Calves & Stirks
A smaller entry of calves was forward with all selling to a fast trade once again at J36, with more needed at each sale to fulfil buyers need. British Blue bulls sold to a top of £345 twice both from HJ Robinson & Son, Preston Patrick. All British Blue bulls forward averaged £300. British Blue heifers sold to £295 from HJ Robinson & Son, Preston Patrick with month old British Blue heifers selling to £275 from TK Robinson & Sons, Old Hutton. Black and White calves saw a keen interest from all buyers selling to a top of £100 from Whitestone Farms, Penrith with others to £95 from the same home, with 25 Black and White bulls forward averaging £50.
Another 50 stirks were forward with well grown stirks once again in big demand from all byers, a run of Limousin bulls from NJ Strickland & Son, Whinfell sold to a top of £1000 with others from the same home selling to £970, British Blues bulls from the same good home sold to £900. British Blue bullocks at seven months old from MW&M Hodgson, Cartmel Fell sold to £820. A young show of heifer stirks were forward with all types selling to their full value. British Blue heifers sold to a top of £620 from A Taylor & Sons, Eyemouth.

Store Cattle
As the grass starts to grow, the demand for cattle jumps up another level. The catalogue entry of 250 store cattle, sold to a top of £1580 for a marvellous Charolais bullock from LA&M Lambert, Lupton. A pen of British Blue Bullocks from KG&LM Park, Witherslack sold to £1360 with Aberdeen Angus’s selling to £1360 from GR Park & Sons, Whinfell. A pen full of Hereford bullocks sold to £1300 from LA&M Lambert. Yearling bullocks were well sort after from all buyers with a top of £1350 from Jack Turnball for a Shorthorn, who sold others to £1220. The best end was regularly selling at the £1150-£1250 mark. A run of 10 month old Blonde bullocks from SJ&NS Wood, Windermere sold to £1095.
The heifer trade topped at £1230 for Charolais heifers from T&SB Proctor, Great Musgrave with Limousins selling to £1210 from MJ Waller, Lupton who sold Charolais to £1200. A pen full of strong heifers from JL Bird, Grange over Sands sold to £1165. A keen interest was shown from all buyer for heifers ahead of turnout, with the best yearlings regularly selling at the £1100-£1200 mark. Good grazing types were regularly around £900-£1000. The next sale of store cattle will be our annual grass day sale on Thursday 28th April.

OTM / Cast Cattle
Another large entry of cull cows saw a keen ring side of active buyers eager to secure all classes and types to fulfil orders. The sale peaked at 234p/kg for a Limousin from Brown Bros, Dent with others selling at 201p/kg for both a Limousin x and Shorthorn x from J Black & Son, Kentmere. Other heavy well fleshed beef cows regularly sold around 185-195p/kg with buyers keen to secure cows suitable for further finishing. Dairy cows sold to a top price of 187p/kg for a Holstein Friesian from JJ&MA Park & Son, Sizergh with other dairy cows selling to 187p/kg from I&ME Askew, New Hutton. All cows today averaged 177p/kg. Top grossing was a Limousin x cow from MW&M Hodgson, Cartmel Fell achieving £1435 with a further 12 cows over £1200 and over half the entry over £1000.
Several OTM heifers were forward selling to 249p/kg for a Limousin x from MW&MR Black, Stavely with British Blue x from G&C Rylands, Underbarrow selling at 244p/kg. OTM dairy heifers sold to 199p/kg for a Fleckvieh from SJ&J Hodgson & Son, Tottlebank. Top grossing OTM heifer was a Holstein Friesian from AE&MK Hayhurst, Natland achieving £1364. A pair of prime stabiliser heifers from JA&R Geldard & Sons, Levens sold to 247p/kg and £1566.