Primestock Report

Mon, 20th May 2024

FATSTOCK MARKET – MONDAY 29TH APRIL - RED MARKET

 

York Auction Centre had 593 head of stock forward including 218 Cattle, 258 Sheep and 117 Pigs at their weekly sale of Prime stock.

CATTLE

85 Continental Young Bulls sold to 318p/kg from A E Guymer & Sons and G H West & Son and to £2448.39 also from A E Guymer & Sons; to average 280.89p/kg.

11 Native Breed Young Bulls sold to 281p/kg from D A Shirt & Sons and to £2067.24 also from D A Shirt & Son; to average 247.86p/kg.

25 Black and White Young Bulls sold to 285p/kg from D G Johnson & Son and to £2105.30 also from D G Johnson & Son; to average 231.66p/kg.

33 Continental X Steers sold to 335p/kg from and £2397.99 from M D Medd: to average 294.29p/kg.

5 Native breed Steers sold to 290p/kg from James W Wake and to £1856.87 from R H Dove: to average 268.90p/kg.

29 Continental X Heifers sold to 356p/kg from G J Taylor and to £2148.19 from R Mccaie: to average 282.78p/kg.

13 Native breed Heifers sold to 290p/kg from N P Turnbull and to £1754.37 also from N P Turnbull: to average 255.19p/kg.

3 OTM sold to 150p/kg from J H Illingworth & Son and to £1160.64 from E Warner; to average 139.50p/kg.

Young Bulls
Continental

318p/kg, 312p/kg A E Guymer & Sons; 318p/kg, 288p/kg G H West & Son; 317p/kg, 315p/kg, 312p/kg D G Johnson & Son; 314p/kg, 312p/kg, 3112p/kg, 311p/kg, 310p/kg, 291p/kg P & I Beal; 309p/kg, 305p/kg, 289p/kg H W Cowling & Son; 309p/kg, 301p/kg A R Henley & Son; 306p/kg, 298p/kg, 297p/kg D R & S E Rivis; 300p/kg, 293p/kg, 291p/kg Quarryside Farms LTD; 291p/kg, 286p/kg, 284p/kg Wagstaff Bros; 290p/kg T H Kilby & Son; 290p/kg G Stansfield; 287p/kg J H Illingworth & Son; 287p/kg J R Gowthorpe LTD; 286p/kg, 284p/kg A V Etherington & Sons; 285p/kg Robin Warkup LTD; 285p/kg, 284p/kg, 284p/kg D Hardcastle & Sons; 284p/kg F & D Roberts; 284p/kg J Bailey & Son; 283p/kg G J Taylor.

Native Breeds

281p/kg M Davison; 263p/kg, 241p/kg Paddock Farm; 262p/kg, 243p/kg J W & J H Galtrey & Sons; 256p/kg, 242p/kg, 229p/kg D A Shirt & Sons; 246p/kg F E Brown & Sons; 235p/kg F & R M Pickering; 234p/kg J Brewster.

Black & Whites

285p/kg D G Johnson & Son; 261p/kg, 230p/kg J Brewster; 251p/kg, 237p/kg, 232p/kg D A Shirt & Sons; 250p/kg, 238p/kg M & D Nicholson; 247p/kg S G Wilkinson; 244p/kg J R Gowthorpe LTD; 235p/kg, 229p/kg R F Corney & Son; 234p/kg G J Taylor; 231p/kg, 215p/kg, 207p/kg Robin Warkup LTD; 231p/kg, 227p/kg, 209p/kg F E Brown & Son; 225p/kg Rob Brownbridge & C Kirkby; 193p/kg D A Jones.

Steers

Continental

335p/kg, 327p/kg, 307p/kg W Robshaw & Son; 329p/kg, 327p/kg, 319p/kg Wagstaff Bros; 328p/kg R Mccaie; 310p/kg James W Wake; 309p/kg, 306p/kg, 291p/kg D G Johnson & Son; 308p/kg G Baxter & Sons; 306p/kg, 302p/kg, 301p/kg M D Medd; 304p/kg D R & S E Rivis; 303p/kg H Crossley & Sons; 301p/kg, 291p/kg, 283p/kg R Barnitt & Sons; 299p/kg, 297p/kg, J F Bullen & Son; 291p/kg H Walker & Son; 289p/kg, 280p/kg R H Dove; 281p/kg, 270p/kg J W & J Robinson; 270p/kg N J Sellers; 264p/kg C & K Holmes.

Native Breeds

290p/kg James W Wake; 278p/kg G J Taylor; 276p/kg, 254p/kg R H Dove; 249p/kg C & K Holmes.

