Feeding Bulls – once again a very good trade for an excellent entry of spring 2019 bulls. The lighter end particularly good to sell indicative of feeders attempting to market bulls at lighter weights when finished. The section average was £950 with just an odd December born pure Limousin Bull at £1370 from WM&JE Shuttleworth.

Feeding Cows – some very good beef cows in todays entry and trade as strong as ever with an average of £932, and numbers short of buyers requirements. If you have cows or OTM clean to sell please contact Jeremy or Ted to discuss trade.

Stores – A more mixed entry after last fortnights Show & Sale, but trade very similar for the 563 head, comprising a large show of 297 bullocks and 266 heifers. In the sale were 139 head of Native bred cattle, Angus’s totalling 62 of those with a strong enquiry ringside. Bullocks up to £1270 from Harewood farming Co and Heifers to £1075 from M Holmes, Burnley. Black & White Bullocks also a good yarding and a strong trade with a pen of 6 from R Naylor at £965, and a breed average of £887. Next Fortnight Includes the Early Spring Sale of Native Sired Store Cattle, speak to Ted or Kyle for more details.
Continental strong cattle a nice trade with a full ringside of buyers keen, bullocks peaking at £1410 from Fairplace Farm, Cowling, and Heifers to £1270 from E&AM Simpson of Pateley Bridge. Yearling cattle coming forward in larger numbers as spring approaches and its evident that seasonal buyers are now in the market looking for cattle for a couple of months housing before turnout, the harder looking cattle being easier to place, nice continental bullocks 8-11mo £850-£1000, next grade £800 ish, whilst Natives saw a pen of 6 Angus outwintered Angus at 8mo from D Neave, Rochdale realise £720. Heifers under 12mo peaking at £1070 from JA&JM Wade & Son of Cononley.

Prices and Averages

Young Bulls Continental x average £965, Native average £872

Charollais x (Av £1021)

£1040 J&ME Carr; £1035 J&A Smales; £990 JG Pears;

Simmental x (Av £780)

£1000 JA&J Harper; £855 J&A Smales; £790x4 M Nunns;  

Limousin x (Av £979)

£1370 1230 WM&JE Shuttleworth; £1190 S&T Fawcett; £1170 J Pickles; £1160 JA&JM Wade; £1150 £1140 R Holroyd;  

Brit Blue x (Av £982)

£1110 £1070 S&T Fawcett; £1100 £1080 EW&JR Parkinson; £1100 R Holroyd; £1090 £1070x3 WH&MA Keighley;   

Ab Angus (Av £657)

£1005 B Spensley; £860x2 E&E Metcalfe; £745x2 J&A Smales; £710 £610 P Shackleton;  

Blonde (Av £1038)

£1105 J Baines; £1090 J&G Huck; £1045x3 JH Throup; £1000 JE Cowperthwaite;  

Stabiliser (Av £872)

£990 £910x4 £870x3 £820x3 JG Pears;

Top price pen of three or more bulls

(£15 Prize) 3 Lim x @ £1130 DW&CJ Towler

(£10 Prize) 3 Lim x @ £1100 Procters Farm

Beef Bred Feeding Cows av £932 Bulls av £1160

Store Bullocks – Continental x average £980, Native average £951 B&W average £887

Charollais (Av £972)

£1145 £1140 £1090 David Sandham; £1100 N&S Pinder; £1070 J Cheetham; £1050 B Mellin; £1015 G&R Bulmer;  

Simmental x (Av £954)

£1050 £1045 R Naylor; £1000 £990 B Mellin; £1000 KP Drinkall; £970 G&R Bulmer; £960 R&A Jennings;

Limousin x (Av £971)

£1410 £1280 Fair Place Farm; £1200 F&A Walmsley; £1200x2 David Sandham; £1185 £1180 E&AM Simpson;  

Blonde (Av £1123)

£1225x3 N&S Pinder;

Ab Angus (Av £941)

£1270 £1080 Harewood; £1195 H Downs & Son; £1185x3 J Cheetham; £1095 MJ Holmes; £1090x2 KP Drinkall;   

Saler x (Av £1057)

£1190 £1185 £1155x3 £1100x2 £1080 David Sandham; £1105x2 J&M Blakey; £1010 Beeston Hall;

Brit Blue x (Av £1009)

£1150 H Horsfield; £1140x3 D&J Coates; £1130 M Ryder & Son; £1130 David Sandham; £1130 H Downs & Son;  

Mont Bel (Av £940)

£940 JH&J Ryder;

Shorthorn (Av £782)

£960 MJ Holmes; £820 SR Petty; £800 £780 £760x2 £720x3 JA Key;

B&W (Av £887)

£965x6 R Naylor; £940x2 H Downs & Son; £940x3 JW&JH Collinson;

Hereford (Av £987)

£1015 H Downs; £985x2 £975x2 R Holmes;

Bazadaise (Av £880)

£880 R Naylor;

Top price pen of three or more bullocks

Store Heifers – Continental x average £902, Native average £825

Charollais x (Av £933)

£1070 x2 A Fawcett; £1020x2 £970 D Sandham; £990 AC Ward; £960x2 Firm of William King; £910 RA&H Bury;  

Simmental (Av £1037)

£1085x3 £990x3 A Fawcett; £1060x2 David Sandham; £1030 R&A Jennings;

Limousin x (Av £888)

£1270 E&AM Simpson; £1235 DT Houseman; £1230 £1205 £1195 F&A Walmsley; £1200 £1160 J Pickles; £1150 R Holroyd;   

Blonde (Av £913)

£950 F Thomas; £900 R&VJ Brown; £890 D&D Collins;   

Ab Angus (Av £823)

£1075 MJ Holmes; £940 JH&J Ryder; £870x5 JW Barker; £865 E Pennock & Son;  

Saler (Av £937)

£955 Beeston Hall; £920 J&C Wright;

Brit Blue x (Av £898)

£1070 £1020 £980 David Sandham; £1000x3 R Holmes; £990 £980 H Horsfield; £970x3 JT Spencer;

Hereford x (Av £737)

£840x3 R Holmes; £430 IC&JC Briggs;

Shorthorn x (Av £842)

£885 G&R Bulmer; £800 R Naylor;

Beef x (Av £920)

£920 JA&JM Wade;

Top price pen of three or more heifers

(£15 Prize) 3 Sim x @ £1085 A Fawcett

(£10 Prize) 3 Char x @ £1070 A Fawcett

Skipton Auction Mart
Gargrave Road
Skipton
North Yorkshire
BD23 1UD

Tel 01756 792375

Jeremy Eaton 07740 780481
Ted Ogden 07855 958211
Kyle Hawksworth 07538 539077