Thu, 31st Oct 2024
YORK AUCTION CENTRE
STORE MARKET
THURSDAY 25th APRIL 2024
York Auction Centre had 92 head of stock through the market including 73 store cattle, 15 calves and 4 breeding cattle.
TOP PRICES
Calves sold to £455 for a Aberdeen Angus Heifer from D W & B Proctor.
Breeding cattle sold to £1590 for a Hereford Cow with a Limousin X Heifer calf at foot.
Heifers sold to £1460 for a Charolais X from J Humphrey.
Steers sold to £1570 for a Limousin X from J Humphrey.
Bulls sold to £1290 for a Charolais X from J F Lambert.
Calves
Another good day’s trading at YAC, and although some vendors didn’t quite make it still trying to get drilled up all who attended were rewarded with a good trade!
In the calves and stirks, no fresh calves were forward this week but freshly weaned BRB X bulls from Riseborough Farms sold well from £375-£395, and heifers to £315. Reared black and white bulls sold to £395 from the Avis family and a run of AA X heifers from JL Shaw & son sold to £385/ head. Fresh calves always required!
In the big ring, two older Hereford and Limousin X cows clear of the bull with good calves at foot from T E & R Dent sold to £1590 and £1570 respectively.
Store cattle were once again good to sell, with J Humphrey achieving top price for both steers and heifers, Their Lim X steer sold to £1570, and their Charolais X heifer sold to £1480. Some tremendous suckler bred cattle from Andrew Catton sold to tops of £1450 twice and slightly smaller suckler bred types from AP & RA Dunn looked very well sold to £1390 for a super pair of black Lim X heifers, with others in the consignment to nearly 3.40/kg! Heavy dairy X blues from Brian Basham sold to £1435 twice and short keep native cattle sold to highs of £1445 from the same home. Not many bulls in today, but a superb packet of suckler bred Charolais from J F Lambert flew away to £1290/ head or 300pp/kg! All sizes of cattle well in demand every week, please call Edward Stephenson or James Kilner to enter your stock!
PRINCIPAL PRICES
Heifers
AA- £1045 J R Gill & Son; £1020 A E Dunn & Son; £880 F Atkinson & Son; £700 J A Bullock Farm.
BLND X - £1055, £970, £890 R J Edmondson.
BRB - £1435 Brian Basham; £1155 A E Dunn & Son; £990 J R Gill & Son.
BSH - £1345 G Walker & Son.
CHAR X - £1460 J Humphrey.
HE - £700, £570 J R Gill & Son.
LIM X - £1390, £1380, £1120 A P & R Dunn; £1350, £1335 J B Catton & Son; £1100, £1040 A W Turner & Son; £1080 A E Dunn & Son; £1070 T E & R Dent; £750, £440 Monument Farm.
Steers
AA - £1445 Brian Basham; £1220 S L Davies; £970 F Atkinson & Son; £860 J A Bullock Farm.
BF - £915 J R Gill & Son; £580 J A Bullock Farm.
BRB - £1380 Brian Basham; £1300 L A Clappison.
CHAR X - £1480 J Humphrey.
HF - £690 J M Thompson & Son.
LIM X - £1570 J Humphrey; £1450, £1375 J B Catton & Son; £1355 L A Clappison; £1295, £1265 A W Turner & Son; £480 Monument Farm.
NR - £580 J A Bullock Farm.
Bulls
BRB - £900 B Quarton.
CHAR X - £1290, £1210 J F Lambert.
LIM X - £1050, £790 B Quarton.
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