Primestock Report

Sun, 22nd Dec 2024

FATSTOCK MARKET – MONDAY 12^th FEBRUARY - RED MARKET

 

York Auction Centre had 465 head of stock forward including 147 Cattle, 193 Sheep and 125 Pigs at their weekly sale of Prime stock.

CATTLE

38 Continental Young Bulls sold to 325p/kg from Paddock Farm and to £2617.51 from G Haslehurst & Son; to average 285.42p/kg.

9 Native Breed Young Bulls sold to 270p/kg from J Brewster and to £1858.78 from A Sykes; to average 250.83p/kg.

11 Black and White Young Bulls sold to 254p/kg from G & A Gaythorpe and to £2187.99 from D A Shirt & Sons; to average 233.77p/kg.

16 Continental X Steers sold to 340p/kg from Wagstaff Bros and £2415.22 from R T Hudson & Son: to average 313.75p/kg.

7 Non continental Steers sold to 268p/kg from H W Cowling & Son and to £1642.45 also from H W Cowling & Son: to average 250.93p/kg.

34 Continental X Heifers sold to 360p/kg from L Dale & Son and to £2264.22 from H Crossley & Sons: to average 310.35p/kg.

10 Non continental Heifers sold to 299p/kg from P Ownsworth Farms and to £2071.59 also from P Ownsworth Farms: to average 269.30p/kg.

19 OTM sold to 170p/kg from I Mitchell and to £1274.64 also from I Mitchell; to average 118.84p/kg.

Young Bulls
Continental

325p/kg Paddock Farm; 318p/kg, 317p/kg R & G Newby; 307p/kg, 301p/kg, 293p/kg, 290p/kg G Haslehurst & Son; 307p/kg G & A Gaythorpe; 300p/kg, 296p/kg, 293p/kg, 291p/kg, 286p/kg, 284p/kg, 280p/kg, 276p/kg Wagstaff Bros; 293p/kg, 293p/kg, 289p/kg D Hardcastle & Sons; 290p/kg, 289p/kg, 278p/kg G Stansfield; 289p/kg, 279p/kg, 276p/kg, 267p/kg J Bailey & Son; 282p/kg, 274p/kg, 265p/kg D A Shirt & Sons; 279p/kg, 278p/kg Robin Warkup LTD; 279p/kg, 276p/kg, 250p/kg, 242p/kg R Button & Son; 269p/kg, 260p/kg M & D Nicholson.

Native Breeds

270p/kg J Brewster; 270p/kg, 232p/kg J A & W E Lockwood; 261p/kg D A Shirt & Sons; 251p/kg, 249p/kg, 247p/kg A Sykes; 250p/kg, 232p/kg J W & J H Galtrey & Sons.

Black & Whites

254p/kg, 252p/kg G & A Gaythorpe; 247p/kg, 230p/kg Robin Warkup LTD; 242p/kg, 227p/kg, 224p/kg, 223p/kg D A Shirt & Sons; 238p/kg M & D Nicholson; 224p/kg A P & R A Dunn; 216p/kg J W Wilson & Co.

Steers

Continental

340p/kg, 336p/kg, 329p/kg Wagstaff Bros; 336p/kg, 334p/kg, 330p/kg W Robshaw & Son; 335p/kg, 332p/kg, 282p/kg Paddock Farm; 320p/kg, 300p/kg D R & S E Rivis; 316p/kg J & J Rycroft; 307p/kg, 283p/kg R T Hudson & Son; 294p/kg J E & H J Gilbertson; 254p/kg H W Cowling & Son.

Non continental

268p/kg H W Cowling & Son; 266p/kg, 265p/kg, 260p/kg Paddock Farm;240p/kg G W & M Singleton & Sons; 231p/kg J Brewster; 230p/kg T H Hobson LTD.

