NWA Lancaster once again proved to be the customers choice with prices achieved well ahead of other local centers for all classes of cattle. Can you afford to sell anywhere else?!

CULL COWS/OTM

Cull cows sold to the strongest trade of the week with a market average of 263p/kg.

Best of the beef cows sold to 299.5p/kg on two occasions, firstly for a Limousin cross from G & P Middleton and then an Aberdeen Angus from G Metcalfe & Son, other heavy weights 275p/kg to 285p/kg and mediums generally 260p/kg to 270p/kg. Top grossing was an imported Simmental from Barlow Bros, totalling £2923.95.

Dairy cows peaked at 279.5p/kg for a Holstein Friesian from RE & P Miller, D Fox & Co and Pickervance Farm Ltd, parlour types generally 245p/kg to 250p/kg. Top grossing from Pickervance Farm Ltd totalled £2037 with another £2032.
OTM dairy heifers sold to 319.5p/kg & £1920.25 and beef steers to 369.5p/kg & £2797.12 for Aberdeen Angus from JH Woof & Son.

Cull stock bulls sold to 329.5p/kg & £2388.88 for a British Blue from V & S Fitzell.

STORE CATTLE

Plenty of interest in all classes of store cattle, with several customers ringside looking to purchase for turn out.

Strongest steers again easily sold, peaking at £2580 for Aberdeen Angus from D & N Davis with others £2500 from ID Bailey & Son and SH & LE Birkett, endless pens £2300 to £2450. Younger steers sold to £2120 for 18-month-old British Blues from JG Taylor and £2100 for 16-month-olds from TH Wensley & Son. Dairy bred steers to £1980.

Heifers sold to £2400 for Aberdeen Angus from ID Bailey & Son, closely followed by T & D Wright selling Limousin cross at £2320 and G & ME Woodhouse & Son £2300. Stronger feeding heifers generally £2150 to £2280.
Younger heifers to £2220 for British Blues (18-month-old) from G & ME Woodhouse & Son.

Next week to include the end of the month sale of stirks & young stores. Enter with confidence, strong buyer attendance guaranteed.

CALVES

Strong numbers forward again with a trade to match.

Rearing bulls sold to £840 for British Blues from JP & C Robson with other Blues to £800 from RT Halhead, others £650 to £720 depending on quality. Charolais cross bulls to £660 from JE & SM Seedall. Native sired bulls to £630 for month old Aberdeen Angus, £600 for month old Hereford and £570 for 3-week-old Hereford. Best rearing dairy bulls £480 and £470 for Holsteins from Wallbank Farms.

Rearing heifer calves to £610 for month old Blues, £500 for Beef Shorthorn, £490 for Charolais and Herefords £450 (all 2 to 4 weeks old).

Weaned calves are always in high demand with JS Towers & H Kent selling 4-month-old British Blue bulls to £980, £950 and Angus £950, with recently weaned £830 from RE & P Miller. Heifers to £800 for 4-month-old British Blue.
Steers peaked at £1120 for Herefords from B & BA Rimmer.

For all Friday sale enquiries, contact Matthew Probert 07540 446667 or Andrew Butler 07966 556592.