Tuesday 25th March 2025

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Forward: 5 Calves 1895 Sheep comprising 1655 Prime Hoggs, 240 Cast Ewes and Rams. 

 

PRIME HOGGS

There was a bumper entry of 1655 prime hoggs forward into Hawes being keenly sought after and eagerly bid for with a full variety of hoggs in the market as to be expected at this time of year. Well finished in specifications hoggs in demand today and well bid for. Heavy weighted hoggs a shade dearer today with more interest expressed by the buyers. There was a large quantity of lightweight hoggs forward, light weights with meat on in demand and being well sold. Leaner types still getting bid for but meeting realisation at times for thin hoggs. 

The consignment of heavy weight Beltex and Texel hoggs from JR & LA Capstick, Killington lead the way selling to £172, £170 and £166.50 all purchased by the Meat Hook Butchers Shop in Sedbergh. JR & LA Capstick also topped the Suffolks at £164 purchased by C Steadman Butchers Kirkby Stephen. Once again in was the well finished handy weighted hoggs in most demand selling in the region of 350p/kg topping at 382p/kg for Texel hoggs from Elm Gill Farm, Mallerstang. 

There was once again a large proportion of the entry forward upland hoggs with the consignment of heavy weight Cheviots from RJ Lund, Garsdale selling to £164 and £163. The number of mules hoggs beginning to reduce but still keenly sought after selling to a top of £154 and £153 from FA Broadwith & Sons, Ripon with other pens from £153 from K & GJ Huck, Austwick and A Lodge, Malham Moor. A highlight of the mules was the run 148 mule hoggs averaging 47kg from H Morphet and Son, Austwick selling to an average of £149.11. Mule hoggs weighing in the mid to late forties sold regularly towards one hundred and fifty pounds.  

Once again Hawes proved the place to market horned hoggs. Heavy weighted Swaledale tup hoggs from S & D Robinson, Settle sold to a top of £161with plenty more heavy weight Swaledale hoggs selling in the early one hundred and fifties. Swaledale wether hoggs in the mid forty-kilogram weight range in demand topping at 326p/kg from M & P Carter, Pickering with plenty of these pens selling in the region of 320p/kg and more needed filling buyers’ requirements. Heavy weight Rough Fells from A & H Watson, Kirkby Lonsdale sold to £151. Some good runs of Dalesbred Hoggs forward saw the consignment from WI & AM Atkinson & Son, Bleasdale top at £150 at 47kg followed by the consignment from R Capstick and Son, Ingleton top at £149 at 46kg.

 

Tuesday 1st April 2025 will include the opening weekly sale of Sheep with lambs at foot. Entries to date include 40 Mule, Continental and Suffolk x ewes with lambs at foot. More entries invited. Catalogue available later this week. For more information Ian Atkinson on 07957256337.  

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Continentals to 382p, Elm Gill Farm, Mallerstang, Av. 323p/kg

Cheviot to 344p, M & P Carter, Rosedale, Av. 297p/kg

Suffolk to 348p, HH Smith, Whitby, Av. 312p/kg

Mules to 331p, H Morphet & Sons, Austick, Av. 312p/kg

Swaledales to 326p, M & P Carter, Rosedale, Av. 295p/kg

 

Total Average 304.32p/kg

    

Leading Prices:

Continentals – JR & LA Capstick, £172 (to The Meat Hook, Butchers Sedbergh) £170, £166.50, WS & EM Hartle, £165, £154.50, 

M & P Carter, £160, £155,  A Lodge, £160, £157, £151, FA Broadworth & Sons, £158, £155 x2, £145, JM Dickeson, £157.50, £152,

Coates Bros, £156, £142, J Alderson & Son, £155.50, RA & M & EJ Thompson, £155, £148.50, Taylor Bros, £154, £153,

H Morphet & Sons, £154, £145, £141, T Metcalfe & Sons, £153.50, T Richardson, £153, £150, Elm Gill Farm, £153, £147,

A & TA Blades, £152, B & J Aconley, £151.50, P Dinsdale & Son, £151, £141, T & LM Goad & Sons, £150, JS Towler, £147,

HH Smith, £146, M Bell & Son, £141, M/S Buckle, £140 x2.

BFL - S & D Robinson, £150.

Cheviot - RJ Lund, £164, £163, £159, JM Dickeson, £148, M & P Carter, £137.50, KJ Burrow, £108.

Suffolk - JR & LA Capstick, £164, JR Blades, £155, FA Broadwith & Sons, £155, HH Smith, £153, £150, M/S Buckle, £142.50,

M Bell & Son, £137, JS Towler, £128.50, A & RL Burnett, £124.

