Fat Stock Report

Fri, 04th Apr 2025

FATSTOCK MARKET – MONDAY 17th March - RED MARKET

 

York Auction Centre had 546 head of stock forward including 195 Cattle, 287 Sheep and 64 Pigs at their weekly sale of Prime stock.

CATTLE

49 Continental Young Bulls sold to 437p/kg from J R Hildreth and to £3417.75 from Robin Warkup LTD; to average 387.89p/kg.

16 Native Breed Young Bulls sold to 385p/kg from G Baxter & Sons and to £2974.40 from R H Clarkson & Sons; to average 358.38p/kg.

13 Black and White Young Bulls sold to 353p/kg from Rob Brownbridge & C Kirkby and to £2464.66 from Robin Warkup LTD; to average 331.23p/kg.

28 Continental X Steers sold to 439p/kg from M D Medd and £3599.66 from F W & J M Douglas LTD: to average 392.61p/kg.

14 Native Steers sold to 371p/kg from G W & M Singleton & Sons and to £2828.65 from R H Dove; to average 336.57p/kg

40 Continental X Heifers sold to 452p/kg from Wagstaff Bros and to £2976.93 from J F J M & T Stephenson: to average 394.98p/kg.

14 Native Heifers sold to 389p/kg from James W Wake and to £2234.18 from G W & M Singleton & Sons: to average 337.04p/kg.

22 OTM sold to 333p/kg from CA & WE Lockwood and to £2916.55 from D & M L Woolhouse; to average 239.54p/kg.

A busier day across the market today with 196 cattle forward although bulls remain in short supply!

78 young bulls topped at 437ppkg for a nice pure Limousin from J R Hildreth selling to Worsley wholesale butchers and the top grossing bull was presented by Robin Warkup of Emmotland totalling £3417.75 for a heavy Simmental x which also sold to Worsley wholesale butchers, and a further 7 bulls broke the £3000 barrier!  Native bulls sold to 385p/kg and black and whites looked a very good trade at tops of 353p/kg.

A super 96 head of clean cattle sold to 451ppkg for a superb BRBx heifer from Wagstaff bros selling to John Penny & sons, and F W & J M Douglas topped over all with a heavy Limousin steer totalling £3,599, part of a tremendous run of heavy cattle! 11 more heavy cont x steers sold over £3000, and heifers weren’t far behind with the top grossing heifer today totalling £2976 for a BRBx from J F, J M & T Stephenson selling to A Laverack & son butchers. Although a mixed show of clean, the best and heaviest sorts of cattle remain very well sold!

20 otms found their trade with the best and heaviest regularly around the 3.00-mark, C A & W E Lockwood topped the pp/kg at 332.5ppkg for a Shapley Piedmontese cow, and D & M L P Woolhouse presented the top two grossing cows totalling £2,916, and £2,474 for their enormous pedigree Limousins.

Young Bulls
Continental

437p/kg J R Hildreth; 435p/kg, 416p/kg, 405p/kg, 399p/kg, 398p/kg, 394p/kg, 388p/kg P & I Beal; 429p/kg, 393p/kg England Bros; 424p/kg, 391p/kg R E Schofield; 406p/kg R H Clarkson & Sons; 402p/kg, 387p/kg, 383p/kg, 383p/kg, 380p/kg, 375p/kg, 375p/kg Paddock Farm; 398p/kg, 377p/kg W Kay; 397p/kg, 387p/kg G Stansfield; 396p/kg, 389p/kg R A Durdy; 395p/kg, 375p/kg G Baxter & Sons; 391p/kg F E Brown & Son; 391p/kg, 389p/kg, 386p/kg Wagstaff Bros; 388p/kg Robin Warkup LTD; 385p/kg, 380p/kg  F & D Roberts; 385p/kg, 376p/kg J A Gibson & Sons; 376p/kg R Sellers; 375p/kg D A Shirt & Sons.

