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Lancaster Livestock Auction: Lancaster Weekly Sale of Calves, OTM Cattle & Store Cattle, Friday 7th August 2026.

CALVES

CALVES AT LANCASTER A FLYING TRADE

Take off as 133 head of calves zoomed to big heights from start to finish and the weekly Friday sale.

Bulls sold to £1040 and £1020 at 4 and 5 Months from Messrs Drinkall Bros and Messrs FW Rhodes respectively. Younger Blue Bulls hit £810 at just 2 Months old from Messrs JP & C Robson. Heifers got to £1160 from Messrs RE & P Miller for a pair of Aberdeen Angus. Limousins hit £1080 twice and £1050 twice from Messrs AT Burrow & Son. The same good home sold Blues to £1040. 4 Month old Charolais Heifers from Messrs FW Rhodes & Son sold for £860. Blue Heifers a tad younger got to £770 from Messrs J & G Thornley Ltd. Angus Heifers at 3 Months sold for £760 from Wallbank Farms and 2 Month old Charolais and Blue Heifers from Lawsons Dairy Ltd sold for £720 and £710.

More numbers required next week. Packed ringside from the off.
Contact Andrew Butler on 07966 556592

STORE CATTLE

Lancaster weekly store cattle sale saw catalogue entry of 170 head through the ring with a more meated show of cattle than previous weeks, seeing a firmer trade on the week.

Steers today averaged £2045 with JD & GM Bracken, Garstang hitting the top spot with a pair of British Blue steers to £2550. Other British Blue steers from J Prest & Son, Bay Horse to £2300. Plenty of Aberdeen Angus cattle about today getting away well with JS Clark & Sons, Catforth topping at £2480. J Lamb, Glasson with a pen of 4 at £2450. FJ & R Coar, Cowark to £2420 for a pen of 6 also at £2420 was D & N Davis, Nateby also for a pen of 6. JS Clark & Sons continuing their good days trading with Simmental steers at £2400 and Herefords at the same price. J Drinkall, Chorley to £2350 for Beef Shorthorn steers. Dairy bred steers from R & K Jenkinson, Pilling to £2250 for Friesian. Other Friesians to £2100 from WR Clarke, Pilling.

Store heifers saw Aberdeen Angus once again top of the leader board with AJ & D Knowles, New Hutton to £2200. Others at £2180 from SH & LE Birkett, Carnforth. JM Haddow, Milnthorpe with Charolais to £2180. Other Charolais heifers to £1980 from JA & F Nutter, Hurst Green. British Blues at the same price this time from BW & LM Kirkby, Wennington. Other well meated British Blues heifers to £2150 from SH & LE Birkett, Carnforth. Herefords to £2100 from AT Burrow & Son, Gressingham. All heifers today averaged to £1943.

To maximise competition and achieve the strongest trade, vendors are encouraged to batch cattle into larger, even-sized groups wherever possible, as buyers are increasingly looking for bigger pens that allow them to fill orders more efficiently.

More cattle required for next Friday sale entries for the catalogue before 5pm Monday to the office on 01524 63308 or Andrew on 07966556592

OTM

Lancaster weekly OTM sale saw similar numbers forward on the week with 60 through the bottom ring, with meated cows a stand on trade, and plainer cows easier on the week, with an overall average of 239p/kg being achieved for a show of plainer cattle.

N Barker, Burton in Kendal, was top grossing with a Hereford cow to £2247. A & P Hodkinson, Stalmine selling Limousin cows to £2180 or 324.5p/kg.

Dairy bred cows to £2145 or 264.5p/kg for Montbelliarde from EW & RM Towers, Hornby. Friesian cows to £2113 for Pickervance Farms, Roseacre or 249.5p/kg. Other Friesian cows to 254.5p/kg or £1952 from EW & RM Towers, Hornby.
OTM Heifers from Lawsons Farm Ltd, Cockerham sold to £2023, with other Friesian Heifers from W & S Airey, Carnforth to £1916. Beef bred OTM Heifers to 324.5p/kg for Blues from DJ Clarke Farming, Garstang.

Just a handful of Cast Steers today to 284.5p/kg for Angus from A & CM Carter, Grange Over Sands.

More cattle required for next Fridays sale.