Swaledale – S & D Robinson, £161, £152 x2, J Newhouse, £152.50, £149, GJ Bell, £152, S Bell & Sons, £151.50, KD Hulley, £151, £145, M/S Hutchinson, £151, B Thornborrow, £151, MA Bainbridge, £150.50, MR Ewbank, £150, £145.50,  M & P Carter, £150,

T Metcalfe & Son, £150, £147, £146, £140, WM & JE Shuttleworth, £149.50, D & EM & ID Brown, £149, £146,

GJ & ME Walker & Sons, £149, £146, MR & LE Rukin, £149, £141, K & GJ Huck, £149, B & J Aconley, £148.50, £147, JR Blades, £148,

M/S Buckle, £148, A Lodge, £148, WI & AM Atkinson, £147.50, £142, T & LM Goad & Sons, £146.50, A & TA Blades, £146,

J Alderson & Son, £146, J Allison & Sons, £144.50, H Tunstall & Son, £144, FMR Gibson & Son, £143, JC Alderson, £140,

M & P Carter, £140.

Charollais - JK Foster, £157.

Mule – FA Broadwith & Sons, £154, £153, A Lodge, £153, £150, K & GJ Huck, £153, H Morphet & Sons, £152.50, £152, £150.50, £145.50,

T & LM Goad & Sons, £152 x2, J Capstick, £152, R & RM Dent, £150.50, WM & JE Shuttleworth, £150, M & P Carter, £149.50,

Bainbridge Bros, £149.50, £149, £145, T Metcalfe & Son, £149, S Bell & Sons, £146, Bank House Farms, £145, P Dinsdale & Son, £141, WI & AM Atkinson, £140.50, J Alderson & Son, £140.50.

Zwartble - FA Broadwith & Sons, £154.

Rough Fell - A & H Watson, £151, £145, £120, J Capstick, £148, SW & TA Milner, £100.

Dalesbred - WI & AM Atkinson, £150, £136 x2, R Capstick & Son, £149, £143. 

Herdwick - J Newhouse, £144.50, £107.50, E Blackburn, £102.

Masham - JS Towler, £144, Bainbridge Bros, £142.

Blackface - P Dinsdale & Son, £142, HH Smith, £138, JS Towler, £130.50, R & RM dent, £127.

 

CAST EWES

Ewes would be very similar to last week with the smallest leanest ewes dearer on the week. Some Quality sheep forward from M & K Chippendale topped both the Rams with a Texel Ram making £240 and 5 texel ewes making £235. BFL ewes come next at £212 & £190 for J Allison & Sons & A & H Watson, Mules were topped at £181 for Taylor Bros and followed at £178 & £174 for B Spence & Sons and DA & MA Brown & Son. Swales topped the horned ewes today at £132 from G Harker & Son but closely followed with A & H Watson at £128 and G Calvert & Son at £124 with 9 lots achieving £110 or above. Blackface came next at £128 £120 x2 and Roughfells were headed again by consignment by SW & TA Milner £114 & £103.SW & TA Milner also had BFL Rams selling for £172 and Swaledale Rams topped at £130 & £120.

 

Continentals to £235, M & K Chippendale, Kirkby Stephen

BFL to £212, J Allison & Sons, Arkengarthdale & A & H Watson, Kirkby Lonsdale

Mules to £181, Taylor Bros, Richmond

Zwartble to £180, E Brown, Coverdale

Cheviot to £135, G Scott, Staithes

Swaledale to £132, G Harker & Son, Arkengarthdale

Blackface to £128 

Rough Fell to £114, SW & TA Milner, Easington

Herdwick to £92, E Blackburn, Low Row

Dalesbred to £90, J Pratt & Sons, Bainbridge 

 

CAST RAMS

Continental to £240, M & K Chippendale, Kirkby Stephen

BFL to £172, SW & TA Milner, Easington

Dorset to £165, M/S Buckle, Barras

Cheviot to £160, RJ Lund, Garsdale

Swaledales to £130, J Allison & Sons, Arkengarthdale sold for Prostate Cancer UK

Teeswater to £100, A Lambert, Bainbridge

 

CALVES

Just 5 young Calves forward with customers looking for more. Bulls were £560 & £550 for J Scarr & Sons and a smart young Blue Heifer sold for £500.

 

Bulls            

Limousin to £560, J Scarr & Sons, Askrigg, Av. £525

BRB to £550, J Scarr & Sons, Askrigg  

 

Heifers        

BRB to £500, J Scarr & Sons, Askrigg

Limousin to £360, H Kirkbride & Son, Askrigg

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Tuesday 18th March 2025

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Forward: 1766 Sheep comprising 1415 Prime Hoggs, 325 Cast Ewes and Rams and 26 Breeding Gimmer Hoggs.