Native Breeds

385p/kg G Baxter & Sons; 379p/kg, 377p/kg, 366p/kg S G Wilkinson; 371p/kg, 361p/kg J W & J H Galtrey & Sons; 368p/kg, 352p/kg R F Corney & Son; 363p/kg, 355p/kg E D J & P Nesom; 358p/kg R H Clarkson & Sons; 355p/kg F E Brown & Son; 351p/kg G Stansfield; 343p/kg Robin Warkup LTD; 337p/kg, 321p/kg D A Shirt & Sons.

Black & Whites

353p/kg, 351p/kg, 347p/kg Rob Brownbridge & C Kirkby; 345p/kg, 329p/kg F E Brown & Son; 330p/kg Robin Warkup LTD; 325p/kg, 318p/kg, 306p/kg J W Wilson & Co; 323p/kg, 322p/kg D A Shirt & Sons.

Steers

Continental

439p/kg, 435p/kg, 354p/kg M D Medd; 436p/kg, 391p/kg Wilton Lodge Farms; 434p/kg Wagstaff Bros; 431p/kg, 430p/kg, 417p/kg, 408p/kg, 404p/kg, 391p/kg, 350p/kg JA MA & AD Raines; 427p/kg, 427p/kg, 383p/kg F W & J M Douglas LTD; 408p/kg, 398p/kg James W Wake; 392p/kg, 391p/kg, 356p/kg, 347p/kg R H Dove; 372p/kg, 366p/kg H Crossley & Sons; 363p/kg, 347p/kg C & K Holmes; 358p/kg W J Massey; 352p/kg A Pinkerton.

Native

371p/kg, 357p/kg, 355p/kg,345p/kg, 344p/kg, 340p/kg, 330p/kg G W & M Singleton & Sons; 367p/kg, 339p/kg, 323p/kg J Brewster; 348p/kg R H Dove; 300p/kg, 300p/kg J H Patchett & Sons LTD; 300p/kg W F Kay.

Heifers

Continental

452p/kg Wagstaff Bros; 448p/kg, 448p/kg, 441p/kg, 418p/kg, 414p/kg L Dale & Son; 445p/kg, 440p/kg H Crossley & Sons; 437p/kg, 398p/kg, 370p/kg J F J M & T Stephenson; 434p/kg, 418p/kg R Mccaie; 431p/kg, 395p/kg W J Massey; 422p/kg Wilton Lodge Farms; 413p/kg C Foster & Sons; 406p/kg, 397p/kg, 382p/kg A R Henley & Son; 405p/kg East Huntow Farm LTD; 401p/kg, 391p/kg M Davison; 401p/kg, 397p/kg Davison Bros; 391p/kg, 359p/kg J L Ritchie; 391p/kg, 389p/kg, 369p/kg L Steele & Son; 384p/kg W E & A A Massey; 379p/kg James W Wake; 374p/kg, 345p/kg, 310p/kg A Pinkerton; 366p/kg M & D Nicholson; 359p/kg, 332p/kg F E Brown & Son; 348p/kg W D Jackson, 319p/kg J H Illingworth & Son.

Native

389p/kg James W Wake; 359p/kg, 344p/kg M & D Nicholson; 357p/kg, 327p/kg F E Brown & Son; 349p/kg, 349p/kg, 339p/kg, 318p/kg W E & A A Massey; 331p/kg G W & M Singleton & Sons; 321p/kg Banklink LTD; 303p/kg W J Massey; 302p/kg J H Patchett & Sons.

OTMs

333p/kg CA & WE Lockwood; 321p/kg, 293p/kg D & M L P Woolhouse; 301p/kg, 295p/kg C Foster & Sons; 272p/kg J R Hildreth; 261p/kg, 258p/kg M E Watson; 261p/kg, 226p/kg D Mitchell; 256p/kg A V Etherington & Sons; 230p/kg J B Potter & Sons; 230p/kg J W & J H Galtrey & Sons; 221p/kg W F Kay & Son; 190p/kg, 188p/kg, 180p/kg W J Fox & Sons; 182p/kg, 162p/kg, 120p/kg JA & AE Sellers; 172p/kg Banklink LTD.

