03 April 2026

Lancaster Livestock Auction: Lancaster Weekly Sale of Calves, OTM Cattle & Store Cattle, Friday 3rd April 2026.

STORE CATTLE

A packed ringside and seating area of keen and eager buyers saw a fast and efficient sale on bank holiday Friday. All steers forward averaged £2165 and heifers to £2020, cattle forward today not only for finishing but mainly for summer grazing. More cattle required next week, enter with confidence.

Steers sold to £2580 for Aberdeen Angus from T Robson & Son with others £2500 from Tom Barron Farms and H Halhead & Son. Stronger steers regularly £2250-£2400 with grazing types £1950-£2150. Dairy steers to £2150.

Heifers peaked at £2300 for Aberdeen Angus and Simmental from P & S Alpe who sold others at £2280. Stronger end heifers £2080-£2250 with longer keep feeding/grazing types £1850-£2000.

CULL COWS / OTM CATTLE

Huge interest in cull cows with all forward today selling to a market average of 282p/kg. Best meated beef cows sold to 349.5p/kg for a Stabiliser from JA&R Geldard & Sons, who sold others at £2446.50. Dairy cows sold to 289.5p/kg for Holstein Friesians from D Fox & Co, meated cows generally 250p/kg – 280p/kg and parlour sorts 220p/kg to 240p/kg. Top grossing this week achieved £2363 for a Holstein Friesians from Wallbank Farms Ltd.
OTM heifers sold to 354.5p/kg and £1992 for Stabilisers and 319.5p/kg and £1932 for Holstein Friesians.
OTM steers sold to 354.5p/kg and £2729 for Aberdeen Angus cross from A&E Clarkson Ltd with others generally 330p/kg – 350p/kg.

CALVES

Todays sale featured the Easter Prize Show which was kindly judged by young farmer Jason Alpe, Clitheroe. The championship rosette was awarded to a British Bull bull from Drinkall Bros which later sold for a market topping prize of £1100 with the reserve champion being a British Blue x from JS Towers & H Kent which achieved a final bid of £1000. Throughout the sale stronger rearing bull calves sold away at £740-£960 with younger month old £580-£700. Dairy bulls saw the strongest to £510 from Raby Farms with younger rearers £220-£260. Heifer calves sold to £890 for the first prize British Blue x from GP Stott with an entry of predominately younger heifer calves £620-£840. The sale concluded with weaned calves which saw Simmental cross steers sell to £1340 from Low Moor Howe Farm Ltd and six month old British Blue cross £1290 from Throstle Nest Farms who sold Aberdeen Angus cross at £1270. Weaned bulls sold to £1300 for seven month old British Blue cross from Drinkall Bros and heifers to £1090 for British Blue from DC Miller.

Next weeks sale includes the mid monthly sale of weaned calves and stirks. Entries required by 12 noon Monday.

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OTM COWS (Pence Per Kilo)
STABILISER: 349.5 Low Foulshaw Farm, 299.5 Low Foulshaw Farm, 289.5 Low Foulshaw Farm. FRIESIAN: 289.5 Holly House Farm, 274.5 Tills Farm, 274.5n Cocker House Farm, 269.5 Cocker House Farm, 269.5 Lower Langthwaite Farm, 264.5 Lower Langthwaite Farm.

OTM HEIFERS (Pence Per Kilo)
STABILISER: 354.5 Low Foulshaw Farm. FRIESIAN: 319.5 Roseacre Hall, 309.5 Roseacre Hall, 299.5 Roseacre Hall.

CAST STEERS (Pence Per Kilo)
ABERDEEN ANGUS: 354.5 Cock Hall Farm, 354.5 Well House Farm, 344.5 Well House Farm, 324.5 Well House Farm, 314.5 Newsham Hall Farm. LIMOUSIN: 349.5 Yeat House, 349.5 Cock Hall Farm. SIMMENTAL: 349.5 Cock Hall Farm. AYRSHIRE: 329.5 Newsham Hall Farm, 329.5 Newsham Hall Farm, 329.5 Newsham Hall Farm. FRIESIAN: 254.5 Yeat House.

