CALVES

83 calves today at Lancaster weekly sale, with trade deemed to be sharper than expected.
Topping at £900 was a British Blue from JS&KM Wilson, Kendal who also sold five month old Fleckvieh to £880. Charolais bulls sold to £800 from MJ Fell, Whittington with others to £710 from GJ&G Billington, Garstang who sold one month olds to £670. Barber Farms sold 30 day old British Blue bulls to £630, with two week old British Blue to £370 from T&CM Kelsall, Chipping.
Heifer calves sold to £840 for British Blues from AW&AM Park, Ellel who sold others to £770 and £700. JH Towers & Son, Tunstall reached £550 again for British Blues, with Charolais at the same price from I Slater, Bleasdale. Aberdeen Angus achieved £460 from WN&D Smith, Cockerham at six weeks old.

OTM / CAST CATTLE

Lancasters weekly sale of OTM’s consisted of a very mixed show of 90, selling to a stand on trade. Cast bulls led the way topping at £2599 for an Aberdeen Angus from JF&JC Hewitt & Family, Nateby with other cast bulls from WS Burrow, Silverdale achieving £2532 for a Hereford. Younger Aberdeen Angus bulls sold to 344.5p/kg from RR&M Bamber, Kendal.
OTM cows saw Aberdeen Angus sell to £2512, Limousin cows sold to £2485 or 339.5p/kg from R&S Mitchell, Ellel. JA&R Geldard & Sons saw their consignment of Stabiliser cattle top at £2342, while Simmental OTM’s saw Barlow Bros, Preston at £2283. Other Simmental sold to £2258 from PJ&ES Rogerson, Great Asby. British Blue OTMs sold to 334.5p/kg from RHM&S Boyren, Colton.
Friesian OTM cows from MJ Fell, Carnforth sold to £2024, with other Friesian OTMs at £1885 from Lawsons Farm, Cockerham. Plenty of other Friesian OTMs were around £1700 to £1800 or 260p/kg to 270p/kg. All cows today averaged 250p/kg, which included some very lean cows.

OTM heifer saw an overall average of 280p/kg, which consisted of mainly dairy bred cattle. AT Burrow & Son, Hornby achieved 309.5p/kg or £2234 for a Friesian, with others to 309.5p/kg from Gibson & Berry, Endmoor.

STORE CATTLE

The weekly sale of store cattle saw an animated trade, as talk of a rise in the offerings gave our buyers the confidence to get on and bid, with prices seeing a lift on the week.
Top of the shop today was regular vendor EW&CR Clegg & Sons, with their pen of four well farmed Aberdeen Angus steers to £2620. Other Aberdeen Angus steers to £2550 from I&ME Askew, New Hutton with numerous other pens of Aberdeen Angus steers to £2500. 54 Aberdeen Angus steers today in Lancaster averaged a pleasing £2219. If you have Aberdeen Angus cattle to sell, there is only one place for them and that’s at Lancaster Auction. Charolais steers from JM Haddow, Milnthorpe achieved £2550 for a pair with SM Norcliffe, Over Wyresdale seeing their consignment of well farmed Charolais steers to £2200. A cracking trio of British Blue steers from JD&GM Bracken, Garstang sold to £2520. Others from EW&CR Clegg & Sons, Stalmine achieved £2500. Plenty more British Blue steers were around the £2300 to £2400 mark. Hereford steers sold to £2300 for a well fleshed pair from J Fisher & Son, White Chapel with others to £2250 from JM Haddow, Milnthorpe. Limousin steers sold to £2300 from DJ&MC Platts, Caton with others to £2180 from A&E Clarkson, Thurnham. Dairy bred steers sold to £2320 for a pair of Friesians from GR Park & Son, Whinfell. Other Friesian achieved £2020 from KH&D Holden & Son, Pilling with Fleckvieh bred steers to £2150 from H Birkett & Son, Overton. All steers today averaged £2150.
A good entry of well meated store heifers saw British Blues top of the table at £2400 from J Fisher & Son, White Chapel, not far behind was Pilling Hall, Pilling at £2380. Plenty of other British Blue heifers were around the £2200 mark. Aberdeen Angus heifers sold to £2300 from I&ME Askew, New Hutton. Other Aberdeen Angus heifers from DR Preston, Caton achieved £2180 for a pen of five. Plenty more pens of Aberdeen Angus heifers were over the £2000 barrier. Limousin heifers sold to £2225 for a pair from AT Burrow & Son, Lancaster. All heifers today averaged £1900.