Calves & Stirks
The 10th Anniversary show and sale of calves attracted most interest from buyers seen for sometime with the trade far stronger than expected. The pre-sale show judging was in the capable hands of Matthew Waller who we thank for his time and expertise. Winning the 10th anniversary plaque for the champion calf was A Pickthall, New Hutton with a British Blue bull going on to sell for £300 with the reserve champion awarded to B & JM Crowe, Witherslack with a British Blue heifer selling for £150. A special mention goes to the sale day sponsors who we thank for their continued support. The trade peaked at £400 for a five-week-old British Blue heifer from A Pickthall, New Hutton who sold other British Blue heifers to £360. British Blue bull calves sold to a top of £390 at two-month-old from J & S Brakewell, Kirkby in Furness followed by £380 from HJ Robinson, Preston Patrick. Aberdeen Angus bull calves sold to a top of £360 from RF & CE Hodgson, Ulverston with Angus heifers selling to £350 from W & S Airey, Whittington. Plenty more quality beef calves selling in excess of the three hundred pound mark with the buyers present willing to eagerly bid on quality well grown calves. Younger plainer beef calves met reality. Dairy bull calves peaked at £85 from Messrs Wilson, Allitwaite.
Some lovely runs of suckler bred stirks were forward with a pair of Blonde bullocks selling to £1090 from B Wilson & Sons, Selside with Charolais bullocks selling to £1080 from R&BJ Cleaseby, Broughton in Furness. A run of 8 month old Limousin bullocks from SW Atkinson & Son, Crook sold to top of £940 heifers peaked at £880 for six month old Limousins from JA Atkinson & Partners, Selside.

Stores Cattle
North West Auctions were proud to host its 10th year anniversary show and sale of store cattle. The pre sale show was in the hands of familiar face John Bowling, who we thank for his time. We would also like to thank our pre sale sponsors Café Ambio, Dugdale Nutrition and Marsh Commercials. A super show of cattle were put before our judge with the first prize Limousin heifer from MA&JA Winn, Burneside also taking the Championship. The reserve champion rosette was awarded to the first prize bullock from N Cooper & Sons, Ulverston. The trade was the dearest seen this side of the year at Junction 36, with all ages of cattle extremely well bid for and vendors leaving with a smile on their face. The trade peaked at £1850 for the champion heifer from MA&JA Winn, Burneside with the second place heifer selling to £1740 from JA&J Harper, Killington who sold other smart British Blue heifers to £1650. Strong smart heifers were extremely well bid for today. A lovely run of Limousin heifers from TA Chapman & Son, Kendal sold to £1660 with a pair for the same home selling to £1540. Yearling heifers sold to the strongest trade see for some time with the best selling to £1450 at nine months old from N Cooper & Sons, Ulverston with well fleshed grazing heifers regularly selling away at into the nine hundreds.
The bullock trade saw a top of £1690 for Limousins from JA&J Harper with many strong bullocks selling at the £1500-£1600 mark. Yearling bullocks sold to £1570 for the reserve champion from N Cooper & Sons with other yearling bullocks selling to £1490 for a pair from HR&KA Hodgson, Barban with the best yearling bullocks regularly selling at the £1250-£1300 mark.
Native bred bullocks were once again keenly bid for at Junction 36 with Herefords selling to £1360 from JL Bird, Grange Over Sands and Aberdeen Angus to £1320 from JA Barnett, Shap with Aberdeen Angus heifer selling to £1290 from TW Nelson & son, Stainton.
A few runs of suckler bulls were forward today, with a pen of four selling to £1020 at eight months from D&DW Prickett, Farleton with others to £990 from AW Irvine, Ambleside.

OTM Cattle
Another increased entry of 89 cull cows and OTM cattle which sold to a fast and competitive trade with new customers in attendance both buying and selling. All cull cows averaged 189.5p/kg. Heavy well finished and well breed beef cows sold to 229.5p/kg on three occasions for a Stabilizer x cow from A Dixon & Son, Selside and Limousins from B Heys, Wigan. Other first grade beef cows were regularly selling at 195-210p/kg. Those suitable for finishing attraction a keen interest selling between 180p/kg and 190p/kg. Top grossing beef cow today was a Stabilizer from A Dixon & Son, Selside at £1813, closely followed by a South Devon from AT Threlkeld, Ulverston achieving £1760. Dairy cows sold to 204.5p/kg for a Holstein Friesian from JM Barton & Son, Lupton and Messrs Halpin, Barrow in Furness with other at 197.5p/kg from Messrs Dennison, Ulverston and Jenkin Cragg Farms, Kendal. Heavy weight dairy cows were regularly 185p/kg to 195p/kg with medium cows 170p/kg to 180p/kg and the leaner parlour types 140p/kg to 160p/kg. Top grossing diary cow today was a Holstein Friesian from Jenkin Cragg achieving £1633 with others at £1596 and £1593 from JM Barton & Son, Lupton.
OTM heifers sold to 229.5p/kg for a Stabilizer from A Dixon & Son, Selside with dairy heifers selling to 209.5p/kg for a Holstein Friesian from JM Barton & Son, Lupton. Beef heifers sold to £1392 from A Dixon & Son and dairy heifers to £1363 from JM Barton & Son.
Steers sold to 234p/kg and £1650 for Herefords from GM Redmaye, Ings.
Cull bulls sold to 194.5p/kg and £1540 for a Limousin from G&ID Postlethwaite, Howgill with others at 174.5p/kg and £1516 for a Charolais from HM Hodgson, New Hutton.
Over ten buyers were ring side today, competing for all classes and types with over one hundred required at the next sale to fulfil buyers requirements.