Feeding Bulls – with in spec 2019 born bulls reducing in numbers as the year progresses buyers responded well with good factory and live weight prices to make bulls a very good trade, overall average £1049.

Heavy bulls were £1200 plus and well drawn fed lighter bulls were around £1000. Cattle over 16 months were also a fair trade with the occasional animal over £1200.

Feeding Cows - A nice show today highlighted by 10 cows selling for 4 figure prices, only 6 under £700 and a strong overall average of £919 for Cows and £1020 for Cast Bulls.
WA,VJ&JA Towler from Grindleton topped the sale at £1280 with a cracking Limousin Cow, MR Davis from Eldroth made £1220 of a strong Blonde Aq Cow, and DW&CJ Towler of Grindleton followed at £1200 with a Limousin. Plenty of half fleshed cows for hard feeding in the £900’s and leaner end £650 to £850. More Beef Cows required at our Wednesday sales with a strong line up of buyers, come give us a try. Speak to Jeremy or Ted for more details.

Stores - Store Cattle trade once again on fire. Big bullocks and heifers sold to a large active audience ringside. Short keep Angus Bullocks £1000+ selling to £1075 from JG&R Lancashire. Blue Bullocks sold to £1140 R Naylor & Sons followed closely behind by E &MA Burrow & Son at £1100. The overall steer average came to £992. Smart young steers £950- £1100 depending on conformation and grade. With grazing steers and slightly younger smaller sorts regular £860-£990. Heifers again, selling to extreme heights. Angus Heifers up to £1085 with an average of £804, which included runs of Young 9-month grazing heifers, which could be purchased around the £700-£800 region. Char x heifers sold to £1120 from D Sandham with an overall heifer avg of £967. Blue Heifers to £1190 for a cracking shaped heifer from E & M Townley & Son. Followed behind at £10 less for another from the same Vendor. Big ranging Blue heifers sold above £1000 to £1110. Best older Lim Heifers selling continuously above £1200 to £1250 from Vendors J Pickles and TH & K Wood. Limi heifers sold to an audience of both fat cattle feeders taking some of the top priced heifers as well as farmers looking for bulling replacements. Black and Whites lacked any real massive power today with just a good straight show of longer-term Feeding types. Tops of £880 with a breed average of £751 which looked very well sold with all goods on offer.

NEXT SALE – WEDNESDAY 8th JULY 2020.

515 HEAD comprising 100 Young Bulls, 35 Beef Bred feeding Cows, 350 Bullocks and Heifers

& 30 Breeding Cattle

Catalogue Entries close 4pm Wednesday 1st July

Opening Sale of STORE LAMBS & FEEDING SHEEP

WEDNESDAY 15th JULY

(Catalogue Entries close Mon 6th July)

Prices and Averages

Young Bulls Overall average £1049

Charollais x (Av £917)

£1185 £1000 Brown Bros; £1150 £1125 RM Wilson; £1075 JE&AC Clarke; £970 £950 R&N Carlisle;

Limousin x (Av £1077)

£1390 £1280 A Rigby; £13330 £1300 J Pickles; £1260 W&A Lambert; £1250 JS Stephenson; £1225 BWS Farming;  

Brit Blue x (Av £1098)

£1235 £1210 £1160 £1135 JS Stephenson; £1185 £1160 JH&J Ryder; £1175 £1160 KA&HL Fawcett; £1060 JE&AC Clarke;

Ab Angus (Av £770)

£770 RN Verity;

Blonde (Av £1099)

£1360 JS Stephenson; £1140 JE Cowperthwaite; £1110 £1105 £1095 JH&J Ryder; £900 JA&JM Wade;  

Hereford (Av £1015)

£1015 Brown Bros;

Pathanaise (Av £960)

£1010 £980 £940 LR Thompson;

Stabiliser (Av £986)

£1030 £1000 £930 CJ&JE Lumb;

Beef Bred Feeding Cows av £919

Simmental           to £920

Limousin              to £1280 av £942

Blonde                  to £1220 av £1025

AA                          to £680

Shorthorn           to £ av £

Devon                   to £ av £

Saler                      to £920

Brit Blue               to £1190 av £891

Hereford             to £740

B&W                      to £840

Beef Bred Feeding Bulls av £1020

Galloway              to £910

Limousin              to £1070

Charollais             to £1080

Top prices - £1280 WA VJ JA Towler; £1220 MR Davis; £1200 DW&CJ Towler; £1190 JW Sayer; £1140 S Berry; £1140 Lambert-Milehouse;    

