11 July 2025

Lancaster Livestock Auction: Lancaster Weekly Sale of Calves, OTM Cattle & Store Cattle, Friday 11th July 2025.

CALVES & STIRKS
A row full of calves and stirks through the little ring this morning, with trade pleasing for all vendors.
Bull calves were easy to place, this week selling to £920 for a British Blue from G&ME Woodhouse, Ellel. Also passing the £900 mark was another British Blue from CR&A Baxter, Morecambe which reached £910. A five week old Charolais from Wallbank Farms Ltd, Over Wyresdale sold to £890 with a further seven bulls past £800 today. A run of Hereford bull from Drinkall Bros sold to £740, £730, £710 and £700, with Black and Whites selling to £350 from this home.
Heifer calves were a nice trade, selling to £790 for Charolais from FW Rhodes & Son, Ellel with British Blues to £780 and £770 from SH&M Batty & Son, Quernmore. Aberdeen Angus sold to £760 from Drinkall Bros with this home selling Herefords to £610.
A handful of stirks sold to £1240 x2 for Limousin bullocks from Messrs Hey & Son, Quernmore with Montbeliarde bullocks to £980 from E&J Redmayne, Winmarleigh and Aberdeen Angus heifers to £870 from this home.

STORE CATTLE
Store cattle trade firms up, with Lancasters weekly sale averaging £2092.14.
Bullocks topped at £2480 on two occasions, firstly for a pair of Aberdeen Angus from T Robson & Son, Singleton and secondly for a pair of British Blues from CG Birkett, Carnforth. Other bullocks saw J&H Bland & Son, Levens reached £2450 x2 and £2420 was achieved from JS Clark & Son, Catforth. A further twenty three bullocks achieved over £2300 and sixty were over £2000. Black and Whites sold to £1950 from TH Wensley, Kirkham.
Heifers again were good to sell, topping at £2400 for a pair of British Blues from AT Burrow & Son, Gressingham, £2380 for a pair of Aberdeen Angus from KH&D Holden, Pilling with other British Blues to £2350 from WS Burrow Ltd, Carnforth. DJ Townley, Ashton sold five British Blues to average £2312, with endless other entries to the £2000 club.
More store cattle needed with a strong ringside of buyers here weekly at Lancaster.

CAST / OTM CATTLE
OTM trade continues recent form, top pence per kilo was 379.5p/kg paid on three occasions. Firstly, for a steer from M Shepherd, Pilling with Wallbank Farms achieving the same price twice.
Cows topped at 334.5p/kg for a Limousin from RHM&S Boyren, Ulverston with the same home next at 329.5p/kg. Dairy cows sold to 299.5p/kg for a Montbeliarde from WR&CM Lawrenson, Winmarleigh with black and whites to 294.5p/kg from J&G Thornley, Kirkham.
Top grossing was a Hereford cow from GJT&V Parkinson, Preesall reaching £2611.71, with other cows to £2255.21 from EJ Ward & Son, Nether Kellet. Dairy cows sold to £2036.60 from WR & CM Lawrenson, Winmarleigh with the next best £1800 plus.
OTM steers sold to £2610.96 from M Shepherd, Pilling with OTM heifers to £2204.90 from Wallbank Farms.

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HEIFER CALF:

CHAROLAIS: £790 Barrow Greaves Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £780, £770 Friars Moss, £650 Roe Farm, £610 Walkers I’th Fields, £550, £480 Friars Moss. ANGUS: £760 Catshaw Hall Farm, £610 Barrow Greaves Farm, £420 Wyre Bank, £410 Roe Farm. HEREFORD: £610, £480, £400, £320 Catshaw Hall Farm. LIMOUSIN: £470 Kirkwood Lodge Farm.

BULL CALF:

BRITISH BLUE: £920 Boldens Farm, £910, £880 New Brows Farm, £860 Boldens Farm, £850 New Brows Farm, £800 Friars Moss. CHAROLAIS: £890 Tills Farm. ANGUS: £860 New Brows Farm, £690, £680 (x2) Walkers I’th Fields, £670, £630 Boldens Farm. HEREFORD: £740, £730, £710, £700, £620, £570 Catshaw Hall Farm. FRIESIAN: £350, £340, £330, £310 (x2), £300 Catshaw Hall Farm.

