Store Stock

Wed, 12th Mar 2025

YORK AUCTION CENTRE

STORE MARKET

 THURSDAY 27^th February 2025

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York Auction Centre had 130 head of stock through the market including 86 store cattle and 44 calves.

TOP PRICES

Calves sold to £910 for a British Blue Heifer Calf from Jonathon Black.

Heifers sold to £2305 for an Aberdeen Angus from J B Hornby.

Steers sold to £2330 for a Saler from D J Slatcher.

Bulls sold to £1895 for a Charolais X from J F Lambert.

130 head of store stock through the market again today with 86 store cattle and 44 calves & stirks.

The calf ring saw a very fast trade once again with heifer stirks selling to £910 for a super BRBx from Jonathan Black, and W J Fox weren’t far behind selling a trio of BRBx heifers to £845/ head. Steers sold to £865 from F Atkinson and bull stirks topped at £640, part of a run of 4 month old AAX stirks from D V Lee which looked very well sold! Fresh calves hit another level today with Helen Smith of Dalton Parva topping to trade at £540 twice for her superb 4 week old Lim x bulls! Other nice but smaller rearers from G & J Dean of Slingsby sold well with BRBx bulls selling to £470, and heifers to £360, native heifer calves from the same home sold to £280! Buyer demand here every week! Call James Kilner for details!

In the big ring, all forward cattle looked every bit as dear as ever with David Slatcher topping the steers and overall price today at £2,330/ head for a pair of tremendous Saler x steers! Other strong steers sold to £2,200 for a nice Lim x. Heifers sold to £2,305 for a heavy AAX from J B Hornby, with others from the same home selling to £2180, and G C Altoft sold a super Sim heifer to £2170. Other heavy sorts sold to £2,130 for an AAX heifer from Frank Sellars, and a good run of AAX and Herefords from E A Hughes sold to £2,130 for heifers and £1925 for steers. Smaller cattle sold to £1445/ head for a pair of Lim x heifers from A & G M Grant and a pair of nice Sim x steers from G & A Ellis sold to £1300/ head. John Lambert once again topped the bulls at £1895/ head for his super Charolais, with others from the same home selling to £1890 and £1755, other Lim x bulls from D Mitchell sold to £1200/ head.

Don’t forget - Thursday the 3rd of April is our Multibreed pedigree Sale, incorporating our inaugural Dairy sale! **New order of sale! Dairy and pedigrees will be sold straight after calves, before the store cattle!** Some good cattle already entered, contact James Kilner for entries!

PRINCIPAL PRICES

Heifers

AA - £2305, £2180 J B Hornby; £2130 F Sellars; £1845, £1745, £1590, £1390 E A Hughes; £675 Richard Nicholson Ltd; £635 Askham Bryan College.

BLND X - £2025 J B Hornby.

BRB - £1660, £1620 Brian Basham; £1315 A E Dunn & Son.

BSH - £1340, £1175 G Walker & Son.

FKV - £1050 J E Shepherd.

HE - £2130, £1600 E A Hughes.

HF - £1250 Askham Bryan College.

LIM X - £1930 J B Hornby; £1870 F Sellars; £1800 A W Turner & Son; £1615 Brian Basham; £1445 A & G M Grant.

SALER - £1045 A E Dunn & Son; £970 S P Foreman.

SIM X - £2170 G C Altoft; £1455 G & A Ellis; £1425 A E Dunn & Son.

Steers

AA - £1925, £1815 E A Hughes; £910 Richard Nicholson Ltd; £710 Askham Bryan College.

BRB - £1460 Richard Tyson.

BSH - £1300, £1230 G & A Ellis.

HE - £1405 J E Shepherd.

LIM X - £2200, £1790, £1760 A W Turner & Son; £1595, £1415, £1140 I Mitchell; £1240 D Mitchell; £710 Askham Bryan College.

SALER - £2330 D J Slatcher; £1195 S P Foreman.

SIM X - £1630, £1300, £1230 G & A Ellis.

Bulls

CHAR X - £1895, £1890, £1755, £1620 J F Lambert.

HE - £900 T W & J A Turner.

LIM X - £1200, £1190, £1165, £1060, £990 D Mitchell.

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