Record price of £300 for Christmas show prime lambs at Brock Auction
The Christmas show and sale of prime lambs at Brockholes Arms saw an increased entry of 862 which averaged 263p/kg overall.
With more than 40 pens forward for the show, the championship went to Ian and Mary Lancaster, Clitheroe, with 47kg Beltex which sold for £300/head to the judge, Mark Mather on behalf of Countrystyle Meats, Lancaster.
Reserve champion went to the winner of the any other breed class, a pen of 47kg Dutch Spotted crosses from the students of Myerscough College, which sold for £154/head to Jimmy Wood, Bowland Foods, Preston. They also had the first prize winning pen of 47kg Suffolks which sold for £124/head.
The winning continental lambs were five 47kg Texels from T. Jackson, Longridge, which made £177/head to Mr Wood, who also paid £160/head for 47kg Beltex lambs from A. and S. Coupe, Longridge, shown by Jack Lancashire.
The first prize Mules weighing 48kg from W.I. and A. Atkinson and Son, Bleasdale, made £123/head and the winning horned lambs were 46kg Lonks from F. and J.M. Kelsall, Bleasdale, which sold for £114.50/head.
Auctioneers: Brockholes Arms Auction Mart.
Cattle champion sells for 600p/kg at Darlington
The Renton family, Morpeth, took both champion and reserve in the prime cattle section at Darlington.
Their champion was a 552kg heifer by a homebred British Blue cross Limousin bull, with also won the Jim Marks Trophy for the best home-bred beast. In reserve was a pure bred 568kg Limousin heifer. They sold for 600pkg (£3,312) and 405p/kg (£2,300) respectively to H. Taylor and Sons Butchers, Darlington.
The champion steer went to Georgina Laws, Leyburn, with a 725kg Limousin, bought from John Smith-Jackson in March. It sold the the judge, Harry Wood, Bowland Foods, Preston, for 390p/kg (£2,827).
The champion bull from T. A. Horn, Great Asby, was a 689kg Limousin which went on to sell for a 340p/kg to the judge, Robert Matten, Thirsk.
The champion lambs were the winning pen of Texels weighing 60kg/head from Alan and John Ramsay of W. Ramsay and Sons, Wingate, which sold for £470/head to the judge, Matt Prince, Highfield House Farm Shop, Chesterfield.
Reserve champions from the Askwith family, Crook, were 46kg Beltex sired lambs which made £330/head to Bowland Foods.
A charity auction at the mart raised more than £7,000 for RABI and The Angel Trust.
Auctioneers: Darlington Farmers Auction Mart.
Champion lambs make 594p/kg at Barnard Castle
At Barnard Castle the Christmas show and sale of prime lambs was judged by John Mellin, Long Preston, who gave the championship to a pen of three Beltex from Ben Cowton, Tow Law, which he went on to buy for £285/head (594p/kg) on behalf of Croppers Family Butchers, Accrington.
The reserve championship went to E.R. Thompson, Cotherstone, for a pen of three Beltex which sold for £250/head to the Shan Group.
The winning Mule bred lambs from J. and S. Stanwix, Caldwell, sold for £140/head. The first prize Mule lambs from T.A. Alderson, Cockfield, made £130/head and the winning horned lambs consigned by C. Parker, Baldersdale, sold for £103/head.
Auctioneers: Barnard Castle and Teesdale Farmers Auction Mart Co.
Increased prime lamb entry at Longtown
There were more than 5,000 prime lambs on offer at Longtown with 57 pens forward for the Christmas show and sale.
The overall championship went to M. Batty and Z. Hall, Pirntaton, Galashields, with 49kg Beltex which went on to top the sale at £250/head (510p/kg) to West Scottish Lamb, Carlisle.
Reserve champion were the first prize winning continental lambs weighing 50kg which sold for £220/head (440p/kg), also to West Scottish Lamb.
A run of first cross Texel lambs consigned by David Moir, Aberdeen topped at £155/head for a pen of 48 55kg lambs and averaged £143 overall for 402 sold.
Smallburn Farms, Elgin, sold a run of 140 topping at £134 for 45kg Texel crosses.
A run of 193 Blackface lambs from Messrs Graham, Dumfries, topped at £124.
The 3,708 ewes topped at £315 for Texels from Messrs Mcvay, Green Hill.
Auctioneers: C. and D. Marts.
Champion lambs sell for £520/head at Caithness
There were 102 head of cattle and 3,730 sheep forward at the Caithness Christmas show and sale at the Quoybrae Centre.
Champion lambs were two 54kg Beltex from C. Angus, West Mey, which made £520/head to Mackay's Hotel.In reserve were two 47kg Beltex from Kris Sutherland and Hannah Levack, Dunbeath Farms, which sold to Puldagon Farm Shop and Restaurant for £200/head, which also paid £380/head for the Young Farmers champions, two 48kg Beltex from Hannah Levack.
The prime cattle championship went to a 630kg British Blue cross bullock from G.W. Begg, Nybster. It sold to Mackay's Hotel, Wick for £3,000 (476p/kg).
In reserve was a 644kg Limousin cross bullock from the sale home which sold for £2,200 (342p/kg) to J.M. Munro, Dingwall.
The Young Farmers champion was a 698kg Limousin cross bullock from James Gunn, Wick, which sold for £2,200 to McIntosh Donald Kepak.
Auctioneers: Aberdeen and Northern Marts.