HEIFER CALF

SIMMENTAL: £1090 High House Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £1090 Cobble Hey Farm, £1060 Cobble Hey Farm, £890 Parkers Farm, £850 Fern Hill Farm, £850 Fern Hill Farm, £740 Derby Lodge Farm. CONTINENTAL: £1090 High House Farm. ANGUS: £690 Tills Farm. HEREFORD: £630 Richmond Hall.

BULL CALF

SIMMENTAL: £1340 High House Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £1300 Catshaw Hall Farm, £1290 Throstle Nest, £1100 Catshaw Hall Farm, £1050 Throstle Nest, £1000 Cinder Hill Farm. ANGUS: £1270 Throstle Nest, £1060 Cobble Hey Farm, £980 Cinder Hill Farm. HEREFORD: £930 Catshaw Hall Farm, £710 Richmond Hall. MONTBELLIARDE: £770 Fern Hill Farm. FRIESIAN: £510 Fern Hill Farm, £480 Fern Hill Farm, £450 Kirkwood Lodge Farm, £440 Cinder Hill Farm, £390 Kirkwood Lodge Farm, £380 Kirkwood Lodge Farm.

STORE BULLOCK:

ANGUS: £2580 Fairfield, £2500 Ambrose Hall Farm, £2480 Fairfield, £2220 Benson Hall, £2150 Grange Farm, £2080 Brown Edge. HEREFORD: £2500 Lawsons Farm, £2350 The Granary, £2200 Gibraltar Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £2450 Station Hotel Farm, £2380 Barn Hill Farm, £2250 Station Hotel Farm, £1900 Roseacre Hall, £1880 Plumpton Hall Farm. CHAROLAIS: £2280 Brown Edge, £2250 The Granary. LIMOUSIN: £2280, £2250, £2180 Intack Farm, £2180 The Granary, £2180 Intack Farm, £2150 Pasture House Farm. SHORTHORN: £2250, £1920 Valley View. FRIESIAN: £2220 Gibraltar Farm, £2150 Fairfield, £1750 Plumpton Hall Farm. SIMMENTAL: £2180, £2080 Intack Farm, £1920 Windy Hill Farm.

STORE HEIFER:

ANGUS: £2300 Braddup House Farm, £2180 Ambrose Hall Farm, £2050 Benson Hall, £2050 Braddup House Farm, £2020 Tunsteads Farm, £1980 Brown Edge. SIMMENTAL: £2300 Braddup House Farm, £1900 High House Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £2280 (x2) Braddup House Farm, £2200 Lodge Cottage, £2100 Roseacre Hall, £1980 Windy Hill Farm, £1850 Green Dragon Farm. MONTBELIARDE: £2150, £2100 Carlinghurst. HEREFORD: £2120 Gibraltar Farm, £2120 Pasture House Farm, £1800 Moss View. LIMOUSIN: £1980, £1920 Barker Knott. CHAROLAIS: £1900 Brown Edge. SHORTHORN: £1820 Stirzaker House.

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LANCASTER EASTER CALF SHOW- JUDGE: SARAH & JASON ALPE & SPONSORED: COARS

AGE: UNDER 60 DAYS

CLASS 1- BEEF BULL CALF
1st Richmond Hall- British Blue- £850
2nd JP & C Robson- British Blue-£660
3rd JP & C Robson- British Blue- £660

CLASS 2- BEEF HEIFER CALF
1st Wallbank Farms- British Blue-£700
2nd Wallbank Farm- Aberdeen Angus- £690
3rd Richmond Hall- Hereford- £630

AGE: UNDER 120 DAYS

CLASS 1- BEEF BULL CALF
1st Drinkall Bros- British Blue- £1100
2nd H Kent- British Blue- £1000
3rd GP Stott- British Blue- £980

CLASS 2- BEEF HEIFER CALF
1st GP Stott- British Blue- £890

CHAMPION- Drinkall Bros
RESERVE CHAMPION- H Kent

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Lancaster Livestock Auction: Lancaster Weekly Sale of Calves, OTM Cattle & Store Cattle, Friday 3rd April 2026.

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