Heifers

Continental

356p/kg, 262p/kg, 241p/kg G J Taylor; 326p/kg Wagstaff Bros; 325p/kg, 295p/kg R Mccaie; 318p/kg, 308p/kg, 294p/kg H Crossley & Sons; 313p/kg, 296p/kg Gilson & Co; 305p/kg, 299p/kg H Walker & Son; 294p/kg, 285p/kg, 273p/kg, 267p/kg A E Guymer & Sons; 293p/kg, 290p/kg N J Sellers; 289p/kg, 243p/kg, 241p/kg, 240p/kg M Davison; 288p/kg, 282p/kg D R & S E Rivis; 285p/kg S J Marshall; 239p/kg Monk Fryston Farm Partners; 238p/kg, 230p/kg D Walker.

Native Breeds

290p/kg, 249p/kg, 233p/kg N P Turnbull; 269p/kg, 266p/kg, 266p/kg, 257p/kg, 257p/kg, 256p/kg, 255p/kg, 242p/kg G W & M Singleton & Sons; 244p/kg J W & J H Galtrey & Sons; 240p/kg Monk Fryston Farm Partners.

OTMs

150p/kg J H Illingworth & Son; 140p/kg E Warner; 130p/kg N T & J H Barrett.

SHEEP

A better number of hoggs forward today even with most vendors coming to the end of their numbers, trade just easing over all in line with expectations but best quality hoggs remained good to sell. Top pp/kg today went to R A Dobson for a pen of 2 40kg beltex x realising 425ppkg, and top gross price today went to new vendors A Jackson with their superb texel and beltex x hoggs selling to £190/ head on two pens with the rest of their hoggs only a pound or behind. 114 hoggs made the SQQ weight with a big consignment of mules in the category, which sat at 335/kg, and quite a few heavy hoggs although very well sold just pulled the all-in average back to 321/kg. 12 new season lambs from W G Coleman sold to £170/ head or 378/kg to average 375/kg for Suffolk x. 

In the cull section, only 38 forward but all classes of ewe looked well sold with tops of £170 for shapely texel x from High farm and R A Dobson not far behind at £150 for a beltex x, mules sold to £112 and a pen of 12 Swaledales sold to £60 a head, with an average over all just under £90. Tups sold to £98 for a heavy Ryeland x from C G Croft 

208 Hoggs sold to 425p/kg from R A Dobson and to £190 from A Jackson; to average 317.41p/kg.

Light Hoggs (39.1kg–45.5kg) – 336.34p/kg

Medium Hoggs (45.6kg-52kg) – 317.53p/kg

12 Spring Lambs sold to 378p/kg from W G Coleman & Partners and to £170 also from W G Coleman & Partners; to average 375.47p/kg.

38 cull sheep sold to £170 from High Farm.

Hoggs Per Kg

425p/kg, 393p/kg R A Dobson; 350p/kg, 350p/kg, 350p/kg, 350p/kg, 350p/kg, 345p/kg, 311p/kg Millington Pastures; 347p/kg K G Clarke; 338p/kg, 324p/kg, 313p/kg, 292p/kg, 292p/kg A Jackson; 337p/kg, 321p/kg, 309p/kg, 292p/kg M Wills; 324p/kg, 310p/kg, 305p/kg, 305p/kg H & B Beevers & Sons; 315p/kg, 301p/kg, 275p/kg, 274p/kg T C Harrison; 305p/kg, 300p/kg, 298p/kg, 263p/kg W H Lockwood & Co; 283p/kg, 280p/kg, 265p/kg R Midgley.

Hoggs Per Head

£190, £190, £189, £188, £175 A Jackson; £175, £170, £170, £165 M Willis; £170, £165 R A Dobson; £170 K G Clarke; £161, £157, £154, £147, £143, £140, £138 Millington Pastures; £150, £150, £140, £125 W H Lockwood & Co; £150, £140, £90 R Midgley; £148, £130, £128, £128 T C Harrison; £130, £125, £125, £120 H & B Beevers & Sons.

Spring Lambs Per Head

£170, £165, £165, £160 W G Coleman & Partners.

Cull sheep Per Head

£170, £140, £70, £60 High Farm; £150 R A Dobson; £130 K G Clarke; £120 W H Lockwood & Co; £112, £90, £66 W & M Birkley & Sons; £98, £94, £74 C G Croft; £95, £70 R Midgley; £75 W G Coleman & Partners.

PIGS

117 pigs sold including 99 clean pigs to 218p/kg from J T Horsley and to £265.35 also from J T Horsley.

Gilts sold to 218p/kg from J T Horsley; to average 189.52p/kg.

Baconers sold to 218p/kg; to average 186.36p/kg.

18 cull pigs sold to 98p/kg J T Horsley.

TO ENTER YOUR STOCK AT YORK AUCTION CENTRE LIVESTOCK MARKET CALL:

CATTLE

Edward Stephenson (Auctioneer) - 07801 685663

James Kilner (Fieldsman) – 07984 400902

PIGS
Rod Cordingley (Auctioneer) – 07801 685660

SHEEP

Stephen Burley (Auctioneer) - 07736 081785

James Kilner (Fieldsman) – 07984 400902