Sun, 01st Sep 2024
YORK AUCTION CENTRE
STORE MARKET
THURSDAY 1st August 2024
York Auction Centre had 34 head of stock through the market including 20 store cattle and 14 calves.
TOP PRICES
Calves sold to £680 for a Aberdeen Angus Heifer Calf from I & A Broadhead.
Heifers sold to £1290 for a Hereford from H W Colley & Son LTD.
Steers sold to £1520 for a Simental X from J Foulston & Son.
Bulls sold to £1140 for a Charolais X from A & G M Grant.
York calf ring does it again! A super show of quality calves all from regular vendors were a tremendous trade once again! Limousin x Fresh calves from A Burgess sold particularly well with everyone in the consignment £400 and over, topping at £450 for a stocky black bull and heifers from the same home sold to £400. AAX calves sold to £300 for a nice little heifer calf from H L & T E Smith and a British Friesian bull from the same home sold to £210.
A nice consignment of well reared stirks from I & A Broadhead topped at £680/ head for a pair of Angus heifers, BRBx heifers sold to £650 twice and a well grown black and white bull sold to £355.
In the big ring, a small show of cattle met a packed ringside and all looked very well sold, with a lot of buyers returning home empty! All grades of cattle were firmly in demand, with J F Foulston topping todays trade at £1520 for a superb, heavy Simmental steer, with others from the same home selling to £1450/ head. H.W Colley topped the heifers today with two well fed Herefords which sold to £1290/ head, the buyer remarked “we could do with these every week!” Another Hereford from G Inchboard sold to £1100, and a nice run of BRBx heifers from JR sturdy sold to £1200/ head. Longer term AAX heifers from R & E B Drake sold to £800. Only 3 bulls in today, all from A & G M Grant which sold to £1140, and a pair of nice Charolais bulls sold to £1040/ head.
Plenty more cattle could have been sold to vendor’s advantage! Please call Edward or James for all enquiries. The first store & breeding sheep sale will be held on the 29th of August at 1pm, call James to book in!
PRINCIPAL PRICES
Heifers
AA - £800, £800, £785 R & E B Drake.
BRB - £1200, £1180 J O & R W Sturdy.
HE - £1290, £1000 H W Colley & Son LTD; £1100 Gail Inchboard.
Steers
SIM X - £1520, £1450 J Foulston & Son.
Bulls
CHAR X - £1140, £1085 A & G M Grant.
LIM X - £1085 A & G M Grant.
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