Some excellent runs of yearling cattle were forward as is usual at this time of year, the best end attracting prices of up to £1,100, William King selling a cracking run of 33 Charolais and Limousin yearling bullocks ranging from £1,060 to £1,140, others regularly around the £1,000 mark. Young Bulls were also a better trade than anticipated, those rising a year old certainly sharper than of late. Quality heifers also continue to be a keen trade, with strong grazers well bid for but more commercial younger types no better than of late.

Prices and Averages

Young Bulls – Continental x average £904, Native average £640

Charollais x (Av £907)

£1020 £930x2 £810 J&AJ Coates; £960x3 £950 £860 D&A Livestock;

Simmental (Av £893)

£955 £870 G Mellin; £950 £940 £920 £910 R Holroyd;

Limousin x (Av £913)

£1110 £1100 £1090 £1060x2 TH&K Wood; £1100 JJ&D Cowking; £1080 £1075 Bank House Farms; £1070 JR Lancaster;

Brit Blue x (Av £953)

£1105 £1090 £1000 R&KA Burley; £1070 £1040 £1030 KG Wilkinson; £1020 J Nelson & Son; £1000 E&AM Simpson; £1000 S&T Fawcett;  

Ab Angus (Av £640)

£640 SD Gill;  

Blonde (Av £786)

£1040 £990x3 K&GJ Huck; £870x2 £830 PA&D Wells; £780 £750 TB Moorhouse;

Stabiliser (Av £945)

£960 £930 R Holroyd;

Shorthorn (Av £337.50)

£390 £285 A Wilkes;

Black & White (Av £325)

£325x2 A Wilkes;

Top price pen of three or more bulls

Store Bullocks – Continental x average £973, Native average £891

Charollais x (Av £1069)

£1180 £1130x2 A Fawcett; £1140x3 £1125x4 £1100 W King;

Simmental (Av £960)

£1180x2 A Fawcett; £1010 £980x5  £920 CA Foster;

Limousin x (Av £967)

£1150x2 £1125x3 £1120x3 W King;

Brit Blue x (Av £879)

£1220 A Fawcett; £1090x2 CW Foster; £1070 £1055 AJ Shepherd; £1070 D&J Coates; £1010 £950 G&R Bulmer;  

Ab Angus (Av £892)

£1050 £850 C Schofield; £1030 AJ Shepherd; £825 £800 D Wells;

Blonde (Av £848)

£920x2 £860x2 F Chislett;  £880 £840 £770 TB Moorhouse;

Saler (Av £770)

£770x3 Beeston Hall

MRI (Av £851)

£910x2 £840x3 £825x3 D Beck;

Black & White (Av £576)

£690x4 £650x5 D Beck; £580 FG Throup;

Top price pen of three or more bullocks

Store Heifers – Continental x average £869, Native average £780

Charollais x (Av £845)

£1040 TE Walker; £1010 R&M Towell; £980x10 D Pawson & Son;

Limousin x (Av £867)

£1170 Fair Place Fm; £1135 R&M Towell; £1120 AJ Shepherd; £1100 G&R Bulmer; £1090x2 WA&VJ&JA Towler;

Brit Blue x (Av £901)

£1275 £1140 £1115x3 KG Wilkinson; £1260 CW Foster;  £1120 AJ Shepherd; £1110 H&S Maudsley;

Ab Angus (Av £860)

£975x2 AJ Shepherd; £630 D Wells;  

Blonde (Av £811)

£980 £850 EM&BJ Stonehouse; £980 £970 £850x2 K&GJ Huck; £930 £880 K Lister & Son; £850 TB Moorhouse;

Simmental (Av £857)

£990 A Fawcett; £970 JB Bancroft; £790 G&R Bulmer;

Hereford (Av £775)

£1000 £860 K Lister & Son; £850 £835 £795 £770 JB Bancroft;

Black & White (Av £562)

£965 D&J Coates; £160 T&G McGarrell;

Top price pen of three or more heifers

Breeding Cattle

Lim x Cows with Lim x Hfr Calves               to £1400

BB x Cows with Lim x Bull Calves                to £1980

Bld x Cows with Lim x Hfr Calves                to £1350

Bld x Cows with BB x Bull Calves                                to £2050

Lim x Cows with Lim x Bull Calves              to £1900

Blue Wednesday

Judge – Rob Walker

At 4,200gns Greystone Judge headed up the British Blue Fixture ‘Blue Wednesday’ at Craven Cattle Marts Ltd, Skipton. The 2014 homebred son of Greystone Hoover was shown by Messrs Coates of Rainscar and bred from easy calving lines found favour with Gargrave dairy farmer Colin Whitelock, who is a producer of high quality British Blue calves.

Dylan Townend a regular consignor of show cattle produced Clifftown Jock a 2014 son of Boherard Cantona which with a Junior Interbreed Championship at the 2015 Newark & Notts County Show secured last summer joined JC Loveridge of Rochester, Kent.

Supreme Champion was Mesrs HR&JW Maudsley Littlebank Issac the 2013 son of Imperial De L’Ecluse bred from the Gitan du Ptit Mayeur daughter Littlebank Diva, which caught the eye of judge Rob Walker of Dunsop Bridge. The big mobile champion a proven sire sold to Pateley bridge Beef farmer Bernard Simpson.

JH&SM Mason of Keasden Head sold the Be Cantona 2013 bull to Mr D Beal of Malton for 3950gns and the reserve champion from Mycock Bright Ltd, Buxton the 2014 Chardaney Joop sold to D Wise of Huddersfield for 3800gns.

The sale was the most successful to date and further established the venue as a centre for the breed.  Demand from dairy farmers provided a good underlying trade which further competition from premium suckled calf producers many of whom has travelled considerable distances to attend the sale.

Class 1 – (Born 14.08.13 – 23.02.14)

1^st H&S Maudsley Lot 2 selling for 3300gns

2^nd JH Pedley Lot 1 selling for 2750gns

3^rd DS Townend Lot 6 selling for 4000gns

Class 2 – (Born 13.03.14 – 21.11.14)

1^st Mycock Agri Lot 12 selling for 3800gns

2^nd Mycock Agri Lot 10 Unsold

3^rd G Boocock Lot 9 selling for 2850gns

Champion - H&S Maudsley Lot 2 selling for 3300gns

Reserve - Mycock Agri Lot 12 selling for 3800gns