A quieter show of store cattle met a rather subdued ringside as a result of the falling deadweight price. Best  bullocks could still make strong money with John Hopkinson of Fair Place farm receiving £1250 for his superb entry, with a heifer from the same home topping the female prices at £1230 and heading for breeding up at Borderley with John Tennant of Low Bucker House.

Smaller  and more commercial cattle would find the trade considerably easier than previous weeks however the sweeter end of the retail heifers and bullocks still remained good to sell even at the end of the sale.  Large runs of cattle sold away nicely again today with Messrs Brown of Stockton on Forest taking the prize for a Pen of three or more with his run of 4 Simmentals at £1160.

Prices and Averages

Young Bulls  Continental x average £946.1, Native average £853.5

Charollais x (Av £877.5)

£1010, £745 B&D Stancliffe;

Simmental x (Av £870)

£1040 JH&J Ryder; £940 W Dixon;  

Limousin x (Av £974.56)

£1275 A Rigby; £1260 J Baines; £1250 A Rigby; £1195, £1190 JR Lancaster; £1160 A Rigby; £1120 JR Lancaster;

Brit Blue x (Av £936.9)

£1150, £1130 J&G Huck; £1090 JH&J Ryder; £1070 E&M Townley & Son; £1040 WH&MA Keighley;  

Ab Angus (Av £888.33)

£1040 J Baines; £900 W Dixon & Son

Blonde (Av £897)

£1140 S Horsfield; £1010 B&D Stancliffe; £1010 x2, £950 S Horsfield; £880 PA&D Wells; £820 R&L Cockerill

Beef Bred Feeding Cows av £749.36

Store Bullocks – Continental x average £960.93, Native average £952.2

Black & White (Av £660)

£660 P&J Brown;

Charollais x (Av £955)

£955 G&R Bulmer & Son;

Simmental x (Av £1045)

£1180 x2, £1170 x2, £1160 x4, £1090, £1060 x2 DS Brown;

Limousin x (Av £940)

£1250 Fair Place Farm; £1130 B Balmer; £1080 M Mallinson; £1020 A&AR Phillipson; £1020(x2) R Bamforth

Blonde (Av £730)

£730 R Dodson

Ab Angus (Av £953)

£1110 J Townley; £1070 £870 E Pennock & Son

Saler x (Av £911)

£1060 £1020 J&C Wright; £825(x3) Beeston Hall Farm

Brit Blue x (Av £880)

£1050 AT Rogerson; £960 G&R Bulmer; £950 A&AR Phillipson

Top price pen of three or more bullocks

Store Heifers – Continental x average £822.33, Native average £842.5

Hereford x (Av £1000)

£1000 K Lister & Sons;

Charollais x (Av £782)

£860, £810 D&A Livestock; £800, £720x2 J Cheetham;

Limousin x (Av £814.86)

£1230 Fair Place Farm; £1060 E&M Townley; £1060 B Balmer; £1050 x4 A Rayton; £1000 K Lister;

Blonde (Av £807)

£1000 S Horsfield; £980 G Cornforth & Sons; £870 S Horsfield; £830 x2 R Jackson; £820 TW&I Fawcett;

Ab Angus (Av £820)

£835 x4 F Thomas & Son; £800 x3 E Pennock & Son;  

Saler (Av £730)

£730 Beeston Hall Farms;

Brit Blue x (Av £849.32)

£1140 x2, £1060 JH&SM Mason; £1025 x2 E&MA Burrow & Son; £960 x3 A Rayton; £945 New York Farms;  

Top price pen of three or more heifers

27 Beef Breeding Cattle

British Blue X Heifer with Lim X Bull to £2380

British Blue x Heifer with Blonde X Heifers to £2220

British Blue x Cows with Lim X Heifers to £1220

British Blue x Cows with Lim x Bullocks to £1480

Limousin x Cow with LimX heifer to £1500

Sim X Cow with Sim x Heifer to £1150

AA x Heifer with AA Heifer Calf to £1170

Ped Polled Hereford Bull (14 mths) to £910