Thu, 31st Oct 2024
YORK AUCTION CENTRE
STORE MARKET
THURSDAY 18th July 2024
York Auction Centre had 107 head of stock through the market including 87 store cattle, 14 calves and 6 breeding cattle.
TOP PRICES
Calves sold to £665 for a Limousin X Bull Calf from H W Houseman & Partners.
Breeding cattle sold to £1600 for Simental X cow with a Charolais X Heifer calf at foot.
Heifers sold to £1650 for a Limousin X from J B Hornby.
Steers sold to £1660 for a British Blue from T Booth.
Bulls sold to £1230 for a Charolais X from J F Lambert.
A very good number of cattle forward today and the trade was as hot as the weather!!
A nice run of fresh Limousin x calves from A Burgess kicked the day off selling bull calves to £420 and heifers to £350, super calves as always and more for next week! Bull stirks sold to £665 for a suckler bred Angus from H W Houseman and smaller heifer stirks from R G Findlay of Westerdale sold to £455/ head.
In the big ring, 3 strong Simmental cows with Charolais X calves at foot sold to £1600 twice and to £1430 for one with a younger calf at foot.
Store cattle were as strong a trade as ever and smaller grazing cattle looked the best sold on the day, with a consignment of Limousin x steers and heifers from H&B Beevers selling to £940/ head to average £876 or 331ppkg! Native grazing sorts from G R & S Atkinson sold to £735 and to £710 3 times, and a nice run of BRB X heifers from F Atkinson sold to £790/ head. Other Smaller BRB X dairy steers sold to £945 for a shapely sort from J P Dobby
Another Westerdale vendor T booth topped the steers with two heavy BRB X steers selling to £1660 a head, part of their tremendous run of heavy short keep cattle, most other strong cattle in the consignment regularly around the £1600 mark! Jim Hornby of Seaton once again topped the heifers this week with another super Limousin which sold to £1650, and Keith Dunn sold native heifers to £1365. Only a couple of bulls in today but all sold well with local vendors J F Lambert topping the trade with a home bred Charolais at £1230. Even with good numbers and cattle for every job, many more could have been sold with some buyers returning home empty!
For all enquiries call Edward Stephenson or James Kilner
PRINCIPAL PRICES
Heifers
AA - £1290, £1150, £1150 A E Dunn & Son; £1235, £1230 A S & L Leadbeater; £770, £700 Fryer Bros.
BRB - £1570, £1545, £1485, £1390 T Booth; £1425 J B Hornby; £1365, £1260 J O & R W Sturdy; £870 J P Dobby; £790, £785 F Atkinson & Son.
CHAR X - £1030 T Booth.
HE - £1365 A E Dunn & Son; £1000 M P & K E Trousdale; £790 J P Dobby; £710 G R & S Atkinson.
LIM X - £1650 J B Hornby; £1625, £1330 T Booth; £900 G M Farms; £895, £835, £725 H & B Beevers & Sons.
Steers
AA - £1440 G M Farms; £1290, £905 M P & K E Trousdale; £865 Fryer Bros.
BLND X - £1390 M P & K E Trousdale.
BRB - £1660 T Booth; £945 J P Dobby; £935, £900 J A Bullock Farm.
CONT - £340 M P & K E Trousdale.
HE - £995, £980 M P & K E Trousdale; £870 Banklink LTD; £825 J P Dobby; £790, £780 Banklink LTD; £735 G R & S Atkinson.
LIM X - £940, £935 H & B Beevers & Sons.
Bulls
CHAR X - £1230 J F Lambert.
HE - £805 C Sykes.
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