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GISBURN THURSDAY MARKET REPORT

Date:

2 February 2012

Forward:

190

Total Prime Cattle

To include:

45

Young Bulls

43

Steers & Heifers

24

OTM Cattle 30-48 months

78

Cull Cattle 48 months +

Forward:

27

Total Dairy Cattle

To include:

14

Newly Calved

10

In-Calf

3

Dairy Calves

Forward:

132

Store Cattle

112

Calves

20

Stirks

Forward:

468

Total Prime Sheep

To include:

380

Hoggs

88

Cast Sheep

Produce Round Bale Hay £89/tonne

Prime Cattle

No.

Top (p/kg)

Ave (p/kg)

Steers

Top sale price £1378 S Fairclough & Sons    Overall average price 171p/kg

Prime

2

185 H Horsfield & Sons

181

Other

5

170 S Fairclough & Sons

167

30-48mths

3

173 H Horsfield & Sons

163

Heifers

Top sale price £1493 DM & RE Capstick   Overall average price  198p/kg

Premium

19

250 JM Townsend

220

Prime

11

198 RE & S Baldwin

190

Other

6

177 JC Nelson & Son

148

30-48 Months

17

187 DM & RE Capstick

124

Bulls

Top sale price £1581 AR & J Alsop   Overall average price 173p/kg

Premium

10

230 JC Nelson & Son

213

Prime

2

199 AR & J Alsop & Son

190

Other

33

175 SR & PA Thompson

159

30-48 Months

4

144 K Brookes

118

February Cull Cattle Show & Sale Results

Class 1

Best Beef Cull

1^st

GT Blezard 760kgs 180p/kg £1368 Cleveland Meats

2^nd

SW Thornber & Sons 622kgs 161p/kg £1002 Cleveland Meats

3^rd

JC Nelson & Son 700kgs 167p/kgs £1169 Cleveland Meats

Class 2

Best Dairy Cull

1^st

M & H Jackson 748kgs 132p/kg £988 D Wilcock

2^nd

Withgill Farms 804kgs 131p/kg £1054 Pickstocks

3^rd

Withgill Farms 752kgs 127p/kg £956 Cleveland Meats

Class 3

Best OTM Animal

1^st

DM & RE Capstick 798kgs 187p/kg JC & VA Lancaster

2^nd

J & M Blakey 578kgs 169p/kg Wood

3^rd

H Horsfield & Son 566kgs 173p/kg S & JS Thompson

Cull  Cattle

Top Cont Cull Cow sale price £1368 GT Blezard Top Cull Dairy sale price £1093.50 Withgill Farms Overall Cull average price £820  124p/kg

Premium

36

180 GT Blezard

138

Prime

27

126 I Moorhouse & Son PJ & MR Stuart ER Hollingworth & Son

120

Other

15

108 E & W Threlfall

91

Dairy

51

135 DW Shuttleworth & Withgill Farms

118

DAIRY

1^ST Prize newly Calved Heifer from JD TAYLOR & SON

Dugdales February Dairy Cattle Show & Sale Results

Judge

David Graveston

Class 1

Best Newly Calved Heifer

1^st

JD Taylor & Son £2400 DJ Wallbank

2^nd

E & MH Armer £2300 CN & SA Harrison

3^rd

Frankland Farms £1980 JR Dodgson

Class 2

Best In Calf Heifer

1^st

J & PA Baldwin & Son £2000 T & M Green

2^nd

Colin Moorhouse £1740 J Shuttleworth & Son

3^rd

J & PA Baldwin £2120 T & M Green

With many farmers taking the chance to get some fieldwork done.  There was only a small crowd of buyers at the Dugdales Nutrition Dairy Show, but trade continued to amaze everyone.  Craven farmer Jeremy Taylor topped the sale with a superb pedigree heifer selling to DJ Wallbank, Higher Walton, Preston for £2400 who also took another Smellow’s heifer at £2250.  Second prize went to Eric Armer, Catforth, Preston and sold to Chris Harrison, Elslack, Skipton for £2300.  Two superb in calf heifers due to the Aberdeen Angus from J & P A Baldwin & Sons, Brindle, Chorley they sold for £2120 and £200 to Tom Green, Wigan.  H & F Eccles & Son, Burnley sold in calf heifers to £1500 and heifer calves mad £380.  Fred Spurgeon, dairy auctioneer, said Newly calved dairy cattle, are in huge demand and many more could have been sold.”

