A total of 558 Store and Breeding Cattle were on offer this week from 99 different vendors, seeing a strong trade throughout and some excellent prices achieved.
Breeding Section
Top of the breeders today was a Limousin cow with a Limousin heifer calf which sold to £2880 for JE & C Pickford of Rainow. A British Blue suckler cow achieved £2300 for S B Mellor & Son of Winkhill and a Limousin breeding heifer sold to £2000 for JL Mellor & Partners of Macclesfield with another pair selling to £1940 and £1900 from the same vendor.
Young Bulls
£2080 was the top price paid in the young bulls for a Hereford at 17 months old from I Cooper of Macclesfield who had another at 16 months old which sold to £2040 and another at 18 months old sold to £1940.
The overall average of young bulls was £1219.09.
Steers
There were 308 steers on offer with a British Blue at 28 months old topping the day at £2310 for Beechcliffe Farm Partners of Cliffe, a 20-month-old British Blue sold to £2280 from G R Simcock of Endon who also had a bunch of four at 20 months old selling to £2080, a 21-month-old British Blue sold to £2200 for JM & ADJ Hayes of Alstonefield and a pair of British Blue steers at 20 months old sold to £2090 for M A Simcock of Endon.
A 26-month-old Limousin achieved £2300 for P G Beswick & Sons, Rudyard who had a pair at 24 months old selling to £2070, a bunch of four Limousin steers at 17 months old sold to £2100 for DH & J Lovatt of Rushton Spencer, a single at 19 months old sold to £2100 for A P Wain of Forsbrook and a pair at 18 months old sold to £2050 for JM & ADJ Hayes of Alstonefield.
A bunch of three Aberdeen Angus at 19 months old sold to £2240 for R Rowlinson & Son of Ramshorn, a single at 23 months old sold to £2210 for S P Tomlinson of Longsdon who had another at 25 months old selling to £2150, a single at 24 months old sold to £2180 for GA &CJ Mellor of Rugeley, another single at 25 months old sold to £2150 for P J Taylor of Macclesfield with another at 25 months old selling to £2130 for WA Durose & Son of Stanton and a single 19 month old sold to £2100 for M E Pepper of Apedale.
A 25-month-old Hereford sold to £2190 for JM & ADJ Hayes of Alstonefield with a pair at 25 months old selling to £2110 for D & D Gould of Waterhouses, with another pair at 22 months old selling to £2090, and a pair at 22 months old selling for £2060 for the same vendor and a pair at 25 months old achieved £2020 for G & E Critchlow & Son of Endon.
Simmental at 17 months old sold to £1970 for A Shaw of Sturston, a pair of Dairy Shorthorn at 27 months old sold to £1930 for S P Tomlinson of Longsdon, 27-month-old Blonde achieved £1890 for B E Wain of Siddington and a bunch of five Montbeliarde at 23 months old sold to £1840 for JM & ADJ Hayes of Alstonefield.
Younger cattle were well sold with a 13-month-old Limousin selling to £1990 for S B Mellor & Son of Winkhill and a bunch of four South Devon at 13 months old sold to £1820 for K & AE Wilton of Buxton.
The overall average for steers was a very pleasing £1619.22.
Heifers
221 heifers were on offer with the top price being £2300 for a 22-month-old British Blue from S B Mellor & Son of Winkhill, close behind was a 24-month-old British Blue which achieved £2230 for IE, M & A Wilson of Hollington and a pair at 22 months old sold to £1990 for R Machin of Rudyard.
A 24-month-old Limousin sold to £2230 for IE, M & A Wilson of Hollington with a single at 22 months old achieving £1980 for S B Mellor & Son of Winkhill.
A bunch of four Aberdeen Angus at 19 months old sold to £2080 for R Rowlinson & Son of Ramshorn. A bunch of five at 20 months old sold to £2060, a bunch of four at 22 months old sold to £2030 and another bunch of five at 24 months old sold to £1960 all for C Heath & Sons of Longsdon.
A pair of Simmental at 18 months old sold to £1900 for A Shaw of Sturston and a single at 31 months old achieved £1900 for D Swinson of Rushton Spencer.
A 17-month-old South Devon sold to £1790 for J F Barber of Quarnford, a bunch of six Charolais at 19 months old sold to £1790 for T Tye of Lincolnshire and a pair of Shorthorn sold to £1700 for AS Agriculture of Moddershall.
The overall average for heifers was £1490.77.
NEXT SALE:
Saturday 24th October 2026
