CALVES & WEANLINGS

Despite many people snatching silage, there was another strong entry of weanlings and calves forward at NWA J36, with this sale continuing to attract new customers.
Rearing calves sold to £450 for a six week old British Blue x heifer from W&S Airey, Whittington with others at £390 from the same home. Simmental x heifers from Bambers Farm Ltd, Cockerham sold to £310 with Beef Shorthorn heifers from RG&J Clark, Endmoor selling to £260. Other heifer calves were regularly £230 to £270, depending on breed and quality.
Bull calves sold to £440 for a six week old Aberdeen Angus x from W&S Airey, Whittington with JW&TE Sharpe Ltd, Lyth selling the best of their run at £395 and £390. Limousin x bulls sold to £370 from Bambers Farm Ltd, Cockerham and R&JE Wharton & Son, Appleby. Other younger rearing bull calves sold to £305 for a Beef Shorthorn from RG&J Clark, Endmoor and British Blue x selling to £300 from Messrs Wharton & Son, Appleby with others regularly £260 to £300.
Dairy bull calves sold to £115 for a three week old Holstein Friesian from HJ Robinson & Son, Milnthorpe with other younger dairy bulls regularly £60 to £90.
Weaned calves sold to £660 for a British Blue x bull from Messrs Sowerby, Appleby who sold other at £640 and £600. Well reared recently weaned Limousin and Aberdeen Angus x heifers from Bambers Farm Ltd, Cockerham sold at £520, with bulls at £500. Weaned dairy bulls sold to £350 for Holstein Friesians from Whitestone Farm, Penrith who sold others at £290.
A large crowd of buyers were ring side today with many leaving empty handed, 100 rearing calves are required every sale to satisfy buyer demand.

STORE CATTLE

A mid-summer show of store cattle was put before a busy ring side of buyers, with some going home empty handed. The trade was slightly sharper on the fortnight.
Aberdeen Angus bullocks led the way from G Cuthbertson, New Hutton selling to £1530. A pair of British Blue bullocks sold to £1480 from AJ&H Clark, Sedbergh. Limousin bullocks sold to £1420 from GM Metcalfe, Underbarrow with strong Continental bred bullocks regularly selling at £1300 plus. Yearling bullocks were keenly sort after with a Limousin selling to £1220 from FW Park, Windermere and Shorthorns selling to £1120 from J Turnball, Meathop.
A strong heifer trade was seen throughout the sale, with Limousin selling £1245 from S&M Cooper, Leece. Charolais heifers sold to £1230 from G GU & D Swarbrick, Meathop. A run of home bred Limousin heifers from AG Riley, Nether Kellet saw his best sell to £1160 with other pens to £1150.
Plenty of interest was shown for young bulls at J36, with Charolais selling to £1000 from J Miller, Claughton on Brock. 8 month old Beef Shorthorn sold to £890 from JDI &JD Boyd, Longsleddale.

OTM / CAST CATTLE

Cull cows sold to 209.5p/kg for a British Blue x from I&AJ Armer, Burneside and a Norwegian Red and White from J&H Bland & Son, Ninezergh. Other heavy well fleshed beef and dairy cows were regularly 185p/kg to 200p/kg, with a large proportion of the sale being medium feeding types at 165p/kg to 180p/kg. Top grossing cow was a Norwegian Red and White from J&H Bland & Son, Ninezergh achieving £1533. Other dairy cows saw £1441 from Jenkin Cragg Farms, Kendal and £1412 from Messrs Dennison, Ulverston.
OTM heifers sold to 199.5p/kg from Jenkin Cragg Farm, Kendal and £1193 from M&S Blease, Carnforth.
Cull bulls sold to 179p/kg from Messrs Dennison, Ulverston for a Holstein Friesian with a Beef Shorthorn from J&E Lancaster, Ulverston achieving £1550.