DAIRY

Top price (£)

Average price (£)

NC Heifers

2400 JD Taylor & Son

1910

In Calf Heifers

2120 J & PA Baldwin & Sons

1670

Heifer Calves

380 G Dakin

337

Calves

Bulls   Top price (£)

Ave (£)

Heifers   Top price (£)

Ave (£)

British Blue

465 A & T Smith

379

400 A & T Smith

345

Limousin

378 DE & PA Newbould

330

330 TH & D Goulding & Sons

304

Sim

390 DW & BL Mattinson

384

315 DW & BL Mattinson

304

Char

400 G Dakin

399

385 G Dakin

364

Black & White

260 A & E Bristol

104

Angus

330 J Pickervance

278

Hereford

225 K Russell

200

Welsh Black

198 PJ & MR Stuart

Continental

378

333

Native

239

198

STIRKS

Bulls   Top price (£)

Ave (£)

Heifers   Top price (£)

Ave (£)

Limousin

675 G & L Newburn

595

590 G & L Newburn

530

AA

500 Wallbank & Young

Char

730 H Baines

686

Black & White

380 Wallbank & Young

Shorthorn

600 G & L Newburn

February Prime Hogg Show & Sale Results

Judge

Gavin Boocock

Class 1

Best Continental Hoggs

1^st

WH Phillips 51kgs £100 D Stamper

2^nd

T Parkinson & Sons 37kgs £83 Blacklidge

3^rd

S Mattocks 38kggs £84 R Schofield

Class 2

Best Native Hoggs

1^st

H Carr & Son 46kgs £87 Meadow Top Livestock

PRIME HOGGS

Top Sale Price (£)

Top Kilo Price (p/kg)

Average(p/kg)

Up to 32kgs

60 H Carr & Son

188 H Carr & Son

181

Light 33-39kgs

84 Miss S Mattocks

228 W Holden

205

Standard 40-45kgs

90.50 J & A Weare

213 A Oldfield

198

Heavy 46-52kgs

100 WH Phillips

200 WH Phillips

192

Overweight 53+

98 Miss J Wilkinson

175 Mrs SJ Wilkinson

175

Overall Average price  200p/kg

Breed

Top Sale Price (£)

Top Kilo Price (p/kg)

Average(p/kg)

Texel

100 WH Phillips

228 W Holden

204

Suffolk

87 H Carr & Son

203 SP & VM Morris

195

Mule

83 H Carr & Son

195 Stocks Enterprise

187

Charollais

98 A Oldfield

217 A Oldfield

205

Horned

80 A Oldfield

200 A Oldfield

193

Chev

71 J Peel

209 J Peel

209

CAST SHEEP

Top Sale Price per head (£)

Ave Price per head (£)