 

PRIME HOGGS 

A very seasonal entry of prime hoggs as to be expected as many come to the end of their annual consignment.  The trade remains very similar to the previous week with well fleshed quality hoggs short in supply and more required each week to meet buyers’ requirements. Once again well finished handy weighted continental hoggs in most demand selling between 340p/kg and 360p/kg with best Beltex hoggs topping at 385p/kg from CT & JE Willoughby, Redmire. Heavy weight hogg trade continues to be similar with buyers cautious of the heavy weighted hoggs regularly selling in the one fifties and into the one hundred and sixties.

A lot less mule hoggs forward today as many now coming to the end of the annual consignment saw them peak at £152 from Bank House Farm, Cowan Bridge with plenty more pens selling in the region of one hundred and fifty pound. 

Once again, a bumper entry of horned hoggs in Hawes being keenly sought after once again. Leading the way with horned hoggs was the consignment of Swaledale’s from K & GJ Huck, Austwick selling 50kg hoggs to £154. Dalesbred hoggs sold to top of £153.50 from M/s Coates, Stainforth who sold other pens of Dalebreds to £151.50 at 47kg.

 

Texels to 374p, JW & JH Burton & Son Hawes, Av. 312p/kg

Beltex to 385p, CT & JE Willoughby, Redmire, Av. 371p/kg

Cheviot to 347p, GJ & ME Walker & Sons, Dunsop Bridge, Av. 318p/kg

Dalesbred to 327p, DL Mudd, Buckden, Av. 310p/kg

Mules to 327p, T Metcalfe & Son, Muker, Av. 305p/kg

Swaledales to 325p, K & GJ Huck, Austwick, Av. 298p/kg

 

Total Average: 302.29p/kg

    

Leading Prices:

Beltex - PD Bowdin, £162, CT & JE Willoughby, £150.

Texel x – JW & E Bostock & Ptns, £160, £144, Taylor Bros, £158, £152.50, £150.50 x2, WJ Metcalfe & Ptns, £156, £150, £148, £147, £140, E Blackburn, £155, £152, TW Clark & Sons, £154, £153, £150, £140, T & LM Goad & Sons, £153, DE & P Wilson, £152, £151.50,

Bank House Farms, £152, M & P Carter, £151, R & D Waggett, £150, JR Blades, £150, Spout House Farms, £149.50,

JW & JH Burton & Son, £149, £146, T & SB Procter, £148, P Dinsdale & Son, 3143, £141.

Swaledale – K & GJ Huck, £154, £149.50, S & D Robinson, £150, TW Clark & Sons, £149, £147.50, AD Coates & Son, £148.50 x2,

J Allison & Sons, £148.50, JS & S Atkinson, £148, JR Rukin, £147, £145, M & P Carter, £146.50, DW & K Hutchinson, £146,

T & LM Goad & Sons, £146, T & SB Procter, £146, Owlands Farm, £145, T Metcalfe & Son, £145, £143, J Sunter & Son, £145,

GJ & ME Walker & Sons, £144.50, £144, JA Alderson, £143, G Calvert & Sons, £143, £141, £140, A Fawcett & Sons, £143, £140,

JW & E Bostock & Sons, £140. 

Dalesbred - M/S Coates, £153.50, £151.50, DL Mudd, £147, Owlands Farm, £143, PD Bowdin, £122, £116.50, DL Mudd, £113.

BFL - C & M Hugill, £153, £125, GJ & ME Walker & Sons, £144.50, DI Holliday, £132.

Mule – Bank House Farms, £152, T & LM Goad & Sons, £151.50, £150.50, £145, S & D Robinson, £151.50, JW & JH Burton & Sons, £150, T & SB Procter, £150, Bainbridge Bros, £150, SW & TA Milner, £150, TW Clark & Sons, £149.50, £146, Bainbridge Bros, £149, £144,

Spout House Farms, £148.50, J Allison & Sons, £148, SL Hoggarth, £148, T Metcalfe & Son, £147, RW & MA Suttill & Son, £147,

JW & E Bostock & Son, £146, J Sunter & Son, £144, K & M Sowerby & Son, £141, CT & JE Willoughby, £141.

Suffolk - DE & P Wilson, £151.50, TW Clark & Sons, £151, £144, Spout House Farms, £149, M Bell & Son, £142, SW & TA Milner, £119.50, DB & A Hoggarth, £100.50.

Romney - JW & JH Burton & Son, £151.50, £137.50.

