Auctioneers: Craven Dairy Auctions
Broadwood Edge farmer Louise Wood took both Champion and Reserve at Craven Dairy Auction on Monday. (July 25th)
Louise and brother Sam sold their fresh heifers to a high of £1,600 and £1,480, the champion being a home-bred heifer giving 32 litres, sold to Alf and Andrew Townsend from Southfield, Burnley and the reserve going to the Sowray brothers from Bishop Thornton.
There was almost a shippon full for the dairy sale with the added attraction of five well bred pedigree heifers. Ringside trade was not quite as brisk as last time out but developed into a healthy average.
Tony Swires and son James, of Stainburn, Otley took first prize in the fresh cows class, selling to a top price of £1,520 to A & G Midgley, of Luddendenfoot, and sold a strong homebred heifer for a sale price of £1,650 to Ken & Lynne Throup, of Woofa Bank.
Keith Downs, of Bingley, saw a high of £1,580 selling to the Throups, with fresh heifers averaging £1341.58.
The pedigree maiden heifers drew some strong interest despite only five in the catalogue. Peter Baul, of Bishop Thornton, won the pre sale show with his heifer Ravensgate Ransom Hilda, a Ravensgate Garrison Hilda Daughter by Chalclyffe Ransom and sold for £900 to Simon Spensley of Gargrave.
The second highest price of the day came from the 13-month old Holmedale Cruise Poppy, daughter of Holmedale Hercules Poppy VG85 and with healthy back pedigree sold for £880 to Abbott Brothers, of Dacre.
I Olivers & Partners in Darley took first and second prize with two in-calf heifers, and also reached top price in this class with £1,290. In-calf heifers averaged £1,220 and E Pennock & Son, of Hazlewood, was third.
Third in the fresh heifers was RG Johnson & Son, of Felliscliffe, while David Leeming, of Harrogate, took second in the newly calven cows and Brian Moorhouse, of Hesper Farm, Bell Busk, third. Fresh cows averaged £1,302.5.
The show was judged by Rebecca Jarvis, of Borough Bridge, and Sammy Sugden, of Laycock, and was sponsored by NMR and Jim Peet Agriculture.
