Feeding Bulls – buyers attended today after a significant drop in prime values and as consequence trade was back on the fortnight. An increased entry of suckled calves were a fair trade for the best at £1000-£1100 with the smaller and quality £700-£750. Strong bulls under 16months remained £1200-£1300 for the best.

Feeding Cows – cow trade reflected the time of year with a high percentage of cows from outside but the cattle carrying flesh £980-£1100. Two pure bred Blue Cows from Ken Gamble £1620 and £1540.

Stores - Store cattle a mixture of trade today with some goods just looking less sort after for today. Well fleshed medium heifers and bullocks would be better sold a bit leaner as buyers are worried of cattle losing condition and going backwards when buying them. Suckler bred 18month old Lim Steers/ heifers selling to regular purchasers with prices very similar on the week and more buyers forward to buy heifers for bulling. Lim steers sold to £1500 Fair Place Farm followed by a Lim steer from Brian Kaye, Sheffield at £1380 for an 18-month-old, followed by £1350 from the same vendor. Best sorts still £1200+ with exceptional cattle exceeding £1300. Same story with the heifers, less size about with these though but good runs of cattle coming through again, mainly being purchased by buyers to sell again through the live sales ring as fat cattle both far and wide to Skipton. Top price from GT Booth, Lothersdale at £1375 followed by £1360 from TH&K Wood, Harrogate. £950-£1080 for good grading heifers and more size and power exceeding these prices. Blues sold well once again with size taking no harm in the ring. Heavy blue bullocks up-to £1300 P&E Fox. Followed by £1270 for some dairy bred but well grown and thick bullocks from regular vendor DT&LA Houseman. Size and power £1050+ with smaller grown and plainer sorts less money. Angus steers mainly around the £1000 mark for strength but some exceptionally big weighted bullocks from Bargh Bros totalled to £1340. Angus bullocks still good to sell especially younger sorts but suckler bred. Dairy bred sorts selling better with size. Angus heifers to much size about this week with growing sorts mainly in the sale. £1025 to N&J Thwaite was the top price with some good strong heifers. More younger Angus heifers in the sale £750-£850 with £880-£900 for better grown feeding sorts.

Todays Sale also several large annual consignments of suckled calves from regular vendors at this sale. Messrs Blades from Keerholme Carnforth presented 27 Limousin crosses born January February 2020 with the heifers finding favour ringside, a pair selling at £1040, a single at £1030 and a pen of 3 at £1020 with the rest mainly in the £900’s.
Messrs Longton from Rooten Brook, who have shown at this sale for many years, had a fabulous run of 34 Charolais Calves mainly March April born (5/6months), bullocks to £950 and £890, with the main of the rest in the £800’s, and heifers in the £700’s.
GP&S Fleetwood from Mirfield had 20 forward, Limousin crosses Feb-March-April Born, steers to £970 and heifers to £920, with other good heifers in the £700’s and £800’s.

NEXT SALE – WEDNESDAY 28th OCTOBER 2020.

675 HEAD comprising 100 Young Bulls, 50 Beef Bred feeding Cows, 500 Bullocks and Heifers

& 25 Breeding Cattle

Catalogue Entries close 4pm Wednesday 21ST October

Prices and Averages

Young Bulls Continental x average £909, Native average £682

Limousin x (Av £920)

£1340x2 £1330 £1320 £1310 A Rigby; £1200 £1140 A Glew; £1140 K&GJ Huck; £1120 WA VJ JA Towler;  

Brit Blue x (Av £742)

£820 £800 £700 T&S Blades; £650 B Spensley;   

Ab Angus (Av £682)

£840 D Jeffery; £525 JC Walker;

Blonde (Av £880)

£880 J Butler;

Beef Bred Feeding Cows av £835 Bulls av £746

Simmental           to £995

Limousin              to £1200 av £793

Blonde                  to £1190 av £897

AA                          to £880 av £795

S Devon               to £660

Pathanaise          to £870 av £721

Saler                      to £940 av £862

Brit Blue               to £1620 av £897

Charolais              to £1080 av £1040

Welsh Black        to £710 av £680

Top prices - £1620 £1540 KW Gamble; £1340 JC Walker & Son; £1200 WA VJ JA Towler; £1190 JC&N Throup;   