Cheviot - GJ & ME Walker & Sons, £149, E Blackburn, £134, £101, RW Ewan, £126, £119.

Rough Fell - SL Hoggarth, £145.50, £139, £130, £113, J Potter, £125.50, £122, TR Mason, £110, £104.

Blackface - P Dinsdale & Son, £132, £130.

Herdwick - Taylor Bros, £124.

 

CAST EWES 

More ewes forward, met with a good trade the top end was dearer on week, middle slightly less. BC Gregg led the prices at £258 for a cracking Beltex Ewe. Texels, we had a quality consignment from M & K Chippendale with lots at £255, £242, £238 and £215. Suffolks were headed by same vendor at £235, Mules not many forward but were topped by TW Clark & Sons at £168 with 2 lots at £160 from M & P Carter and G Mudd. Some quality horned ewes forward today. Top price was a Blackface from W Tyreman & Sons at £148, £122 and £94. Roughfells from SW & TA Milner had a large consignment topping at £142 with further lots at £117 and £107. Swaledale ewes topped at £120 x2 for JA Alderson and H Kirkbride & Son, with £116 for both DJ Amsden and G Mudd with 8 lots between £110 or above. 20 Rams forward topping at £170 for a BFL from SD Thompson and a Texel x from JW & JH Burton & Son. Swaledale rams topped at £142 for R Wood & Son. Quality ewes needed once again next week.

 

Beltex to £258, BC Gregg, Ellingstring

Texel x to £255, M & K Chippendale, Kirkby Stephen

Suffolk to £235, M & K Chippendale, Kirkby Stephen

Romney to £182, JW & JH Burton & Son, Hawes

Cheviot to £170

Mules to £168, TW Clark & Sons, York

Blackface to £148, W Tyreman & Sons, Whitby

Rough Fell to £142, SW & TA Milner, Easington

Swaledale to £120, JA Alderson, Barras & H Kirkbride & Son, Askrigg

Dalesbred to £100, TW Clark & Sons, York 

Zwartble to £92, JS Lynas, Marske

 

CAST RAMS

BFL to £170, SD Thompson, Aysgarth

Continental to £160, JW & JH Burton & Son, Hawes

Cheviot to £150, JF & GR Howard, Raydaleside

Swaledales to £142, R Wood & Son, Aysgarth

 

BREEDING GIMMER HOGGS

There was a consignment of Swaledale gimmer hoggs forward from T & G Farrow, Richmond. They sold to £109 and £91. 

The opening sale of Sheep with Lambs at foot is on Tuesday 1st April 2025 with entries to date including 20 Mule & Continental ewes with Suffolk & texel lambs at foot and 10 Aged Mule ewes with Texel twin lambs at foot. More entries are invited and required. More information Ian Atkinson 07957256337

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Tuesday 11th March 2025

 

Forward: 6 Calves 1766 Sheep comprising 1612 Prime Hoggs, 154 Cast Ewes and Rams.  

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PRIME HOGGS 

The number of prime hoggs continue to flow to Hawes auction. Continental handy weighted hoggs a sharper trade as seen nationwide. Upland hoggs a stand on strong trade with heavy weights meeting some resistance as seen in many markets. The sale includes a large number of light weight horned hoggs regularly selling in the region of 300p/kg. 

Heavy weight Beltex hoggs from CT & JE Willoughby, Redmire lead the way selling to a top of £178 or 350p/kg at 51kg who sold heavy weight texels to a top of £164. Heavy weight Suffolk hoggs sold to £165 from A Hollings, Whitby. A pen full of handy weighted texels sold to 390p/kg from WC Stones & Son, Arkengarthdale with plenty of pens selling between 350 and 380p/kg with more of these hoggs required to fill buyers’ requirements. 

There was another large proportion of upland hoggs forward again selling to a top of £160 for heavy weight mules from JS & S Atkinson, Scorton followed by other mules to £157 from K & GJ Huck, Austwick and £156 from JW & JH Burton, Gayle with plenty of pens of mule hoggs regularly selling in the early one hundred and fifties. Cheviot hoggs sold to a top of £157 weighing 46kg from J Burns Agri, Stockton on Tees. Herdwick cross hoggs from GJ & ME Walker & Sons, Dunsop Bridge sold to £154 weighing 46kg. 

There was just shy of 1000 horned hoggs forward. Horned hoggs in most demand were well finished hoggs that weighed mid to late forty kilograms. Horned hoggs weighing around 40kg often sold either side of 300p/kg with light weights keenly sought after today also selling around 300p/kg. Horned hoggs topped at £153.50 for 48kg Swaledales from J Allinson & Sons, Arkengarthdale followed by others to £153 from JS & S Atkinson, Scorton and GJ & ME Walker & Sons, Dunsop Bridge with plenty of pens selling in the region of £150.

