Calves & Weanlings
70 calves forward sold to the usual strong trade at J36, with British Blue bulls leading the way selling to £425 from GCL Stephenson, Kirkby Lonsdale with others to £410 from JW&TE Sharpe, Lyth. Native bred bull calves continue to be well bid for with Aberdeen Angus’s selling to £245 from JS&IM Wilson, Whitbeck. A younger show of heifer calves were forward with British Blues selling to £280 from A Pickthall, New Hutton, other British Blue heifers sold to £220 from HJ Robinson & Son, Preston Patrick. Dairy bred bull calves sold to a faster trade with Dairy Short Horns selling to £110 from Messrs Robinson, Old Hutton who sold others to £105. An overall averaged for 20 Black and White calves was £48.

Store Cattle
The catalogue entry of 500 store cattle saw a full ring side of buyers from near and fair, ensuring vendors left with a smile of their face. The pre-sale show was kindly judged by Mr David Moorhouse who we thank for his time and expertise. We would also like to say a big thank you to our sale sponsors BB Dairy’s Ltd and the North West Limousin Club. The show line up of cattle was a credit to all the vendors, after much time and deliberation the judge awarded the championship rosette to the first prize British Blue bullock which went on to sell for £1580 from MA&JA Winn, Burneside. Rounding off a brilliant day for the Winn family, they were also awarded the reserve champion rosette for the 1st prize Limousin bullock selling to £1560.
Outside of the show, trade was buoyant for well bred and finished cattle with harder summered cattle meeting less demand. Leading the way today was a shapey Limousin heifer from AR&BR Thompson, Selside selling to £1700. Strong British Blue heifers sold to £1690 from FI&ME Little, Barrows Green. A fantastic run of 13-15 month old Limousin bullocks from TA Chapman & Son, sold to £1420. Limousin yearling bullocks sold to £1380 from MW&M Hodgson, Cartmel Fell with the best regularly selling at the £1250 and £1300 mark.
New customers around the ring ensured the heifer trade was sharp from start to finish, with the best end regularly over the £1400 mark. British Blues sold to £1490 from MJ&JM Winn, Burneside. Limousin sold to £1490 from AR&BJ Thompson, Selside.
A few store bulls forward, sold to a straight trade. Limousin sold to £1130 from PW Clarke, Crossthwaite and Parthenaise to £1100 from S Geldard, Ulverston.

OTM Cattle
58 cull cows sold to an overall market average of 175p/kg and £1201, with a large number of dairy cows within the sale.
Heavy well fleshed beef cows sold to a top price of 229.5p/kg for a pedigree Limousin from T Atkinson, Ulverston. Closely followed by another pure Limousin from NW&EM Mason & Son, Middleton achieving 224.5p/kg with a British Blue x achieving 221.5p/kg from GH Jones, Ambleside. Heavy well fleshed beef cows were regularly 195p/kg-220p/kg with cows suitable for finished 175p/kg-195p/kg. Dairy cows sold to a top price of 191.5p/kg for a Fleckvieh from JA&DE Batty & Son, Burneside. Holstein Friesian selling to 174.5p/kg from EA&E Lund & Son, Nether Kellet. Heavy well fleshed dairy cows were regularly 155p/kg-175p/kg with mediums types 130p/kg-150p/kg and parlour types 85p/kg-115p/kg.
Top grossing cow today was a Limousin from K Thomas, Sedbergh achieving £1761 with a Stabiliser from JA&R Geldard & Sons achieving £1640. Top grossing dairy cow was £1669 for a Fleckvieh from JA&D Batty & Son, Burneside with Holstein Friesian to £1306 from PW&D Swindlehurst, Underbarrow.
OTM heifers sold to a top price of 211.5p/kg and £1264 for a British Blue x from PW Clarke, Crossthwaite. Dairy heifers sold to 197.5p/kg and £1194 for a Swedish Red from A&B Pickthall, Milnthorpe.
Cull bulls sold to a top price of 169.5p/kg and £1461 for a Blonde from TW&C Shepherd, Underbarrow wit others achieving 159.5p/kg and £1411 from JA&J Harper, Sedbergh.