast ewes again were a very buoyant trade and good to sell on the day with Mule ewes regularly at £72.00 to £75.00 per head. Best Texels at £100.00 per head and Best Horned ewes at £65.00 per head. Rams topped at £99.00 per head and averaged £75.00 per head. With ewe trade expected to pick up over the next fortnight any scanned geld ewes will be worth marketing.

Please don’t forget next weeks Hill Hogg Show & Sale and the following week Prime Pairs Competition. If you require any further information then please do not hesitate to contact the auctioneer.

Thursday 27 January 2011 Prime Sheep To Include X Factor Competition.

This Thursday saw Gisburn Auction Mart host its annual ‘X Factor’ competition for the Best Pen of 5 Hoggs any weight, any breed.

A fantastic entry was seen from many regular and new vendors with an excellent quality of hoggs presented for judging.

Judge Paul Watson managed to pick out the best five pens awarding prizes to all of them.

First Prize was awarded to Mr Brian Breaks from Newton in Bowland with his superb pen of 37kg Beltex hoggs which achieved an overall price of £112.00 or 303p/kg selling to Mr SA Swales of Knavesmire Butchers.

Second Prize was awarded to Procters Farms Ltd, Slaidburn for their pen of 40kg Beltex lambs achieving an overall price of £96.00 per head or 240p/kg selling to Riley Brothers, Dunnockshaw.

Third Prize on the day was achieved by a Pen of 5 Beltex Lambs from RJ Lambert, Wigglesworth for his 46kg hoggs achieving a price of £100.00 per head or 217p/kg selling to SA Swales of Knavesmire Butchers.

Fourth Prize on the day was awarded again to Procters Farms Ltd for their 44kg hoggs achieving £95.00 per head or 216p/kg selling to Bowland Foods Ltd.

Fifth Prize was awarded to Fox Farms for their very well turned out 45kg Texel hoggs selling to £93.00 per head or 206p/kg to A Sanderson, Baxenden.

Show lambs aside a good entry of 747 prime sheep were forward for sale to a large audience of buyers all showing a keen demand for hoggs. Hoggs that proved best to sell on the day were 38kg to 42kg regularly achieving between 180 pence per kilo and 200 pence per kilo. With a large amount of heavyweight hoggs forward a price bracket between £75.00 and £85.00 per head seemed to be the going price. Good quality Mule lambs topped at £75.00 per head from J Fryer of Kirkham. Horned lambs were also good to sell which topped at £66.00 per head from JW Barker & Son of Skipton.

Overall average on the day of 168p/kg or £71.00 per head.

Cast ewes were very buoyant on the day and very good to sell with an overall entry of 138 head , supply was tight. Lightweight and horned ewes topped at £53.00 per head from G Beresford & Son, Hellifield. Heavy Texel/Lowland ewes topped at £100.00 per head from AA & C Critchley & Son, Preston averaging £72.00 per head. Good quality Mule ewes found a home between the £70.00 and £75.00 per head. Rams were also good to sell averaging £54.00 per head.

Please don’t forget our up and coming shows and sales for Hill Hoggs on the 17^th February and also our Prime Pairs Competition on the 24^th February. For any further information please contact the auctioneer.

PRIME SHEEP – THURSDAY 20 JANUARY 2011

This Thursday 20th January 2011 a total of 869 prime sheep were forward in total. Trade on the day was brisk with an overall average of 177p/kg or £72 per head holding strong from the beginning of the week.

Top price per kilo of 213 p/kg on the day was achieved by Mr K Purtill from Wigan with his 35kg Texel lambs achieving £74.50 per head. Topping the price per head was Mr AP Townson from Burnley with his 45kg Texel lambs achieving a price of £92 per head.

Other breeds on the day such as Mule Hoggs were good to sell with top price of £74 per head achieved by A & N Starkie of Padiham for his pen of Mule hoggs. Heavyweight hoggs also proved good to sell on the day with 50kg+ lambs regularly achieving over the £90 mark with top price heavy hoggs from B Lancaster of East Marton, Skipton with his Texel lambs achieving £92 per head.

With supply seeming to remain tight across the board price remains strong for all types and class of hoggs.

