Forward: 618 head of cattle
Comprising: 70 Young Feeding Bulls, 483 Bullocks & Heifers & 65 Breeding Cattle.
There was no let up in cattle numbers at CCM Skipton on Wednesday where a grand entry of 618 head were penned for sale, completing a busy week of 850 Store cattle passing through Skipton Mart having had 232 Stirks at the Monthly sale on Saturday.
Young Bulls were a strong trade with additional customers back round the ring with harvest having been been completed. Again there was good interest shown in the 7-8 month old bulls that have been warmed up with creep feed and starting to go forward. Stronger quality Bulls remain up around £1,300.
In the Store cattle section quality sold well with a keen ringside of buyers keen to secure the best, several lots of strong smart heifers £1,350 - £1,390. Bullocks were also in a similar vien. Yearling cattle as ever found a willing ringside of buyers, good bullocks £1,000 - £1,100, and a run of 18 suckled steer and heifer calves 6 – 8mo from one farm averaged just shy of £1,000.
The sale featured a dispersal of Commercial & Native suckler breeding cattle from the Littlebank herd of British Blue Cattle owned by H&S Maudsley, Stainforth. The high health cattle with naturally spring born British blue calves proved very good to sell with prices peaking at £1720 for a 2010 born British Blue x Cow with March born British Blue x Heifer calf at foot.
NEXT SALE – WEDNESDAY 30th SEPTEMBER 2015.
800 HEAD comprising 150 Young Bulls, 600 Bullocks and Heifers, 50 Breeding Cattle
Entries to Mart Office by Wednesday 23rd September by 4pm.
Prices and Averages
Young Bulls – Continental x average £1086, Native average £890
Charollais x (Av £998)
£1290 £1160 R Green; £950x2 AMS Robinson; £910 J&AJ Coates;
Limousin x (Av £1004)
£1390 £1360 £1240 £1230x2 Turner Farms; £1370 £1360 IJ Pratt; £1360 £1210 TH&K Wood; £1150 SJ&RK Handley;
Brit Blue x (Av £981)
£1300 £930 Saddle End Farms; £1060x2 £1050x2 JH&SM Mason; £1000 £910 Michael Mallinson;
Galloway (Av £640)
£640x2 R Doyle
Ab Angus (Av £830)
£830 JR Fothergill;
Fleckvieh (Av £850)
£850 TH Mellin
Saler (Av £690)
£690 R Caton
Shorthorn (Av £750)
£750 J Nelson
Black & White (Av £502)
£510X4 £470 NA Allen;
Top price pen of three or more bulls
(£15 Prize) JM Allen, Barker Knott with 4 B&W Bulls at £510
Store Bullocks – Continental x average £1055, Native average £946
Charollais x (Av £1134.25)
£1280x2 A Fawcett; £1260 R Green; £1240x2 CD&RF Kitching; £1180 B Mitton; £1160x3 A Fawcett
Limousin x (Av £1047.78)
£1385 AJ Shepherd; £1350 CD&RF Kitching; £1300 P Coates Farmers Ltd; £1280x2 AJ Shepherd
Brit Blue x (Av £1051.67)
£1385 AJ Shepherd; £1270 P Coates Farmers Ltd; £1210 S&P Scrivin; £1200 RH&JS Vickery;
Ab Angus (Av £964.68)
£1210 D Pawson; £1190 J Drake; £1130x2 JSS Verity; £1120 x2 N&M Sutcliffe; £1090x3 D Pawson
Blonde (Av £1057.5)
£1200 RD Thorpe; £1100 GR&SM Wearmouth; £1090, £1040, £1020 RD Thorpe
Shorthorn (Av £680)
£790 J Shorrock; £570 DM Neave
Simmental (Av £989)
£1385, £1280 AJ Shepherd ; £920 RH&JS Vickery; £830 RB&L Gamble; £530 R&E Baldwin
Black & White (Av £470)
£845x3 WM Bland; £800x3 W Stapleton & Sons; £735x4 SW&JE Ryder & Sons; £730 R Naylor & Sons
Top price pen of three or more bullocks
(£15 Prize) AJ Shepherd, St Helens Farm with 3 Continental Bullocks @ £1385
(£10 Prize) AJ Shepherd, St Helens Farm with 3 Continental Bullocks @ £1280
(£10 Prize) A Fawcett, Raventoft with 3 Charolais Bullocks @ £1280
Store Heifers – Continental x average £1001, Native average £715
Charollais x (Av £1026.82)
£1280, £1180x2 A Fawcett; £1080x3 R Green; £1080 X3 DW&A Brown; £1060 A Fawcett; £1050 R Green
Limousin x (Av £1022.73)
£1390 JW Stockdale; £1390 JE Cowperthwaite; £1330 SJ&RK Handley; £1325 HF Stubbs & Son;
Brit Blue x (Av £1025.39)
£1390 EW&JR Parkinson; £1300 KA&HL Fawcett; £1270 RD Thorpe; £1270 JP Broadwith; £1240 KA&HL Fawcett
Ab Angus (Av £893.1)
£1040x3, £955x3 JSS Verity; £950x2 RW Ewan; £895x3 JSS Verity
Blonde (Av £988.3)
£1390, £1270, £1100 JE Cowperthwaite; £1000 TB Moorhouse & Son; £830x2, £825x3 F Stephenson
Shorthorn (Av £910)
£910x3 A Wilson & Son
Black & White (Av £470)
£540x2 R Naylor; £330 JS Verity
Top price pen of three or more heifers
(£15 Prize) D Brown, Parsons Stoop with 3 Charolais Heifers @ £1080
(£10 Prize) Roger Green, Bashall Eaves with 3 Charolais Heifers @ £1080
65 Breeding Cattle
BBX Cow with BBX Bull Calves to £1580 av £1530
BBX Cow with BBX Hfr Calves to £1720 av £1589
BBX Cow with Lim x Bull Calves to £1580
Lim x Cow with BBX Hfr Calves to £1580 av £1530
Lim x Cow with BBX Bull Calves to £1650 av £1450
Lim x Cow with Lim x Bull Calves to £1720 av £1347
Lim x Cow with Bld x Hfr Calves to £1320
PB Lim Cow with Lim x Bull Calves to £1650
Lim x Hfr with Lim x Hfr Calves to £1120
PB Lim Hfr with Lim Bull Calves to £1260
Here x Cow with BBX Hfr Calves to £1580 av £1340
AAx hfr with Char x Hfr Calves to £1180
Beef SH Cows with White bred BSH Bull Calves to £1100
Beef SH Cows with White bred BSH Hfr Calves to £900
2005 Cows with Bull Calves to £1380
2005 Cows with Hfr Calves to £1700
2007 Cows with Bull Calves to £1320
2008 Cows with Bull Calves to £1650 av £1635
2008 Cows with Hfr Calves to £1480
2009 Cows with Bull Calves to £1700
2010 Cows with Bull Calves to £1500
2010 Cows with Hfr Calves to £1720 av £1580