Melton champion cattle sells for £5,400
At Melton Mowbray's Christmas show and sale the prime cattle were judged by Phillip Parkin, Parkins Butchers, Howden, who found his champion in a 680kg Limousin heifer consigned by Trevor and Johnathan Lyon, Bourne, which sold for 794p/kg (£5,400) to Steve Booth, on behalf of Owen Taylor and Sons Butchers, Derby.
The reserve champion, a 665kg British Blue sired steer from Charlotte and Georgia Davies, Leicestershire, sold for £3,000 (452p/kg) to Robert Medcalf on behalf of The Plough, North Kyme.
The champion native beast from Emma Green, Huntingdon, was a 730kg Lincoln Red heifer which made 300p/kg to Kitson Butchers, Northallerton.
The Young farmers champion, was a 605kg Lincoln Red from I. Stephen, Norfolk, which sold for 342p/kg also to Kitson Butchers.
The champion lambs were 45kg Beltex, from J.F. Burbidge and Sons, Stamford, which sold to the judge, James Gittens, Powys, at 578p/kg, (£260/head).
Reserve champions, were 49kg Beltex from M.D. Copley, Grantham, which sold at 490p/kg (£240/head) to Billy Burton, Market Deeping.
The pigs were judged by Keith Littlewood, Bestwood, who awarded the championship to a pen of bacon pigs from Mick and Luke Fane, Saxilby, which he went to buy for £340/head on behalf of W. Taylor and Son Wholesale Pig and Suckler Pig Suppliers, Bamber Bridge.
Reserve champion went to Kim Arden, Peterborough, with a pair of cutter pigs which sold at £280/head to Mr Burton.
The show and sale also raised more than £9,000 for charity.
Auctioneers: Melton Mowbray Livestock Market.
Winslow cattle champion sells for 730p/kg
Winslow Market Square was transformed into a market for the annual Christmas primestock show and sale.
Prime cattle were judged by Anthony Kitson, Kitsons Butchers, Northallerton, who awarded the overall championship to the Young Farmers champion, a 656kg Limousin heifer from Will Ludgate, Tedworth, which he went on to buy for 730p/kg (£4,785.52).
Making 710p/kg (£4,824.60) was a 680kg Limousin heifer from Frank Page, Northampton, which went to Padbury Meats, Padbury.
The native class was won by a 666kg Lincoln Red steer from D. Plested, Chinnor, which sold for 350p/kg to the judge.
Heifers from James May, Bromsgrove, sold to 500p/kg for 552kg, with Andrew Geary, Milton Keynes, selling to 434.5p/kg for a Limousin.
The champion lambs weight 49kg were from A.E. and F.J. Claridge, Buckingham, and sold for £290/head (592p/kg) to Peter Amor, on behalf of Brookes Butchers, Loughborough.
The reserve champions weighing 42kg were from G.E. Haynes and Son, Winslow, and made selling 595p/kg (£250/head) to Billy Burton, Market Deeping.
The champion pen of Young Farmer Lambs from Hannah Wass, Mansfield, were 61kg Beltex lambs which made 557p/kg (£340/head) to Parratt Brothers Butchers.
Auctioneers: Melton Mowbray Livestock Market.
Beltex claim champion and reserve at Wigton
At Wigton's Christmas show and sale prime lambs were judged by Gavin Little, Penrith, who chose as champions a pair of 48.5kg Beltex from R. Hall and Son, Inglewood Edge, which sold for £222/head to R.M. Helliwell, Rochdale.
The reserve champions from April Skelton, Inglewood Edge, were 46.5kg Beltex which made £208/head to R. Skelton.
The winner of the young handlers class was Ava Miller, Crookdale Mill.
The prime cattle champion was a 686kg British Blue heifer from I. and N. Grainger, Kiln Close, which sold for 430p/kg (£2,949.80) to the judge, R. Taylor, Derbyshire.
Reserve champion went to Alan Barnett, Shap, with a 726kg Limousin which sold for 445p/kg (£3,230.70) to S. Wilson for his butcher's shops in Corby Hill and Brampton.
The commercial class winner was a 733kg Limousin heifer from J.J. Crichton, Loughrigg, which sold for 450p/kg.
Auctioneers: Hopes Auction Co.
Dairies sell to £2,900 at Gisburn
The sale leader at £2,900 at Gisburn's dairy sale was a 37kg heifer from R.W. and M. Walker, Keighley, which sold to K.M. and L. Throup, Silsden.
At £2,850 was the highest priced pedigree heifer, a Rubi-Taz daughter from Frankland Farms, Rathmell. It went to a Staffordshire buyer who also paid £2,680 for a 35kg Delta Lunar heifer from R. and M. Cowgill, Preston. They also had the champion, a 27kg Delaberge Pepper daughter which made £2,620 to N. Hitchen, Halifax.
Pedigree cows reached £2,420 for a 45kg second calver from J. and M. Sanderson, Kirkham, which sold to P.E. Robinson and Son, Market Rasen.
Red House Farming, Ripon, topped the commercial cows at £2,350 for a 44kg second calver selling to J.J. and J. Graves, Carlisle. In-calf heifers sold to £1,750 for the first prize winner from R.A, Kirkham, Garstang.
Averages - pedigree newly calved heifers, £2,033; pedigree newly calved cows, £1,942; non-registered newly calved heifers, £1,772; non-registered newly calved cows, £2,112; in-calf heifers £1,538.
Auctioneers: Gisburn Auction Marts.
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