MARKET REPORT – WEDNESDAY 28th AUGUST 2013
FORTNIGHTLY SALE OF YOUNG FEEDING BULLS, STORE BULLOCKS & HEIFERS, BREEDING CATTLE
FORWARD: 344 HEAD OF CATTLE
Comprising: 63 Young Feeding Bulls, 262 Bullocks & Heifers, 19 Breeding Cattle
A very nice show of strong cattle was presented at the fortnightly sale and proved very easy to place to a keen ringside of regular customers. Bullocks topped at £1435 from Greame Coates, Barrowford, with plenty of others from £1200 to £1300. Heifers followed suit and Donald Sunderland sold Charolais heifers to top at £1335 and he also presented a pen of 3 Charolais at £1100.
PRICES AND AVERAGES
YOUNG BULLS – Continental x average £946, Native average £635
Charollais x to £860 TOP PRICE – CW Sutcliffe
Limousin x to £1320 av £905 TOP PRICE – E Priestley
Blonde x to £1150 TOP PRICE – SA Fairburn
British Blue x to £1250 av £1035 TOP PRICE – PW Simpson
Simmental x to £870 av £840 TOP PRICE – C&RH Weatherhead
Ab Angus to £780 av £577 TOP PRICE – SR&PA Thompson
Saler to £980 av £960 TOP PRICE – Beeston Hall Farms
White Park to £835 av £757 TOP PRICE – JC Mitchell
Black & White to £580 av £504 TOP PRICE – Decrar Farming
Principle Prices: £1320 E Priestley; £1270 £1230 IJ Pratt; £1250 £1230 PW Simpson; £1220 £1190 J Baines; £1180 JP Broadwith; £1180x2 JE Burrow; £1180 £1160 SR&PA Thompson; £1170 RP Holt; £1150 SA Fairburn; £1040 £990 DL Paul; £980 Beeston Hall;
TOP PRICE PEN OF THREE OR MORE BULLS
(£15 Prize) 3 Ab Angus @ £510 each from Decrar Farming, Bielby
STORE BULLOCKS – Continental x average £1063, Native average £846
Charolais x to £1300 av £1180 TOP PRICE – TE&S Ridding
Limousin x to £1435 av £976 TOP PRICE – P Coates Farmers Ltd
Blonde x to £1280 av £1108 TOP PRICE – TE&S Ridding
British Blue x to £1290 av £1125 TOP PRICE – W &SM Bilsborough
Simmental x to £1155 av £988 TOP PRICE – JB Beckwith
Hereford to £1170 av £965 TOP PRICE – MEC Higgs
Shorthorn to £935 TOP PRICE – TE&S Ridding
Saler to £950 TOP PRICE – TE&S Ridding
Ab Angus to £1250 av £885 TOP PRICE – WG Beckwith
Mont Bel to £490 TOP PRICE – T Metcalfe
White Park to £400 TOP PRICE – MJ&PJ Campbell
Pathanais to £1000 av £958 TOP PRICE – M Hutchinson
Black & White to £930 av £832 TOP PRICE – J Almgill & Son
Principle Prices: £1435 £1295x2 P Coates Farmers Ltd; £1365 JW Barker & Son; £1300x5 £1280x10 £1230x3 £1195x5 TE&S Ridding; £1290x3 £1205 W&SM Bilsborough; £1280 £1255 P&E Fox; £1250 WG Beckwith; £1250 JB Beckwith; £1215 JW Barker; £1195x2 E Simpson & Son
TOP PRICE PEN OF THREE OR MORE BULLOCKS
(£15 Prize) 5 Char x @ £1300 each from TE&S Ridding, Kirkby Lonsdale
(£10 Prize) 3 Brit Blue x @ £1290 each from W&SM Bilsborough, Giggleswick
STORE HEIFERS – Continental x average £935, Native average £940
Charolais x to £1335 av £1103 TOP PRICE – DW Sunderland
Limousin x to £1285 av £902 TOP PRICE – A Fawcett
Blonde x to £885 TOP PRICE – R&VJ Brown
British Blue x to £1270 av £893 TOP PRICE – T Dobson
Simmental x to £1100 av £968 TOP PRICE – DW Sunderland
Hereford to £1090 av £990 TOP PRICE – MEC Higgs
A. Angus to £900 av £865 TOP PRICE – FG Throup
Pathanaise to £840 TOP PRICE – M Hutchinson
Principle Prices: £1335 £1180 £1160 £1145x2 £1100x4 DW Sunderland; £1285 £1190 £1140 £1110 A Fawcett; £1270 T Dobson; £1260x2 P&E Fox; £1240 £1095 AC Ward; £1205x2 E Simpson & Son; £1180 T Harrison; £1150 EW&E Lucas; £1100 B&J Sutcliffe; £1090 D&J Carlisle; £1090 £1060 MEC Higgs; £1070 £1060 SJ&RK Handley;
TOP PRICE PEN OF THREE OR MORE HEIFERS
(£15 Prize) 4 Char x @ £1100 each from D Sunderland, Halton East
(£10 Prize) 3 Lim x @ £910 each from D&J Carlisle, Cracoe
Breeding Cattle
Limousin Breeding Bull £2000
Brit Blue x Cow with Saler Calf £1480
Saler Cow with Saler Calf £1240
Piemontese Cow with Saler Calf £1400
Lim Hfr with Lim Calf £1250
Lim Hfr with Sim Calf £1250
Blue Hfr with Lim Calf £1100