Thu, 31st Oct 2024
YORK AUCTION CENTRE
STORE MARKET & PEDIGREE SALE
THURSDAY 3rd OCTOBER 2024
York Auction Centre had 90 head of stock through the market including 61 store cattle, 4 breeding cattle, 14 calves and 11 pedigree cattle.
TOP PRICES
Calves sold to £665 for a British Blue from A Rooke & Sons.
Heifers sold to £1255 for a Limousin X from J Sykes.
Steers sold to £1640 for a Beef Shorthorn from R P Wilson.
Bulls sold to £1195 for a British Blonde X from C T Bramley & Son.
Pedigree cattle sold to 2200GNS for a Aberdeen Angus Bull from M E Watson.
A nice show of cattle in today with some fantastic natives forward!
Calves & stirks started the day with 3 super lim x heifers from A Burgess selling twice to £400 and topped at £410 all to a new Scarborough buyer! Heifer stirks were a lot better to sell this week with two nice BRB x from A Rooke selling to £665 and £610 both to mart supporter Harry Hogarth, bull stirks just a bit easier with a buyer or two full up for this week but Hereford x bulls sold to £520 from D A Boyes and blues sold to £450 from A Rooke.
In the big ring, a cow & calf from R Midgley sold to £132 and a decent number of stores sold to tops of £1640 for a pen of 3 tremendous Beef Shorthorn steers from R P Wilson. Other big cattle sold to £1575 for a super BRB x steer from D Miller and to £1370/ head again from R P Wilson. Slightly smaller cattle sold to £1275 for an AAX steer and Julie Sykes wasn’t far behind with a pair of Hereford heifers which sold to £1255/ head. Smaller end cattle were still keenly sought after with a super run of Charolais steers from K Burn selling to tops of £965, with batches of smaller sorts to £875/ head. More cattle from RP Wilson and K Burn entered for next week!
The autumn pedigree sale saw mainly natives penned this year, with a 4-year-old Angus bull “Derwent Kenneth” presented by M E Watson of Lockton taking the top spot selling to 2,200 guineas, and a beef shorthorn bull “Ella Robbie” presented by J R Hawking sold to 1580 guineas. Heifers sold to tops of 1285/ head also from J R Hawking and Herefords from Julie Sykes sold to 1065 guineas. Thank you to all who supported the sale!
PRINCIPAL PRICES
Steers
AA - £1320, £1275 D C & M P Miller; £820 R Burn & Son, £800 Joe Baines.
BRB - £1575 D C & M P Miller.
BSH - £1640, £1370 R P Wilson.
CHAR X - £965, £875, £815, £785 R Burn & Son.
HE - £1080 S L Davies; £1035 A E Dunn & Son; £950 W H Lockwood & Co; £900, £780 J R Richardson.
SALER - £1205, £950 W H Lockwood & Co.
SIM X - £1060, £950 W H Lockwood & Co.
Heifers
AA – £685 Joe Baines.
BSH - £740 R P Wilson.
CHAR X - £1015 Reuben Smith.
HE - £1255 J Sykes; £1075, £1040 H P Hogarth; £1040 A E Dunn & Son.
LIM X - £1255 J Sykes; £1240 A E Dunn & Son.
Bulls
BLND X - £1195, £1150, £1075, £1055 C T Bramley & Son.
IM - £630, £530 Leeds City Council.
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