Store Stock

Sun, 23rd Feb 2025

YORK AUCTION CENTRE

STORE MARKET

 THURSDAY 13^th February 2025

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York Auction Centre had 129 head of stock through the market including 3 breeding cattle, 112 store cattle and 14 calves.

TOP PRICES

Calves sold to £785 for a British Blue Bull Calf from F Atkinson & Sons.

Breeding cattle sold to £2050 for a Shorthorn Cow with a British Blue heifer calf at foot from C R Simpson.

Heifers sold to £2305 for a Limousin X from J B Hornby.

Steers sold to £2700 for a Limousin X from Penwood Farm LLP.

Bulls sold to£2780 for a Limousin X from Penwood Farm LLP.

Another busy week, another fantastic trade, with 12 lots from £2000 upwards!

A nice show of calves and stirks started the day with all types being keenly sought after, fresh calves sold to a staggering £505 for a 4-week-old lim x heifer from A Burgess and a nice bull from the same home sold to £470! Other fresh bull calves sold to £435 for a lim x and black and whites topped at £230 all from P J Waring & son. Bull stirks sold to £525/ head for a pair of black and whites and a nice packet of BRBx sold to £755/ head for heifers and £785 for steers all from F Atkinson & son.

112 store cattle met a fierce trade once again with Ted Hughes topping the day over all with an enormous lim x bull which sold to £2,780, two more heavy bulls from the same home sold to £2,680/ head and the Hughes family also topped the steers today at £2,700! Other smaller bulls sold to £1645 for a super blonde d’aquitaine from N T & J H Barrett. Jim Hornby of whitedale topped the heifers with his superb run of 2-year-old lim x selling to £2,305, with another two of the same consignment selling to £2,290, and £2,210, and other strong cattle sold to £2185 for a nice BRBx steer from N J Sellars.

Midterm cattle were still as good to sell as ever with a nice lim x heifer from John Trenholme topping the bracket at £1895, and other similar weight cattle from Richard Nicholson, Brian Basham and Mrs G Stephenson sold to £1575, £1565 and £1520 respectively. A consignment of 21 Holstein x feeding heifers from A E Banks sold particularly well to several different buyers topping at £1460/ head, with even the smallest & lightest framed sorts at just under 2.70ppkg! And smaller, summering cattle sold to £1190/ head for a nice trip of AAX steers from Ted Lazenby, Whatever the cattle- YAC can sell them and many more could have been sold! Contact Edward Stephenson or James Kilner to discuss your requirements!

PRINCIPAL PRICES

Heifers

AA - £2290 J B Hornby; £1650, £1480 L A Clappison; £1515 Brian Basham; £1365, £1030 G F & C H Johnson; £1260 J F Lambert; £880, £785 Beckfield Farm.

BRB - £2140 N J Sellers; £1495 Brian Basham; £1380 J & A Trenholme; £880 Askham Bryan College; £865 J R Richardson.

BSH - £1345, £1325 G Walker & Son; £950, £775 G W Houlston & Sons; £895 Glaister Farm

CHAR X - £1360 J F Lambert.

HE - £1345 G F & C H Johnson; £850 G W Houlston & Sons; £620 Banklink Ltd.

HO - £1460, £1355, £990, £850, £850 A E Banks & Son.

LIM X - £2305, £2210, £1910 J B Hornby; £1895, £1400 J & A Trenholme £1390, £1115 S & J Houlder.

SIM X - £2100 G C Altoft.

STB - £985 Millington Limousins LTD.

Steers

AA - £1575, £1320, £895 Richard Nicholson LTD; £1485 Brian Basham; £1190 E Lazenby; £940 Beckfield Farm; £900 J R Richardson; £845 Askham Bryan College.

BRB - £2185 N J Sellers; £1565 Brian Basham; £890 Askham Bryan College.

HO - £500 J M Thompson & Son.

JER - £1200 C & S Crossley.

LIM X - £2700 Penwood Farm; £2035, £1510 C R Simpson; £1920, £1520 G Stephenson.

LR -£1195.

MONT - £1305 C & S Crossley.

Bulls

AA - £1515 G Stephenson.

BLND X - £1645, £1475 N T & J H Barrett.

BRB - £1100 B Quarton.

HE - £755 R E Cornforth.

LIM X - £2780, £2680 Penwood Farm LLP; £1195, £1095 B Quarton.

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