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Lancaster Livestock Auction: Lancaster Weekly Sale of Calves, OTM Cattle & Store Cattle, Friday 1st August 2025

CALVES
Plenty of interest in calves today with the market topping at £800 for an eight week old British Blue cross from JS&KM Wilson & Son. Other best younger sorts were £680 to £760 and month old £560 to £620. Native sired bulls were in abundance, selling to £690 for Hereford cross from Drinkall Bros and Aberdeen Angus cross from HJ Robinson & Son. Younger Aberdeen Angus cross were generally £450 to £360. Shorthorns sold to £400 from JE&SM Seedall. Dairy bulls sold to £340 for a Fleckvieh and £310 for black and whites, stronger end six week olds were £270 to £300 and younger sorts £120 to £150.
A small number of heifer calves today, selling well to a top price of £700 for British Blue cross from Lawsons Dairy Ltd, younger continentals were £460 to £550. Native heifers sold to £560 for Hereford cross from D&M Foster.

STORE CATTLE
Plenty of competition ringside today seeing Limonin cross steers from BW&G Robinson achieve £2580, with other steers to £2550 from RG&H Preece and £2500 from R&A Easterby. Native sired steers sold to £2480 for Aberdeen Angus cross from AT Burrow & Son and £2450 from JS Clark & Sons. Stronger end steers were £2000 to £2300, with medium keep sorts £1800 to £1950. Dairy steer sold to £2320 for Fleckviehs from R Packham & Son, with black and whites £1980 from DH&M Kellet & Son.
Heifers sold to £2420 for Aberdeen Angus cross from DR Preston, who also sold Charolais cross at £2400. Other stronger heifers sold to £2380 for British Blue cross from AJ&D Knowles, stronger heifers were £1950 to £2250, with mediums £1680 to £1800.

OTM / CAST CATTLE
Numbers creeping up with all types good to sell, and averaging 267p/kg. Beef cows sold to 339p/kg for a Limousin cross from J Deacon with feeding types 280p/kg to 310p/kg. Top grossing this week being a Simmental at £2272 from Barlow Bros.
Dairy cows sold to 279p/kg from Lawsons Farm Ltd and K&DE Woodhouse, medium cows were 250p/kg to 265p/kg, with top grossing £2400 from K&DE Woodhouse.
OTM beef heifers sold to 379p/kg for a Stabiliser from J&A Smales and £2182 for a British Blue cross from JD EM JA Atkinson, dairy heifers sold to 339p/kg and £1968 from W&S Airey.
Beef OTM steers sold to 354p/kg and £2180 for a Hereford cross from WS Burrow Ltd with black and whites 269p/kg and £1910 from DH&M Kellet & Sons.
A single Holstein Friesian stock bull from GH Sanderson & Family sold at 244p/kg and £2506.

Top Prices

OTM COW:

LIMOUSIN: 339.50, 279.50 Woodcock, 259.50 Mireside Farm, 159.50 Woodcock Farm. STABILISER: 319.50 Braida Garth. BRITISH BLUE: 314.50 Mosergh Farm, 264.50 Thornbush Farm. HEREFORD: 299.50 Dubside. ANGUS: 294.50 Mill House Farm, 279.50 Birkland Barrow. SIMMENTAL: 289.50 Littlewood Hall Farm. FRIESIAN: 279.50 Kitchen Ground Farm, 279.50 Sweetings Farm, 274.50 Kitchen Ground Farm, 274.50 (x2) Walkers I'th Fields, 269.50 Yew Tree Farm. FLECKVIEH: 209.50 Docker Hall.

OTM HEIFER:

STABILSER: 379.50 Braida Garth. BRITISH BLUE: 359.50 Low Groves Farm, 339.50 Mosergh Farm. BRITISH BLUE: 359.50 Low Groves Farm, 339.50 Mosergh Farm. ANGUS: 349.50 Low Groves Farm, 284.50 Kitchen Ground Farm. FRIESIAN: 339.50, 289.50 West Hall, 284.50 Norbreck Farm, 284.50 High Snab, 274.50 Derby Lodge Farm, 239.50 Lower Brow Top. SIMMENTAL: 339.50 Cote Farm. MEUSE-RHINE-ISSEL: 334.50 Littlewood Hall Farm.

CAST STEER:

HEREFORD: 354.50 Gibraltar Farm. FRIESIAN: 269.50 Boundary House.

CAST BULL:

FRIESIAN: 244.50 Blackleach House Farm.

HEIFER CALF:

British Blue: £700 Bank End Farm, £680 Roe Farm, £610 Roe Farm, £590 Roe Farm, £580 Roe Farm, £490 Catshaw Hall Farm. Hereford: £560 Church Farm, £420 Catshaw Hall Farm, £310 Bolton Fold Farm. Angus: £235 Liscoe Farm, £200 Liscoe Farm.

BULL CALF:

British Blue: £800 High House Farm, £760 Bank End Farm, £750 Bank End Farm, £700 Bank End Farm. Charolais: £720 Bolton Fold Farm, £660 High House Farm, £640 High House Farm. Hereford: £690 Catshaw Hall Farm, £640 Church Farm, £470 Bolton Fold Farm, £380 Bolton Fold Farm. Angus: £680 Elm Tree Farm, £630 Lane Head Farm, £570 New Brows Farm, £540 New Brows Farm, £500 New Brows Farm. Shorthorn: £400 Bolton Fold Farm. Friesian: £360 High House Farm, £310 Catshaw Hall Farm, £305 Catshaw Hall Farm, £295 High House Farm, £270 Catshaw Hall Farm. Flekvieh: £340 High House Farm. Ayrshire: £45 Bolton Fold Farm.

STORE BULLOCK:

Limousin: £2580 Burnt House Farm, £2500 Fellside Farm, £2450 Thornbush Farm, £2420 High Snab, £2200 Intack Farm. Charolais: £2550 Thornbush Farm, £2300 Sunnyside Farm, £2120 Sunnyside Farm. Angus: £2480 High Snab, £2450 Godson House Farm, £2420 Fairfield, £2400 Parkside Farm, £2380 Grange Farm, £2320 Fellside Farm. British Blue: £2450 Burnt House Farm, £2400 Docker Hall, £2400 Fellside Farm, £2380 Sandy Dean, £2150 Netherbeck Barn, £2120 Lower Castle O Trim. Simmental: £2400 Littlewood Hall Farm, £2380 Littlewood Hall Farm, £2350 Outerthwaite Farm. Hereford: £2380 Gulf Farm, £1950 Gibraltar Farm. Flekvieh: £2320 Docker hall, £1950 Netherbeck Barn. Friesian: £1980 Boundary House, £1950 Plumpton Hall Farm, £1820 Gaskell House, £1250 Farleton House. Norweigian: £880 Sunderland Brows Farm.

STORE HEIFER:

Angus: £2420 Ellers Farm, £2250 Low Levens, £2250 Grange Farm, £2200 Low Levens, £2100 Elston Old Hall, £2050 Ellers Farm. Charolais: £2400 Ellers Farm, £1720 Parrox Hall Farm. British Blue: £2380 Windy Hill Farm, £2080 Barn Hill Farm, £2050 Outerthwaite Farm, £1950 Brabiner House Farm, £1920 Plumpton Hall Farm, £1700 Park Lane Farm. Limousin: £2080 Intack Farm, £1920 Intack Farm, £1800 Elston Old Hall. Simmental: £1900 Intack Farm, £1320 Middle Ridge Farm. Ayrshire: £1720 Parrox Hall Farm. Hereford: £1650 Hatters Farm.

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