Young Bulls – Judge: Stephen Kemp

1^st Mason & Gardenr Lot 35 sold for £1200

2^nd JA Gardner Lot 42 sold for £1200

3^rd JH&SM Mason Lot 50 sold for £1130

Store Cattle – Judge: James Drake

Bullocks –

1^st S Horsfield Lot 433 sold for £1140

2^nd FM Shepherd Lot 195 sold for £1120

3^rd EM&BJ Stonehouse Lot 290 sold for £980

Heifers –

1^st K&GJ Huck Lot 231 sold for £1020

2^nd S Horsfield Lot 434 sold for £1420

3^rd D Broadbent Lot 404 sold for £1160

Champion – S Horsfield Lot 433

Reserve – K&GJ Huck Lot 231

An great show for the first sale in December.
Bulls – A much larger show of bulls possibly brought on by the price of straw. The result was a large selection of 2016 bulls under 400kg which were an easier trade on the fortnight av £848. Top weighted shapey bulls got away well being in short supply making £1100 plus.

A handful of good quality continental cross bulls over 12 months up to £1200 but a lot of bulls in this category would finish over 16 months.

Grazing Cows – A good selection of young COnt x Feeding Cows helped the trade with an average of £1000 along with a good line up of buyers leading price was £1340 for pure bred Charolais cow in store condition from E Pennock & Son.

Store Cattle saw an up and down sort of trade today with stronger cattle still commanding healthy prices although younger rougher types of cattle were harder to place. Handy heifers got away nicely with plenty of small, thick, 14 to 18month old heifers selling regularly into the £900 - £1000.

Top price of the day came for a heifer from Stephen Horsfield of Mytholmroyd, which stood second in class was very strongly bid for with it eventually reaching £1420 and selling to the Maughan family of Penrith.  Strong bullocks found a ready market all day with continental bullocks averaging £1025 and topping at £1360 for a cracker from G&R Bulmer & Son. Beef sired dairy bred bullocks were again to the fore with 5 British Blue x bullocks over £1100 and E&MA Burrow & Son at £1130 for the same type of animal.     

Prices and Averages

Young Bulls – Continental x average £875, Native average £800

Charollais x (Av £1025)

£1080 £970 JB&AH Coates;

Limousin x (Av £866)

£1430 £1370 A Lodge; £1130 £1100 Mason & Gardner; £1065 Rodney Brothers Plant; £1035 JA&JM Wade;

Brit Blue x (Av £883)

£1220 £1200  Mason & Gardner; £1210 NR&CS Hodgson; £1200 £1180 JA Gardner; £1150 RP Holt;  

Ab Angus (Av £800)

£800x2 JE&AC Clarke;  

Blonde (Av £1070)

£1100 £1010 K&GJ Huck; £1100 JA Gardner;

Simmental (Av £811)

£910 £810x2 £780x3 AE Schindler; £810 JE&AC Clarke; £1120 SN Hodgson;

Saler (Av £512)

£540x5 £430x2 LS Mawer;

Top price pen of three or more bulls

Beef Bred Feeding Cows av £992

Store Bullocks – Continental x average £1025, Native average £786

Charollais x (Av £1073)

£1180x2 £1155x3 £1075 D Beck; £1100x2 £1080 JK Wilson; £1040 R Brewer;

Limousin x (Av £1035)

£1360 G&R Bulmer; £1260x4 P&E Fox; £1200 Fair Place Farm; £1200x3 D Batty; £1180x2 JA Throup;

Brit Blue x (Av £1033)

£1260 P&E Fox; £1140 S Horsfield; £1140 G&R Bulmer; £1130 E&MA Burrow; £1120 D Broadbent; £1110x2 Frankland Farms;  

Ab Angus (Av £648)

£815 £575x3 TE&S Ridding;

Blonde (Av £862)

£1080 £980 £845 EM&BJ Stonehouse; £885 £840 J Butler;

Saler (Av £1002)

£1090 J&M Blakey; £1015x4 £990x3 G Lowe;

Black & White (Av £528)

£690x4 M Ryder & Son; £640 R Naylor; £540x6 TE&S Ridding;

Shorthorn (Av £1051)

£1135 £1050x2 JA Throup; £970 PJ&RH Wallbank; 

Top price pen of three or more bullocks

Store Heifers – Continental x average £962, Native average £772

Charollais x (Av £951)

£1160 £1060 £1000 J&E Greenhalgh; £1080 G&R Bulmer; £1075x2 AC Ward & Partners;

Limousin x (Av £960)

£1340 £1170 £1130 WM&JE Shuttleworth; £1160 £1100 D&FJ Leeming; £1140 Ellis Bros; £1090x2 K&C Hird;

Brit Blue x (Av £971)

£1420 S Horsfield; £1270 G&R Bulmer; £1160 J Nelson & Son; £1160 D Broadbent; £1060 E&M Townley;  

Ab Angus (Av £740)

£1010 K&C Hird; £935x3 E Pennock & Son;  £850 JL&LM Clarke; £790 HM&J Clark; £750 JA&E Metcalfe;  

Blonde (Av £872)

£980 K&GJ Huck; ££960 J Butler; £950 E&M Townley; £750 D Broadbent; £720 EM&BJ Stonehouse;

Simmental (Av £1016)

£1070 £990x2 JW Barker;

Hereford (Av £818)

£920x2 £810x3 N Hanson;

Bazadaise (Av £1078)

£1240 E&M Townley; £1040 K&C Hird; £955 R Naylor; 

Top price pen of three or more heifers