Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle
Forward: 481 head of cattle
Comprising: 133 Young Feeding Bulls, 329 Bullocks & Heifers, 1 Feeding Cows & 18 Breeding Cattle.
CCM Auctions held their fortnightly cattle sale at Skipton on Wednesday where 481 head were forward for sale. Short keep cattle held their value well in the face of reduced prime returns, the quality younger cattle were a sharp trade whilst additional buyers were at the ringside looking for summer grazing cattle.
NEXT SALE – WEDNESDAY 13th APRIL 2016.
SPRING SHOW & SALE OF CONTINENTAL CROSS BULLOCKS AND HEIFERS
625 HEAD comprising 150 Young Bulls, 450 Bullocks and Heifers and 25 Breeding Cattle
Entries to Mart Office by Wednesday 6th April
Prices and Averages
Young Bulls – Continental x average £881, Native average £643
Charollais x (Av £797)
£1000 £910 RM Wilson; £640x2 SM Russell;
Simmental (Av £765)
£805 £725 C&RH Weatherhead;
Limousin x (Av £882)
£1060 £1040 £1015 £1010 JR Lancaster; £1050 SJ Burton; £1040 D&S Hollings; £995 R&SH Stainton;
Brit Blue x (Av £909)
£1260 £1130 £1100 EW&JR Parkinson; £1230 £1170 £1110 £1090 JM Townsend; £1045 JR Lancaster; £1030 E&M Townley;
Ab Angus (Av £643)
£775 C &RH Weatherhead; £600x3 SM Russell & Son;
Blonde (Av £815)
£980 AJ Ogden; £915 £880 JA&J Harper; £850 £820 £810x2 £795 JE Cowperthwaite;
Black & White (Av £500)
£500 A Wilkes;
Top price pen of three or more bulls
(£15 Prize) 3 Lim x @ £950 SJ&AS Burton
(£10 Prize) 4 Lim x @ £780 J Shorrock
Grazing Cow
Limousin to £410
Store Bullocks – Continental x average £935, Native average £822
Charollais x (Av £945)
£1090 E&AM Simpson; £940 £875x2 TE Walker;
Limousin x (Av £937)
£1190 £1180x2 K Lister & Son; £1155x3 F Thomas & Son; £1145 Ellis Bros; £1135 JE Mawer; £1130 JM&S Tennant; £1130 E&AM Simpson;
Brit Blue x (Av £963)
£1150 £955x2 JP Broadwith; £1105 Whalley Corn Mills; £1090 A Fawcett; £1005 £990 R&M Towell; £980 E&AM Simpson;
Ab Angus (Av £814)
£ 1115x3 £960x2 E Pennock & Son; £820x4 £785x2 DA Ogden;
Blonde (Av £902)
£1180 £960x3 £925x2 £920x2 £815x3 K Lister & Son;
Hereford (Av £841)
£1085 £875 £805x2 K Lister & Son; £790x4 G&R Bulmer;
Black & White (Av £583)
£850 £605x2 JP Broadwith; £640x2 GD&JC Holme; £590x2 FG Throup; £540x4 JF Metcalfe;
Top price pen of three or more bullocks
(£15 Prize) 3 Lim x @ £1155 F Thomas
(£10 Prize) 3 AA @ £1115 E Pennock & Son
Store Heifers – Continental x average £881, Native average £802
Charollais x (Av £865)
£1065 E&AM Simpson; £1045 DW Barker; 1030 A Fawcett; £1005 R Holmes; £990x2 TE Hepworth; £940x2 DW Barker;
Simmental (Av £901)
£1075 £1070 £1030 £1000x4 £950 A Fawcett; £700x3 GW Mosley;
Limousin x (Av £882)
£1200 £1165 E&AM Simpson; £1200x2 K Lister & Son; £1190 JG Hall & Son; £1175 £1170 J Gowthorpe; £1130x2 KP Drinkall;
Brit Blue x (Av £856)
£1120 D&S Hollings; £1095 R Holmes; £1090 Ellis Bros; £1060 D Holgate; £1060 £985x2 A Fawcett; £1060 £1040 Mesr Coates;
Ab Angus (Av £690)
£900 A Wilkes; £760 FG Throup; £670 New York Farms; £560x2 JA&M Crocker;
Blonde (Av £1049)
£1200 £1195 £1080 K Lister & Son; £940 R Holmes; £830 R&VJ Brown;
Hereford (Av £941)
£1035 K Lister & Son; £970x2 JP Broadwith; £790 G&R Bulmer;
Top price pen of three or more heifers
(£15 Prize) 3 Lim x @ £1075 KP Drinkall
(£10 Prize) 4 Sim x @ £1000 A Fawcett
Breeding Cattle
A mixed entry in the breeding ring today with 18 head forward.
Frank Chislet had the pick of the bunch with 4 Lim x Heifers with Blonde Heifer Calves at foot. These sold to £1900 with others at £1820 £1700 & £1620.
Messrs Lumb of Halifax sold a Lim Cow with Lim Bull calf 4mo to £1350 with CR Green of Lightcliffe selling 2 heifers with multi suckled calves at foot to £1080 & £1000.
Lim x Cow with Lim Calf to £1350
Lim Hfr with Bld Calf to £1900
B&W Hfr with Mixed Calves to £1000
Jersey Hfr with Mixed Calves to £1080