Sun, 29th Dec 2024
YORK AUCTION CENTRE
STORE MARKET
THURSDAY 21st NOVEMBER 2024
York Auction Centre had 117 head of stock through the market including, 57 store cattle, 25 calves and 35 store sheep.
TOP PRICES
Calves sold to £640 for a Hereford Heifer Calf from M I C Slater.
Bulls sold to £1370 for a Limousin X from Walloway Farm.
Heifers sold to £1925 for a Limousin X from J B Hornby.
Steers sold to £1935 for a Simmental X from J B Hornby.
A super days trading at York once again!
In calf ring a good run of calves and stirks found a very good trade to buyers old and new! Fresh calves from A Burgess sold to £390 for a nice lim x bull calf and another to £380, fresh heifer calves just a little harder to place selling to £240. M I C Slater topped the stirks with a a strong packet of 4 Hereford x heifers selling to £640/ head to A E Dunn, Mike Thompson wasn’t far behind selling a pair of AAX bulls straight off the cow at £630/ head. Strong British friesian bull stirks from R & E B Drake sold very well to £610/ head to AP & R A Dunn. Smaller weaned calves sold to £420 for a nice AAX bull from D V Lee.
Some strength and size about the store cattle today with perhaps a new mart record being set by Jim Hornby selling a sim x steer to £1935, and a lim x heifer to £1925, other super cattle from the same home sold to £1895 and £1755! Nick Asquith wasn’t far behind with a 20 month old lim x steer selling to £1705 also taking the top ppkg today at 321ppkg! Other strong cont x cattle sold regularly around the £1500-£1600 mark, and a strong British friesian x steer from L A Clappison looked very well sold at £1370! Smaller cattle once again looked a firm trade with a superb lim heifer from Ian Wilkinson selling to £1355 and a pair of nice Limx heifers from E W & E Swiers sold to £1175/ head. A pair of tremendous 9 months old pure lim bulls from J M Walker sold to £1445/ head, and a nice BRBx from Ian Broadhead sold to £1045, cattle remain firmly in demand and many more could have been sold!
PRINCIPAL PRICES
Heifers
AA - £1610 L A Clappison; £1395 F Sellars; £1300 Peter Cass; £1075 F E Norman & Sons; £950 Fryer Bros.
BRB - £1440 F Sellars; £1315 D A Boyes; £1240 E W & E Swiers; £1105 A E Dunn & Son.
CHAR X - £1580 P H Waring & Son; £1350 E W & E Swiers.
HE - £810 Peter Cass; £790 Fryer Bros.
JER - £1275 P H Waring & Son.
LIM X - £1925 J B Hornby; £1355 Walloway Farm; £1265 £1180 £1175 £935 E W & E Swiers.
SIM X - £1755 J B Hornby; £1255 P H Waring & Son.
Steers
AA - £1395, £1055, E W & E Swiers; £1010 Fryer Bros.
BF - £1370 L A Clappison; £1045 E W & E Swiers.
BRB - £1610, £1560 S & K Asquith
HE - £970 Peter Cass.
HF - £450 A & A Wake.
LIM X - £1895 J B Hornby; £1705, £1485 S & K Asquith; £1445 J M Walker; £1275, £1210, £1200, £1070 E W & E Swiers.
SIM X - £1935 J B Hornby.
WS - £1195 F Sellars.
Bulls
BRB - £1045 I G Broadhead.
LIM X - £1370 Walloway Farm.
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