 

Continentals to 386p, WC Stones & Son, Arkengarthdale, Av. 331p/kg

Suffolk to 349p, HH Smith, Whitby, Av. 323p/kg

Cheviot to 341p, J Burns Agri, Ingleby Barrick, Av. 321p/kg

Mules to 334p, JE Thorpe, Hawes, Av. 316p/kg

Swaledales to 327p, J Scarr & Sons, Askrigg, Av.302p/kg

 

Total Average 310.46p/kg

    

Leading Prices:

Continentals – CT & JE Willoughby, £178, £164, £157.50, £157, £154 x2, S & D Robinson, £161, £158, £157,

K Calvert Ltd, £159.50, £156, £142.50,  JE Thorpe, £158, £157, HH Smith, £158, £148.50, T Metcalfe & Son, £157.50, £147,

Taylor Bros, £157, £156, £155 x2,  JW & JH Burton & Son, £156.50, T Richardson, £156, £148, £141, WC Stones & Son, £156, £150, £143, Owlands Farm, £156, R & E Cowperthwaite, £154, £150, A Hollings, £153, GJ & ME Walker & Sons, £153, Elm Gill Farm, £153 x2, £149, Bank House Farms, £153, BE Hall, £150.50, TP Atkinson, £150, Whyte & Percival, £149.50, E Blackburn, £148, A & J Myers, £147.50, WM Scott, £145, Croft Farm Ptns, £140.50 x2, CD & RF Kitching, £140.

Suffolk - A Hollings, £165, T & A Hird, £158, JE Thorpe, £153, HH Smith, £151.50, £150.50, £146.50.

Mule – JS & S Atkinson, £160, K & GJ Huck, £157, JW & JH Burton & Son, £156, CD & RF Kitching, £154.50, £152,

Bank House Farms, £154, £145, RW Tarbett, £154, Bainbridge Bros, £152, £150, JE Thorpe, £152, £147,

A Hollings, £151.50, £150, £141.50, T & LM Goad & Sons, £151, T Metcalfe & Son, £150.50, J Allison & Sons, £150,

JW & ME Taylor & Sons, £150 x2, RW & MA Suttill & Son, £148.50, RW Ridley, £146, T Richardson, £144, HH Smith, £143.

Cheviot - J Burns Agri, £157, Booth Brothers, £153, Bainbridge Bros, £141, A Hollings, £122.

Herdwick - GJ & ME Walker & Sons, £154, S & D Robinson, £150, £142, £134, £117, E Blackburn, £104.

Romney - JW & JH Burton & Son, £154

Swaledale – J Allison & Sons, £153.50, GJ & ME Walker & Sons, £153, £150, JS & S Atkinson, £153, £149,

JA Alderson, £152.50, £150, £140, A Fawcett & Sons, £152.50, £142.50, R & E Cowperthwaite, £152, £150, £149.50, £149, £145,

BE Hall, £152, K & GJ Huck, £152, £148, J Nelson & Son, £151.50, T & A Hird, £150.50, J Scarr & Sons, £150.50,£142, 

FMR Gibson & Son, £150, MC Staley, £150, £142, MA Bainbridge, £150, £148, DW & K Hutchinson, £149 x2,

WA Dinsdale & Son, £149, £147 x2, MR & LE Rukin, £149 x2, £148, RW & MA Suttill & Son, £148.50, MR Ewbank, £147,

H & EM Tiplady, £145, G & G Schofield, £143.50, Bank House Farms, £142, £140, S Bell & Sons, £141, J & SJ Bland, £140. 

BFL - S & D Robinson, £153, £150, JW & ME Taylor & Sons, £140.

Blackface - Elm Gill, £152, J Burns Agri, £151, £150, £138, £124.50, £109, HH Smith, £134.50, £113, M/S Coates, £130.

Rough Fell - MP & HM York, £152, SL Hoggarth, £151, £150.50, £137, £132, MP & HM York, £150, LA Booth, £112.

Dalesbred - M/S Coates, £148.50, Owlands Farm, £141, T & A Hird, £126.

Dutch Spotted - RW Ridley, £147, 

Gritstone - MP & HM York, £145.

Masham - T & A Hird, £129.

