WIGGLESWORTH, Skipton Farmer Walked Away with an Easter Spring Lamb Championship Double at Gisburn Auction Marts Shows Last Thursday (26 March) and Monday (30 March)

GISBURN MONDAY MARKET REPORT PRIME LAMBS, CAST SHEEP Date: Monday 30 March 2015 Forward: 598 Total Prime Sheep To incl 15 Lambs 503 Hoggs 80 Ewes EASTER PRIME LAMB SHOW & SALE

Champion Easter Spring Lamb from Robert, James & Jack Lambert WIGGLESWORTH, Skipton farmer walked away with an Easter spring lamb championship double at Gisburn Auction Marts shows last Thursday (26 March) and Monday (30 March). Winning first prize in the best single continental lamb class on Thursday, with a January born Beltex lamb, which went on to win the overall championship award on Thursday, weighing 41kgs, the lamb sold at £159 or 388p/kg to pre-sale show judge-Alan Beecroft on behalf of Countrystyle Meats Farmshop, Lancaster. Mr Lambert was triumphant yet again on the Monday, with another Beltex lamb, which again won the best single continental lamb class before picking up the overall championship award. Weighing 38kgs the lamb sold at £120 or 316p/kg to AM Alam on behalf of Lancashire Direct Halal Meat Ltd, Blackburn. Whilst on Thursday Richard Fitton, Manchester had a successful day when he picked up the reserve champion award with a pure Suffolk lamb, which weighed 47kgs and sold for £136 or 289p/kg to Countrystyle Meats Farmshop. Alongwith Charollais sheep farmer-Robert Towers, Farleton, Lancaster when he sold a run of lambs which topped at £130 for a 47kgs Charollais and averaged £115.14 ahead. Champion RJ Lambert 38kgs £120 Best Single Native Lamb Reserve Champion 1st DWaddington 40kgs £97 Best Single Continental Lamb 2nd D Waddington 35kgs £77 1st RJ Lambert 38kgs £120 Best Continental Lambs 2nd JD & V Towers 43kgs £98 1st JD & V Towers & Son 47kgs £105 3rd S Forshaw 46kgs £97 2nd JD & V Towers & Son 48kgs £110 Best Pair of Native Lambs 3rd D Waddington 45kgs £100 1st DWaddington 40kgs £97 PRIME LAMBS Top Kilo Price (p/kg) Top Sale Price (£) Average p/kg 33-39kgs 316.0 R J Lambert 120.00 R J Lambert 262.5 40-45kgs 242.5 D Waddington 100.00 D Waddington 231.0 110.00 J D & V Towers & Son 229.5 J D & V Towers 223.5 46-52kgs & Son Overall Average Lamb Price: SQQ 239.5 p/kg or £100.40 PRIME HOGGS Top Kilo Price (p/kg) Top Sale Price (£) Average (p/kg) 159.5 H Horsfield & Son 51.00 H Horsfield & 159.5 -32kgs Son 33-39kgs 197.5 H Carr & Son 77.00 H Carr & Son 182.5 40-45kgs 201.5 D W Shuttleworth 87.00 James Roberts 191.5 46-52kgs 201.5 B Reeves 94.50 B Reeves 176.5 53+kgs 166.0 P N Hugill 89.50 P N Hugill 165.0 Overall Average Hogg Price: SQQ 188.5 p/kg or £79.50 Top Kilo Price (£) Top Sale Price (p/kg) Average Breed (p/kg) Char 186.0 H Carr & Son 86.50 J Turner 184.5 Grits 194.5 J Turner 85.00 R Haworth 179.0 Horned 168.5 R Haworth 79.00 R Haworth 168.5 Lonk 181.0 R C Shepherd 76.00 R C Shepherd 181.0 178.5 H& F Eccles & Son 78.50 H& F Eccles & 173.0 Mule Son Suffolk 195.5 D W Shuttleworth 89.50 P N Hugill 171.5 159.5 H Horsfield & Sons 51.00 H Horsfield & 159.5 Swaledale Sons Texel 201.5 D W Shuttleworth 94.50 B Reeves 189.0 CAST SHEEP Top Sale Price per head (£) Ave Price per head (£) Lowland 150.00 J Turner 97.50 Horned 67.00 T Robinson & Son 67.50 Ram 141.00 C & J Hanson 117.70

GISBURN THURSDAY MARKET REPORT Date: Thursday 26 March 2015 Forward: 207 Total Prime Cattle – 56 Young Bulls; 43 Heifers & Steers & 108 Cull Cows

Forward: 17 Total Dairy Cattle

167 Rearing Calves 2 Stirks

Forward: 481 Total Prime Sheep 48 New Season Lambs, 340 Hoggs & 93 Cast Sheep

2 Loads of Produce

PRIME CATTLE No. Top (p/kg) Ave (p/kg) HEIFERS Top sale price £1569.40 P Baines Overall average price 199.5p/kg Premium 18 302 RW Longton 256.3 Prime 5 216 AR & J Alsop & Sons 199.3 Other 14 180 D Howard 135.3 STEERS Top sale price £1169.82 Overall Average price 175p/kg Prime 3 211 H& F Eccles & Son 200.4 Others 3 158 RK Ibison & Sons 151.4 BULLS Top sale price £1630.48 JC Walker & Son Overall average price 173.2p/kg Premium 14 219 BD & PM Gill 206 Prime 17 197 G & JSM Hartley 190 Others 25 180 T & JH Wrennall 141 CULL Top Cull Continental Cow sale price £1100.50 TH Mellin CATTLE Top Cull Continental Bull sale price £1542.30 L Elkin Top Cull Dairy Cow £1134 JR Dodgson Overall Cull average price 113p/kg or £734.53 Premium 4 170JA& JMWade & Son 150.3 Prime 28 155 TH Mellin 125.5 Other 69 131 DW Shuttleworth 105 Males 7 159 L Elkin 122 Dairy 86 131 DW Shuttleworth 110.1 DAIRY CATTLE Top price (£) Average price (£) Newly Calved Heifers 2000 JG Hall & Son 1585 Newly Calved Cow 1250 RN & KW Edmondson 1250 A wide range of quality today which was quickly reflected in the ring. Brian & Lisa Hall, Gargrave had a superb heifer giving an impressive 40 litres which went to Dave Coulthurst at £2000. Two young heifers from popular vendor Fred Parkinson sodl at £1800 and £1740 and G Midgley was next in line at £1700 to Frank Wrathall. There were some very respectable heifers at £1500 but the lower quality animals were hard to place. Next week Dugdale Nutrition Dairy show–watch out for Wednesday text for full listing. Easter Rearing Calf Show & Sale Results – Kindly Sponsored by Genus Breeding Judge Richard Umpleby

