Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle
Forward: 536 head of cattle
Comprising: 518 Feeding Cattle (75 Young Bulls, 28 Beef Feeding Cows & Bulls, 415 Bullocks & Heifers) & 18 Breeding Cattle.
FORTHCOMING SALES – NATSB TEXEL SALE
Thursday – Sale of 176 Females. 6.00pm
Friday – Sale of 349 Rams. 10.30am.
Feeding Bulls – a few vendors taking advantage of a very strong trade for good batches of bulls to finish in spec. Under 12 months bulls averaged £1206 with bulls of the entry October and November born. Top end £1270 to £1420. Plenty of trade for bulls 12 months and over with heavy continental £1500 to £1620.
Feeding Cows – trade good if a shade easier. Beef continental cows £1500 to £1580. First cross beef cows at the heavier end and in forward condition £1200- £1350. Lean first cross cows £800-£1100.
Stores – Store cattle up a gear today with good smart retail heifers a lump dearer and 10–14-month-old bullocks seeing an increase in trade. Lim steers and heifers sold to a range of purchasers. Top price for a Lim steer came from Fair Place Farm, Cowling reaching £1625. J Lord, Shore sold 15-month-old Lim steers to £1520, £1440. Good U Grade steers at feeding age £1100-£1250 and 8 reaching £1300+. Younger Lim steers to grow on could be purchased £980-£1080. Lim heifers same again retail end very well sold with some plainer/ softer end selling similar to last sale. Plenty of U Grade ehifers again £1250-£1350 for good ended and thick loin animals. Lim heifers sold to a top price of £1480 from JE Cowperthwaite, Eldroth. Plainer/ softer Lim heifers at feeding age £980-£1100. Young smart goods £1050-£1200. R grade blue bullocks sold similar to last sale along with blue heifers. Blues topped at £1510 from DT&LA Houseman & Sons, Harrogate. 18-22 month old feeding blue bullocks £1080-£1180 with well-fed goods with size and frame £1200+ whilst plainer end of feeder sold £980-£1060. Blue heifers sold to £1340 for a good retail end beast from J Lord, Shore. R grade goods £140-£1280 for big framed goods with flesh. Leaner end £1040-£1100 and Plainer end £940-£1020. Natives sold same as recently with prices still very desirable. Angus steers sold to £1570 for a large well fed animal from J Lord, Shore. Angus steers from other vendors sold at £1000-£1060 for feeders and £1200 for large framed and fleshed feeders. Younger end 12-15 month old £900-£1000. Angus heifers a nice trade with little size about today. Youngster sold at £780-£850 and medium/ larger feeders £880-£1000.
NEXT SALE – WEDNESDAY 29th SEPTEMBER 2021.
550 HEAD comprising 100 Young Bulls, 50 Beef Bred feeding Cows, 400 Bullocks and Heifers
& Breeding Cattle
Catalogue Entries close 4pm Wednesday 22nd September
Prices and Averages
Young Bulls Continental x average £1213, Native average £837
Charollais x (Av £1000)
£1000 R&N Carlisle;
Simmental x (Av £1146)
£1620 £1600 IJ Pratt; £1120 NM Breaks;
Limousin x (Av £1211)
£1590 W&A Lambert; £1560 £1510 T Atkinson; £1500 £1460 £1400 J Nelson & Son; £1440 TH&K Wood; £1420 £1400 TH Mellin;
