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Suckler cattle sold to a packed sale ring


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I Agoodentryensuredastrong I day’stradingatClitheroe I Auction Mart’s fortnightly I sale of store cattle, including a I showandsaleofsucklercattle.


I The pre-saleshow.was spon- ■. sored by Northern Nutrition West and judged by Miss Clare Crowther, of Greenfield, who


Average price tops £2,000 for heifers


Brian and Lisa Hall had a splendid day at Gisburn Auction Mart’s Dairy Show


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With just over 550 lots in the: /^poultry section and close to ::


■ .^Vioo’in the “deadstock” with : . lots including huts, incuba^ - tors and hatching eggs ^it was ■ an exceptionally busy day{all 4 round at Clitheroe Auction5: Mart’s Purebred Poultry Sale.- ’


■ 'v .‘ Following the successrof lastyear’scombiriedsalewith


: the North of England Cham­ pionship Show, again the day was a massive success and the packed auction area brought a real atmosphere to the place.


/ Trade for all stock was su- • "«!.r»erb, but especially for the White Wyandottes. Top price


• Pictured are the busy auction and some of the poultry awaiting their turn. on the day was for a trio o f ’


; large fowl sold by A. Procter, /which went for £225 to well-}; {known poultry.breeder and / /showman Mr G?Marsden, of - Wetherby. ■ ■ .,/. In addition, thesoftfeather, bantams were also a hit with' many young enthusiasts. Two BarredWyandottepulletssold : •for£notoD.Winpenny,from •


some excellent specimens of ; Carolinas on.sale which cre­


mated a lot of attention amongst ’potential purchasers; eventu­ ally sejling for £80 a pair. : ' •> : Auctioneer Jeremy Green- -


Liversedge, right at the end of the sale. Game bantams were in de- -


mand.withpen after pen real­ ising great prices as’everyone - wanted freshbloodlines for the new breeding season.. •


... Calls Ducks dominated in the waterfowl section with


pairssellingtofinotoD.H.Lu- cas, ofBlackburn: There were


■ halgh said: “Good quality large fowl pullets sold for excep- / tional prices, especially White ’ Wyandottes which seem to be popular. Miniature Waterfowl drew the crowds and created a


■ stiranddrewverygoodprices on the day.”-


... The next bi-monthly cata­


logue sale will be on Saturday April 5th, and is already at­ tracting a lot of interest, with entry forms now available from the Clitheroe Auction Mart website or main office.


(Entries close Wed March 19th). -


Openers made top price at Gisburn


Clapham’s E. & M. Townley& Son were first into the ring at


- GisburnAuctionMart’sbreed­ ing and store sheep sale with a smart pen of two and three- •


•^•-frop Texel-cross Charollais ewes with twin lambs at foot. . :’


- - They sold for the top price . o f the” day at the February 8thif{ event,making £235perfam^.|g / Samuel C h a pm an ,”


of|{ - Broughton, sold correct Sufr{.r folk ewes with pure twin'”/


• lambs at £215 and ChrisCra- ven, of Kexby, York, sold his three and four-crop Texel- : cross ewes with twin lambs a t :


-foot at £228.The same vendor sold Mule ewes with Suffolk lambs at foot in the £160 to £185 price range.- In-lamb sheep were less


money than the previous fort-: ; night, ho doubt a reflection on


the recent dreadful weather,- mainly.selling shy of £100. A nice pen of young Cheviots scanned and due late March- onwards, fromAndrewTatter- sall, of Withnell, made £100/ The-trade o f the day,,


/scanned with twins sold to £145 and averaged £121, sin-


/ gles to£ioo and puregeldgim- ; mersto£65.


though, was reserved for the ” reduction sale o f pedigree' Jacob sheep for Graham Eck- ersley, Darwen; which aU , traded great interest: Ewes ?


V- ’ ■ Even at this late stage in x the season, store hoggs con- ■ tinue to find new homes: Tex-


- els sold to £80 to average £62, .. Charollais out of Swales sold


.' to £56 and Swaledale gimmers : to£58. Auctioneers were Rich/ -ard Turner & Son. :


Champion pair


ITe-saieshowjudge Simon Duerden (left) chose this out­ standing pan-as champions at GisburnAuctionMart’s ,


ton.


I There was a bit of everything to suit everybody at Gisburn


Auction Mart’s latest breeding and store sale.


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I Kickingoff proceedings i was the ninth annual Show and Sale of In-Lamb Conti­ nental Sheep, very thoroughly


judged by Anthony Thomp­ son, of Foulridge: >


; // John and Linda Mellin, of Hellifield,-topped at £295 for the first prize shearling due to - Knock Turbo for mid-March. Messrs Barrow, of Wigton, CumbriaVsold Dutch Texel ewes to £205 carrying twins and £175 for singles.” . The highlight in this sec­


tion, however^ was for Robert Towers’.Camp’House Cha­ rollais sheep,.with two-crop ewes sold to £350 and shear- lingewes tq£335/


Chris Craven, ofYork, had


a good run of ewes with twin-: lambs at foot attractingpienty- of interest—Suffolk-cross sell- ing to £185, Texels to £215 and


Mules to £190 per family. Two spare lambs nearly caused a riot at £20 each! Commercial in-lamb ewes . sold to a high of £115 for three-


■ shear Mules from Rob Smith, of Foulridge, while plenty of others exceeded £100 and Texel-crossed to £135. Gimmer hoggs sold very


well indeed - 72 Texels out of Lonk ewes from W.P. Brewer & Son, ofBleasdale selling to £74 ' to average£68.75-Beltexhoggs from North Wales sold to £150 , to average £130. There was still plenty of


trade for store hoggs this late in the season. An overall aver-. age for all breeds and all qual- ityjust pence short of £62 was achieved. Texels sold to a high of £76 and regularly in the £60 to 70 bracket. • ■ v Mother and daughter nan-


- ny goats surprised the vendor, ■ . sellingfor £53 apiece.../. -


//’ 'Auctioneers were Richard; Turner & Son.


