CALVES
Another successful sale of 86 calves today at Lancaster, with a varied selection to choose from. Leading the way was a British Blue bull calf from Hannah Kent at £930, with others from the same good home reaching £780. Another excellent consignment of calves from Lawson Dairy Ltd saw British Blue calves at £900, followed by other Blues at £820. J&G Thornley didn’t disappoint with their usual quality consignment of calves, who had British Blue bulls at £900 and £820, with others following closely by. J&H Towers showed 11 good calves today, with British Blues to £770 and Limousins to £570. Other noted prices included GJ&G Billington to £740, Barbers Farms £620, Wallbank Farms £740 and JP&C Robson to £590.
All classes of calves are required at this popular weekly sale.

OTM / CAST CATTLE
The weekly sale of OTM cattle saw 82 through the bottom ring, with a very strong trade being up on the week, for a very mixed show of cattle.
Topping the trade today both per kilo and per head was AJ&DA Wilkinson, Out Rawcliffe with a solid British Blue achieving £3214 or 364.5p/kg. Other beef bred OTM’s from E Dodgson, Kendal sold to £2568 or 334p/kg, this time for a Limousin. Other Limousins from the same home achieved £2300 or 319p/kg. Herefords sold to £2327 or 309p/kg from B&BA Rimmer, Preston. Aberdeen Angus sold to 279.5p/kg from CP Bateman, Docker. Friesian OTMs achieved £2146 or 274.5p/kg from JH towers & Sons, Tunstall, with others to 269.5p/kg from K&DE Woodhouse, Ellel. All OTM cows saw a pleasing average of 245p/kg, with some very lean cows in the market today.
OTM heifers from R&K Jenkinson, Pilling sold to £2111 or 339p/kg for Friesians, with other Frisians to 314p/kg from DH&M Kellet, Thurnham. Beef bred OTM heifers sold to 334.5p/kg from DJ Clarke Farming, Barnacre for Limousins, with others from the same home to 289p/kg. All heifers today averaged 291p/kg.
OTM steers were easily sold today, topping at £2678 from D&N Davis, Nateby for a Montbeliarde. Other beef bred OTM steers achieved 364p/kg or £2412 from KH&D Holden, Pilling this time for an Aberdeen Angus. Other Aberdeen Angus OTM steers sold to £2508 from JD EM JA Atkinson, Kendal. All steers today averaged 322p/kg.
Just the one cast bull today, with this being a Friesian from GH Sanderson & Family, Catforth selling away at £2274.
Today’s cast / OTM sale averaged 252p/kg, more cows are required next week.

STORE CATTLE
Lancasters weekly sale of store cattle saw a catalogue entry of 239 going through the min ring with trade for bigger meaty types showing an improvement on the week, with smaller leaner types showing a slightly more selective trade, as the weather turns to a more autumnal feel.
Good to see D&N Davis, Nateby back at Lancaster with store cattle, their British Blue steers topped the market at £2650. Well farmed Charolais steers from JM Haddow, Milnthorpe sold to £2580. Others steers to break the £2500 barrier included R Townsend, Freckleton at £2550 for a Shorthorn and an Angus steer to the same price from I&ME Askew, New Hutton. Charolais steers from Pilling Hall, Pilling achieved £2500, with JM Haddow continuing his good day selling Simmentals to £2480. Friesian steers from M&JW Staveley, Wray sold to £2150, with other Friesians to £1920 from EW&CR Clegg & Sons, Stalmine. J&H Bland, Levens achieved £1900 for Norwegian Reds and Fleckviehs made the same money from David Preston, Caton.
As per normal Aberdeen Angus topped the store heifer section, if you have Aberdeen Angus store cattle to sell, you would be hard pressed to find a better outlet other than Lancaster. FA Nowell, Low Bentham saw his pair of Angus achieve £2180, with others from M&E Forshaw, Longridge at £2120 and RG&B Lewis, Middleton at £2100 for a pen of four. British Blues got away nicely at £2150 from Barker Farms, Carnforth with others at £2100 from R&K Jenkinson, Pilling. Herefords sold to £2100 from J&S Winstanley, Preston. There were a few more dairy bred heifers about today, topping at £1980 for Friesians from D&K Howorth, Hambleton. Others achieved £1780 from M&E Forshaw, Longridge and J&CW Metcalfe, Quernmore.
Overall average today which included a good number of lesser cattle, saw steers average £1925 and heifers £1822.