Champion GT & BF Blezard £535 (Sired by Fertility Plus)

Reserve Champion DW Shuttleworth £528 (Sired by Genus Fertility Plus) Best BB Bull Best BB Heifer 1st GT & BF Blezard £535 1st R Lancaster £375 2nd D Shuttleworth £528 2nd DE & PA Newbould £385 3rd GT & BF Blezard £500 3rd Ian Wellock £355 Best Other Bull Best Other Heifer 1st E & SB Davies £450 1st E & SB Davies £345 2nd B & J Hough £472 2nd R, G & M Falshaw £360 3rd B & J Hough £458 3rd C Whitelock £365 167 REARING CALVES were forward at Gisburn Auction Marts Easter Calf Show kindly sponsored by Genus Breeding. Pre-sale show judge Richard Umpleby picked out a seven week old British Blue bull, sired by Fertility Plus and out of a Holstein Friesian dam from Brian Blezard, Hothersall, Ribchester, Preston as champion, which earlier in the day won the best British Blue bull class, the calf later sold for £535 to John Swann, Little Ouseburn, York. Mr Blezard’s next under the hammer was his third prize British Blue bull which sold for £500 to G Baxter & Son, Garforth, Leeds who also purchased another British Blue bull calf from the same vendor for £498. David Shuttleworth, Gargrave, Skipton had a successful day when he picked up the second prize rosette, in the British Blue bull class and reserve champion which was eight weeks old and again sired by Fertility Plus and sold for £528. Top priced Simmental bull calf also came from Mr Shuttleworth at £492. The best British Blue heifer class was dominated by craven farmers with Richard Lancaster, Horton in Craven, Skipton picking up the first prize rosette with his calf which was knocked down at £375. Regular vendors, David & Pauline Newbould, Newsholme achieved £385 for their second prize heifer calf. Ian Wellock, Kirkby Malham, Skipton received the third prize rosette for his calf which sold for £355. Rearing calf auctioneer, Rachel Capstick, commented “Demand was high for calves with 37 Continental calves being keenly bid between £400 and £498. Very little of anything below £300, apart from black & white bull calves, but these were very much in demand too and averaged £98 right through” CALVES Bulls Top price (£) Ave (£) Heifers Top price (£) Ave (£) AA 388 AR & CA Parkinson 315 285 FS Faud & Son 252 Black & White 250 ES Parkin 98 British Blue 535 GT & BF Blezard 386 470 A Bowker 340 Blonde 365 C Whitelock 365 Charolais 360 G & M Dakin & Sons 360 Hereford 250 G & M Dakin & Sons 252 305 G & M Dakin & Sons 279 Limousin 372 R, G & M Falshaw 328 360 R, G & M Falshaw 268 Simmental 492 DW Shuttleworth 432 345 E & SB Davies 345 Continental 384 334 Native 303 260 STIRKS Bulls Top price (£) Ave (£) Heifers Top price (£) Ave (£) Angus 418FJ & R Coar 418 295FJ & R Coar 295 167 Calves forward today for the Easter Calf Show kindly sponsored by Genu Breeding. Pre-sale show judge Richard Umpleby picked out a 7 week old British Blue bull from GT & BF Blezard, Hothersall as Champion and a eight week old British blue from David Shuttleworth, Gargrave as reserve which went selling to John Swan, Gt Ouseburn, York. Generally, today claves were a dream to sell 37 Continental sold between £400 and £498. Very little of anything below £300, apart from black & white, but these were very much in demand too and averaged £98 right through. Not stirk week today, but two Angus turned up anyway and sold nicely, a bull at £418 and twin heifer at £295. Please pre-enter stirks with Rachel 07713075659 so buyers can be informed of likely numbers.

EASTER SPRING LAMB SHOW Kindly sponsored by WE Jameson & Son Ltd Judge Alan Beecroft of Country Style Meats Champion RJ Lambert £159 Reserve Champion R Fitton £136 Best Single Continental Lamb 1st RJ Lambert £159 2nd JD & VTowers & Son £130 3rd JD & V Towers & Son £125 Best Single Native Lamb 1st R Fitton £136 2nd JD & VTowers & Son £107 3rd J Sunter £95 Best Pair of Continental Lambs 1st JD & V Towers & Son £122 2nd JD & VTowers & Son £100 Best Pair of Native Lambs 1st CD Slinger £90.50 2nd J Sunter £73 3rd PB & P Butler £82