Heifers

Continental

360p/kg, 347p/kg, 345p/kg, 315p/kg, 304p/kg L Dale & Son; 342p/kg, 331p/kg J & J Rycroft; 336p/kg, 328p/kg, 326p/kg, 313p/kg R Mccaie; 336p/kg Wagstaff Bros; 329p/kg, 304p/kg, 300p/kg, 300p/kg H Crossley & Sons; 321p/kg, 306p/kg C F Buckton & Son; 321p/kg D R & S E Rivis; 318p/kg, 295p/kg, 286p/kg J Cawkwell; 317p/kg, 306p/kg; 304p/kg, 299p/kg R H Dove (Farms); 306p/kg, 290p/kg J E & H J Gilbertson; 304p/kg, 289p/kg R E Schofield; 288p/kg, 277p/kg; 262p/kg Paddock Farm; 264p/kg H W Cowling & Son.

Non continentals

299p/kg, 298p/kg, 270p/kg P Ownsworth Farms; 291p/kg R H Dove (Farms); 284p/kg H W Cowling & Son; 269p/kg, 267p/kg G W & M Singleton & Sons; 254p/kg, 236p/kg, 230p/kg N P Turnbull.

OTMs

170p/kg, 170p/kg, 138p/kg I Mitchell; 142p/kg, 131p/kg, 125p/kg, 125p/kg,120p/kg, 120p/kg, 115p/kg T H Hobson LTD; 130p/kg, 130p/kg F & D Roberts; 112p/kg, 110p/kg J H Illingworth & Son; 104p/kg F E Norman & Sons; 102p/kg, 72p/kg A & A Wake; 80p/kg, 71p/kg D Mitchell.

SHEEP

Trade continues to climb with a jump of 25ppkg on the week! A few less in today with a couple of vendors hoggs just requiring a week or two more feeding, but trade went up a gear yet again with all meated and heavy sorts keenly sought after. R A Dobson once again took the top gross price at £176/ head for some well-fed beltex x and the Dobson family also achieved the top pp/kg at 346. 16 pens made 315/kg or better with others not far behind, charolais mules sold to 329/kg from N Sergeant and heavy texel x mules from S Bristow sold to 326/kg, with a respectable average of 308.32 across the board, with a few 50-60kg hoggs just pulling the overall figure back a touch. A lighter show was forward in the cull section too with best texels selling to £148 and mules to £88 to average £108. 

139 Hoggs sold to 346p/kg from R A Dobson and to £176 from R A Dobson; to average 308.32p/kg.

Light Hoggs (39.1kg–45.5kg) – 300.52p/kg

Medium Hoggs (45.6kg-52kg) – 317.23p/kg

54 cull sheep sold to £168 from Green Farm.

Hoggs Per Kg

346p/kg, 340p/kg, 326p/kg, 320p/kg R A Dobson; 333p/kg, 321p/kg, 319p/kg, 315p/kg, 267p/kg  Ben Voakes; 332p/kg, 331p/kg, 304p/kg, 283p/kg, 277p/kg Riseborough Farming; 329p/kg, 315p/kg, 312p/kg, 311p/kg, 280p/kg H Sergeant & Sons LTD; 326p/kg, 324p/kg, 324p/kg S Bristow; 323p/kg, 307p/kg, 301p/kg, 284p/kg A J & E Philip; 308p/kg, 302p/kg, 296p/kg K G Clarke; 306p/kg, 291p/kg, 273p/kg B Pearson; 295p/kg R H Dove (Farms); 285p/kg Cornborough Farms.

Hoggs Per Head

£176, £173, £159, £158 R A Dobson; £168 R H Dove (Farms); £167, £158, £157 S Bristow; £166, £159, £157, £148, £136 H Sergeant & Sons LTD; £160, £159, £150, £142, £130 Ben Voakes; £146, £129, £126, £116, £104 Riseborough Farming; £145, £140, £136 K G Clarke; £130, £118, £112 B Pearson; £129, £129, £128, £115 A J & E Philip; £114 Cornborough Farms.

Cull sheep Per head

£168, £130, £125, £125, £88, £87 Green Farm; £148, £118, £68, £35 High Farm; £96, £96, £35 BT White & Co; £33 Peter White.

PIGS

71 pigs sold to 206p/kg from J T Horsley and to £228.60 from R W & G M Ellis

Gilts sold to 206p/kg from J T Horsley; to average 186.64p/kg.

Baconers sold to 206p/kg; to average 184.67p/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