Brit Blue x (Av £1127)
£1270 JH&J Ryder; £1210 Messrs Coates; £1070 JT Rushton; £960 JH&SM Mason;
Ab Angus (Av £1200)
£1200 TH Mellin;
Saler (Av £1010)
£1080 £940 JJ&J Woof;
Hereford (Av £810)
£810 JW Barker;
Beef Bred Feeding Cows av £1055 Bulls av £1373
Simmental to £ av £
Limousin to £1580 av £1172
Blonde to £ av £
AA to £1030 av £995
Shorthorn to £ av £
Devon to £ av £
Saler to £1220
Brit Blue to £1540 av £1120
Stabiliser to £870 av £795
Galloway to £900
Hereford to £1180 av £916
AA Bull to £1340
Lim Bull to £1430 av £1390
Top prices - £1580 JM&S Tennant; £1540 CT Akrigg; £1390 JH&J Ryder; £1350 SA Lunn; £1340 Haterbeck Trust; £1300 JR&DL Ogden;
Store Bullocks – Continental x average £1141, Native average £952
Charollais (Av £1246)
£1550 £1300 Williamson Bros; £1390 £1365 £1360 £1240 NJ&SJ Pinder; £1370 B Mellin; £1270 £1240 KM&L Throup;
Simmental x (Av £1265)
£1360 NJ&SJ Pinder; £1075 D Pawson & Son;
Limousin x (Av £1115)
£1625 Fair Place; £1520 £1440 £1310 £1300 J Lord; £1330 JM&S Tennant; £1300 Williamson Bros; £1290 NJ&SJ Pinder;
Blonde (Av £933)
£980 £970 £910 £885 AB J S Witt;
Ab Angus (Av £1037)
£1570 J Lord; £1200 D Pawson; £1060 N&M Hugill; £1045 B&LN Dibb; £1040 J Drinkall; £1020 J&R Lancashire;
Brit Blue x (Av £1144)
£1510 £1340 £1290 DT&LA Houseman; £1440 £1390 £1380 £1340 £1270 £1240 J Lord; £1235 JD Taylor;
Galloway (Av £890)
£890 M Ward;
Shorthorn (Av £996)
£1170 £960 JL Millin & Son; £1100 £1030 £1020 £1000 £990 GT&MA Wearmouth; £990 P&JE Bailey;
B&W (Av £790)
£810 JB Bancroft; £780 CR&J Kippax; £730 J&R Lancashire;
Ayrshire (Av £770)
£990 £870 B Mellin; £710 £690 JB Bancroft;
Saler (Av £970)
£970 Beeston Hall;
Hereford (Av £875)
£1090 Williamson Bros; £1050 JR Taylor; £960 A Thompson; £650 W Watson;
Mont Bel (Av £864)
£1070 SW&JE Ryder; £880 £850 Thwaite Bros; £840 W Watson;
Store Heifers – Continental x average £1094, Native average £901
Charollais x (Av £1101)
£1380 £1350 D&D Collins; £1280 JJ&D Cowking; £1260 £1180 D&A Livestock; £1185 A&SE Duckwoth; £1110 KM&L Throup;
Limousin x (Av £1096)
£1480 £1390 £1330 JE Cowperthwaite; £1400 £1340 SJ&CJ Handley; £1380 CT&EM Hammond; £1340 D&D Collins; £1300 E&S Baines; £1300 J Lord;
Blonde (Av £1302)
£160 £1480 £1360 £1320 £1290 JE Cowperthwaite; £1140 £930 T Atkinson;
Ab Angus (Av £941)
£1000 J Garbutt; £980 D Pawson & Son; £970 JR Taylor; £920 Hayton & Stocks;
Saler (Av £1100)
£1100 JJ&J Woof;
Brit Blue x (Av £1050)
£1340 £1300 £1180 J Lord; £1300 D&D Collins; £1290 DG Boothman; £1280 DT&LA Houseman; £1265 S Spensley; £1200 JR Taylor;
Hereford (Av £838)
£1200 R&M Towell; £1080 J Garbutt; £720 t Walker;
18 Fortnightly Breeding Cattle –
BB x Cow with Lim x Hfr to £1450
Baz x Cow with Lim Bull to £1800
Baz Cow with Lim x Hfr to £1550
Lim x Cow with Lim x Hfr to £1420
Ped Lim Cow Incalf to £1280
BBx Cow r/w bull to £1020
BSH x Hfr r/w bull to £1100
CONTACT DETAILS
Skipton Auction Mart
Gargrave Road
Skipton
North Yorkshire
BD23 1UD
Tel 01756 792375
Jeremy Eaton 07747 780481
Ted Ogden 07855 958211
Kyle Hawksworth 07538 539077