WIGGLESWORTH, Skipton farmer walked away with an Easter spring lamb championship double at Gisburn Auction Marts shows last Thursday (26 March) and Monday (30 March). Winning first prize in the best single continental lamb class on Thursday, with a January born Beltex lamb, which went on to win the overall championship award on Thursday, weighing 41kgs, the lamb sold at £159 or 388p/kg to pre-sale show judge-Alan Beecroft on behalf of Countrystyle Meats Farmshop, Lancaster. Mr Lambert was triumphant yet again on the Monday, with another Beltex lamb, which again won the best single continental lamb class before picking up the overall championship award. Weighing 38kgs the lamb sold at £120 or 316p/kg to AM Alam on behalf of Lancashire Direct Whilst on Thursday Richard Fitton, Manchester had a successful day when he picked up the reserve champion award with a pure Suffolk lamb, which weighed 47kgs and sold for £136 or 289p/kg to Countrystyle Meats Farmshop. Alongwith Charollais sheep farmer-Robert Towers, Farleton, Lancaster when he sold a run of lambs which topped at £130 for a 47kgs Charollais and averaged £115.14 ahead. NEW SEASON LAMBS Top Sale Price (£) Top Kilo Price (p/kg) Average(p/kg) Upto 32kgs 86 K Purtill 268 K Purtill 228 33-39kgs 105 RJ Lambert 286 K Purtill 216 40-45.5kgs 159 RJ Lambert 388 RJ Lambert 236 52kgs+ 136 R Fitton 289 R Fitton 289 Overall Lamb Average 224p/kg or £86.91 HOGGS Top Sale Price (£) Top Kilo Price (p/kg) Average(p/kg) 33-39kgs 75 G & JN Booth 172 G & JN Booth 172 40-45.5kgs 98 RJ Lambert 229 RJ Lambert 185 45.5-52kgs 92 J & E Greenhalgh 196 J & E Greenhalgh 169 53kgs + 122 RJ Lambert 226 RJ Lambert 162 Overall Hogg Average 181p/kg or £77.72 CAST SHEEP Top Sale Price Average Price (£) Hill Ewes 110 J Wood 95 Lowland Ewes 145 F& HJ Wood 102.70 Tups 147 B & M Thornber 112 PRODUCE 2 Loads Hay £2.60 Conventional Bale Date: Monday 23 March 2015 Forward: 901 Total Prime Sheep To incl 862 Hoggs . 39 Ewes PRIME HOGGS Top Kilo Price (p/kg) Top Sale Price (£) Ave (p/kg) Up to 32kgs 205.0 J B Airey & Sons 65.50 J B Airey & Sons 192.5 33-39kgs 211.5 W H Phillips 82.50 W H Phillips 186.0 40-45kgs 212.5 H Carr & Son 93.00 J Turner 191.5 46-52kgs 193.0 T Crick 94.00 J S Horner 182.5 53kgs + 174.0 WH & JW Hartley 97.00 J S Horner 171.0 Overall Average Hogg Price: SQQ 189.5 p/kg or £77.40 Breed Top Kilo Price (£) Top Sale Price (p/kg) Ave (p/kg) Charollais 198.0 T Crick 87.00 T Crick 198.0 Cheviot 180.5 T Robinson & Son 83.00 T Robinson & Son 179.5 184.0 RN & KW Edmondson 68.00 RN & KW 179.0 Dalesbred Edmondson Dorset 184.5 J Turner 83.00 J Turner 184.5 Gritstone 194.6 H Carr & Son 75.00 T Crick 191.5 Lonk 189.5 T Robinson & Son 76.50 J Peel 185.5 Mule 183.5 AR & J Alsop & Sons 86.00 B T Breaks 175.5 Suffolk 196.0 T Crick 92.50 T Crick 189.0 Swaledale 187.5 J Turner 75.00 T Robinson & Son 171.0 Texel 212.5 H Carr & Son 97.00 J S Horner 192.5 Woodland 174.0 T L Park 83.50 T L Park 174.0 Zwartbles 174.5 J Peel 85.00 T L Park 172.5 CAST SHEEP Top Sale Price per head (£) Ave Price per head (£) Lowland 133.00 S R Symes 101.50 Horned 70.00 RN & KW Edmondson 60.75 Ram 141.00 R & JM Schofield 100.60

Date: Saturday 21 March 2015 285 CATTLE - 16 Cows & Calves, 7 In Calf Cattle, 57 Feeding Bulls, 205 Stores Type/Breed Vendor Top (£) Ave (£) IN CALF CATTLE /FEEDERS British Blue R & AJ Haworth 905 905 Highland T Day 440 414 Limousin G Foster 645 613 COWS/CALVES AT FOOT Baz P Coates ( Farmers Ltd) 1340 1340 Highland T Day 650 650 Hereford M & I Horsfall 1140 1140 Limousin P Coates (Farmers Ltd) 1620 1560 Red Poll A & EA Garbert 800 800 Simmental T Day 1070 1070 FEEDING BULLS AA G Whalley 730 710 Black & White J Maguire 440 300 Blonde G & JH Dowse 500 500 BB G Whalley 1040 910 Beef Shorthorn WR Earnshaw 860 735 Limousin R Holden 940 780 Saler D Alderson 650 608 Simmental E & J Lees 755 637 STEERS AA FA & TCR Wrathall 1235 919 Beef Shorthorn AR Naylor 910 820 Black & White TR Procter 940 503 STEERS Blonde G & JH Dowse 415 415 BB DM & RE Capstick 1200 936 Charolais WJM Greenwood 980 870 Limousin F & B Smith 1180 840 HEIFERS AA Barrie Jackson 600 488 Black & White R Illingworth & SJ Lockley 580 495 Blonde DM & RE Capstick 970 730 BB DM & RE Capstick 1310 822 Charolais GW Swinbank & Son 1045 860 Limousin JF & B Boothman 1280 820

BREEDING & STORE CATTLE SHOW Champion DM & RE Capstick Reserve Champion DM & RE Capstick Best Cow and Calf 1st M & I Horsfall 2nd P Coates( Farmers) Ltd 3rd P Coates(Farmers) Ltd Best Young Bull 1st G Whalley 2nd AM Richards 3rd J& V Aspin Best Store Steer 1st DM & RE Capstick 2nd F & B Smith 3rd JF Wells Best Store Heifer 1st DM & RE Capstick 2nd S Bosworth 3rd T Robinson & Son BREEDING & STORE SHEEP Breed/Type Vendor Top (£) Ave Beltex Ewe with Twins RJ Umpleby 225 213.33 Beltex in Lamb Hogg AV Bailey 120 116.67 Charollais Ewes with Twins Neil Caton 198 172.67 Charollais Ewe with Singles Neil Caton 140 140 Horned Ewe with Twins Saxby 148 148 Mule Ewes with Twins GM & J Robinson 188 164.78 Mules Ewes with Singles A Peet 140 126.17 Mule Shearling with Twins R Mawson 180 172.67 Mule Shearling with Single R Mawson 152 144.50 Mule In Lamb Ewes AV Bailey 152 152 Mule In Lamb Shearlings P & AM Simpson 195 177.87 Suffolk Ewes with Single Neil Caton 200 126.13 Texel Ewes with Twins R Seed & Son 235 183.74 Texel Ewes with Singles Neil Caton 180 141.78 Texel Shearlings with Twins CD Kendal 105 105 Texel In Lamb Ewes IR Lampkin 215 173.14 Texel In Lamb Hoggs T Kiernan 132 119.46 BM Ewes with Twins RJ Umpleby 205 134.62 50 Cade Lambs T & M Johnson & Son 22 7 99 Store Hoggs EA Nelson 120 78.56 91 BREEDING & STORE PIGS Type Vendor Top (£) Ave Type Vendor Top (£) Ave Weaners ER McDonald 32 18.38 Fat P Howarth 95 86.50 Stores H Southwell & 43 32 In Pig Sow S Phoenix 140 93.75 Son Boars D Pawson 240 138.75 Gilts D Pawson 158 128.67 GISBURN THURSDAY MARKET REPORT Date: Thursday 19 March 2015 Forward: 194 Total Prime Cattle – 47 Young Bulls; 38 Steers & Heifers; 109 Cull Cows

