Calves & Weanlings

All calves sold to their full value once again at junction 36, selling to a top of £300 for British Blue bulls from JW&TE Sharp, Lyth with other British Blue bulls selling to £290 from A Pickthall, Middleton. Native bulls sold to £255 for Aberdeen Angus’s from TW&CL Long, Ulverston with other Angus bulls selling to £250 from A Pickthall.
Heifers sold to a top of £255 for British Blues from FB Dunnings & Sons, Orton with Continental bred heifers selling well over the £200 mark. Friesian bulls sold to a top of £80 from JR Robinson & Son, Nook with rearing types at the £40-£50 mark.
Limousin stirks topped at £880 for a bullock from M Kitchen & S Smith, Kirkby Stephen. Aberdeen Angus bullocks sold to a top of £765 from AE&PC Capstick, Milnthorpe with British Blue heifers selling to a top of £765 from F&TE Park, Crook. Limousins sold to £745 from M Kitchen & S Smith.

Store Cattle

Seeing is believing as trade goes up through the gears, with cattle £50-£100 dearer on the fortnight. The heifer trade was outstanding with 20-month-old British Blue heifers selling to £1460 from C Wilson, Witherslack with Limousin heifers selling to £1330 from Brown Brothers, Dent. Strong meated heifers were regularly away, selling at the £1350-£1400 mark. Yearling heifers saw another level today, topping at £1390 for a British Blue from Brown Brothers, Dent with Saler yearlings selling to £1130 from JJ&J Woof & Sons, Dent. Grazing heifers saw a top of £955 for eight month old Limousins from AP&RL Crowe, Ulverston.
Bullocks saw a top of £1400 from TW Nelson, Kendal with Hereford bullocks selling to £1390 from DJ Dickinson, Haverthwaite and Limousin bullocks selling to £1340 from DM Bargh, Morecambe. Yearling bullocks were another sharp trade with many more needed to fulfil buyers requirements. Salers sold to a top of £1190 from JJ&J Woof, Dent who sold others to £1175 with Limousins selling to £1190 for a pen of five from MW&M Hodgson, Grange Over Sands. A run of dairy bred British Blue bullocks from G&SM Stephenson sold to £960 at eight months old with dairy bred Hereford from the same home selling to £900.
Please note the next sale will be the March show and sale on Thursday 2nd March. Vendors please enter the cattle with confidence for our ever increasing ring side of buyers.

Cull Cattle

The fortnightly sale of cull cows saw an overall market averaged of 185p/kg achieved with again over half the entry being dairy cull cows. Beef bred cows sold to a top price of 249.5p/kg for a young Stabiliser cow from A Dixon & Son, Selside with a ten year old Limousin x cow from T Metcalfe, Sedbergh achieving 224.5p/kg with other well fleshed beef cows regularly 200p/kg -210p/kg. Medium beef cows suitable for finishing sold to 199.5p/kg on three occasions for a British Blue x from PW Clarke, Crossthwaite, a Blonde from R Keith, Briggsteer and a Longhorn x from E Taylforth, Hawkshead. Other beef cows suitable for finishing were generally 180p/kg-195p/kg. Top grossing beef cow today was a Stabilisers from A Dixon & Son, Selside achieving £1684 who sold others at £1672 with Hereford cow from G&ID Postlethwaite, Howgill achieving £1613.
Dairy cows sold to 197.5p/kg for a Holstein Friesian from Messrs Dennison, Ulverston and for a dairy Shorthorn from J&SA Barton, Claughton on Brock. Other heavy well fleshed dairy cows were regularly 185p/kg-195p/kg. Medium cows were 170p/kg-185p/kg with parlour type cows 145p/kg-160p/kg. Top grossing dairy cow was a Holstein Friesian from Messrs Dennison, Ulverston achieving £1728 with another Holstein Friesian selling to £1644 from JR Robinson & Son, Nook and £1332 from S&M Cooper, Ulverston.
A dedicated section for TB 1 restricted cull cows saw a top price of 187.5p/kg and £1490 for a Fleckvieh from R&J Dodgson, Natland with Holstein Friesian and Montbeliarde selling to 177.5p/kg from B&MJ Nelson & Son, Heversham and JJ&MA Park & Son, Helsington.
OTM heifers sold to 221p/kg for an MRI from J&H Bland & Son Ltd, Levens who sold Holstein Friesains to £1534. Steers sold to 239.5p/kg and £1393 for a Limousin from MW&M Hodgson, Cartmel Fell.
Cull bulls sold to 219.5p/kg for a Hereford from J&H Bland & Son, Levens and £2156 from JJ&MA Park & Son, Helsington.
Eleven active buyers were ring side today, all keen to secure cattle of all classes and types with over 100 cattle easily sold.