Horned Ewes

85 Blacklidge Bros

44

Heavy/Lowland Ewes

145 M Oldfield

94

Rams

88 SP & VM Morris

69

Overall

82

GISBURN MONDAY MARKET REPORT PRIME LAMBS & CAST SHEEP
DATE:	30 JANUARY 2012
FORWARD:	302	TOTAL PRIME SHEEP
TO INCL.	227	PRIME LAMBS
	75	CAST SHEEP
PRIME LAMBS		TOP PRICE (£)	TOP KILO PRICE (P/KG)	AVE (P/KG)
UPTO 32KGS		62.50 G ABBOTT	202 R & B THWAITE	196
33-39KGS		85 JOHN MELLIN	237 JOHN MELLIN	209
40-45KGS		95 J SHUTTLEWORTH & SON	234 R& VM CLARKE	199
46-52KGS		98.50 T ROBINSON & SON	207 TF DOBSON	194
53KGS+		128 MH & MR IRELAND	229 RH & MR IRELAND	229
OVERALL AVERAGE LAMB PRICE 201P/KG OR £80
BREED		TOP SALE PRICE (£)	TOP KILO PRICE (P/KG)	AVE (P/KG)
TEXEL		128 RH& MR IRELAND	229 RH & MR IRELAND	204
SUF		86.50 TF DOBSON	195 NJ & SJ PINDER	192
CHAR		83 MISS S MATTOCKS	208 MISS S MATTOCKS	202
MULE		85 T ROBINSON & SON	192 H CARR & SON	190
HORNED		83 T ROBINSON & SON	198 T ROBINSON & SON	190
CAST EWES		TOP SALE PRICE PER HEAD(£)	AVE PRICE PER HEAD (£)
LOWLAND		171 RH & MR IRELAND	91
HORNED		78 LEE & EVANS	68
OVERALL CAST EWE AVERAGE PRICE £83.58 CAST SHEEP WERE IN HUGE DEMAND ON MONDAY 30 JANUARY AT GISBURN AUCTION MARTS. THE TOP PRICE OF THE DAY WAS £171 FROM RICHARD & MARK IRELAND, WHALLEY WITH THEIR TEXEL EWES SELLING FOR £171 AND £170 PER HEAD. TOPPING THE CAST TUP TRADE WAS ALAN LODGE, MALHAM MOOR, SETTLE WITH A TEXEL RAM AT £131. JONATHAN TURNER, AUCTIONEER SAID “FIERCE BIDDING FOR SOME TOP QUALITY CAST EWES FROM MANY DIFFERENT VENDORS RESULTED IN £171 TOP PRICE. SWALE AND HORNED EWES ALSO RECEIVING A TOP TRADE AT £68 AVERAGE. HOGGS NOW STARTING TO STRENGTHEN WITH NUMBERS ACROSS THE MARKETS LESSENING. MANY SPEC HOGGS AVERAGING BETWEEN 205P/KAND 220P/K. HEAVY HOGGS NOW SEEING MORE INTEREST AND EASIER TO SELL.