HEIFER STIRK:

ANGUS: £870 (x3) Poplar Grove Farm. MONTBELIARDE: £790 (x2) Poplar Grove Farm. LIMOUSIN: £530 Higher Hollinhead Farm.

STEER STIRK:

LIMOUSIN: £1240 (x2) Higher Hollinhead Farm. MONTBELIARDE: £930 Poplar Grove Farm.

STORE BULLOCK:

ANGUS: £2480 Fairfield, £2450 Ninezergh, £2420 Godson House Farm, £2380 Chesnut House Farm, £2380 (x2) Staffords Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £2480 Netherbeck Barn, £2200, £2150 Lower Castle O Trim, £2120 Throstle Grove Farm. HEREFORD: £2350 Gibraltar Farm, £2220 Ninezergh, £2200 Pasture House Farm, £2120 Hall Bank, £1800 Whinney Garth, £1180 Well House Farm. STABILISER: £2350 Ninezergh. CHAROLAIS: £2280 Manor Farm. SIMMENTAL: £2180 Hazelslack Tower Farm, £2080 Outerthwaite Farm. MONTBELIARDE: £2100 Hatters Farm, £2020, £1820 Carlinghurst. FRIESIAN: £1950 Plumpton Hall Farm, £1820 Moss House Farm, £1600 Whinney Garth, £1080 Sunderland Brows Farm. LIMOUSIN: £1950 Hall Bank. NORWEGIAN RED: £1080 Sunderland Brows Farm. FLECKVIEH: £1080 Sunderland Brows Farm.

STORE HEIFER:

BRITISH BLUE: £2400 High Snab, £2350 Gibraltar Farm, £2320, £2300 Whinney Carr, £2200 Greenlands Farm, £2100 Outerthwaite Farm. ANGUS: £2380 Chestnut House Farm, £2250 Windy Hill Farm, £2050 Fairfield, £1920 (x3) Snub Snape Farm. CHAROLAIS: £2120 Manor Farm, £2050 Outerthwaite Farm, £2050, £1920 Manor Farm. LONGHORN: £2100 Intack Farm. HEREFORD: £2080 Gibraltar Farm. LIMOUSIN: £2080 Intack Farm, £1800 Hall Bank, £1580 Hazelslack Tower Farm. FRIESIAN: £1620 Gaskell House.

STORE BULL:

ANGUS: £1780, £1450 Cumming Carr Farm. MONTBELIARDE: £1620, £1300 Cumming Carr Farm.

OTM COW:

Limousin: 334.5 Hill Park, 329.5 Hill Park, 299.5 Little Fell Farm, 299.5 Hill Park, 269.5 Elm Bank Farm. Hereford: 334.5 Little Fell Farm, 284.5 Moss View. Friesian: 294.50 Derby Lodge Farm, 279.5 Derby Lodge Farm, 269.5 Holme Head, 264.50 Derby Lodge Farm, 239.5 Sellerley Farm, 234.5 Holly House Farm. Montbeliarde: 299.5 Cumming Carr Farm, 274.5 Cumming Carr Farm, 249.5 Cumming Carr Farm. Angus: 289.5 Cragg Farm, 284.5 Cragg Farm, 269.5 Woodstock, 259.5 Woodstock. Simmental: 289.5 Intack Farm.

OTM HEIFER:

Charolais: 379.5 Tills Farm. Friesian: 294.5 New Brows Farm, 279.5 Holme Head, 279.50 High Snab, 279.50 High Snab, 274.5 High Snab. Fleckvieh: 209.5 Sellerley Farm.

CAST STEER:

Charolais: 379.5 Tills Farm. British Blue: 379.5 Pasture House Farm. Limousin: 374.5 Pasture House Farm, 374.5 Tills Farm. Angus: 339.5 Low Groves Farm. Friesian: 274.5 Hazelslack Tower Farm.

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Lancaster Livestock Auction: Lancaster Weekly Sale of Calves, OTM Cattle & Store Cattle, Friday 11th July 2025.

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