A decent show of bulls covering a wide age bracket entered today. Best bulls topping £1300 from four separate vendors topping at £1,340 for a yearling from Ian Pratt of Erringden, stronger end generally £1,050-£1100 +. Best of the younger end saw a 9 month old Limousin from Alan, Sue & Gary Lodge of Malham Moor sell for £1,300, a fair amount of 7-8month bulls penned today, and the best of the rest hitting four figures, whilst middle of the road types were either side of £800. A few commercial types of bulls (6mo) around the £700 mark. Overall selling average today of £904.

26 Grazing Cows met a buoyant trade with some well conformed cows selling to £1250 twice, for a cow from Ian and Stuart Barrett, Summerbridge and another from John and Tracey Lund, Driffield with 5 cows in all, over £1100 and an average across the board of £738.

Store Cattle –

In the store cattle ring trade was a touch swifter with a stronger show of cattle right throughout the sale. Some strong runs of further stores saw some fierce bidding with P&E Fox, Withgill, A Guy & Son of Elslack and DT Houseman, Darley all seeing their cattle surpass the £1200 barrier for some cracking continental bullocks.

A large number of 2017 calves were on offer today with the vast majority of handy calves selling between £750 and £900 with a number of buyers attending specifically for suckled calves. Good quantity of buyers on harder, rougher sorts with weathered cattle selling away very nicely.    

Prices and Averages

Young Bulls – Continental x average £904

Charollais x (Av £752)

£840x2 A Rogers; £750 £690 D&A Livestock;

Limousin x (Av £916)

£1340£1140 IJ Pratt; £1320 A Knowles; £1300 £1160 A Lodge; £1250 JA&JM Wade & Son;  £1160 JE Beresford;

Brit Blue x (Av £944)

£1300 £1220 JG Bamforth; £790x2 £785 T&S Blades;

Top price pen of three or more bulls

Beef Bred Feeding Cows av £738

Store Bullocks – Continental x average £922.46, Native average £903

Charollais x (Av £1025)

£1240 £1180x2 £1170x2 £1140x4 A Guy & Son; £1225 P&E Fox;

Limousin x (Av £897)

£1210 £1180 £1110x2 DT Houseman; £1205 £1200 £1160 P&E Fox; £1100 A Knowles;

Brit Blue x (Av £791)

£1210 P&E Fox; £1000 P&J Brown; £810x2 A Twell & Co;  

Ab Angus (Av £960)

£960 CW Sutcliffe;  

Blonde (Av £919)

£1100 £970 £950x2 EM&BJ Stonehouse; £915 Rushtons;

Saler (Av £858)

£970 JJ&D Cowking; £830x4 G&N Harrison;

Hereford (Av £790)

£790x2 HM&J Clarke;

Black & White (Av £666)

£830x4 £700x3 P&J Brown; £720 £600 HF Stubbs;

Top price pen of three or more bullocks

Store Heifers – Continental x average £892, Native average £710

Charollais x (Av £961)

£1115x5 DW Sunderland; £1100 £1085 £1035 JW Barker & Son;

Limousin x (Av £855)

£1210 P&E Fox; £1090 CW Sutcliffe; £1080x2 C Nelson & Son; £1070 PN Garth; £1050 C Schofield; £1050 JT Robinson;

Brit Blue x (Av £977)

£1290 P&E Fox; £1200 JG Bamforth; £1170 G&R Bulmer; £1150 L Driver; £1085 CT&JE Willoughby; £1020 C Schofiled;  

Ab Angus (Av £710)

£710x2 HM&J Clarke;  

Blonde (Av £790)

£1080 JA&J Harper; £990 £840x2 EM&BJ Stonehouse; £770 JC Mitchell;

Bazadaise (Av £715)

£760 £750 £740 £710 £690 M&M Sykes;

Simmental (Av £955)

£1115 £965 L Driver; 1035 £1020 JW Barker;

Black & White (Av £370)

£370x3 A Wilkes;

Top price pen of three or more heifers

Breeding Cattle

Highland Cow & Calf       to £800

Highland Incalf Cow        to £530