CALVES

A small at entry in Lancaster today, with bull calves selling to £770 for an Aberdeen Angus from H Kent. British Blues sold to £760 and £730 from G&ME Woodhouse, Ellel. Simmental bulls sold to £710 from TM Townley, Lancaster. Three-week old British Blues to £410 from T&CM Kelsall, Chipping. Whilst black and white bulls sold to £320 from H Kent. Then.
Heifer calves sold to £610 for Herefords from H Kent, with Simmentals to £580 from TM Townley and Charolais at the same price from JM&MH France. British Blues to £560 from Wallbank Farms with Aberdeen Angus £510 from the same home.
A few more stirks forward selling to £1120 for Aberdeen Angus bullocks from D&J Hay, with a run of four to five month old Hereford heifers selling to £690 from JR Newsham.

OTM/CAST CATTLE

The weekly sale of OTM cattle saw 95 through the bottom ring.

A very plain show of cattle with a distinctive lack of meat. Anything meaty would see a stand on trade on the week.

OTM steers would see top price per head today with JH Woof & Son, Oxenholme selling Aberdeen Angus to £2475.45 or 374.5p/kg with others from the same home at £2342.63 or 369.5p/kg.

OTM heifers from A & FM Bolland & Sons, Ellel sold to £2247.49 or 339.50p/kg for a Hereford with Aberdeen Angus from T & E Garlick & Son, Freckleton at 369.5p/kg. Friesian OTM heifers at £2007 or 334.5p/kg from EE Thornton & Sons, Heaton with Oxcliffe. Other Friesian OTM heifers from JP & C Robson, Garstang sold to 309.5p/kg.

OTM cows saw plenty of trade for meaty cattle with D Fox & Co, Forton selling a Friesian to £2290.57 or 264.5p/kg with other Friesians to 254.5p/kg from EE Thornton & Sons, Heaton with Oxcliffe. Other dairy bred cows to 269.5p/kg for Fleckviehs from SR & PA Thompson, Sedbergh.

Beef bred OTM cows to 314.5p/kg or £2195 from R Capstick & Son, Ingleton for a Limousin. Other beef bred OTM cows to 304p/kg or £2031 for a British Blue from RT Halhead, Cockerham. Aberdeen Angus cows to £2162.57 from R & B Parker, Killington.

Just 1 cast bull today from RE & P Miller, Barnacre a Hereford making £2330.33 or 249.5p/kg.

An overall average of 235p/kg was achieved with this including a consignment of very lean cows.

STORE CATTLE

Lancasters weekly store cattle sale saw trade once again up on the week with a tremendous show of well fleshed cattle.

Hitting the headlines today was WD & SW Nightingale, Great Eccleston with a Limousin steer to £2800, with other Limousin steers from EW & CR Clegg, Stalmine to £2520. TE Garlick & Sons, Freckleton with their usual run of quality Aberdeen Angus cattle to £2720 for a pair with a trio from the same good home at £2680. A single British Blue from Pilling Hall, Pilling sold to £2700 with JM Cockett, Ingleton not too far behind at £2680 for a trio of British Blues. Local vendor DJ Townley, Stodday saw his trio of Charolais steers to £2520. J Lamb, Glasson with a pen of 3 Hereford steers to £2520. Not many dairy bred steers in today but what was in looked well sold with AJ Wilson Farming, Nether Kellet to £2350 for Friesians with other Friesians steers to £1900 from H Birkett & Son, Overton. All steers today averaged £2190.

No let up for store heifers with a pleasing average of £1897. T & E Garlick, Freckleton continued his good days trading seeing his Aberdeen Angus heifers to £2400 with other Aberdeen Angus heifers to £2300 from JB Moore, Grange over Sands. Charolais heifers to £2400 from Pilling Hall Farm, Pilling. Other Charolais heifers to £2380 from DJ Townley, Stodday who also had Limousin heifers to £2150. A good number of British Blue heifers in today topping at £2200 from J & H Bland & Son, Levens with others from this same good home at £2150. AJ Taylor, Halton had Hereford heifers to £2100 with a Simmental heifer from the same good home at £2180.

More cattle required for next weeks sale, entries by Mondy 5pm to the office on 01524 63308 or Andrew on 07966556592.