16 October 2025

J36 Crooklands Livestock Auction: J36 Fortnightly Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM, Store and Beef Breeding Cattle, Thursday 16th October 2025.

STORE CATTLE

A buzzing ring and buoyant trade all round.

A real buzz in the air today at Junction 36 with buyers and sellers turning out in force for another cracking sale of Store Cattle.
Shorthorn bullocks topped at £2280 for a pen of 3 at 19m old from Messrs I & AJ Armer. Charolais bullocks peaked at £2220 from EW & RM Towers. British Blue bullocks sold to £2120 from Messrs J Holme & Son. The same good farm had British Blue heifers to £2260 and Aberdeen Angus heifers to £2160. Charolais heifers sold to £2080 for a cracker at 17m old from Messrs S Robinson.

Bulls also sold very well, topping at £2300 twice for 11m old Aberdeen Angus from Messrs TW Gorst.

Thursday 30th October is our next Store cattle sale here and this includes our second Show and Sale of Suckler Calves. For any enquiries please contact Joel McGarva on 07920009097. Entries open now.

CALVES

107 calves forward and more new faces giving J36 a go with their calves.

Bull calves were a nice trade selling to £850 for British Blue from J & B Morley, Appleby. Younger British Blue to £660 for 30 day olds from HJ Robinson, Elm Tree with others to £610 at the same age from DR & C Galbraith, Grayrigg. Hereford bulls sold to £680 from JS & IM Wlson, Monk Foss with Charolais and Aberdeen Angus to £660 from SW & K Metcalfe, Whittington. Shorthorns sold to £620 for first time vendor RF & CE Hodgson, Ulverston who sold Fleckvieh at £600 and Black and Whites to £450.

Heifer calves sold to £750 for British Blues from JS & IM Wilson, Monk Foss with other British Blues to £680 and Aberdeen Angus to £630 from J&B Morley, Appleby. Herefords sold to £590 from JS & IM Wilson with younger Charolais to £580 from C Dean & W Brennand, Clapham. Limousins sold to £540 for 30 day olds from R & JE Wharton, Appleby or £500 for 30 day old British Blue from DR & C Galbraith, Grayrigg.

STIRKS

There was plenty of interest in stirks with more required each sale to fulfil orders.

Steers sold to £1400 for Aberdeen Angus x from Mason, Birkland Barrow with well reared British Blue x (8 month old) £1280 from M Ellison, other continentals £980 - £1200 and natives £900 - £1100. Younger steers sold to £840 for 5 month old Aberdeen Angus x, dairy steers sold to £900 for 6 month old Black and Whites with others £780 - £850.
Heifers sold to £1040 for 9 month old British Blue x with others £850 - £940. Belted Galloways sold to £780. Just a handful of bull stirks were forward selling to £1280 for 7 month old British Blue x and Limousin x with others £1180 - £1250.

Vendors are encouraged to enter stirks for the next sale on Thursday 30th October. Catalogue entries close on Thursday 23rd October. Any enquiries please contact Matthew Probert on 07540446667.

CAST COWS

Another sale with pens full and buyers keen to secure all classes and types.

Beef cows sold to 305p/kg for a Beef Shorthorn with other better end 280p/kg – 25p/kg. Top grossing was £2338 for an Aberdeen Angus x from JT Procter.
Best dairy cows sold to 289p/kg from Jenkin Crag Farms, medium types 250p/kg – 275p/kg and leaner parlour types 210p/kg – 230p/kg. Top grossing was £2109 from Strickland Hill Farming, Witherslack.

OTM heifers sold to 309p/kg and £1346 for feeding types. Aberdeen Angus x with dairy heifers selling to 234p/kg and £1310.

Several cull stock bulls sold to a top of 250p/kg and £2587.

BEEF BREEDING

The special Autumn sale of beef breeding cattle was greeted with a packed ringside of bidders keen to secure additional and replacement stock. The sale commenced with breeding bulls, selling 6 month old Aberdeen Angus from TW Gorst at £3000 and a Charolais bull from JLP Roberts at £2300.

A dispersal of in-calf cows due to the Aberdeen Angus in Spring from JE & BR Booker were keenly bid for selling Hereford x cows to £2250 with others generally £1800 - £2100 and next draw down £1500 - £1750.