The cast ewe trade was also buoyant with a good entry of 214 cast sheep which found a good audience of buyers topping at £137 per head for best quality Texel ewes. Light/horned ewes topped at £67 per head from JR Towler of Bolton by Bowland and heavy/lowland ewes averaging £70.50 per head with top price of £137 from Willow Moss Farms, Formby. Rams were also good to sell with top price of £80 from Walker & Alpe, Chipping.

Please don’t forget our X factor show this Thursday 27^th January for the best pen of 5 hoggs, any weight, any breed with 5 prizes available and a prize fund of £200. Other shows and sales to look forward to include the Hill Hogg Show & Sale on 17^th February and also the Prime Pairs competition on 24^th February. Many thanks for your continued support and facilitating our buyers needs. For any further information please contact the Auctioneer.

Stirks and Young Stores – 20 January 2011

The 104 predominantely suckler bred stirks and young stores sold readily on Thursday to buyers from as far afield as Norfolk to Driffield.

Top price of the day at £700 was achieved by an 8 month old Blue x Steer from DM & RE Capstick and another steer from the same home at £695. Next highest priced steer at £690 was from Mark Schofield’s consignment of smart Blue crosses. Highest priced heifer, again a blue x from DM & RE Capstick, at 6 months old travelled down to Norfolk for £535.

Limousin prices were dominated by Messrs. Wilson, Dent with a smart black bull at £575 going to York and a pair of black heifers at £520 to Norfolk.

Dairy bred stirks were also good to sell with Angus Steers topping at £485 and Holstein friesians at £330.

Auctioneers: Richard Turner & Son

Pig Sale 29^th Jan 2011

Again another good entry of 138 pigs in total saw a large entry of coloured and rare breed pigs to Gisburn Auctions Fortnightly sale. Highlight of the day was found by a pen of Pietrian cross weaners (favoured and standing out from the crowd with their spots) from M Parrington, Wigglesworth sold for a very respectable £34 per head to S Richards from Burnley.

Also presented for sale on the day was a very smart Pietrian cross maiden gilt in pig for the end of march to a coloured Pietrian boar selling for £200 to Mr H Simpson, Kelbrook.

With a slightly depressed feel to the current pig market weaners averaged £25 per head and topped at £34 per head being the best class to sell, store pigs topped at £50 per head with sows less money on the week averaging £72 per head.

Our next fortnightly pig sale will be 12^th February so please pre enter for the catalogue before noon on Tuesday 8^th February. Any further information please contact the auctioneer.

Monday 24 January 2011

Gisburn Auction saw a total entry of 375 total prime sheep with a good brisk trade to match. Overall average on the day was 178p/kg or £70 per head. Top sale price was achieved by WA Towler of Grindleton with his pen of 39kg Texel lambs achieving £83.50. Top kg price on the day was again from WA Towler of Grindleton with his 39kg lambs achieving 214p/kg.

Mule lambs topped at £77 per head from T Robinson & Son, Slaidburn and horned lambs were also good to sell with a top price of £67.50 from FS & SM Dinsdale of Bolton by Bowland.

A good entry of cast sheep this Monday meant horned ewes averaged £62 per head and lowland ewes £78 per head. Rams were also good to sell with top achieving £71 per head.

Please don’t forget our Monday market is now a green market and if you require any further information then please do not hesitate to contact the Auctioneer.

Monday Prime Lambs 31^st Jan 2010

This Monday saw a much improved trade with a very strong overall average of 187p/Kg or £74.00 per head. All types of hoggs selling well to a strong audience of buyers. Continental type hoggs regularly between 180p/kg to 205p/kg Mule hoggs also sold well topping at £75 per head usually around £30 - £35 over their weight. Horned lambs were also good to sell topping at £67 per head.

Ewes were good to sell with a much faster trade and larger numbers forward Horned ewes reached £57 per head from N Pinder and lowland ewes averaging £63 per head and topping at £90. Good quality mule ewes found homes easily at £75 per head. Rams found a top of £100 from T Robinson & Sons, averaging £77 per head.

Don’t forget Mondays are now a GREEN market. For further information please contact the auctioneer.

