SKIPTON Auction Mart’s fortnightly sale of young feeding bulls, store bullocks and heifers and breeding cattle saw 345 head forward and some nice averages reached despite a drop in entries on Wednesday, June 19.

A tidy show of mainly Angus breeding cattle with Angus calves but it was a young cow with a smart Limousin heifer calf that took top price of £3,100 consigned by JM&S Tennant, of Bordley.

Angus Cows and calves to £1,800 average £1,641. Limousin x cow with Limousin calves to £3,100. Aberdeen Angus cows with Angus steer calves to £1,600. Angus cows with Angus heifer calves to £1,800.

Nice quality feeding bulls saw home-bred Limousin yearlings reach £2,000 (J Pickles, Ribblehead). Simmentals to £1,980, and Charlolais at 10 months old to £1,560. Bulls overall averaged £1418.

Feeding cows sold to a top of £1,780. Prime Cattle weighing mid 500’s, sold from 324.5p to 344.5p, In the store cattle ring, Limousin bullocks sold to £1,860. Limousin heifers to £1,740. Blue bullocks to £1,760. Blue heifers to £1,520. Native heifers to £1,410. Angus heifers to feed reached £1,370. Angus bullocks to £1670.

Prices and averages Young bulls - Continental x av £1,444, Native av £1,070. Charollais x av£1366; Limousin x av £1,41); Simmental x av£1,815; British Blue x av £1,542; Aberdeen Angus av £1,490; Hereford av £980.

Prime cattle - steers, 465-555kg top price £1,861 per head (p/kg: 338.5p).

Heifers - 485kg+ top price £1,894 (p/kg: 344.5p).

Beef bred feeding cows averaged £1,314; Simmental to £1,320; Limousin to £1,780 av £1,446; Blonde to £1,300 av £1,150; Aberdeen Angus to £1,500 av £1,345; Shorthorn to £850; British Blue to £1,390 av £1,373; Charolais to £1,560 av £1,500; Hereford to £1,100 av £1,000 Store Bullocks – Continental x av £1,,503, Native av £1,375, B&W £1,015; Charollais (Av £1,565); Simmental x (Av £,1385); Limousin x (Av £1,475); Aberdeen Angus (Av £1,500); British Blue x (Av £1,517); Blonde (Av £1,630); Other (Av £1,520); Shorthorn (Av £1,250); B&W (Av £1,015); Stabiliser (Av £833).

Store heifers averages – Continental x £1,348, Native £1,265; Charollais x £1,190; Limousin x £1,313; Brit Blue x £1,425; Simmental £1,450; Blonde £1,430; Aberdeen Angus £1,280; Shorthorn £1,160.