Sheep

245 hoggs forward sold to tops of £173/ head for a pair of nice 51kg texels from W Jibson & son, selling to CK Retail, heavy hoggs were definitely harder to place but topped at £165/ for some nice sorts from F Marshall & son, light and medium hoggs definitely look the best trade at the moment with beltex x from R A Dobson selling to 358ppkg and 343ppkg. Overall trade looked good but a few hoggs are still a touch lean, which just brought average back a touch, the sqq sat at 323ppkg and over all averaged 316ppkg. 42 culls sold to £195/ head from Jim Brown, other Tex x sold to £156/ head from W Jibson and mules sold to £110/ head from Brian Pearson, all culls forward to average £141.

245 Hoggs sold to 358/kg from R A Dobson and to £173 from W Jibson & Son; to average 316.15p/kg.

Light Hoggs (39.1kg–45.5kg) – 323.15p/kg

Medium Hoggs (45.6kg-52kg) – 312.14p/kg

42 cull sheep sold to £195 from Coney Green Farm.

Hoggs Per Kg

358p/kg, 343p/kg, 341p/kg R A Dobson; 341p/kg, 333p/kg, 330p/kg, 324p/kg, 321p/kg, 302p/kg, 282p/kg G H West & Sons; 340p/kg, 336p/kg, 314p/kg, 300p/kg G Baxter & Partners; 340p/kg, 338p/kg, 337p/kg Millington Pastures; 340p/kg, 333p/kg, 322p/kg, 315p/kg B Quarton; 339p/kg, 338p/kg W Jibson & Son; 337p/kg, 308p/kg, 300p/kg, 281p/kg F Marshall & Son; 335p/kg, 313p/kg, 310p/kg, 283p/kg  C & S Crossley; 333p/kg, 318p/kg, 291p/kg H & B Beevers & Sons; 333p/kg, 311p/kg, 302p/kg Riseborough Farming; 331p/kg Coney Green Farm; 326p/kg, 325p/kg, 311p/kg, 310p/kg, 309p/kg, 297p/kg, 295p/kg W H Lockwood & Co; 320p/kg B Pearson; 310p/kg, 284p/kg, 278p/kg C E & S J Mills; 309p/kg, 302p/kg W J Howdle Farming.

Hoggs Per Head

£173, £162 W Jibson & Son; £170, £160, 3145 B Quarton; £165, £160, £154 F Marshall & Son; £158, £156, £152, £150 C E & S J Mills; £158, £140, £136 R A Dobson; £154, £150, £149, £145, £144, £140, £130 G H West & Sons; £150, £140, £128 H & B Beevers & Sons; £150, £144, £130 C & S Crossley; £150, £148, £145, £144 W J Howdle Farming; £149 Coney Green Farm; £148, £146, £138, £135 G Baxter & Partners; £146, £145, £135, £132 Millington Pastures; £145, £140, £130 Riseborough Farming; £140, £130, £124, £110, £105 W H Lockwood & Co; £128 B Pearson.

Cull sheep Per head

£195, £168, £155, £140, £135 Coney Green Farm; £156, £150 W Jibson & Son; £146, £136 G H West & Sons; £132, £110 W H Lockwood & Co; £124, £116 G Baxter & Partners; £120 Jack Easton; £110 B Pearson; £50 M A Horsley.

PIGS

64 clean pigs sold to 209p/kg from J T Horsley and to £258.29 also from J T Horsley.

Gilts sold to 209p/kg from J T Horsley; to average 178.70p/kg.

Baconers sold to 209p/kg from J T Horsley; to average 174.07p/kg.

TO ENTER YOUR STOCK AT YORK AUCTION CENTRE LIVESTOCK MARKET CALL:

CATTLE

Edward Stephenson (Auctioneer) - 07801 685663

James Kilner (Fieldsman) – 07984 400902

PIGS
Rod Cordingley (Auctioneer) – 07801 685660

SHEEP

Stephen Burley (Auctioneer) - 07736 081785

James Kilner (Fieldsman) – 07984 400902