Forward: 1,413 head of cattle
Comprising: 332 Young Feeding Bulls, 1028 Bullocks & Heifers, 1 Feeding Cow & 52 Breeding Cattle
CCM Auctions conducted their Annual New Year Cattle sale at Skipton on Wednesday where a wonderful entry were keenly contested. In total 1,360 Head of young bulls and store cattle averaged £1,035 per head representing a rise of around £38 on the year. In addition to this there were 52 head of breeding cattle.
22 separate buyers were successful at the ringside to receive the first draw of the 2014 spring born feeding bulls. The sale was marked by the same exceptional runs of premium quality continental x bulls which met a ready trade from feeders filling pens after a busy pre-Christmas sales period with the average £8.78 up on the year. In the store cattle section, there were some wonderful Annual consignments of strong cattle for which this sale is noted. The ringside was packed and 118 buyers successfully purchased by the end of the sale representing the busiest cattle sale seen for many a year. Younger cattle also found a very good following, with buyers keen to secure the best on offer.
NEXT SALE – WEDNESDAY 21st JANUARY 2015.
Entries to Mart Office by Wednesday 14th January
Prices and Averages
Young Bulls – Continental x average £981, Native average £780
Charollais x (Av £1053)
£1150 £1110 J&AJ Coates; £1110 JA&J Harper; £1110x4 DW Barker; £970x2 £950 JP Drake;
Limousin x (Av £977)
£1200 JH Pedley; £1200 £1160 S&T Fawcett; £1175x2 £1045 £1035 JW Stockdale; £1150 JM Wilson & Son; £1140 B Lund; £1130 E&M Townley; £1110 J Pickles; £1110 H Baines; £1110 L Bamforth;
Brit Blue x (Av £979)
£1460 £1420 £1320 £1200x2 H Baines; £1300 JC Walker & Son; £1200 JM&DE Wood; £1200 B Lund; £1185 Saddle End Farms; £1170 Frankland Farms; £1160 Roger Wood; £1130 D&S Hollings;
Blonde (Av £985)
£1200 £1090 £1070 £1045 K&GJ Huck; £1170 £1075 Saddle End Farms; £1020 Roger Wood; £1000 JW&JH Burton; £990 J&AJ Coates;
Stabiliser (Av £840)
£840 MR Ewbank
Hereford (Av £750)
£750x2 MJ&J Garrity
Simmental (Av £1020)
£1220 £1010 G Mellin; £1110 JA&J Harper; £960 £910x2 J&AJ Coates;
Top price pen of three or more bulls
(£15 Prize) 4 Char x @ £1110 DW Barker, Leathley
(£10 Prize) 3 Lim x @ £1090 L Bamforth, Halifax
Store Bullocks – Continental x average £1134, Native average £1077
Charollais x (Av £1174)
£1435x4 £1385x5 £1305x7 W Mason & Son; 1320x6 JA&JH Hewetson; £1300 G Lowe; £1290 JSS Verity;
Limousin x (Av £1142)
£1380x4 £1340x5 £1275x3 W Mason & Son; £1380 £1290 P&E Fox; £1365x2 G Lowe; £1340x5 £1295 £1275x4 JA&JH Hewetson;
Brit Blue x (Av £1080)
£1435 W Mason & Son; £1390 P&E Fox; £1350 £1330x2 £1265x2 £1260x2 £1180 Bob Lancaster; £1310 JA&JH Hewetson; £1295 1190x2 JA&JH Hewetson; £1190x2 JSS Verity; £1190x3 D&J Coates;
Ab Angus (Av £1125)
£1435 W Mason & Son; £1190x2 JA Throup; £1185x2 £1150x2 JSS Verity; £1150 JA Drake; £1020 £880 TE&S Ridding;
Blonde (Av £1108)
£1300 P&E Fox; £1260x2 £1170 JA&JH Hewetson; £1160 JA Drake; £1060 £1035x2 ML Evans; £980x2 JA Throup;
Saler (Av £1130)
£1170 £1120x4 AV Caton;
Black & White (Av £848)
£1150 £925x5 KM&L Throup; £980 TE&S Ridding; £860x10 A Harper;
Ayrshire (Av £873)
£920x2 D Beck £855x5 P Fortune;
Luing (Av £1037)
£1105 £1000x3 Fleets Farms; £1090x10 £990x10 AV Caton;
Hereford (Av £1131)
£1200 AV Caton; £1120x6 D Beck;
Simmental (Av £1121)
£1385 W Mason & Son; £1245x8 AV Caton; £990 JR Carr; £990 W&M Bland; £740x2 W Wildman;
Shorthorn (Av £1007)
£1150x4 £1010x3 Fleets Farms;
MRI (Av £961)
££1025x4 D Beck; £910x5 Mesr Bartons;
Top price pen of three or more bullocks
(£15 Prize) 4 Char x @ £1435 W Mason & Son, Appletreewick
(£10 Prize) 5 Char x @ £1385 W Mason & Son, Appletreewick
Store Heifers – Continental x average £1025, Native average £1011
Charollais x (Av £1048)
£1350x2 £1205x7 £1190x4 £1160 G Lowe; £1235 £1180 JA Drake; £1200 JA&JH Hewetson; £1180x3 J Turner;
£1170 JR Smith; £1145 CP Sayer;
Limousin x (Av £1006)
£1340x2 AJ Mason; £1280 £1240 £1190 A Bradley; £1240 £1210x3 JA&JH Hewetson; £1220 JK Wilson; £1220 J Turner; £1220x2 E&M Townley; £1220 JP Barnes; £1190 JA Drake;
Brit Blue x (Av £1020)
£1400 £1350 £1190 Bob Lancaster; £1395 JSS Verity; £1380 JH&SM Mason; £1280 J&I Whitaker; £1240 JA&JH Hewetson; £1200 J Turner; £1200 DA Pratt; £1190 EW&JR Parkinson;
Ab Angus (Av £988)
££1220 JR Smith; £1135 G Lowe; £1130 GE&M Stockill; £1110x3 £1085x3 JSS Verity; £1040 TE&S Ridding; £1020 D&J Coates; £990x4 KP Drinkall;
Blonde (Av £991)
£1230x4 £1130x2 £1090 J Turner; £1215 £1060 JR Smith; £1080 E&M Townley; £1040 D Broadbent; £1000 K&GJ Huck;
Black & White (Av £774)
£925 KM&L Throup; £875 J&I Whitaker; £690x3 A Harper;
Hereford (Av £1140)
£1140x4 JR Smith;
Simmental (Av £1079)
£1270x3 £1215x2 £1165x8 £1150 JR Smith; £1130 £1095x3 £1090 A Guy & Son;
Top price pen of three or more heifers
(£15 Prize) 3 Sim x @ £1270 JR Smith, Carleton
(£10 Prize) 4 Blonde x @ £1230 J Turner, Draughton
Breeding Cattle
Lim x Cow 2nd CAlver with Lim x Hfr Calves to £1750 Ashfield Farms
Lim x Hfrs with Lim x Hfr Calves to £1750 av £1663 Ashfield Farms
Lim x Cows with Lim x Bull Calves to £1500 A Twell Jnr
Lim x Cows with Brit Blue x Bull Calves to £1380 A Twell Snr
Lim x Cow with Lim x Hfr Calves to £1250 A Twell Snr
Blonde x Cow with Brit Blue Calves to £1350 A Twell Snr
Brit Blue Cows Incalf to £1070 av £984 R Caton
B&W Cows Incalf to £900 av £890 R Caton
Ab Ang x Cows Incalf to £1040 av £877 R Caton
Blond Cows Incalf to £800 R Caton