15 August 2025

Lancaster Livestock Auction: Lancaster Auction Mart Weekly Sale of Calves, OTM Cattle & Store Cattle, Friday 15th August 2025.

CALVES

Calf trade continues to deliver at NWA Lancaster, with a younger show of calves forward than recent weeks.
Bull calves sold to £960 for a British Blue from G&ME Woodhouse, Ellel who sold Aberdeen Angus bulls to £850. JM&MH France, Littledale sold Inra 95 to £840 whilst JP&C Robson, Brock reached £810 for their six week old British Blue. Limousin bulls achieved £800 from Hannah Kent, Cockerham. T&CM Kelsall presented a run of two week old calves, these reaching £400 for Aberdeen Angus on three occasions.
Very few heifer calves in this week, selling to £570 for a British Blue from JP&C Robson, Brock with one month old Limousin to £560 from AD&RL Milner, Brock. Aberdeen Angus sold to £540 from Wallbank Farms.

CAST / OTM CATTLE

The weekly sale of OTM cattle saw trade vary similar on the week, just a few less forward with many farmers taking advantage of the current settled weather to get crops in.
OTM steers always have plenty of demand in the bottom ring with more numbers required each week. These today would see JD EM JA Atkinson, Kendal selling their Aberdeen Angus steers to 374.5p/kg or £2584.05, with other Angus OTMs to 364.5p/kg from R & D Kellet, Cockerham. While British Blues from R & K Jenkinson, Pilling achieved 379.5p/kg. Other Blue OTM steers sold to 359.5p/kg from J Lamb, Old Glasson.
OTM cows saw Friesians top at £2361.25 or 284.5p/kg with other dairy bred OTM cows at £2305 or 279.5p/kg from PW & JM Norris, Hornby. All Friesian OTMS today averaged 252.24p/kg.
Beef bred OTM cows from R & D Kellet, Pilling sold to £2324.78 or 334.5p/kg for a Hereford. British Blues sold a to 279.5p/kg from Pilling Hall, Pilling.
A few more OTM heifers about today, £2239.17 would be top price per head for a Friesian from JK & BJ Birkett & Son, Morecambe. Other Friesian OTM from Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale sold to £2064.14. Plenty of OTM dairy bred heifers were round the 310p/kg - 320pp/kg mark.
Beef bred OTMs sold to 364.5p/kg for British Blues from AJ & D Knowles, New Hutton with others from the same good home to 349.5p/kg.
An overall average today of 283.41p/kg was achieved, with buyers asking for more cattle to fill their order books.

Top Prices

HEIFER CALF:

BRITISH BLUE: £570 Roe Farm, £480, £460, £400 New Brows Farm. LIMOUSIN: £560 Lane Head Farm. ANGUS: £540 Tills Farm, £300 Brown Brook.

BULL CALF:

BRITISH BLUE: £960, £850, £810 Boldens Farm, £810 Roe Farm, £810, £790 Cinder Hill Farm. ANGUS: £850 Boldens Farm, £560 Tills Farm, £520 Norbreck Farm, £480 New Brows Farm, £440 Kirkwood Lodge Farm, £440 Brown Brook. CONTINENTAL: £840 Newhouse Farm. LIMOUSIN: £800, £790, £780, £600 Cinder Hill Farm. HEREFORD: £660 (x2) Wilmar.

STORE BULLOCK:

Angus: £2580 Raw Head, £2500 Fairfield, £2500 Cock Hall Farm, £2480 Yew Tree Farm, £2480 Raw Head, £2480 Ivy Barn. Hereford: £2520 Gulf Farm, £2420 Ellers Farm, £2300 High Road, £1680 Boundary House. British Blue: £2450 Cock Hall Farm, £2400 Wood Nook Farm, £2320 Parkside Farm, £2200 Parkside Farm, £1900 Old Hall Farm, £1700 Roseacre Hall. Limousin: £2420 High Snab, £2400 Greenbank Farm, £2380 Whinney Carr Farm, £2350 Intack Farm, £2180 Greenbank Farm, £2120 Intack Farm. Friesian: £2400 Cock Hall Farm, £2180 Ellers Farm, £1750 Plumpton Hall Farm. Shorthorn: £2400 Kirkham Road. Welsh Black: £2200 Kirkham Road. Norweigian: £2180 Ellers Farm. Flekvieh: £2180 Ellers Farm. Simmental: £2020 Intack Farm. Montbelliarde: £1700 Bradley Farm.

STORE HEIFER:

Angus: £2450 Raw Head, £2320 Stubb Hall Farm, £2300 Ellers Farm, £2250 Grange Farm, £2200 Stubb Hall Farm, £2180 Grange Farm. Charolais: £2350 Whinney Carr Farm. British Blue: £2300 Abbotson Farm, £2280 Wood Nook Farm, £2220 Cotestones Farm, £2200 Braddup House Farm, £2150 Barn Hill Farm, £1980 Abbotson Farm. Limousin: £2250 Red Scar Farm, £2180 High Snab, £2080 Intack Farm, £1750 Hatters Farm. Simmental: £2180 High Road. Hereford: £2120 High Snab, £2050 Braddup House Farm. Friesian: £1550 Roseacre Hall farm.

STORE BULL:

Angus: £1680 Hindleys Farm, £1650 Hindleys Farm, £1580 Hindleys Farm.

OTM COW:

Hereford: 334.50 Cottam Farm. Limousin: 324.50 Cottam Farm, 299.50 Cottam Farm, 229.50 Far Orrest. Flekvieh: 309.50 Holme Head, 279.50 Docker Hall, 269.50 Holme Head, 259.50 Holme Head, 229.50 Docker Hall, 224.50 Holme Head. Norweigian: 294.50 Holme Head, 239.50 Holme Head. Friesian: 294.50 Brown Brook, 289.50 Holmes Farm, 284.50 Strands Farm, 284.50 Catshaw Hall Farm, 284.50 Abbotson Farm, 279.50 Strands Farm. British Blue: 279.50 Pilling Hall Farm. Longhorn: 239.50 Townend Way.

OTM HEIFER:

Friesian: 369.50 White Lund Farm, 319.50 Brown Brook, 314.50 Brown Brook, 314.50 New Brows Farm, 299.50 High Road, 289.50 Catshaw Hall Farm. British Blue: 364.50 Windy Hill Farm, 349.50 Windy Hill Farm, 339.50 Windy Hill Farm. Flekvieh: 364.50 White Lund Farm. Limousin: 324.50 Holme Farm, 289.50 Holme Farm. Hereford: 324.50 Wilmar, 304.50 Wilmar.

CAST STEER:

British Blue: 379.50 Holmes Farm, 359.50 Old Glasson Farm, 339.50 Old Glasson Farm, 329.50 Old Glasson Farm. Angus: 374.50 Low Groves Farm, 364.50 Mill House Farm, 349.50 Windy Hill Farm.

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Lancaster Livestock Auction: Lancaster Auction Mart Weekly Sale of Calves, OTM Cattle & Store Cattle, Friday 15th August 2025.

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