 

CAST EWES 

154 forward, trade was on fire and more wanted to fill orders for next week. Topping the trade was a good Texel Ewe from new consigner J Burns Agri at £222 followed with WC Stones & Son at £220 and Booth Brothers at £213. Cracking big Cheviot Ewes come next in price at £215 & £208. Mules were up a gear and topped at £183 with two further lots at £178 & £171. Swale Ewes up again on the week with the top price of £128 being shared by CT & JE Willoughby and JW & JH Burton & Son but 10 lots £110 and above and the middle and lean ewes followed the trend and were up. Rams 11 forward, A Hollings topped at £177 with a cheviot but some well fleshed Swales were up in trade at £160 for CJ & AJ Owen and then at £155 for R & PR Banks & Son. 

 

Continentals to £222, J Burns Agri, Ingleby Barwick

Cheviot to £215  

BFL to £188, JW & JH Burton & Son, Hawes

Charollais to £208, Booth Brothers, Sedbergh

Mules to £183, BD & A Horner, Garsdale

Romney to £160, JW & JH Burton & Son, Hawes

Rough Fell to £148, LA Booth, Sedbergh

Swaledale to £128, CT & JE Willoughby, Redmire & JW & JH Burton & Son, Hawes

Dalesbred to £102, CT & JE Willoughby, Redmire 

Blackface to £95, PE & TJ Wilson, Swinithwaite

 

CAST RAMS

BFL to £128, BD & A Horner, Garsdale

Cheviot to £177, A Hollings, Whitby

Swaledales to £160, CJ & AJ Owen, Keld

 

CALVES

6 Young calves forward a nice Limousin Bull from J Scarr & Sons topped at £590 with H Kirkbride & Son’s 3 at £550, £490 & £480. 2 nice heifers from J Scarr & Son were keenly bid for achieving £540 & £535 customers looking for calves so try our next sale in 2 weeks.

 

Bulls            

Limousin to £590, J Scarr & Sons, Askrigg, Av. £540

BRB to £490, H Kirkbride & Son, Askrigg 

 

Heifers         

BRB to £540, J Scarr & Sons, Askrigg 

Limousin to £535, J Scarr & Sons, Askrigg

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Saturday 8th March 2025

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69 Cattle Forward: 54 Store Cattle and 13 Cull Cattle, 2 In-calf Cows.

 

SPRING SHOW AND SALE OF STORE CATTLE 

Kindly Sponsored by Aine Devlin, Agri Lloyd.

Judged by Eric Blacklock, Catterick Garrison

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Small show of Cattle but extremely well supported and trade was exceptional for anything with age or size. More could have been sold to advantage.

Our Champion today came from JS & D Cloughton & Son, only 12-month-old but well grown with shape and sold to £2420 to Lane End Farm Shop, Tong. Followed closely by £2400 again with a Limousin from regular consigner G & P Middleton. S Alderson had a smart pen of young steers and these topped at £2180 followed by £2080. Angus were dominated by T Metcalfe & Son topping at £2220 with 3 lots £2000 and above. C Bell had a Longhorn at £1570 and Simmental at £1520 and 12-month-old Shorthorns from LC Scarr & Son made £1569 & £1540.Heifers were topped with a Limousin from G & P Middleton at £2250 who also had Angus at £2190 & £2100.

 

Steers

1st and Overall, Champion receiving the Barclays Bank Trophy was a Limousin Steer from JS & D Cloughton & Son, Bainbridge selling for £2420

2nd - G & P Middleton, Garsdale, £2400

3rd - S Alderson, Hawes,£1890

 

Heifers

1st - G & P Middleton, Garsdale, £2250

2nd - JS & D Cloughton & Son, Bainbridge, £2180

3rd - G & P Middleton, Garsdale, £2190

 

Leading Prices: Steers:

Limousin – JS & D Cloughton & Son, £2420, G & P Middleton, £2400, S Alderson, £2180, £2080, £1910, £1890, C Stanley, £1795, £1795.

Aberdeen Angus – T Metcalfe & Son, £2220, £2100, £2000, £1990, £1970, C Bell, £1540.

Fleckvieh - C Bell, £1750.

British Blue – SM Iveson, £1700.

Longhorn - C Bell, £1570.

Beef Shorthorn - LC Scarr & Son, £1560, £1540, £1480, £1350.

Simmental - C Bell, £1520

Averaged: £1768

 

Leading Prices: Heifers: 

Limousin – G & P Middleton, £2250, JS & D Cloughton & Son, £2180, RF & RD Kettlewell, £2090, G & P Middleton, £1980,

OS Laws, £1900, £1400, £1350, AT Pratt, £1800, C Stanley, £1500 x2.

Aberdeen Angus - G & P Middleton, £2190, £2100, T Metcalfe & Son, £2000, £1990, £1960, C Bell, £1000.

British Blue – JF Bowe & Son, 31950, £1780, £1760, £1620, £1580, C Bell, £1540, £1520, £1190, SM Iveson, £1290.