GISBURN THURSDAY MARKET REPORT
Date:	Thursday 26 Thursday 2012
Forward:	239	Total Prime Cattle
To include:	58	Young Bulls
	70	Steers & Heifers
	17	OTM Cattle 30-48 months
	94	Cull Cattle 48 months +
Forward:	18	Total Dairy Cattle
	8	Newly Calved
	9	In Calf
	1	Heifer Calf
Forward:	204	Store Cattle
To include:	190	Calves
	14	Stirks
Forward:	670	Total Prime Sheep
To include:	606	Hoggs
	64	Cast Sheep
		Produce Wheat Straw @ £2 Small Bale; Barley £2.30 Small Bale Hay £90/tonne
Prime Cattle		No.	Top (p/kg)	Ave (p/kg)
Steers	Top sale price £1397 ST Salthouse  Overall average price 167p/kg
	Premium	1	234 BC Rayton
	Prime	7	188 T & JH Wrennall J Hartley & Son	178
	Other	9	166 PA & M Wilkinson	152
Heifers	Top sale price £1428 DM & RE Capstick  Overall average price 186p/kg
	Premium	22	248 JM Townsend	213
	Prime	19	199 BC Rayton	183
	Other	11	160 J & K Heyes	141
	30-48 Months	14	213 DM & RE Capstick	143
Bulls	Top sale price £1283  Overall average price 162p/kg
	Premium	11	230 JC Walker & Son	209
	Prime	13	186 AR & J Alsop & Son	176
	Other	34	166 CF Morton & Son SW Pollard; TB Moorhouse & Son	141
		3	165 JS Stephenson	156
Cull  Cattle	Top Cont Cull Cow sale price £1285 R & SM Pearson Top Cull Dairy sale price £1245 Bargh Brothers Overall Cull average price 121p/kg £774
	Premium	31	168 T Robinson & Son	139
	Prime	39	125 J Butler; PJ & H Hartley; CJ Norman; TN Airey & Son	118
	Other	24	109 A Midgley	95
	Dairy	63	136 DW Shuttleworth	115
DAIRY	Top price (£)			Average price (£)
NC Cows	1780 G Dakin
NC Heifers	2180 R & M Cowgill			2055
In Calf Heifers	1900 WB & & AJ Spensley			1685
Heifer Calves	190 K Russell
Wicked dairy cattle trade, in calf cattle selling very well – keep number coming!!!
Calves	Bulls   Top price (£)		Ave (£)	Heifers   Top price (£)	Ave (£)
British Blue	502 A Bowker		356	445 A Bowker	287
Limousin	470 K & S Kempson		271	288 D & E Beresford & Son	233
Sim	392 E & ES Davis		347	395 K & S Kempson	304
Char	340 DW & BL Mattinson		281	445 K & S Kempson	308
Black & White	250 K & S Kempson		105
Angus	260 J Seed & Sons		199	395 K & S Kempson	185
Hereford	290 A Outram			160 S Bolton & Son	154
Continental			327		278
Native			183		163
What a trade!  Alan Bowker, Cowling topped the calf market this week with a batch of five British Blue bull calves at £502 and heifers at £445.  Thirty blue bull out of 190  calves forward, averaged £356 whilst blue heifers averaged £287 other continental breeds also met a solid trade with plenty of bulls in the £300-£350 bracket and heifers around the £280 mark.  A the other end of the scale black and whites were also in demand all day so forward selling to average £105.
STIRKS	Bulls    Top price (£)		Ave (£)	Heifers   Top price (£)	Ave (£)
Limousin				540 J Haworth
British Blue	705 G Fairburn		650
Angus				400 J Howarth	320
Hereford				520 J Howarth	478
Ayrshire	245 W Heys
PRIME HOGGS
X Factor Competition Prime Hogg Show & Sale Results
Judge	Hayley Baines
Class 1	Best 5 Prime Hoggs Any Weight
1^st	Procters Farms Ltd 46kgs £114 Lakes & Dales
2^nd	Procters Farms Ltd 42kgs £110 Lakes & Dales
3^rd	BT Breaks 37kgs £96 A Atkinson & Son
4^th	RJ Lambert 40kgs £100 SA Swales
5^th	K Purtill 36kg £87 R Schofield
PRIME HOGGS	Top Sale Price (£)		Top Kilo Price (p/kg)	Average(p/kg)
Upto 32kgs	62 DR & JB Wallbank		194 DR & JB Wallbank	160
Light 33-39kgs	96 BT Breaks		260 BT Breaks	200
Standard 40-45kgs	110 Procters Farms Ltd		262 Procters Farms Ltd	202
Heavy 46-52kgs	114 Procters Farms		248 Procters Farms Ltd	181
Overweight 53+	96 WH Phillips		182 WH Phillips	172
Overall Average price 193p/kg or £82
Breed	Top Sale Price (£)		Top Kilo Price (p/kg)	Average(p/kg)
Texel	114 Procters Farms Ltd		260 Procters Farms	199
Suffolk	86.50 Ibbotson		205 H Carr & Son	177
Mule	90 FI Ibbotson		186 H Horsfield & Sons	176
Charollais	88.50 Peter Wright		214 HJ Berry	188
Horned	86.50 FI Ibbotson		205 J Peel	174
Cheviots	90  H Procter		205  H Procter	205
Masham	83.50 JRTowler		186  JR Towler	205
CAST SHEEP	Top Sale Price per head (£)			Ave Price per head (£)
Heavy/Lowland Ewes	115  A Wood			80
Horned Ewes	68  JR Towler			49
Rams	95  JR Towler			63
Overall	68

