A good crowd of buyers produced another fast selling trade with most classes easily upkeeping recent rates.
Feeding Bulls were sharp to sell, but short of numbers, vendors should note that from October new maximum carcass weights will be introduced by some processors. Which will further underpin demand for weaned, creep fed 8-10month old beef bred store bulls.

In the store cattle section additional entries on the day pushed the entry to nearly 400 head and they were easily sold. Strong cattle were keenly contested again and were short of buyers requirements. The strong heifers were especially good to sell as prices reported show. There were 148 head of Native sired Cattle and Black & White Bullocks in the sale today, the 71 Natives on offer seeing Angus Bullocks average £1057, whilst the 77 Black & White Bullocks topped at £1,065 from H Down & Son, Bingley. The yearling continental cattle sold away to a similar trade.

Prices and Averages

Young Bulls – Continental x average £964.

Charollais x (Av £938)

£940x2 AMS Robinson; £940x2 £930 J&AJ Coates; 

Limousin x (Av £962)

£1400 £1370 £1200 £1150 TH&K Wood; £1210 £1190 IJ Pratt; £980 £970 Mason & Gardner; £960x2 JW Sayer & Son;

Brit Blue x (Av £1048)

£1350 £1300 EW&JR Parkinson; £1140 £1100 R Caton; £830 R&VJ Brown; £570 A Butler;

Blonde (Av £896)

£1130 £920 D Glassbrook; £860 £790 £780 TB Moorhouse;

Longhorn (Av £520)

£520 CJ&ET Harrison;

Top price pen of three or more bulls

Store Bullocks – Continental x average £1010, Native average £1050

Charollais x (Av £1073)

£1155x2 £1100 D Beck; £1100 £1025 D&GM Scott; £905 P Rathmell;

Limousin x (Av £1018)

£1270 DJ Halliday; £1260 M Halliday; £1240 £1180 P&E Fox; £1230 £1175 £1160 CT&EM Hammond; £1200

H Procter & Son; £1175 Ellis Bros;

Brit Blue x (Av £1041)

£1210 P&E Fox; £1200 AS Chapman; £1180 £1050 JP Broadwith; £1155 £1135 £1030 H Downs & Son; £1090 £1030 Ellis Bros;

Ab Angus (Av £1057)

£1180 £1120 £1100 D Pawson; £1135x4 CW Sutcliffe; £1125 £1095 £1085 TM Harrison; £1100 T&G McGarrell;

Blonde (Av £1250)

£1280 P&E Fox; £1220 GR&SM Wearmouth;

MRI (Av £960)

£960x2 H Downs & Son;

Brown Swiss (Av £725)

£740 £710 R Naylor; 

Simmental (Av £1053)

£1320 £1270 £1105 A Fawcett; £945x2 £895 JA&E Metcalfe;

Hereford(Av £1131)

£1150 KP Drinkall; £1140 £1105 A Fawcett;

Black & White (Av £851)

£1065 H Downs & Son; £970x4 £900 N&M Sutcliffe; £930 R Naylor; £925x2 £900x10 J Howarth;

Top price pen of three or more bullocks

Store Heifers – Continental x average £892, Native average £991

Charollais x (Av £1005)

£1240 DW Sunderland; £1150x3 A Fawcett; £1070x3 DW Sunderland; £1055 D&GM Scott; £1005 J Hartley;

Limousin x (Av £942)

£1300 £1195 £1180 £1150 JW Stockdale; £1260 D&J Carlisle; £1240 £1190 B Lund; £1180 £1165 £1140

A Chapman;

Brit Blue x (Av £1013)

£1320 A  Fawcett; £1200 B Spensley Ltd; £1180 £1140 D&J Coates; £1170 J&G Huck; £1170 J Butler;  £1130 RP Holt; £1110 £1105 JP Broadwith;

Ab Angus (Av £885)

£1050 B Spensley Ltd; £990x2 GD&JC Holme & Son; £990x5 RW Ewan; £950 J Fairburn; £940x2 KP Drinkall;

Blonde (Av £1122)

£1240 £1190 £1120 £1100 £1040 J Butler; £1100 B Spensley Ltd; £1070 KP Drinkall;

Devon (Av £920)

£920 JP Broadwith;

Bazadaise (Av £930)

£930x4 R Naylor & Son;

Hereford (Av £930)

£1080 JP Broadwith; £1040 D Beck; £810 J Fairburn;

Black & White (Av £870)

£870 EH North & Son;

Top price pen of three or more heifers

22 Beef Breeding Cattle

Brit Blue x Cow with Lim Bull Calf               to £1650

Ped Saler Cow with Saler Bull Calf             to £1580 av £1560

Brit Blue x Cow with Saler Steer                 to £1320

Lim x Cow with Lim x Hfr Calf                      to £1250

Sim Hfr with Sim Bull Calf                              to £990