Sun, 22nd Dec 2024
YORK AUCTION CENTRE
STORE MARKET
THURSDAY 17th OCTOBER 2024
York Auction Centre had 45 head of stock throughout the market including 35 store cattle and 10 calves.
TOP PRICES
Calves sold to £485 for a Aberdeen Angus Heifer Calf from A Coe.
Heifers sold to £1180 for a Hereford from G Norminton.
Steers sold to £1255 for a Limousin X from C R Simpson.
Bulls sold to £1440 for a British Blonde X from C T Bramley & Son.
Just a small show today with cattle still at home grazing and a few farmers trying to get drilled up, but trade looked as dear as ever!
In the calf ring, no fresh calves forward, but a run of stirks sold to £485/ head for a pair of nice native bred heifers from A Coe to regular mart supporters A E Dunn & son, and bull stirks from Richard Findlay sold to £430/ head for a pair of AAX bulls, heifers from the same home sold to £470/ head. Fresh Lim x calves entered from A Burgess and Hereford x bull stirks from G W Singleton already entered for next week!
In the big ring, a show of predominantly smaller cattle sold to tops of £1440 for a shapely blonde x bull from C T Bramley, other bulls from the same home sold to £1410 and £1330. Stronger steers sold to £1255 from C R Simpson for a shapely Lim x and heifers sold to £1180/ head for a pen of three Hereford x. The second consignment of Jan-April born Charolais steers from K Burn sold tremendously well topping at £1195 for a strong pair, with others in the run selling regularly over 400ppkg with one buyer taking as many as they could! Thank you to the Guymer family, can’t wait to see them back finished! Thank you to all our vendors & buyers, some good entries of store cattle booked in for the coming weeks!
Call Edward Stephenson or James Kilner for all enquiries!
PRINCIPAL PRICES
Heifers
HE - £1180, £890 G Norminton; £770, £440 Leeds City Council.
Steers
AA - £865, £705 R Burn & Son.
BRB - £795, £740 J R Richardson.
Char x - £1195, £1095, £1085, £1015, £1010, £740 R Burn & Son.
HE - £1125 C R Simpson; £950, £870 G Norminton; £450 Leeds City Council.
LIM X - £1255, £1150 C R Simpson.
Bulls
BLND X - £1440, £1410, £1340, £1110 C T Bramley & Son.
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