Primestock Report

Thu, 31st Oct 2024

FATSTOCK MARKET – MONDAY 16^th OCTOBER - RED MARKET
 

York Auction Centre had 383 head of stock forward including 159 Cattle, 114 Sheep and 110 Pigs at their weekly sale of Prime stock.

CATTLE

55 Continental Young Bulls sold to 311p/kg from James W Wake and to £2317.07 from D A Shirt & Sons; to average 260.30p/kg

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10 Native Breed Young Bulls sold to 270p/kg from Paddock Farm and to £1803.83 from A Nicholson; to average 253.20p/kg

20 Black and White Young Bulls sold to 244p/kg from F E Brown & Son and to £1918.43 from D A Shirt & Sons; to average 217.45p/kg

29 Continental X Steers sold to 341p/kg from T H Kilby & Son and £1316.10 from Wilton Lodge Farms: to average 290.50p/kg

41 Continental X Heifers sold to 361p/kg from Wagstaff Bros and to £2339.82 from Wilton Lodge Farms: to average 299.72p/kg

4 OTM’s sold to 215p/kg from P R Walker & Son and to £1465.08 from W H Lockwood & Co; to average 192.65p/kg

Young Bulls
Continental

311p/kg, 292p/kg James W Wake; 310p/kg, 307p/kg, 293p/kg R & G Newby; 279p/kg, 275p/kg, 271p/kg, 267p/kg G Baxter & Son; 277p/kg D A shirt & Sons; 276p/kg, 270p/kg, 265p/kg R Button & Son; 276p/kg, 267p/kg, 266p/kg, 264p/kg, 262p/kg, 250p/kg Wagstaff Bros; 271p/kg, 258p/kg, 256p/kg F & D Roberts; 270p/kg, 251p/kg E C Wilkin; 269p/kg, 259p/kg A Sykes; 268p/kg, 265p/kg, 259p/kg G Stansfield; 268p/kg, 268p/kg D C Nesom; 266p/kg, 252p/kg H W Cowling & son; 264p/kg, 253p/kg M & D Nicholson; 259p/kg, 255p/kg J R Gowthorpe; 259p/kg, 251p/kg J F Lambert; 255p/kg E D J & P Nesom.

Native Breeds

270p/kg, 269p/kg, 240p/kg Paddock Farm; 266p/kg, 236p/kg, 230p/kg Messers Skelton; 260p/kg, 256p/kg, 251p/kg A Nicholson; 259p/kg F E Brown & Son.

Black & Whites

244p/kg, 236p/kg, 225p/kg F E Brown & Sons; 238p/kg J Brewster; 229p/kg, 205p/kg, 174p/kg Rob Brownbridge & C Kirkby; 227p/kg, 222p/kg, 215p/kg J B Jackson; 226p/kg, 221p/kg, 220p/kg D A Shirt & Sons; 223p/kg, 217p/kg, 217p/kg N P Turnbull; 222p/kg H W Cowling & Sons; 210p/kg, 182p/kg C J Tindall; 206p/kg M & D Nicholson;

Steers
Continental

341p/kg, 332p/kg, 328p/kg, 309p/kg T H Kilby & son; 328p/kg, 300p/kg James W Wake; 324p/kg, 316p/kg M H & C Norman; 317p/kg Wilton Lodge Farms; 312p/kg, 275p/kg Peter Rhodes Feed Services LTD; 307p/kg, 697p/kg D R & S E Rivis; 292p/kg, 284p/kg, 278p/kg J Cawkwell; 285p/kg J E & H J Gilbertson; 285p/kg, 282p/kg, 270p/kg, 268p/kg, 257p/kg, 254p/kg Paddock Farm; 280 M E Watson; 279p/kg, 279p/kg, 263p/kg J W & J Robinson; 273p/kg,224p/kg D A Shirt & Sons;

