Store Cattle Sale Report 4th November 2023

A total entry of 546 Store and Breeding Cattle on offer with another good company of buyers around the ring.

 

Breeding Section

There was again a shortage of suckler cows and calves with a pedigree Limousin Cow with a Limousin Heifer calf at foot exchanging hands for £2000 from J A Nicholls of Wetley Rocks and two Breeding Heifers sold, having run with Hereford and Aberdeen Angus Bulls, from Mr Kent of Trent Vale, for £910 and £885.A breeding Heifer from J A Nicholls of Wetley Rocks, at 17 months of age, being a Limousin, sold for £1030 with an Aberdeen Angus Heifer sold, having run with the Bull, for Mr Rhodes of Cauldon realising £995.

 

In the Young Bulls section, a 17-month-old British Blue from Brooklyn Farming LTD of Thorncliffe sold for £1000 with a 9-month-old Hereford from G Goodall & Partners of Cubley at £840 and a 12 month old Aberdeen Angus from G & L Belfield of Quarnford at £790.

There were several smaller Bulls on offer reducing the overall average to £458.25.

 

Steers

There were 230 Steers on offer with some more excellent prices, seeing a bunch of four 23-month-old British Blue Steers from David Curtis and Family of Basford topping the market at £1590 with a pair of 25-month-old Limousin Steers from R A Beech of Longsdon at £1520 and a bunch of four 17-month-old Limousin from Peter Richardson of Ipstones at £1495.

Another bunch of four British Blue Steers from David Curtis and Family at 23 months of age sold for £1480 and another pair from R A Beech of Longsdon at 25 months of age, selling at £1470.

A Shorthorn Steer from S W Thornicroft of Congleton, at 18 months of age, was well sold at £1495 with a 23-month-old Aberdeen Angus Steer from C W Pearce & Partners of Draycott at £1465 and another Shorthorn from Ipstones, at 22 months of age, selling at £1385.

A pair of 33-month-old Simmentals from A H Seabridge of Barlaston topped at £1380 with a 19-month-old Charolais from R A Marriot achieving £1345, Herefords at 29 months of age from A H Seabridge of Barlaston at £1330 and another pair from G Kirkham & family of New Haven Lodge at £1325.

A Blonde Steer at 21 months of age from C W Pearce & Partners of Draycott sold for £1310.

Montbeliarde Steers at 22 months of age, from Pilkington Farmers of Hartington, sold up to £1095.

Younger Cattle were dearer than a fortnight ago with a good number of buyers looking for additional stock to winter, seeing a Limousin Steer at 7 months of age selling for £1100, a bunch of three 9-month-old Limousin Steers, from K L Potts of Mottram St. Andrew, at £1060 and a 10-month-old British Blue Steer, from Graham Jones of Langley, at £1010.

Overall average for Steers was £942.75.

 

Heifers

There were 278 Heifers on offer with the top price of the day being £1360 from R & J Shore of Biddulph at 29 months of age for two Limousins, with the same vendor having other Limousins up to £1340 and a single 18 month old Limousin Heifer from Robert and Andrew Williamson at £1315.

British Blue Heifers from David Curtis and Family at 24 months of age sold up to £1350 with another bunch of three 22-month-old British Blue Heifers at £1275 from the same vendor and a single 26 month old British Blue Heifer from R & J Shore of Biddulph at £1265.

Shorthorn Heifers at 21 months of age, from Ipstones, sold up to £1260 with Aberdeen Angus Heifers from Adam Shaw of Ashbourne at 19 months of age realising up to £1245 and a Friesian Cross Heifer, from Robert and Andrew Williamson, at 22 months of age selling for £1200.

Charolais Heifers from Ross Worthington of Edale, at 18 months of age were well sold at £1070 with a 10-month-old British Blue Heifer from Graham Jones of Langley, selling well at £1085.

A bunch of four 15-month-old Limousin Heifers from Robert and Andrew Williamson achieved £970 and another bunch from Ben Rowlinson of Bottomhouse, at 15 months of age, selling at £935.

A British Blue Heifer from G Matkin & Sons, at 13 months of age, sold for £960.

Overall average achieved was £812.

 

 

 

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