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i'C' ' Clltheroe Advertiser&Tlmes,Thursday, March 7,2013 Jim’s Sw^edales take trophy


’ SUPER SWALES:


•y Jim Walker, of Saddle End Farm,


I Chipping,'


receiving the Nutter Fam-' lly trophy for ‘k


*i-the best pen of 10 prime; Swaledale . hoggs at Gisburn Auc­ tion Mart. The winning h o ^ s weighed


, 44kgsand sold for £62.


Strong trade in cast ewes


dor and lady farmer Jessica Bradshaw, of Belthorn, Blackburn, with a massive pair of Texel ewes, which sold for a £130


per head to Meadow Top Livestock, Bax- enden. ,Miss Bradshaw also received the £50


CAST ewes met a strong trade at Gisbum Auction Mart’s late February sale. ■ : . Topping the trade was first time ven­


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and for lowland ewes £63.50. Auctioneers were Richard Turner &


; - • . Mart’s spare lamb register 'Hi


WITH lambing time in full swing, sheep farmers can now access Gisburn Auc­ tion Mart’s,onhne spare lamb register 24- hours-a-day, seven days-a-week at www. gisbumauction.co.uk The online register has contact details’’ and locations of farmers throughout the. , area with spare lambs available. This


details added to the register either.by e- mailing, Gisburn@rturner.co.uk or by phoning 01200 445376.


means other farmers in need of a spare lamb can simply log onto the website, click on the spare lamb icon and see who in their area has lanibs available. - • Farmers with spare lambs can have their


prize for the highest-priced ewes in Febru- aiy. Hill ewes were also noticeably in de­ mand and an increased price on the week, with Karl Kempson, of Waterfoot, achiev­ ing £68 for a pen of Gritstones. The average for hill.ewes was £37.50


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A weekly look at the local countryside and the issues


: WHITECHAPEL farmers A. Bretherton & Sons won Cogent’s February pedi­ gree dairy show at Gisburn Auction Mart with a superb Askew Reece heifer giving 33 litres. She later sold in the busy


ring to Messrs Redmayne, of Samlesbuiy, the hammer fall­ ing at £2,200.


Dodgson, of Bank Newton, at £2,280.


four separate vendors all hit the £2,000 mark and were claimed by local farmer buy-’ ers.


Eight other heifers from


proved a very pleasing Febru­ ary sale for both vendors and customers;


.Turner* Son. Auctioneers were Richard


strong trade, with a top price of £1,780 for Brian Howarth, of Bradshaw, Bolton, and £1440 for A. Parker, of Sawley. With 34 cattle on offer, it


In-calf heifers also met a


show judge, Cohn Middleton, who chose Gerry Donkin’s Damion heifer as Reserve Champion. She later sold to J. R.


It was a close call for the www.clltherooadvertiser.co.uk www.cllthoroeadvortl8er.co.uk Clitheroe Advertiser&Tfme8,Thursday, March 7.2013 : .3 9 : i ^ A weekly look at the local countryside and the issues


Busy day for ring


ALMOST 1,000 head of breed- . ing and store sheep were forward rqr


at Gisbum Auction Mart’s Satur­ day sheep sale on Febmaiy 23rd.


CLITHERQE’S Ian Townson


lifted the title with his first prize British Blue-sired bullock and male champi­ on, an 11-month-old son of Blue Grass Cyclone - his only calf by the AI sire to date - and the third calf of a pedigree Limousin cow.


V The victor sold for £1,400 to Andrew Bailey, of Eldroth, North Craven. Mr Bailey, who breeds pedigree Blonde cattle, was buying on behalf of bis 11-year-old daughter, Jessica, who will parade her new charge at local and re­ gional shows, with a potential tilt at the 2013 Great "yorkshire also in mind. Mr Townson was also responsible


CHAMPION: Anthony Bretherton (left) receiving his winning ro­ sette from Ian Plows of pre-sale show sponsor Cogent Breeding.


for the reserve male champion with his first prize Charollais-sired bullock, by another AI sire. Lower Fftydd Benhur, again out of a pedigree Limousin cow. The eight-month-old sold for £1,200 to John Bowling, of Ashton-in Maker


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ing youngsters, many of which can be expected to go on to achieve further honours on the 2013 agricultural show circuit, sold at an, overall average of £1,240 per head.- Mr Townson, of High Brake House,


reigned supreme on Craven Cham­ pions Day, CCM Skiptbn’s annual show and sale of commercial store cattle with future show potential. A quality entry of 50 up-and-com­


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price in show, to Stephen Swales, of Melbourne, York.


ON TOP FORM: Ian Townson with his CCM Craven Champions Dav title-winning British Blue bullock.


field. In addition, Mr Townson pre­ sented the second prize British Blue- sired bullock, which became a £1,300 purchase by Richard Critchley, of Claire Farm, Hutton. •


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- The second prize winner in the young handlers’ class, a British Blue shown by Rob Walker^ of J.C. Walk­ er & Son, Brennand Farm, Dunsop Bridge, sold for £1,600, second top


branch of the British Chardlais Cattle Society.


magazine, Laycocks Agricultural Chemists, Skipton, Huddersfield- based agricultural agent and CCM field officer Janet Sheard, West Mar- ton fencing contractor Bob Lancaster and the Yorkshire, and North East


heifer, a British Blonde from Saddle End Farms, Chipping, fell for £1,150 to Kirkby Malham’s Jeff Burrows. Show sponsors were Farmers Mart


family were the first prize Limousin- sired bullock, sold for £1,180 to the Read farming family in Horncastle, the third prize British Blue-sired bul­ lock, which was knocked down at £1,360 to J.B. Eastwood, of Emley, Huddersfield, and the second prize British Blue-sired heifer, sold to Wag- staff Bros, of Sutton-on-the-Forest in Hambleton at £1,250. The second prize any other breed


ond prize and top price any breed Brit­ ish Blue heifer, sold at £1,500 to show j'udge John Mellin, of Hellifield, along with the third prize any other breed heifer, another British Blue, knocked down for £1,320 to Thompson Bros, of Pickering. Further successes for the Walker


The Walkers also presented the sec­


: Ewes with twins at foot from Shaun Forshaw, of Alston, Longridge, and again at the same price for Chris Craven’s, Suffolk .;> ewes with twin lambs at foot all the way from York. The rest of Mr Craven’s


consignment of 40 strong correct ewes with twins at foot sold in the £150 to £168 price bracket and


• broken mouth ewes with lambs at £135 to £145.


seeking quality in the in-lamb ^ section,.with a very smart pen of Texel-cross Charollais shear­ lings due mid-March to the Texel from David Coulthurst, of


Purchasers were definitely ’


Goqsnargh, achieving £168 when -s, selling to Michael Forster, of Stainforth.


Pet lambs sold to a record high of £44 for a smart George Crop­


trade, auctioneer Rachel Capstick said: “A large number of ewes with lambs at foot were forward and the impact of the Schmallenberg virus in the past month created a great deal of interest from southern buyers,


whilst in-lamb buyers were a lit­ tle more choosy.”


to sell; mirroring the uplift in fim’shed prices, selling to £66 and averaging £54. Commenting on the days’s


per bred three-quarter Beltex from Hany Wood, of Dutton. Other pet lambs sold for £14 to £16. Store hoggs were better


a a to £168 first for four-crop Texel ^ Ewes with lambs at foot sold a


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