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',, " ‘ /AucfenMjrfsThursdayEaster• ' ' ’ ;’. ,,: x ; Spring LambShow. .„ ; . , ’^.;i..v.


Y^fcVSPpJ^^^&^-ciMses.start^'


•■ .• •• ing witii his first prize single, .; ~1 Continental lamb,'a Beltex-S)


, “ “ cross', weighing 4ikgs, which’”; - -" sbld'fdr'£i52 ;to-Stephen •' Swales, on behalf o f Knave- smire Butchers, York.


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' - 'V-iV-The same buyer also took y ' ..... the firs t prize Continental-"


■ .. ® pair o f lambs,^weighihg'- ' 37kgs,at£io8. : - ‘ -'


4ikgs, sold for £142 to G. & - . v- ^ ’ - ,


‘K in g to n Market: Finely, h is ' OTfra^cha^p fon sl°i^dd - S c a s t e r 16318 ).:., .first prize Continental pair- - fo r £140 to the pre-saleshow v - ■■"


chaser Alan Beecroft , ■-■^Atrishnm’-sMnnHavFact thedoubl^wumingbothfirst Weighing 39kgs and 47kgs, Dunnockshaw.> -


Sh° P’ th ^ f f I f ha™’ ° f Funfu’fldid 5™#1®■ Continental lamb class, ton and Riley Butchers, of ■


of lambs weighing 42 k g s - judge,AlanBeecroft,forCoun- e'rSpringLambshowa/dsale; t t K J b S d ^ f l S S t o E b ^ S ^ S ^ pS T u m e r t s o rWereRiChar<1 rs snapped


i-- S.R.Hallworth Butchers in ' Whalley acquired thecham-


■ ;■ - pions at the high profile Easter; .■■.■■ Prime Lamb Show and Sale at", 'Skipton Auction Mart. ,


-» j. The outstanding, pair of ' y 44kg Beltex-cross-Charollais "'.lambs were shown by Red


Steve Hallworth has also sourced past Skipton prime lamb champions and prize­ winners.


,. i > Mr,-Towers was also re; - sponsible for the Easter re-/ serve champions, two 46kg


a /Rose sheep farmer Robert vl*. Towers, ofCamp House Farm,/ ^‘ Farleton, and were bought < ■ i specially for Hallworth’s /Butchers'at a price-topping--


- £148 each by regular Skip-' ton'wholesale buyer Bowland


-•- Foods in Preston. > - • They would go on sale in


. Hallworth’s Accrington Road -


Robert Towers (right) with his Skipton Easter prime lamb champions, joined by judge MickEtherington.


l shop in time for customers’ Easter tables, with some sue- - .;., culent lamb roasts and other -■■ ■ . prime cuts assured. Owner


.pure-bred Charollais lambs i .that fell at £135 per head to ; Woodend’s Family Butchers ; in Adel, Leeds.


* . »,' • ,*: Wellrknown independ­


ent family butchers and meat wholesalers from across the region were again out in force at the ringside as they com- ■ peted for the pickof the sea- - son’s early Spring lambs for the Easter, meat trade. With' 189 Spring lambs forward, the overall selling average was £113.70 (266.4 p/kg) per head. •


, - Gisburn Auction Mart’s Spring


’■ Sr-*/.- '■ <?' x 1 ^ ^ *_ ,


r ; *,


# sx Machinery Sale “drew a full -J." coimplement o f machinery


— buyers/with manyfarmers ; swapping equipment before


VS* the tax year qnd. :,s - This.was a two-part sale


•V; .with smalleri terns indoors at - H IM ?


a ^ M^ammSlanCTmachinery'. a sS and tractors outside at ii-30./ I^^^ththeincreasingpopularity' i ^ o f t£is sale it was held on a Sat-


Standalone machine sale success . ->


. urday,without any livestock/ This was a huge improvement and made for much a quicker and easier event. Tractors as always created much interest, especiallyaJohnDeere63ioSE with an almost new loader which was quicklysnapped-


,aup by a trade buyer at £11,000. v'#Acherished Ford 78io;com-: ■ -plete with a sturdy Chillton •-• Loader was sold for £7,800 to


Fylde-based contractor. In the plant section a 14-tonne plant ~


. - trailerjustshowingitsagesold: for £4,000, the same buyer al- ; sopickin up a Thwaites six-ton dumper at £3,100. - As usual, clean ex-farm ' - items were goodto sell with


fig a -Twose roller surprising the’ r ^ crowd at £4^400 - obviously a - '


,;rf specialist piece of kit more at . ;; home on arable land. Numer­


ous livestock trailers were for- ward and topping this section, was a two-year-old Ifor Wil- liamsTAsiocattletrailerselling


at£3,50o-onlyastone’sthrow’ from new price. There was also


agoodsupplyofbalewrappers, mowers, straw choppers and . especially fertiliser spreaders, i ;all of which readily found new j-V


homes. Auctioneers wereRich-i-- ardTumer&Son.*' '


Another large entry of 74 dairy cattle were forward -


.. at Gisburn Auction Mart’s April 17th sale, with many


regularvendors-havingcon- : signments of five or six.