Forward: 39 Total Dairy Cattle

155 Rearing Calves 112 Stirks

Forward: 383 Total Prime Sheep - 291 Hoggs & 92 Cast Sheep

PRIME CATTLE No. Top (p/kg) Ave (p/kg) STEERS Top sale price £ Overall average price p/kg Prime 4 202 J Grimshaw & Son 198 Other 1 169 RK Ibison & Sons 169 HEIFERS Top sale price £1577.60 P Baines Overall average price 223p/kg Premium 15 298 P Baines 261 Prime 13 220 AR & J Alsop & Sons, R Turner 211 Other 5 169 J Taylor 143 BULLS Top sale price £1545 CN & SA Harrison Overall average price 163p/kg Premium 6 226 C Thomas 218 Prime 11 198 R & VJ Brown 189 Other 30 176 WD Hayhurst & Sons 143 CULL Top Cull Male sale price £1497 EM Briggs CATTLE Top Cull Cow sale price £1349 R Turner Top Cull Dairy sale price £ Overall Cull average price 122p/kg or £818.51 Premium 13 176 JS Stephenson 153 Prime 43 139 JWE & A Waterworth 129 Other 50 127 D & E Beresford 104 Males 3 183 EM Briggs 163 Dairy 82 138 J Whitelegg 117 DAIRY CATTLE March Cogent Dairy show and sale. Kirkham farmer Best Pedigree Newly Calved Harry Gardner took the top price today at £2220 for a smart black heifer Heifer giving 35 litres which was claimed by John Pickervance, Brindle. 1st WA & A Booth £2100 Winner of the commercial heifer class was Eric Armer who also came 2nd WA & A Booth £1980 close at £2200 to MJ Kenyon, Chipping. The champion heifer came 3rd HC & JN Gardner £2220 from WA Booth, Feizor by Bassingthorpe Bossman and was a fine Best Pedigree Newly Calved example of a modern Holstein heifer with a very deep pedigree, she sold Cow at £2100 also Mr Pickervance. The shippon was full of milky heifers 1st D & LM Cowgill £1500 and there was no let up in trade with five over £2000 and five over 2nd G & M Dakin & Sons £1120 £1900. Older cows still in demand with the cull price rising again with Best Commercial Newly Calved third and fourth calvers between £700 - £900. There was no let up in Heifer trade with many buyers going home with empty trailers which should be 1st E & MH Armer £2200 be very encouraging for anyone thinking of selling up. 2nd LR Hamer & Son £1580 3rd E & MH Armer £1900 DAIRY CATTLE Top price (£) Average price (£) Pedigree Newly Calved Heifers 2220 HC & JN Gardner 1831 Pedigree Newly Calved Cows 1500 D & LM Cowgill 1500 Newly Calved Heifers 2200 E & MH Armer 1668 Newly Calved Cows 1380 AP Lumb 1080 Heifer Calves 220 G & M Dakin & Sons 190. CALVES Bulls Top price (£) Ave Heifers Top price (£) Ave (£) (£) AA 295 J & M Leeming 219 250 J, M & A Collinge 190 Black & White 170 RM Lucas 104 85 LM Harrison & Son 85 British Blue 535 WH & JW Hartley 377 455 WH & JW Hartley 324 Hereford 290 MG Whitwell Ltd 219 172 JH & PJ Turner 161 Limousin 435J, M&ACollinge 310 340 J & R Baxandall 253 Montbeliarde 280 Charnock House Farm 232 Simmental 428 DW & BL Mattinson 401 355 J Shuttleworth & Son 305 Native 368 313 Continental 219 183 STIRKS Bulls Top price (£) Ave Heifers Top price (£) Ave (£) (£) AA 605 IA Grayshon 573 460 J & J Brown 355 Black & White 545 W Fortune 459 480 A & T Smith 283 BB 740 DM & RE Capstick 525 730 G & M Harrison & Son 522 Blonde 580 M Schofield 580 Charolais 590 H Baines 450 610 H Baines 482 Hereford 590 R & S Tattersall 549 Limousin 620 J Taylor 557 680 G & M Harrison & Son 479 Montbeliarde 530 A & T Smith 457 Simmental 700 KJ Bird 605 550 Craig Berry 550 HOGGS Top Sale Price (£) Top Kilo Price (p/kg) Average(p/kg) Upto 32kgs 54 DB Nowell 179 E Shorrock 163 33-39kgs 79.50 H Carr & Son 204 E Shorrock 196 40-45.5kgs 99 JS Stephenson 220 JS Stephenson 200 45.5-52kgs 96.50 J Oddie & Son, 205 J Oddie & Son 190 WJ Hargreaves 53kgs 110 JS Stephenson 204 JS Stephenson 182 SQQ Overall Lamb Average 197.2 Overall Average Price £80.98 Breed Top Sale Price (£) Top Kilo Price (p/kg) Average(p/kg) Charollais 94 R, G& M Falshaw 195 M Lancaster 183 Cheviot 69 E Shorrock 199 E Shorrock 198 Mule 69.50 H Carr & Son 187.5 E Shorrock 174.4 Suffolk 99 R, G& M Falshaw 193 R, G & M Falshaw 177 Texel 110 JS Stephenson 220 JS Stephenson 194 Zwartbles 90 RA Hird 192.3 James 171 CAST SHEEP Top Sale Price (£) Ave Price per head (£) Horned Ewes 79 E Shorrock 74.29 Others 157 F & HJ Booth 104 Rams 156 Pendleside 103 PRODUCE Hay £60 /Tonne

