Feeding Bulls

Trade for feeding bulls very good with the bulk of the entry Continental cross and 12 months or approaching 12 months of age. Bulls 12 months and over averaged £1273 and bulls under 11 months averaged £1168. Well drawn batches sold particularly well driven by the need to fill pens, The shapey end of the bulls under 12 months were £1300 to £1680 and heavier bulls over 12 months £1400 to £1600.

Feeding Cows
A very good enquiry for cows today, especially for the fleshed types with prices strong, topped at £2000 for the 1st prize Continental cow shown by Ken Gamble of Easingwold. Limousin Cows topped at £1820 from R Holroyd of Wadsworth, who also sold one at £1780 followed at £1740 by Alan & Trevor Blades of Hawes. Other meat sorts £1400 to £1650. Medium cows to feed £1200 to £1400, whilst grazers or medium to long keep £1000 to £1200. Only 7 cattle sold in 3 figures which is to be expected when the overall selling average was a massive £1295 for 42 head. OTM Bullocks to £1900 and OTM Heifers to £1710 both from K Burton of Colne.

STORES

Bullocks: Young Cattle started the sale today and there was a heaving ringside of buyers looking for cattle to feed and graze. All Bullocks under 12mo averaged £1053, with a leading price of £1580 for an 11mo Limousin from Ronnie & June Dowie of Cleatop, Settle who also sold another similar age at £1250.
WP&B Walker Appletreewick were at the top of the prices selling a 12mo Limousin at £1500 with another form this home at £1290. M Bentham of Thornton, Bradford made £1340 of 12mo Pathanaise, S Horsfield of Mytholmroyd sold 11mo Limousin’s at £1300 and £1200. Continental Bullocks 10 to 12mo suitable for grazing generally £1000 to £1100, a few smaller or younger pens in the £900’s. Young Angus Bullocks a keen enquiry seeing MP Tyson selling two pens of 4 at 11mo old for £1050 and £1040, DB&SA Ogden Worth Valley a pen of 4 at £1000 each at 11mo old.
12mo to 17mo Bullocks averaged £1059 with several runs of Dairy Blue’s within this bracket. £1300 was the lead price for a Lim Blue cross at 15mo from GT Booth of Lothersdale another similar age at £1230, and £1260 for a 13mo Lim form R Holroyd of Wadsworth. David & Harry Coates of Coniston Cold sold a run of 16mo Dairy Blues at £1220/£1225, Gordon Edward of Padiham made £1210 of 13mo Limousin cross and G&R Bulmer £1200 of a 13mo Limousin. Other commercial Suckler cross types just over a year old £1050 to £1180, and dairy crosses 13mo/17mo £1000 to £1150 depending on quality.
Older Bullocks 18mo and over were generally dairy crosses, leading at £1480 for a pair of strong Blues from DT&LA Houseman Dacre. JR Taylor Winterburn made £1445, MW Harrison Elslack £1430 and £1370, whilst David & Harry Coates £1390 and £1380 with more Dairy Blue crosses at 20mo. Keith Downs Carleton and R&R Holmes Crossroads made £1380 (18mo) and £1370 (21mo) of similar bred sorts. Bullocks 18mo plus averaged £1251.
 

Heifers: Those under a year old averaged just shy of £1000, with a tremendous run of 10mo/11mo Lim Blue crosses from KA&HL Fawcett & Son Barden lighting up the trade early on at £1580 £1340 £1300 £1200 £1180x2. Other chief prices for 10/12mo heifers saw K&J Marshall Skipton make £1140, S Horsfield £1140 and £1100 followed by WI&AM Atkinson with a pen of 4 Limousin 11/12mo at £1100. A nice sort for feeding generally £1000 plus, whilst younger sorts for grazing mainly £850 to £950, odd ones a shade less.
Jeff Pickles sold the pick of the 12mo/17mo heifers at £1510, with Geiff Booth Lothersdale getting amongst the prices at £1490 and £1280 at just over a year old. G&R Bulmer made £1490 and £1340 of retail quality types whilst a run of Limousins from Clark Farms, Ringinglow topped at £1400 for a pair of Lim crosses. A few runs of Dairy crosses from around £900 to £1050 depending upon quality, a few making towards £1100 for better sorts. This age group averaged £1109.
Strong Heifers 18mo plus saw top end £1300 to £1540 tops from B Mellin Bracewell. F&A Walmsley Blackburn made £1530 and Clark Farms £1500 of a pair of Limousins. JB&AH Coates Cowan Bridge made £1450 and Messrs Coates Stainforth the same of stronger Continentals. Thor Atkinson Ulverston was close behind at £1440 and £1420. Stronger Angus Heifers to £1290 from M Ryder & Son, older Dairy Blues with flesh to £1360 and £1330 from N&J Thwaite Hellifield, followed by £1295 from JGE Heseltine Bolton Abbey. All Heifers 18mo plus averaged £1172.