Hereford - C Bell, £1490.

Averaged: £1597

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BREEDING CATTLE

In-calf Cows - RF & RD Kettlewell, £2100 x2.

 

CULL CATTLE

Cast Bull & Cows set off at a cracking trade with a shapely Simmental Bull from AD Lambert making 234p/kg or £2190. Limousin Cows from Croft Farm Ptns took the top 3 prices with 3 at 326p/kg,310p/kg and 308p/kg. Friesians topped at 218p.kg for J Scarr & Sons, Askrigg.

 

Continental to 326p/kg, Croft Farm Ptns, Hawes, Av 263.5p/kg

Friesian/Holstein to 218p/kg, J Scarr & Sons, Askrigg, Av 204.5p/kg

 

Leading Prices: 

Continental - Croft Farm Ptns, £2142, £1807, £1724, S Alderson, £1569, £1356, SD Thomspon, £1460, SE Hunter, £1264,

Cragg & Carr, £1078.

Friesian/Holstein - J Scarr & Sons, £1650, £1326.

Highland Cows - S Troughton, £919, £854 

 

CULL BULL

Simmental - AD Lambert, £2190 (234p/kg)

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Tuesday 4th March 2025

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Forward: 1560 Sheep comprising 1394 Prime Hoggs, 166 Cast Ewes and Rams,  

 

PRIME HOGGS 

There was less hoggs forward this week with a varied entry of quality as to be expected at this time of year as many now come to the end of the annual consignments of prime hoggs and lambs. Good quality well finished hoggs continue to be a strong trade and meeting demand in which more are required to fill the buyers’ orders. 

The consignment of well fleshed heavy weight continental hoggs from FA Broadwith & son, Ripon sold to £174, £171, and £170 twice. Heavy weight Texel hoggs from JR Blades, Muker sold to £170. Southdown hoggs sold to a top of £162 from Olivia Coates, Leck. Heavy weight trade nationally has been less with Hawes being well in line and heavy weights slightly sharper than expected often selling in excess of 310p/kg.  

Handy weighted continental hoggs continue to be in demand and more could have easily been sold. They have seen no difference in trade regularly selling in the region of 340p/kg with better types selling in excess of that easily. They peaked at 382p/kg for handy weighted Texels from JR Blades, Muker. 

Hawes boasted another great entry of hill hoggs with trade slightly easier than the previous week. They peaked at £155 for Gritstone hoggs from JE Cowperthwaite, Eldroth. Leading the way in the mule section was £155 from J Scarr & Son, Askrigg followed by a pen of 49kg hoggs from CD & RF Kitching, Threshfield selling to £154 with Mules from J Sunter & Son, Simonstone selling to same price with plenty of pens of mule hoggs selling in the early one hundred and fifties. There was a large number of horned hoggs forward once again selling to a top of £153.50 from G Calvert & Sons, Keld followed by others to £153 from JE Cowperthwaite and plenty more pens in the early one hundred and fifties. Dalebreds sold to a top of £151.50 at 50kg from M/s Coates, Settle with Scotch Blackfaces selling to the same price from P Dinsdale & Son, Carlton. Rough Fells topped at £151 from EG Clark, Appleby followed by £150.50 from SL Hoggarth. Sedbergh. 

A large number of lightweight horned hoggs now coming forward being keenly sought after selling regularly in the region of 300p/kg.  

 

Texels to 382p, JR Blades, Muker, Av. 317p/kg  

Cheviot to 350p, AT Lambert & Son, Simonstone, Av. 308p/kg  

Beltex to 344p, R Mudd & Sons, Cubeck, Av. 317p/kg

Suffolk to 344p, HH Smith, Whitby, Av. 322p/kg

Mules to 340p, GJ & ME Walker & Sons, Dunsop Bridge, Av. 311p/kg  

Swaledales to 326p, Olivia Coates, Leck, Av. 297p/kg

 

Total Average: 304.35p/kg

    

Leading Prices:

Texels – FA Broadwith & Sons, £174, £171, £169, £166, JR Blades, £170, £145, M/S Hutchinson, £163, JA & UM Fawcett, £162, £142,

JW & JH Burton & Son, £161, JR Rukin, £160, RA & M & EJ Thompson, £160, £159, £146, £140.50,  AT Lambert & Son, £160,

Taylor Bros, £159, £156, R & RM Dent, £159, £158, D Oversby, £159, £156, S Reynoldson & Son, £156, JW & E Bostock & Ptns, £156,

EG Clark, £155, £150.50, Spout House Farms, £154, T & LM Goad & Sons, £154, Collier Holme, £151.50, A & TA Blades, £150,

HG Lynas & Son, £150, WM Scott, £150, £147, Whyte & Percival, £150, £149.50, £143, J Duffus & Son, £144, HH Smith, £142,

Owlands Farm, £141.