Store Bullocks – Continental x average £996, Native average £932

Charollais (Av £866)

£1250 £1230 JE Gaunt; £890 £860 £820 £810 £800£790 T Longton;

Simmental x (Av £896)

£960 £900 B Kaye; £920 CA Foster; £890 Beeston Hall Farm; £890 A Knowles;

Limousin x (Av £987)

£1500 £1340 Fair Place Farm; £1380 £1350 £1160 B Kaye; £1300 £1250 £1220 P&E Fox; £1200 M Ryder & Sons; £1160 E&M Townley;

Blonde (Av £830)

£860 ABJ&S Witt; £800 JE Cowperthwaite;  

Ab Angus (Av £944)

£1340 Bargh Bros; £1085 N&J Thwaite; £1000 RD&K Brewer; £1000 JE Gaunt; £1000 KM&L Throup; £970 GCL Stephenson;   

Saler x (Av £900)

£900 Beeston Hall Farm;

Brit Blue x (Av £1067)

£1300 £1220 P&E Fox; £1270 DT&LA Houseman; £1140 GT Booth; £1110 M Ryder; £1100 D&S Hollings; £1100 E&MA Burrow;  

Hereford (Av £945)

£1045 GW&EJ Parker; £1000 £880 B Kaye; £880 £870 JR Taylor;

Shorthorn (Av £942)

£1040 £990 £940 New York Farms; £980 B Kaye; £680 T Riley;

B&W (Av £876)

£970 B Kaye; £830 GD&JC Holme;

Galloway (Av £805)

£810 £800 CM Ryder;

Mont Bel (Av £893)

£900 JR Taylor; £890 SW&JE Ryder;  

Store Heifers – Continental x average £958, Native average £889

Charollais x (Av £826)

£1175 £980 £900 JE Gaunt; £1020 £820 H&M Plews; £890 A Knowles; £885 CA Foster; £845 B&LN Dibb;  

Simmental (Av £911)

£1070 £1060 £1030 £990 £980 £970 £930 £920 G Lumb & Son;

Limousin x (Av £941)

£1375 GT Booth; £1360 £1170 TH&K Wood; £1230 F&A Walmsley; £1230 C Nelson; £1190 T&LM Goad; £1165 Ashfield Farms;

Blonde (Av £901)

£1090 B Kaye; £1040 £810 £740 AB&J&S Witt; £970 £870 R Wood; £840 JE Cowperthwaite;   

Ab Angus (Av £797)

£1025 N&J Thwaite; £900 £740 R&A Wallbank; £880 AJ&HC Clarke; £880 S Gibbon; £810 RN Verity;

Brit Blue x (Av £971)

£1190 Bargh Bros; £1160 DT&LA Houseman; £1135 JD Taylor; £1120 B Kaye; £1100 M Ryder& Son; £1080 TP&EA Clayton;  

Shorthorn (Av £910)

£910 A Knowles;

Devon x (Av £840)

£840 C&J Inman;

Hereford (Av £944)

£1005 GW&EJ Parker; £700 PJ English;

39 BREEDING CATTLE inc 11 PEDIGREE CATTLE

The Autumn Pedigree Event saw a reasonable clearance rate in both Pedigree & Commercial sections. Top price was Gunnerfleet Oba, a 2018 Gunnerfleet Plunas son bred by Ian Handley and shown by Garrowby Farm from Bugthorpe. Pulled out by the judge Andrew Fisher as the first prize male. Oba went on to make 2100gns and sold to Graham Coates of P Coates Farmers. The females saw first and second prizes awarded to JM&S Cooper. Tomschoice herd with their entry purchased by C&J Creaser of Gowthorpe.

BB Bulls 2013                                                     to 1400gns

Lim Bulls 2015                                                   to 1600gns

AA Cows Incalf                                                  to £1000

AA Cows with AA Calves                              to £1250

Lim x Cows with Lim Str Calves                  to £1300

Lim x Cows with Lim Hfr Calves                 to £1080

CONTACT DETAILS

Skipton Auction Mart
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Skipton
North Yorkshire
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