CALVES - “!!STOP!! Read this; Calves at Lancaster reach new levels with a British Blue bull calf to £1160.”
Bull calves this morning had to be seen to be believed, Lancaster regulars Jim Thornley, Kirkham presented two corkers of British Blue bulls to £1160 and £1100, with other British Blue bulls to £1080 from AD&RL Milner, Brock at just eight weeks old. British Blue bulls were certainly the order of the day with John Lawson, Bank End selling two at £1040 again at eight weeks, with this home averaging £967.50 for four British Blue bulls at 7-8 weeks of age. Away from the Blues, Aberdeen Angus bulls sold to £870 from CR Baxter & Son, Morecambe and the best of the Black and Whites this week sold to £430 from WN&D Smith, Cockerham.
Heifer calves were a nice trade, selling to £750 from the Lawsons, Bank End for a British Blue with others to £730 and £710 from CR&A Baxter, Morecambe. A nice run of six week old rearing British Blue heifers from Christine Pickervance, Kirkham sold to £600 and £570.

CAST / OTM CATTLE
More OTM’s required to suffice the demand at Lancaster, topping today at 384.5p/kg was a steer from EJ Ward & Son, Nether Kellet. An OTM heifer from GJ&G Billington, Catterall was next at 379.5p/kg, topping the cows today at 314.5p/kg was both GR&A Foy, Conder Green and GR Park & Sons, Kendal with best meated dairy cows were all top side of 270p/kg.
Top grossing today was a steer again from EJ Ward & Son totalling £2037.85, with an OTM Aberdeen Angus heifer next at £2037 this time from JD EM JA Atkinson, Kendal. Cows topped at £1949.37 for a Holstein Friesian from MJ Fell, Whittington with any amount if well fleshed parlour cows achieving over £1800.

STORE CATTLE
Lancasters weekly sale of store cattle saw no let up in trade, despite deadweight quotations for upcoming week being less. Buyers were eager to keep cattle sheds full, while cattle are still readily available here at Lancaster, as vendors take advantage of the large number of cattle finishers round the main ring.
Aberdeen Angus cattle again hit top spot, with TC Whitside & Son, Pilling selling a pen of four weighty lads to £2400. Also achieving £2400 was local Lancaster supporter J Lamb, Old Glasson with a single British Blue. Not far behind would be DJ Townley, Stodday with a pair of Hereford steers to £2380, who also had a pair of Charolais steers to £2320. EJ Ward & Son, Carnforth sold a cracking pair of Limousin steers to £2250, with other Limousin steers from A&MI Robinson, Orton to £2120. Dairy bred steers sold to £1920 for a pen of four from EE Thornton, Heaton with Oxcliffe who also had two more pairs at £1900 and £1820.
Heifer stores saw a tremendous trade, with a very good show of well fleshed cattle for our buyers to bid at. A pair of Hereford at only 16 months old from DJ Townley, Stodday sold to £2300, while a trio of British Blues from KH&D Holden & Son, Pilling achieved £2280. Aberdeen Angus heifers sold to £2200 from LE&A Ridding, Selside. A&MI Robinson, Orton continued their good days trading with Limousin heifers to £2020 for a pen of three.
Store cattle are required for next week’s sale, please ring the office or Andrew Butler with entries before 5pm Monday for next week’s catalogue.

STIRKS
The monthly sale of stirks saw an entry of just shy of 100, with trade being buoyant from start to finish and fresh buyers round the ring, who have heard about the quality of cattle on offer here at Lancaster. Regular stirk vendor JW Thwaites, Tebay sold Aberdeen Angus heifers to £1420 for a ring full of eight at ten month old. Other Aberdeen Angus heifers at £1280 from JE&BR Booker, Manchester, who also had Aberdeen Angus steers to £1520, while Friesians from the same home achieved £900. WJ&EA Woodhouse, Nateby saw their consignment of stirks reach £1420 for elven months old Simmental steers.
The next monthly sale of stirks sale is on Friday the 27th June, with vendors urged to take advantage of the strong trade here at Lancaster.