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Lancaster Livestock Auction: Lancaster Weekly Sale of Calves, OTM Cattle & Store Cattle, Friday 8th May 2026.

CULL COWS

A buoyant trade today with a market average of 255p/kg for all sold. Just a handful of beef cows in the entry today selling to 279.5p/kg for an Angus from G & D Ball & Son who sold others at £1772. Heavy and well fleshed dairy cows peaked at 284.5p/kg & £2332 for Flekvieh from B & AC Barnes with other Flekvieh 274.5p/kg and £2261 from EW & RM Towers. Black & Whites to 269.5p/kg and £2134 from AW & AM Park & Son. Parlour types generally 240p/kg to 255p/kg.
An ever increasing number of clean cattle forward on a Friday with 15 sold this week. Over age beef heifers sold to 329.5p/kg & £2240 for Charolais from Cowell & Moore with Limousin from F & JM Mason 324.5p/kg and Blues from JD EM JA Atkinson £2016.

Beef Steers to 324.5p/kg & £2658 for Charolais from Cowell & Moore with Angus from W & A Cardwell 319.5p/kg & £2297.

CALVES

Beef sired Bull calves sold to £890 for a February born Angus from Wallbank Farms Ltd with British Blues from Drinkall Bros achieving £860, £840. Younger Bulls to £590 for Hereford cross from WN & D Smith & Sons and Angus from J Bargh & Son. Charolais cross to £580 from GJ & G Billington. Dairy Bulls to £490 for Flekviehs from JK & BJ Birkett & Son Ltd with Black & Whites £400 from Drinkall Bros. Younger rearers £180 to £220.

Just a handful of Heifer calves forward with Month old Charolais calves selling to £520 from GJ & G Billington with Blues £500 from GH Sanderson & Family, Angus to £490 from Wallbank Farms Ltd and Hereford £440 for Drinkall Bros.
A full row of weanlings ahead of next weeks Mid-Monthly sale, with tops today of £1180 for a Limousin Steer from BJC Estates Ltd who sold Black & White at £880.

A sale of predominantly Bulls saw pens of Hereford cross (4-6 Months old) from JR Newsham & Son sell to £870 and Flekvieh £800. Black & Whites to £840 from TD & A Gardner.

STORE CATTLE

H Chapman & Son lead the store market with a pair of Limousin Steers at £2280 closely followed by SH & LE Birkett selling Blues at £2220. Stronger end Steers £1900 to £2200 with medium keep generally £1780 to £1900. Heifers topped at £2100 for Blues from SH & LE Birkett with others £2080 from JW & DL Park. Stronger end Heifers £1850 to £2050 and medium keep £1680 to £1820.

Date for your diary – 15th May
May Day Grass Day Sale of 300 Store Cattle, with the special prize show of cattle up to 18-Month-Old.

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

Top Prices

OTM COW:

FLECKVIEH: 284.50, 279.50 Hawkin Hall, 274.50 Holme Head. ANGUS: 279.50 (x2) Woodstock, 259.50 Fell End Farm, 239.50 Woodstock. FRIESIAN: 269.50 (x2) Walkers I’th Fields, 269.50 Myers Farm, 264.50 Walkers I’th Fields, 259.50 Holme Head, 259.50 Myerscough House. LIMOUSIN: 259.50 Fell End Farm.

OTM HEIFER:

CHAROLAIS: 329.50 Newsham Hall Farm. LIMOUSIN: 324.50 Mireside Farm. BRITISH BLUE: 319.50 Low Groves Farm. FRIESIAN: 294.50 Knowsley Farm, 289.50 High Snab, 289.50 Knowsley Farm, 264.50 Myers Farm, 254.50 West Hall, 229.50 Stirzaker House Farm.

CAST STEER:

CHAROLAIS: 324.50, 319.50 (x2) Newsham Hall Farm. ANGUS: 319.50, 289.50 Well House Farm. HEREFORD: 239.50 Well House Farm.

HEIFER CALF:

LIMOUSIN: £660 Sellerley Farm. CHAROLAIS: £520 Myerscough House. BRITISH BLUE: £500, £440 Blackleach House Farm. ANGUS: £490 Tills Farm, £450 North Farm. HEREFORD: £440, £390 Catshaw Hall Farm, £380 Cocker House Farm.

BULL CALF:

ANGUS: £890 Tills Farm, £590 North Farm, £580 (x2), £560 Brown Brook, £510 Cocker House Farm. HEREFORD: £870 (x3), £770 (x3) Sellerley Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £860, £840 Catshaw Hall Farm, £830 Brown Brook, £830, £600 Derby Lodge Farm, £500 Brown Brook. FRIESIAN: £840 (x2), £770 Larbreck Hill Farm, £600 (x2), £540 Sellerley Farm. FLECKVIEH: £800 Sellerley Farm, £490 White Lund Farm. CHAROLAIS: £580, £540 Myerscough House.

STEER CALF:

LIMOUSIN: £1180 Birks Farm. FRIESIAN: £880 Birks Farm.

STORE BULLOCK:

LIMOUSIN: £2280, £2180 Millbeck, £1950 Hall Farm, £1850 High Snab, £1650 Thursgill. BRITISH BLUE: £2220 Stubb Hall Farm, £2150 Upper Foxholes Farm, £2080 Cotestones Farm, £2020 Upper Foxholes Farm, £2000 Bowlands Gardens, £1980 Stubb Hall Farm. ANGUS: £2120 Stubb Hall Farm, £2100 Low Levens, £2100 Wood Nook Farm, £2080 Ambrose Hall Farm, £2080 Upper Foxholes Farm, £2080 Downlands Farm. CHAROLAIS: £2050 Downlands Farm, £1880 Halfway House. FRIESIAN: £1920 Low Levens, £1720 Downlands Farm, £1550 Low Levens, £1400 Middle Ridge Farm, £1380, £1050 Greenhills Farm. SIMMENTAL: £1920 Benson Hall. HEREFORD: £1780 Merryfield, £1750 High Snab, £1680 Moss View.

STORE HEIFER:

BRITISH BLUE: £2100 Stubb Hall Farm, £2080 Hare Field House, £1800 Bowlands Gardens, £1720 Abbotson Farm, £1650 Thursgill. ANGUS: £2080 Benson Hall, £2080 Ambrose Hall Farm, £1950 Hare Field House, £1880 Benson Hall, £1850 Low Levens, £1820 Wood Nook Farm. CHAROLAIS: £1980, £1900, £1750 Whelpside Farm. SIMMENTAL: £1980 High Snab, £1900 Sewage Farm, £1750 Benson Hall. HEREFORD: £1900 High Snab, £1900 Hare Field House, £1700 Merryfield, £1250 Sewage Farm. WHITEBRED SHORTHORN: £1320 Sewage Farm.

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