Store Cattle

The New Year Show and Sale of Store Cattle had a wonderful entry of 400 forward. Some wonderful runs of cattle were forward which we congratulate our vendors on. Trade was seen to be electric from start to finish, with a ring full of buyers looking to fill the sheds after Christmas. The pre sale show was in the capable hands of Andrew Dyson who we thank for his time and expertise, we’d also like to thank our sale sponsors Rural Law Practice and Yan Farm Health.

Class 1- Best Store Bullock

1st MA&JA Winn with a British Blue selling to £1720
2nd SJ&AL Hargreaves with a British Blue selling to £1590
3rd N Cooper & Son with a Limousin selling to £1400

Class 2- Best Store Heifer

1st MA&JA Winn with a British Blue selling to £1900
2nd N Cooper & Son with a British Blue selling to £1320
3rd M&L Preece with a Limousin selling to £1540

Champion- MA&JA Winn with a British Blue selling to £1900

Reserve Champion- MA&JA Winn with a British Blue selling to £1720

The pre sale champion was awarded the Janet Gorst Perpetual Challenge Trophy, the much admired heifer from Martin and Julie Winn met fierce bidding and later went on to sale for the top price of £1900.

Store bullocks sold to a top of £1720 for British Blues from MA&JA Winn, Burneside with other Blue bullocks selling to £1590 from SJ&AL Hargreaves, Morecambe. A pen of 5 strong Charollais bullocks from M&SM Robinson, Lowgill sold to £1580 with Limousin bullocks selling to £1550 twice from RG&LR Holmes, Carnforth. The best end of strong continental bullocks were regularly selling £1450-£1600. A smaller show of yearling bullocks were forward with all meeting strong demand with Limousins selling to a top of £1390 from JG&PH Thompson, Selside. Native bullocks saw Whitebred Shorthorn sell to £1270 from PE&KA Sowerby, Barras.

Store Heifers would be the trade of the day with new buyers around the ring keen to purchase, also plenty of men looking for heifers for further breeding. Out of the show heifers sold to a top of £1600 for a Limousin from M&L Preece, Kirkby Lonsdale with other Limousin heifers selling to £1570 from RG&LR Holmes, Carnforth. M&L Preece, Kirkby Lonsdale rounded off a good day for them in the ring selling other Limousin heifers to £1540. Charollais heifers sold to £1490 from M&SM Robinson, Lowgill with Blues selling to £1470 from B&D Willison & Son, Penrith. A keen interest was show for all Angus heifers forward selling to a top of £1490 from TJ Robinson, Milnthorpe with others to £1400 from J Twigge, Grange over Sands. Well meated strong continental heifers were regularly selling between £1300-£1400. With yearling grazing types selling between £950-£1050 mark.

Calves

The opening sale of calves of the year at J36 had a good entry of 115 calves. There was a very two-tier calf trade with strong types in very good demand and eagerly bid for with younger and plainer calves difficult to place especially young native calves. British blue bull calves lead the way selling to a top of £380 from W Stamper, Chipping with others from the same home to £330. This was followed by the consignment of British Blue calves from A Pickthall, Kendal to £350 and £320 with heifers from the same home to £300. At £310 were British Blue bulls from DR & C Galbraith, Grayrigg. British blue heifers peaked at £360 from JR Handley, Whinfell. Other leading prices for continental bulls was £305 for Simmentals from M & S Blease, Carnforth. A consignment of strong Angus bull calves from RF & CE Hodgson, Ulverston sold to £350, £340 and £330. Plenty of calves in the two hundreds. It was the young calves and native heifers today that met a sticky trade.

Stirks

40 stirks forward with all types selling to full value, the sale topped at £900 for Charollais bullocks from R&BJ Cleasby, Broughton in Furness. Limousin bullocks sold to £890 from JH Atkinson & Partners, Selside who sold other full pens of Limousin bullocks to £880. The heifer trade saw 5 month old Charollais heifers sell to a top of £670 from R&BJ Cleasby, Broughton in Furness with Limousin selling to £600 from M&S Blease, Carnforth.

OTM and Cast Cattle

The opening sale of cull cows saw a competitive ringside of buyers competing for all classes and types with an overall market average of 171.2p/kg achieved for 79 sold. Heavy well fleshed and well finished beef cows sold to a top price of 221.5 p/kg for a Limousin from T Atkinson, Ulverston. With other Limousin cross cows achieving 209.5p/kg from PR Escolme, Gatebeck and B Heyes, Mossboroug with British Blue cross also achieving 209.5p/kg from N Cooper &Sons, Broughton in Furness. Well bred beef cows regularly achieving 180p/kg – 190p/kg with keen interest in those suitable for further finishing. Dairy cows sold to a top price of 189.5p/kg for a Holstein Friesian from Jenkin Cragg Farms, Kendal and S&M Cooper, Leece. Other heavy well fleshed dairy cows generally selling at 165-175p/kg with medium 145-155p/kg with leanest parlour types at 115-125p/kg.
Top Grossing cow today was a Limousin from T Atkinson, Ulverston achieving £1665 with a Hereford cross from M&S Blease, Carnforth achieving £1461 with dairy cows peaking at £1451 for a Holstein Friesian from S&M Cooper, Leece. All cull cows averaged £1093.
OTM heifers sold to 199.5p/kg on several occasions for dairy bred heifers from Jenkin Cragg Farms, Kendal, R&J Dodgson, Natland and JG&BJ Escolme, Killington.
Top Grossing heifer also came from JG&BJ Escolme, Killington being a Holstein Friesian totalling at £1222.
Several cull bulls forward sold to 209.5p/kg for an Aberdeen Angus from J Twigge, Lindale with a Hereford from JA & DE Batty, Burneside achieving £1474.

The next sale of cull cows Thursday 19th January with another large entry required to satisfy buyers command.