CALVES & WEANLINGS

101 rearing calves saw an entry of predominately younger sorts, British Blue cross bulls sold to £410 for a six week old from HJ Robinson & Son, Preston Patrick with others at £385 from Messrs Gibson & Berry, Endmoor. The best month old bulls sold to £340 from JW&TE Sharp, Lyth and DW&E Cottam, New Hutton. Younger beef bulls were generally £280 to £320. Native sired bulls sold to £335 for Aberdeen Angus cross from Bambers Farm, Cockerham with other at £300 from DW&E Cottam, New Hutton. Beef Shorthorns sold to £250 from JW&TE Sharp, Lyth and Herefords to £230 from W&S Airey, Whittington. Dairy bulls sold to £200 for an eight week old Holstein Friesian from J&R Waller, Killington who sold other at £195 and £190 from W&S Airey, Whittington. Medium rearers were regularly £80 to £120, with only the smallest and youngest less.
Only younger heifer calves forward today, selling to £280 and £260 for British Blue cross from DR&C Galbraith, Endmoor. Beef Shorthorns sold to £245 from JW&TE Sharp, Lyth and Aberdeen Angus cross to £220 from Bambers Farm, Cockerham. The youngest heifers were generally £170 to £210.
A consignment of well reared recently weaned British Blue cross heifers from Messrs Sowerby, Appleby sold to £560, with others regularly £500 to £540.

STIRKS

Stirks sold to £1030 for a British Blue cross steer from B&JM Crowe, Witherslack with Blondes selling to £930 from G&ID Postlethwaite, Howgill. Aberdeen Angus cross sold to £740 from D Gardner, Caton with younger beef steers generally £620 to £700. Dairy steers sold to £800 for black and whites from Bambers Farm, Cockerham.
Heifer stirks sold to £680 for seven month old Limousin cross from Bambers Farm, Cockerham with native sired heifers (four to five months) generally £450 to £520.
Bull stirks sold to £700 for five month old British Blue cross from RJ&KR Wilkinson, Levens.

BEEF BREEDING CATTLE

The sale of beef breeding cattle included the annual consigned of Sim Luing bulling heifers from Low Moor Howe Farm, Winster which continues to attract repeat and nation wide interest, which saw a top price of £1760 achieved for a pen of four with others at £1750, £1720 and £1700. In calf cows from D&P Marshall Brownrigg, Kirby Stephen saw aged Continental cows sell to £1300, with other £1000 to £1100.

STORE CATTLE

A full ringside of on lookers at todays sale, ensuring a flying trade was seen from start to finish. A pair of Limousin bullocks topped at £1740 from H Morgan, Stalmine with British Blue bullocks selling to £1720 from MA&JA Winn, Burneside who sold a pair of Limousins to £1700. Yearling bullocks were in keen demand with Limousins to £1690 from HR&KA Hodgson, Barbon. A pair of Limousins sold to £1650 from M&L Preece, Kirkby Lonsdale. Regularly away the better end yearling bullocks were selling at £1350 to £1500. Native cattle saw a keen interest from all buyers, with Hereford bullocks at eighteen months selling to £1500 from S Middleton, Dent and Aberdeen Angus to £1470 from J Twigge, Lindale.
Heifers sold to £1690 for a pair from H Morgan, Stalmine with other Limousin heifers to £1640 from MA&JA Winn, Burneside. British Blues sold to £1570 from F&JM Mason, Kirkby Lonsdale with Blonde heifers to £1510 from J Winn, Burneside. Yearling heifers saw Limousins sell to £1500 from M&L Preece, Kirkby Lonsdale with others to £1410 twice from JW&M Taylor & Sons, Dent and JG&PH Thompson & Sons, Selside. Younger heifers saw plenty of interest, with these regularly selling at £950 to £1050.
A young show of bulls were forward with Limousin bulls selling to £1270 from JW&M Taylor & Sons, Dent.

- 190 bullocks average £1220, £120 up on the year.
- 142 heifers averaged £1180, £100 up on the year.
- 30 bulls averaged £1150, £50 up on the year.

OTM / CAST CATTLE

All cull cows forward averaged 166p/kg for an entry of predominately medium and leaner parlour type dairy cows. Only a handful of beef cows forward sold to 221p/kg for a Saler from AMS Robinson, Staveley who sold others at 214p/kg. Limousin cross sold to 219p/kg from E Dodgson, Kendal. Heavy weight Charolais sold to 211p/kg from T Atkinson, Ulverston. Top grossing beef cow was a Charolais from T Atkinson, Ulverston achieving £2043. Other heavy well fleshed beef cows were generally £1460 to £1500. Dairy cows sold to a top of 179p/kg for a Holstein Friesians from JM Barton & Son, Lupton who sold others at 174.5p/kg. The best medium dairy cows were generally 150p/kg to 160p/kg, with parlour types 138p/kg to 145p/kg. Top grossing dairy cow was a Holstein Friesian from JM Barton & Son, Lupton achieving £1274, with others at £1273 from W Garnett & Son, Milnthorpe and £1246 from Strickland Hill Farming, Witherslack.
OTM dairy heifers sold to 214.5p/kg and £1123 for a Holstein Friesian from JM Barton & Son, Lupton with Fleckviehs to 209.5p/kg and £1112 from RG&J Clarke, Endmoor.
Cull bulls sold to 189p/kg and £1824 for a Limousin from JW&M Taylor & Sons, Dent with dairy bulls to 184.5p/kg and £1124 from Messrs Dennison, Ulverston. OTM prime Hereford bull from RJ&J Gardner, Kendal achieved 199p/kg and £1568.