Calves & Weanlings

The Christmas Show of calves was in the hands of judge, Mr John Allonby, Grayrigg. All show classes were full with a top show on offer. For the second year running, A Pickthall, New Hutton took the top spot with his British Blue bull at 1 month old, selling for an impressive £475. Reserve Champion went to the first prize heifer, a British Blue from JW & TE Sharp, Lyth making £445.

Outside the show calves, all sold to a sharper trade with a full ringside of buyers forward looking for all types of calves.

British Blue bulls averaged £350 for all sold with many of the best selling over the £400 mark. A wonderful run from JW & TE Sharpe, Lyth sold to a top of £435 with others to £420. HJ Robinson & Son, Crooklands sold their best British Blue bull calf to £435.

The heifer trade saw the most lift with British Blue heifers selling to £445 from JW & TE Sharp and Limousin heifers to £410 from CM & CS Chapplehow, Penrith.

The next sale of calves is Thursday 16th December. This is the last sale before Christmas.

Dairy Cattle
CHRISTMAS DAIRY CHAMPION SELLS AT £2150 AT NWA J36
North West Auctions held it Christmas prize Show & Sale of Dairy Cattle on Thursday 9th December which was a wonderful entry of cattle forward, which were greeted by a ringside of keen purchasers keen to secure additional and replacement stock. The show this year was judged by Mr Joe Sutcliffe, Cockerham who had a great sample of cattle presented before him in the four show classes.
The championship rosette was awarded to a pedigree heifer shown by W Garnett & Son, Milnthorpe, who has now won the Christmas Dairy show at NWA J36 for three consecutive years. This Heifer attracted much ringside interest being 2 weeks calved and giving 26lts and after a flurry of bids she was secured by the judge for £2150. The reserve rosette was awarded to pedigree heifer from PD & BS Lawrence which was 4 weeks calved and giving 28lts achieving a final bid of £2100. The first prize cow from W Garnett & Son was fresh into her 3rd Lactation giving 40lts and was again secured by the judge for £2050. The first prize Friesian heifer was shown by RF & CE Hodgson, Pennington being 4 weeks calved and giving 35lts she achieved a final bid of £2000.

Store Cattle
The concluding sale of store cattle for 2021 saw all cattle sell to a competitive trade with buyers keen to fill orders and sheds. Steers sold to £1210 for Limousin x’s from S & M Geldart, with British Blues at £1140 from R & J Dodgson, aswell as Hereford x from A Riley Ltd. Younger steers sold to £1025 for Limousins from T W Nelson & Son with a run of 8month old Simmentals x Luing steers from Low Moor Howe Ltd selling to £945.
Heifers sold to £1050 for Limousins from S & M Geldart with Hereford x to £1015 from JE Wightman and Limousin x’s to £1010 MW & M Hodgson. Younger heifers sold to £900 for British Shorthorns from J Black & Son with 6 month old Limousins to £770 from JR Corlett.

OTM / Cast Cattle
A large entry of cull cows for the final sale of 2021 saw another strong trade for all classes and types. The sale peaked at 194p/kg for a Limousin x from RG & l Holmes, Lyth with other heavy and well fleshed beef cows selling to 179p/kg from BJ Bowness, Kendal and GH Jones, Windermere who both sold Limousin x cows. Other beef cows generally 135p/kg – 150p/kg depending on breed and quality. Dairy cows sold to 174p/kg for a Holstein Friesian from Strickland Hill Farming, Witherslack with other heavy dairy cows 125p/kg – 140p/kg, mediums 110p/kg – 122p/kg with the leanest parlour types either side of 100p/kg.
Top grossing beef cow was a Limousin x from GH Jones, Windermere selling at £1306 with dairy cows selling to £1263 from Strickland Hill Farming, Witherslack.
Several OTM heifers forward selling to a top price of 161p/kg & £1027 for a Limousin x from PW Clarke, Crosthwaite.
A single cull bull from Messers Ellwood sold at 119p/kg and £977.