CALVES & STIRKS

115 calves and stirks were forward today at Junction 36. Top call was £530 achieved by MH&AR Robinson, Kendal for a Simmental bull. Kendal based DW&EA Cottam’s British Blue bull returned £515, while first time vendor J&B Morley, Great Asby peaked at £500 again for a British Blue bull. Dairy bulls topped at £245 for well reared Friesians from J&B Morley with month olds to £175 from KE Robinson, Farleton.
Heifer calves sold equally as well, topping at £430 for a 6 week old Charolais from JH Towers, Tunstall with a month old British Blues from JW&TE Sharp, Lyth returning £400.
Stirks sold to a top of £960 for an Aberdeen Angus steer from SJ Middleton, Dent with this good run also achieving £910, £850 and £840. RJ&J Gardner, Natland were rewarded for a nicely presented run of Hereford bulls, with these earning £760 on six occasions and £700 three times.

STORE CATTLE

A phenomenal trade for all classes of store cattle, with more required to satisfy an ever increasing ringside of buyers. The sale topped at £1600 for sixteen month old Limousin cross steers from AG Riley, Nether Kellet who sold other at £1540. A trio of British Blue cross steers from JB Jackson & Son, Allithwaite sold at £1490, with another British Blue at £1450 from M Bateman & Son, Firbank. Other strongest steers (16-22 months) saw a ring full of Herefords sell at £1400 from M Howarth, Grange Over Sands with other continental and native steers £1320 to £1400. A super entry of yearlings sold to £1330 and £1260 for Charollais cross from JC walling & Son, Lyth with Limousin cross to £1320 from AG Riley, Nether Kellet. Yearling steers were regularly £1180 to £1300. Several younger steers forward sold to £1030 from J Turnball, Meathop with others at £1010 for Fleckviehs from RJ Nicholason, Lupton. Aberdeen Angus sold to £980 from Bamber Farm, Cockerham.
Heifers sold to a top price of £1570 for a 15 month old Limousin cross from GR Park & Sons, Whinfell with Aberdeen Angus selling to £1450 from T Armistead, Kirkby in Furness. Other stronger end heifers were £1300 to £1420. Yearling sucklers sold to £1350 for Charollais cross from J Turnball, Meathop. Limousin cross sold to £1340 from AG Riley, Nether Kellet. Medium heifers were generally £980 to £1100, with younger 8-10 month old heifers £820 to £950.

OTM / CAST CATTLE

A rise in cull cow numbers sold to an overall market average of 185p/kg, with over half the entry being diary cows. Of the beef cows forward the best bred sold to 267.5p/kg for a Limousin from T Metcalfe, Garsdale with other pure bred feeding type cows regularly 220p/kg to 240p/kg. The best first cross sold to 204.5p/kg for a Limousin from G&ID Postlethwaite, Howgill with others 185p/kg to 195p/kg. Top grossing beef cow was a Limousin from T Metcalfe, Garsdale selling to £1875. Dairy cows saw heavy and well finished cows sell to 201.5p/kg for a Holstein Friesian from JM Barton & Son, Lupton with Montbeliardes to 184.5p/kg. Others were regularly 188p/kg to 194p/kg, best mediums 175p/kg to 182p/kg and the lighter and leaner sorts 150p/kg to 165p/kg, with only the very plainest less. Top grossing diary cow was a Montbeliarde achieving £1591 with Holstein Friesian to £1569 and £1552. A special sale for TB exempt cows saw a top price of 167.5p/kg and £1452 for a Holstein Friesian.
OTM beef heifers sold to 271.5p/kg and £1751 for a British Blue cross from JW Robinson & Son, Farleton. Charolais sold to 254.5p/kg and £1366 from R&BJ Cleasby, Broughton in Furness and Limousins to 244.5p/kg from M Allen, Carnforth.
OTM beef heifer sold to 254.5p/kg on three occasions for British Blue cross from JW Robinson & Son, Farleton with these selling to £1644.
Limousin cross steers sold to 249.5p/kg from MW&M Hodgson, Cartmel and £1442 from T Metcalfe, Garsdale.
A cull Hereford bull sold at 174.5p/kg and £2034 from RJ Stalker, Blawith. A consignment of prime Stabiliser bulls from M Allen, Carnforth sold to 259.5p/kg and £1725.