Feeding Bulls – Bull under 12mos averaged £1091 which was up on the fortnight as buyers compete to keep their pens full. Trade for out of spec bulls was also a very strong with a number at £1250 and above. 450kg+ bulls to finish in time and spec were £1250 to £1340.

Feeding Cows – a useful entry of Beef Feeding cows with a number of lightweight first crosses in the average of £849. Top end Continental cows were £1100 and upwards with a high price of £1210. Lightweight strong continental cows to feed from £770-£1000 and lightweight plain cows £550 or there abouts. A Limousin cast bull made £1350.

Stores - 404 Store Bullocks and Hfs passed through the ring today with trade varying with some goods looking less on the week and some goods dearer on the week. 40 Lim Stores sold to avg £1101 for the breed/sex section and top at £1680 from JG Hall & Son Gargrave, with the next leading price for the Lim Steers £1360 from the same vendor. Best bred good heavy weight fleshed steers £1300+ regularly with nice grading Lim steers definitely looking the best sold of the day with purchasers out in force from having flying fat trades in auctions over recent weeks. Again, with the Lim Heifers 82 came through the sale ring today with an overall avg of £974. Best end £1220-£1375, good farming cattle with smaller weights at £1100-£1150. 53 Blue Bullocks all sold in the region of £810-£1340. Best Blue bullocks £1200-£1340 with these cattle carrying a lot of weight and some good conformation about them, with some good dairy bred blue bullocks from D+J Coates selling regularly away at £1100-£1190 for a cracking run from David with these cattle being short term sorts carrying some good flesh amongst them. More long-term farming cattle of all descriptions and breeds sold varied with more farmers ringside to buy the smaller bullocks and heifers but all to a price. Some hard-young weathered cattle looked value for money with some Lim Heifers looking well sold in the late £700’s to late £800’s. Black and White Bullocks sold well with no massive weight Friesians this week with just an entry of good farming/ feeding sorts to farm on selling from the late £600’s to £890 from MP Jennings. A mixed entry of Angus cattle in with the best big end £1100+ and some feeding sorts in the £925-£1050 and some farming types £775-£850. Angus heifers sold with size selling to a premium as has been the case for the past several sales. Feeding cattle that could be farmed longer from £680-£740 larger types around £800 mark and big feeding cattle topped at 1040 from M Ryder & Sons.

NEXT SALE – WEDNESDAY 14th OCTOBER 2020.

700 HEAD comprising 100 Young Bulls, 75 Beef Bred feeding Cows, 500 Bullocks and Heifers

& 25 Breeding Cattle

To include:
First Autumn Sale of Suckled Calves (Winter ‘19 and Spring ’20 born)
Autumn Sale of Pedigree Bulls & Females

Catalogue Entries close 4pm Wednesday 7th October

SALES NEXT WEEK

TUESDAY 6th OCTOBER
Third Sale of 3,500 Mule Gimmer Lambs
Sale of 200 Masham Gimmer Lambs
Main Sale of 1,100 Swaledale Gimmer Lambs

WEDNESDAY 7th OCTOBER

10,850 Store Lambs (inc drawn gimmers)
Excellent selection of Lambs for both short and medium keep, now including several runs of hill bred and horned lambs ideal for wintering.

Prices and Averages

Young Bulls Continental x average £1109, Native average £1040

Limousin x (Av £1150)

£1340 R Pinder; £1300 A Knowles; £1300 W&A Lambert; £1250 TH Mellin; £1250 J Nelson; £1230 L Driver; £1210 D&D Prince; £1210 TH&K Wood;  

Brit Blue x (Av £1178)

£1340 £1270 JS Stephenson; £1300 £1290 £1090 JH&J Ryder; £1220 J Nelson; £1100 T Ducker;   

Ab Angus (Av £1040)

£1040 TH Mellin;

Blonde (Av £1065)

£1220 £910 T Ducker;

Hereford (Av £593)

£800 I Campbell; £500 £480 H Whitaker;

Simmental (Av £880)

