CALVES
More momentum in the calf trade this week, with bull calves to £1000 for a British Blue from JS Towers & H Kent, Dolphinholme who sold others at £980. Limousins hit £970 from JR Newsham, Conder Green with Aberdeen Angus topping the natives at £960 from AW&AM Park, Ellel. Five week olds sold to £680 from AD&RL Milner, Brock with others at £620 from JP&C Robson, Brock. Black and Whites a nice trade topping at £520 from JR Newsham.
Heifer calves sold to £970 for British Blues from JS Towers & H Kent who sold Herefords at £740. Six week old British Blues sold to £700 from I Slater, Brock with Limousin to £650 from JR Newsham. Aberdeen Angus from J Bargh & Son, sold for £480 and £470.
A handful of stirks sold to £1110 for a British Blue bull from TD&A Gardner, Larbreck sold Blonde to £1080. Three month old Black and Whites reached £800 from JR Newsham.

CAST / OTM CATTLE
Lancasters weekly OTM sale saw numbers less after last weeks bumper entry. Trade very similar on the week, with a shortage of quality cattle forward. All classes and types can be easily sold at Lancaster, with the large ringside of buyers.
Just the one cast bull today topping the bottom ring at 389.5p/kg or £3014 for a Limousin from WM&JE Shuttleworth, Barbon.
Cast steers saw a good trade, topping at £2366 or 374.5p/kg from A&FM Bolland & Sons, Ellel for a British Blue. Other cast steers sold to £2341.53 or 379p.kg from T&E Garlick & Son, Freckleton.
OTM heifers from MA Barnes, Kendal saw their Limousin heifers to £2307 or 384.5p/kg and British Blue OTM heifers to £2212 or 349.5p/kg. Other OTM heifers saw Herefords to 349p/kg from A&FM Bolland & Sons, Ellel, with others to 324.5p/kg for MRIs from Barlow Bros, Preston.
OTM cows saw plenty round the 280p/kg mark, topping at £2292.08 or 299.5p/kg for Friesian from Lawsons Farm Ltd, Cockerham. Other Friesian OTM cows sold to 274.5p/kg from EE Thornton & Sons, Heaton with Oxcliffe.
Beef bred OTM cows from the IOM saw Simmentals to 294.5p/kg. Other beef bred cows from T Foley, Nateby achieved 279.5p/kg for Herefords with Limousins from F&JM Mason, Carnforth at 269.5p/kg.
All in averages, as follows:
- OTM Cows 238p/kg.
- OTM Heifers 307p/kg.
- OTM Cast Steers 324p/kg.
- OTM Bulls 389p/kg.

STORE CATTLE
The weekly sale of store cattle saw a catalogued entry of 214 selling to a sharper trade than previous weeks. A decent show of forward steers on offer, topping the main ring today at £2800 was WD&SW Nightingale, Great Eccleston for a stylish strong Limousin steer. Just behind at £2780 was an Aberdeen Angus steer from H Birkett & Son, Overton. Other Aberdeen Angus steers from T&E Garlick, Freckleton sold at £2700, whos other Aberdeen Angus steers averaged a very pleasing £2450 at 25 month olds. British Blue steers from regular vendor M Shepherd & Sons, Pilling achieved £2600, other British Blue steers to £2500 from JD&GM Bracken, Garstang.
Dairy bred steers saw smaller cattle than previous weeks topping at £2180 for Fleckvieh from JC Prickett, Lancaster with Friesian steers to £1720 from TH Wensley & Son, Freckleton.
A younger consignment of continental cattle from the Isle of Man sold to £1720 for 17 month old British Blue, with Limousin at the same price.
Store heifer saw WD&SW Nightingale, Great Eccleston continue their good days trading with Limousin heifers to £2520. Not far behind at £2500 with British Blue heifers was FI&ME Little, Kendal who also sold Simmental at £2400.
Aberdeen Angus heifers as always were easily sold at Lancaster, topping at £2160 from J&S Winstanley, Preston with others at £2000 from RG&B Lewis, Carnforth.
More cattle required next week which includes the monthly sale of stirks, entries please to the office on 0152463308 or Andrew on 07966556592 before Monday 5pm.