Sun, 01st Sep 2024
YORK AUCTION CENTRE
STORE MARKET
THURSDAY 2nd MAY 2024
York Auction Centre had 155 head of stock through the market including 93 store cattle, 14 calves and 48 breeding cattle.
TOP PRICES
Calves sold to £660 for a Aberdeen Angus Heifer from R G Findlay.
Breeding cattle sold to £2450 for a Limousin X Bull from W E & A Massey.
Heifers sold to £1650 for a Limousin X from J B Hornby.
Steers sold to £1690 for a Limousin X from J B Hornby.
Bulls sold to £1610 for a Limousin X from R Barnard.
Calves
What a fantastic day trading here at YAC, with the pens and ringside absolutely packed with vendors new and old both local and from the neighbouring shires!
The day started with a quality run of calves and stirks, with regular vendors A Burgess topping the fresh calves with a super Limousin bull at £425, and a pair of twin heifers from the same home realising £320 a head all selling to regular mart supporter Steven Barnes. A super packet of 6-month-old BRB X heifers from I&A Broadhead sold to £640/ head to Alan Sykes and two well reared AAX heifers from new vendor R G Findlay sold to £660 a head to CR Simpson.
In the store ring, a large entry of cow & calf outfits started the sale, buyers from far and wide ensured an absolutely electric trade for all grades of cattle.
The top price cow & calf outfit today was presented by W M Massey which sold to £2240 for a 4-year-old BRB X first calver with her Limousin steer calf at foot selling to A W Turner of Lincolnshire, and 2 more outfits from the same home broke the £2000 barrier.
The first consignment from Maxwell Bros herd reduction comprising 10 stabiliser cows all with bull calves at foot sold to tops of £1920 for a 2018 born cow with her 2-month-old calf at foot, every cow & calf outfit from Maxwell Bros sold tremendously well to average over £1700/ outfit, another 10 with heifer calves at foot entered for next week, along with cows & calves from Peter Rhodes feed services. The trip from Atherton (Lancs) was well worth it for John Pendlebury who sold two smart angus cow & calf outfits to £1880 and £1700, and a super blonde cow with heifer calf from N T & J Barrett sold to £1750.
Two stock bulls sold to highs of £2450 for calogale Navara a 7-year-old Limousin bull from W Massey going to its new home at chop gate with Ben Cowling and a stabiliser bull from Maxwell Bros sold to £1620.
Store cattle looked more expensive on the week with buyers keenly bidding for all grades of cattle! steers sold to £1690 for a strong Lim x from J B Hornby, and a tremendous Limousin heifer from the same home sold to £1650. Other strong cattle both suckler and dairy x sold regularly around the £1500 mark from Brian Basham and J Foulston. A nice consignment of slightly smaller suckler bred heifers from A P & R A Dunn sold very well to highs of £1400 or 288ppkg and summering cattle sold to £1195 for a good run of Charolais from J W & J Paxton with more entered for next week. A few more bulls in this week all looked very well sold with a tremendous pen of Limousins from R Barnard topping at £1610, others in the consignment regularly over £1500 and a Charolais X bull from SE Shields sold to £1120.
Plenty cattle already entered for next week and more stores always wanted! Please call Edward or James to discuss your requirements.
BREEDING CATTLE PRINCIPAL PRICES
Bulls
A Limousin x sold to £2450 from W E & A Massey.
A Stabiliser sold to £1620 from Maxwell Brothers.
Cows & Calves
A Stabiliser cow with a Stabiliser Bull calf at foot sold to £1920 from Maxwell Brothers.
A British Blonde x cow with a British Blonde x Heifer calf at foot sold to £1750 from N T & J Barrett.
A Limousin x cow with a Limousin x Heifer calf at foot sold to £1620 from R & T Dales.
A British Blue Heifer with a Limousin x Steer calf at foot sold to £2240 from W E & A Massey.
A Limousin x cow with a Hereford Heifer calf at foot sold to £780 from Q A Brook.
A British Blonde x with a Limousin x Heifer calf at foot sold to £1440 from T E & R Dent.
A Aberdeen Angus cow with a Aberdeen Angus Heifer calf at foot sold to £1880 from J T & B Pendlebury.
PRINCIPAL PRICES
Heifers
AA- £1155 S Barnes; £875, £760 F Atkinson & Son; £840, £730 R E Cornforth; £690 D Wilkinson; £630 J R Richardson.
BLND X - £1325 J B Hornby.
BRB - £1330 N Lazenby; £1105 S Barnes; £1020, £900 K W & R Wilson; £920, £700 J R Richardson; £785, £780 D Wilkinson.
BSH - £1240, £1150 G Walker & Son; £550 D Wilkinson.
CHAR X - £1040 J W & J Paxton; £765 E Shields.
DS - £875 Risborough Farming.
GL - £760 M P & K Trousdale.
HE - ££650 D Wilkinson.
LIM X - £1650, £1570 J B Hornby; £1400, £1305, £1170 A P & R Dunn; £1180 S Barnes; £1100 N Lazenby; £900 K W & R Wilson; £780 Riseborough Farming; £685, £685, £565, £525 J & M Dean & Son.
LR - £595 D Wilkinson.
SIM X - £985 S Barnes.
Steers
AA - £1490 Brian Basham; £1115 S Barnes.
BF - £510 Riseborough Farming.
BRB - ££1525, £1505 Brian Basham; £805, £740 J R Richardson.
CHAR X - £1195, £1180 J W & J Paxton; £940 S E Shields.
FKV - £1475 Brian Basham.
LIM X - £1690 J B Hornby; £1150 S Barnes; £1035 Riseborough Farming.
SIM X - £1465, £1465, £1455 J Foulston & Son; £1070 E Shields.
Bulls
CHAR X - £1120, £780 S E Shields.
LIM X - £1610, £1560, £1555, £905 R Barnard.
TO ENTER YOUR STOCK AT YORK AUCTION CENTRE LIVESTOCK MARKET
CALL:
CATTLE
Edward Stephenson (Auctioneer) - 07801 685663
James Kilner (Auctioneer & Fieldsman) – 07984 400902
PIGS
Rod Cordingley (Auctioneer) – 07801 685660
SHEEP
Stephen Burley (Auctioneer) - 07736 081785
James Kilner (Auctioneer & Fieldsman) – 07984 400902