NEXT SALE

**CONTINETAL CROSS CATTLE ONLY DAY**
WEDNESDAY 27th APRIL 2022.

500 HEAD comprising 100+ Young Bulls, 40/50 Beef Bred feeding Cows, 300/350 Bullocks and Heifers

& 10 Breeding Cattle

Catalogue Entries close 4pm Wednesday 20th April

Also

BLUE WEDNESDAY
SALE OF 16 PEDIGREE BRITISH BLUE CATTLE

Judging 11.00am. Sale 12noon. Catalogue Online

**NATIVE CATTLE DAY (Please Note)**
WEDNESDAY 4th MAY

150/200 Native Sired Store Cattle

Entries by Wednesday 27th April

Prices and Averages

Young Bulls Continental x average £1245, Native average £1054

Bazadaise x (av £1298)

£1430 £1390 £1360 £1230 RS&HA Davey

Charollais x (Av £1233)

£1380 Clark Farms; JA&J Harper £1290,

Simmental x (Av £1042)

£1270 JD Loftus;

Limousin x (Av £1264)

£1680 JM Wilson&Sons; £1600 EJ Ward; £1580, £1560 WI&AM Atkinson; £1540 J Pickles; £1540 JW Stockdale&Sons

Brit Blue x (Av £1259)

£1620, £1550 J&G Huck; £1510 WI&AM Atkinson; £1370, £1300 EW&JR Atkinson    

Ab Angus (Av £941)

£1340 DM White; £1155 JA&JM Wade&Son, £870 J Harrison

Blonde (Av £1290)

£1290 JA&J Harper;

Hefd (Av £1166)

£1190, £1130 H Whittaker; £1170 JE&AC Clarke&Son

Shorthorn (Av £935)

£935 JE&AC Clarke&Son;

43 Beef Bred Feeding Cows av £1295

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Best Cont Cow –               1st British Blue x £2000 from KW Gamble

Best Native Cow –           1st Beef Shorthorn £1470 from A Wilson & Son

Simmental           to £ 1440 av £1210

Limousin              to £1820  av £1347

AA                          to £1500  av £1210

Shorthorn           to £1560  av £1283

Brit Blue               to £2000  av £1365

Charolais              to £1710  av £1505

Stabiliser              to £1480  av £1310

Hereford             to £940 av £823

OTM Blk              to £1900

OTM Hfr               to £1710

Top prices - £2000 KW Gamble; £1820, £1780 R Holroyd; A & TA Blades £1740; L Bamforth & Sons £1650;

A Wilson & Son £1560; MP Tyson £1500;  J Pickles £1490; Clark Farms £1490; E Townend £1480; R Holroyd £1480; A Wilson & Son £1470; L Bamforth & Sons £1460

Store Bullocks – Continental x average £1166, Native average £1010

Charollais (Av £1205)

£1310 H Downs & Son; £1100 G & R Bulmer & Sons

Simmental x (Av £950)

£970 F Brown; £890 SR & DJ Petty

Limousin x (Av £1172) £1580 Dowie & Hyslop; £1500 WP & B Walker & Son; £1430 MW Harrison;

£1380 H Downs & Son; £1370 R & R Holmes; £1360 M Ryder & Sons

Ab Angus (Av £1037)

£1290 WP & B Walker & Son; £1225 R & R Holmes; £1100 GJ Edwards; £1095 RG & AR Clegg;

£1050 F & MA Hibbert; £1040 MP & S Tyson  

Brit Blue x (Av £1183)

£1480 DT & LA Houseman & Sons; £1445 JR Taylor & Son; £1390, £1380 D & J Coates; £1370 MW Harrison;

£1360 (x2) DT & LA Houseman & Sons

Blndx (Av £1010)

£1010 (x2) Dean Partnership;

Hereford (Av £1016)

£1095 F Brown; £980 T Jowett & Sons (Farmers) Ltd; £930 PN Garth

Parthenais (Av £1160)

£1340, £1130, £1100 M Bentham

Friesian (Av £973)

£1180 GT Booth; £1000 M Ryder & Sons; £920 J & R Lancashire; £820 (x2) SR & DJ Petty

Welsh (Av £740)

£740 SR & DJ Petty

Store Heifers – Continental x average £1105, Native average £1035

Charollais x (Av £1060)

£1340, £1200 G & R Bulmer & Sons; £1180 Clark Farms; £1150 DA Pratt; £1100 (x2)  J & M Blakey;

Simmental (Av £1060)

£1180 JB & AH Coates; £940 F Brown

Limousin x (Av £1118)

£1540 B Mellin; £1530 F & A Walmsley & Son; £1510 J Pickles; £1500 Clark Farms; £1490 G & R Bulmer & Sons, GT Booth; £1450 JB & AH Coates  

Blonde (Av £1300)

£1300 J Pickles  

Ab Angus (Av £1035)

£1290 M Ryder & Sons; £1200 JGE Heseltine & Son; £1170, £1135 MR & GP Beresford; £1120 JM Smith & Son;

£1030, £1020, £1000 RG & AR Clegg

Brit Blue x (Av £1115)

£1580 KA & HL Fawcett; £1450 Messrs Coates; £1440 T Atkinson, TH Mellin; £1360 N & J Thwaite;

£1340 KA & HL Fawcett; £1330 N & J Thwaite

Hereford (Av £952)

£1055 T Jowett & Sons; £850 PN Garth

Parthenais (Av £730)
£760, £700 R & E Pollard

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