Heifers
Continental

361p/kg, 311p/kg Wagstaff Bros; 350p/kg, 346p/kg, 334p/kg, 333p/kg, 333p/kg, 318p/kg, 318p/kg, 313p/kg, 307p/kg, 298p/kg L Dale & son; 341p/kg, 288p/kg J E & H J Gilbertson;  340p/kg, 335p/kg, 331p/kg H Crossley & sons; 333p/kg, 294 p/kg, 283p/kg R Mccaie; 316p/kg, 310p/kg Wilton Lodge Farms; 306p/kg M H & C Norman; 304p/kg Peter Rhodes Feed Services LTD; 303p/kg, 292p/kg A V Etherington & sons; 293p/kg D R & S E Rivis;287p/kg, 286p/kg, 285p/kg J H Illingworth & Son; 286p/kg, 251p/kg M Davison; 284p/kg, 276p/kg M E Watson; 270p/kg, 269p/kg M Davison; 262p/kg J Cawkwell; 259p/kg Ainsty Farms Direct; 250p/kg, 231p/kg England Bros.

OTMs

215p/kg P R Walker & Son; 211p/kg, 184p/kg, 160p/kg W H Lockwood & Co.

SHEEP

Nearly twice as many lambs forward today but numbers still well short of buyer requirements! Some very nice lambs penned from regular mart supporters met a fast trade once again with M L Parvin taking the top ppkg, with some shapely lambs selling to 298ppkg. Top gross price today was £140 for lambs from both R A Dobson and D Hardcastle. The average this week was very similar at 257ppkg across the board. In the cull section Tups sold to £132 for a lengthy Charolais from M L Parvin and ewes sold to £129 from R J Greenbank, Mules sold to £83 but not the biggest of sorts, with all culls to average a respectable £106/ head.  Next store sheep market Thursday the 26^th, already entered- 60x beltex x store lambs from H&B Beevers and 30x texel x store lambs from E. Cooke

61 Lambs sold to 298p/kg from M L Parvin and to £140 from R A Dobson and D Hardcastle & Sons; to average 257.11p/kg.

Light Lambs (39.1kg–45.5kg) – 263.06p/kg

Medium Lambs (45.6kg-52kg) – 260.42p/kg

53 cull sheep sold to £132 from M L Parvin.  

Lambs Per Kg

298p/kg, 283p/kg, 248p/kg M L Parvin; 277p/kg, 264p/kg C Hall; 275p/kg, 274p/kg, 268p/kg R A Dobson; 261p/kg, 250p/kg D Hardcastle & Sons; 259p/kg, 253p/kg Cornborough Farms; 256p/kg, 253p/kg, 250p/kg S Barnes; 256p/kg, 250p/kg D Barnes

Lambs Per Head

£140, £132, £129 R A Dobson; £140, £129, £125 D Hardcastle & Sons; £134 P Gibson; £132, £130 C Hall; £131, £120, £113 M L Parvin; £123 A M Hardcastle; £115, £105 S Barnes; £112, £109 Cornborough Farms; £110, £105 D Barnes

Cull sheep Per head

£132, £100 M L Parvin; £129, £128, £111, £108 R J Greenbank; £127, £104 Green Farm; £118 R A Dobson; £90 D Hardcastle & Sons

PIGS

108 pigs sold to 199p/kg from J T Horsley and to £293.80 from Bradshaw Pig Farmers & Producers.

Gilts sold to 199p/kg from J T Horsley; to average 177.06p/kg.

Baconers sold to 199p/kg; to average 181.11p/kg.

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

CATTLE

Edward Stephenson (Auctioneer) - 07801 685663

James Kilner (Fieldsman) – 07984 400902

PIGS

Richard Tasker (Auctioneer) - 07801 685662
Rod Cordingley (Auctioneer) – 07801 685660

SHEEP

Stephen Burley (Auctioneer) - 07736 081785

James Kilner (Fieldsman) – 07984 400902