Another fantastic Friday at Lancaster Auction Mart

CALVES

The calf ring started the day which included monthly sale of stirks with a total of 122 through the ring.
Younger rearing calves at just a month old to £760 for a Charolais bull from GJ & G Billington, Garstang with other Charolais bulls from the same good home at £680. Young British Blue also a month old from Lawsons Dairy, Cockerham to £750, with regular vendor JP & C Robson, Garstang to £680 also for month old British Blue bulls. Young Aberdeen Angus bulls always have a good following at Lancaster, with these to £710 from Wallbank Farms, Over Wyresdale with others to £640 from Walmsley Beef, Cockerham. Month old British Blue heifers from Lawsons Dairy, Cockerham to £670 other British Blue heifers to £630 from Wamsley Beef, Cockerham. A consignment of Holstein Friesian heifer calves in today creating plenty of interest from Withgill Farms, Clitheroe to £430. While Friesian bulls saw a top price of £440 from JS Towers & H Kent, Lancaster, other Friesian bulls from Firtree Farm, Kendal to £420.
Just weaned or weanable calves saw plenty of interest with Limousin bulls to £1000 from D & M Foster, Out Rawcliffe with others from the same good home at £930. British Blue bulls to £890 from CD Slinger & LJ Eaton, Sedbergh. Other British Blue bulls to £870 from JS Towers & H Kent, Lancaster. While Aberdeen Angus to £900 from AD & RL Milner, Brock others at £870 from Firtree Farm, Kendal who also had Aberdeen Angus heifers to £760 and £720. British Blue heifers to £920 from CD Slinger & LJ Eaton, Sedbergh. Other British Blue heifers to £760 from JS Towers & H Kent, Lancaster.
Good entry of stirks today saw JE & J Pye & Son, Quernmore at £1460 for a pair of Aberdeen Angus steers. Belted Galloway steers from I Richardson, Catforth to £950. British Blue heifer stirks from V & EJ Chadwick & Sons to £1300 for a pair. Not far behind also for British Blue heifers from RE & P Miller, Barnacre to £1220. Aberdeen Angus heifer stirks to £1140 twice from JE & J Pye & Son, Quernmore others at £1020 from RE & P Miller, Barnacre. Hereford heifer stirks to £940 from RW Bainbridge & Son, Whittingham with others at £830 from RE & P Miller, Barnacre. Just a handful of bull stirks in saw Herefords to £1120 from RW Bainbridge & Son, Whittington.
More calves required next week.

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STORE CATTLE

A catalogue entry of 304 store cattle and stirks through the main ring, with trade being similar on the week with buyers all in attendance but very cautious and selective bidding.
Topping the leaderboard today was KH & D Holden & Son, Pilling with his Hereford steers to £2280, other Hereford steers to £2250 for a pen of six. Limousin steers to £2280 from TJ Lloyd, Settle. Aberdeen Angus steers to £2220 from EJ & PE Burrow, Storth who also had Simmental steers at the same price. Dairy bred steers to £1980 for Friesians from EJ Hodgson & Son, Lambrigg.
Heifer stores topped at £2180 for British Blues from KG & LM Park, Grange over Sands other British Blues to £1980 from SH & LE Birkett, Carnforth. Aberdeen Angus heifers to £2100 from KD & D Holden & Son, Pilling with others at £2000 from SW & K Metcalfe, Whittingham. Limousin heifers to £2020 from EJ Ward & Sons, Carnforth others at £2000 from Messrs Holgate, Carnforth. Charolais heifers to £1950 from AT Burrow & Son, Gressingham.
Stirks in the main ring saw buyers eager for turning out cattle. 14-month-old Aberdeen Angus steers to £1750 from Charlie Butler, Hambleton. WJ & EA Woodhouse with Simmental steers to £1550, others from the same good home at £1520. British Blue steer stirks to £1400 from SH & M Batty & Son, Quernmore with British Blue heifer stirks to £1650 from TH Wensley & Son, Kirkham.. Dairy bred steer stirks looking well sold to £980 from SR Heather, Oldham at 11-month-old for Friesians.

OTM CATTLE

OTM cows average 261.68ppk
OTM heifers average 299.34ppk
Cast steers average 304ppk

OTM cows saw a top price of £3169.38 or 309.5ppk for a cracking Simmental from JF & C Saunders, Ulverston with other beef bred cows to £2431.80 for Aberdeen Angus from JC Harrison, Manchester. Friesian cows to £2392.59 from EW & RM Towers, Hornby other Friesian cows to £2290.75 from EJ & PE Burrow.
OTM steers to £2657.66 or 326ppk for Aberdeen Angus from Cowell & Moore, Woodplumpton others from the same good home at £2616.23 or 329ppk this time for Charolais with dairy bred otm steers to £1998.15 from T Taylor, Preston.
OTM heifers to £2466 from Cowell & Moore, Woodplumpton. Aberdeen Angus otm heifers to 344ppk from Wallbank Farms, Over Wyresdale. Limousin otm heifers to 339.5ppk from A & FM Bolland & Sons, Ellel. Friesian otm heifers to £1859.49 or 319.5ppk from EW & RM Towers, Hornby.