Top Prices

OTM COW

LIMOUSIN: 324.50 Bank Field Farm, 274.50 High House Farm. ANGUS: 309.50 High Snab. BRITISH BLUE: 279.50 High House Farm. MONTBELLIARDE: 264.50 Holme Head. FRIESIAN: 264.50 Low Deepslack, 254.50 Holme Head, 249.50 Roseacre Hall, 249.50 West Hall, 249.50 Docker Hall. SHORTHORN: 254.50 Manor House Farm. HEREFORD: 254.50 Dalton Old Hall, 229.50 Dalton Old Hall, 224.50 Dalton Old Hall. NORWEIGIAN: 229.50 Moss House Farm. FLEKVIEH: 219.50 Docker Hall, 214.50 Holme Head, 204.50 Hatters Farm, 149.50 Docker Hall. BROWN SWISS: 154.50 Pump House Farm.

OTM HEIFER

BRITISH BLUE: 324.50 Kellbrick Farm. FRIESIAN: 289.50 West Hall, 289.50 Sweetings Farm, 269.50 Lane Ends Farm. SIMMENTAL: 239.50 Black Bull Farm.

CAST STEER

ANGUS: 284.50 Black Bull Farm. SIMMENTAL: 259.50 Black Bull Farm. LIMOUSIN: 249.50 Windy Hill.

HEIFER CALF:

ANGUS: £1160 (X2) Lower Lingart Farm, £1050 (X2), £1010 (X2) High Snab. LIMOUSIN: £1080 (X2) High Snab. BRITISH BLUE: £1040 (X3) High Snab, £1000 Lower Lingart Farm, £920 Barrow Greaves Farm, £920 Lower Lingart Farm. CHAROLAIS: £860 Barrow Greaves Farm, £720, £700 Bank End Farm. HEREFORD: £680, £600 (X2) Cocker House Farm, £580 Catshaw Hall Farm, £360 Green Barn Farm.

BULL CALF:

BRITISH BLUE: £1040 Catshaw Hall Farm, £1020 Barrow Greaves Farm, £810 Derby Lodge Farm, £810, £800 Roe Farm, £780 Catshaw Hall Farm. ANGUS: £830 Barrow Greaves Farm, £750 Tills Farm, £720 Roe Farm, £720, £650 Cotestones Farm, £570 Liscoe Farm. HEREFORD: £770, £730 (X2), £690, £670 Catshaw Hall Farm, £570 Liscoe Farm. FLECKVIEH: £690 (X2) Sellerley Farm. FRIESIAN: £690, £660 (X2), £600 Sellerley Farm, £510 Roseacre Hall, £480 Kirkwood Lodge Farm. LIMOUSIN: £660 Rose Farm.

STORE BULLOCK:

BRITISH BLUE: £2550 Greenlands Farm, £2300 Upper Foxholes Farm, £2250 Old Glasson Farm, £2220 Upper Foxholes Farm, £2180 Outerthwaite Farm, £2180 Park House Farm. ANGUS: £2480 Godson House Farm, £2450 Old Glasson Farm, £2420 Cragg Farm, £2420 Higher Lees Farm, £2400 Old Glasson Farm, £2400 Barn Hill Farm. HEREFORD: £2400 Godson House Farm, £2320 Old Glasson Farm, £1980 Holly House Farm, £1900 High Snab, £1820 Holly House Farm, £1700 Windy Hill Farm. SIMMENTAL: £2400 Godson House Farm. SHORTHORN: £2350, £2320 Manor House Farm. CHAROLAIS: £2280 Carlingwha, £2250 Birch Croft, £2150, £1980 (X2) Manor Farm, £1950 Carlingwha. FRIESIAN: £2250 Holmes Farm, £2100 Barn Hill Farm, £1920 Betts Farm, £1920 Steel Croft, £1780 Moss House Farm, £1480 Redchalis Farm. LIMOUSIN: £2220 Holmes Farm, £2120 Viver Mill Farm, £1980 Upper Foxholes Farm, £1780 Windy Hill Farm. MONTBELIARDE: £1750 Carlinghurst.

STORE HEIFER:

ANGUS: £2200 Windy Hill Farm, £2180, £2050 Stubb Hall Farm, £1950 Gaskell House, £1920 Low Levens, £1880 High Snab. BRITISH BLUE: £2180 Park House Farm, £2150 Stubb Place Farm, £1950 Wood Nook Farm, £1920 Redchalis Farm. CHAROLAIS: £2180 (X2) Viver Mill Farm, £1980 Manor Farm, £1900 Moss Edge Farm, £1850 Manor Farm. HEREFORD: £2100 High Snab.

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