Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle.
Forward: 576 head of cattle.
Comprising: 66 Young Feeding Bulls, 12 Beef Feeding Cows, 490 Bullocks & Heifers, & 8 Breeding Cattle.
A few 2016 Autumn born bulls coming forward which met a ready audience of bull customers looking to keep pens full and in spec. Stuart Baldwin of Bryn, near Wigan presented 7 high quality Autumn 2016 bulls to average £1133 to a top of £1210. Late Spring 2016 bulls a very good trade. Ian Pratt with Limousin crosses at 14 & 15 months at £1300 and £1290.
A high proportion of Continental crosses bred from the dairy herd in both steer and heifer sections all of which were a very good trade, with suckler bred bullocks and heifers slightly scarce on the day buyers looking for smart retail types stepped on to buy their pick with trade strong throughout despite a reasonable harvest day in the east.
NEXT SALE – WEDNESDAY 30th AUGUST 2017.
750 HEAD comprising 150 Young Bulls, 25 Beef Bred feeding Cows, 550 Bullocks and Heifers & 25 Breeding Cattle
Catalogue Entries close 4pm Wednesday 23rd August
Prices and Averages
Young Bulls – Continental x average £1056, Native average £1086, Dairy average £450
Charollais x (Av £990)
£990 Mesr Brown Bros
Limousin x (Av £1060)
£1300, £1290 IJ Pratt; £1240, R& SH Stainton; £1190 x2 RE Baldwin; £1210,£1170 x 2 T Robinson & Son;
£1170 J Maxwell; £1160 R & SH Stainton; £1160 C Schofield
Brit Blue x (Av £1050)
£1210 J & G Huck; £1170 RE Baldwin; £1120 Turners Farms Ltd; £1100 RE Baldwin; £1060 J Nelson & Son;
£1050 RE Baldwin
Ab Angus (Av £1088)
£1130 x 2 & £1100 A & H Cox; £990 JW & JH Collinson
Black & White (Av £450)
£450 TE & S Ridding
Beef Bred Feeding Cows av £1023
A couple of smart Continental crosses from Messrs TB Moorhouse & Son of Dacre, well bid at £1350 for a British Blue and £1280 for a Blonde Cross. The remainder Beef cross dairy suckler cows a nice trade with an average of £1023 selling to 11 active feeding cow bidders.
Limousin (av £933) to £1130 J Sunter & Son; £1050 JM Townsend; £1010 J Butler; £900 Messrs Brown Bros; £880 JM Townsend
AA (av £990) to £990 C Wellock & Son
Brit Blue (av £1350) to £1350 TB Moorhouse & Son
Blonde (av £1133) to £1280 TB Moorhouse & Son; £1080 C Wellock & Son; £1040 J Butler
Store Bullocks – Continental x average £1060, Native average £937, Dairy average £736
Charollais x (Av £1081)
£1330 P & E Fox; £1170, £1130, £1110 J Drinkall Ltd; £1110 AV Caton; £1100 x 4 JA & JH Hewetson;
£1100 Messrs Brown Bros; £1090 AC Ward & Prtnrs
Limousin x (Av £1052)
£1350 Fair Place Farm; £1320 P & E Fox; £1290 N & S Pinder; £1250 x 2 P & E Fox; £1200 x 2 N & S Pinder; £1200 E & S Baines; £1180 F Thomas & Son; £1180 AE Schindler
Brit Blue x (Av £1086)
£1260 P & E Fox; £1255 x 2 JD Taylor & Son; £1250 P & E Fox; £1240 x4 AE Schindler
Blonde d’Aquitaine (Av 1021)
£1330 JA Gardner, £1260 P & E Fox; £1160 x 2 Whitfield Dairy Farm;£1140 H Griffiths; £1080 JA & JH Hewetson
Ab Angus (Av £1012)
£1220 JD Taylor & Son; £1170 N & S Pinder; £1110 J Drinkall Ltd; £1090 M Ryder & Sons; £1080 C Schofield; £1000 GC Pickup; £930 JE & AC Clarke; £850 x 2 T Blackwell
Simmental (Av 983)
£1280 N & S Pinder; £1235 AE Schindler; £1110 x 2 AV Caton;£1060 GW Mosley; £1060, £1040 AV Caton
Shorthorn (Av £835)
£1000 x 2 R & K Gemmell; £860 x 2PJ & RH Wallbank; £840 JJ & J Milburn, £820, £815, £800, £795 Whitfield Dairy Farms
Saler (Av £1040)
£1040 x 4 J & M Blakey
Montbeliarde (Av £926)
£930 x 6, £930 GCL Stephenson Ltd
Hereford (Av £979)
£1115, £1040 x 2, £940 x3 GCL Stephenson; £780 PJ & RH Wallbank
Top price pen of three or more bullocks
(£15 Prize) AE Schindler 4 BB @ £1240
(£10 Prize) N & SJ Pinder 4 BBx @ £1205
Store Heifers – Continental x average £982, Native average £840, Dairy average £510
Charollais x (Av £929)
£1140 R & K Gemmell; £1140, £1090, £1070 x 2, £1010 x2 JW Barker & Son; £1000 x 3 J Drinkall Ltd;
£1000 JW Barker & Son
Limousin x (Av £988)
£1320 Ellis Bros; £1310 T & E Priestley; £1210 Fair Place Farm; £1170 KM & L Throup; £1150 N & M Hugill;
£1140 E & S Baines
Brit Blue x (Av £1031)
£1320 Ashfield Farms; £1280 JA Gardner; £1270 G Whalley; £1250 J Nelson & Son; £1200, £1195 JD Taylor & Son; £1185x 5 BF Blezard Ltd
Ab Angus (Av £1051)
£1115 JD Taylor & Son; £1100 KM & L Throup; £1065 x 3 JF Metcalfe; £1050 x 2 B Spensley Ltd;
£1000 x 3 KM & L Throup
Blonde (Av £891)
£1260 JA Gardner; £1050 Ashfield Farms; £1020 R Holmes; £1000 DI Holliday; £985 J & T Booker; £970 Whitfield Dairy Farms; £930 DI Holliday
Saler (Av £1045)
£1045 x 2 SR Petty
Black & White (Av £510)
£510 W Rathmell
Shorthorn (Av £602)
£620 x 2, £610 J Milburn; £590 PJ & RH Wallbank
Longhorn (Av £630)
£630 x 2 W & M Bland
Top price pen of three or more heifers
(£15 Prize) B Blezard Ltd 5 Limx @ £1185
(£10 Prize) SJ & RK Handley 3 Lim @ £1100
Forward: 8 BEEF BREEDING CATTLE
BB x Cows with Sim x Hfr Calves to £1100
AA x Cows with AA x Steer Calves to £1200
Hereford x Hfrs Incalf to £1120 (av £1110)