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TOP PRICE: Robert Smith with his ' reserve champion heifer, which'' soid for £2,420, andpre-;^ saie show spon­ sor Ian - ■Plews, of Cogent Breeding.


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came from Robert Smith, of Samlesbury, selling for the day’s top price of £2,420 to T. Pickup, of En- bvistle, Bolton.


A. Booth, of Feizor, Aust- wick, took the champion rosette with a Durham Sam daughter giving 35kgs. Praised by judge Simon Thompson, of Ribches- ter, for the quality of her udder and body capacity, she sold to N. W. & J. M. Coulthurst, of Goosnargh, ■ for £2,400. Reserve Champion


NEWLY calved heifers sold to £2,420 at Gisburn Auction Mart’s Cogent Pedigree Dairy Show, and Sale. “ Regular vendor W. A. &


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Frankland Farms took top price of £1,960 to J.T.&F. Thomber, of Sawley. Heif­ er calves made to £420. Auctioneers were Rich­ ard Turner and Son.


14 of the 26 heifers on offer making £2,000 or more. Regular winner J. & M. Singleton & Sons, of Goosnargh, missed out on the prizes this time, but topped.at £2,300 to F. Talbot & Co, of Ribches- ter, and £2,250 to livestock agent A. Greenhalgh. Gar- stang farmers W. Corn- thwaite sold their Bolivia Allen heifer to J. & M. M. Walmsley & Son, of Worston, for £2,200. In the regular milkers


Trade was strong, with ______ Glitheroe^s best show in a decade


CHAMPION: Judge Clive M itc he ll , s p o n s o r s from CC IB Anne Picko- ver and Deb­ bie Treacy, and champi­ onship winner. Antony Rog- erson with his winning British Biue buiiock.


AN outstanding British Blue bullock was judged the cham­ pion in Clitheroe Auction Mart’s finest show and sale of suckler bred cattle for a decade. The champion, from An­


port local businesses in the area. Auctioneer Joe Worthing­ ton commented: “We had


ing show of cattle on offer, a real credit to all the vendors and attracting buyers from all over the country. The show was sponsored by local business Country and Com­ mercial Insurance Brokers (CCIB), who are keen to sup­


tony Rogerson, of Chipping, and chosen by pre-sale show judge Clive Mitchell, ofHol- mbridge, later sold for £1,120. The reserve champion rosette went to J. C. Walker & Son, of Dunsop Bridge, for a Brit­ ish Blue heifer which later sold at £860. There was an outstand­


RED ROSETTE: Jeremy Taylor with his


newly calved heifer, which sold for £2,400.


newly-calved CRAVEN farmer Jeremy Taylor topped Gisburn Auction Mart’s dairy show and sale wth a superb pedigree heifer selling at


Highdemand for


RESERVE: Judge Clive Mitchell, sponsors from CCIB Anne Pickover and Debbie Treacy, and Stephen Walk­ er with his reserve champion British Blue heifer.


over nine months - 1 R. S. Howard, 2 arid 3 C. H. & G. Smith; urider nine months


an exceptional show of cattle today and Clive had his work cut out to judge them all. Overall, trade was very good with lots of cattle well over the £950 mark.” Show results were: Bull


-1 R. S. Howard, 2 and 3 D. Speakman; heifer over nine months -1 and 3 J. C. Walker & Son, 2 R. S. Howard; under nine months - IJ. C. Walker & Son, 2 and 3 A. Rogerson; Steer over nine months old - 1 F. B. Marsden; under nine


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“Newly calved dairy cattle where in huge demand and many more could have been easily sold.”


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Newly-calved heifers averaged at £1,910.


erdeen Angus from J. & P. a ; Baldwin & Sons, of Brindle, sold for £2,120 and £2,000 to Tom Green, of Wigan. H. & F. Eceles & Son, of Burnley, sold in-calf heifers to £1,500 and heifer calves made £380. Dairy auctioneer Fred Spurgeon said:


Walton, Preston, who also took another Smellow’s heifer at £2,250. Second prize went to Eric Armer, of Catforth, aselling to Chris Harrison, of Elslack, for £2300. Two superb in-calf heifers due to the Ab­


She sold to D. J. Wallbank, of Higher


Hot trade in icy


Auction Mart ?; Cliflieroe valleyfanning A weekly look at the local countryside and the issues conditions


217p; 40-45kgs 203p. Auction­ eers were Richard Turner and Son.