GISBURN AUCTION MARTS - DUGDALE NUTRITION - FEBRUARY DAIRY SHOW & SALE

34 Dairy Cattle were forward for the February Dairy Show at Gisburn.

Top price went to regular vendor and heifer rearer Sean Hickey with a heifer calved just 10 days and giving 30 litres, she sold to Messrs. Parker of Elmsley, Huddersfield for £2000.

The 3^rd prize heifer was next in line on price selling to Messrs. Yates of Huddersfield at £1980.

Older cows giving plenty of milk all sold quickly with a 5^th calver from Jim & Christine Scriven selling at £1060 to Jeremy Maude a 2^nd calver from the same vendor hit £1600.

First price heifers was a pedigree heifer from W A Booth Feizor selling at £1980 also to Parkers of Elmsley.

In calf heifer from A Harker due to Limousin at the end of February sold to an incredible £1640 to David Shuttleworth.

Lots of customers went home with empty trailers and vendors were all smiling.

Auctioneers: Richard Turner & Son

PEDIGREE DAIRY CATTLE - thursday 20 january 2011
Jennings Farmers of Ripon took the Championship at the January Cogent Pedigree sale at Gisburn. Their BKB Albertson heifer sold for £2,380 to Messrs. Parker of Emley Huddersfield. Regular vendor Simon Thompson took the Reserve Champion with his Penn-Gate Finest heifer out of a EX90 dam, she was giving 34kg and sold to D Walmsley, Downham, Clitheroe for £2,300. Both of these heifers were praised by the Judge Aubrey Greenhalgh for having good body capacity and superb udders. In 3^rd place was Colin Singleton of Goosnargh with a Braedale Bam Bam heifer out of a VG dam. This was a very smart black heifer which was giving 36kg and had the potential to make an excellent cow, she also sold to Messrs. Parker for £2,200. Pedigree cows were in short supply and the first prize went to a 3^rd calver from E Lund & Son Ingleton, she sold to Mr W J Etherington for £1460. In the regular milkers heifers topped at £1900 to Brian Roberts and £1860 to T Shuttleworth. Three very smart red heifers ready to serve from Midgeley of Halifax sold for £840 each to David Walker of Read. A total of 64 head were on offer.

Auctioneers: Richard Turner & Son

Monday 17 January 2011

A good entry of 457 prime sheep was presented to a good audience of buyers with a strong trade averaging 185p/kg or £73 per head.

Export lambs were in high demand, following on from the end of last week and regularly achieving 190p/kg to 200p/kg. Best lambs achieved top price of 226p/kg from J Mellin of Long Preston and top price of £91 per head was achieved by H Taylor from Blackburn.

Cast ewes were very good to sell with top price Texels achieving £132 and an overall average of £86.50 per head for lowland ewes, £41 per head for horned ewes and rams, topping at £89 per head and averaging £74.

Please note our Monday market is now a green market and if you require any further information then please contact the Auctioneer.

Saturday 15 January Machinery Sale
Torrential rain did not dampen the enthusiasm of customers at the first Machinery Sale of the year at Gisburn Auction Mart on Saturday. The term “anything and everything” has never been more appropriate to describe the lots on offer. Failing to sell at the start of the sale was a secondhand bathroom suite of mixed colours –the bath sold later for £1.00. At the top end of the range was a Class 456 4WD tractor with power loader showing just 1800 hours this sold to a local farmer for £20,000. An ‘X’ reg Mazda pickup in very good condition and recently tested drew bids from all directions before finally stopping at a respectable £1300 which was just over the vendor expectations. The buoyant scrap metal trade helped to keep the older items selling with old tipping trailers making about £200. As usual there was a good entry of older cattle trailers which seem to sell very well to our Saturday customers especially if they are VAT free. Other items of interest were packs of railway sleepers at £13 each, ratchet straps in boxes of ten for £20 and a box of 100 correction fluid pens which sold to D Graveston for £2 – can anyone make that many mistakes?