• Philip Critchley, ofWrea ' Green, and James Roger-


- son, o f Poulton-le-Fylde, " , battled for the top spot in thejudging.


' However, it was a Styche -


Solo-sired heifer, giving 31 litres,-from Mr Critchley o which caught the eye of pre- ,


/ sale showjudge Colin Price; • ■ ..; She later sold for £2;620 to


local pedigree breeder Wil­ liam Oldfield, of Gisburn,"'


for £2,620 twice!


who also bought MrRoger-


. son’s Kepculloch Douglas heifer, this time giving 32 li­ tres, at the same price.


■ ColinSingleton.ofGoo- snargh, had regular custom­


ers willing to pay £2,3oo and £2,320 for his newly-calved heifers. A total of 13 cattle achieved over £2:000, many commercial heifers selling in the £1,80.0 to £1,goo price bracket.


Second lactation cows sold,very well and heifer


'calves topped at £430 from Josh Lancaster.- -


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Auctioneers were Rich­ ard Turner and Son; ' ---v


+ > ■ Philip Critchley holding hisStyche Solo heifer which sold for £2620 '


alongside the pre-saleshowjudge Colin Price andpre-saieshow . sponsor Ian Plews of Cogent


J r^ , -


IsabelGardner.ofshowsponsor Genus Breeding,presenting Annaand Doug Graves their champion rosette for their British Blue bull calf.


Blue bull calf takes Easter honours


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More than 180 calves and Limousin Bulls were in stirks were forward at the short supply but much in de- EasterCalfShowandSaleheld mand, ranging between £290 at Gisburn Auction Marts, and £385. Heifers also sold sponsoredbyGenusBreeding. well between £200 and £325. . Showjudge David Albutt Edgar Davies’ trip from


picked out a Chestnuts Um- Sheffield was worthwhile pme-sired British Blue bull when he sold the top priced caltfromregularvendorDoug and first prize Simmental Graves, of Armathwaite, Car- bull at £415, followed by J. & lisle, which went onto sell for S.A.Lancaster,ofHortoii-in- the top price ofthe day at £490. Craven selling bulls at £380 Twenty-three blue bulls £350 and £348, and dominat-


averaged £376. with half o f ing the heifer section at £335, them achieving sale prices £3ioand£3os. over £400. Next highest came Named sire Angus calves lromColinWhitelock,ofGar- attractedmuchinterest-bulls


?r>v^,a^.^5S and £452, close- averaged£267withheifersnot ly followed by Harry Raw, of much behind at £255. Nearly


Eastburn, at £450 and £445, 70 black and white bull calves all going to pastures new in ranged widely, topping at north Wales.-


£225foraproperFriesiansort Blue heifers sold extreme- • from Tom and Jim Holden, of


ly well-the lowest price was . Chaigley, and averaging £104 £i^ c ’ the highest at £40° for right through for all quality, the first prize heifer and over- Stirks sold nicely to a high all reserve champion. This of £620 for a lively Angus bulk was a five-week-old calf from goingtoWales.Herefordbulls Couin Whitelock, out of a Hoi- sold to £518, a quartetof heif-' stein Friesian dam and sired ers to £410. Auctioneers were byMrWhitelock’sstockbull. Richard Turner and Son.


