CALVES & WEANLINGS

A fast trade for calves at NWA J36 saw bull calves sell to £420 for Limousin x from Langley Park Farm, Millom, who also sold Aberdeen Angus x at £400. Younger bull calves sold to £395 for British Blue x from HJ Robinson & Son, Preston Patrick with others mainly £250-£280 and the youngest £180-£220. Dairy bull calves sold to £85 for young Shorthorns from JR Handley, Whinfell with Fleckviehs at £75.
Heifer calves sold to £350 for Limousin x again from Langley Park Farms, Millom with others at £335. Rearing heifers sold to £300 for British Blue x from HJ Robinson, Preston Patrick.
Some super stirks today sold to £1100 for Aberdeen Angus x steers from FP&G Slater, Witherslack and Blonde x to £1080 from B Wilson & Son, Selside. Younger steers sold to £750 for Aberdeen Angus x from Kirkby & Longworth, Dunnerdale. British Blue x sold to £700 from AE&PC Capstick Ltd, Heversham who sold also Hereford x at £690. Dairy steers sold to £355 for 4 month old Fleckviehs from K Lawson, Sedbergh.
Heifers stirks sold to £1010 for Hereford x from FP&G Slater, Witherslack. Younger heifers sold to £750 for 6 month old Aberdeen Angus from H Wilson, Selside. Nicely reared heifers sold to £620 for British Blue x from SJ&J Hodgson, Colton.

CAST COWS

Cull cows maintained the high rates of recent sales with a top price of 259.5p/kg for a Limousin from JH Bland & Son, Levens with others at 254.5p/kg from W Atkinson, Selside. Beef cows were regularly 195-225p/kg. Dairy cows sold to 217.5p/kg from JM Barton & Son, Lupton with others at 204.5p/kg. Medium cows regularly 180p/kg-195p/kg with parlour types 165p/kg-175 p/kg. All cows today averaged 189p/kg.

Top grossing cow today was a heavy weight Aberdeen Angus from RJ&J Gardner, Kendal achieving £2021 with endless cows over £1500. Dairy cows topped at £1466 from C Preston, Millom.
Cull bulls sold to 194.5p/kg from LM&JH Bowes, Orton and £1544 from SJ&J Hodgson & Son, Colton.

STORE CATTLE

Store Cattle trade goes into another gear with a flying trade from start to finish. Stronger feeding cattle met plenty of demand and were often £1600-£1700. A Parthenaise heifer sold to £1700 from S Gelderd, Ulverston. Dairy bred Limousin bullocks sold to £1680 from TW Nelson & Sons, Stainton. Grazing cattle saw a new demand with turn out just over the horizon. 16 month old Limousin bullocks sold to £1500 from R&J Dodgson, Natland. Charolais heifer sold to £1480 from MJ Waller, Lupton. A run of well finished dairy British Blue heifers from C Wilson, Witherslack sold to £1415. LA&M Lambert, Lupton sold a run of Simmental bullocks at 14 months to a top of £1200. More purchasers are around the ring looking for yearling cattle. No real show stoppers forward, Limousin bullocks sold to £1160 from J Turnball, Meathorp and £1150 from MW&MR Black, Staveley who also sold 10 month old British Blue heifers to £1160. A pen of four Limousin bullocks from SW Atkinson & Son, Crook sold to £1135 at ten months old.
Please note next fortnight is the annual grass day show and sale, please advise the office of entries by Wednesday 19th April.

BEEF BREEDING

A pure bred Charolais from P Metcalfe, Denny Beck sold at £2050. A small show of heifers with calves were forward with Aberdeen Angus’s with Angus calves from TJ Lloyd, Settle selling to £1880. British Blue cows with young Blonde calves sold to £1700 from MJ Whitworth, Bolton Le Sands with others from the same good home selling to £1650.
More purchaser are around the ring looking for beef breeding cattle, please contact the office to discuss selling your beef breeding stock.