MARKET REPORT – WEDNESDAY 29TH August 2018 Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle Forward: 539 head of cattle Comprising: 522 Feeding Cattle (57 Young Bulls, 25 Beef Feeding Cows, 440 Bullocks & Heifers) & 17 Breeding Cattle. Autumn calves now coming forward and with bulls and short supply, these are very good trade particularly if in forward condition. Mason and Gardner of Chapel le Dale headed up the October 2017 born bulls at £1200 and £1160 with a British Blue and Limousin cross. A handful of August bulls and late spring 2017 born bulls. £1420 for a Blue cross from JM Townsend of Laneshawbridge and £1400 for a July Blue Cross

Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle Forward: 311 head of cattle Comprising: 302 Feeding Cattle (58 Young Bulls, 13 Beef Feeding Cows, 231 Bullocks & Heifers) & 9 Breeding Cattle. Little change in the feeding bull trade. Last of the 2017 spring born bulls in the correct age spec got away well, into £1000+. Strong bulls over 12 months in forward condition got away in a similar value with the best £1200. A small show of feeding cows were certainly a sharper trade and the average reflecting this as well.

156 head cattle: 40 Bulls & 116 Bullocks & Heifers. 4 Ponies. 50 Goats & Sheep.

Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle. Forward: 710 head of cattle Comprising: 604 Feeding Cattle (109 Young Bulls, 46 Beef Feeding Cows, 449 Bullocks & Heifers) & 106 Breeding Cattle.

Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle. Forward: 670 head of cattle Comprising: 489 Feeding Cattle (145 Young Feeding Bulls, 48 Beef Feeding Cows, 296 Bullocks & Heifers) & 181 Breeding Cattle.

CCM Auctions Conducted their Monthly Sale of Stirks, Weaned Calves and Young Store Cattle Forward – 166 head cattle & 65 Goats and Sheep.

Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle Forward: 507 head of cattle Comprising: 441 Feeding Cattle (123 Young Bulls, 46 Beef Feeding Cows, 272 Bullocks & Heifers) & 66 Breeding Cattle. With the 2017 born bulls eligible to be sold as under 16months and farm assured reducing in number, trade hit a new level. Andy Rigby topped with both under 10 mo and under 12 months sections, trade spilled into the older bulls with a 21 months old dairy bred at £1160 and average of £950.

TOTAL: 914 Head of Cattle inc: 811 Feeding Cattle (216 Young Bulls, 66 Beef Feeding Cows, 528 Bullocks & Heifers) 114 Beef Breeding Cattle. Feeding Bulls – still a keen demand from buyers looking to keep bull pens full. Bulls under 10 months averaged £1025 with 2 November born British Blue crosses the pick from John and Gill Huck of Hubberholme at £1300. Bulls 11 to 12 months averaged £1002with a top of £1300 from Alan Lodge of Malham Moor.

Forward: 1,188 head of cattle Comprising: 239 Young Feeding Bulls, 44 Beef Feeding Cows, 713 Bullocks & Heifers, 23 Breeding Cattle & 89 Pedigree Cattle. A cracking show of young feeding bulls forward for sale and a strong line up of buyers ringside too. The best yearling bulls were keenly contested regularly selling for £1150 to a top of £1340 for a 12 month Limousin from A Lodge, Malham Moor. Andrew Bradley representing TH&K Wood, Birstwith sold yearlings at £1250 for a pen of 3, £1240 £1220 and 3 at £1190. Robert Davey from Eldroth, Mick Carr from Horton in Ribblesdale and John Greenhalgh of Bashall Eaves all had bulls at £1200 or more. There were 128 bulls aged 11-12 month old and they averaged £1039.84.

Forward – Livestock 395 head - 209 Cattle comp: 36 Bulls, 77 Bullocks & 96 Heifers. 186 Sheep & Goats

CRAVEN NATIVE DAY Forward: 88 head of cattle Comprising: 5 Young Feeding Bulls, 72 Bullocks & Heifers, 9 Breeding Cattle & 2 Native Pedigree Cattle. The Special Spring Sale of Native Store Cattle was held at Skipton Mart on Wednesday. The majority of Cattle were either Beef Shorthorn or Angus sired, with the Shorthorn classes sponsored by Morrisons Plc. Taking the prize for the best pair of stores was noted breeder Gerald Turton of Upsall Castle farms late selling for £1035. The majority of cattle were yearlings or younger, 12-13 mo heifers up to £1050 from Nick Carlisle and a pen of 5 Angus Heifers 10mo selling at £810 from Joe Throup. A run of Shorthorn sired Heifers selling from £900 to £980 form Page Farms.

MARKET REPORT - Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle. Forward: 848 head of cattle, Comprising: 222 Young Feeding Bulls, 55 Beef Feeding Cows, 546 Bullocks & Heifers, 11 Breeding Cattle & 14 Pedigree Blue Cattle.

Skipton Spring cattle shows well supported Skipton Auction Mart’s pedigree British Blue cattle showcase was staged alongside the fortnightly Wednesday store and breeding cattle sale, which attracted another solid turnout of 848 head, with large entries in all departments and a fast selling trade throughout. (Wed, Apr 25) It also featured Spring shows for store cattle and beef feeding cows. In the former, judged by Brad Thompson, of Middleton, Pickering, the red rosette-winning British Blue-cross heifer came from mart regular Brian Lund, from Walshaw, Hebden Bridge.

Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle. Forward: 519 head of cattle: Comprising: 181 Young Feeding Bulls, 37 Beef Feeding Cows, 297 Bullocks & Heifers, & 4 Breeding Cattle.

CCM Auctions Conducted their Monthly Sale of Stirks, Weaned Calves and Young Store Cattle Forward – 121 head cattle: 23 Bulls, 97 Heifers & Bullocks; 13 Goats; 19 Sheep & 2 Horses;