Forward 950 Head of Stock comprising of 77 Cattle including 12 Calves, 50 Stores, 5 Prime Cattle, 6 OTM’s, 2 Cows with 2 calves at foot and 873 Sheep comprising of 699 Prime Hoggs, 1 Charity Hogg, 102 Ewes, 5 Tups, 9 Wethers, 37 Store Hoggs and 20 Breeding Ewes.

CHARITY AUCTION

We were kindly donated a Prime Hogg today by John & Jeff Harrison of Ribchester. We raised a brilliant £3258! All donations will be donated to a charity to help Ukranian families. The hogg was sold a fantastic 21 times finally selling to Richard Lea of Meadow Meats who is kindly going to butcher the hogg and bring back to the market next week to be sold again for further donations. Thank you to the following bidders and donators for the support, we are sure it will be very much apprecatied by the chosen charity.

Pennine Feeds, Steven Eastwood, Robert & Matthew of NFU Honley, Broster Farmshop, Richard and Rachel Lea, J Hobson & Son, Gary Senior, David Jackson, Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Brindon Addy Farm Shop, C Dowell of CLD Meats Ltd – North Wales, JM & VJ Howard, Eli Tattershall, Haighs Farm Shop, Rachel Mahon, Mike & Lisa Atkinson, Dennis Stott, Thorp & Kaye, Lancashire Direct Meats Ltd, Meadow Meats, C & A Howe, S & A Taylor, M Goldthorpe.

CALVES   Limousin Heifers to £370, Aberdeen Angus Bulls to £225, British Blues Bulls to £405, British Blue Heifers to £235.

Top price bull calf from RA & CA Cowgill & Son sold to RJ & D Warttig.

Top price heifer calf from LM Stuart sold to RJ & D Warttig.

STORES   Limousin Bulls to £795, Limousin Steers to £970,  Limousin Heifers to £800, Hereford Bulls to £610, Hereford Heifers to £900, Aberdeen Angus Bulls to £410, Aberdeen Angus Steers to £1020, Aberdeen Angus Heifers to £910, British Blues Bulls to £830, British Blue Steers to £815, British Blue Heifers to £885, Simmental Steers to £720, Charolais Steers to £1145, Charolais Heifers to £795, Blonde Steers to £100, Blonde Heifers to £595, Beef Shorthorn Heifers to £930.

Top price bull from F & L Helliwell sold to ER Hyde & Sons.

Top price steer from DI & J Hague sold to Liam Broster.

Top price heifer from JA & PA Pennington sold to JB Eastwood & Sons.

PRIME CATTLE Overall Avg 232.92p/kg

p/kg – Top price from N Fretwell & Sons sold to J Hobson & Son

Heifers 400-480kg to 220p/kg (Avg 220p/kg)

Heifers 485kg+ to 207p/kg (Avg 207p/kg)

Steers 560kg+ to 263p/kg (Avg 244.6p/kg)

Blonde to 249p/kg

Limousin to 263p/kg

Simmental to 222p/kg

Belted Galloway to 220p/kg

p/head – Top price from N Fretwell & Sons sold to J Hobson & Son

Heifers 400-480kg to £946/head (Avg £946/head)

Heifers 485kg+ to £1262.70/head (Avg £1262.7/head)

Steers 560kg+ to £1656.90/head (Avg £1492.05/head)

Limousin to £1656.90/head

Blonde to £1431.75/head

Simmental to £1387.50

Belted Galloway to £946

OTM CATTLE COWS to 169p/kg (Avg 146.96p/kg) Top price from DI & J Hague sold to Hartshead Meats 2011 Ltd.

Charolais to 169p/kg & £1284.40/head

Aberdeen Angus to 166p/kg & £1054.10/head

Holstein to 140p/kg & £1162/head

Belted Galloway to 119p/kg & £493.85/head

OTM CATTLE HEIFERS to 245p/kg (Avg 162.31p/kg). Top price from R & G Beaumont sold to Hartshead Meats 2011 Ltd.

Bazadaise to 245p/kg & £1506.75/head

COWS with Calves at foot to £1040 (Avg £905) Top price from S & M Thackeray sold to P Dixon.

56 month Simmental Cow with a 4 month Limousin Heifer calf at foot to £1040.

134 month British Blue cow with a 4 month Simmental Bull calf at foot to £770.

PRIME HOGGS  Overall Average 257.48p/kg, £121.66/head. SQQ Average 281.39p/kg

p/kg

25.5-32kg to 259p (Avg 259p)

32.1-39kg to 335.9p (Avg 264.32p)

39.1kg–45.5kg to 339.5p (Avg 285.87p)

45.6kg-52kg to 329p (Avg 253.09p)

52kg+ 286.4p (Avg 230.79p)

£/head

25.5-32kg to £79 (Avg £79)

32.1-39kg to £131 (Avg £96.37)

39.1kg–45.5kg to £146 (Avg £120.9)

45.6kg-52kg to £157 (Avg £123.34)

52kg+ £169 (Avg £131.51)

Top price hoggs 339.5p/kg from BJ Shaw sold to Liam Broster.

Top price hoggs £169/head from J Hobson & Son sold to Haighs Farm Shop.

EWES to £163 (Avg £91.12) Top price from S & A Taylor sold to Lancashire Direct Meats Ltd.

TUPS to £145 (Avg £118) Top Price from G Carter sold to Lancashire Direct Meats Ltd. 

WETHERS to £56 (Avg £56) Top price from Broomhead Estate Farms sold to Eastwood 11.

STORE HOGGS to £79.50 (Avg £74.08) Top price from J Helm sold to L Broster.

TEXEL to £79.50

BREEDING EWES 20 Gritstone Ewes in lamb to Gritstone or Texel Tup to £127. (Avg £120.25) from JK Henthorn sold to PM Marginson.