GISBURN MONDAY MARKET REPORT PRIME LAMBS, HOGGS & CAST SHEEP Date: Monday 16 March 2015 Forward: 814 Total Prime Sheep To incl 738 Hoggs . 76 Ewes PRIME HOGGS Top Kilo Price (p/kg) Top Sale Price (£) Average (p/kg) Up to 32kgs 171.5 J Turner 48.00 J Turner 140.0 33-39kgs 210.5 K Purtill 82.00 J Turner 193.5 40-45kgs 226.5 K Heyes 95.00 K Heyes 206.5 46-52kgs 203.5 J Turner 98.00 P N Hugill 191.0 53kgs + 191.5 K Heyes 121.00 J & M Blakey 182.5 Overall Average Hogg Price: SQQ 202.5 p/kg or £82.68 Top Kilo Price (£) Top Sale Price (p/kg) Average Breed (p/kg) Beltex 226.5 K Heyes 95.00 K Heyes 226.5 Charollais 196.0 J Turner 90.00 J Turner 190.5 Cheviot 210.5 J Turner 82.00 J Turner 207.0 197.5 J Turner 70.00 R N & K W 190.0 Dalesbred Edmondson Dorset 184.5 M D Cornthwaite 70.00 M D Cornthwaite 184.5 Gritstone 199.0 H Carr & Son 73.50 H Carr & Son 194.0 Horned 183.0 J Peel 75.00 J Peel 183.0 Mule 192.5 L T Whitaker & Son 95.00 J Turner 185.0 Suffolk 195.0 John Mellin 98.00 P N Hugill 190.0 Swaledale 190.5 L T Whitaker & Son 74.00 J Taylor 183.5 Texel 218.0 W H Phillips 121.00 J & M Blakey 204.0 Zwartbles 170.0 J Peel 85.00 J Peel 170.0 CAST SHEEP Top Sale Price per head (£) Ave Price per head (£) Lowland 135.00 J & M Blakey 91.00 Horned 85.00 F & H Waddington 65.00 Ram 117.00 FS & SM Dinsdale 101.50

GISBURN THURSDAY MARKET REPORT Date: Thursday 12 March 2015 Forward: Total Prime Cattle – 43 Young Bulls; 42 Steers & Heifers; 121 Cull Cows

Forward: Total Dairy Cattle

Rearing Calves Stirks

Forward: Total Prime Sheep - Hoggs & Cast Sheep

CALVES Bulls Top price (£) Ave Heifers Top price (£) Ave (£) (£) AA 295 J & M Leeming 219 250 J, M & A Collinge 190 Black & White British Blue 535 WH & JW Hartley 377 455 WH & JW Hartley 324 Hereford 290 MG Whitwell Ltd 21 Limousin Montbeliarde Simmental Native Continental STIRKS Bulls Top price (£) Ave Heifers Top price (£) Ave (£) (£)

HOGGS Top Sale Price (£) Top Kilo Price (p/kg) Average(p/kg) Upto 32kgs 33-39kgs 40-45.5kgs 45.5-52kgs 53kgs SQQ Overall Lamb Average , Overall Average Price £ Breed Top Sale Price (£) Top Kilo Price (p/kg) Average(p/kg) Charollais Gritstone Horned Kerry Masham Mule Suffolk Texel CAST SHEEP Top Sale Price (£) Ave Price per head (£) Horned Ewes Others Rams PRODUCE Hay £/Conventional Bale. Heston Bale Wheat Straw to £ per bale

GISBURN MONDAY MARKET REPORT PRIME LAMBS, HOGGS & CAST SHEEP Date: Monday 9 March 2015 Forward: 647 Total Prime Sheep To incl 573 Hoggs . 74 Ewes PRIME HOGGS Top Kilo Price (p/kg) Top Sale Price (£) Average (p/kg) Up to 32kgs 124.5 J Turner 36.00 J Turner 92.0 33-39kgs 217.0 C H Hull 83.50 J Shuttleworth & Son 205.5 40-45kgs 221.5 Alston Old Hall Farm 96.00 G Sunter 202.5 46-52kgs 210.0 Alston Old Hall Farm 97.50 WH & JW Hartley 196.5 53kgs + 189.5 WH & JW Hartley 104.00 WH & JW Hartley 183.0 Overall Average Hogg Price: SQQ 203.0 p/kg or £86.00 Top Kilo Price (£) Top Sale Price (p/kg) Average Breed (p/kg) Beltex 219.0 C H Hull 87.50 C H Hull 217.5 Charollais 204.7 D Walmsley & Son 88.00 D Walmsley & Son 195.0 Dalesbred 195.0 FS & SM Dinsdale 74.00 FS & SM Dinsdale 195.0 202.5 RN & KW Edmondson 87.00 RN & KW 197.5 Horned Edmondson Lonk 201.5 T Robinson & Son 82.50 H Carr & Son 199.5 Mule 197.5 T Robinson & Son 93.50 J Turner 182.5 Suffolk 214.2 J Shuttleworth & Son 94.50 P N Hugill 199.5 Texel 221.5 Alston Old Hall Farm 104.00 WH & JW Hartley 201.5 CAST SHEEP Top Sale Price per head (£) Ave Price per head (£) Lowland 140.00 K Purtill 81.55 Horned 75.00 R Nutter 42.95 Ram 137.00 P N Hugill 105.50

Date: Saturday 7 March 2015 More photos to view at http://www.robpowellphotography.com/yf2/ CATTLE 1 Breeding Bulls, 10 Cows & Calves,9 In Calf Cattle, 65 Feeding Bulls, 157 Stores Type/Breed Vendor Top (£) Ave (£) BREEDING BULLS E & R Skillings 1050 1050 LIM

IN CALF CATTLE /FEEDERS HR & SF & R Leece 1050 954 AA British Friesian J Peel 920 920 Beef Shorthorn R France & Sons 940 895 Hereford HR & SF & R Leece 1230 1043 COWS/CALVES AT FOOT Mrs D Aspen 980 980 AA Beef Shorthorn R France & Sons 1160 1130 Limousin Mrs D Aspden 1240 1240 Red Poll A & EA Gabbert 730 730 FEEDING BULLS R Hindle 740 641 AA Black & White R Hindle 960 562 BB G Whalley 980 791 Charolais Blacklidge Bros 560 560 Hereford J Booker 890 694 Limousin M Wilkinson 1050 792 Saler W Tomlinson 700 700 Simmental R & CA Sanderson 960 777 STEERS A Taylor 960 945 AA Black & White R & CA Sanderson 920 636 BB E & MA Burrow & Son 1070 1029 Charolais GE Swinbank & Son 1175 872 Hereford A & A Bradley 680 680 Limousin P & S Ireland 805 799 Simmental GE Swinbank & Son 1170 1170 HEIFERS RI Turner 715 678 AA BB J Pickup 1405 897 Charolais RA & I Waddington 740 652 Limousin DM & RE Capstick 1170 809 Parthanais Martin Lee 920 920 Simmental K Boddy 780 695 Over-Wintering Young Handlers Show Judges Stephen Graham & Rachel Harrison Kindly Sponsored by Mr & Mrs J Wood, Bowland Foods Ltd Champion – Jack Pickup 1801Reserve Champion – Charlotte Mellin

