Feeding Bulls –

60% of todays entry aged between 5-10 months and 30% 11-12 months. 2018 suckled calves a respectable trade with the youngest/smallest £700 plus and the strongest 12 months £1050 to £1200.

Store Cattle-

Trade better than expected with more travelled buyers from the midlands and eastern counties looking for cattle of all ages helping to make for a stronger sale than last fortnight. Some good runs of stronger cattle finding favour, £1200-£1300 for strongest sorts. Suckled calves and nice younger cattle received stronger prices and were certainly better to sell than we all anticipated before hand. Best Yearling Bullocks £950-£1050, odd show types a touch more, whilst some runs of 5-6 month old suckled bullocks topping out around the £800 region.

Feeding Cows-

A fair show of these, although trade for the genuine feeding types just a bit harder work whilst the meat maintain trade inline with recent sales topping at £1200 fro a good Blonde cross from John Greenhalgh.

Prices and Averages

Young Bulls – Continental x average £930.2, Native average £652.4

Show –

1^st JG Bamforth Lot 34

2^nd E Mills Lot 57

3^rd TW & I Fawcett Lot 30

Charollais x (Av £1041.25)

£1150, £1135 DW Barker; £1080, £800 B Snowden;

Limousin x (Av £921.32)

£1170, £1140x3, £1110 TH&K Wood; £1095x2, £1090x2 RM Wilson; £1080 WA&VJ&JA Towler;

Brit Blue x (Av £950)

£1200, £1100 JM Townsend; £1040 JJ&J Woof & Son; £980, £920, £890 JG Bamforth & Sons; £780 M Mallinson

Simmental (Av £790)

£790 M Mallinson;  

Shorthorn (Av £513.33)

£550, £540, £450 RW Hebdon;

Top price pen of three or more bulls

Beef Bred Feeding Cows av £707

Store Bullocks – Continental x average £944.9, Native average £858

Show Born 2018

1^st T Longton & Son Lot 281

2^nd G&PS Fleetwood Lot 336

3^rd T Longton & Son Lot 282

Show Born 2017

1^st Fox Farms Lot 257

2^nd D Newhouse Lot 583

Charollais x (Av £876)

£1240x3 R&K Gemmell; £1070x2 A&SE Duckworth; £1030 Thornhill Fenwick;

Limousin x (Av £945.85)

£1295 D&J Carlisle; £1170 JW Barker & Son; £1160x2 P&E Fox; £1155 JW Barker & Son; £1150x2 C Nelson & Son;

Brit Blue x (Av £984.25)

£1070 x2 , £1045 Blue Hills Beef; £1040 JP Broadwith; £1025, £1020 DC Newhouse; £1005 x2 Blue Hills Beef;  

Ab Angus (Av £897.8)

£1050 F Glassbrook; £970 x5 D Pawson & Son; £965 R&A Wallbank; £940 LN&JE Roe; £925 J&R Hyland;  

Blonde (Av £983.75)

£1340 P&E Fox; £1090 D&D Collins; £960 J Butler; £940 AB&J Whitt; £930 Thornhill Fenwick; £890 B&LN Dibb

Saler (Av £1046.67)

£1100, £1080 x4 R&K Gemmel; £860 JJ&J Woof & Sons;

Simmental (Av £921)

£1090 JW Barker & Son; £1080 RH&JS Vickery; £1010 DC Newhouse; £880 Thornhill Fenwick; £880 CA Foster;

Black & White (Av £732)

£890x3 £560 B&J Sutcliffe;

Hereford (Av £850)

£920x2 D&C Newhouse; £910 CH&OF Hammond; £910x2 F Glassbrook; £890x2 B&LN Dibb;

Top price pen of three or more bullocks

Store Heifers – Continental x average £851, Native average £707

Show Born 2018

1^st TW&I Fawcett Lot 168

2^nd G&PS Fleetwood Lot 339

3^rd T Longton & Son Lot 311

Show Born 2017

1^st Fox Farm Lot 261

2^nd G Abbott Lot 618

Charollais x (Av £845)

£1080 £1000 £980 D&A Livestock; £1035x3 £1005x2 DW Sunderland;

Limousin x (Av £810)

£1285 £1220 Fair Place Farm; £1200 P&E Fox; £1110 D&D Collins; £1100 JE Cowperthwaite; £1000 D&A Livestock;

Brit Blue x (Av £935)

£1250 P&E Fox; £1140 £1080x5 BF Blezard; £1060x3 G Abbott;  

Ab Angus (Av £738)

£910x2 £850x2 £800 R&A Wallbank; £800x3 B&LN Dibb; £710x3 D Jeffery;  

Blonde (Av £856)

£1000 £910 £870 JE Cowperthwaite; £940 D&D Collins; £900x2 ABJ Witt;

Simmental (Av £790)

£860 £720 A Fawcett;

Hereford (Av £653)

£770x2 AM&E Hartley; £770x4 £760 £740 Blue Hills Beef;

Top price pen of three or more heifers

Autumn Breeding Bull Sale

Crookrise Pride bred by G&MA Lawn and sold by John and Judith Garnett was the leading price at the Autumn Beef Breeding Sale. The 2015 Aberdeen Angus Cobbyhill, Gaffer Gambit son was only sold by the Garnetts because he already has plenty of daughters in the herd and he find a new home with Messrs Whitwell in Pendleton for 1700gns. Breeding bulls customers at premium prices were in scarce supply with the next highest price Loosebeare Fantastic  son, a 2017 Limousin at 1500gns from P Varley, Queensbury.

Pedigree Females saw a good clearance. WP Brewer & Sons of Bleasdale, were top price with Coredale Floss. A 2010 Ronick Viva daughter with a Haltcliffe sired bull calf at foot which made 1700gns. Whilst a reduction of the Calton herd of Pedigree polled Hereford cattle for ST&JE Foster was topped by the 2012 Jowkin 1 Barbara sold with her bull calf for 1100gns. 

Breeding Cattle

BBx Hfrs with BBx Hfr Calves                      to £1550

Lim x Hfrs with Lim x Hfr Calves                to £960

Beef SH Cows with Beef SH Hfr Calves   to £1220

Beef SH Cows with Beef SH Str Calves    to £1300

Beef SH Cows with Twin Calves                 to £1260

Beef SH Cows with Lim x Bull Calves       to £1320

Beef SH Cows with Lim x Bull Calves       to £1300

Beef SH Cows Incalf                                        to £1300 av £1280