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John Mellin with his first prize shearling due to Knock Turbo for mid-March whichsoldfbr£295. ' ' '


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i .Taking both the f irs t and second prize rosettes "■


. in the dairy show, the Gar- - -grave couple’s heifers sold / for £2,480 and £2,420 tori David Coulthurst.of Goo- ? snargh.


. Fred P a rk in son ”, o f


> and Sale, sponsored by Clit- ■ heroe-based Dugdales Nu-• trition.


. Chaigley, was unplaced in the pre-sale show with? a smaller heifer that also went to Mr Coulthurst at


(£2,450. Andrew Slack; of ’Carlisle, picked lip a smart; heifer from W. A:&A. Booth; •-


:■ of Feizor, at £2,320. Forthe/ .first time the average.was over £2,000 for all 23 new-';


ly-calved heifers on.offer r (£2019). '


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.- Auctioneers Richard Turner & Son v


* - - MELLIN HOGGS Wre judged best


In-lamb Continentals were in demand at breeding sale


I ha'd her work cut out judging ■ thefourclasses. ' -


She awarded the champion


I rosette to R.;& S. Spence, of Whitewell, for a superb eight-


month old British Blue Bull and later backed her decision with hard cash when she bought the champion for £940.- . ■ Reserve Champion was a


fantastic British Blue Heifer from T.W. Pickard & Son, of Great Harwood, bought by E. & M. Townley, from Clapham. Trade was on a high note,


■ with rumours that prices were a little easier not true at Clithe­ roe. The sale ring packed, with


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From the left, Diane Pickles of show sponsor Northern Nutrition West, champion vendor Rod Spence and show judge Clare Crowther.


no room to sit or stand and a great buzz around the market. Strong cattle were a very


good trade, with young cattle every bit as expensive. A super run of Limousin and British Blue heifers and steers sold to £1,060 from F.B.


Marsden, of West Bradford. The next sale will be on


Thursday February 27th, w ith another good entry anticipated and lots more store cattle required to suit buyer requirements.


; Showresultswere:Bullover


nine months - 1 T.W. Pickard & Son, 2 K.E. & A. Pilkington. Heifer/steer over ninemonths - 1 and 3 T.W. Pickard & Son, 2 K.E. & A. Pilkington. Bull up to • ninemonths-iR.&S. Spence, 2 D. Mares. Heifer/steer up to nine months - 1 D. Mares.


Strong trading in Gisburn dairy ring


ABritishBluecullbull weigh­ ing i,2i2kgs from GeoffWalk- er at Dunsop Bridge sold for


£1,733.16 (i43p/kg) at Gisburn Auction Mart’s weekly sale. The strong trade seen in


recent weeks in the dairy ring continued, with second qual­ ity cattle easier to sell. The top price in this section was £2,250 from John and Gillian Dewhurst,ofGoosnargh,fora


■ newly calved heifer. Holstein Friesian heifer calves sold up £430 and averaged £410. There were 180 rearing calves and stirks forward,


' with 49 black and white bulls ranged widely between £5 and £220 to level at a very sol­ id £103 average. A nice show of 31 British Blue Bulls sold


between £160 and £475 and averaged £349. Twenty-five


blue females varied between £150 and a top of £352, level- ling right through at £266. ” Alec Simpson, of Bolton-


by-Bowland, headed the Simmental bull trade with a seven-week-oldcalfsellingfor


£410 to Tony Binns,-of Harro­ gate, closely followed by Dav­ id Mattinson, of Bracewell, at £380 and £340. Simmen-^, tal heifers sold in the £140 to £395 bracket to.average £257. Angus and Herefords contin­ ue to sell well, especially with named sires. Angus bulls av­ eraged £215, Herefords only marginally less at £206. Auctioneers were Richard


Turner and Son.


Calves got year off to a flying start


" There was a cracking start to the New Year at Gisburn Auc­ tion Mart when 189 calves pre­ sented for sale at the popular


, - venue’s rearing calves sale met


with a flying trade, 20 of them selling above £400. The 39 British Blue bull


calves on offer ranged in price between £170 and £498, the latter for a five-week- old calf from new vendors


•Messrs Gibbons, ofPreston. Blue heifers topped at £372 from David Shuttleworth, of Gargrave, and levelled right . through at £288. There were:


/more Limousin bulls on offer ' than some weeks, topping at


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£485 from Neil Edmondson, g of Holcombe, Bury, and aver- ' ; aging £281. Plenty of Simmen-


tals from the usual vendors were keenly sought and many


, more could have been readily = sold without affecting trade, n


Richard Shuttleworth, ofWek Martori, achieved the highest 5


- bull price'at £450 (avg. £335)-, while elder brother John took , the heifer honours at £352 (avgf^


£297). Forty-plus dairy bulls al­ so met with a firm trade. The 4


black and whites selling to £175 and averaging £77 right '


ity. Auctioneers were Richard Turner & Son: - - -


through, including all qual­ ~


1 N O R T H E R N 1N U T P I 1 . - .’V ‘X FACTOR’ Prime Hoggs}' ^ - - ; ” ” ,".5 • - S T *


Worthwhile trip for D a v id


David Williams’ (far right) longjourneyfromDenbyshire in North Wales proved worthwhile when he won Gisburn ' Auction Mart’s “X Factor” Prime Hoggs competition • with his outstanding Beltex hoggs. Weighing 34kgs, they sold for £126 to Luke Swales (far left) buying on behalf of Knavesmire Butchers, York.


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