CALVES & WEANLINGS

Calves held firm with trade doing well for the time of year. British Blue calves continue to take top spot selling to £520 and £500 from A Pickthall, New Hutton, 0This run of British Blue bulls averaged £472 at five weeks. JW&TE Sharp, Lyth also had a good days trading selling British Blue bulls to £485, £475 and £470 at 3 to 4 weeks old. Limousin bulls sold to £365 from Langley Park, Millom and natives sold to £240 for an Aberdeen Angus at 2 ½ weeks old from RG&AJ Clark, Endmoor. Dairy bulls sold to £105 for a Dairy Shorthorn from Messrs Robinson, Old Hutton.
Heifer calves were easy to place selling to £410 for a British Blue at 2 days short of one month old from DR&C Galbraith, Grayrigg. JW&TE Sharp, Lyth also sold a British Blue at five weeks to £400, with Limousin to the same price from Langley Park. Native sired calves sold to £220 for a one-month-old Angus from A Pickthall, New Hutton.

STIRKS

The sale comprised of 65 predominantly sale day entry stirks sold to an animated trade. A pair of six month old Aberdeen Angus cross steers achieving £680, with Aberdeen Angus heifers to £850. Younger beef bred steers were regularly £600 to £750 and heifers £640 to £680. Several bull stirks sold to £760 for three month old Charolais cross with others at £720. Ten week old Limousin cross sold to £680. Dairy bred steers sold to £710 for a six month old black and white with younger recently weaned dairy bulls £300 to £350.

STORE CATTLE

Store cattle trade shifts to a new gear.
A big lift experienced on the fortnight with all types visibly dearer, matched with a stronger show of cattle. Twenty one month old Aberdeen Angus bullocks sold to £1780 from Messrs Todd, Sedbergh. Messrs Bowness matched that trade with a single Aberdeen Angus bullock, at the same price.
British Blue bullocks hit £1760 at just nineteen months old from RT Gorst, Killington. Messrs Procter, Kirkby Stephen sold a Charolais bullock to £1700.
Heifers sold to £1590 for two lots of British Blue pairs from two different home, firstly from Messrs Nelson, Stainton at seventeen months old and then from Messrs Knowles, Selside.
Entries are required for the next sale, with another soaring trade anticipated. Contact Joel McGarva for further information.

CAST / OTM CATTLE

Another large entry of 80 cull cows were forward, which saw an animated ring side of buyers competing for all classes and types, with all sold average 180p/kg and £1183. The best beef cows sold to 250p/kg for a Blonde cross from PJ&ES Rogerson, Appleby with others regularly 210p/kg to 225p/kg. Beef cows suitable for feeding were 185p/kg to 205p/kg. Top grossing was another Blonde from PJ&ES Rogerson, Appleby achieving £2153 with a further 12 beef cows £1500 to £1800. Heavy well fleshed dairy cows sold to 205p/kg for a black and white from MH&SJ Morris, Allithwaite with others regularly 180p/kg to 195p/kg, medium parlour types 165p/kg to 180p/kg with only the lightest and leanest less. Top grossing black and white was from MW&M Hodgson, Cartmel totalling £1456, with a further twelve dairy cows £1200 to £1350.
An abundance of stock bulls forward sold to 245p/kg for a Simmental from LA&M Lambert, Lupton with Limousin to 235p/kg and other hard worked bulls 175p/kg to 195p/kg. Top grossing being a Limousin from PW Clarke, Crosthwaite achieving £2204 with another at £2180 from FW Park, Windermere.
OTM heifer sold to 240p/kg and £1514, with OTM steers 220p/kg and £1584.
Vendors are strongly encouraged to pre enter all classes of stock with the auctioneers, to assist with cataloguing and canvassing. A large entry is required next fortnight, with our sale including a special section for late born and hill bred suckler calves.