Forward: 908 head of cattle
Comprising: 283 Young Feeding Bulls, 8 Beef Feeding Cows, 579 Bullocks & Heifers, 38 Pedigree & Beef Breeding Cattle.
Young bulls witnessed a trade a shade easier to a fortnight ago with the difference being in the 400kg bulls. RS Harker & Son leading the prices with a Limousin bull at £1380 and also took the pen of three top price with three limousin’s at £1170. Overall average for all the bulls was £1006. Still plenty of Spring 2016 bulls making between £850 and £1050.
Another strong number of bullocks and heifers forward for the second sale of February. The trade was very similar to a fortnight ago with strong bullocks and heifers on the receiving end of some fierce bidding, John Walmsley of Pleasington saw his pen of three Limousin Bullocks hit £1200 with Ned Simpsons pen of 4 heifers hitting £1140.
Smart bullocks and heifers were at a premium as well today with the annual Craven Champions show cattle drawing buyers from far and wide to sample the best Skipton has to offer. 10 – 12 month old bullocks and heifers witnessed a strong trade from start to finish with well shaped and stylish cattle regularly exceeding expectations. H Harvey & Son, Norfolk got in amongst the highest priced pens with three 11 month old bullocks at £1140.
NEXT SALE – WEDNESDAY 1st MARCH 2017.
740 HEAD comprising 200 Young Bulls, 10-15 Beef Bred feeding Cows, 500 Bullocks and Heifers & 25 Breeding Cattle
Catalogue Entries close 4pm Wednesday 22nd February
Prices and Averages
Young Bulls – Continental x average £1014, Native average £760
Charollais x (Av £1001)
£1185 £1115x2 £1095x3 £1050 D Pawson; £990 £965 £910x2 J&AJ Coates; ;
Limousin x (Av £1008)
£1380 £1300 RS Harker; £1300 JE Cowperthwaite; £1240 JM&SP Cooper; £1230 JA&J Harper; £1200 R Wilson; £1200 BS Simpson;
Brit Blue x (Av £1031)
£1265x2 £1245 £1200 KG Wilkinson; £12220£1145 WH&MA Keighley; £1200 S&P Scrivin; £1200 S&T Fawcett;
Ab Angus (Av £785)
£880 I Townson; £690 R Bamforth;
Simmental (Av £1002)
£1230 £1220 £1110 £1100 £1090 £1070 G Lumb & Son; £1135 R Wilson; £1000 G Mellin; £850x3 J&AJ Coates;
Blonde (Av £1005)
£1290 Saddle End Farm; £1230 £1100 JA&J Harper; £1200 £1090 JN Gardner; £1060 JJ&D Cowking; £1050 JE Cowperthwaite;
Saler (Av £796)
£830 £780x2 AMS Robinson;
Devon (Av £856)
£870 £860 £840 A Leadbeater;
Stabiliser (Av £990)
£1080 £900 R Holroyd;
Top price pen of three or more bulls
(£15 Prize) 3 Lim @ £1170 RS Harker & Son
(£10 Prize) 5 Blue @ £1100 S&P Scrivin
Beef Bred Feeding Cows av £831
Limousin to £960 av £735
Brit Blue to £600
Bazadaise to £920
Piemontese to £970
Hereford to £690
Charolais to £950 av £943
Store Bullocks – Continental x average £1037, Native average £849
Charollais x (Av £1059)
£1240 £1210 £1100x2 A Guy & Son; £1200 £1165 £1160 A Fawcett; £680x2 DM Neave;
Limousin x (Av £1032)
£1450 CT Akrigg; £1420 K&GJ Huck; £1350 AM&E Hartley; £1340 G&R Bulmer; £1280 JG Hall; £1260 £1240 JE Mawer; £1250 JK Wilson;
Brit Blue x (Av £1055)
£1600 JC Walker & Son; £1550 £1320 £1250 H Harvey & Son; £1260 S Horsfield; £1200x2 G&R Bulmer; £1185 D Garstang;
Ab Angus (Av £822)
£1090 DL Paul; £1040 JA Throup; £990x3 KM&L Throup; £960 £790 JA&E Metcalfe; £710x3 DM Neave;
Blonde (Av £979)
£1310 £1130 K&GJ Huck; £1180 J Baines; £1140 E&M Townley; £1080 E&M Townley; £1070 S Horsfield;
Shorthorn (Av £966)
£1160 RA Caton; £870x2 R Dodson;
Simmental (Av £1070)
£1120 A Fawcett; £1020 Whalley Corn Mills;
Black & White (Av £703)
£785x2 JJ Beckwith; £770x7 S Mawson; £760 JT Rushton; £750 A Butler;
Top price pen of three or more bullocks
(£15 Prize) 3 Lim @ £1200 JP Walmsley
(£10 Prize) 3 Lim @ £1140 H Harvey & Son
Store Heifers – Continental x average £956, Native average £906
Charollais x (Av £866)
£1150 £1110 £1075 £1040x3 A Fawcett; £900x3 RM Wilson; £795x2 J&M Blakey;;
Limousin x (Av £915)
£1450 K&GJ Huck; £1300 BL&R Lund; £1260 JW Stockdale; £1260 J Pickles; £1230 N Fretwell; £1220x2 £1210 E&M Townley; £1210 R&SH Stainton;
Brit Blue x (Av £)
£3200 £1450 £1400 JH&SM Mason; £1800 £1500 £1450 JC Walker & Son; £1450 J&G Huck; £1450 D Broadbent; £1400 S&T Fawcett; £1400 MR Ewbank;
Ab Angus (Av £911)
£960 £900x6 KM&L Throup; £940 B Spensley; £920 JA Throup; £890 G&R Bulmer;
Bazadaise (Av £838)
£990 DL Paul; £910 £850 £840 £790x2 Bosworth;
Simmental (Av £1080)
£1140 £1110 A Fawcett; £990 DL Paul;
Hereford (Av £935)
£980 G&R Bulmer; £890 JA Throup;
Top price pen of three or more heifers
(£15 Prize) 4 Lim @ £1120 E&AM Simpson
(£10 Prize) 3 Blue @ £1100 H Horsfield
38 Beef Breeding Cattle Inc 13 Pedigree & Pure Bred Beef Breeding Cattle
At the Early Spring Pedigree Event Messrs WE Swales & Son Ltd won the Championship with a 2015 Pedigree Limousin heifer sired by Kaprico Firecrest, a sympa son which joined D Lumley & Sons for 1900gns.
Leading price was Messrs W Richardson & Son with a 2014 Rocky son selling for 2400gns and a 2015 bull bred back to Ronick Hawk which also made 2400gns.
Judge: John Mason
Best Bull –
1st S Tate Lot 5
2nd D Hanson Lot 2
3rd S Tate Lot 6
Best Female –
1st WE Swales & Son Lot 13
2nd WE Swales & Son Lot 11
3rd WE Swales & Son Lot 12
Champion – WE Swales & Son
Reserve – S Tate
Senior Brit Blue Bulls to 1750gns
Senior Pure Bred Lim Bulls to 2400gns
Junior Ped Lim Bulls to 2000gns av £1523
Ped Lim Maiden Hfrs to 1900gns av £1838
Breeding Cattle
Lim Hfr with Lim x Bull Calves to £2200
Lim Hfr with Lim x Hfr Calves to £2100
Lim Cow with Lim x Hfr Calves to £1650
Lim Cow with Lim x Bull Calves to £1450
Sim Hfrs with Lim x Bull Calves to £1550
Here Hfrs with Lim c Hfr Calves to £1400
BBX Hfrs Incalf to £1350