Class 1 Best Presented/Handled Animal Show by Class 2 Best Presented/Handled Animal Show by a Competitor 11 years & Under a Competitor 12-16 years

1st Ellie Pendlebury 1st Katie Dakin 2nd Maisie Naylor 2nd Rose Foster 3rd Sam Phillipson 3rd Georgiana Foster 4th Ben Howard 4th Jack Pickup 5th Ellie Foster 5th Beth Taylor 6th Lucy Spence 6th Jessica Howard Class 3 Best Presented/Handled Animal Show by Class 4 Best Male Animal Shown by a Competitor a Competitor 17-27 years 11 years & Under 1st Alex Nutter 1st Freddie Shorrock 2nd Hannah Ormerod 2nd Ellie Forster 3rd Georgie Holroyd 3rd Thomas Capstick 4th Joe Bosworth 4th Ben Sutcliffe 5th Alice Crocker 6th Harry Sutcliffe Class 5 Best Male Shown by a Competitor 12-16 Class 6 Best Male shown by a competitor 17-27 years years 1st Jack Pickup 1st Georgie Holroyd 2nd Rose Foster 2nd Georgie Holroyd 3rd Paddy Capstick 4th Jack Mellin 5th Ryan Hewitt 6th Georgiana Foster Best Female shown by a competitor >11 year old Best Female shown by a competitor 12-16 years old 1st Charlotte Mellin 1st Ryan Haworth 2nd Ellie Pendlebury 2nd Matthew Fawcett 3rd Sam Phillipson 3rd Jessica Howard 4th Henry Shorrock 4th Beth Pickup 5th Elizabeth Howarth 5th Robert Capstick 6th 6th Ben Howard Highest Average Daily Live Weight Gain Award Highest Gross Margin Award 1818

1st Jack Briggs - 1.897kgs 1st Beth Taylor - + £460 2nd Harry Sutcliffe - 1.424kgs 2nd Jessica Howard - + £450 3rd Katie Dakin – 1.377kgs 3rd Freddie Shorrock - + £415 4th Ben Sutcliffe – 1.340kgs 4th Jack Pickup - + £385 5th Georgie Holroyd – 1.307kgs 5th Ben Sutcliffe - + £385 6th Freddie Shorrock – 1.285kgs 6th Matthew Fawcett - + £370 Best Female Animal shown by a Competitor Gisburn Young Farmers Club Trophy – 17-27 years old For Best Young Farmers Club member 1st Joe Bosworth 1st Robert Capstick – Coniston Cold 1747 2nd Alex Nutter 2nd Beth Taylor – Tarleton 3rd Hannah Ormerod 3rd Freddie Shorrock – Pendle 4th Jack Pickup – Clitheroe 5th Rose Foster – Tarleton 6th Katie Dakin – Bolton by Bowland JACK PICKUP, a Clitheroe young farmer’s club member and currently studying Agriculture at Myerscough College, was crowned supreme champion of Gisburn Auction Marts Cattle Over Wintering competition last Friday evening (6 March). The pre-sale show was co-judged by renowned beef and sheep farmer Stephen Graham, Brampton, Cumbria and last year’s show winner-Rachel Harrison, Slaidburn. The judges selected sixteen year old Mr Pickup as the winner having earlier in the evening, picked up first prize in the best male animal shown by a competitor aged 12-16 years. The steer, purchased last autumn for £1020, sold for £1405, leaving him a gross margin profit of £385, sold to Richard Critchley, Hutton, Preston. Fifteen year old, Settle College pupil Robert Capstick, a member of Coniston Cold Young Farmers Club impressed the judges with his knowledge, stockmanship and presentation of his Limousin heifer awarding him the prestigious best Young Farmers Club members trophy, which is kindly supported by Gisburn Young Farmers Club, with club members acting as show stewards on the evening. Rathmell Young Farmers Club member and year seven pupil at Clitheroe Grammar School-Charlotte Mellin, Long Preston was delighted to win the reserve champion award with her nine month British Blue heifer which sold for £1120, leaving her a gross margin profit of £280. Having earlier in the show picked up the first prize rosette in the best female animal class animal shown by a competitor 11 years and under. Other students of Myerscough College to excel at the show and sale where-Jack Briggs, a member of Clitheroe Young Farmers Club who was awarded first prize in the daily live weight gain class for the competitor whose animal gains the most weight per day. Twenty year old Georgie Holroyd, studying for a foundation degree in Agriculture at Myerscough college, used the competition as part of a project on weight gains and profit margins between beef and dairy bred calves. Miss Holroyd picked up the first prize rosette with her Limousin bull in the Best Male Animal shown by a competitor aged 17-27 class and fifth prize in the Highest Average Daily Live Weight Gain Class with the same animal. However, it was 15 year old Beth Taylor, Tarleton Young Farmers Club Member who was in the money, when she sold her British Blue Steer for £950 having previously bought the animal in the autumn for £490, leaving her a very impressive £460 profit and winning her the first prize in the Highest Gross Margin Award. Bolton by Bowland Young Farmers Club member and pupil at Bowland High School, Clitheroe, 12 year old, Katie Dakin, was awarded winner of best presented and handled animal shown by a competitor 12-16 years old with her six month old, Aberdeen Angus cross bull. BREEDING & STORE SHEEP Spring Ewe with Lambs at Foot Show Judge Robert Towers Kindly sponsored by

Champion The Moore family-Laura, Robbie and Maisie with their champion Beltex shearlings and lambs which sold for £192 alongside Jake Lakin of WE Jameson & Son, pre-sale show sponsors.