Store Bullocks – Continental x average £1015, Native average £831

Charollais (Av £1052)

£1100 David Sandham; £1080 £1070 £1020 D&B Carlton; £990 G&R Bulmer;  

Simmental x (Av £1165)

£1190 R Naylor; £1140 David Sandham;

Limousin x (Av £1020)

£1370 £1330 Fair Place Farm; £1190 £1140 £1135 David Sandham; £1130 E&S Baines; £1130 CH&IC Hammond;  

Blonde (Av £925)

£960 CT&EM Hammond; £890 D&D Collins;  

Ab Angus (Av £924)

£1075 £980 JG&R Lancashire; £1000 RN Verity; £970 JC&DJ Marshall; £820 LN&JE Roe;   

Saler x (Av £870)

£870 Beeston Hall Farm;

Brit Blue x (Av £992)

£1140 R Naylor; £1100 £1090 E&MA Burrow; £1070 G&R Bulmer; £1060 RN Verity; £1050 D&D Collins;  

B&W (Av £751)

£880 £720 M Ryder; £830 £770 £690 £680 JA Crocker; £790 BJ&L Sutcliffe; £620 JC&DJ Marshall;

Hereford (Av £847)

£890 A Rayton; £805 L Brown;

Store Heifers – Continental x average £954, Native average £796

Charollais x (Av £967)

£1120 £1035 David Sandham; £1060 E&M Townley; £1060 £1020 A Fawcett; £990 DW Sunderland;

Simmental (Av £919)

£1150 R Naylor; £960 A Rayton; £940 A Fawcett; £880 TB Moorhouse; £810 M Mallinson;  

Limousin x (Av £961)

£1250 £1240 £1220 £1140 £1130 TH&K Wood; £1200 £1190 J Pickles; £1130 DT&LA Houseman;   

Blonde (Av £907)

£1115 F Thomas; £1060 £1040 E&M Townley; £1000 CT&EM Hammond; £960 C Schofield; £830 K Lister;    

Ab Angus (Av £804)

£1085 R Naylor; £1035 F Thomas; £910 J Greenwood; £900 David Sandham; £860 RN Verity; £855 BJ&L Sutcliffe;  

Saler (Av £)

£;

Brit Blue x (Av £949)

£1190 £1180 E&M Townley; £1170 R&M Towell; £1110 A&SJ Sugden; £1085 E&MA Burrow; £1080 David Sandham;

Hereford (Av £778)

£1030 L Akrigg; £810 £690 P Rathmell; £690 L Brown;

Bazadaise (Av £903)

£1070 £1010 R Naylor; £980 JE Naylor; £860 AN Dixon; £810 TB Moorhouse;

46 BREEDING CATTLE

The much-anticipated annual consignment of beef breeding cattle from Ashfield Farms, Lothersdale did not disappoint there was a good attendance of specialist beef producers. Top price of the day was £2500, a British Blue Heifer with a strong march born bull calf. With 7 families over £2000 the limousin heifer’s with heifer’s calves topped at £2200 whilst these with bull calves peaked at £2300. The Ashfield consignment saw an increase on the 2019 average underlining the demand for the high quality well presented suckler replacements for beef producers.

BB x Cows with Sim x Bull Calves                to £140

Lim x Cows with Lim x Bull Calves              to £2250

Lim x Cows with Sim x Bull Calves              to £1620

Path Hfrs with Path Hfr Calves                    to £1620

Blue x Hfrs with Lim x Hfr Calves                 to £1800

AA x Hfrs with AA Hfr Calves                        to £1450

Lim x Hfr with Lim x Bull Calves                  to £2300 av £1950

Lim x Hfrs with Lim x Hfr Calves                  to £2200 av £1890

CONTACT DETAILS

Skipton Auction Mart
Gargrave Road
Skipton
North Yorkshire
BD23 1UD

Tel 01756 792375

Jeremy Eaton 07747 780481
Ted Ogden 07855 958211
Kyle Hawksworth 07538 539077