Store Stock
Fri, 09th May 2025
YORK AUCTION CENTRE
STORE MARKET
THURSDAY 8th May 2025
York Auction Centre had 109 head of stock through the market including 7 breeding cattle, 82 store cattle and 20 calves.
TOP PRICES
Calves sold to £1070 for a Charolais X bull calf from N P & G L Turnbull.
Breeding cattle sold to £1760 for a British Blue Cow with a Limousin X heifer calf at foot from G W Houlston & Sons.
Heifers sold to £2075 for a British Blue from B W & F K Rab.
Steers sold to £2130 for a Simmental X from J Foulston & Sons.
Bulls sold to £1745 for a Limousin X from Penwood Farm LLP.
A good show across all sections today with turning out cattle looking particularly dear! A nice show of stirks started the day, and although no fresh calves forward, every grade was fiercely bid for from weaned calves to yearlings topping at £1070/ head for a pair of Charolais bulls from N P & G L Turnbull. Heifers sold to £995/ head for a pair of nicely presented BRBx heifers from Martin Brown. A pair of well fed black and white bulls from D W & B Proctor sold to £750/ head and weaned AAX heifer calves sold to £695/ head from D V Lee. All stirks forward to average £815.56 for bulls and £786.36 for heifers!
In the big ring, a handful of breeding cattle sold to £1760 for a 6-year-old BRBx cow with Lim heifer Calf at foot from G W Houlston and Belted Galloway in calf cows from O Coope sold to £940/ head. Store cattle sold to £2130/ head for the Foulston family’s usual quality Simmentals, and other heavy cattle sold to tops of £2075 for a BRBx heifer from Ben Rab, other big sorts sold to £1995, and £1930 from F Sellars and J Foulston. Smaller cattle looked every bit as dear topping at 475ppkg for a nice Lim heifer from Jonathan Black, other grazing sorts sold to 470ppkg and 462ppkg from H & B Beevers and D Mitchell, with grazers selling to £1780 from D Mitchell for a Shapley black Limousin. Bulls sold to £1745 for a Lim x from T Hughes and a nice packet of smaller BRBx bulls sold to £1155/ head.
As my final day at York, before I move on to Northallerton, I’d like to thank all my colleagues, vendors and buyers for all your support over the past few years, and will miss you all dearly! All the best for the future, and hope to see you again, James
PRINCIPAL PRICES
Heifers
AA - £1610 L A Clappison; £1570, £1410 A E Dun & Son; £1370 T W Thompson & Son; £1330 Olde Appleton Farms; £1120 J E Shepherd.
BG - £460 O Coope.
BLND X - £1690 F Sellars.
BRB - £2075 B W & F K Rab; £1995 F Sellars; £1505 A E Dun & Son.
BSH - £1785 L A Clappison; £1035 J H Bradley; £905, £690 G W Houlston & Sons.
HE - £955 F Atkinson & Sons; £850, £840 R E Cornforth; £700 F Atkinson & sons.
LIM X - £1780, £1545, £1345, £1320, £1200 D Mitchell; £1710 Jonathon Black; £1580, £1010, £980 E H Daniel & Son; £1525 C Ellwood & Sons; £1350 T W Thompson & Son; £1105 R E Cornforth; £1000, £800 R Wood.
SIM X - £1930 J Foulston & Sons.
Steers
AA - £1390 Olde Appleton Farms.
HE - £1100 G W Houlston & Sons.
LIM X - £1695, £1575 C Ellwood & Sons; £1105, £1090, £1035, £990 H & B Beevers & Sons.
SIM X - £2130 J Foulston & Sons.
STB - £1630, £1605, £1585, £1565 F Frankish & Son.
Bulls
AA - £995 D Kemp.
BG - £400 O Coope.
BRB - £1155 J R Richardson.
LIM X - £1745, £1430, £1210 Penwood Farm LLP.
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