Gisburn Auction Marts spring show and sale of ewes and lambs at foot last Saturday saw a very impressive 635 head forward which attracted a large ringside crowd. WE Jameson & Son, animal feed suppliers of Masham kindly sponsored the pre-sale show, which was very capably judged by beef and sheep farmer- Robert Towers, Farleton. The Moore family from Triangle near Halifax were awarded the champion rosette with their pair of Beltex cross shearlings with single lambs at foot which sold for £192 or £96 a life to SE Coar, Riley Green, Preston. However, it was Lampkin family of Silsden, better known internationally as world champions in the sport of Motocross that topped the sale at £262, with their Texel shearlings with twins at foot. The much anticipated first appearance of the season from regular York vendor, Chris Craven did not disappoint, when he sold his smart Texel ewes with twins lambs at foot for £245 and Texel ewes with single lambs at foot for £170 a family or £85 a life. Generally, the Mule ewes with lambs at foot on offer did not have youth on their side, with the majority broken mouthed. However, those with twins sold regularly in the £160 - £170 bracket. Whilst the majority of twin Texel families sold in excess of £200 and Suffolk crosses just below. The packed ringside crowd, created a flurry of bids when the 33 spare lambs came under the hammer, selling to a high of £30 to average £14.70. Demand for in-lamb sheep continued with ewes scanned for twins selling between £120-£140 range. Even this late on in the season, buyers for a whole range of store hoggs were present. Topping this section at £108 was a smart pen of Texel hoggs from Cheshire, down to a bottom of £29 for some longer keep Herdwicks sent down from the Lake District. Auctioneers Richard Turner & Son Reserve Champion IR Lampkin £245 Best Pair of Mule Ewes with Lambs Best Pair of Texel Ewes with Lambs 1st J & JA Preston £185 1st D Moore £192 2nd J & JA Preston £162 2nd IR Lampkin £245 3rd R Barnes £185 3rd B & ME Craven & Son £245 Best Pair of Other Ewes with Lambs 1st A Peet £200 2nd S Sleightholme £228 3rd RE & LM Harker £185 Breed/Type Vendor Top (£) Ave Beltex Ewe with Single D Moore 198 161.50 Charollais Ewes with Twins D Robinson 215 188.33 Charollais Shearling with Twins R Wood & Co 172 172 Charollais Shearling with Singles R Wood & Co 130 130 Cheviot Ewes with Singles S Sleightholme 130 130 Lleyn Shearling with Twins R Wood & Co 165 165 Masham Ewe with Singles RG Johnson 130 130 Mule Ewes with Twins R Barnes 178 170.44 Mules Ewes with Singles RE & LM Harker 138 132.67 Mule Shearling with Twins L Brown 160 160 Mule Shearling with Single L Brown 158 158 Mule In Lamb Ewes S Hodgson 125 110.65 Mule In Lamb Shearling J Wood 140 140 Suffolk Ewes with Twins MJ Garrity 190 174.15 Suffolk Ewes with Single A Peet 200 182.50 Suffolk In Lamb Ewes K Boddy 138 138 Suffolk in lamb Shearling K Boddy 95 95 Swaledale in Lamb Ewe W Alexander 68 68 Texel Ewe with Twins B & ME Craven & Son 245 201.53 Texel Ewe with Singles RE & LM Harker 185 156.97 Texel Shearlings with Twins IR Lampkin 262 224.67 Texel Shearlings with Singles D Moore 192 176.80 Texel In Lamb Ewe S Hodgson 125 123 Texel In Lamb Shearling J Wood 120 120 Texel In Lamb Hogg AJ Barker 130 130 Zwartbles Ewe with Twins RE & LM Harker 185 155.17 Zwartbles Ewe with Single RE & LM Harker 150 143.75 Cade Lambs R & A Smith 30 14.70 308 Store Hoggs EA Nelson 108 66.28 BREEDING & STORE PIGS Type Vendor Top (£) Ave Type Vendor Top (£) Ave Weaners F Ainsworth 28 21.17 Fat K&L 122 109.69 Newburn Stores JJ Moore 88 63.44 Sow S Mothersdale 130 71.21 Spring Breeding & Store Pig Show & Sale

Supreme Champion K & L Newburn Reserve Champion D Fieldhouse Best Pen 4+ Weaners Best Pen 4+ Store Pigs 1st P Darwen £20 1st D Fieldhouse £70 2nd MK & LK Whitley £20 2nd JGE Heseltine £41 3rd MK & LK Whitley £20 3rd G Marston £25 Best Pair of Prime Pigs Best Breeding Pig 1st K & L Newburn £122 1st G Singleton £88 2nd A Leach £79 2nd S Mothersdale £130 3rd JJ Moore £88 3rd S Mothersdale £80

GISBURN THURSDAY MARKET REPORT Date: Thursday 5 March 2015 Forward: 240 Total Prime Cattle – 48 Young Bulls; 44 Steers & Heifers; 148 Cull Cows

