CALVES

A large entry of calves forward today at Lancaster, with 103 forward. A good trade for British Blue bulls, selling to £860 from AW&AM Park, £850 D Riley, Middleton, £840 JP&C Robson, Brock £820 AD&RL Milner, Brock and £810 from Pickervance Farms, Kirkham. Native sired bulls sold to £850 for Herefords from JR Newsham, Conder Green with Aberdeen Angus £780 from AW&AM Park, Ellel. Black and whites sold to £650 from JR Newsham, Conder Green and £510 from Hannah Kent, Cockerham.
Heifers sold to £820 and £810 for Herefords from JR Newsham, Conder Green with British Blues to £770 from AW&AM Park, Ellel and £740 from JP&C Robson, Brock. Limousin sold to £640 and £600 from Hannah Kent. Month old Aberdeen Angus sold to £500 from AD&RL Milner, Brock.
For all calf enquiries call Will Rogerson on 075062836587 or Andrew Butler on 07966556592.

OTM/CAST CATTLE

A very hard worked show of cows in today, with trade exceeding vendors expectations and yet again numbers falling short of demand.
Top pence per kilo was a Hereford heifer from AT Burrow, Hornby achieving 354.5p/kg, with cows selling to 339.5p/kg for Black and Whites from J Huddleston, Brookhouse and the same price paid for Charolais from T Longton & Son, Quernmore. Other cows were regularly 265p/kg to 300p/kg, with the very leanest falling below.
Top grossing was £2392.88 for a Hereford heifer from AT Burrow, with a Charolais cow from T Longton & Son close behind at £2342.55. Black and whites sold to £2325.58 from J Huddleston, Brookhouse with others to £2238.80 from RT Halhead, Cockerham.

STORE CATTLE & STIRKS

Lancasters weekly store cattle sale saw a decent entry of over two hundred, with trade similar on the week, despite dead weight quotations being down.
DR Preston, Caton stole the limelight this week with his consignment of well farmed steers topping of at £2600 for a cracking Simmental steer with its mate not far behind at £2550. A pen of three Charolais steers from local Lancaster supports Pilling Hall achieved a final bid of £2450, with DJ&MC Platt, Caton at the same money this time for a Limousin. Aberdeen Angus steers also at £2450, this time from RB&G Robinson, Carnforth who also had British Blues to £2420 for a pair. Plenty of other strong steers round the £2250 to £2400 mark. Dairy bred bullocks were a nice trade, topping at £2150 from J Prest & Son, Bay Horse for Friesians with other from the same home at £1980 for a pen of four. Other Friesian bred 20 month old steers looked well sold round the £1700 to £1800 mark.
A pen of four British Blue from AT Burrow & Son, Gressingham would top the store heifer section today at £2200, with a pair of Hereford heifers not far behind at £2180 from M Shepherd & Son, Pilling. While a Limousin heifer from JG&BJ Escolme, Killington sold to £2100. As always Aberdeen Angus heifers are easily sold at Lancaster, with T&E Garlick, Freckleton seeing his good run of heifers to £2100. Plenty of other Aberdeen Angus heifers were around the £2000 mark. Charolais heifers from EE Thornton, Heaton saw their pair to £2020. A good number of Hereford heifers in the market today, M Shepherd & Son, Pilling sold to £2180 and P&S Alpe, Clitheroe to £1820.
The monthly stirk sale at Lancaster saw a ring full of buyers, all eager to secure younger cattle to replace what they had earlier sold. D&J Hay, Cockerham saw their 13 month old British Blue steers achieve £1750 and a smart Charollais to £1750. JW Thwaite, Tebay saw his monthly consignment of stirks sell to £1380 for a pen of five Aberdeen Angus at 12 month old, with others from the same good home to £1300. Dairy bred steers from R&J Prkinson, Preesall sold to £1100 for some solid looking Friesians at eleven months old.
More cattle today could have easily been sold. Vendors are urged to enter cattle with confidence for our next stirks sale on Friday 26th September. Please ring Andrew Bulter or Gary Capstick with entries.