PEDIGREE CATTLE

VIP treatment in trade for the quality on show.

Pedigree beef at J36, the icing on the cake for another tremendous day’s trading. A cracking clearance rate and a solid trade right through especially for the top end.

Limousin bull Overthwaite VIP from Messrs RS & BA Harker stole the show and topped the sale selling for 9000gns. Another Limousin bull from this quality run hit 6000gns. Charolais bulls topped at 5500gns for a fantastic bull from Messrs D&V Cornall. Limousin bulls hit 4500gns for a quality young bull from Messrs R Heap. Aberdeen Angus, Hereford and Shorthorns were also on show and selling well. More bulls could quite easily have been sold on the day with a packed ringside throughout. Please contact Joel McGarva with any further enquiries Tel 07920009097.

STORE CATTLE

Numbers and trade to match.

Store cattle numbers continue to increase here at J36 with a large presence of buyers, old and new, keen to buy despite the falling fat trade.

Aberdeen Angus bullocks sold to £2080 for a trio from Messrs Cuthbertson. Others sold to £2060 from Messrs C&AJ Woodhouse.

A more mixy show of cattle forward on the fortnight however, yearling types are still not seeing the drop quite as much as the bigger end. Young Limousin bullocks from Messrs NW&EM Mason selling for £1880 and even younger Blondes from Messrs SJ&NW Wood hitting £1840. British Blue heifers sold to £1890 from Messrs JA&CA Gibson and £1870 from Messrs FW Park. More cattle are required for our next sale in 2 weeks to fulfil continued demand around the ring. Please contact Joel McGarva on 07920009097.

BREEDING CATTLE

A select few breeding cattle were forward with trade very respectable for all. Heifers with calves sold to £3150 for a British Blue heifer with a Limousin bull calf at foot from Messrs Slinger & Eaton, Sedbergh who sold others to £3000. Cows with calves sold to £2650 for a first cross Limousin with calf from AW & AM Clarke, Troutbeck.

11th June sees the next sale of beef breeding cattle of cows and heifers with calves at foot where we already have multiple consignments of various breeding cattle entered. Do not hesitate to contact us if you wish to sell.

CALVES

152 calves forward today at J36 with trade sharper than the fortnight previous.

Bull calves sold to £940 for a British Blue from Messrs Ayrton, Bambers Farm with this good home selling 6 British Blue bulls to average £918.33. Charolais sold to £880 and £860 from JH Towers & Son, Tunstall Hall with Aberdeen Angus x to £850 and £840 from JS Towers & H Kent, Lancaster with other Aberdeen Angus at £830 and £820 from RW & SA Nicholson, Lupton. Limousins were a nice trade reaching £820 & £810 from JS Towers & H Kent, Lancaster. Month old bulls sold to £750 for a British Blue from A Luffman, Sedbergh with £700 achieved for Limousin at the same age from R & JE Wharton, Appleby and Aberdeen Angus to £680 from JS & IM Wilson, Monk Foss. A nice run of Herefords from Lawkland Hall Farm reached £650 and sold a further 8 over £600. Dairy bulls sold to £560 for month old Montbeliards from JS & IM Wilson, Monk Foss with black and white to £380 from Messrs Gibson & Berry, Endmoor.

Heifer calves saw British Blues from Messrs Ayrton, Bambers Farm lead the way again selling to £890, £880 and £870 twice with Charolais from Messrs Gibson & Berry next at £810. Aberdeen Angus to £730 from RW & SA Nicholson, Lupton with Limousin to £710 from JS Towers & H Kent, Lancaster. Beef Shorthorn from JW & TE Sharp, Lyth sold to £690 with Herefords to £670 from RW & SA Nicholson, Lupton and £610 for Lawkland Hall. Other notable prices saw £740 achieved for British Blue from Dolphenby Farming Ltd, Penrith with this good home selling 15 British Blues to average £670 at 5 – 6 weeks old.

Bulls
British Blue to £940 from Bambers Farm, Thurnham
Charolais to £880 from JH Towers & Son, Tunstall
Aberdeen Angus to £850 from JS Towers & H Kent, Lancaster
Limousin to £820 from JS Towers & H Kent, Lancaster
Hereford to £650 from Lawkland Hall Farm
Montbeliard to £560 from JS & IM Wilson, Monk Foss
Black and Whites to £80 from Messrs Gibson & Berry, Endmoor

Heifers
British Blue to £890 from Bambers Farm, Thurnham
Charolais to £810 from Messrs Gibson & Berry, Endmoor
Aberdeen Angus to £730 from RW & SA Nicholson, Lupton
Limousin to £710 from JS Towers & H Kent
Beef Shorthorn to £690 from JW & TE Sharp, Lyth
Hereford to £670 from RW & SA Nicholson, Lupton
Bonde to £670 from R Heath, Bootle

Keep the calves coming, any queries please telephone Will on 07506283587

OTM/CAST COWS

A good show of OTMs forward again at J36 with all sections buoyantly bid for.

Topping at £2656.06 was a South Devon cast bull from AT Threlkeld, Satterthwaite with cows topping out at £2280.14 for a Limousin from CI Briggs, Hawkshead. Black and white cows to £2249.40 from WH Kitching & Son, Sedgwick with OTM black and white heifers to £2146.50 from W Garnett & Son, Milnthorpe.

Top pence per kilo was 329.5p/kg for a Limousin cow from CI Briggs with Galloway OTM Heifers to 294.5p/kg from Messrs Beaty, Windermere. Black and whites were 279.5p/kg for OTM heifers from W Garnett & Sons with cows to 264.5p/kg from RJ & D Holden, Broughton in Furness.

STIRKS

Averages:
Bulls - £1053.33
Steers - £1068.57
Heifers - £965.04

A strong entry today with trade for smaller native cattle being the most sort after. Trade for strong cattle was inline with trade at the moment.
Today was the show for pens of three and individuals, we would like to thank the Rural Law, Brown & Brown, Farm Finance, Farmers Guardian, JP Mole Control, The Milking Parlour and Yan Farm Vets for their sponsorship and would like to thank Maisie Beresford for doing the judging.
The first prize individual went on to top the heifer market making £1500 from FW Park, Crook.
Top price overall went to MW&M Hodgson, Swallowmire making £1540. Trade throughout was varied depending on specification, smaller cattle looked to be a flying trade, very best cattle were strong, cattle in the middle looked a touch easier. However, trade was still above other competitors.
For any entries or enquiries, contact Rob on 07867000244.