Forward: 74 Total Dairy Cattle 116 Rearing Calves 62 Stirks

Forward: 662 Total Prime Sheep - 526 Hoggs & 136 Cast Sheep

PRIME CATTLE No. Top (p/kg) Ave (p/kg) STEERS Top sale price £1139.54 RW Longton Overall average price 189.4p/kg Premium 1 251 RW Longton 251 Other 1 142 W &SMason 142 HEIFERS Top sale price £1524.00 K Saffery Overall average price 211.1p/kg Premium 24 300 K Saffery 254 Prime 7 214 SA & C Thompson 203 Other 11 155 D Walker 129 BULLS Top sale price £1425.24 C Thomas Overall average price 167p/kg Premium 6 224 JC Nelson& Son 219 Prime 12 207 EA & H Hanson 189 Other 30 177 H Raw 147 CULL Top Cull Bull sale price £1575.04 JS Stephenson CATTLE Top Cull Cow sale price £1275.12 Melvin Noblet Top Cull Dairy sale price £1165.80 C Whitelock Overall Cull average price 114.5p/kg or £758.22 Premium 10 155 J Taylor 148.1 Prime 54 139 J Cowking WT Collinson 127.7 Other 76 118 H Raw 97.0 Males 7 184 JS Stephenson 127.2 Dairy 104 145 C Whitelock 111.4 DAIRY CATTLE Top price (£) Average price (£) Pedigree Newly Calved Heifers 2150 A Bretherton & Sons 1742 Pedigree Newly Calved Cows 1430 H & M Dugdale & Son 1430 Newly Calved Heifers 1980 E & MH Armer 1473 Newly Calved Cows 1860 DE Graveston 1590 In Calf Heifers 1400 D & LM Cowgill 1220 Bulling Heifers / Stirks 930 D & LM Cowgill 729 Stirks/Dairy Heifer Calves 580 D & LM Cowgill 461 Anthony Bretherton took first prize in the Pedigree class today and sold his 32lt heifer to MJ Kenyon of Chipping at £2150.00. The £2000 barrier was hard to reach with Jeremy Taylor and Eric Armer just falling short at £1980 An Ayrshire cow shown by David Graveston was much admired in the show ring and Audrey Greenhalgh was quick to give it first prize, IT sold to a local breeder William Oldfield. There were plenty of good heifers in the £1600 to £1800 bracket and trade is still better than expected. An entry of young stock from David and Linder Cowgill brought several new faces to the ring side with 12month old heifers making up to £800 and heifer calves to £450, in calf heifers from the same vendor topped at £1400. CALVES Bulls Top price (£) Ave (£) Heifers Top price (£) Ave (£) AA 440 R Jackson & Sons 360 300 Harry Barnes 278 Black & White 258 FJ&RCoar 108 180 K & S Kempson 107 British Blue 500 RH& JS Vickery 379 520 A Bretherton & Sons 357 Hereford 240 L Thompson 240 260 J & R Baxandall 260 Limousin 290 FG Stephenson 283 352 J & R Baxandall 264 Montbeliarde 360 R Jackson & Sons 360 Simmental 455 J Shuttleworth & 405 365 J Shuttleworth & Son 318 Son Native 340 272 Continental 373 325 STIRKS Bulls Top price (£) Ave (£) Heifers Top price (£) Ave (£) AA 705 MD Cornthwaite 571 610 H Raw 428 Black & White 385 R Jackson & Sons 306 British Blue 865 SPA Rushton 815 815 DM & RE Capstick 720 Hereford 525 R & S Tattersall 525 Limousin 645 DM & RE Capstick 645 555 N Garth 555 Beef Shorthorn 225 FG Stephenson 225 Simmental 570 DW Shuttleworth 543 HOGGS Top Sale Price (£) Top Kilo Price (p/kg) Average(p/kg) Upto 32kgs 40 J Barrett 129 J Barrett 129 33-39kgs 76 PA & D Wells 200 PA & D Wells 177.9 40-45.5kgs 92 J Critchley 219 J Critchley 185 45.5-52kgs 98 RK Ibison & Sons 204.3 RJ Lambert 181.3 53kgs 140 J Critchley R Jackson 192.6 J Critchley 165.5 & Sons SQQ Overall Lamb Average 182p/kg, Overall Average Price £77.07 Breed Top Sale Price (£) Top Kilo Price (p/kg) Average(p/kg) Charollais 73.00 Charnock House Farms 182.5 Charnock House 176.7 Farms Dalesbred 59.50 R Nutter 170.0 R Nutter 167.9 Gritstone 79.00 H & F Eccles & Son 184.2 H& F Eccles & Son 182.7 Horned 71.00 J Oddie & Son 169.1 J Oddie & Son 161.1 Lonk 70.00 R Jackson & Sons 166.7 R Jackson & Sons 166.7 Mule 81.50 M Collinson 177.8 H & F Eccles & Son 171.5 Suffolk 104.00 R Jackson & Sons 182.2 H& F Eccles & Son 163.2 Swaledale 89.00 Walker & Alpe 181.4 JT Baines 169.7 Texel 104.00 J Critchley 219.1 J Critchley 185.6 CAST SHEEP Top Sale Price (£) Ave Price per head (£) Horned Ewes 105 R Jackson & Sons 61.57 Others 140 Neil Caton 96.87 Rams 127 CD Slinger 118.33 PRODUCE Round Bale Hay to £45 per ton, Heston Bale Straw to £16 per bale, Carrots to £1 per bag

GISBURN MONDAY MARKET REPORT PRIME LAMBS, HOGGS & CAST SHEEP Date: Monday 02 March 2015 Forward: 540 Total Prime Sheep To incl 494 Hoggs . 46 Ewes PRIME HOGGS Top Kilo Price (p/kg) Top Sale Price (£) Average (p/kg) Up to 32kgs 187.5 N Sunderland 60.00 N Sunderland 187.5 33-39kgs 210.5 James Roberts 82.00 James Roberts 193.5 40-45kgs 210.0 J Shuttleworth & Son 91.50 Melvin Noblet 201.5 46-52kgs 201.5 DM & RE Capstick 98.00 DM & RE Capstick 188.5 53kgs + 180.0 R C Shepherd 108.00 R C Shepherd 174.0 Overall Average Hogg Price: SQQ 199.0 p/kg or £83.00 Top Kilo Price (£) Top Sale Price (p/kg) Average Breed (p/kg) Beltex 180.0 R C Shepherd 108.00 R C Shepherd 180.0 Charollais 208.5 J Shuttleworth & Son 98.00 DM & RE Capstick 197.5 Dalesbred 178.0 T Robinson & Son 60.50 T Robinson & Son 178.0 Gritstone 192.0 H Carr & Son 82.50 H Carr & Son 192.0 Hampshire 208.5 J E Ollerton 75.00 J E Ollerton 208.5 Horned 173.0 EA & H Hanson 76.00 EA & H Hanson 173.0 Lonk 196.0 RN & KW Edmondson 85.00 K & S Kempson 191.0 Mule 195.0 Melvin Noblet 82.50 J Shuttleworth & Son 187.5 Suffolk 192.5 G & JN Booth 73.00 G & JN Booth 191.5 Swaledale 192.0 J Taylor 80.50 J Taylor 188.5 Texel 210.5 James Roberts 98.50 BA & EE Newhouse 199.5 CAST SHEEP Top Sale Price per head (£) Ave Price per head (£) Lowland 135.00 N J Johnson 89.80 Horned 88.00 RN & KW Edmondson 88.00 Ram 55.00 I & R Smith 55.00