Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle
Forward: 639 head of cattle
Comprising: 452 Feeding Cattle (73 Young Bulls, 47 Beef Feeding Cows, 332 Bullocks & Heifers) & 14 Breeding Cattle inc 173 Pedigree Cattle (separate reports)
1st quality strong bulls to £1400 & £1300 from JM Townsend of Laneshawbridge followed at £1260 and £1210 from A Rigby, Slaidburn. Nice 10mth old bulls sold away at £950 -£1050 the next grade of 8-10 month old bulls at £850 - £950. 3 runs of 5-6 month old bulls from Native cows sold to £450 - £550.
1st quality strong bulls to £1400 & £1300 from JM Townsend of Laneshawbridge followed at £1260 and £1210 from A Rigby, Slaidburn. Nice 10mth old bulls sold away at £950 -£1050 the next grade of 8-10 month old bulls at £850 - £950. 3 runs of 5-6 month old bulls from Native cows sold to £450 - £550.
Beef Bred Feeding Cows were a varied selection, ranging in price from £1100 down to £280 averaging a healthy £659 for a plainer show.
A smaller entry of store cattle meant for a brisker trade throughout the sale today. A couple of large runs of suckled calves were on the receiving end of some fierce bidding with Alan Twell, Donnington seeing his pen of 6 British Cross Bullocks at £1050 with another pen of 7 at £890.
Smarter retail type cattle were presented in better numbers today in front of a ready audience of buyers with Franks Stubbs seeing the best of this trade with his sweet Limousin heifer selling for £1200, with Jonathon Townley of Clapham seeing his 8 month heifer make £1010.
Stronger cattle were very similar on the fortnight with large beef x dairy bullocks seeing the strongest of trades with Keith Downs topping with two Limouisn bullocks at £1240 with Edward Burrow topping the British Blues at £1195 with another Dairy x Bullock.
Native cattle saw an up and down trade with well grown bullocks and heifers readily £1000 to £1110 with KM&L Throup topping the bullocks. However, rougher and cattle not quite big enough for their age continue to be hard to place.
NEXT SALE – WEDNESDAY 21st NOVEMBER 2018.
600 HEAD comprising 100 Young Bulls, 50 Beef Bred feeding Cows,
430 Bullocks and Heifers & 20 Breeding Cattle
Catalogue Entries close 4pm Wednesday 14th November
Prices and Averages
Young Bulls
Charollais x (Av £1000)
£1000x3 BW Barker;
Limousin x (Av £893)
£1300 £1100 JM Townsend; £1260 £1210 A Rigby; £1100 KA&HL Fawcett; £1080 JR Douglas; £980 C Lumb;
Brit Blue x (Av £810)
£1400 £1100 JM Townsend; £1180 JE Burrow; £1140 CT&JE Willoughby; £1050 G&L Newburn; £1000 CG&D Townsend;
Bazadaise (Av £766)
£800x2 £790 £760 £680 M&M Sykes;
Shorthorn (Av £368)
£640 £300x4 T Riley;
Top price pen of three or more bulls
(£15 Prize) 3 Char x @ £1000 DW Barker
(£10 Prize) 3 Blue @ £500 B Dobson
Beef Bred Feeding Cows av £659.79
Limousin to £1100
AA to £960
Brit Blue to £850
Blonde to £890
Simmental to £650
Saler to £630
Top prices - £1100 £1060 R&R Gornall; £1070 £1030 £970 A Knowles; £960 JG Bamforth; £960 JG Manson;
Store Bullocks – Continental x average £939, Native average £782.11
Charollais x (Av £911)
£1140x2 H Downs & Son; £960 £900 £890 £765 B Mitton; £920x2 A&SE Duckwoth; £910 Thornhill Fenwick;
Limousin x (Av £909)
£1240 £1145 E Simpson & Son; £1240 £1195 H Downs & Son; £1205 A Knowles; £1105 CH&OF Hammond;
Brit Blue x (Av £996)
£1195 £1115x2 E&MA Burrow; £1130 M Ryder & Son; £1105x2 £1065x2 KM&L Throup; £1060x2 JP Broadwith;
Ab Angus (Av £824)
£1110 KM&L Throuup; £1050x2 E Pennock & Son; £870x2 £835x2 M Stocks; £845 A Twell;
Blonde (Av £947)
£1195 H Downs & Son; £700 RJ Scholefield;
Simmental (Av £872)
£1160 E&MA Burrow; £990 £820x7 S&G Kenny; £830 Thornhill Fenwick;
Hereford (Av £847)
£950x2 E Pennock; £790 £700 B&J Sutcliffe;
Black & White (Av £464)
£730x3 H Downs & Son; £660 £520 B&J Sutcliffe; £530 £480 T Metcalfe;
Top price pen of three or more bullocks
(£15 Prize) 6 Blue x @ £1050 A Twell
(£10 Prize) 7 Lim x @ £890 A Twell
Store Heifers – Continental x average £824.62, Native average £719
Charollais x (Av £829)
£1040x3 AC Ward; £1000 S Griffiths; £920x3 JW Barker; £890x2 R Sandham;
Limousin x (Av £834)
£1200 HF Srubbs; £1150 £1090 C Nelson; £1110 £1070 £1060 G&H Sztejnke; £1090 D&S Hollings;
Brit Blue x (Av £772)
£1130 D&S Hollings; £1060 SD Gill; £1050 D Smith; £1025x2 JP Broadwith; £1000 R Naylor; £970 A Twell;
Ab Angus (Av £695)
£890 Martin Lee; £870x5 N&J Thwaite; £780x4 W Furniss & Son;
Blonde (Av £874)
£1080 £1050 Saddle End Farms; £990x2 £930x2 £905x3 R Sandham;
Simmental (Av £860)
£980 R Naylor; £800x2 A&SE Duckworth;
Black & White (Av £850)
£850 H Downs & Son;
Top price pen of three or more heifers
(£15 Prize) 3 Char x @ £1040 AC Ward
(£10 Prize) 3 Lim x @ £920 M Lee
Breeding Cattle
AA Cow with AA Calf Calves to £900
Saler Cow with S/Horn Calves to £1100
Simmental Bull to 820gns