Feeding Bulls – 15 active buyers at the ring side for the 185 bulls with an overall average of £1167. Bulls under 12 months average £1159 with the best £1340-£1420. Particular interest in the smart 300kg bulls to put away which were over £1100-£1200. Bulls over 12 months regularly at £1400. Buyers still keen to keep bull pens full as the prime bull trade continues to be more at unprecedented levels.

Feeding Cows – feeding cows averaged £985. An exceptional limousin cow made £1920 with the same vendor R Holroyd of Wadsworth selling a second Limousin cow at £1620. Cows carrying size and finish were £1200-£1340 and the light weight lean cows were usually £700.

Cast bulls topped at £1800 for a 10 year old British Blue.  

Stores – Overall numbers a little tighter today as mainly Continental Sired Cattle forward with Native Sired Cattle held over for the Special Spring Sale next week.
Strong Cattle for short keep in high demand, best Suckler bred Bullocks £1300 to £1450, Strong Dairy Beef Crosses £1250 to £1350. Next grade of Suckler crosses just over a year old £1100-£1250, Dairy Beef Crosses £1100-£1200, Mont Blks up to £1225. Suckler bred Blks Spring 2020 born still a strong enquiry, around £20 a piece dearer than recent sales.
Quality Heifers in short supply. Best over year cattle £1300 - £1500, smart yearling heifers £1100-£1300, a few a shade more. Any heifers with frame and going forward, even dairy beef crosses £1150-£1300, whilst harder looking sorts for grazing attracted a very good enquiry.

NEXT SALE – WEDNESDAY 5th MAY 2021.

SPECIAL NATIVE DAY

140 HEAD comprising 125 Native Sired Store Cattle

& 18 Pedigree Cattle

Catalogue entries close TODAY Wednesday 28th April

 NEXT SALE – WEDNESDAY 12th MAY 2021.

CRAVEN LIMOUSIN DAY

900 HEAD comprising 200 Young Bulls, 50 Beef Bred feeding Cows, 550 Bullocks and Heifers

93 Pedigree LIMOUSIN BULLS & FEMALES & 20 Breeding Cattle

Catalogue entries close Wednesday 5th May

Prices and Averages

Young Bulls Continental x average £1173

Charollais x (Av £1142)

£1180 R&N Carlisle; £1130 JE&AC Clarke;

Simmental x (Av £1100)

£1100 R Holroyd;

Limousin x (Av £1203)

£1460 £1440 £1420 £1400 J Pickles; £1450 £1370 £1350 TH&K Wood; £1400 £1390 £1360 R Farrell;

Brit Blue x (Av £1158)

£1380 £1320 J&G Huck; £1370 S&T Fawcett; £1370 MJ&RH Wallbank; £1350 JE&AC Clarke; £1330 EW&JR Parkinson; £1330 JS Stephenson; £1290 R&VJ Brown;   

Ab Angus (Av £1005)

£1300 TH&K Wood; £1090 R&N Carlisle; £1070 DW&CJ Towler; £1060 JE&AC Clarke; £1050 £1040 £960 A Hardy;

Blonde (Av £1047)

£1150 DM White; £1060 £1020 £960 PA&D Wells;  

Beef Bred Feeding Cows av £985 Bulls av £1650

Simmental           to £1180 av £850

Limousin              to £1920 av £1142

Blonde                  to £950 av £906

AA                          to £1090 av £896

Saler                      to £920

Brit Blue               to £1330 av £1074

Charolais              to £930 av £925

Luing                     to £1340 av £1110

Hereford             to £1130

Brit White           to £580

Blue Bull              to £1800

Char Bull              to £1500

Top prices - £1920 £1620 R Holroyd; £1800 JH&J Ryder; £1500 K Burton; £1340 JR Thompson; £1330 D&S Hollings; £1300 TH Mellin;   

Store Bullocks – Continental x average £1141, Native average £1037

Charollais (Av £1105)

£1180 J&M Blakey; £1170 £1160 D Beck; £1005 Whalley Cron Mills;  

Simmental x (Av £1045)

£1220 £1150 JA&JC Throup; £1140 T&G McGarrell; £1055 B Mellin; £900 M Mallinson;

Limousin x (Av £1117)

