Feeding Bulls – a good entry of strong bulls for the time of year and a number of regular consignments which always bring an extra buyer or two. Under 12 months bulls were a very strong trade if they were premium types of well drawn strong factory sorts. Buyers were more cautious over second quality bulls older than 12 months.

Feeding Cows – a mixed show of feeding cows and stock bulls, 75 head were forward for sale and attracted the usual strong company of buyers. Stock bulls sold to £1240 for a British Blue from GD&A Midgley of Luddenfoot, whilst a great pure Blue Cow from Mr KW Gamble of Easingwold topped at £1580. Strong short keep cows were into four figures, but more plain & lean lasses were forward as would be expected at this time of year and selling at prices to suit the goods.

Stores - Less numbers forward today but trade defiantly brisker in all departments. Black and White strong bullocks to £1060 with medium nice weight gaining sorts £820-£880. A Pen of hard bullocks to farm on sold at £485. Blue Bullocks sold to £1250 R Naylor with the same vendor getting the next top prices for strong bullocks with thick frame at £1130,£1120. N&J Thwaite sold a single blue bullock again exceeding £1100 mark at £1115. Most blues in today dairy bred with many exceeding the £1000 mark for strong bullocks with size and flesh. Charollais steers sold to £1170 from regular vendor NJ&SJ Pinder with same vendor again reaching £1155 for another strong Charollais. Native steers selling very well with orders ringside for all classes. £1245 top call for 4 from Bargh Bros at Bracewell followed by MJ Holmes at £1230 for another pen of 4. Plenty of cattle that had been bought out of our spring sales beginning to return as strong quick finishing cattle. All Angus steers apart from 5 exceeding the £1000 mark. Hard farmed Hereford £780-£880 some plainer outfits £680-£740. Angus heifers in high demand with 2 good thick heifers from R Tennant selling at £1260 for a nice shape Angus and then £1020 for another thick heifer with less conformation. E Pennock and Son sold some strong dairy bred heifers at £985. Other Angus heifers slightly smaller and more long term in the £700-£780 range. A mixture of beef and dairy blue heifers in the entry with some real machines off of D&FJ Leeming selling at £1360,£1210,£1180 for suckler bred 17-19 month cattle. Dairy bred sorts with size £1100-£1230. Purchasers definitely after the short-term thick cattle. Some other big blue heifer £1020-£1080 for big heifers again but just either a touch smaller or not as thick.

NEXT SALE – WEDNESDAY 25th NOVEMBER 2020.

600 HEAD comprising 100 Young Bulls, 80 Beef Bred feeding Cows, 400 Bullocks and Heifers

& 20 Breeding Cattle

Catalogue Entries close 4pm Wednesday 18th November

Prices and Averages

Young Bulls average £1035

Charollais x (Av £1015)

£1130 F&J Andrews; £900 J&G Bamforth;

Simmental x (Av £1161)

£1225 £1165 £1160 £1155 £1115 RD Elliott;  

Limousin x (Av £954)

£1320 £1220 T Robinson; £1180 £1150 JA&JH Wade; £1100 T Atkinson; £1080 TH Mellin; £1060 MG Bamforth;  

Brit Blue x (Av £1018)

£1340 £1150 £1060 KA&HL Fawcett; £1130 £1120 £1095 £1000 D Broadbent; £1120 T Robinson;

Ab Angus (Av £1050)

£1050 TH Mellin;

Blonde (Av £1196)

£1290 £1160 £1140 T Atkinson;

Stabiliser (Av £1055)

£1055 J&A Smales;

Beef Bred Feeding Cows av £759

Simmental           to £1200 av £888

Limousin              to £1170 av £744

Blonde                  to £710

AA                          to £970 av £688

Shorthorn           to £800 av £750

Welsh                   to £540 av £383

Beef Bred            to £910 av £761

Brit Blue               to £1580 av £888

Charolais              to £940 av £932

Hereford             to £1010 av £797

Blue Bull               to £1240

Hereford Bull     to £871

Top prices - £1580 KW Gamble; £1240 GD&A Midgley; £1200 EB Webster; £1170 £1130 DW&CJ Towler;    

Store Bullocks – Continental x average £958, Native average £892

Charollais (Av £1096)

£1170 £1155 NJ&SJ Pinder; £995 M&C Greenwood; £920 G&R Bulmer;  

Simmental x (Av £988)

£1090 R Naylor; £920 £880 S Keen; £825 G&L Newburn;

Limousin x (Av £921)

£1280 £1255 £1245 F&A Walmsley; £1280 C Nelson; £1250 £1200 M Ryder & Son; £1120 GT Booth; £1120 SW&JE Tyder;  

Blonde (Av £1130)

£1140 £1120 SW&JE Ryder;

Ab Angus (Av £1070)

£1245 Bargh Bros; £1230 MJ Holmes; £1120 £1050 Thornhill Fenwick & Co; £1050 £1000 R Tennant;

Saler x (Av £923)

£1030 £920 £890 TJ Hunt;

Brit Blue x (Av £928)

£1250 £1130 £1120 £1095 R Naylor; £1115 £1030 N&J Thwaite; £1105 £1080 GT Booth;

Hereford (Av £783)

£880 £825 £800 £750 JR Smith; £820 £740 G&L Newburn; £740 Branton Court;

B&W (Av £747)

£1060 Bargh Bros; £940 R Naylor; £860 GD&JC Holme; £820 JG&R Lancashire;

Mont Bel (Av £1086)

£1095 £1080 SW&JR Ryder;

Store Heifers – Continental x average £958, Native average £876

Simmental (Av £961)

£1095 Thornhill Fenwick & Co; £980 £800 S Keen; £970 R Naylor;  

Limousin x (Av £934)

£1380 D&FJ Leeming; 1240 DW&CJ Towler; £1105 M Ryder; £1090 Thornhill Fenwick & Co; £1085 Ellis Bros;  

Blonde (Av £900)

£950 SW&JE Ryder; £850 J Butler;   

Ab Angus (Av £866)

£1260 £1020 R Tennant; £985 E Pennock; £750 WJ&M Greenwood; £745 G&L Newburn;  

Shorthorn (Av £1290)

£1360 £1220 W&M Oldfield;

Brit Blue x (Av £1126)

£1360 £1210 £1180 D&FJ Lemming; £1230 JM Smith; £1140 J Middleton; £1120 £1100 R Naylor;  

B&W (Av £805)

£860 £750;

Hereford (Av £670)

£760 Branton Court; £660 £640 JR Smith;

26 Pedigree & Commercial Beef Breeding Cattle.

Ped Ab Angus Bull 18mo                               to 1200gns

Ped Limousin 2yrs                                           to 2000gns

Ped British Blue                                                to 1650gns

Here Cow with AA Hfr Calves                     to £1400

Sim x Hfrs with Blue Bull Calves                to £1280

Sim x Hfrs with Lim x Bull Calves              to £1200

BB x Cows Incalf                                               to £1250 av £1110