Farm prices - Bentham Auction Mart (From The Westmorland Gazette)

Farm prices - Bentham Auction Mart

2:21pm Tuesday 12th June 2012 in Farm & country By Vicky Goodall

Wednesday, June 6. Weekly sale of dairy cattle, rearing calves and sheep with lambs at foot and evening sale of spring lambs, hoggs, feeding and cast sheep. Forward: 14 dairy; 102 breeding sheep with lambs at foot; 52 calves; 2,584 sheep, comprising of 1,435 spring lambs, 545 hoggs and 604 cast sheep. Prices. Dairy - Newly calved Black and White: Cows to £1,820 each (average £1,766.67); Heifers 2,280 (1,915.56). Breeding sheep with lambs at foot. Hoggs - Continental: Singles 162 (140.89); Twins 142. Ewes - Swaledale: Singles 110 (107.50); Twins 162 (158.50). Calves - Bulls: British Blue cross 360 (331.14); Limousin cross 278; Aberdeen Angus cross 280; Welsh Black cross 295; Montbeliarde 290 (255); Black and White 178 (104.18). Heifers: British Blue cross 490 (331). Spring lambs - all crosses (less than 36 kilograms): Continental £79, or (average 263 pence per kilo); Suffolk 72.50, (207). (More than 36 kilograms): Continental 94, (232); Suffolk 94.50, (217). Hoggs (less than 36 kilograms): Continental cross 51, (164); Horned 57, (167). (More than 36 kilograms): Continental cross 85.50, (162); Suffolk cross 90, (148); Mule 81, (155); Horned 64.50, (163). Cast sheep - Ewes: Continental cross £126; Suffolk cross 119; Mule 93.50; Masham 80; Horned 180; Bluefaced Leicester 106. Rams: Polled 152; Horned 61. Goats: 40.

ALSO: Tuesday, June 5. Monthly sale of store cattle and feeding bulls and weekly sale of cull cows and OTM cattle. Forward: 192 cattle, comprising of 11 feeding bulls and 175 store cattle; 6 cull cows and OTM cattle. Feeding bulls (all crosses): Limousin to £950 each (average £685.63); Charolais 645; British Blue 565 (560). Store cattle - Steers: Simmental cross 1,125 (992.50); British Blue cross 1,045 (930.83); Limousin cross 1,040 (828.37); Charolais cross 1,005 (886.25); Hereford cross 920; Blonde d’Aquitaine cross 860 (678); Aberdeen Angus cross 835 (677.78); Black and White 790 (664.53); Belted Galloway cross 640; B/Grey 600 (563.33). Heifers (all crosses): Limousin 1,000 (755.57); British Blue 825 (737.78); Hereford 790 (630.50); Charolais 775 (754); Blonde d’Aquitaine 720 (620); Aberdeen Angus 650. Cull cows and OTM cattle: Black and White cows £539.40, or 93 pence per kilo (average 88.9p); Beef cows 937.65, 141 (128.4).