£1400 £1380 G&R Bulmer; £1400 £1350 E Simpson; £1360 WP&B Walker; £1330 AE Schindler; £1310 £1290 N&J Thwaite;  

Blonde (Av £1064)

£1140 £1060 Dean Partnership; £1080 K Wells; £1020 PA Whitaker;

Ab Angus (Av £1118)

£1470 £1380 JD Taylor; £1100 £1080 CA&J Ridsdale; £1070 MP&S Tyson; £1040 GJ Edwards; £1010 E&M Townley;   

Saler x (Av £1120)

£1120 J&C Wright;

Brit Blue x (Av £1196)

£1450 JD Taylor; £1365 M Ryder; £1300 AE Schindler; £1300 G&R Bulmer; £1300 E&MA Burrow; 1300 MD Parkinson; £1295 MP Jennings;  

Shorthorn (Av £1020)

£1020 New York Farms;

B&W (Av £941)

£1120 M Ryder; £990 £970 D Beck; £790 £680 B Mellin;

Saler (Av £1120)

£1120 J&C Wright;

Hereford (Av £1323)

£1390 £1300 JM Ewin-Newhouse; £1280 Newhouse Bros;

Mont Bel (Av £1092)

£1225 £1165 SW&JE Ryder; £1150 JA&JC Throup; £980 Bartons;

Store Heifers – Continental x average £1058, Native average £1004

Charollais x (Av £1023)

£1220 £1110 JR Thompson; £1140 £1090 £1070 GA Hewitt; £1085 DA Pratt; £1070 J Middleton; £1065 J&M Blakey;

Simmental (Av £1158)

£1240 N&J Thwaite; £1185 T&G McGarrell; £1130 £1125 R&A Jennings; £1110 Whalley Corn Mills;  

Limousin x (Av £1057)

£1500 £1440 JS Stephenson; £1500 E&M Townley; £1490 JW Stockdale; £1420 E Simpson; £1410 J&S Daniel; £1400 JM&S Tennant;

Ab Angus (Av £1016)

£1360 £1270 £1260 JD Taylor; £1190 CR&J Kippax; £1040 £990 JC&DJ Marshall; £760 MP&S Tyson;

Brit Blue x (Av £1061)

£1360 T Robinson; £1320 £1300 £1240 G&R Bulmer; £1295 N&J Thwaite; £1260 £1240 M Ryder; £1220 A Beresford; £1190 JGE Heseltine;

Pathanaise (Av £1370)

£1370 AJ Shepherd;

12 BREEDING CATTLE & 9 PEDIGREE BLUE BULLS

Blue Hfrs with AA Bull Calves                       to £2020

Blue Hfrs with AA Hfr Calves                        to £2040

Blue Hfr with Blue Bull Calves                     to £1600

Blue x Cows with Lim x Hfr Calves             to £1660

Lim x Cows with Lim x Bull Calves              to £1620

Lim x Cows with lim x Hfr Calves                to £1500

ANNUAL SHOW & SALE OF PEDIGREE BLUE CATTLE ‘BLUE WEDNESDAY’

The show was judged by Geoff Walker.

Best Bull

1st D Saunders Lot 5

2nd J Stephenson Lot 10

3rd AM Hartley Lot 1

Top call of the day at the Annual Blue Wednesday Sale of Pedigree British Blue Cattle was Topside Orion. Orion is a 2019 son of Springbank Blackstar bred from the Campagnard ET De St Fontaine cow, Lukeroyal Winnifred and was consigned by Ross & Elaine Pattinson from Brampton with a successful sale at 5100gns to li9cal dairy farmer Nick Parker. In the pre sale show judge Geoff Walker found his champion in Maidenlands Oxygen, a 2019 son of Baron du Bois Bauloye from Dean Sauders of Ulverston. Bred from one of the best female lines in the herd. Oxygen is a grand daughter of Maidenlands Holly and found a new home in Cornwall at 4700gns. 3rd top price bull of the day was from Mark and Elaine Hartley’s Pendle Herd Pendle Oleg sold for 4200gns and joined N Asquith. The 2nd prized bull was from JS Stephenson of Bordley which made 3800gns.

2019 Bulls to 5100gns av £4305.

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