Sun, 22nd Dec 2024
YORK AUCTION CENTRE
STORE MARKET
THURSDAY 10th OCTOBER 2024
York Auction Centre had 165 head of stock throughout the market including 67 store cattle and 32 calves and 66 sheep.
TOP PRICES
Calves sold to £740 for a Limousin X Heifer Calf from T E Coates.
Heifers sold to £1295 for a Charolais X from S Barnes.
Steers sold to £1390 for a British Shorthorn from R P Wilson.
Bulls sold to £835 for a Limousin X from E R Lazenby.
A nice show of stock across all sections today! A super run of fresh calves from G & J Dean of south Holme started the day and ring full of farmer buyers and regular dealers ensured an electric trade! Fresh calves from the Dean family topped at £380 for a BRBx bull, brbx heifers sold to £320, a smart run of Hereford bulls sold to £375 and black and whites equally as good to sell topped at £240! Super rearing calves and more entered for the coming weeks! A good run of stirks came next with Pollyanna Boyes topping the bull trade at £725/ head for a nice pair of feb born Hereford x bulls, Trevor Coates topped the heifers at £740/ head for his home bred Limousins, and a super run of Hereford x feeding bulls from G W Singleton sold regularly over £500, topping at £560/ head! Please call James to see what York calf ring can do for you!
In the big ring, not a whole lot of power was penned but stronger cattle sold to £1390/ head for a pen of 6 super BSH steers from R P Wilson, heifers sold to £1295/head for a pair of Charolais x, part of a super consignment from Steve Barnes, and C T Bramley wasn’t far behind at £1230 for a shapely suckler bred heifer selling to local mart supporter Rob Mccaie. Plenty good runs of cattle sold regularly from 1100-1200, and Steve Barnes sold a very well-matched packet of AAX heifers at £1215/ head. Smaller cattle sold to £960 for beef shorthorns from R P Wilson, and bulls sold to £835/ head for a pair of Lim x from Eric Lazenby.
66 store lambs sold well even with the downward trend, with something for every pocket penned! Trade topped at £108/ head for some smart little beltex x from H & B Beevers, with nothing in their consignment under £94/ head! New vendor J D Whitaker sold texel x lambs to £92/ head, and the lambs across the board today averaged a decent £84/ head, more already entered in a fortnight!
PRINCIPAL PRICES
Heifers
AA- £1215 S Barnes.
BF - £1155, £1075 R & E B Drake.
BLND X - £910 C T Bramley & Son.
BRB - £1230; £1050; £805 C T Bramley & Son; £1195 S Barnes; £945 Reuben Smith; £655 F Atkinson & Sons.
CHAR X - £1295 S Barnes.
HE - £890 A E Dunn & Son; £790 Reuben Smith.
INRA - £730, £720 H P Hogarth.
LIM X - £1055, £995 A E Dunn & Son; £1025, £985 Firthfield Farm LTD; £985 S Barnes.
MG - £610, £580 R & E B Drake.
SIM X - £605, £450 C J Burkill & Son.
Steers
AA - £1120 A E Dunn & Son; £1070 Fryer Bros; £845 J R Richardson; £765 Joe Baines.
BRB - £1060, £730 G Norminton; £980, £875 J R Richardson; £725 F Atkinson & Sons.
BSH - £1390, £960, £800 R P Wilson.
HE - £1075 G Norminton.
LIM X - £1080 S Barnes.
SIM X - £1290 S Barnes
Bulls
HE - £630 G W Houlston & Sons.
LIM X - £835 E R Lazenby.
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