Lamb show heralds the new season


With the weather turning a lar vendor Richard Mawson corner, trade was buoyant swept the board in the Mule at Gisburn Auction Mart’s section picking up the first-


Spnng showand sale of ewes prize rosette and reserve with lambs at foot. -


champion award, achiev- Chns Craven’s long jour- ing £222, £218 and £212 for


ney from York proved fruit- shearlings with twin Texel ful, when pre-sale show lambsatfoot.


judge George Bell, of Kirkby The in-lamb section was Lonsdale awarded him the : dominated by Stuart Green- champion rosette for his wood who sold Suffolk ewes pairofTexeleweswithsmart to £110. Despite being late Beltex lambs at foot. They in the season John Wood, of sold tor £252, going to pas- Trawden, headed the store


turesnewinnorthCumbria. . hogg section with Cheviots James Garth & Son, of at £88. The large number of


Keasden, were awarded the petlambsforwardwasclear- second prize rosette in the ly reflected in the price, sell-'


Texels section with a strik- ing to £14 and averaging £8. mg pair of ewes with lambs Gisburn Auction Marts at foot, selling for £240 per next sale of ewes with lambs


0Ut„« 1 , Mule breeder and regu- March 22nd. , will take place this Saturday, ' soldat£1,750. ' •


Wet weather v did not deter eager buyers •


With an entry ofnearly 1,000 liamsi4ftflatbedtrailerseU-


- lots of tools, 480 lots of ma- ing to £1,620 and a well-used chinery and 680 lots of by- cattle trailer £1,020. In the & gones, it was a busy day all . bygones section run by auc- - round at Clitheroe Auction tioneersSilverwoods.alarge . Ma£f-


I he weather was terri- enthusiastic crowd. Railway


blywet for the mart’s Spring memorabiliasoldparticular- sale of machinery, tools and ly well, a railway stove made


riiral bygones, but the ever in Colne making £340. Also popular sale was extremely catching the eye was a large * well attended, with buyers brass bell, in original condi- travelling from as far away tion, making £200. Auction- as the Isle of Man, Wales and eer Jeremy Greenhalgh said:


Ireland. “Even though the weather Small.tools sold really was so cold and wet, it did not


well, with a Hayter Lawn dampen the trade, with good •-* Mower making £320. Larger quality and well-maintained machinery was also in de- -equipment creating great


Richard Mawson with his Mule shearling ewes with Texel lambs which so!dfor£222


mand, with the top lot ofthe interest and realising good day being a Ford 7610 trac- prices.Therewassomething tor with loader, selling for ■ for everyone.” £10,900. The ATVsection also The next Plant and Ma- ® seemed very popular, with a chinery Sale at Clitheroe is John Deere Gator selling for on Saturday May 17th, with a £7,200. In the trailer section separate VintageTractor Sale there were 30 entries of all taking place a week earlier, marques, with an Ifor Wil- on Saturday May 10th.


Strong demand for Newly-calved cattle # late in-lamb sheep were good to sell


tion Mart’s sale on April 5 th. - with lambs at foot section with Foot, Halifax - a nice pen of Gi“b u r rA u r r tn TM a r t^ m Next lot under the ham- ly-calved cow. A packed ringside saw N. their Beltex ewes with lambs, Texels which achieved £162.'


Quahty in-iamb sheep were Mathew and Janet Sharpe, with lambs at foot came from More than fin npwlv-nai™^^^ stillmdemandatGisbumAuc- ofPaythorne, topped the ewes AlanMidgley.ofLuddenden"


ca t t le were forward at "" • '• - April 3rd sale


RonSeir C° TSlgT ent ?f ®ai!ey, of Eidroth, was in the ton-in-Craven, were keenly. . T ira d e remained firm. fiouge-cross.-Texel ewes in money again with his Texel bid to £152 and £146. A total of '■ /-i' ''-S The Feizor herd Lp - Ur.v


« » » • " » « « ? « • • « « » j - w t - t a u u * - *


■ "' f chle-Ved£2’2 2 oforan ew- A consignment o f 10


h l T ^ PaJ tnerS’ ofSand- selling at £240, £235 and£230. Twenty empty Mule hoggs ' With a good choice o f LaTn iust d a v f ^ v ^ 6^’ smart cattle from G. & A. ^ fnChfi,C^eshlre’ achleye£26c) Regular vendor Andrew from Kenneth Browes, of Sut-'


S’ B^ ? ck; Peaked at £2,020 .u tW1^?-


7 he sale concluded with


a nice Hereford breeding- £1,650.


lamb for later in the month to ewes which peaked at £230, 38 cade lambs where forward, 7 ' ' ’longingtoWA &A Booth sold a op J h f p theCharoUais ram,selling to whilehispenofMuleeweswith topping at £20 and averag- produced thes^aleleadS S I S J .P ^ ^ ^ & Son’ °n v igton’ Texel lambs at foot topped at , ing£i2.AsmaUentiyofstore; , v at £2,380 for a newly-calved ofRibchestbr^ whfie F h ’


:;farmers’ heifers on offer this time aW o o R l f t d ®mit,h’ of 9 lauShton' on ' - selling for £2 m o ®


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