£880 R Heaps;

Beef Bred Feeding Cows av £848

Simmental           to £1150 av £1100

Limousin              to £1210 av £870

Blonde                  to £1070 av £902

AA                          to £1140 av £903

Hereford             to £1080 av £975             

Welsh                   to £660 av £633

Brit Blue               to £1120 av £824

B&W                      to £550

Jersey                   to £550

Cont                      to £850

Limousin Bull      to £1350

Top prices - £1350 C Nelson & Son; £1210 JR&DL Ogden; £1200 Bank House Farms; £1140 J&JA Preston; £1120 J Butler; £1100 SJ Berry;

Store Bullocks – Continental x average £1046, Native average £881

Charollais (Av £1020)

£1210 RH&JS Vickery; £1150 £980 D Beck; £1030 H&M Plews; £980 A Knowles; £900 Firm of William;

Simmental x (Av £991)

£1300 £1170 R Pinder; £1205 £980 A Knowles; £810 Firm of William King;

Limousin x (Av £1101)

£1680 £1360 £1200 JG Hall; £1340 A Knowles; £1335 £1300 Fair Place Farm; £1330 £1205 P&E Fox; £1190 HF Stubbs;  

Blonde (Av £878)

£980 £830 £770 AB J & S Witt;  

Ab Angus (Av £967)

£1115 D&J Coates; £1070 £1005 KM&L Throup; £1060 GH&G Emmott; £950 £925 GB&G Grange; £925 B&LN Dibb;   

Shorthorn (Av £1073)

£1085 £1040 New York Farms;

Brit Blue x (Av £1084)

£1340 P&E Fox; £1285 Bargh Bros; £1270 DT&LA Houseman; £1235 A Sowray & Son; £1205 GT Booth; £1190 D&J Coates;  

Mont Bel (Av £800)

£800 GA Hewitt;

B&W (Av £747)

£890 £835 £750 MP Jennings; £780 A Calvert; £770 M Ryder; £740 £630 A&J Carr; £590 HF Stubbs;

Saler (Av £970)

£1000 J&C Wright; £880 Beeston Hall;

Hereford (Av £870)

£960 RH&JS Vickery; £940 RD&C Capstick; £870 DG Boothman; £840 T Walker;

Bazadaise (Av £1030)

£1030 A&SE Duckworth;

Cont (Av £910)

£970 £890 J Caygill;

Store Heifers – Continental x average £951, Native average £798

Charollais x (Av £926)

£1070 RH&JS Vickery; £1020 Firm of William King; £1005 A Knowles; £935 £920 D Beck; £930 £920 D Beck;  

Simmental (Av £1065)

£1160 £1150 MR&VL Parsons; £1005 A Knowles;  

Limousin x (Av £974)

£1365 JW Stockdale; £1300 £1205 A Knowles; £1240 £1235 £1220 TH&K Wood; £1185 L Driver; £1180 Firm of William King; £1180 P&E Fox;   

Blonde (Av £917)

£1400 T Ducker; £1000 JE Cowperthwaite; £920 £900 AB J S Witt; £890 £865 £830 £770 TB Moorhouse;   

Ab Angus (Av £728)

£1040 M Ryder; £990 B Deck; £820 £760 RG&AR Clegg; £820 RD&C Capstick; £800 RH&JS Vickery;

Shorthorn (Av £1036)

£1160 £965 New York Farms; £1110 £970 PJ&RH Wallbank; £1050 RD&C Capstick;

Brit Blue x (Av £931)

£1300 L Driver; £1230 RH&MR Ireland; £1170 Bargh Bros; £1170 TP&EA Clayton; £1100 High Field Farm; £1080 A Butler;  

Hereford (Av £573)

£870 J Dibb; £735 £440 £380 Haddon Farms;

5 Breeding Cattle –

Lim Bull 5yo                                        £2700

Bld Cow with Blue Bull Calf           £1600

Sim Cows due April                          £1550

Lim Hfrs due Feb                              £1500

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