Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle
Forward: 521 head of cattle
Comprising: 137 Young Feeding Bulls, 336 Bullocks & Heifers, 4 Feeding Cows, 44 Breeding Cattle inc 22 Suckler Breeding Cattle.
NEXT SALE – WEDNESDAY 10th JUNE 2015.
440 HEAD comprising 120 Young Bulls and 280 Bullocks and Heifers, 40 Beef Breeding Cattle
Entries to Mart Office by 4pm Wednesday 3rd June
Prices and Averages
Young Bulls – Continental x average £927, Native average £749
Charollais x (Av £1019)
£1110x2 £1105 £1100 £920 S Morphet; £1000x3 AMS Robinson;
Limousin x (Av £924)
£1320 £1250 JM Townsend; £1140 WF Naylor; £1140 W&A Lambert; £1140 T&LM Goad; £1120 None Go Bye; £1100 DW&CJ Towler; £1100x2 R Stainton; £1100 £1090 R&R Gornall; £1090x2 A Clark & Johnson;
Brit Blue x (Av £1067)
£1260 £1240 £1220 JM Townsend; £1260 £1220 KA&HL Fawcett; £1250 £1200 £1170 £1100 J Baines; £910x4 R&C Greenwood; £875 TB Moorhouse;
Ab Angus (Av £737)
£1020 W&A Lambert; £860 E&AM Simpson; £850 £835 R Stainton; £670 £660 £620x4 B Chapman;
Blonde (Av £881)
£1050 £990 £975 £930 K&GJ Huck; £920 £870 PA&D Wells; £880 DI Holliday; £880x4 J&R Cockerill
Stabiliser (Av £740)
£740 C&RH Weatherhead;
Shorthorn (Av £860)
£860 J Pollard;
Simmental (Av £810)
£810x3 C&RH Weatherhead;
Black & White (Av £660)
£660 R Stainton;
Top price pen of three or more bulls
(£15 Prize) 3 Char x @ £1000 AMS Robinson, Staveley
(£10 Prize) 3 Brit Blue @ £910 R&C Greenwood, Bradley
Store Bullocks – Continental x average £905, Native average £763
Charollais x (Av £959)
£1140 £1030x2 £1025 £1000 £965x2 £900 J Cheetham; £920 CJ&J Harker; £810 TE&S Ridding;
Limousin x (Av £915)
£1180 £1160 £1140 Ellis Bros; £1140 £1095 P&E Fox; £1090 JG Hall; £1070 WP&B Walker; £1070 J Hopkinson;
Brit Blue x (Av £797)
£885 £840 DI Holliday; £870 G&R Bulmer; £850 JA&J Harper; £790X3 W&M Bland; £765x2 E Warren;
Ab Angus (Av £680)
£735x2 W&M Bland; £690x2 MP Tyson; £550 E Warren;
Blonde (Av £878)
£925 £875 ML Evans; £920x3 £885 £840x2 DI Holliday;
Hereford (Av £775)
£830 MEC Higgs; £770x2 West Berwick;
Pathanais (Av £702)
£930x2 £605x2 JE Greenwood;
Stabiliser (Av £721)
£825 £750 £590 West Berwick Farm
Simmental (Av £931)
£1030 CJ&J Harker; £970x3 £920x2 CA Foster; £970 W&M Bland;
Black & White (Av £558)
£680x5 JF Metcalfe; £645x7 £545x4 E Warren;
Top price pen of three or more bullocks
(£15 Prize) 3 Lim x @ £1000 JR Carr, Addingham
(£10 Prize) 3 Sim x @ £970 CA Foster, Bolton Abbey
Store Heifers – Continental x average £859, Native average £746
Charollais x (Av £973)
£1170 £1150 P&E Fox; £1075x3 £995x3 A Fawcett; £910 CP Sayer; £845x2 D Sutton;
Limousin x (Av £860)
£1280x2 £1250 £1230 A Rigby; £1140 JA&J Harper; £1140x3 Ellis Bros; £1130 DM White; £1120 £1085 £1060 CH&OF Hammond; £1060 AV Caton;
Brit Blue x (Av £876)
£1160 £1100 KA&HL Fawcett; £1120 £1100 JH&SM Mason; £1100 £1000 JM&DE Wood; £990 G&R Bulmer;
Ab Angus (Av £769)
£900 G&R Bulmer; £830x2 £790x2 MP Tyson; £750x2 AMS Robinson; £720x4 A&H Cox;
Blonde (Av £779)
£1000 £980 £890 £885 K&GJ Huck; £865x2 £860 £850x2 £790 DI Holliday;
Simmental (Av £822)
£875x2 J Dibb; £770x2 W&M Bland;
Hereford (Av £675)
£730x2 MEC Higgs; £690 £550 West Berwick Farms;
Bazadaise (Av £760)
£760x2 AV Caton
Top price pen of three or more heifers
(£15 Prize) 3 Lim x @ £1140 Ellis Bros, Addingham
(£10 Prize) 3 Char x @ £1075 A Fawcett, Bishop Thornton
44 Pedigree Beef Cattle & Suckler Cattle
Leading the prices in the pedigree and pure bred section of the Lingfields Cattle Fair was the 16mth old Simmental Bull, Scarthingwell Ferdie by easy calving Popes Laird shown by Mrs JC Pick of Scarthingwell which sold to Liversedge Bros of Wilberfoss for 2400gns.
2350gns was the final bid for the British Blue Bull, Brookfield Ironman from S&GA Potter of Topcliffe which sold to J Verity & Son of Lofthouse for producing premium calves in their suckler herd.
The Championship was won by Messrs TB Moorhouse & Son of Dacre with their 2013 Blonde d’Aquitaine bull Fouldshaw Incredible Hulk, bred from easy calving lines and finding a new home with George Wainwright in the Peak District for 1800gns. Judge James Huck, Austwick.
Other Chief Prices
Charolais – W Richardson & Sons 2000gns
Limousin – RS Harker 1450gns; AJ Mason 1300gns
British Blue – T Metcalfe 2050gns
The Final Bull sale of the season saw a discerning audience with interest centered around mobile, natural bulls ready to go straight to work.
Show Results –
Class 1 – Best Female
1st TE Priestley Lot 3 sold for 1220gns to N Shaw & Son
2nd TE Priestley Lot 1 Unsold
3rd TE Priestley Lot 2 Unsold
Class 2 – Senior Bull
1st TB Moorhouse Lot 9 sold for 1800gns to GA&SM Wainwright
Class 3 – Junior Bull
1st AJ Mason Lot 16 sold for 1300gns to BT&J Greaves
2nd AJ Mason Lot 15 Unsold
Champion – TB Moorhouse Lot 9
Reserve – AJ Mason Lot 16
Forward (44) – 22 Pedigree & Pure Bred Breeding Cattle & 22 Suckler Breeding Cattle
Lim X Hfrs with Lim x Bull Calf to £2050
Lim x Hfrs with Lim X Hfr Calves to £1700
BB X Hfrs with Blonde X Bull Calf to £2220
BB X Hfrs with Blonde X Hfr Calf to £2100