Thu, 31st Oct 2024
YORK AUCTION CENTRE
STORE MARKET
THURSDAY 26th SEPTEMBER 2024
York Auction Centre had 129 head of stock through the market including 77 store cattle, 10 calves, 1 Breeding cattle and 41 sheep.
TOP PRICES
Calves sold to £715 for a British Friesian Bull Calf from R & E B Drake.
Breeding Cattle sold to £1750 for a Limousin X Bull from M & E Shaw.
Heifers sold to £1270 for a Limousin X from Rory Kemp LTD.
Steers sold to £1780 for a Aberdeen Angus from Rory Kemp LTD.
Bulls sold to £1275 for a Hereford from J Sykes.
A good days trading on a miserable wet day!
Fresh Calves sold to £450 for a nice Limousin bull from HL & TE smith with others selling to £435 and all calves from the same home stayed together and went to local mart supporter R A Suddaby. Bull stirks from R & EB Drake flew away to £715 for a 6-month-old British Friesian bull selling to regular vendors A P & RA Dunn.
In the big ring, an 18-month-old Limousin bull sold to £1750 from the shaw family, Halter trained pedigrees are entered from them for the multibreed sale! A better number of store cattle sold to £1780/ head for a pair of heavy AAX steers, part of a tremendous run of cattle from R Kemp, and a heifer from the same home topped at £1270. Other super cattle from CT Bramley sold to £1700 twice and £1620 for his super red lim steers and the Kilby family presented their usual quality cattle with their top steer selling to £1365 or 364ppkg! Smaller cattle just a bit harder to place, but a super AAX heifer from R Midgley sold to £1180, with plenty cattle similar weights in the £1000-£1100 bracket.
Store lambs
Just a small show today with bluetongue keeping large numbers of sheep at home, but trade remained good for heavy sorts, with a pen of 3 beltex from H & B Beevers topping at £131 a head and other pens sold from £110-115, smaller lambs a bit harder to place but another 6 pens all sold from £92-£99, all lambs to average a healthy £99.02/ head across the board, many more can be sold every fortnight!
PRINCIPAL PRICES
Heifers
AA - £1180 R Midgley; £930 Joe Baines; £690 E Booth & Son.
BRB - £965, £920, £600 R Welford; £920, £600 Reuben Smith; £860 R Midgley; £605, £590 I & A Broadhead; £560 G W Houlston & Sons.
CHAR X - £970 J W & J Paxton.
HE - £1045, £1000 H P Hogarth; £965 Reuben Smith; £740, £670 F Atkinson & Sons.
LIM X - £1270 Rory Kemp LTD; £955 R Midgley; £915 R Welford; £865 Reuben Smith.
Steers
AA - £1780, £1545, £1460, £1460, £1155 Rory Kemp LTD; £880 Joe Baines; £860 E Booth & Son; £630 F Atkinson & Sons.
BSH - £1325 E Booth & Son.
CHAR X - £1120 J W & J Paxton.
HE - £1535, £930 J Sykes; £1240, £1050 W H Lockwood & Co; £680 F Atkinson & Sons.
LIM X - £1700, £1620 C T Bramley & Son; £1365, £1365, £1360, £1310, £1300 W B & A Kilby & Son; £1280, £1185 C Ellwood & Son; £1250 Rory Kemp LTD.
SA - £1270 W H Lockwood & Co; £1185 C Ellwood & Son.
SIM X - £1180, £1035 W H Lockwood & Co.
STB - £1250 Rory Kemp LTD.
Bulls
AA – £950 R Addy.
BRB - £680 I & A Broadhead.
BSH - £620 G W Houlston & Sons.
HE- £1275 J 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