Beef Bred Feeding Cows: A nice show for numbers with 61 head forward and attracting a larger contingent of buyers with 14 bidders ringside creating a fast selling trade. Best young feeding cows and pure bred types £1050 to a top of £1220, medium type cows £850 to £1000, with the leaner but straight cows to graze being mid 600’s to late 700’s. The overall selling average was £811 per head. Plenty more Cows needed to satisfy demand, please contact Ted or Jeremy for more details.

Store Cattle: A lot more yearling cattle on offer today with some good runs of heifers and bullocks perfect for summer grazing. There were 140 heifers aged 6-12mth forward and they met a solid trade averaging £731 topping at £1100 for a cracking heifer from John Bosworth, Stackstead. Bullocks of the same age bracket were not about in such abundance as a result of the strong young bull numbers however an average of £835 for the same age range was a strong result with Seth Blakey topping at £1080. Pick of the trade today however went to the Wilkinson Family of Preston who topped the day sale with a run of cracking heifers peaking at £1420 & £1400.

Still good numbers of stronger cattle to still keep the short term finishing buyers interested with 116 heifers 19- 27mth of age averaging £964.22 with a lot of strong, well conformed heifers £1100+ and topping with John Smith from Carleton with a monstrous heifer at £1310. 140 bullocks in the same age bracket meant for a similar respectable average of £981 for 18- 27mth old entries topping with Ned Simpson, Pateley Bridge at £1250.

Another strong show of native cattle through the door with 138 selling away to healthy trade, with sire Identified cattle commanding premium prices. Chris Wellock of Halton East topped the day with a big Angus bullock at £1200 and Mellin’s of Bracewell breaking £1100 with a big framey type of heifer.

Please remember monthly stirk and young store cattle sale on Saturday @ 10.00am. Catalogue available to download 185 head entered.

Prices and Averages

Young Bulls – Continental x average £925, Native average £520

Charollais x (Av £1012)

£1110x2 FC N M Walker; £1095 £1060 DW Barker; £1070 JH&J Barker; £930 JB&AH Coates;

Simmental x (Av £796)

£880x4 JD Loftus; £755x2 £695 £650 D Calvert & Son;

Limousin x (Av £929)

£1160 JM Townsend; £1135x3 JM Wilson; £1130 JA&JM Wade; £1130 D&J Carlisle; £1125 FC N M Walker;

Brit Blue x (Av £995)

£1140 JM Townsend; £1140 S&T Fawcett; £1125 £1095x2 WH&MA Keighley; £1095x2 KG Wilkinson;  

Ab Angus (Av £466)

£705 SM Towler; £400 £380x2 PM Crossley;  

Blonde (Av £908)

£1115 £1060 R Wood; £1110 JA&J Harper; £1070 TB Moorhouse; £990x2 S Horsfield;

Top price pen of three or more bulls

Beef Bred Feeding Cows av £811.79

Store Bullocks – Continental x average £992.28, Native average £866.90

Charollais x (Av £1030)

£1230 x2 N&S Pinder; £1200 E&AM Simpson; £1120 AC Ward; £1120 E&AM Simpson; £1180 GW Woolhouse;

Simmental (Av £996)

£1220 N&S Pinder; £1150, £1060 B Mellin; £850 x3 GB Jennings;

Limousin x (Av £947.9)

£1190x2 DT Houseman; £1180, £1175 E&AM Simpson; £1170 N&S Pinder; £1120x2 CW Sutcliffe;

Blonde (Av £955)

£1250 E&AM Simpson & Son; £890 M Hutchinson; £725 JJ &J Woof & Son;

Shorthorn (Av £948)

£1090 New Yorks Farms; £990 Fleets Farms; £905 J Drinkall

Brit Blue x (Av £1038)

£1190 N&S Pinder; £1180 DG Boothman; £1155, £1110, £1105, £1100 K&J Marshall; £1120 D&J Coates

Ab Angus (Av £989)

£1200 C Wellock; £1070 D&J Coates; £1065, £1030 P Fletcher;  

Hereford (Av £958)

£1060 x3, £965 E&MA Burrow & Son; £1035 x5, £955 x2, J Baker;

Saler (Av £801)

£830x2 JJ&J Woof & Son; £820x8 G&M Harrison;

Black & White (Av £766)

£910 x5 JH Collinson; £840 B&J Sutcliffe; £830x3, £825x2 H Downs & Son

Top price pen of three or more bullocks

Store Heifers – Continental x average £889.46, Native average £686.43

Charollais x Av £940.64)

£1085x5, £1045 x4, £1040 x4 GW Woolhouse & Son; £1040 G&R Bulmer & Son; £1030x2 Fleets Farms,

Limousin x (Av £849)

£1230x2 £1160 JR Smith; £1155 DT Houseman; £1150, £1125 x3 E&AM Simpson & Son; £1115 x3 E Simpson

Brit Blue x (Av £934)

£1420, £1400, £1200, £1100, £1090 KJ Wilkinson; £1310 £1240, £1160 £1140 JR Smith; £1160 K&J Marshall

Ab Angus (Av £783)

£1105 B Mellin; £1090 ,£1030 JR Smith; £990 E Pennock; £945 JB Bancroft; £885 P Fletcher;  

Blonde (Av £760)

£1030, £870 JH Throup; £870x2 Saddle End Farms; £810 R&VJ Brown; £730 D Wood; £620 x2 FM Shepherd

Stabiliser (Av £547)

£670x3 £610 x3 £590x2, £560 x3 JG Pears;

Shorthorn (Av £712)

£955x3, £810 New York Farms; £720 x2 D Wood; £550 x4 Fleets Farm

Simmental (Av £825)

£1000x4 JB Bancroft; £980 A Fawcett; £790 JD Loftus; £760, £725 G Mellin

Top price pen of three or more heifers

6 Breeding Cattle

Lim x Hfr with Lim x Hfr Calves                   to £1520

Lim x Hfr with Lim x Bull Calves                  to £1750

BBx Hfr with Lim x Bull Calves                     to £1520