Feeding Bulls – another very good show for feeding bulls with 147 sold to average £1017 a reflection of the reducing number of spring born bulls in store rings and an improved finished price. Whilst heavy bulls were up, it was long keep bulls which proved the trade of the day with a lot between £950 and £1050.

Feeding Cows – a real injection into the feeding cow trade with a useful entry of cows with feed potential. Pick of the continental’s were all £1100 to £1470 with a number of lean first cross blues at £900-£950. Natives carrying finish were to £1125.

Stores - Strong feeding cattle saw trade dearer on the week with less strength forward and an active audience looking to fill up on both strong bullocks and heifers. There was a shortage of the very strongest cattle forward today with many farmers taking the option of turning cattle out ready for selling at the back-end months.

First of selling particularly well was the U grade over 20 month heifers selling to purchasers for both feeding and bulling. Top price heifer came from JR Lancaster at £1330 for a Lim, followed closely behind at £1300 for another Lim at 23 months coming from vendors Ellis Bros who then also sold the next highest price Heifer at £1290.

U Grade steers sold tremendous today to a very active audience looking for the best goods for feeding and supplying both mainstream abattoirs and small scale butchers around the UK. Top price steer £1300 from P+E Fox sold to £1300 for his 24 months old Blonde X, following closely behind at £1270 for a Bazadaise Steer from JE Naylor. Closely behind came a single Lim Steer at £1260 from AJ Shepherd. A packet of Lim steers also followed selling at £1175 from F Thomas & Son. Many more 20+month old cattle could have been sold to seller’s advantage today. The 46 Store Steers 18 month+ came to a pleasing average of £1050.

Limousin steers came to an overall breed average of £997. Looking very well sold with a range of ages in the mix today. 

Native cattle sold tremendous with buyers out in force for both summering and feeding Angus and Herefords. Angus steers came to an average £925 with a top of £1090 from J Cheetham.

Black and Whites sold to a total breed average of £900. Cattle coming from both M Ryder & Sons and A.P Bullock sold packets of ranging from £985-£830. More of these well grown Black and Whites are required on a regular basis.

Grazing cattle once again selling away to an active audience with prices very similar on the fortnight. Steers up-to 12 Months sold to £1040 from JR Carr, Ilkley. The 12 months of age and under cattle sold to an average of £883. Heifer’s up-to 12 Months sold to an overall average of £821 for the 73 on offer. The range of prices from £560-£1100. Best cattle with the ends in them to make good retail products defiantly lead the trade today with buyers out to pay for quality.

NEXT SALE – WEDNESDAY 10th JUNE 2020.

570 HEAD comprising 150 Young Bulls, 50 Beef Bred feeding Cows, 350 Bullocks and Heifers

& 20 Breeding Cattle

Catalogue Entries close 4pm Wednesday 3RD June

Prices and Averages

Young Bulls Overall average £1017

Charollais x (Av £950)

£1080 FC N M Walker; £1030 JE&AC Clarke; £880 AMS Robinson;

Simmental x (Av £987)

£1095 £970 JE&AC Clarke; £1080 £1005 £1000 G Mellin;

Limousin x (Av £1058)

£1290 £1260 JA&JM Wade; £1250 JH&SM Mason; £1240 £1215 £1200 A Lodge; £1210 £1205 A Rigby; £1200 R Holroyd;

Brit Blue x (Av £968)

£1180 KA&HL Fawcett; £1135 £1105 JH&J Ryder; £1120 JH&SM Mason; £1110 EW&JR Parkinson; £1095 M Taylor; £1095 A Lodge;   

Ab Angus (Av £880)

£1145 JA&JM Wade; £760 JE&AC Clarke; £735 J Harrison;

Shorthorn (Av £720)

£720 JE&AC Clarke;

Devon x (Av £1005)

£1055 £980 JP Broadwith;

MRI (Av £705)

£705 B Spensley;

Hereford (Av £735)

£830 £640 GC Marston:

Beef Bred Feeding Cows av £945 Bulls av £1480

Simmental           to £1080 av £912

Limousin              to £1470 av £1010

Blonde                  to £890 av £875                                

AA                          to £1125 av £909

Brit Blue               to £1110 av £920

Hereford             to £660

Bazadaise            to £890

Stabiliser              to £980

Limousin Bull      to £1480

Top prices - £1480 D Garstang; £1470 J Fairburn; £1280 DW&CJ Towler; £1170 R&A Wallbank; £1170 M Ryder; £1125 DM Neave;

Store Bullocks – Continental x average £986, Native average £904

Charollais (Av £963)

£1115 J Cheetham; £910 H&M Plews; £865 AJ Shepherd;  

Simmental x (Av £917)

£1095 RH&JS Vickery; £740 CA Foster;

Limousin x (Av £997)

£1260 AJ Shepherd; £1175 F Thomas; £1140 £1135 £1100 £1090 Ellis Bros; £1120 A Fawcett:  £1080 M Ryder;  

Blonde (Av £862)

£1300 P&E Fox; £950 K Lister; £880 R&A Wallbank; £810 M GI P Taylor; £760 Taylors;  

Ab Angus (Av £925)

£1090 £980 £975 J Cheetham; £1085 RH&JS Vickery; £1080 £900 MP&S Tyson; £900 B Spensley;    

Saler x (Av £878)

£1020 £820 £795 JC&DJ Marshall;

Brit Blue x (Av £1048)

£1105 £1095 E&MA Burrow; £830 M Ryder;  

B&W (Av £900)

£985 £830 M Ryder & Son; £960 £870 A&S Bullock;

Hereford (Av £783)

£850 K Lister & Son; £650 SR&DJ Petty;

Bazadaise (Av £1270)

£1270 JE Naylor;

Store Heifers – Continental x average £881, Native average £782

Charollais x (Av £863)

£1180 AJ Shepherd; £995 J Cheetham; £885 £850 B&LN DIbb; £750 AMS Robinson;  

Simmental (Av £893)

£1050 £965 £940 £860 A Fawcett; £880 CA Foster;  

Limousin x (Av £882)

£1330 £1210 £1200 JR Lancaster; £1300 £1290 Ellis Bros; £1190 Lambert Mile House; £1165 C Wellock;   

Blonde (Av £779)

£880 £800 K Lister & Sons; £850 R&A Wallbank; £825 Taylors; £700 K&GJ Huck;   

Ab Angus (Av £914)

£1170 C Wellock; £960 A Fawcett; £960 AAIM Smith; £930 H&M Plews; £890 MP&S Tyson;  

Brit Blue x (Av £916)

£1100 £1080 £1010 £920 K&J Marshall; £1060 BF Blezard; £930 £900 A Butler; £890 AM&E Hartley;

22 BREEDING CATTLE

Fortnightly Breeding Cattle –

Definite indications that customers are out looking for premium quality replacements for their herds.

Jack Berry (JH Throup) of Silsden Moor had no resistance and no shortage of customers for 3 good blue heifer families to average £2000.

At the opposite end of the scale there are less buyers looking for lots to just summer or split with strongest demand centered around a young genuine farming outfits to put into the herd.

Charolais Bull 4 years                                     to £1260

BBx Hfrs with Bld x Hfr Calves                    to £2050

BBx Hfrs with Bld x Bull Calves                  to £2000

Char Cow with Lim x Hfr Calves                 to £1100

Hefd x Hfrs with Lim x Hfr Calves              to £1380

Hefd x Hfrs with Lim x Str Calves              to £1320

BBx Hfrs Incalf                                                  to £980

CONTACT DETAILS

Skipton Auction Mart
Gargrave Road
Skipton
North Yorkshire
BD23 1UD

Tel 01756 792375

Jeremy Eaton 07747 780481
Ted Ogden 07855 958211
Kyle Hawksworth 07538 539077