A feature of today’s sale was the dispersal of Hereford x Aberdeen Angus cows with Spring born Aberdeen Angus x calves from J & J Beary Farming Ltd. Those with bull calves sold to £3000, £2950, £2900 and £2800, with heifer calves £2800, £2700, £2650. The sale saw 56 outfits sold to average £2554.

The collective sale of Beef Breeding cattle saw AF & BA Dawson sell a Charolais x heifer with Aberdeen Angus x calf achieve £2800, British Blue x heifers with Aberdeen Angus x calves sold to £2350 from RW Ewan, with other older cows with Spring born calves generally £1900 - £2400.

We have a large number of customers looking for all classes and types of beef breeding cattle. Please contact any Auctioneer if you have some to sell.

Joel McGarva – 07920009097
Matthew Probert – 07540446667
Will Rogerson – 07506283587 or
Rob Cloughton – 07867000244

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BULL CALVES:
British Blue: £850 Hadderdale Farm, £720 Hadderdale Farm, £660 Elm Tree Farm, £610 Sunny Bank, £550 Moss House Farm, £500 Sunny Bank. Hereford: £680 Monk Foss Farm. Charollais: £660 Holme House Farm. Angus: £660 Holme House Farm, £660 Holme House Farm, £650 Holme House Farm, £510 Lodge Bank Farm, £410 Sunny Bank, £390 Sunny Bank. Shorthorn: £620 Rowe End Farm, £350 Far Audlands. Montbeliard: £600 Monk Foss Farm, £400 Monk Foss Farm. Fleckvieh: £600 Rowe End Farm. Limousin: £540 Mount Pleasant, £480 Mount Pleasant. Friesian; £450 Rowe End Farm, £430 Rowe End Farm, £420 Rowe End Farm, £400 Rowe End Farm, £300 Hadderdale Farm. Blonde: £410 Midtown Farm, £410 Midtown Farm, £390 Midtown Farm.

HEIFER CALVES:
British Blue: £750 Monk Foss Farm, £680 Hadderdale Farm, £500 Sunny Bank, £440 Moss House Farm, £400 Monk Foss Farm, £400 High Grounds Farm. Angus: £630 Hadderdale Farm, £520 Holme House Farm, £400 Midtown Farm, £370 Colby Laithes, £370 Colby Laithes, £360 Colby Laithes. Hereford: £590 Monk Foss Farm. Charolais: £580 Lodge Bank Farm, £570 Lodge Bank Farm. Limousin: £540 mount Pleasant, £500 High Grounds Farm, £400 High Grounds Farm, £390 Broomfield, £380 Mount Pleasant, £370 Halforth Farm. Blonde: £400 Midtown Farm, £350 Midtown Farm, £340 Midtown Farm.Shorthorn: £340 Far Audlands, £340 Far Audlands, £320 Far Audlands, £320 Far Audlands. Friesian: £260 Withgill Farm, £210 Withgill Farm, £210 Withgill Farm, £200 Withgill Farm, £200 Withgill Farm.

Stirks

Bull: Limousin: £1280 £1180 Low Greaves. British Blue:£1280 Low Greaves. Shorthorn: £1220 Low Greaves. Continental: £1180 Low Greaves.

Heifer: British Blue: £1040 £960 Low Greaves, £900 Leck Fell House, £800 Bellart Howe. Norwegian Red: £880 Moss House Farm. Limousin: £880 Moss House Farm. Belted Galloway: £780 West View Farm.

Bullock: Angus: £1400 Birkland Barrow, £1100 Low Greaves, £900 Birkland Barrow, £880 Outfield Farm, £840 Moss End Farm, £720 Bellart Howe. British Blue: £1280 £1080 Low Greaves, £1060 Outfield Farm, £1000 £940 Bellart Howe. Charolais: £1200 Low Greaves. Belted Galloway: £980 £800 West View Farm. Friesian: £900 Causway Farm, £840 Birkland Barrow, £780 Bellart Howe, £760 Outfield Farm. Hereford: £520 Bellart Howe.

