CATTLE SELL TO £1310 AT NWA J36 ANNIVERSARY SHOW

Store Cattle

The Anniversary show of store cattle saw 20 cattle forward in the two show classes with the judging kindly conducted by Mr I Wainwright, Fife. The Championship rosette was awarded to a Limousin x heifer from MA & JA Winn, Burneside which later sold for £1280 selling to the judge. Reserve Champion was a Limousin x heifer from N Cooper & Sons, Broughton in Furness which sold for £1040. The first prize steer was a British Blue x from MA & JA Winn which achieved the day’s top price of £1310.

Another strong catalogued entry of cattle saw buyers in attendance from throughout the Northern Counties, Midlands and Scotland. A buoyant trade was experienced for all cattle throughout the sale with more needed to fulfil buyer’s requirements.The sale topped at £1310 for a British Blue x steer from MA & JA Winn with other stronger steers £1100 - £1250. Well-grown yearling steers sold to £1115 for Limousin x from D Nicholson, others generally £950 - £1100, younger cattle £750 - £880 depending on quality and breed. Heifers peaked at £1280 for Limousin x from MA & JA Winn with other well-bred and strong heifers £1000 - £1150. Yearlings sold to £920 for a Blonde x from MJ Whitworth with others regularly £700 - £850.

A large number of native bred cattle saw Hereford steers sell to £1080 from MJ Waller and Aberdeen Angus x £1070 from TA & DH Knipe with a Shorthorn from J Black & Son achieving £870.

Native heifers topped at £935 for Hereford x from JL Bird with Aberdeen Angus x to £850 from RG Robinson. Native bred cattle attracted keenest interest with named sire status. Dairy bred steers sold to £670 for Holstein Friesian, £630 Jersey x and £610 Fleckvieh. Young bulls stopped at £800 for Limousin x from HM Hodgson with others £700 - £780.

The next sale is Thursday 21st February with buyers keen to attend so enter cattle with confidence.

Calves

The Anniversary show and sale of calves had a good entry of 65 calves forward. Thanks must be given to our Judge Mr Moorhouse this morning, who awarded the champion rosette to the first placed beef heifer from B Mallinson & Son, Levens.

The champion calf topped the trade at £400 with the judge backing his judgement. R Morris-Eyton & Son, Whicham run of calves were very well sought after, again, topping at £300, twice, for British Blue bull and an Aberdeen Angus heifer. Plenty of beef calves selling in the £200-£250 mark. Dairy bred bulls were a sharper trade with a new face around the ring looking to purchase. Friesian bulls peaked at £105 from R Morris Eyton & Son, with plenty of black and white calves between the £60 to £80 mark.

A young show of 25 stirks were forward with a pleasing trade being seen. Topping the stirk section at £490 was a Limousin bull from D & DW Prickett, Farleton, with heifers peaking at £490 for Angus’ from DJ Clarke, Underbarrow. MA & S Johns, Kirby Stephen run of 6 month old stirks were well sought after topping at £420 for bullocks with heifers from the same home to £370.

More calves required to fulfil buyers requirements each sale.

Cast Cows/OTM Cattle

The sale of cull cows saw a rise in the trade with all cows sold averaging 103p/kg with over half the entry being dairy bred. Well-fleshed beef cows sold to 145p/kg for a Stabiliser cow from CP Bateman, Docker with feeding type cows 120p/kg – 140p/kg. Top grossing beef cow was £882 from N Cooper & Sons, Broughton in Furness.

Heavy and well-meated dairy cows sold to 129p/kg from RA & E Edmondson, Levens with medium parlour sorts 98p/kg – 110p/kg with leanest sorts a few bids less. The top grossing dairy cow achieved £810 from RA & E Edmondson.
Several OTM heifers were forward and easily sold with a Shorthorn achieving 174p/kg (£855) from TW & J Beaty, Windermere. Dairy heifers sold to 139p/kg (£785) from JM Barton & Son, Lupton.

More cull cows can easily be sold with buyers ringside competing for all types, we also have enquiries for prime cattle.