GISBURN MONDAY MARKET REPORT PRIME LAMBS & CAST SHEEP
DATE:	23 JANUARY 2012
FORWARD:	385	TOTAL PRIME SHEEP
TO INCL.	317	PRIME LAMBS
	68	CAST SHEEP
PRIME LAMBS		TOP PRICE (£)	TOP KILO PRICE (P/KG)	AVE (P/KG)
33-39KGS		81.50 CARR BROS.	209 CARR BROS.	194
40-45KGS		91 BT BREAKS	215 J M HALL	192
46-52KGS		98 J M HALL	196 J M HALL	181
53KGS+		121 F & H WADDINGTON	199 F & H WADDINGTON	172
OVERALL AVERAGE LAMB PRICE 190P/KG OR £78.05
BREED		TOP SALE PRICE (£)	TOP KILO PRICE (P/KG)	AVE (P/KG)
TEXEL		121 F & H WADDINGTON	215 J M HALL	192
SUF		84.50 CARR BROS.	194 J SHUTTLEWORTH & SON	188
CHAR		83.50 DM & RE CAPSTICK	199 DM & RE CAPSTICK	198
HORNED		68 FS & DM DINSDALE	179 FS & DM DINSDALE	175
MULE		78.50 DM & RE CAPSTICK	183 G HITCHIN	179
BELTEX		91 BT BREAKS	203 BT BREAKS
SWALE		55.50 BT BREAKS	169 BT BREAKS	169
CAST EWES		TOP SALE PRICE PER HEAD(£)	AVE PRICE PER HEAD (£)
LOWLAND		136 A W WADE	90
HORNED		65 T & J FITTON	60
OVERALL CAST EWE AVERAGE PRICE £88

GISBURN THURSDAY MARKET REPORT

Date:

19 January 2012

Forward:

244

Total Prime Cattle

To include:

53

Young Bulls

59

Steers & Heifers

29

OTM Cattle 30-48 months

103

Cull Cattle 48 months +

Forward:

40

Total Dairy Cattle

To include:

40

Dairy Cattle

Forward:

200

Calves

11

Stirks

Forward:

661

Total Prime Sheep

To include:

519

Hoggs

142

Cast Sheep

Prime Cattle

No.

Top (p/kg)

Ave (p/kg)

Steers

Top sale price £1215 DA & M Wilkinson        Overall average price 175.3p/kg

Premium

6

248 AA & E Critchley

199

Prime

9

186 N & SA Fort

173.5

Other

4

156 PA & M Wilkinson

152.4

30-49 Months

3

189 J Twigge

178.2

Heifers

Top sale price £1239.04 J M Townsend        Overall average price 186.6p/kg

Premium

20

256 E & M Townley

211.8

Prime

16

182 T M Mellin

168.9

Other

4

146 H & H Alderson

140.6

30-48 Months

24

186 J Twigge

122.4

Bulls

Top sale price £1270.08                                   Overall average price 166.9p/kg

Premium

15

216 Walker & Alpe

201.0

Prime

15

187 H & F Eccleston

176.8

Other

23

168 JV & SH Rowland

138.3

Cull  Cattle

Top Cont Cull Bull sale price £1512 TP & EA Clayton Top Cont Cull Cow sale price £1272.54 GB & G Grange Top Cull Dairy sale price £1032.50 AR & CA Parkinson Overall Cull average price 115.1p/kg

Premium

35

167 GB & G Grange

133.6

Prime

29

121 R Naylor

113.3

Other

33

104 JR & BM Harrison

89.7

Dairy

6

150 TP & EA Clayton

124.6

Male

72

132 Newhouse Bros

109.7

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

DAIRY

Top price (£)

Average price (£)

Pedigree NC Heifers

2420 G & MA Smith

1995.83

NC Heifers

1960 Frankland Farms

1497.50

In Calf Heifers

1620 W Rogerson & Sons

1400.00

Bulling Heifers

700 G E Spence

686.67

Heifer Calf

420 DW & BL Mattisnon

Calves

Bulls   Top price (£)

Ave (£)

Heifers   Top price (£)

Ave (£)

British Blue

440 T & M Green

340.85

350 R & LA Briggs

311.55

Limousin

332 M DR & J Ashworth

216.75

295 M Eastham

295

Sim

430 S R Shuttleworth

370.31

340 D W Shuttleworth

293.13

Char

345 SR Shuttleworth

298 SR Shuttleworth

276.50

Black & White

300 JH & PJ Turner

74.27

368 AR & LA Parkinson

216

Angus

270 B & J Hough

188.36

195 B & J Hough & Son

183.50

Hereford

315 JR & M Berry

310

298 T & M Green

280.33