FORTNIGHTLY SALE OF YOUNG FEEDING BULLS, STORE BULLOCKS & HEIFERS, BREEDING CATTLE

FORWARD:  414 HEAD OF CATTLE

Comprising: 205 Young Feeding Bulls, 201 Bullocks & Heifers, 8 Breeding Cattle

A large show of cattle for the Christmas Show & Sale sold to a huge company of buyers who decended on Skipton to top up feeding sheds for the Christmas period.

CHRISTMAS SHOW OF STORE CATTLE

Judges – Bulls – S Eastwood. Stores – H Baines

Class 1 – Young Bull

1^st D Broadbent Lot 50 selling for £1310 to JB Eastwood

2^nd AB Woodhouse Lot 198 selling for £1220 SA Swales

3^rd JH&SM Mason Lot 115 selling for £1310 to SA Swales

Class 2 – Bullock

1^st – AV Bailey selling for £1340 to JB Eastwood

2^nd – AB Woodhouse selling for £1130 to Messrs Wagstaff Bros

Class 3 – Heifer

1^st – J Townley Lot 303 selling for £1380 to JB Eastwood

2^nd – K Fawcett Lot 411 selling for £1290 to JB Eastwood

3^rd JH&SM Mason Lot 250 selling for £1120 to JB Eastwood

PRICES AND AVERAGES

YOUNG BULLS – Continental x average £976.76, Native average £665.71

Charollais x         to £970 av £877.50           TOP PRICE – JE & AC Clarke  

Limousin x           to £1300 av £905.93         TOP PRICE – DG Johnson

Blonde x              to £1220 av £978.75         TOP PRICE – D Broadbent  

British Blue x      to £1310 av £1007.45       TOP PRICE – JH & SM Mason

Simmental x       to £1060 av £914               TOP PRICE – AV Bailey

Black & White    to £850 av £560                 TOP PRICE – Frankland Farms

Principle Prices:  

£1310 D Broadbent; £1310 x 2, £1250 JH&SM Mason; £1300 DG Johnson, Ormstones; £1270, £1250, £1240 Frankland Farms; £1240 RS Harker; £1240 WH&MA Keighley.

TOP PRICE PEN OF THREE OR MORE BULLS

STORE BULLOCKS – Continental x average £1027.40, Native average £782.66

Charolais x          to £1240 av £1040             TOP PRICE – AC Ward & Partners

Limousin x           to £1340 av £1026.82       TOP PRICE – AV Bailey

Blonde x              to £1190 av £1165             TOP PRICE – CH&OF Hammond

British Blue x      to £1325 av £1065             TOP PRICE – P&E Fox

Simmental x       to £1245 av £1113.33       TOP PRICE – J Almgill & Sons

Beef S’Horn        to £920                                 TOP PRICE – J Shorrock

Aberdeen Ang   to £1075                              TOP PRICE – Mrs CR&J Kippax

Principle Prices:  

£1340 AV Bailey; £1325x2 £1280 P&E Fox; £1245, £1235 J Almgill; £1240x2 E&M Townley; £1240 A.C Ward & Partners; £1220 KP Drinkall. 

TOP PRICE PEN OF THREE OR MORE BULLOCKS

STORE HEIFERS – Continental x average £910.64, Native average £827.50

Charolais x          to £1160 av £969.41         TOP PRICE – RA Caton

Limousin x           to £1275 av £883.97         TOP PRICE – Turners Farms

Blonde x              to £960 av £844.44           TOP PRICE – G Cornforth & Sons

British Blue x      to £1380 av £989.53         TOP PRICE – E&M Townley

Simmental x       to £1200 av £1172.50       TOP PRICE – IJ Pratt

A. Angus              to £1140                            TOP PRICE – G Manson                   

Principle Prices:  

£1380 E&M Townley; £1350 JW Stockdale & Sons; £1290 KA&HL Fawcett; £1275 Turner farms; £1240, 1220 JR Lancaster; £1235, £1210 P&E Fox; £1220 R&M Towell; £1200 IJ Pratt.

TOP PRICE PEN OF THREE OR MORE HEIFERS