OTM

OTM Cow Shorthorn: 304.5 Homelands, 279.5 Wath Farm, 269.5 Causway Farm, 219.5 Yak Leaf. Limousin: 299.5 Mireside Farm, 294.5 Fold Farm, 289.5 Ridding Side Farm, 284.5 Fold Farm, 259.5 Ridding Side Farm, 259.5 High Field Farm. Friesian: 289.5, 274.5 259.5 Jenkin Cragg, 259.5 Strickland Hill, 259.5 Jenkin Cragg, 254.5 Wyke Farm. Blonde: 279.5 Causway Farm. British Blue: 244.5 Shore Top Farm. Galloway: 284.5 Homelands, 274.5 High Row, 254.5 High 229.5 Wallabarrow Farm, 219.5 Boadhole. Angus:284.5 Mireside Farm, 269.5 Homelands, 239.5 Tongue House, 229.5 Mireside Farm, 229.5 Chapel House Farm, 224.5 Yak Leaf. Simmental: 239.5 Chapel House. Dairy Shorthorn: 239.5 Craketrees.

OTM Heifer Angus: 309.5 294.5 259.5 Shore Top Farm. Continental: 289.5 Nibthwaite Grange Farm. Friesian: 234.5 Ackenthwaite Farm. Cast Bull Angus: 249.5 Syke House Farm. Galloway: 249.5 High Row. Shorthorn: 239.5 Lane Ends Farm. Store Cattle Bullocks Shorthorn: £2280 Bowston Hall, £2040 £1880 £1820 The Glen. Charolais: £2220 Holme Head, £2060 Cart House Farm, £2020 Holme Head, £1980 Bridge End Farm. British Blue: £2120 Hollowmire Farm, £2080 High Hollins, £1910 Cart House Farm, £1860 Glenside, £1800 Cart House Farm, £1680 Leslands. Angus: £2060 Low Deepslack, £2000 High Hollins, £1890 Hollowmire Farm, £1740 School Hill, £1730 Causway Farm, £1720 Skiddaw Farm. Limousin: £2060 Low Deepslack, £1750 Holme Head, £1540 Skiddaw View, £1380 Leslands. Simmental: £2060 Glenside, £1680 Black Bull. South Devon: £1840 £1720 Bowkerstead Farm. Fleckvieh: £1740 Holme Head. Hereford: £1450 Skiddaw View, £1440 Leslands, £1280 Skiddaw View. Continental: £1360 Causway Farm. Longhorn: £1260 The Glen. Heifer British Blue: £2260 Hollowmire Farm, £2080 Yew Tree Farm, £1980 Holme Head, £1880 Hollowmire Farm, £1780 High Borrowbridge. Angus: £2160 Hollowmire Farm, £1400 Tullithwaite Hall Farm, £1400 School Hill, £1260 Tullithwaite Hall Farm, £1220 Shore Top Farm, £1220 Tullithwaite Hall Farm. British Blue: £2260 Hollowmire Farm, £2080 Yew Tree Farm, £1980 Holme Head, £1880 Hollowmire Farm, £1780 High Borrowbridge. British Blue: £2260 Hollowmire Farm, £2080 Yew Tree Farm, £1980 Holme Head, £1880 Hollowmire Farm, £1780 High Borrowbridge. Limousin: £1870 Rooten Brook, £1440 Skiddaw View, £1280 Bowston Hall, £1220 Little Musgrave Farm. Simmental: £1540 Black Bull Cottage. Shorthorn: £1050 The Glen. Longhorn: £910 The Glen. Bull Angus: £2300 Gilpin Farm.

BREEDING CATTLE

Breeding Bull: Angus: £3000 Gilpin Farm. Charolais: £2300 Fleece Farm.

Heifer & Calf: British Blue: £2350 Hall Bank. Angus: £1550 £1350 Hall Bank.

In Calf Heifer British Blue: £1650 Shore Top Farm. Angus: £1550 £1500 £1400 Shore Top Farm.

Bulling Heifers: Angus: £2150 £2000 HM Prison Wymott. Hereford: £1700 x3 Gowan Bank Farm.

Cow & Calf: Hereford: £3000 £2900 £2850 £2600 Gaythorne Hall. Angus: £2900 £2850 Gaythorne Hall. Stabiliser: £2750 £2650 £2600 £2550 £2300 £2250 Gaythrone Hall. Shorthorn: £2500 Gaythorne Hall. £2050 Beckside Road.

In Calf Cow: Hereford: £2450 Coppice, £2250 £2000 £1900 Shore Top Farm. Angus: £2050 £1700 £1650 £1500 £1350 £1300 Shore Top Farm. Cow: Hereford: £1950 Gaythorne Hall.

Talk to one of our friendly team: 015395 66200

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J36 Crooklands Livestock Auction: J36 Fortnightly Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM, Store and Beef Breeding Cattle, Thursday 16th October 2025.

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