Pig Sale – Sat 15 January 2011

Saturday 15^th January saw Gisburn Auction’s opening New Year sale of 158 store, breeding and fat pigs. With the ever increasing price of feed store pigs were still a good trade on the day compared with other markets. Suckling pigs/weaners for the Chinese trade etc. topped at £24 a piece. A good show of store pigs with several Pietrain cross breeds saw a good trade with the best achieving £61 per head. Killing pigs were the best to sell on the day and also in good demand, topping at £108 per head for 80-90 kg animals. Cull sows were less money on the day as a result of the drop in the export market price by around 15 p/kg. This did not stop numbers forward though and prices topped £90 per head.

A number of in pig gilts and sows were also presented for sale and a good trade to match. The best were a lovely pair of white Pietrain gilts in pig to a coloured Pietrain boar, achieving on the day an overall average price of £165 per head.

Please keep pre-entering all your pigs by 12 noon the Tuesday before the sale date to facilitate our buyers’ needs. I would also like to make note that there is a good demand for fat pigs currently, so please contact the Auctioneer to advise. Many thanks. Our next sale will be 29^th January 2011.

In – Lamb Ewes In Demand - Sat 15 January 2011
The opening Saturday sale of the New Year at Gisburn Auction included a show of in-lamb Texel females kindly sponsored by the Farmer’s Guardian. Judge Richard Caton, Stainforth picked out a Meinspride shearling ewe as champion, scanned carrying twins and due to lamb early March, she sold for £250 to N Garth, Addingham. Messrs Barrow, Wigton battled their way down the M6 in horrendous driving conditions to claim reserve and 1^st prize Ewe. This ’07 born Greenwood ewe scanned with a single sold for £190 to A Hodgson, Tosside. Top priced ’08 born Greenwood ewe, scanned with twins, due march sold for £245 to Richard Caton. Best of the commercial ewes from R T Seed, Chipping a Beltex x shearling carrying twins and due early March sold to J & C Atkinson, Briercliffe. Significant interest was shown in the first part of the flock dispersal sale from EJ & JS Wood, Wiswell. Mule ewes due march to the Suffolk sold to £170 and Mule shearlings to £160. Diane Seeds 3 crop Scotch Half Bred February lambers sold to £160. Store hogg trade was buoyant, reflecting the current confidence in the finished trade. Texel crosses topped a £76 (ave £63) Suffolk x £64.50 (ave £59) Cheviot x £58 (ave £54).

Sat 15 January 2011 – Store Cattle New Year Show and Sale
Out of the 300 cattle forward, Judge John Mellin, Long Preston, Chose an 11 month old British Blue x heifer from T Robinson & Son, Slaidburn as Champion in the Farmers Guardian sponsored Opening New Year show and sale. She later sold for the day’s top price of £940 to AA & E Critchley & Son, Hutton. Catlow farms consignment of ten dominated the prize classes and also presented the reserve champion, an 11 month old British Blue Bull which sold for £800 to Roger Webster, Ormskirk.

Prime Sheep – Thursday 13 January 2011

Thursday 13th January 2011 at Gisburn Auction showed an extremely good trade for all classes of prime lambs with export type lambs in very strong demand and a shortage of supply across the board earlier in the week. This meant a total of 814 prime sheep presented for sale, achieving an overall average of 187p/kg or £78 per head.

Top price per kilo of 248 p/kg for RH & MR Ireland of Whalley for their 31kg prime Texel lambs was achieved selling to SA Swales of Knavesmere Butchers.

Top price per head was achieved by RS & J Bradley of Salterforth with their 50kg Texel lambs achieving £105 per head.

Export lambs being very good to sell, ranging from 38kg to 42kg facing a strong audience of buyers competing for these types of lambs regularly achieving 190p/kg to 205p/kg.

Swale and Mule lambs also saw a good increase and demand by all buyers.

A good entry of 177 cast sheep was forward today with best Texels from RH & MR Ireland achieving £120 per head and best horned ewes achieving £63 per head. Rams were also a good trade – top price achieving £77 per head from H Horsefield & Sons. Good well fleshed mule ewes were good to sell with the best achieving £77 per head. Overall average of light/horned ewes was £44 per head, lowland ewes £70 per head and rams also £70 per head.

Please don’t forget our X factor competition on Thursday 27^th January 2011 with a good prize fund available for the best pen of 5 prime lambs, any weight or breed. Many thanks and for any further information please contact the Auctioneer.