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STORE CATTLE - WEDNESDAY 10TH NOVEMBER 2021

Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle Forward: 554 head of cattle Comprising: 415 Feeding Cattle (66 Young Bulls, 30 Beef Feeding Cows, 319 Bullocks & Heifers) & 139 Pedigree Breeding Cattle.



Feeding Bulls - An increased show of bulls and a nice trade with an overall average of £1135.
Trade topped on the day at £1550 and £1530 for a pair of 13mo bulls from Messrs Holroyd, Wadsworth. Another Calderdale vendor, Ian Pratt of Erringden was close behind at £1470 and £1450 with over year bulls. A super run of January 21 born Simmental sired bulls from R Elliott Tadcaster had two pens over £1400 including 4 at £1450 and 3 at £1410. Strong winter born bulls 9mo to 12mo from £1100 to £1300 depending upon quality and condition, younger or plainer bulls mainly £900 to £1100.

Feeding Cows – Short to medium keep cows a nice trade with half of the entry hitting 4 figures. Best cows topped at £1360 from Jeff Pickles of Ribblehead. Other stronger fleshy or forward looking cows in the £1100’s. Medium flesh strong cows were a nice trade as well, but leaner medium cows and lightweight cows were not much different to previous sales.

Stores - An increased show of stores with trade similar. Weathered cattle still not sort after but good frame and retail spec cattle with flesh selling to an excellent trade. Continental bullocks sold to £1440 from JE Naylor, Keighley with plenty of other strong framed cattle selling at £1240-£1350. Next grade feeding bullocks £1100-£1180 with plainer feeders £1000+. Dairy bred blue bullocks sold to £1200 with plenty selling at £1060-£1120 and strongest beast with flesh £1140-£1170. Continental heifers a very nice trade with size, power, frame and flesh wanted in high demand. Lim heifers sold to £1660 from D&S Hollings, Hebden Bridge. Frame and flesh £1300-£1400 with some heifers reaching £1400+. Nice framed retail spec goods sold at £1180-£1300. Slightly plainer heifers not as sort after with trade being £1000-£1100. Cattle that had been warmed up inside definitely sold to a wider audience than weathered cattle. Some nice yearlings £1100+ with some 7/8-month-old goods £900-£1000. Char x heifers from P&E Fox, Clitheroe sold to £1520. Dairy bred blue heifers £1050-£1100 for size with mediums and plainer feeders £920-£1000 and weathered plain farming sorts £720-£880. Angus heifers sold to £1075 from E&SK Hitchen, Luddenfort with size and flesh £1000-£1075. Mediums £880-£950 and younger plain farming goods £730-£800. Angus bullocks sold to £1260 from E&SK Hitchen, Luddenfoot. Angus bullocks with size £1080-£1155. 5 large well fleshed goods made £1250-£1260. Mediums £1000-£1080 with smaller farming goods and plainer end £825-£920.


NEXT SALE – WEDNESDAY 24th NOVEMBER 2021.
500 HEAD comprising 60 Young Bulls, 40 Beef Bred feeding Cows,
380 Bullocks and Heifers & 20 Breeding Cattle
Catalogue Entries close 4pm Wednesday 17th November

WEDNESDAY 8th DECEMBER 2021.
Christmas Show & Sale of Store & Feeding Cattle


Prices and Averages
Young Bulls Continental x average £1135

Simmental x (Av £1341)
£1450 £1410 £1320 £1300 £1190 RD Elliott;
Limousin x (Av £1088)
£1550 £1530 R Holroyd; £1470 £1450 IJ Pratt; £1260 C Lumb; £1260 £1160 Clark Farms; £1240 A&TA Blades; £1150 J Ranyer & Son;
Brit Blue x (Av £1217)
£1390 A&TA Blades; £1045 T&S Blades;
Gasconn (Av £900)
£1030 £770 SC Maskill;
Hereford (Av £1185)
£1340 H Whittaker; £1030 RD Elliott;
Shorthorn (Av £1022)
£1075 £970 FM Shepherd & Son;


Beef Bred Feeding Cows av £956 Bulls av £1080

Limousin to £1360 av £943
AA to £920 av £865
Shorthorn to £1050 av £866
Ayrshire to £1120
Brit Blue to £1160 av £990
Devon to £610
Hereford to £1160 av £1066

Angus Bull to £1180
Hereford Bull to £980

Top prices - £1360 J Pickles; £1180 JW Stockdale; £1180 J&J Garnertt; £1160 MJ&RH Wallbank; £1160 H Whittaker; £1140 None GO Bye Farm;


Store Bullocks – Continental x average £1105, Native average £1021
Charollais (Av £1127)
£12120 B Mellin; £1045 S&NV Jowett;
Simmental x (Av £1050)
£1310 N&J Thwaite; £1140 Bob Lancaster; £1080 B Mellin; £1040 £940 J Wearden;
Limousin x (Av £1120)
£1360 £1340 P&E Fox; £1350 M Ryder & Son; £1265 N&J Thwaite; £1240 AJ Shepherd; £1240 B Mellin; £1220 D Cockett;
Ab Angus (Av £1108)
£1260 E&SK Hitchen; £1250 AJ Shepherd; £1160 B Mellin; £1155 GH&G Emmott; £1080 Bob Lancaster; £1060 S&NV Jowett;
Brit Blue x (Av £1058)
£1360 P&E Fox; £1200 £1060 B Mellin; £1170 £1080 E&MA Burrow; £1140 S&NV Jowett; £1090 R Naylor; £1030 Ellis Bros;
Hereford (Av £916)
£980 £890 £870 JR Smith; £935 M Preston;
Shorthorn (Av £913)
£1150 £1000 £745 R Naylor & Son; £1050 £880 JR Taylor; £955 JR Thompson;
B&W (Av £805)
£1080 R Naylor & Son; £530 J Moore;
Bazadaise (Av £1410)
£1440 £1380 JE Naylor;


Store Heifers – Continental x average £1076, Native average £966
Charollais x (Av £1116)
£1520 P&E Fox; £1300 £1010 Clark Farms; £1245 Thornhill Fenwick & Co; £1110 D&D Collins; £1090 S&NV Jowett; £1060 R Naylor& Son;
Simmental (Av £976)
£1140 £1035 JR Thompson; £1135 J&C Wright; £665 J Wearden;
Limousin x (Av £1101)
£1660 £1430 £1320 D&S Hollings; £1480 M Ryder & Son; £1370 J&E Medcalf; £1350 £1320 Clark Farms; £1320 £1310 Fair Place Farm;
Blonde (Av £1360)
£1360 D&C Newhouse;
Ab Angus (Av £958)
£1075 £1010 E&SK Hitchen; £1040 £1030 £1005 GH&G Emmott; £940 R&A Jennings; £860 JN&J Rennard;
Stabiliser (Av £1100)
£1160 £1110 £1030 Thornhill Fenwick & Co;
Brit Blue x (Av £1053)
£1400 £1100 R Holroyd; £1220 N&J Thwaite; £1180 S&D Robinson; £1100 JR Thompson; £1100 R&M Towell; £1095 D&D Collins; £1060 D Cockett;
B&W (Av £609)
£990 £645 £470 CN&SA Harrison; £470 J Moore;
Hereford (Av £811)
£1090 H Whittaker; £905 £790 £760 JR Smith; £840 M Preston;


PEDIGREE CATTLE – Separate report.

CONTACT DETAILS
Skipton Auction Mart
Gargrave Road
Skipton
North Yorkshire
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