Beef Breeding

The July Fair of beef breeding cattle attracted another quality entry with buyers in attendance from throughout the Northern counties, all keen to secure additional and replacement stock.

A new sale record was achieved today being £2850 achieved for a home bred 3rd calved British Blue cow with Limousin x calf at foot from the part dispersal on behalf of Mr D J Clark who sold other cows at £2650 with a heifer calf at foot. A third calved Limousin x cow with twin bull calves at foot caught the eye of several admirers selling at £1950.

First time vendors AT Rogerson, Chipping sold a second calved British Blue cow with British Blue x calf at foot at for £2650 with others at £2500 and £2100. A Cottam achieved £2000 for a British Blue x heifer with Limousin x calf at foot, with this price also achieved for a Simmental x second calved cow with Simmental x calf at foot from E Rossall. A consignment of British Blue heifers with Limousin calves from TLB & J Knowles sold to £1800 with others at £1750. Older cows with calves generally selling at £1400 - £1600 with all classes and types experiencing competitive bidding from purchasers.

NWA J36 has once again held a highly successful beef breeding sale with the next sale of beef breeding cattle on Thursday 6th August being the August Fair. Entries to date already include 20 cows and heifers with calves at foot from various local farms.

Please contact Matthew Probert on 07540446667 to discuss entries for this sale.

Cast Cows

An increased entry of cull cows sold to a competitive trade with 9 active buyers ringside, competing for all classes and types. Beef bred cows sold to a top price of 159.5p/kg for a Limousin x from RJ Stalker, Blawith, with others at 157.5p from AM Jennings & Son and A Dixon & Son. Other well finished beef cows regularly selling at 140p/kg – 150p/kg with keen interest in cows for further finishing. Top grossing beef cow today was £1255 for an Aberdeen Angus x from RJ & J Gardener. With a further 12 cows selling in excess of £1000.

Dairy cows sold to a 141.5p/kg from CM & CS Chapplehow with Montbeliarde to 134.5p from JJ & MA Park & Son. Medium dairy cows generally 118p/kg – 128p/kg with parlour types 105p/kg – 115p/kg. Top grossing dairy cow today was £949 from CM & CS Chapplehow. All cull cows today averaged a 124p/kg.

OTM Heifers sold to 151p/kg and £971 for BrB x from JG & BJ Escolme with diary heifers selling to 131.5p/kg and £727 for a Holstein Friesian from A & ED Booth. A single cull bull today sold at 139.5p/kg and £1191 for a Blonde Aquataine from SJ & M Richardson and Son.

All classes of cows continue to be a strong trade with another large entry required next fortnight to fulfil buyers demand.

Store Cattle

The fortnightly sale of store cattle saw a fast trade for all cattle with vendors leaving pleased with prices achieved. Steers sold to a top price of £1150 for Aberdeen Angus x from G Cuthbertson with MJ Waller selling British Blue x at £1130 and a trio of Aberdeen Angus x at £1090 from J Walling & Son. Other strong steers regularly selling to £1000 - £1100.

Suckler bred yearlings sold to £970 for Limousin x from N Cooper & Sons with R & BJ Cleasby selling British blue x at £930. Younger steers sold to £800 for Aberdeen Angus x from S & M Carter with others also achieving £800 from R J Lowery. Younger Hereford x steers sold to £770 with others at £760 from PD & P Mason.

A fast trade was seen for heifers selling to a top price of £1080 for Hereford x from TW Nelson & Son with Aberdeen Angus x achieving £1070 from S & M Cooper and Shorthorns £1030 from Messrs Robinson. Suckler bred heifers sold to £950 from B & M Slater with others £850 from G & ID Postlethwaite. Younger heifers sold to £720 for Aberdeen Angus x from RJ Lowery with 7-month-old Limousin x achieving £640 from J R Park.

Several young bulls forward selling to £680 from GM Redmayne with dairy bred bulls selling to £540 from JH Barker & Son.