Store Stock

Sun, 22nd Dec 2024

YORK AUCTION CENTRE

STORE MARKET

 THURSDAY 1^st August 2024

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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