Bulls – with 70% of the entry this year’s calves’ buyers of this category had plenty of choice and as a result the strong quantity and remained a good trade. Top price were Mersrs K&GJ Huck of Austwick with a January born British Blue x @ £1090. Not as many 2017 Autumn bulls available which although slightly easier remained the size of choice for most buyers. Top price a December limousine cross at £1240 from Highfield Farm.

In the stores a much busier ringside of buyers meant for a brisker trade on the whole today with some cracking runs of bullocks and heifers making some heady prices. Strong bullocks saw a lot of competition with P&E Fox of Withgill once again to the fore with their pen of strong cattle topping the day at £1330 and taking the top price pen of three as well with three belting limousin bullocks at £1260.

Younger cattle a little harder to place with not quite the quality on show today compared to last fortnight however sweeter retail type store cattle nicely into £900 to £1100.   

Prices and Averages

Young Bulls – Continental x average £862, Native average £485

Charollais x (Av £828)

£935 £910 £810 Rodney Brothers; £900 A Rogers; £800x2 D&A Livestock;

Limousin x (Av £809)

£1240 £1200 Highfield Farm; £1130 A Twell; £1040 RS Harker; £1000 KG Wilkinson; £1000 T&S Blades;

Brit Blue x (Av £967)

£1090 K&GJ Huck; £1070x2 £1040x4 £1020 £1000 KG Wilkinson; £1040 J Nelson;

Ab Angus (Av £385)

£520 JE Greenwood; £470x3 DM Neave;  

Blonde (Av £967)

£1090 MG&SM Elston; £1040 £960 K&GJ Huck; £780 DM White;

Top price pen of three or more bulls

Beef Bred Feeding Cows av £623

Native Show

Pair of Beef Shorthorn

1^st RW Hebdon                                 2^nd Highfield Farm                           3^rd New York Farm

Pair of Hereford or Angus

1^st RN Thompson                             2^nd J&JA Preston                               3^rd RM Neave

Store Bullocks – Continental x average £1029, Native average £750

Charollais x (Av £1094)

£1260x2 £1240 £1160x3 N&S Pinder; £1160 I&DL Whiteley; £1155 H Downs & Son;

Limousin x (Av £961)

£1330 £1260x3 £1210 P&E Fox; £1270 N&S Pinder; £1250x2 JW Stockdale; £1200 C Nelson & Son;

Brit Blue x (Av £1018)

£1230 N&S Pinder; £1170 P&J Brown; £1160 £1150 £1145x2 J Hoggarth; £1150x4 DT Houseman;

Ab Angus (Av £883)

£1215x3 N&S Pinder; £1100 New York Farms; £1010 JN&J Rennard; £810x2 GD&JC Holme; £670 JA&J Preston;  

Blonde (Av £1082)

£1370 P&E Fox; £1200 N&S Pinder; £1060x3 H Downs & Son; £920 D&D Collins;

Saler (Av £1110)

£1110x4 H Downs & Son;

Blue Grey (Av £335)

£500 £320x2 J Lee;

Shorthorn (Av £896)

£1100 £960x2 W&M Hebdon; £1040 £980x2 £945x2 New York Farms;

Hereford (Av £554)

£840 RN Thompson; £660x2 A Crooks; £590 Flasby Estates;

Bazadaise (Av £940)

£965 £915 J Lee;

Longhorn (Av £600)

£600x8 JW Barker;

Black & White (Av £558)

£690x4 A Harper; £640x4 P&J Brown; £590x2 H Downs;

Top price pen of three or more bullocks

Store Heifers – Continental x average £880, Native average £552

Charollais x (Av £920)

£1190 P&E Fox; £1100 TE Walker; £990x3 £920 D&A Livestock; £980 New York Farms; £905x2 AC Ward;

Limousin x (Av £834)

£1210x2 £1160x3 JW Stockdale; £1160 G&H Sztejnke; £1150 P&E Fox; £1140 £1120x2 JA&J Harper;

Brit Blue x (Av £829)

£1110 JH&J Ryder; £1050 L Akrigg; £1040 E&MA Burrow; £1015 D&D Collins; £1000 J Hoggarth;  

Ab Angus (Av £551)

£910 £885 New York Farms; £640 R Lovell; £510 J&JA Preston; £730x5 Flasby Estate;  

Blonde (Av £848)

£1110 £980 JH Throup; £810 W&A Lambert; £780 J Butler; £730 D&D Collins;

Simmental (Av £1060)

£1060 New York Farms; £1060 L Akrigg;

Hereford (Av £553)

£735 £690x2 £640 £430 RN Thompson;

Blue Grey x (Av £330)

£330x2 J Lee

Top price pen of three or more heifers

Breeding Cattle

Lim x Cow Incalf                                to £710

AA x Hfr with Lim Hfr Calf             to £380