Beltex - FA Broadwith & Sons, £170 (to C Steadman, Butchers Kirkby Stephen), £162, R Mudd & Sons, £161, £148,

JA & UM Fawcett, £109.50. 

Zwartble - FA Broadwith & Sons, £170

Southdown - Olivia Coates, £162.

Suffolk - M & A Aconley, £159, £133, M Bell & Son, 3156, £155.50, W Gardner, £153, Taylor Bros, £153, HH Smith, £148.

Romney - JW & JH Burton & Son, £157, £152.50, GR Scarr, £139.

Mule – J Scarr & Sons, £155, CD & RF Kitching, £154, £150.50, £145, J Sunter & Son, £154, T & LM Goad & Sons, £153.50, £150.50, £147, JS & D Cloughton & Son, £153, £151, J & J Postlethwaite, £153, Bank House Farms, £153, £145, RN Hoggarth, £152,

JW & E Bostock & Sons, £153, £148.50, £139.50, S Bell & Sons, £152.50, S & A Bland, £151, Spout House Farms, £150.50,

JW & JH Burton & Son, £150 x2, GR Scarr, £150, R & RM Dent, £149.50, A & H Watson, £149, H & EM Tiplady, £147,

HH Smith, £145.50, GJ & ME Walker & Sons, £143, M Bell & Son, £142. 

Gritstone - JE Cowperthwaite, £155.

Cheviot - E Blackburn, £154, £115, AT Lambert & Son, £126, J Duffus & Son, £111.50, JF & GR Howard, £104.

BFL - J Sunter & Son, £154, A & TA Blades, £146.

Swaledale – G Calvert & Sons, £153.50, £145, JE Cowperthwaite, £153, £152, £151, £150, £147.50, S & D Robinson, £152 x2, £148,

JR Rukin, £152, £151, £150, £145, £141, JC Fawcett, £152, £149.50J Sunter & Sons, £152, £144.50, RT Tennant, £151.50, £150, 

S Bell & Sons, £151, CJ & AJ Owen, £150, JR Blades, £150, KD Hulley, £149, S Bell & Sons, £149,

GJ & ME Walker & Sons, £149, £142.50, AD Coates & Son, £147, M/S Hutchinson, £143.50, R & PR Banks & Son, £142,

DL Mudd, £139, JW & E Bostock & Ptns, £139.

Dalesbred - M/S Coates, £151.50, £149.50, DL Mudd, £144, Owlands Farm, £141.50.

Blackface - P Dinsdale & Son, £151.50, £129.

Rough Fell - EG Clark, £151, £116, SL Hoggarth, £150.50, £150, £144 x2, £142.50, W Dawson, £148.50, £144, £109.50.

Herdwick - DL Mudd, £112.

Goat - RN Hoggarth, £100.

 

CAST EWES 

Less sheep forward today and trade would be very similar to last week not much power about today with Texels topping at £188 and £182 with shearlings from JW & JH Burton & Son at £180 & £178. HB Farms, Fadmoor had the top price with BFL & Cheviot at £182. Not many Mules forward and they had A & H Watson at £152 and N Hobson at £142. Horned Sheep had Roughfell from E & K Bland on top at £124 followed with Blackface from W Tyreman & Son & P Dinsdale & Son at £117 & £116 with Swales at £108 from JS Lynas. Lean ewes would be as good with blackface all above £70 and Swales all above £50. Rams less forward (20) average over £130 and P Dinsdale & Son topped at £180 with a Texel followed by R Mudd & Sons Beltex at £175.

 

Continentals to £182, N Hobson, Ripon

BFL to £182, HB Farms, Fadmoor

Romney to £180, JW & JH Burton & Son, Hawes

Cheviot to £174, HB Farms, Fadmoor

Mules to £152, A & H Watson

Suffolk to £150, N Hobson, Ripon

Rough Fell to £124, E & K Bland, Gaisgill

Blackface to £117, W Tyreman & Sons, Whitby

Swaledale to £108, JS Lynas, Richmond 

Herdiwck to £95, W Gardner, Brookhouse

 

CAST RAMS

Texel to £180, P Dinsdale & Son, Carlton

Beltex to £175, R Mudd & Sons, Cubeck

Cheviot to £172, E & K Bland, Gaisgill

BFL to £165, J & J Postlethwaite

Blackface to £140, W Tyreman & Sons, Whitby

Swaledales to £120, J Sunter & Son, Simonstone​​

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