but dampened in numbers by the severe weather. Top was from Matthew Sharpe, of Gis­ bum, with a Texel ewe at £158. All other ewes still saw a very strong trade, with Mule ewes regularly over £100 per head and still not filling buyers’ re­ quirements. Averages were: 33-39kgs


of Grindleton, weighing 38kgs, sold at £82 per head (216p/kgs). Jonny Peel, of Newsholme, sold a good run of.Texel hoggs at 37kgs to reach 219p/kgs, while Andrew Smith, of Dutton, aver­ aged 218p/kgs with some lovely Texel-cross lambs at 39kgs. Cast ewes again were on fire


42kgs regularly made 205p/kgs to 220p/kgs. Butcher’s Iambs were keenly sought after, with Robin Dean, of Chipping, top­ ping the market at 283ptos or £107.50 for his 38kgs Beltex hoggs. Suffolks from James Towler,


ders, the overall average price was 207p/kg. Heavy lambs saw an improved trade, and with customers asking about empty gimmer hoggs now would be the time to market them. Handy weight lambs 38 to


DESPITE icy cold weather, sheep prices were hotting up at Gisbum Auction Mart’s sale of prime hoggs and cast sheep. With buyers keen to fill or­


by Duncan Smith


pion is by the home-bred Brennand Viper, who was also responsible for their 2011 Skipton title winner, out of a home-bred British BIue-x-Limousin cow. He sold for £1,780, second high­ est call of the day, to Anthony Swales, who runs Knavesmire Butchers shop in Albermarle Road, York. A regu­ lar buyer at Skipton, Mr Swales pur­ chased the Walkers’ 2011 supreme champion.


well as stock bull for the Walkers until being sold on as an eight-year- old last June, also sired.the family’s young handlers class first prize win­ ner, another British Blue-x-Limou- sin heifer shown by 17-year-oId Rob Walker, which progressed to become


Brennand Viper, who performed


DEFENDING champions J. C. Walker & Son, of Brennand Farm, Dunsop Bridge - four times Craven Champions Day title winners-were again promi­ nent at the 2012 Skipton event when presenting the male and re­ serve supreme champion, the first' prize halter-led British Blue-sired bullock. The 13-month-old reserve cham-


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NEXT BEST: Rob Walker with the Dunsop Bridge family’s reserve champion bullock on


Craven Champi­ ons Day 2012.


reserve female champion, selling for £1,300 to Joe and Trevor Stoney, of Pateley Bridge. The Walkers made it a hat-trick of


first prize successes when landing the unhaltered heifer class with a Brit­ ish Blue youngster by Dragon Blues Champ, acquired by the family in May last year. He sold for £1,180 to John Summers, of Clayton, Bradford, another regular buyer at the fixture. Further prize winners for the.


Walkers were the second and third prize Limousin-sired heifers, sold re­ spectively at £1,100 and £1,150. The supreme champion title this


yearwenttqthe Akrigg farming fam­ ily at Manor Farm, Cray, with their first prize British Blue-sired heifer and female champion. She headed the prices by a big margin - and the highest for many years - when selling for £2,550 to Clive Delamore, of De- lamore Farms Ltd, Norfolk.


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Good trade in cast sheep


AN outstanding trade in cast sheep saw prices peak at £171 at Gisbum Auction Mart. ,


chard and Mark Ireland, of Whalley, with their Texel ewes selling for £171 and £170 per head.


That top price of the day was from Ri­


Lodge, of Malham Moor, .with a Texel ram a t£131.


Topping the cast tup trade was Alan \ ,


ewes £91; homed ewes £68. Auctioneers were Richard Turner and Son.


“Fierce bidding for some top quality cast ewes from many different vendors resulted in the £171 top price. Swale and homed ewes also received a top trade at £68 aver­ age. Hoggs are now starting to strengthen, with numbers across the markets lessen­ ing.” Averages were: Cast tups £108; lowland


Auctioneer Jonathan Turner said:'4 Cull cow prices soar


CULL cow prices soared at Gisbum Auc­ tion Mart’s Febmary 9th sale peaking at 190p/kg or £1,460 from John Stephenson, Bordley, for a 768kg, 2004-bora British Blue cow. Leading the dairy cull cow section was


Newhouse Brothers, of Settle, with a 2008- bom Holstein Friesian, weighing 772kg, at 145p/kg.


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ed: “Over 100 cull cows averaged 132p/kg OT £853. The live weight cull cow market is now tmly well in front of deadweight prices and is forcing the competition week by week-sell live and thrive.”


Auctioneer, Richard Turner, comment­


Averages: Premium 143p/kg; prime 125p/kg; dairy 125p/kg.


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