Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle
Forward: 405 head of cattle
Comprising: 119 Young Feeding Bulls, 25 Beef Feeding Cows, 243 Bullocks & Heifers, & 18 Breeding Cattle.
A good show of cattle for CCM Auctions fortnightly sale at Skipton Auction Mart.
With the run of Spring 2016 born bulls reducing premium 10 month old farm assured cattle met a very strong trade. Small young bulls also met a ready audience from bull finishers and customers looking for grazing steers. Store cattle were a keen trade all sale, stronger cattle were in great demand, with smart stuff £1250 to £1350, two pens of strong Black & Whites at £1100 each, plenty of yearling grazing bullocks from £1000 to £1000, lesser end late 800’s plus. Heifers keenly contested all sale with additional customers for grazing cattle to take advantage of grass supplies.
NEXT SALE – WEDNESDAY 2nd AUGUST 2017.
400 HEAD comprising 100 Young Bulls, 25 Beef Bred feeding Cows, 250 Bullocks and Heifers
& 25 Breeding Cattle
Catalogue Entries close 4pm Wednesday 26th July
Prices and Averages
Young Bulls – Continental x average £1006, Native average £869, Dairy average £665
Charollais x (Av £1120)
£1120 J Cheetham;
Limousin x (Av £1010)
£1300 £1260 I&J Pratt; £1270 £1200 JM Townsend; £1190 £1160 W&A Lambert; £1160 R&SH Stainton; £1140 RS Harker;
Brit Blue x (Av £1027)
£1300 JM Townsend; £1200 £1100 EW&JR Parkinson; £1130x2 £1120 JW Hall; £1040 JH&SM Mason; £1030 CR&J Kippax;
Ab Angus (Av £923)
£950 M Mallinson; £940 £880 E&E Metcalfe;
Blonde (Av £947)
£1120 £1100 £990 GJ&G Schofield; £1105 DW&CJ Towler; £820 AT Rogerson;
Saler (Av £730)
£730 R&K Gemmell;
Simmental (Av £860)
£860 JE&AC Clarke;
Swedish Red (Av £668)
£820 £675 £590 GJ&G Schofield;
Mont Bel (Av £723)
£820 £700x2 £675 GJ&G Schofield;
Hereford (Av £874)
£950 £920 £880 £870 ST&JE Foster; £920 A Fawcett;
Black & White (Av £630)
£630x7 GJ&G Schofield;
Top price pen of three or more bulls
(£15 Prize) 4 BB @ £890 R Nutter
(£10 Prize) 7 B&W @ £630 GJ&G Schofield
Beef Bred Feeding Cows av £891
A lesser entry than of late with quality not just as good but top end prices maintained form recent sales, whilst grazers were easily sold off the back of the store cattle trade. Keep the beef cross cows coming.
Limousin to £1200 av £935 C Schofield
AA to £1030 av £830 MW Harrison
Brit Blue to £1190 av £916 MW Harrison
Blonde to £1050 JM Townsend
Simmental to £1050 C Wellock
Store Bullocks – Continental x average £1078, Native average £972
Charollais x (Av £1067)
£1140x2 AC Ward; £1100 £1040 J Cheetham; £1080x2 £980x2 JA&SM Allen; £1070 RA&H Bury;
Limousin x (Av £1076)
£1350 £1320x2 £1270 £1240x3 P&E Fox; £1260 E&S Baines; £1230x3 CT&EM Hammond;
Brit Blue x (Av £1044)
£1250 £1190 A Fawcett; £1250x2 £1190 E&MA Burrow; £1230 A Beresford; £1200 JA Gardner; £1190 A Fawcett;
Ab Angus (Av £1075)
£1255x2 £1200x3 KP Drinkall; £1140x2 £1100x3 KM&L Throup;
Blonde (Av £1231)
£1340 £1295 KP Drinkall; £1330 P&E Fox; £1265 JW Brooks; £1160 JA Gardner;
Simmental (Av £1083)
£1140x2 A Fawcett; £970 JE&AC Clarke;
Saler (Av £900)
£900 R&K Gemmell;
Hereford (Av £780)
£780 JW Brooks;
Black & White (Av £852)
£1100x8 RJ Ashworth; £895 £845x2 J Cheetham;
Top price pen of three or more bullocks
(£15 Prize) 3 Lim @ £1240 P&E Fox
(£10 Prize) 3 AA @ £1200 KP Drinkall
Store Heifers – Continental x average £994, Native average £749
Charollais x (Av £939)
£1090 RA&H Bury; £1080 AC Ward; £905 J Cheetham; £850 JE&AC Clarke;
Limousin x (Av £1027)
£1305 A Rayton; £1280x3 £1235x2 £1200 F&A Walmsley; £1200 Wilson Bros; £1200 E&S Baines; £1190 W Dixon & Son;
Brit Blue x (Av £957)
£1340 JA Gardner; £1170 JH&SM Mason; £1170 £1150 £1130 G Abbott; £1140x2 G Whalley; £1130 A Fawcett;
Ab Angus (Av £773)
£1065 J&ME Carr; £970 J Cheetham; £830 £760 £700 JC&N Throup; £660x2 E&E Metcalfe; £660x2 JA&M Crocker;
Blonde (Av £890)
£920 £860 TB Moorhouse;
Simmental (Av £1100)
£1100 A Rayton;
Black & White (Av £640)
£820 KM&L Throup; £460 G&R Bulmer;
Top price pen of three or more heifers
(£15 Prize) 3 Lim @ £1280 F&A Walmsley
(£10 Prize) 5 Lim @ £1100 A Rayton
18 Breeding Cattle
AAx Cow with AA x Hfr Calf to £1220
AAx Hfr with Lim x Bull Calves to £1720 av £1700
BBx Cow with Lim x Hfr Calf to £1400
BBx Cow with Beef SH Hfr Calf to £1220
BBx Hfr with Lim x Hfr Calf to £1420